CONRAD, Robert

ROBERT CONRAD

Source: Unknown newspaper - article found in scrapbook of obituaries collected by Fauniel Hershberger, - typed by: GA

Cayuga, Ind. - Robert Conrad, 77, of Cayuga, died at 6:50 p.m. yesterday (July 27, 1967) in the Vermillion Nursing Home. He was a former employee of the General Motors Plant in Danville, retiring in 1956. He was born Dec.31, 1889, in Maunie, Ill. He was married Jan. 26, 1916, to Cassie Trosper who survives. Also surviving are six sons, Robert Lee of Ridgefarm, Glen of Perrysville, Virgil of Danville, Richard of Kingman, Kenneth of Cayuga, and Dean Earl of Covington. Also, five daughters, Mrs. Ruth VanCamp of Newport, Mrs. Hazel Ping of Perrysville, Mrs. Betty Wilson of Carpentersville, Ill., and Mrs. Frances Jester and Mrs. Carolyn Rose both of Cayuga; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Mangum and Mrs. May Humphrey both of West Frankfort, Ill.; 28 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Watson Funeral Home in Cayuga with the Rev. William Nash officiating. Burial will be in the Thomas Cemetery at Newport. Friends will be received at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday.