KENNETH E. CORSE

Kenneth E. Corse of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Oct. 2, 1998, at the Charlevoix Nursing Home in St. Charles. He was 90.

He was born June 16, 1908, son of Alonzo "Lonnie" and Lydia Wadsworth Corse. He married Wanda Cox Aug. 3, 1936.

He was a retired construction worker who helped build the Kansas City Bridge. He was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Crosstown.

He is survived by his wife, of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, Ann Besand of Cape Girardeau; two sons, Walter Corse of St. Louis and Louis Corse of Arcata, Calif.; a brother, Malcolm Corse of St. Louis; a sister, Verna Preston of St. Peters; and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and three sisters.

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today and from 6:30 to noon Monday at Young & Sons Chapel in Perryville. Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Crosstown, with the Rev. Steve Francis officiating.

Burial will be at the church cemetery.