Hattie Lourena Crouch
1916 - 2001 (85 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Hattie Lourena Crouch was born on 20 Apr 1916 in Belle Rive, Jefferson County, Illinois; died on 6 Sep 2001 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Notes:
Hattie Rapp
Bluford – Hattie L. Rapp, 85, died at 10:25 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, in Crossroads Community Hospital in Mount Vernon.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Mount Zion Cemetery, north of Bluford, with Brother Bill Prince officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Hughey Funeral Home in Mount Vernon.
Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois. Friday, 7 September 2001.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85114521/hattie-lourena-rappHattie married Clyne Marshall Rapp in 1939. Clyne was born on 20 Mar 1911 in Illinois; died on 16 Apr 1984 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Eleanor Ruth Rapp
was born on 11 Jan 1936 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 18 May 1998 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois.
- 2. Eleanor Ruth Rapp
Generation: 2
2. Eleanor Ruth Rapp (1.Hattie1) was born on 11 Jan 1936 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 18 May 1998 in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Notes:
Eleanor Ruth Purdy
Mount Vernon. Eleanor Ruth "Peachie" Purdy, 61, died at 1:01 p.m. Sunday, May 18, 1997, at home.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hughey Funeral Home in Mount Vernon with the Rev. Robert Wiggins officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery north of Bluford. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Couple Wed In Cairo
Miss Eleanor Rapp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Rapp of Mt. Vernon, and Jack E. Purdy, son of Rev. and Mrs. E.B. Purdy of West Franklin were married at the Cairo First Methodist Church July 7.
The Rev. Levan Baylor performed the ceremony. The bridegroom's father is pastor of the West Frankfort First Methodist Church.
The bride is a graduate of Memorial School of Nursing, Springfield. She is employed at Carbondale Clinic, Carbondale.
The bridegroom is a 1960 graduate of Southern Illinois University, where he belonged to Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma fraternities.
After a wedding trip to Tennessee, the Purdys are living at 605 N. 21st St., Murphysboro. Mr. Purdy is employed as apprentice pharmacist at Doctor's Hospital, Carbondale, but will begin studies at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago in September.
Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois. Monday, 1 August 1960.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85114344/eleanor-ruth-purdyEleanor married Jack Eldridge Purdy on 7 Jul 1960 in Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois. Jack was born on 6 May 1938 in Creal Springs, Williamson County, Illinois; died on 27 Jun 2012 in Carbondale, Williamson County, Illinois; was cremated in location of ashes unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]