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LRECTIONVILLE, IOWA, THURSIn having |w-r-lt;rk lt;*ouM not my way. amiclimax to thi#alt;1 i»receilvlt;l•h of th« or-11 s« Winifred nbtMly *es5sIoii upon n long since She played emu positions id them with -d terhnhjuecorning hermmrxHYrt'Stin sif.m;.jrts on the in Iowa for follows:■nt; fall ap-; pears. 4:5; -«tic plums. Krapes. f',U to pur cent-same iis inapple crop Lvoragc for for winter 3 than t liei for tho is CS 12-15, Lpple crop of Araeri- Is 40 1-3the native * an exotic try to ap-nf moths; rayed or-in plums* the grapera Ilorti-*se a bus* thout ad-long with t looking cross be-e and a ng with-I and his DecaAion-ay about li*s with spenders ich lie is keep his He can tnd look et along ch dues.William Martijt Wrifiht wua bon Dutch township, WuslmigU,,, cou. Iowa, January 17, ljif»5. If(, an, twin sister, Mrs George Vincent, lug hia parents’ first born. -Ma spent ills boyhood days on his fat I it farm, and in early manhood wont ii tin: drug business in Keota. On Jn M. 1882, he was united ixt marria1.0 Miss Molly Moses In the same ye he tame to Correctionvilie, where was the owner of a drug store. 1 soon achieved recognition as ,„o the town’s leading and most progre sive men. with the ex-option of few years spent j» Denver, he conti: »e«I in business here until 1913. wht tie dispose.! of i,|s business in teres here and removed to Los Angeles.Di July of the present vear he caw back to Iowa for a visit with relai ives and frmuds. After being for time in the home of his brother Kiniei of Kingsley, Mr. Wright came Imre o: the Irt.ii of July. Here he spent sev cral apparently very enjoyable days renewing old acquaintances, and lef on tiie 20th for his old home «t Keota Here, on the second of August, oc curred the explosion of a gasoJint stove which cost the lives of both Mr. Vf right and His mother, the former sustaining fatal burns in a most heroic attempt to save the life of his mother. When the aged Mrs. Wright was wrapped in flame, Mr. Wright, believing that there was a tub of water in the basement, picked her up in his arms and carried her there. There being no water in the tub, he then carried her out into the yard, by which time she had been burned beyond recovei Mr. Wright suffered extensive bur: of the hands and forearms, and, i later became apparent, inhaled flan or vapor which injured some of t! internal organs so severely as, add* to the shock of the tragedy, to cam his death, five days later, on A«gu 6th, at the age of sixty years, si months, and 29 days.His widow and his only daughte: Pearl, Mrs. Raymond Gunning of Lo Angeles had been summoned froi their homes, but not soon enough t be with him before the end. A shor funeral service was held at the bom In Keota an the lith. after which th remains were brought here for inter ment. Services were held at the Geopon the oemces were new at the Ge)dv will A Bailey 1,orae on Friday, the 13th, : charge of the Rev. J. W. Todd of Ir Grove. The spacious lawn surroutn ing the residence was crowded wjl persons, numbers of them from a di: tance, who had gathered to pay the final respects to the departed. It wj the largest funeral concourse see here in many years. The final rite at the cemetery were in charge * the Masonic fraternity, where th fraternity brethren of the decease gave the impressive burial service lt;the order. Tife pail bearers were f W. Woodruff. J. l. DuBois. W. jh j Garber, K V. Spurr. O. V. Uiordan. an. I ■ K r ib.iiov,sponge.ig with-:her ne-severat without usfness! ist—and unless sfe, this ing. butThe deceased is survived hvhi; Widow, his only daughter. .Mrs. Ra; | mond Gunning, ins father. jf,J: Wright; live sisters. Mrs. Geo. Vj«cea of Keota; Mrs. K. (5. Vincent of Was! ington. Ta. Mrs. iaura King of Dei v‘er; Mrs. Thomas Martin •: Staffer. Kan.; Mrs. Wiu. Campbell «f Clev* land. O.; four brothers. Charles of t. Mar. Colo: Frank, of Canon CiDColo.; J. Elmer, of Kings lev. and ; Clarke, of Keoih.Mart Wright, as bis hosts o friends here aud elsewhere knew Him was 3 true man in every sense of th, word. His life as a business roan wai marked by integrity and unremitting industry which enabled him to ac cumulate a goodly portion of this world's goods In social relationships he was ever most genial and cordial and making friends was one of his roost, pronounced characteristics. He was foremost among the public spirited roi-n of this town, during the thirty-one years that he was in business her*', and gave freely of his time and energy whenever opportunity offeredjThc unhesitating manner in which herisk*vl J,is life in the attempt to save his mother m tvpb-a; the decisive way in »«,*.•, jJV did ail things, and o lt;he big hearted kindliness that sbowe, itself in the geniality ef j-jS every da-, !’1o. “Greater l«*ve )ia^ no man that tins, that be lay down his life--To bis bereaved rdatii-s Dm ^Jrn paiby of the entire eem-muffy i? ey. i tended, with the assurance that thy.have consolation ibat he ,ji«*d ir ^tby tv-st way that has Wn civeji tlt; man to dm. in giTing h,s iffe thai an^lhrr may
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Correctionville, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 19, 1915
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