Richard Coe Widdrington d. 1926

WIDDRINGTON HILL

Posted By: The Obituary Fairy (email)
Date: 7/20/2006 at 21:35:57

The Davenport Democrat & Leader (Davenport, IA);
Sunday Morning, December 5, 1926:

Widdrington

Richard Coe Widdrington, ten-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. A. D. Widdrington, 802½ East River street, died at the family home Saturday, at 10:10 a.m. He had been ailing for the past four weeks.

Born in Keithsburg, Ill., Jan. 23, 1916, the boy came here with his parents about 2 years ago. He attended the public schools and was in the fourth grade.

Surviving are the parents; one brother, Archie D.; one sister, Maxine; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Widdrington of Davenport, and the maternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. M. B. Hill of Keithsburg.

The body was removed to the E. A. Horrigan and Son mortuary, and will be taken from there to Keithsburg at 10:30 a.m. Monday, where the funeral services will be held in the family lot.