Bertha R. McGinnis ⁴

  General Notes:

[Watts_New.FTW] [Strachan121102.ftw] OBITUARY: Publication Date: February 17, 1999 Source: The State Journal-Register Springfield, IL Berth R. Deacon SPRINGFIELD - 90, formerly of Louisville, KY, died Monday February 15, 1999, at Memorial Medical Center. She was born August 12, 1908, in Bardstown, KY, the Daughter of Lorenza B. and Jenetta Wayne McGinnis. She married Lionel F. Deacon in 1934; he preceded her in Death in 1990. Mrs. Deacon retired from Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company, where she was employed for 45 years in quality assurance. She was a resident of Springfield for nine years, having formerly lived in Louisville, KY, was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and the Women's Auxiliary of Moose Club, both in Louisville, KY. Survivors: a daughter, Mrs. Elvin Lula Wooden of Springfield, four grandsons; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Services will be held in Louisville, KY at a later date. Staab Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Facts about this person: Burial Louisville, Jefferson Co. Kentucky

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Bertha married Lionel F. Deacon in 1934.⁴ (Lionel F. Deacon was born between 1889 and 1914 ⁴ and died in 1990 in Springfield, Illinois ⁴.)