Untitled Document

CLIFFORD SISCO

(13 May 1907 - 11 Jul 1974)

Source: The Rock Island Argus, Fri, 12 Jul 1974

Clifford Sisco, 67, of 1906 1st St. , Rock Island , died at 12:55 p.m. yesterday in Rock Island Franciscan Hospital . Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island , with the Rev. Kenneth D. Kuenning, pastor of the Church of Peace , Rock Island , officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery , Rock Island . Friends may call at the funeral home after 12 noon Sunday.

Mr. Sisco was born May 13, 1907 , near Eliza , Ill. He was the son of John C. and Hester Gordon Sisco. He moved with his family to Rock Island at the age of two. Mr. Sisco married Velma Fisher Hesseltine Nov. 9, 1935 , in Aledo. He was employed at Modern Woodmen of America from 1967 to 1972. He was a former member of the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 190, Rock Island . He had been an active bowler and was a member of the Rock Island Bowlers Association.

Surviving are the widow; two sons, Calvin C. Sisco, of Norwalk , Calif. , and Clarence R. Sisco, of Ambler, Penn. ; two daughters, Mrs. Wilbur Jinks, of Rock Island and Mrs. William Simmons, of Preemption; 15 grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; two stepsons, Harold G. Sisco, of Rock Island and Harry R. Sisco, of Milan ; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Richard L. Dunn, of Rock Island ; 16 step grandchildren; five step great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Nellie M. Parr, Rock Island . He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.

Submitted by Roberta Bear

Illinois Ancestors