The Wayne County Press
Fairfield ILL
Nov. 25, 1991

Mrs. Alma Marshel, 76 died at 1:06 p.m. Sunday, Nov.241991, at Way-Fair Restorium.  She was formerly of Sims and rural Fairfield areas. Mrs. Marshel, in failing health for some time, had been at Way-Fair for about two years.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday from Richardson Funeral Home, with Rev. Berlin Scarbrough officiating. Burial will be in the Olive Branch Cemetery near Wayne City. Visitation at Richardson's will be after 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Pallbearers: David Marshel, Larry Cisne, Keven Kennedy, David Hawkins, Bret Marshel, Bart Marshel and John Kennedy.

She was born May 22, 1915, in Wayne county, the daughter of Grover and Lochie Jones Smith. She married Ulla Marshel. He died Feb. 1, 1980. Also preceeding her in death were her parents, three brothers, two grandsons and one great-grandson. She was a member of the Olive Branch Church.

Surviving are three sons, Duane,  Leland (Pete) and David Marshel, all of Fairfield; five daughters, Ruth Young, Doneta Colclasure and Mary Ellen Whitlow, all of Fairfield; Patricia Cisne of Wayne City and Vada Kennedy of East St. Louis; 21 grandchildren; and two sisters Bonnie Rayburn of Oklahoma; and Hazel Lane of Dahlgren.