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Deaths and notices span Mills County reads 1918 obits
Obituaries and family notices from Mills County Iowa recount deaths from influenza and pneumonia in mid December 1918. The items mention Mary Bond born 1879 in West Virginia died near Silver City Iowa, Winant DeHart of Malvern a Civil War veteran, Sallie Barnard Burrus of St Joseph Missouri, Samuel Estes of Rawles township near Tabor, Mabel Barbee of Glenwood later of Washington state, Orville Boylan of Hastings, Grace McClure of Sioux City, and other local families. Funeral details and survivors are listed, with notes on church memberships and community ties, reflecting a period snapshot of grief and social fabric.
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Silver City
Adina
Butt
Mary Alena Bond
Ball County
W. Va
Winant DeHart
Malvorn
Oliva Kayton
DeHart
Mmexion
Malvern
Bir
Ohio Regiment
Mills County
Winant Defiart
Ohio
Olive Kayton
Emma DeHart
Emerson
William DeHart
Norfolk
Neb
M. B. Church
Sallie Barnard Burrus
St. Joseph
Otto Burrus
Barnard
Hillsdale
Glenwood
Sallie Barnard
Clayborne County
Tenn
Glenwood High School
St. Joseph, Mo