CATHERINE NEEDHAM

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Catherine Reichert Needham, 83, of Dongola, died Saturday, Nov. 9, 1991, at Union County Hospital in Anna.

She was born July 2, 1908, at Belknap, daughter of Ben and Mary Mellein Evers. She married Albert Reichert, who preceded her in death. She later married Clifford Needham.

Needham was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Grand Chain.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Marilyn Pittman of Lansing, Kan.; two stepsons, Neal Needham of Dongola, William Needham of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; seven grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, two brothers and a sister.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Catherine's Church. The Rev. Bill McGhee will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery.

Friends may call at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak from 6-8 p.m. today. Prayers will be at 7.