Cheney E. Craig, 82, of 504 Grant, Normal, a retired Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad engineer, died at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Brokaw Hospital following an illness of three days.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Stubblefield Funeral Home, with Dr. William Short officiating. Burial will be in Downs Cemetery. Masonic services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mr. Craig was born Aug. 14, 1883, at Downs, a son of Joseph and Roanna Straight Craig. He married Elva Silvey July 24, 1918, at Hudson. He was employed at the GM&O 45 years.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Houser, Los Angeles, Calif.; a son, Jack, Oregon City, Ore.; a sister, Mrs. Lucy Jones, Heyworth; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.
He was a member and deacon at Normal American Baptist Church and a member of Wade Barney Masonic Lodge and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Stubblefield Funeral Home, with Dr. William Short officiating. Burial will be in Downs Cemetery. Masonic services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mr. Craig was born Aug. 14, 1883, at Downs, a son of Joseph and Roanna Straight Craig. He married Elva Silvey July 24, 1918, at Hudson. He was employed at the GM&O 45 years.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Houser, Los Angeles, Calif.; a son, Jack, Oregon City, Ore.; a sister, Mrs. Lucy Jones, Heyworth; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.
He was a member and deacon at Normal American Baptist Church and a member of Wade Barney Masonic Lodge and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Pantagraph, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois Thursday, March 24, 1966 Page 8
Cheney E. Craig, 82, of 504 Grant, Normal, a retired Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad engineer, died at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Brokaw Hospital following an illness of three days.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Stubblefield Funeral Home, with Dr. William Short officiating. Burial will be in Downs Cemetery. Masonic services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mr. Craig was born Aug. 14, 1883, at Downs, a son of Joseph and Roanna Straight Craig. He married Elva Silvey July 24, 1918, at Hudson. He was employed at the GM&O 45 years.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Houser, Los Angeles, Calif.; a son, Jack, Oregon City, Ore.; a sister, Mrs. Lucy Jones, Heyworth; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.
He was a member and deacon at Normal American Baptist Church and a member of Wade Barney Masonic Lodge and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Pantagraph, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois Thursday, March 24, 1966 Page 8
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Stubblefield Funeral Home, with Dr. William Short officiating. Burial will be in Downs Cemetery. Masonic services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mr. Craig was born Aug. 14, 1883, at Downs, a son of Joseph and Roanna Straight Craig. He married Elva Silvey July 24, 1918, at Hudson. He was employed at the GM&O 45 years.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Houser, Los Angeles, Calif.; a son, Jack, Oregon City, Ore.; a sister, Mrs. Lucy Jones, Heyworth; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.
He was a member and deacon at Normal American Baptist Church and a member of Wade Barney Masonic Lodge and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Pantagraph, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois Thursday, March 24, 1966 Page 8
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