Clifford J. Rettle, 35, of 4814a West Main street, died in St. Elizabeth's Hospital at 8:30 o'clock this morning after an illness of a week.
Rettle, a coal miner at the New National Mine, was born in Belleville on May 14, 1902, and was a son of Frank and Lena Rettle, nee Worms. His father, a native of Belleville, preceded him in death, but his mother, a native of Mascoutah, survives and lives on North Sixtieth street.
He married Otilia Schaefer in Edwardsville on July 2, 1923. They had no children. Besides his wife and his mother, he leaves three brothers and a sister:
Raymond Rettle
Elmer Rettle
Chrles Rettle
Miss Doris Rettle
... all at home with their mother.
He was a member of Local No. 4, Progressive Miners of America, and Local No. 459, International Hot Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union.
Funeral will be held at 8:20 a.m. Thursday from the Pete Gaerdner Funeral Home to St. Henry's Catholic Church at 9 a.m., with burial in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Rev. Joseph Ehmann, pastor of the church will officiate.
Belleville Daily News Democrat June 28 & 29, 1937
Information from IL death record:
FATHER: Frank Rettle, b. Belleville, Ill.
MOTHER: Magdalena "Lena" Worms, Mascoutah, Ill.
Spouse: Attelia Schaeffer
Age: 35, married, Coal Miner
Residence: Belleville, Ill.
Cemetery: Mt. Carmel
Clifford J. Rettle, 35, of 4814a West Main street, died in St. Elizabeth's Hospital at 8:30 o'clock this morning after an illness of a week.
Rettle, a coal miner at the New National Mine, was born in Belleville on May 14, 1902, and was a son of Frank and Lena Rettle, nee Worms. His father, a native of Belleville, preceded him in death, but his mother, a native of Mascoutah, survives and lives on North Sixtieth street.
He married Otilia Schaefer in Edwardsville on July 2, 1923. They had no children. Besides his wife and his mother, he leaves three brothers and a sister:
Raymond Rettle
Elmer Rettle
Chrles Rettle
Miss Doris Rettle
... all at home with their mother.
He was a member of Local No. 4, Progressive Miners of America, and Local No. 459, International Hot Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union.
Funeral will be held at 8:20 a.m. Thursday from the Pete Gaerdner Funeral Home to St. Henry's Catholic Church at 9 a.m., with burial in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Rev. Joseph Ehmann, pastor of the church will officiate.
Belleville Daily News Democrat June 28 & 29, 1937
Information from IL death record:
FATHER: Frank Rettle, b. Belleville, Ill.
MOTHER: Magdalena "Lena" Worms, Mascoutah, Ill.
Spouse: Attelia Schaeffer
Age: 35, married, Coal Miner
Residence: Belleville, Ill.
Cemetery: Mt. Carmel
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