The following info was derived from an obituary of Emma Austin Reno:
WELL KNOWN WOMAN DIES LAST NIGHT
Mrs. Emma Reno Passes Away At St. Mary's Hospital
FAMED AS MAGICIAN
Had Been on Several Circuits. Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon at 2:30.
Mrs. Emma Reno, 60, one of Kankakee's best known citizens and wife of Edward Reno, nationally known magician, died at St. Mary's hospital at nine o'clock last night after an illness of about three weeks.
On the back of one of her pictures is written "Empress of Magic".
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Hertz funeral chapel with the Rev. David Creighton, of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. The body will be taken to Baldwinsville, New York, for burial in the family cemetery.
Mrs. Reno, whose maiden name was Emma Austin, was born on August 31, 1867 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and when a small girl moved with her parents to Omaha Nebraska. On November 13, 1886, she was married to Edward Reno at Atchinson, Kansas, where they lived until 1900 when they moved to Kankakee.
Was On Circuit
At the time of the removal to Kankakee, Mr. Reno was a partner in the show firm of Reno and Alvord, but around 1905 he left that business and joined the Redpath Chautauqua Circuit, with which he is still located.
The deceased also was famed as a magician for a number of years being associated with several circuits, at one time traveling with her son, Edward A. Reno, now living at Athens, Georgia.
About three weeks ago, Mrs. Reno drove her husband to Aurora where he appeared at a performance and came back to Kankakee alone. At Aurora, the couple ate dinner, and it is supposed that here she contracted some form of poisoning as when she returned here she felt ill.
She was taken to St. Mary's Monday of last week and for several days was in a coma, from which she never rallied. Mr. Reno has constantly been at her bedside, abandoning his Chautauqua schedule.
Leaves Four Children
Mrs. Reno is survived by her husband and four children who are: Mrs. Herny Gilbert of Macon, Georgia; Mrs. David Shirkie, of Ashville, N.C. Mrs. Harvey Connell, of Baldwinsville, N. Y., and Edward A. Reno of Athens, Georgia.
The info above was from an obit (actual clipping from a newspaper) . We have no idea what date or in which newspaper this obit ran. We are assuming it was printed in Kankakee, Ill.
The first wife of Edward Munn Burdick Reno, Emma also was a magician in her own right. Known as "Madam Reno" she traveled the show circuit around mid America with her own show if not preforming with Ed. She died of food poisoning, and was laid to rest in the Burdick family plot in Baldwinsville New York where Edward was born. More information may be found at www.ed-reno-magician.com
WELL KNOWN WOMAN DIES LAST NIGHT
Mrs. Emma Reno Passes Away At St. Mary's Hospital
FAMED AS MAGICIAN
Had Been on Several Circuits. Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon at 2:30.
Mrs. Emma Reno, 60, one of Kankakee's best known citizens and wife of Edward Reno, nationally known magician, died at St. Mary's hospital at nine o'clock last night after an illness of about three weeks.
On the back of one of her pictures is written "Empress of Magic".
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Hertz funeral chapel with the Rev. David Creighton, of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. The body will be taken to Baldwinsville, New York, for burial in the family cemetery.
Mrs. Reno, whose maiden name was Emma Austin, was born on August 31, 1867 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and when a small girl moved with her parents to Omaha Nebraska. On November 13, 1886, she was married to Edward Reno at Atchinson, Kansas, where they lived until 1900 when they moved to Kankakee.
Was On Circuit
At the time of the removal to Kankakee, Mr. Reno was a partner in the show firm of Reno and Alvord, but around 1905 he left that business and joined the Redpath Chautauqua Circuit, with which he is still located.
The deceased also was famed as a magician for a number of years being associated with several circuits, at one time traveling with her son, Edward A. Reno, now living at Athens, Georgia.
About three weeks ago, Mrs. Reno drove her husband to Aurora where he appeared at a performance and came back to Kankakee alone. At Aurora, the couple ate dinner, and it is supposed that here she contracted some form of poisoning as when she returned here she felt ill.
She was taken to St. Mary's Monday of last week and for several days was in a coma, from which she never rallied. Mr. Reno has constantly been at her bedside, abandoning his Chautauqua schedule.
Leaves Four Children
Mrs. Reno is survived by her husband and four children who are: Mrs. Herny Gilbert of Macon, Georgia; Mrs. David Shirkie, of Ashville, N.C. Mrs. Harvey Connell, of Baldwinsville, N. Y., and Edward A. Reno of Athens, Georgia.
The info above was from an obit (actual clipping from a newspaper) . We have no idea what date or in which newspaper this obit ran. We are assuming it was printed in Kankakee, Ill.
The first wife of Edward Munn Burdick Reno, Emma also was a magician in her own right. Known as "Madam Reno" she traveled the show circuit around mid America with her own show if not preforming with Ed. She died of food poisoning, and was laid to rest in the Burdick family plot in Baldwinsville New York where Edward was born. More information may be found at www.ed-reno-magician.com
The following info was derived from an obituary of Emma Austin Reno:
WELL KNOWN WOMAN DIES LAST NIGHT
Mrs. Emma Reno Passes Away At St. Mary's Hospital
FAMED AS MAGICIAN
Had Been on Several Circuits. Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon at 2:30.
