I just saw your question on the Mason Co. news list. I haven't been reading it due to other commitments. I would suggest either of two ways to find the information since you don't have an actual death date. Most deaths for central Illinois are listed in the Illinois-State Journal Register in Springfield. While they do have a database on line http://www.sj-r.com/?clkd=iwm it doesn't cover the time period you want (ca 1950) You should call the Sangamon Valley Room at the Lincoln Library in Springfield, http://lincolnlibrary.rpls.lib.il.us/llhome5.htm and request that they check in the index for an obituary in Illinois State-Journal Register card index. This is were I head before going to the Illinois State Historical Library's newspaper library. You can then order a copy of the obituary from them. http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/default.htm#Newspapers ------------------ Joan Black Lund My passion is Genealogy. http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~j-lund Webmaster for: http://www.tbox.com/ccgs http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joanlund/ http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/IL/Champaign/index.html