The body of Orville S. Cavanah, 67,
member of an old Mt. Vernon family, will be brought to Mt. Vernon Friday from Evanston, Illinois for burial in Bellefontaine cemetery.
A graveside service will be conducted at 10 o'clock Friday morning by Rev. J. Kenneth
Forbes, minister of First Methodist church. Weisinger
funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
A sister, Miss Frances Cavanah, a writer
of books for children of considerable reputation, will accompany the body to Mt. Vernon.
The deceased was a native of Mt. Vernon, a son of Oscar Cavanah,
a local teacher and principal and Lula Neale Cavanah. He was a Midwest salesman for many years and a talented
violinist. He was never married.
The sister in Evanston and a brother, Neale Cavanah, New York State are the nearest surviving
relatives. Miss Maybelle Neale,
Mt. Vernon, a resident in the Maxey Nursing Home in
Evansville, is a cousin.
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers