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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1954
Page
3
Numerous small ads list items for sale including dressed hens and geese, a bicycle, a two burner oil burner, and hosiery. Also notices seeking farm listings, a realty exchange, and a local business closing for Thanksgiving at Dewey's Place. Reading fragments show Moravia area listings and 1955 farm needs.
Emma Whicker born September 2 1877 in Appanoose County Iowa died November 6 1954 aged 78 years 2 months 4 days survived by husband H L Whicker and nine children Ben A Glen S Mrs Frank Heckman Mrs Guy Andrews F Eugene R E Delambert Ralph V plus 23 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren two brothers F H Boyer and F E Boyer two sisters and six grandsons served by minister John M Fees at Craig Christian church funeral November 9 1954 burial Fairview Cemetery thanks for floral offerings and sympathy The H L Whicker family
In Centerville St Josephs hospital scenes unfold as Mrs Brain’s kin, including daughter Mrs Bruce Jones and granddaughter Mrs Mawthe Lane, arrive to comfort her. Other visits include Mrs Simmons bedridden with a fractured leg, and relatives from Rockford and New London gathering for meals and travel plans. Jack McDanes, in submarine training, heads to Mare Island on November 20 after weekend stays with James Clines and others.
Charles Edward Purvis son of Levi and Anna Purvis was born December 17 1887 in Anita Iowa and died November 12 1954 at 5 25 pm at age 66 10 26. He married Marie Broshar in 1917 who died in 1919 and they had son Gerald. In 1930 he married Gretchen Broshar and son Dwight died in infancy. Survived by wife Gretchen son Gerald daughter in law Eleanor and grandchildren Barbara Kathleen and Connie. brothers Roy Earl Ernest and sister Pearl Hiatt and many nieces and nephews. He farmed in Iowa the Dakotas and Colorado living near Seymour Iowa for seven years and was a Methodist. Funeral held November 15 at Turner funeral home with Rev John Grenfell. burial in Fairview cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Lee Hiatt and Marilyn plan to attend the wedding of Miss Shirley Patricia Erwin and Donald F Andrews in Minneapolis at Diamond Lake Lutheran church at 4 00 pm Saturday. They also will attend the reception. Mrs Marion Easton and daughter Janet of Loulla visited Mr and Mrs W V Murdy Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs J R Callen spent last week with her daughter near Perry and visited her son Dale Callen in Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Max McDonough were overnight guests in Des Moines. Mrs Donahoo hosted friends for her husband Juke Morris's birthday and his daughter Mrs Roger Hartman of Oskaloosa called at the Ivan Walter home. Morris, a former Moravia resident, visited his mother Lizzie Kendall in Davenport who will celebrate her 96th birthday December 1. Blanche Graham returned home after weeks in Defoe caring for an elderly relative. Mrs Maude Coltrain dined with her daughter Mrs Ernest West and family. Mr and Mrs Lowell Harris of Newton stopped by in the afternoon. Mrs Charles Coffin spent Thursday with her aunt Mrs George Brain who is critically ill.
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