Mrs. Emma Reno, 60, one of Kankakee's best known citizens and wife of Edward Reno, nationally known magician, died at St. Mary's hospital at nine o'clock last night after an illness of about three weeks.
On the back of one of her pictures is written "Empress of Magic".
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Hertz funeral chapel with the Rev. David Creighton, of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. The body will be taken to Baldwinsville, New York, for burial in the family cemetery.
Mrs. Reno, whose maiden name was Emma Austin, was born on August 31, 1867 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and when a small girl moved with her parents to Omaha Nebraska. On November 13, 1886, she was married to Edward Reno at Atchinson, Kansas, where they lived until 1900 when they moved to Kankakee.
Was On Circuit
At the time of the removal to Kankakee, Mr. Reno was a partner in the show firm of Reno and Alvord, but around 1905 he left that business and joined the Redpath Chautauqua Circuit, with which he is still located.
The deceased also was famed as a magician for a number of years being associated with several circuits, at one time traveling with her son, Edward A. Reno, now living at Athens, Georgia.
About three weeks ago, Mrs. Reno drove her husband to Aurora where he appeared at a performance and came back to Kankakee alone. At Aurora, the couple ate dinner, and it is supposed that here she contracted some form of poisoning as when she returned here she felt ill.
She was taken to St. Mary's Monday of last week and for several days was in a coma, from which she never rallied. Mr. Reno has constantly been at her bedside, abandoning his Chautauqua schedule.
Leaves Four Children
Mrs. Reno is survived by her husband and four children who are: Mrs. Herny Gilbert of Macon, Georgia; Mrs. David Shirkie, of Ashville, N.C. Mrs. Harvey Connell, of Baldwinsville, N. Y., and Edward A. Reno of Athens, Georgia.
The info above was from an obit (actual clipping from a newspaper) . We have no idea what date or in which newspaper this obit ran. We are assuming it was printed in Kankakee, Ill.
The first wife of Edward Munn Burdick Reno, Emma also was a magician in her own right. Known as "Madam Reno" she traveled the show circuit around mid America with her own show if not preforming with Ed. She died of food poisoning, and was laid to rest in the Burdick family plot in Baldwinsville New York where Edward was born. More information may be found at www.ed-reno-magician.com
WELL KNOWN WOMAN DIES LAST NIGHT
Mrs. Emma Reno Passes Away At St. Mary's Hospital
FAMED AS MAGICIAN
Had Been on Several Circuits. Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon at 2:30.
Mrs. Emma Reno, 60, one of Kankakee's best known citizens and wife of Edward Reno, nationally known magician, died at St. Mary's hospital at nine o'clock last night after an illness of about three weeks.
On the back of one of her pictures is written "Empress of Magic".
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Hertz funeral chapel with the Rev. David Creighton, of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. The body will be taken to Baldwinsville, New York, for burial in the family cemetery.
Mrs. Reno, whose maiden name was Emma Austin, was born on August 31, 1867 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and when a small girl moved with her parents to Omaha Nebraska. On November 13, 1886, she was married to Edward Reno at Atchinson, Kansas, where they lived until 1900 when they moved to Kankakee.
Was On Circuit
At the time of the removal to Kankakee, Mr. Reno was a partner in the show firm of Reno and Alvord, but around 1905 he left that business and joined the Redpath Chautauqua Circuit, with which he is still located.
The deceased also was famed as a magician for a number of years being associated with several circuits, at one time traveling with her son, Edward A. Reno, now living at Athens, Georgia.
About three weeks ago, Mrs. Reno drove her husband to Aurora where he appeared at a performance and came back to Kankakee alone. At Aurora, the couple ate dinner, and it is supposed that here she contracted some form of poisoning as when she returned here she felt ill.
She was taken to St. Mary's Monday of last week and for several days was in a coma, from which she never rallied. Mr. Reno has constantly been at her bedside, abandoning his Chautauqua schedule.
Leaves Four Children
Mrs. Reno is survived by her husband and four children who are: Mrs. Herny Gilbert of Macon, Georgia; Mrs. David Shirkie, of Ashville, N.C. Mrs. Harvey Connell, of Baldwinsville, N. Y., and Edward A. Reno of Athens, Georgia.
The info above was from an obit (actual clipping from a newspaper) . We have no idea what date or in which newspaper this obit ran. We are assuming it was printed in Kankakee, Ill.
The first wife of Edward Munn Burdick Reno, Emma also was a magician in her own right. Known as "Madam Reno" she traveled the show circuit around mid America with her own show if not preforming with Ed. She died of food poisoning, and was laid to rest in the Burdick family plot in Baldwinsville New York where Edward was born. More information may be found at www.ed-reno-magician.com
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