GREGG STRATTAN DIES IN INDIANA,BRING BODY HERE

Seibert Gregg Strattan of this city died suddenly at 6:30 a.m. today in Evansville Ind., where he was employed.

The body will be brought to Mt. Vernon for services and burial.

Mr. Strattan was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strattan of 211 S. Sixth street.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete.

Source: Mount Vernon Register News
Date: 1949
Submitted by Nancy E. Davis
Relationship: Niece

Note from Sandy: I believe the date of 1949 is incorrect. His Findagrave memorial shows he was born Jan 25, 1903 and died April 21, 1943.

Gregg Strattan Rites Saturday At 3 O’clock

Funeral services for S. Gregg Strattan will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Myers Chapel, with the Rev. M. A. Souers officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.

The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel. Friends may view the body during the following hours from 7 to 10 p.m. today, from 2 to 10 p.m. Friday and from 10 to 12 a.m. Saturday.

Mr. Strattan a well known Mt. Vernon machinist, died yesterday morning in Evansville , Ind. , where he had been employed for the past 2 ½ months.

He was born January 25, 1903 in Princeton, Ind., the son of Charles and Lucy (Sibert) Strattan. His age was 40 years, two months and 26 days.

Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strattan of this city; two daughters, Joanna and Shirley Ann; a son, Charles Gregg Strattan; and a sister, Mrs Howard Perry of Chicago , IL .

Source: Mount Vernon Register News
Date: April 22, 1943
Submitted by Brenda Hereford and Nancy E. Davis