Ervin Karraker

ANNA, Ill. -- Ervin E. Karraker, 84, of Anna died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born July 10, 1920, in Dongola, Ill., son of Otis and Fannie Beggs Karraker. He and Maribell Corzine were married in 1941. She died in 1958. He and Mary M. Hileman were married April 16, 1960.

Ervin retired as manager of IKT in Harrisburg, Ill. He was a member of Anna Church of Christ.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Sandra Lewis of Mount Vernon, Ill., Karen Reininger of Bloomington, Ill.; a sister, Euba Sivia of Dongola, Ill.; and grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son and a brother.

Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Anna from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with John Shelton and Wes Hazel officiating. Burial will be in Christian Chapel Cemetery.