John E. Britton, Sr., 73, Mounds, Ill., father of Larry E. Britton of Olney, died Tuesday morning in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Services will be in the Crain Funeral Home in Mounds with Rev. Joseph VanRoekel presiding. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery in Villa Ridge.
Mr. Britton was born July 13, 1908 in Mounds, the son of Benson and Emma (Gallion) Britton. He married Anna Cruse in Mounds in 1930 and she survives.
He was a retired Metropolian Life Insurance Agent and a member of the Congregational Church of Mounds; a World War II veteran; a member of Cairo Elks; and American Legion.
Other survivors include a son, Lt. Col. (Ret) John Britton, Jr., Mounds; a daughter, Mrs. DeaAnn Russell, Mounds; a brother Benson Britton, Villa Ridge; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Kern, Paducah, Ky;
Mrs. Nellie Hickman, Independence, Mo.; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be in the Crain Funeral Home in Mounds with Rev. Joseph VanRoekel presiding. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery in Villa Ridge.
Mr. Britton was born July 13, 1908 in Mounds, the son of Benson and Emma (Gallion) Britton. He married Anna Cruse in Mounds in 1930 and she survives.
He was a retired Metropolian Life Insurance Agent and a member of the Congregational Church of Mounds; a World War II veteran; a member of Cairo Elks; and American Legion.
Other survivors include a son, Lt. Col. (Ret) John Britton, Jr., Mounds; a daughter, Mrs. DeaAnn Russell, Mounds; a brother Benson Britton, Villa Ridge; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Kern, Paducah, Ky;
Mrs. Nellie Hickman, Independence, Mo.; and eight grandchildren.
John E. Britton, Sr., 73, Mounds, Ill., father of Larry E. Britton of Olney, died Tuesday morning in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Services will be in the Crain Funeral Home in Mounds with Rev. Joseph VanRoekel presiding. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery in Villa Ridge.
Mr. Britton was born July 13, 1908 in Mounds, the son of Benson and Emma (Gallion) Britton. He married Anna Cruse in Mounds in 1930 and she survives.
He was a retired Metropolian Life Insurance Agent and a member of the Congregational Church of Mounds; a World War II veteran; a member of Cairo Elks; and American Legion.
Other survivors include a son, Lt. Col. (Ret) John Britton, Jr., Mounds; a daughter, Mrs. DeaAnn Russell, Mounds; a brother Benson Britton, Villa Ridge; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Kern, Paducah, Ky;
Mrs. Nellie Hickman, Independence, Mo.; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be in the Crain Funeral Home in Mounds with Rev. Joseph VanRoekel presiding. Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery in Villa Ridge.
Mr. Britton was born July 13, 1908 in Mounds, the son of Benson and Emma (Gallion) Britton. He married Anna Cruse in Mounds in 1930 and she survives.
He was a retired Metropolian Life Insurance Agent and a member of the Congregational Church of Mounds; a World War II veteran; a member of Cairo Elks; and American Legion.
Other survivors include a son, Lt. Col. (Ret) John Britton, Jr., Mounds; a daughter, Mrs. DeaAnn Russell, Mounds; a brother Benson Britton, Villa Ridge; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Kern, Paducah, Ky;
Mrs. Nellie Hickman, Independence, Mo.; and eight grandchildren.
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