IRMA M. EDWARDS

CAIRO, Ill. -- Irma M. Edwards, 93, of Cairo, died Sunday, July 12, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born in Cairo on May 9, 1899, the daughter of Otto and Adele Baur Tauber. She married Neil Edwards, who preceded her in death in 1970.

She and her husband owned Neil's Drug Store in Cairo, which she ran for many years before she retired.

She was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Survivors are three daughters, Clare Motchan, Martha Bryant and Patricia Ryan, all of Cairo; seven grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and one great, great grandson.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Daniel E. Knock officiating. Burial will follow in the Wickliffe Cemetery in Wickliffe, Ky.