BUNCOMBE, Ill. -- Graveside service was held Saturday for Kayla Nicole Thornton, who died at birth Thursday, March 14, 1996, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.
The service was held at Cedar Grove Cemetery at Buncombe. The Rev. Oral Perry officiated.
Survivors include her parents, Geri Ruschak and Micheal Thornton of Buncombe; paternal grandparents, Jack Thornton of Buncombe and Denise O'Brien of Chicago; maternal grandparents, Mary Ruschak of Vienna and Jerome Ruschak Jr. of Metropolis; paternal great-grandparents, John F. and Lawanda Thornton of Buncombe; maternal great-grandparents, John and Lois Kemp and Lulubelle and Jerome Ruschak Sr., all of Harvey, Ill..
Crain Funeral Home of Anna was in charge of arrangements.
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