RILEY, Clair - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Go to content

RILEY, Clair

Source: The obituary is from a collection of newspaper (paper names not recorded) obituaries saved, by Fauniel Hershberger, during the 1950's, 60's, 70's and 80's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana.  The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Hand dated 1964

HILLSBORO — Funeral services for Clair Riley, age 63, a former resident of Hillsboro who died Saturday night, May 16, at Berwyn, Ill. will be held at 8:30 p.m. tonight, May 20, at the Abrams Funeral Home in Berwyn. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Rose Hill Cemetery at Hillsboro. Mr. Riley was born at Mellott Aug. 2, 1900 and he was reared in the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Riley, formerly of Hillsboro. He was retired but had been imployed by a steel company at Berwyn for several years. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Murphy of Berwyn; an aunt, Mrs. Una Wuthric of Hillsboro; and four grandchildren.   --typed by Walt W
Back to content