Joseph Stanton Sulcer, 81, of Waltonville, died at 5:55 a.m. today at Good Samaritan Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Fry Funeral home in Waltonville, with the Rev. Ross Partridge officiating. Burial will be in Knob Prairie cemetery.Friends may call after 6 p.m. Thursday.

Mr. Sulcer was born Mar. 12, 1892 in Jefferson county, the son of James and Almeda (Reynolds) Sulcer.

He was married Oct. 22, 1913, in Mt. Vernon, to Arletta Norris, who survives.

Mr. Sulcer was a retired insurance salesman, which was his business for 50 years.

He is survived by one son, Gilbert; one grandson, and one sister, Mrs. Ina Stephenson of Sesser.

He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and three sisters.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date: August 1973
Submitted by: Rosemary Newell Atkins