Raymond Eugene FERGUSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with parents in Nameoki, Madison Co., Illinois
• Census: 1940, Living in Granite City, Madison Co., Illinois

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Name:
Raymond E. Ferguson, 85, of Collinsville, Ill. died Monday, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Ill.

Mr. Ferguson was a retired switchman for the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, and was a World War II Navy veteran. He was a former member of Masonic Lodge 712, in Collinsville; the Scottish Rite Bodies, and Ainad Shrine Legion of Honor. He was a past associate guardian of Job's Daughters, Bethel #42, and past chapter advisor of Ascalon Chapter Order of Demolay.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine Rose (Swigert) Ferguson - his first wife, Marjorie L. (Bennett) Fuller - his parents, Sherman R. and Maggie E. (Slawson) Ferguson - two brothers, Lowell, and Robert Ferguson, and a sister, Phoebe Knecht.

Surviving are three daughters and three sons. They are Judy Commire & husband, Bob, of Sebring, Fla; Janet Bright and husband Jim, of Excelsior Springs, Mo; Ed Ferguson & wife Lynn, of E. Falmouth, Mass.; Danny Ferguson of Westland, Mich.; Mary Humphrey & husband Gary,of Colliinsville, Ill., and Alan Ferguson of Monticello, Wis. Two sisters:
Dorothy Aldridge of Fairview Heights, Ill., and Ruth Hayes of Thayer, MO. One brother: Ralph Ferguson, of Joplin, MO. A step-daughter Linda Fleming & husband Paul, of Hamel, Ill., a step-son Paul Bilyeu & wife Jane, of Casselberry, Fla. A special friend, Emma Kamm, of Collinsville,
Ill. Nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the Collinsville Memorial Public Library, Collinsville, Ill.

Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery in Glen Carbon, Ill.

HERR FUNERAL HOME, Collinsville, Ill.

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Family/Spouse: Marjorie L. BENNETT. Marjorie was born about 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Geraldine Rose SWIGERT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]