CARL F. KARCHER

CAIRO, Ill. -- Carl F. Karcher, 84, of Cairo, Ill., died Friday, March 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Nov. 17, 1910, in Cairo, son of Carl J. and Mary P. Bucher Karcher.

He was the owner of the Karcher Shoe Store for many years. He was a former president of the Cairo Retail Merchants and served as chairman of the Cairo Christmas Decoration Fund. He was a member of the chamber of commerce, the Knights of Columbus and the Elks Lodge. He was a former member of the police and fire commission and the auxiliary fire department.

Survivors include his wife, Anna Mae Dunn Karcher; a son, Dick Karcher of Cairo; a daughter, Marianne Bargo of Crest Hill, Ill.; a brother, James Karcher of Council Bluff, Iowa; a sister, Rose Lucille Stout of Cairo; and two grandsons.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.

Friends may call at the Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo Monday from 9 to 9:45 a.m.

A funeral mass will be Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Cairo. The Rev. Jerome Fortenberry will officiate, with burial in the Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge, Ill.