The City Directory of Alton Illinois for 1911-12 lists Oscar M. Elder and wife Mary S. living at 221 E. Bostwick. The 1928-29 directory lists him as a general contractor living at 2726 Bostwick.
Obituary from Alton Telegraph December 16, 1953
Oscar Mansfield Elder, 87, of 815 East Eighth St., a retired building contractor , died at 6:55 a.m. Thursday in Alton Memorial Hospital.
Elder became ill three weeks ago Tuesday suffering a paralytic stroke, while visiting at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Paul Aulabaugh, 2626 Sanford Ave. He was cared for in Mrs. Aulabaugh's home for four days until hospital care became imperitaive and then was moved to Alton Memorial.
He was born in Saline County, but moved to West Alton, Mo., in his youth and after farming there for a while moved to Alton. He had resided in Alton for 62 years.
Surviving in additions to his daughter, Mrs. Aulabaugh, are another daughter, Mrs. William Taylor of Brighton; a son, Ray, Little Rock, Ark., a half-sister, Mrs. William Howsen, Warren, Ark., 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Bessie Horn died in 1920.
Funeral rites will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Streeper Funeral Home after which the body will be interred in Upper Alton Cemetery. Friends may visit the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.
On the 1900 Census for Wood River Township he was called Mance O. Elder.
Obituary from Alton Telegraph December 16, 1953
Oscar Mansfield Elder, 87, of 815 East Eighth St., a retired building contractor , died at 6:55 a.m. Thursday in Alton Memorial Hospital.
Elder became ill three weeks ago Tuesday suffering a paralytic stroke, while visiting at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Paul Aulabaugh, 2626 Sanford Ave. He was cared for in Mrs. Aulabaugh's home for four days until hospital care became imperitaive and then was moved to Alton Memorial.
He was born in Saline County, but moved to West Alton, Mo., in his youth and after farming there for a while moved to Alton. He had resided in Alton for 62 years.
Surviving in additions to his daughter, Mrs. Aulabaugh, are another daughter, Mrs. William Taylor of Brighton; a son, Ray, Little Rock, Ark., a half-sister, Mrs. William Howsen, Warren, Ark., 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Bessie Horn died in 1920.
Funeral rites will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Streeper Funeral Home after which the body will be interred in Upper Alton Cemetery. Friends may visit the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.
On the 1900 Census for Wood River Township he was called Mance O. Elder.
The City Directory of Alton Illinois for 1911-12 lists Oscar M. Elder and wife Mary S. living at 221 E. Bostwick. The 1928-29 directory lists him as a general contractor living at 2726 Bostwick.
Obituary from Alton Telegraph December 16, 1953
Oscar Mansfield Elder, 87, of 815 East Eighth St., a retired building contractor , died at 6:55 a.m. Thursday in Alton Memorial Hospital.
Elder became ill three weeks ago Tuesday suffering a paralytic stroke, while visiting at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Paul Aulabaugh, 2626 Sanford Ave. He was cared for in Mrs. Aulabaugh's home for four days until hospital care became imperitaive and then was moved to Alton Memorial.
He was born in Saline County, but moved to West Alton, Mo., in his youth and after farming there for a while moved to Alton. He had resided in Alton for 62 years.
Surviving in additions to his daughter, Mrs. Aulabaugh, are another daughter, Mrs. William Taylor of Brighton; a son, Ray, Little Rock, Ark., a half-sister, Mrs. William Howsen, Warren, Ark., 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Bessie Horn died in 1920.
Funeral rites will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Streeper Funeral Home after which the body will be interred in Upper Alton Cemetery. Friends may visit the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.
On the 1900 Census for Wood River Township he was called Mance O. Elder.
Obituary from Alton Telegraph December 16, 1953
Oscar Mansfield Elder, 87, of 815 East Eighth St., a retired building contractor , died at 6:55 a.m. Thursday in Alton Memorial Hospital.
Elder became ill three weeks ago Tuesday suffering a paralytic stroke, while visiting at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Paul Aulabaugh, 2626 Sanford Ave. He was cared for in Mrs. Aulabaugh's home for four days until hospital care became imperitaive and then was moved to Alton Memorial.
He was born in Saline County, but moved to West Alton, Mo., in his youth and after farming there for a while moved to Alton. He had resided in Alton for 62 years.
Surviving in additions to his daughter, Mrs. Aulabaugh, are another daughter, Mrs. William Taylor of Brighton; a son, Ray, Little Rock, Ark., a half-sister, Mrs. William Howsen, Warren, Ark., 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Bessie Horn died in 1920.
Funeral rites will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Streeper Funeral Home after which the body will be interred in Upper Alton Cemetery. Friends may visit the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.
On the 1900 Census for Wood River Township he was called Mance O. Elder.
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