Individual Details

Death

Michael J. Reardon, 70, last member of the widely known Quincy family, died in the home of a daughter Mrs. Margaret Reardon Adams, in Kansas City, Thursday evening at 7:00 o'clock. The body will be brought to Quincy for burial. Although he spent much of his time in Kansas City, Michael Reardon always claimed Quincy as his home. He was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church.A son of Michael and Mary Burns Reardon, Michael Reardon was born February 4, 1866 in the old Reardon homestead at 616 Vine Street. He attended St. Peter Catholic School. As a young man he was employed as a switchman on the C.B.& Q Railroad, later becoming a member of the Quincy police force. He served for a time as a guard at the house of correction and was a deputy sheriff under Sheriff Ed Smith. For many years he served as a detective with the Kansas City street railway system.Michael Reardon was a brother of the late Patrick W. Reardon, former police magistrate of Quincy, and he was an uncle of corporation counsel Jack Reardon. He is survived by four children, Miss Helen Reardon, Mrs. Margaret Adams, Mrs. Grace Sheets, and Paul Reardon, all of Kansas City.