Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-23
AGED RESIDENT DIES
JOHN PROUD PASSES AWAY AT
THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER,
MRS. JOSEPH RoWELL.
Was 81 Years of Ase-George Norton
Dies at His Home in South Ottumwa
Funerals of Late Enos Lewis and
Thomas McGIothIen Today.

From Fridays Daily.
| John Proud, for twenty-three years
highly esteemed resident of Wap-
ell county, passed away last evening
at $50 O'Clock at the home OF his
daughter, Mrs Joseph Rowell, two
miles east of Ottumwa, at the age OF
81 years The funeral services will be
conducted from the Methodist Episco-
pal church at Kirkville Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock and interment will
be made in the Westview cemetery.
Mr.. Proud was born in England on
March IA, 1918, and was married to
Miss Hannah Walker at Gretna Green
in 1912. They located in Illinois in
1881 and the following year removed
to Kirkville where Mrs. Proud died in
1888. He is survived by two sons and
four daughters, Henry and Thomas
Proud, who reside north of Ottumwa;
Mrs. Catherine Griffin, Wyoming; Mrs.
Joseph Rowell, Mrs. Dorothea Light
on and Mrs. Margaret Richardson, OF
England. At the funeral services Sat
urday, the pail bearers will be six OF
the grandsons Of Mr.. Joseph Proud,
Joseph Proud Jr., Glen Proud, Edwin
Proud, Ernest Proud, Matthew Row
ell and William Rowell.
George Norton Dies.
George Norton well known and
esteemed resident of South Ottumwa
passed away at his home corner Of
Ferry and First Gtreets at 1880
years. The funeral services will be
conducted from the residence Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. E. j.
Shook, pastor of the Willard Street
Methodist Episcopal church officiat-
ing. Interment will be made in the
Ottumwa cemetery.
McGIothen obsequies.
The funeral services of the late
Thomas D. McGiothlen, who died at
the home of his son Jacob L. Nc
Glothlen, corner of Mary and Webster
streets, yesterday morning at the age
of SO years, were conducted from the
Davis Street Christian church this
morning at 1880 o'clock, Rev. w. J.
Lockhart, pastor of the First Christian
church, officiating. Interment was
made in the McGlothlen cemetery, five
miles east of Eddyville.
Funeral of Enos Lewis.
The funeral services of the late Enos
Lewis, who died at the home of his
adopted son, e. G. Allen, 351 North
Clay street, Thursday morning, were
conducted from the residence this aft
ernoon at o'clock, Rev. w. ]. Lock
hart, pastor of the First Christian
church, officiating Interment was
made in the Smith cemetery ten miles
west of Ottumwa.
Funeral Today.
The remains of Warren B., little son
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Hawthorne, 122
Cherry street, who died last Wednes-
day. were taken to Prescott on Burling-
ton No. 3 this morning, where the flu
neral services were held at the United
Brethren church at o'clock this after
noon. The following accompanied the
remains: Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Haw-
thorne, Miss Bessie Brown of Aledo,
ILL.,, Miss Grace Claypool of Creston,
and Burt Davidson of Joy, ILL.,
Irene sayIer Dead.
Word has been received in this city
of the death Of Irene Sayler, the 13
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Sayler Of Tecumseh, O. T. Mr..
and Mrs. Sayler formerly resided in
Ottumwa and the relatives and friends
in this city extend to the family their
sincerest sympathy.
Mrs. Cunningham Dies.
Mrs. Bertha Cunningham wife Of
F.. Cunningham of Eldon, died at 8
o'clock last evening. She lately re-
turned from Chickasha, l. T., where
she had gone for her health. She died
at the home Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. W. Enyart. Interment will be
at Agency Sunday September "a.