EDNA M. SISCO (Turner)

( 20 Jan 1897 - 22 Feb 1972 )

Source: The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus, Wed., 23 Feb 1972

Funeral services for Mrs. Edna M. Sisco, 75, of 1304 2nd St. Rock Island, who died yesterday in the Americana Nursing Center , Davenport , will be held at 1 tomorrow afternoon in the Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island, with the Rev. Donald L. Jones, pastor of Memorial Christian Church, Rock Island , officiating. Burial will be in Chippiannock Cemetery. Friends may call a the funeral home.

The former Edna M. Turner, daughter of Thomas J. and May White Turner, was born Jan. 20, 1897 in Lancaster , Mo. She moved to Davenport in 1929 where she resided until 1938 when she moved to Rock Island . She was married to Clarence C. Sisco, Sept. 3, 1938 in Maquoketa, Iowa . He preceded her in death May 6, 1949 . Mrs. Sisco was employed as a waitress at the Blackhawk Hotel, Davenport and LeClaire Hotel, Moline , and was a member of the First Christian Church, Lancaster , Mo. , and the Royal Neighbors

. Survivors are three nieces including Mrs. Beulah Griffith, Davenport and three nephews including Leo H. and James T. Turner, both of Davenport . She was also preceded in death by a twin sister and three brothers.

Submitted by Roberta Bear

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