ObituariesMarch 26, 1999
OSCAR EDWARDS
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Oscar Edwards, 89, of Brighton died Thursday, March 25, 1999, at Robings Manor in Brighton. He was born June 20, 1909, in Mound City, son of Otto and Coral Loeschner Edwards. He and Mary Alice Full were married in March 1928. She died in 1990...
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Oscar Edwards, 89, of Brighton died Thursday, March 25, 1999, at Robings Manor in Brighton.
He was born June 20, 1909, in Mound City, son of Otto and Coral Loeschner Edwards. He and Mary Alice Full were married in March 1928. She died in 1990.
Edwards served as mayor 20 years, was a city alderman 20 years, and served on the school board several years.
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Survivors include a daughter, Mary Husmann of Godfrey; a son, Herman Edwards of Alton; a brother, Lawrence Edwards of Selma, Ala.; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City. The Rev. F. Jerry Herring will officiate. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds.
Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from noon until service time.
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