23 Dec 1951 ALVA LEFFLER, 72, OF THIS CITY, DIED SUNDAY IN HERRIN Alva Leffler [sic] 72, died at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Herrin hospital after a brief illness. Leffler had lived all his life in this community and for several years operated the Leffler hotel. His wife died last September. He is survived by a son, Roscoe of Two Rivers, Wis., and two daughters, Mrs. Earl Moore of Benton and Mrs. Leo Merkl of Chicago. The body is lying in state at the Walker funerl home. Funeral arrangements today were incomplete, awaiting arrival of the son from Wisconsin. 26 Dec 1951 Funeral rites for Alva Leffler, 72, who died Sunday afternoon, will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning at the First Church of God, with Rev. Everett Hogue, pastor, officiating. Burial will be at the IOOF and Masonic cemetery at Benton. ---------------------------------- Note: Dates were handwritten on photocopy of obit stored at the Frankfort Area Genealogy Society library in West Frankfort. It is quite probable that this obit came from The Daily American, West Frankfort, Illinois. Last name is definitely LEFLER (not LEFFLER) as per family. He was the son of Thomas LEFLER and Missouri CORDELL, born 2 Oct 1879. His parents lived in Plumfield at the time, so not sure if he was born in West Frankfort. dkv