Monday, November 1, 2010

Rites Today for Mrs Craig, 74

newspaper obit from amanda shafer scrapbook handwritten date of MArch 1950(or 1960?)

Services for Mrs Alcinda Craig, 74, of 3846 Fifty-seventh st, will be at 7 p.m. today at the Conley Funeral home, with burial at 1 p.m. Sunday at Saline, Mo, her former home.
She died at her home Thursday after an illness of three years following a stroke.
Born in Harrison Co, Mo, she came to Des Moines three years ago from Saline. She was a member of the Freedom Christian Church at Saline.
Surviving are her husband John Melvin, sons Cleo and John, both of Des Moines, six daughters, Mrs Hallie Graves, San Francisco, Cal., Mrs Dollie Gray and Mrs Amanda Shafer, Des Moines, Mrs May Duman and Mrs Mary Uhler, San Jose, Cal., and Mrs Bessie Frisbie, Cainsville, Mo. Thirty seven grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren also survive.

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