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Cairo Obituaries

It was written on February 18th, 2018 that Alice Avdoian (Beredjiklian) passed on in Lewiston, New York.  Ms. Avdoian was 89 years old and was born in Cairo, IL.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Alice's life.

It was revealed on January 7th, 2018 that Leslie Lee Jr Dr Chisholm perished in Tampa, Florida.  Chisholm was 86 years old and was born in Cairo, IL.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Leslie Lee Jr Dr's life.

It was disclosed by Kalamazoo Gazette on July 30th, 2017 that Anita I Howes (Dewees) passed away in Middleville, Michigan.  Ms. Howes was 96 years old and was born in Cairo, IL.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Anita I's life.

It was written by Topeka Capital-Journal on May 26th, 2017 that Joseph Ivy perished in Topeka, Kansas.  Ivy was 88 years old and was born in Cairo, IL.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Joseph's life.

It was reported by Peoria Journal Star on April 9th, 2017 that Dennis Gordon Bailey died in Naples, Florida.  Bailey was 68 years old and was born in Cairo, IL.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Dennis Gordon's life.

It was disclosed on April 7th, 2017 that Anne Duncan (Luby) died in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  Ms. Duncan was 98 years old and was born in Cairo, IL.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Anne's life.

It was disclosed by Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post on January 5th, 2017 that John Ross Childress perished in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Childress was 77 years old and was born in Cairo, IL.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor John Ross's life.

It was disclosed by Peoria Journal Star on April 1st, 2016 that Embry G Joyner died in Williston, South Carolina.  Joyner was 70 years old and was born in Cairo, IL.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Embry G's life.

It was written by Burlington Free Press on November 1st, 2015 that Martha Rose Mudgett passed on in Morrisville, Vermont.  Mudgett was 89 years old and was born in Cairo, IL.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Martha Rose's life.

It was revealed by Anna Gazette-Democrat on July 2nd, 2015 that Connie Hall Childers passed on in Cairo, Illinois.  Childers was 80 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Connie Hall's life.

History

It was an important steamboat port in the 19th century, with its own Customs House designed by Alfred B. Cairo’s turbulent history is chronicled on a concept music CD called 'Greetings From Cairo, Illinois From Cairo, Illinois', released in 2005 by musician Stace England. With the decline in river trade, like many other river cities, the population of Cairo has declined from a 1907 high of 20,000 to 3,632 in 2000. Mullet, the Office of the Supervising Architect Architect during Reconstruction era of the United States One of only 7 of his Victorian architecture structures remaining, it has since been converted into a museum. The town has numerous fine examples of prosperous 19th and early 20th architecture, including the Italianate architecture 'Magnolia Manor (Cairo, Illinois) Manor' and Second Empire architecture Empire 'Riverlore Mansion'.