PEARL GRIFFIN DIED NOV. 16
Pearl A. Griffin, 75, of Hecker, died Nov. 16, 1986, at St. Clement Hospital, Red Bud, after 
being a patient for eight days.  She was a clerk at the Hecker Post Office before her retirement.  
A funeral Mass was said at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Augustine of Canterbury Church, Hecker, Msgr. 
Cletus Cunningham officiating.  Burial was in SS Peter and Paul Cemetery, Waterloo.  The Rosary 
was recited Monday evening at the Quernheim Funeral Home, Waterloo.  Miss Griffin was born 
May 26, 1911, in Madonnaville, a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Griffin, nee Kraft.  She 
was a member of St. Augustine of Canterbury Church and the Altar Society in Hecker.  Her 
survivors include a brother, Albert H. Griffin, Arlington, Virginia; sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.  
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Stella; and three brothers, Steve, Joe and Edwin.  
(Wednesday, 19 November 1986, Waterloo Republic Times, Waterloo, Illinois)