Emery "Sam" Long

LONG

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 9/10/2014 at 11:48:47

Emery (Sam) Long, 67, of 537 N. Cody Road, Le Claire, died Tuesday afternoon in the colonial Manor Nursing Home, Davenport, after a three month illness. A life resident of Le Claire, Mr. Long married the former Stella M. Coffin in Davenport in 1925. He was a retired riverboat engineer, having worked on the Quinlan, the Le Claire and the Allen.

Surviving are his wife; sons Robert L. and James W., both of Le Claire, William f., Wheatland, and Fred M., Omaha, Neb., three grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. J. P. Cerzon, Los Angeles, Calif.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the McGinnis funeral home, Bettendorf, with burial in Glendale cemetery, Le Claire.

Visitation will be after 2 p. m. today.

Source: Times Democrat, Davenport, Ia., 24 Feb 1965.

Contributed by Sue Rekkas.