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Arthur W McKee

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1 Oct 1932 (aged 54)
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Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Decatur Daily Review 10/2/1932

Arthur W. McKee, 54, check weightman for the Macon county Coal co. died Saturday at 5:15 pm in his home at 1210 E.Praire Ave. Following an illness of six weeks. His condition had been recognized as serious for the last three weeks.
Mr.McKee was born in Moweaqua July 27, 1878. He was in the army during the Spanish-American war and at the end of the war came to Decatur where he since had lived. Before entering the employ of the coal co. he operated a billiard hall on Merchant street.
He married Clara A. Sanders in 1906. He is survived by his wife, one son Arthur L. McKee and a daughter,Mrs.Blanche Stevenson of Chicago, his mother, Mrs.Sarah M. Hempel of Chicago, a brother W. N.McKee of Arlington Heights and the following half brothers and half sisters, Herman Henry and Robert Hempel, Mrs.Grace Bosley and Miss Vera Hempel, all of Chicago.
Mr. McKee was a member of the Eagles and the Moose lodges of Decatur and of the United Mine Workers of America.
The body was removed to the J. J. Moran & Son funeral home where funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 pm in the chapel Burial will be in Fairlawn cemetery.

Obituary furnished by Janet Donner


Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Arthur W. McKee
Name: Arthur W. McKee
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1878
Birth Place: Moweaqua, Illinois
Death Date: 1 Oct 1932
Death Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Burial Date: 3 Oct 1932
Burial Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Fairlawn
Death Age: 54
Occupation: Check Weighman
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Street address: Coal Mine
Residence: 1210 E. Prairie St.
Father Name: Samuel McKee
Father Birth Place: Illinois
Mother Name: Sarah Margaret Morris
Mother Birth Place: Missouri
Spouse Name: Clara A. Sanders
FHL Film Number: 1684558
Decatur Daily Review 10/2/1932

Arthur W. McKee, 54, check weightman for the Macon county Coal co. died Saturday at 5:15 pm in his home at 1210 E.Praire Ave. Following an illness of six weeks. His condition had been recognized as serious for the last three weeks.
Mr.McKee was born in Moweaqua July 27, 1878. He was in the army during the Spanish-American war and at the end of the war came to Decatur where he since had lived. Before entering the employ of the coal co. he operated a billiard hall on Merchant street.
He married Clara A. Sanders in 1906. He is survived by his wife, one son Arthur L. McKee and a daughter,Mrs.Blanche Stevenson of Chicago, his mother, Mrs.Sarah M. Hempel of Chicago, a brother W. N.McKee of Arlington Heights and the following half brothers and half sisters, Herman Henry and Robert Hempel, Mrs.Grace Bosley and Miss Vera Hempel, all of Chicago.
Mr. McKee was a member of the Eagles and the Moose lodges of Decatur and of the United Mine Workers of America.
The body was removed to the J. J. Moran & Son funeral home where funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 pm in the chapel Burial will be in Fairlawn cemetery.

Obituary furnished by Janet Donner


Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Arthur W. McKee
Name: Arthur W. McKee
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1878
Birth Place: Moweaqua, Illinois
Death Date: 1 Oct 1932
Death Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Burial Date: 3 Oct 1932
Burial Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Fairlawn
Death Age: 54
Occupation: Check Weighman
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Street address: Coal Mine
Residence: 1210 E. Prairie St.
Father Name: Samuel McKee
Father Birth Place: Illinois
Mother Name: Sarah Margaret Morris
Mother Birth Place: Missouri
Spouse Name: Clara A. Sanders
FHL Film Number: 1684558


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