Mrs. Anna Maria Gantner, 70, of 1018 Lebanon avenue, died at her home at 7:45 this morning after two years' illness due to diabetes.
She was born in Belleville September 7, 1862, a daughter of the late Frank and Anna Lill (nee Meyer) and married George Gantner here in 1880. He preceded her in death January 28, 1920.
She is survived by a son, William Gantner, Belleville; five daughters, Mrs. M.E. Baquet, Mrs. Henry Epple, Miss Emma Gantner, all of Belleville; Mrs. A.E. McCann, East St. Louis; Mrs. Josephine Fisher, Maplewood, Mo; three brothers, Frank Lill, Belleville, Joe Lill, Clayton, Mo.; John Lill, St. Louis; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, New Athens; three grandchildren: Kathryn Epple, M.H. Baquet, Bernice Baquet.
Funeral services will be held from the home to St. Teresa's Catholic church where the Very Rev. Father William Hoff will officiate at a Requiem Mass. Burial will be in the Green Mount cemetery.
The body will lie at the Renner Schneider chapel until tomorrow afternoon when it will be removed to the home.
Mrs. Anna Maria Gantner, 70, of 1018 Lebanon avenue, died at her home at 7:45 this morning after two years' illness due to diabetes.
She was born in Belleville September 7, 1862, a daughter of the late Frank and Anna Lill (nee Meyer) and married George Gantner here in 1880. He preceded her in death January 28, 1920.
She is survived by a son, William Gantner, Belleville; five daughters, Mrs. M.E. Baquet, Mrs. Henry Epple, Miss Emma Gantner, all of Belleville; Mrs. A.E. McCann, East St. Louis; Mrs. Josephine Fisher, Maplewood, Mo; three brothers, Frank Lill, Belleville, Joe Lill, Clayton, Mo.; John Lill, St. Louis; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, New Athens; three grandchildren: Kathryn Epple, M.H. Baquet, Bernice Baquet.
Funeral services will be held from the home to St. Teresa's Catholic church where the Very Rev. Father William Hoff will officiate at a Requiem Mass. Burial will be in the Green Mount cemetery.
The body will lie at the Renner Schneider chapel until tomorrow afternoon when it will be removed to the home.
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