October 9, 2001

Roy Husband Sr.

JACKSON, Mo. -- Roy A. Husband Sr., 96, of Steeleville, Ill., died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001, at Senior Manor Nursing Center in Sparta, Ill. He was born Sept. 27,1905, in Chester, Ill., son of Joseph and Emma Skinner Husband. He and Edith A. Sieberg were married Feb. 12, 1927, in Vandalia, Ill. She died Feb. 17, 1985...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Roy A. Husband Sr., 96, of Steeleville, Ill., died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001, at Senior Manor Nursing Center in Sparta, Ill.

He was born Sept. 27,1905, in Chester, Ill., son of Joseph and Emma Skinner Husband. He and Edith A. Sieberg were married Feb. 12, 1927, in Vandalia, Ill. She died Feb. 17, 1985.

Husband had farmed, and was a member of First Baptist Church in Percy, Ill.

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Survivors include two sons, Roy Husband Jr. of Jackson, Claude Husband Sr. of Steeleville; 10 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

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

Friends may call at Wilson's Funeral Home in Steeleville after 6 p.m. Wednesday, and Thursday after 7:30 a.m.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Cecil Dunning officiating. Burial will be in Mount Summit Cemetery at Chester.

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