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Alton Evening Telegraph 15 Aug 1960
Charles L. Tolbert Sr., 40, a former resident of Alton, died Saturday at 9:35 p.m., in a vete ran's hospital at San Fernando, Calif., where he had been hospitalized for the past two years .
Mr. Tolbert moved with his family to Riverside, Calif., four years ago. Mrs. Tolbert, and
their daughter, Carolyn, 16 and son, Charles Jr., 15, returned to Atlon last July and are res iding with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Snider, 1701 Hale St.
The body of Mr. Tolbert will be returned to Alton for funeral rites and burial and upon arriv al here will be taken to Staten Chapel.
Born at Michael, Calhoun County, Oct. 1, 1919, he was a son of Emial Tolbert of Hardin and th e late Mrs. Irene Kaiser Tolbert.
Mr. Tolbert was a veteran of World War II. After his return to civilian life from military se rvice he had resided in Alton until going to California.
He was a member here of Messiah Lutheran Church, Alton and in Riverside belonged to Emmanue l Lutheran Church. He had been active in church work and in Little League baseball, and wa s a member of the Teamsters & Chauffeurs local. he had been a member of Hardin Post America n Legion before going to California and belonged to Van Nays Post in California.
Before his illness he had been employed by Ohley and Illinois Ruan Transfer Companies.
Surviving, in addition to his widow and children, are four brothers, Harry and Ray, Alton; Em ial Jr., Carrollton; Jesse, Mozier, and four sisters, Mrs. Martha Gordon, East Alton; Mrs. My rtle Fredenburg, Jerseyville; Mrs. Ruth Webster, and Mrs. Marguerite Foster, Hamburg, and a n umber of nieces and nephews. His mother died in 1955 and a daughter, Ramona, infancy.
Alton Evening Telegraph 16 Aug 1960
C.L. Tolbert's Rites Scheduled Thursday
The body of Charles L. Tolbert Sr., 40, of Riverside, Calif., was scheduled to arrive in St . Louis by jet plane at 8:15 a.m. today and will be brought to Staten Chapel.
Funeral rites will be conducted Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the Chapel by the Rev. William G. Br uegmann. burial will be in Hardin Cemetery, Calhoun County. Friends may call at the chapel af ter 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Tolbert, a resident of Alton until four years ago, died Saturday in a Veterans hospital a t San Fernando, Calif.
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