Obituary of Carrie HERSHBERGER, Williamson & Franklin County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Susan Merrell ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothers belongings. Obit of Carrie Hershberger Dated in ink as Dec 20, 1950. Newspaper is unknown but probably the Johnston City paper. Former Resident Dies; Returned here for Burial Mrs. Carrie Hershberger, 89, a resident of this city for 40 years, died at Gary, Ind. Sunday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Harry Newton. Her body was returned to this city to the Murman and Wilson funeral home Tuesday morning. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, at the First Christian church, conduced by R.E. Walston, pastor. Burial was in the cemetery at Marion. The deceased was a member of the Christian church and the Rebekah lodge of this city. Besides Mrs. Newton, another daughter, Mrs. Orelia Richards of Lake Forest survives; also three grandchildren, two great grand children and one great-great grandchild.