Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-07-13
OBITUARY..
GARRETT

OBITUARY..
GARRETT
Many of our people were saddened
on Monday to learn of the sudden death
Of James Donald Garrett, former
resident of this city, at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Charles Lobdell, 259 Worth
Ave, Elgin, Illinois. Mr.. Garrett,
whose home was at 1102l Church St.,
Chicago, was known to practically
every real estate man in the city of
Chicago through his long years of serv-
ice in the guarantee department of the
Chicago Title and Trust Company. He
was regarded as citizen and neighbor =
of unusual qualities by all who knew
him. Before Morgan Park became a
part of Chicago, Mr.. Garrett took a
prominent part in the affairs of the
village, served on the school board, and
was q member of many fraternal
organizations.
He had been in poor health for some
months, but on July 4th felt we'll
enough to make motor trip with his
brother, Albert, to Elgin, and shortly
after his arrival at the home of his SIS
ter, was taken seriously ill and grew
steadily worse, death occurring at o.
clock Sunday afternoon. He is sur
vived by a widow, Edith (nee Edith
Caward of Cresco) and one son, John
Caward Garrett, both of whom reside
at l1O2l Church St., Chicago, his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Garrett,
former residents of Cresco, now living
in Elgin, Illinois, three brothers, Alec
now a resident of Owatonna, Minn..
William of Sioux City, Iowa, and Albert
of Chicago, and two sisters, Mrs.
Dewitt Haven of Harlowtown, Mon-
tans, and Mrs. Charles Lobdell of Elgin.
Funeral services were held at 3 o.
clock Tuesday afternoon from the Lob
dell residence in Elgin, and the same
evening the bereaved widow and sor-
rowing son, accompanied by relatives,
left for Cresco where interment was
made on Thursday.
Born at Finch, Ontario, Canada, Sep
tember 16, 1863, Mr.. Garrett came with
his parents to Cresco in 1866, and it
was here that his early boyhood and
young manhood was spent. Some
years later MIR. Garrett located in
Arkansas City, Kansas, where he was
assistant cashier in the First National
Bank of that city. He returned to
Cresco to wed Edith Caward, Oldest
daughter of j. B. Caward, and for a
time the two made their home in Arkan-
sas City, later removing to Chicago
where Mr.. Garrett became interested
in the real estate business. His rise in
this field was remarkable and..he was
so successful that it was not long
before he was offered an attractive
position with the Chicago Title and
Trust Company, the largest concern of
its kind in the world. This post Mr..
Garrett held up to the time of his DEATH
For the past year or more Mr.. Garrett
had been in poor health and though
treated by the best of physicians he
continued to fail, though his death
came as surprise to all.
Mr.. Garrett numbered his friends by
the thousands He was known to be q
loving husband, a kind and indulgent
father, a citizen whose influence tended
for the bettermentI of any community
in which he resided. To know him was
to admire and respect him. His loss
will be deeply felt by all who fell with
in the pathway of his life. Hundreds
and hundreds of friends in Chicogo,
Elgin and Cresco unite in extending
their heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved
widow and sorrowing son. In the
words of more than one acquaintance
'James Garrett was q man in q
thousand