LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, September 17, 1943 W. S. CRUNCLETON Willard Smith Cruncleton, son of the late Edward and Caroline Patterson Cruncleton, was born at Hazel Run, Mo., December 8, 1886 and passed away at the Missouri Pacific Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., Wednesday, September 8, 1943 at the age of 76 years and 9 months. He had been ill for the past year and a patient in the hospital for one month. He was united in marriage to Annie Hipes in the year of 1890. To this union six daughters were born: Jessie (Mrs. Hames [sic] Hayes); Pearl (Mrs. Grover Wright); Mable (Mrs. Ferd Thelman); Altheda (Mrs. Gilbert Blackwell) all of St. Louis and Iva (Mrs. Pope Ashburn) of Bonne Terre Route One. One daughter, Nellie Ollie died in infancy. Besides his wife and children he is survived by nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends. In early manhood he was converted and became a member of the Methodist Church. For twenty-nine years he was employed at Bonne Terre by the railroad. He had been pensioned for the past seven years. Mr. Cruncleton was the last member of his family, having been preceded in death by his father, mother, three brothers and one sister. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2:00 at the Marvin Chapel Church by Rev. J. N. Broadhead, pastor of Centenary Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. Percey V. Dawe, pastor of the Congregational Church of Bonne Terre. Interment was in the Marvin Chapel Cemetery. Benham Service.