Adelaide Page

CAIRO, Ill. -- Adelaide Page, 80, of Cairo died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born June 14, 1922, in Olmsted, Ill., daughter of Oscar and Bertha Albright Caraker. She married William W. Page, who died in 1975.

Page was a graduate of Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Mo. She was an Avon representative several years, and taught one year at Elmwood Elementary School. She was a member of Tigert Memorial United Methodist Church, and active in various organizations.

Survivors include a daughter, Martha Rushing of Cairo; three sons, Paul Page of East Prairie, Mo., Alan Page of Jacksonville, Fla., Jeffrey Page of Nampa, Idaho; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Cairo after 5 p.m. Monday.

The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Kelly Cox officiating. Burial will be in Mound City National Cemetery in Mound City, Ill.