May 5, 1998

EMMA CASPER

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Emma Lea Casper, 87, of Mounds, formerly of Olmsted and Tamms, died Monday, May 4, 1998, at Meridian Manor Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 4, 1911, in rural Olmsted, daughter of Alfred Marion and Mary Esta Odle Atherton. She first married Sam Devore, who died in 1971. She later married Paul L. Casper, who died in 1981...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Emma Lea Casper, 87, of Mounds, formerly of Olmsted and Tamms, died Monday, May 4, 1998, at Meridian Manor Nursing Home.

She was born Feb. 4, 1911, in rural Olmsted, daughter of Alfred Marion and Mary Esta Odle Atherton. She first married Sam Devore, who died in 1971. She later married Paul L. Casper, who died in 1981.

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Survivors include nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Herman Painter officiating. Burial will be in Concord Cemetery near Olmsted.

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