TREMONT--(PNS)--The funeral of John Charles Alexander, 90, who died Tuesday, will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Davis Mortuary, Tremont, the Rev. R. G. Marks officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Tremont.
Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. today at the mortuary.
Mr. Alexander had resided at the Hopedale House for the past four years.
He was born Nov. 26, 1882, in Dillon Township, a son of Robert and Rachael Kemper Alexander. He married Evaline McQueen June 4, 1904, at Tremont. She died in April, 1969.
Surviving are three sons, Howard, Fondulac, Wis.; Charles, 127 N. Adelaide, Normal; Leslie, Dallas, Tex; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.
A daughter and two brothers also preceded him in death.
Memorials may be made to the Tremont United Methodist Church of which he was a member.
Mr. Alexander was one of the first rural mail carriers to work out of the Tremont Post Office, retiring in 1934.
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19 Apr 1973, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois
TREMONT--(PNS)--The funeral of John Charles Alexander, 90, who died Tuesday, will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Davis Mortuary, Tremont, the Rev. R. G. Marks officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Tremont.
Visitation will be 7 to 9 p.m. today at the mortuary.
Mr. Alexander had resided at the Hopedale House for the past four years.
He was born Nov. 26, 1882, in Dillon Township, a son of Robert and Rachael Kemper Alexander. He married Evaline McQueen June 4, 1904, at Tremont. She died in April, 1969.
Surviving are three sons, Howard, Fondulac, Wis.; Charles, 127 N. Adelaide, Normal; Leslie, Dallas, Tex; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren.
A daughter and two brothers also preceded him in death.
Memorials may be made to the Tremont United Methodist Church of which he was a member.
Mr. Alexander was one of the first rural mail carriers to work out of the Tremont Post Office, retiring in 1934.
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19 Apr 1973, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois
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