CARPENTER, Roy M. - Putnam

Roachdale - Roy M. Carpenter, 77, former resident of this community died at 1 a.m. Tuesday in White County Hospital in Monticello. He had been in ill health since 1955. Born at Carpentersville Feb 2, 1888 he was a son of Joseph M. and Julia Ann Clive Carpenter. He was never married. He was a WWI veteran and member of the American Legion at Oak Park Ill and Barracks 1656, WWI Veterans at Monticello. Mr. Carpenter was in the real estate and savings and loan business at Oak Park until his retirement. Surviving is a sister, May Carpenter of Monticello. Funeral services are announced for 1 p.m. Thursday at the Perkins Funeral Home here where friends may call after 5 p.m. Wednesday. Burial in Roachdale cemetery.