Register-News, Mt Vernon IL,
Thurs 8 Sept 1960
FRED DURKEE DIES AT AGE 72; FUNERAL SUNDAY
Fred E. Durkee died at 5:20 a.m. today at his home, 2013 Perkins. He was 72 years, four months, and 20 days old. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Central Church of Christ with J.G. Parsons and Don Wortman officiating. Burial will be in Harveys Point cemetery, near Carter. The body will lie in state at the Pulley Funeral Home where friends may call after 1:00 p.m. Saturday. At noon Sunday the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour. Mr. Durkee was born April 18, 1887, in Terre Haute, Ind., the son of L.K. and Terresa (Porter) Durkee. He was first married to Ethel Keele, who died in 1949. In 1953 he married Nellie Severns, who survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Inez Hicks of this city, and Mrs. Helen VanHorn of Chicago; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two daughters; two sisters; and four brothers. Mr. Durkee was a deacon and a member of the choir in the Southwest Church of Christ. He was a retired employee of the American Railway Express Company.
Obit supplied by Gravedigger49 (#47282320)
Thurs 8 Sept 1960
FRED DURKEE DIES AT AGE 72; FUNERAL SUNDAY
Fred E. Durkee died at 5:20 a.m. today at his home, 2013 Perkins. He was 72 years, four months, and 20 days old. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Central Church of Christ with J.G. Parsons and Don Wortman officiating. Burial will be in Harveys Point cemetery, near Carter. The body will lie in state at the Pulley Funeral Home where friends may call after 1:00 p.m. Saturday. At noon Sunday the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour. Mr. Durkee was born April 18, 1887, in Terre Haute, Ind., the son of L.K. and Terresa (Porter) Durkee. He was first married to Ethel Keele, who died in 1949. In 1953 he married Nellie Severns, who survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Inez Hicks of this city, and Mrs. Helen VanHorn of Chicago; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two daughters; two sisters; and four brothers. Mr. Durkee was a deacon and a member of the choir in the Southwest Church of Christ. He was a retired employee of the American Railway Express Company.
Obit supplied by Gravedigger49 (#47282320)
Register-News, Mt Vernon IL,
Thurs 8 Sept 1960
FRED DURKEE DIES AT AGE 72; FUNERAL SUNDAY
Fred E. Durkee died at 5:20 a.m. today at his home, 2013 Perkins. He was 72 years, four months, and 20 days old. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Central Church of Christ with J.G. Parsons and Don Wortman officiating. Burial will be in Harveys Point cemetery, near Carter. The body will lie in state at the Pulley Funeral Home where friends may call after 1:00 p.m. Saturday. At noon Sunday the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour. Mr. Durkee was born April 18, 1887, in Terre Haute, Ind., the son of L.K. and Terresa (Porter) Durkee. He was first married to Ethel Keele, who died in 1949. In 1953 he married Nellie Severns, who survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Inez Hicks of this city, and Mrs. Helen VanHorn of Chicago; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two daughters; two sisters; and four brothers. Mr. Durkee was a deacon and a member of the choir in the Southwest Church of Christ. He was a retired employee of the American Railway Express Company.
Obit supplied by Gravedigger49 (#47282320)
Thurs 8 Sept 1960
FRED DURKEE DIES AT AGE 72; FUNERAL SUNDAY
Fred E. Durkee died at 5:20 a.m. today at his home, 2013 Perkins. He was 72 years, four months, and 20 days old. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Central Church of Christ with J.G. Parsons and Don Wortman officiating. Burial will be in Harveys Point cemetery, near Carter. The body will lie in state at the Pulley Funeral Home where friends may call after 1:00 p.m. Saturday. At noon Sunday the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until the funeral hour. Mr. Durkee was born April 18, 1887, in Terre Haute, Ind., the son of L.K. and Terresa (Porter) Durkee. He was first married to Ethel Keele, who died in 1949. In 1953 he married Nellie Severns, who survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Inez Hicks of this city, and Mrs. Helen VanHorn of Chicago; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; two daughters; two sisters; and four brothers. Mr. Durkee was a deacon and a member of the choir in the Southwest Church of Christ. He was a retired employee of the American Railway Express Company.
Obit supplied by Gravedigger49 (#47282320)
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