Friday, July 27, 2012

J. C. Dora obit*

Danville Commercial News
Oct. 31, 1957
*J. C. Dora Dies at 64
 Joseph C. Dora, 64, 817 Oak St., for 41 years an express messenger for the Railway Express Agency, died unexpectedly about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 30, 1957) in his home.
 Mr. Dora came to Danville 26 years ago from Vincennes, Ind., where he was born March 7, 1893, to Alexander and Mary Brennan Dora. He was a World I veteran, and a member of Curtis G. Redden Post 210 American Legion.
 Among the survivors are the wife, Eileen Jordan, whom he married June 22, 1921 in Vincennes; two daughters, Mrs. ------- and Mrs. Juanita Monson, both of Danville; a son, Joseph C. Dora Jr. of Wilmington and 11 grandchildren.
 A brother and two sisters are P. A. Dora and Mrs. Alice Prullage both of Vincennes, and Mrs. Teresa McCrisaken of Terre Haute, Ind.
 Services will be in St. Paul's Catholic Church at 9 a.m. Saturday with the Rev. C. B. Motsett officiating. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the Jones-Sullivan Funeral Home. Burial willbe in St. Patrick's Cemetary. The body is at the funeral home.

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