Hancock County Historical Society
Carthage, IllinoisAugusta Eagle & Plymouth Scribe -- 1983
Page 54Reta Cludray,
Monmouth,
Dies in FireServices for Reta Beth Kinzer Cludray, 50, of Monmouth, who died in a fire Saturday while visiting relatives in Bardstown, Ky., were at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Turnbull Funeral Home in Monmouth.
The Rev. Ellis Beeman officiated and burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery near Plymouth. Friends called Tuesday until the hour of services. Family visitation was from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials were made to Warren County Heart Fund or Monmouth First Christian Church of which she was a member.
She was born March 1, 1933, in Pulaski, Ill., a daughter of Arby Sylvester and Grace I. Blansett Vancil. She was reared and educated in Monmouth. She was a janitor for Monmouth Review Atlas, Supersweet Co. and Dr. Diston and Doyle. She was a member of VFW Auxiliary.
She first married Henry E. Kinzer Sept.25, 1965, in Monmouth. He died March 24, 1981. She later married Harold Cludray March 19, 1983, also in Monmouth. He survives.
Surviving also are a sister, Mrs. Charles (Ruby) Curtsinger of Bardstown; and two brothers, Harry of Monmouth and Charles of Lomax.
She was preceded in death by a child in infancy, a brother and her parents.