Individual Details

1940 Census. Bloomington, McLean, IL, Hh 122
1005 S. Low - lived in same house in 1935
Oscar M. Vail, 49, b. IL, Coal & Ice Trucker, own truck
Alma L., wife, 48, b. IL
Dorothy M., dau, 19, b. IL, Attendant, Eye specialist Doctor
William L., son, 12, b. IL

16 Oct 1940 World War II Draft Registation of son:
Clifford Harold Vail of 703 S. Evans St, Bloomington, McLen, IL was age 24, b. 1 Nov 1915 in Beardstown, IL. Mr. Oscar Miller Vail, Father, will always know his address - he lives at 1005 S. Low St., Bloomington. Clifford was self-employed; retail coal and general trucking.
6' tall, 210 lb. Blue eyes, brown hair.

The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, 1 Aug 1943, Sunday, p.3
Oscar Vail, Ill 3 days, Dies
Oscar M. Vail, 1005 South Low Street, died at St. Joseph'e Hospital Saturday afternoon after an illness of three days. He underwent an operation Friday.
Mr. Vail was born on a farm near Macomb, Sep 20, 1890. When he was a small boy he moved with his parents to a farm near Beardstown. He worked for the CB&Q railroad at Beardstown, and in 1923 he moved to Bloomington and worked in the Chicago Alton Railroad car department. For a number of years he operated a coal and ice business in Bloomington. For the last year and one half he had worked in the wheel and axle shop at the Alton.
On Nov. 17, 1914, he married Miss Alma Merritt. She survives, with three children: Clifford H., 703 S. Evans Street; Dorothy M., Wahington, D.C. and William L., at home.
Also surviving are one grandson, Ronald Lee Vail, a brother Raymond Vail of Beardstown and numerous other relatives.
The body was removed to the Beck Memorial Home, where friends may call. Funeral services will be at 3:30 pm Monday with the Rev. Richard I. Stone of Park Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery.

Birth	20 Sep 1890	Industry, McDonough County, Illinois
Death	31 Jul 1943	Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois

Father	Moses Vail (1865 - )
Mother	Sarah Jeannette Avery (1867 - 1941)
Sibling	William Leonard Vail (1892 - 1939)
Sibling	Oliver Raymond Vail (1902 - )