Mrs. Lou Ella KITCHELL, 68, of Opdyke, died at 12:30 a.m. Sunday at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She was a housewife.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at Hughey-Pulley Funeral Home, with the Rev. Gale MACK and the Rev. Everett LEMAY officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. For those who wish, a gift may be made to the American Cancer Society in lieu of flowers.

Mrs. KITCHELL was born February 25, 1906, in Spring Garden Township, the daughter of John and Alice (RAMSEY) KINMAN.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Belle Rive.

Surviviors include a son, Conrad KITCHELL, of Ozark, Mo.; a daughter, Mrs. Madalynne McKAGUE, of Arlington Heights; six grandchildren; a brother, R. C. KINMAN, of Gustine, Cal.; and a sister, Mrs. Helen PILSON, of Opdyke.

She was preceded in death by a son Richard KITCHELL, who died in 1954.

Source: Mt. Vernon, IL Register-News
Date: Monday, May 13, 1974
Submitted by: Mary Zinzilieta