December 13, 1991

ELVA CRADER

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Elva Crader, 84, Dongola Route 2, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1991, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Granite City. She was born Aug. 29, 1907, at Ullin, daughter of Turner and Lucy George Kesler. She married Loren Crader Aug. 29, 1930. He died Aug. 30, 1986...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Elva Crader, 84, Dongola Route 2, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1991, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Granite City.

She was born Aug. 29, 1907, at Ullin, daughter of Turner and Lucy George Kesler. She married Loren Crader Aug. 29, 1930. He died Aug. 30, 1986.

Crader was a member of Beech Grove United Methodist Church.

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Survivors include a daughter, Betty Annable of Granite City; a son, Paul Crader of West Frankfort; a brother, Arnie Kesler of Dongola; two sisters, Ines Brown of Olmsted, Virgie Miller of East Peoria; two grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Allen Eagleson will officiate, with burial in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.

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