December 29, 2001

Rooney Cruse

ANNA, Ill. -- Rooney O. Cruse, 96, of Anna died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro, Ill. He was born Nov. 26, 1905, in Union County, Ill., son of Oliver and Dovie Miller Cruse. He and Velma Holshouser were married Nov. 19, 1945. She died March 6, 1993...

ANNA, Ill. -- Rooney O. Cruse, 96, of Anna died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001, at Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro, Ill.

He was born Nov. 26, 1905, in Union County, Ill., son of Oliver and Dovie Miller Cruse. He and Velma Holshouser were married Nov. 19, 1945. She died March 6, 1993.

Cruse was a member of First Baptist Church. He was a veteran of World War II.

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Survivors include a sister, Pearl Cavaness of Anna.

He was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters.

Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Anna after noon Sunday.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. The Rev. Verlee Eaker will officiate. Burial will be in Anna Cemetery.

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