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. VIRGIL L. STITES DEADivrv.** '.S. *■'* • ■• •••• v.fVirgil .L.. Stitqs, yomigest sqn;Vo£ Mr;-fadd;'''Mrs. Samuel Stites. 'was'/blt;^:^bvember9,21895, nearrDean, Iowa, where grw -tojm^hdqd^Oil 'April 7j marneif^ Marfc.^aUs,;One ofthe; neighbor |j^rte/^:^Pi^^-S‘unio.hav^iela.’ V Veld^n,* ncw-‘1b^i thread qid.2 ■/? :A;5Xv-?.^TKe^first: if^r yews :ef 'ttieir iriar-‘.iV : J\'November, 1922 he moved to Moulton/^«)(• 11* «4:j*'#•■% * ’* **• • * * • ’V%* • * * • • • * * 1 * • i 'and began working for the Wabash Railway .Company, ^remaining ‘siri the Beryien of^thek. company constantly ^11 fhe^time of his fatal accident’ whi^ifqccured December 12. Immediately after the accident happ en-ed! he rwha rushed to the Methodist Hospital, at Des Moines, where all that medical and surgical skill and loving hands could do, was flSbne to , save him, but to no avail. On the day following the accident, December 13, death came to relieve fern of1 *.»• i ■ • *! % • • * * V • • 'his untold suffering. He was at the time;of his,* death- 28 years, 1 month'arid '4? days old. '• £„• He leaves. ;t0 mourn his untimely ^teatl^liiS; -faithfill wife and little sonmio^ei#$c^ Walter; pro-*MVS'S;*• v ^ V* .* -*•J^es^^Mbuten,:^^ sisterslt; MrsE^.^ornian^ J; MrsiEtta ^inds^ of Mo.uiton, and Mrs.Lottie?: ^ besides - a vinumber^'^^^^^^ , other, - relatives and^^endsiri-^';--/'.i; jycV^ii;waa. of a quiet, retiring disposition, ; enerjectici hard’ working, n^i^t|andy Jhanly1 ihl his2 dealings witfr-’bthere^; 2: ?His ambition - was to make-a kpnie and to that erid he directed ';hisia£forts;J^ Eurieral services vyere conducted-at the’: phristian church, Sunday after-hopn/..at;bhe.:o?clock, by L.i H. West, PastoiV;V ^There^was^ tlie. - largest attendancer; ait this funeral of any ser-vice that has been held in Moultonfeib a Ibh^fi^^ The funeral pro-cessiom was; a. mile long. • Interment whs at the Hilltown cemetery, where there were- about 2001 persons . who hadf not been able to attend the services at the church. ■ This is but a manif estation of the esteem in which Virgil was held ■ here in Moulton among his . fellow-empioyees I- and neighbors, and among the old neigh-^bors at Hilltown. ^ The wife and be-yqaved. ones have the sympathy of the entire coinmtmity. •; i: (2 21.r . Card of ThanksS'Vfe desire • to, thank the many friends and neighbors for their kindness;'' sympathy ;andlt;help during our trouble and sorrow incident to v e deat^ of our husband, son‘and brother. ‘/JEspecially do we thank the rail-toad boys for their woflderful floralnfferi»«.vC'i-V iMrs. Virgil StitpSj ^ MrSi SamuelM. Stites.'MMy ;■'., •Va£ht:abJJ1:1:1dII!Ia1dt
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Moulton Weekly Tribune
Moulton, Iowa, US
Fri, Dec 21, 1923
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