Missouri Death certificate is under Aloys Towers.
ALOYS TOWERS, BELLEVILLE UNION LEADER, DIES AT 62
Death of Vice-President of Illinois Federation of Labor Follows Operation.
Funeral services for Aloys Towers, Belleville labor leader and vice-president of the Illinois Federation of Labor, who died yesterday at Deaconess Hospital following an operation for a stomach disorder, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Gundlach undertaking establishment, Belleville. Burial will be in Walnut Grove [sic] Cemetery.
Mr. Towers, who was 62 years old, was born in St. Louis and began work in a brickyard here at the of 12, becoming a member of the AFL International molders' Union nine years later. In 1907 he moved to Belleville and five years later was elected secretary of the Belleville Trades and Labor Assembly, a position he held until he became assistant secretary of the Illinois Federation of Labor in 1918. In 1924 he again became secretary of the Belleville assembly, retaining that position until he became chief organizer for the International Mouders' Union in 1927. During 1934 and 1935 he was a member of the St. Clair County Emergency Relief Commission. He lived at 126 North Seventy-eighth street, Belleville.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lorene LeTere Towers; two daughters, Mrs. George Goalby and Mrs. Harry Lengelder, and a son, Eugene R. Towers, all of Belleville.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO), Mon 23 Dec 1940.
Missouri Death certificate is under Aloys Towers.
ALOYS TOWERS, BELLEVILLE UNION LEADER, DIES AT 62
Death of Vice-President of Illinois Federation of Labor Follows Operation.
Funeral services for Aloys Towers, Belleville labor leader and vice-president of the Illinois Federation of Labor, who died yesterday at Deaconess Hospital following an operation for a stomach disorder, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Gundlach undertaking establishment, Belleville. Burial will be in Walnut Grove [sic] Cemetery.
Mr. Towers, who was 62 years old, was born in St. Louis and began work in a brickyard here at the of 12, becoming a member of the AFL International molders' Union nine years later. In 1907 he moved to Belleville and five years later was elected secretary of the Belleville Trades and Labor Assembly, a position he held until he became assistant secretary of the Illinois Federation of Labor in 1918. In 1924 he again became secretary of the Belleville assembly, retaining that position until he became chief organizer for the International Mouders' Union in 1927. During 1934 and 1935 he was a member of the St. Clair County Emergency Relief Commission. He lived at 126 North Seventy-eighth street, Belleville.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lorene LeTere Towers; two daughters, Mrs. George Goalby and Mrs. Harry Lengelder, and a son, Eugene R. Towers, all of Belleville.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO), Mon 23 Dec 1940.
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