REV. JNO. CHILDERS

DIES AT HIS HOME ,

LAFE , AT 7:35 A.M.

DAILY PRESS

AUGUST 7 , 1930

RESEARCHED AND TYPED BY : TINA EASLEY

tina@grnco.net

WAS PASTOR OF METHODIST CHURCH AT LORADO , WHEN ILLNESS FORCED HIM TO RETIRE

THE REV . JOHN T. CHILDERS AGED 64 , RETIRED METHODIST MINISTER DIED AT 7:35 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING AT HIS HOME IN LAFE , FOLLOWING AN ILLNESS OF FIVE WEEKS DUE TO COMPLICATIONS OF DISEASES . HE WAS PASTOR OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AT LORADO UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN ILL HEALTH FORCED HIM TO RETIRE. HE WAS A NATIVE OF ILLINOIS , BUT HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS SECTION OF THE STATE APPROXIMATELY 35 YEARS.

FUNERAL SERVICES AND BURIAL WILL BE CONDUCTED AT TWO O'CLOCK TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THE PROVIDENCE CEMETERY , EAST OF LAFE . THE REV. G.C. TAYLOR , PASTOR OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AT MARMADUKE WILL OFFICIATE .

DECEASED IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIDOW , MRS. MATTIE JANE CHILDERS , ONE SISTER , MRS. T.J. LANTION OF MARION , ILL. THREE BROTHERS , JAMES A. CHILDERS OF ST. LOUIS , CHARLES E. CHILDERS OF ENERGY , ILL. AND A HALF BROTHER , WILL R. CHILDERS OF MURPHRYSBORO, ILL.