GEORGE MERKEL DIES; RITES TO BE FRIDAY

George D. MERKEL, 23, of Sesser died at noon Wednesday in Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt. Vernon. He had been ill several months.

He was born July 31, 1940, in Sesser, the son of Noble and May BRADEN MERKEL.

He was file clerk in the state license bureau, Springfield, before he became ill.

He leaves his wife, the former Joyce RHINE; children, George Jr., 4, Robert Alan, 3, and Paula Ann, four months; sisters, Mrs. Neva SULSER of Sesser, Mrs. Nina CHRISTMAN of Millstadt and Wanda MERKEL of Sesser; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison BRADEN and Mrs. Carrie MERKEL, all of Sesser.

Funeral services will be at 2p.m. Friday at Horse Prairie Baptist Church northeast of Sesser, Rev. Hugh MOORE and Rev. Wayne THOMAS will officiate. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Sesser. Friends may call at Brayfield Funeral Home, Sesser.

Source: The Southern Illinoisan
Date: Thursday, December 26, 1963
Submitted by: Robert W. Loman