McCANN, Elmer O. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Covington, Ind. (CNS) - Services were held yesterday at the Westminister Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ill. for Elmer O. McCann, 61, a veteran newsman of Decatur, a former area resident. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery. Born Sept. 5, 1905, at West Union, Ohio, he was the son of Edward B. and Helen Marshall McCann. He moved with his family to Vermillion County in 1915 and attended schools in Gessie and Perrysville. He was graduated from Covington High in 1923 where he was a star basketball player. He was married in Danville, Ill., in March 1922 to Susie Shouse, who died. He began his career at 19 when he was employed the Danville Commercial News. He moved to Decatur where he was associated with the Herald-Review for 40 years. He retired due to ill health last year. At that time, he was head of the advertising department and had won national recognition for a unique advertising plan. Survivors include three sons, Robert of Atherton, Calif., Richard of Casper, Wyo., and Russell of Decatur; three sisters, Mrs. Agnes Keller of Covington, Mrs. Dorothy Allen of Mellott and Mrs. Wanda Mattern of Attica; and nine grandchildren. He also was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers. - jlr