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Blanche Belle <I>Sutton</I> Aldridge

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Blanche Belle Sutton Aldridge

Birth
Coles County, Illinois, USA
Death
8 Feb 1938 (aged 40)
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section D - Row 2
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Mother Of Five Died Tuesday

Mrs. Blanche Sutton Aldridge, wife of Harold Aldridge died in St. Mary's hospital in Decatur on Tuesday evening. She had been seriously ill but a few days.

Funeral services were held in the McMullin Funeral Home Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Burns in charge. Interment was in Greenhill cemetery. The following were pall bearers: Charles Schoonover, Kenneth Mahoney, Lonnie Mahoney, John Stevens, Ralph Misenheimer and Carl Misenheimer.

Mrs. Aldridge was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Sutton and was born near Coles, June 23, 1897. Her first husband was Joe Miller. From this union three children survive: Marguerite, Joseph, and Magaret Miller. There are two children from the later marriage: Evelyn Joan and Loretta May Aldridge.

She also leaves the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Mae Miller and Mrs. Eudora Dunham of Springfield, Mrs. Cordia Stevens, Mrs. Vivian Webb, Miss Mary Sutton, and Marion and Oliver Sutton of Sullivan.

The Sullivan Progress (11 February 1938 - pg 1)
Mother Of Five Died Tuesday

Mrs. Blanche Sutton Aldridge, wife of Harold Aldridge died in St. Mary's hospital in Decatur on Tuesday evening. She had been seriously ill but a few days.

Funeral services were held in the McMullin Funeral Home Thursday afternoon with the Rev. Burns in charge. Interment was in Greenhill cemetery. The following were pall bearers: Charles Schoonover, Kenneth Mahoney, Lonnie Mahoney, John Stevens, Ralph Misenheimer and Carl Misenheimer.

Mrs. Aldridge was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Sutton and was born near Coles, June 23, 1897. Her first husband was Joe Miller. From this union three children survive: Marguerite, Joseph, and Magaret Miller. There are two children from the later marriage: Evelyn Joan and Loretta May Aldridge.

She also leaves the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Mae Miller and Mrs. Eudora Dunham of Springfield, Mrs. Cordia Stevens, Mrs. Vivian Webb, Miss Mary Sutton, and Marion and Oliver Sutton of Sullivan.

The Sullivan Progress (11 February 1938 - pg 1)

Gravesite Details

The marker states she passed away in 1937. All information found states 1938. See article from newspaper.


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  • Created by: JMS
  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54279553/blanche_belle-aldridge: accessed ), memorial page for Blanche Belle Sutton Aldridge (23 Jun 1897–8 Feb 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54279553, citing Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by JMS (contributor 47032380).