Ex-Inspector Of Mines Dies After Illiness - Edward Siddell*

Danville Commercial News - Sept. 21, 1948
*Ex-Inspector Of Mines Dies After Illness
Edward Siddell, 67, of 704 Harmon Ave., died about 10:35 p.m. Monday at Lake View Hospital where he had been a patient since Sept. 9.
Mr. Siddell was born in Streator Oct. 8, 1880, the son of John W. and Mary Jones Siddell. He came to this city in 1909 and had resided here since. He was married to Nell Swan on Oct. 23, 1912.
For the past eight years, Mr. Siddell had been employed at the Veterans Administration Hospital as an occupational therapy attendant. Prior to that, and for 38 years, he was a mine examiner here, serving mainly the Taylor-English mines. He was a member of the Streator Evangelical United Brethren Church.
His widow is the only survivor. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and one sister.
The body was removed to the Pape Memorial Funeral Home where it will remain for services at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Fred Payne, pastor of Lincoln Methodist Church, will officiate, with burial in Springhill Cemetery.