Mary Hessian

CAIRO, Ill. -- Mary Eleanor Hessian, 66, of Cairo died Friday, Dec. 19, 2003, at Daystar Care Center.

She was born May 22, 1937, in Cairo, daughter of Charles E. and Mary McCarthy Hessian.

Hessian was a retired teacher's aide. She was a lifelong member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

Survivors include three cousins, Elizabeth Turner and Mary Karcher of Cairo, and John Stout of Evansville, Ind.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister.

There is no visitation.

Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick's Church, with the Rev Jerome Fortenberry officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Villa Ridge, Ill.

Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo is in charge of arrangements.