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Richard S Hughes

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Richard S Hughes

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
26 Jul 1948 (aged 84–85)
Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Waverly, Morgan County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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State Journal Registerl, July 26, 1948

Richard S. Hughes Rites Thursday

Funeral services for Richard S. Hughes, 85, of 2730 South Grand Ave. E., who died at 12:40 p.m. yesterday at his residence will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Bisch Memorial home. Mr. Robert Miller will officiate and burial will be in East Waverly Cemetery.
Mr. Hughes was a former motorman on Springfield street cars and later was employed at the Edwards & Chapman laundry. He had been retired for 15 years. Mr. Hughes was born Jan. 23, 1863, in Macoupin county. On Feb. 22, 1893, he married Minnie J. Herron. He was a member of the South Seventh Street Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife; six sons, Nicholas, Jacksonville; Wesley Carl and Richard, all of city; Charles, Lynnwood, Calif., and Clark, Denver, Colo.; one stepson, Otis Flynn, Baylis; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Samples, Jacksonville, and Mrs. Clara Harford, city; two brothers, Lewis, Centralia, and Oscar, city; one sister, Mrs. Clara Palmer, city, and 27 grandchildren.
State Journal Registerl, July 26, 1948

Richard S. Hughes Rites Thursday

Funeral services for Richard S. Hughes, 85, of 2730 South Grand Ave. E., who died at 12:40 p.m. yesterday at his residence will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Bisch Memorial home. Mr. Robert Miller will officiate and burial will be in East Waverly Cemetery.
Mr. Hughes was a former motorman on Springfield street cars and later was employed at the Edwards & Chapman laundry. He had been retired for 15 years. Mr. Hughes was born Jan. 23, 1863, in Macoupin county. On Feb. 22, 1893, he married Minnie J. Herron. He was a member of the South Seventh Street Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife; six sons, Nicholas, Jacksonville; Wesley Carl and Richard, all of city; Charles, Lynnwood, Calif., and Clark, Denver, Colo.; one stepson, Otis Flynn, Baylis; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Samples, Jacksonville, and Mrs. Clara Harford, city; two brothers, Lewis, Centralia, and Oscar, city; one sister, Mrs. Clara Palmer, city, and 27 grandchildren.

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