Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-26
PIONEER PIANO MERCHANT OF
CITY DIES VERY SUDDENLY OF
APOPlExY.
DROPS DEAD At HIS HOME
ALMOST WITHOUT WARNING
Complains Of Distress in Stomach at
2 O'clock, and Dies at $3.50 - Had
Been in Business Here Continuously
For Thirty fears-Funeral Monday
Afternoon.

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ing at 4;S0 this morning to Elmer A.
| Tuffree. 2lo North Third avenue.
pioneer piano merchant OF this city.
Apoplexy, with which Mr.. Tuffree was
stricken, caused his death before 1t was
realized that his condition was at all
serious.
Mr.. Tuffree went to bed Friday night
in his usual good health. He and Mrs.
| Tufrree had spent the evening playing
cribbage and went to bed about 10
o'clock At . o'clock this morning Mr..
Tutfree awakened. complaining OF a
distress in his stomach. Mrs. Tuffree
applied home remedies. and the pain
| became eased. Mr. Tuffree went to
sleep again, to awaken at 4:30. He
went to the bath room and Mrs. Tuffree
heard him fail. She hurried to her
husbands side, to find him breathing
heavily. In a few minutes he was dead.
DR.. H. II. Nichols. who was summoned,
said death was due to the cerebral
hemorrhage.
Wac Native Of County.
Mr.. Tuffree was a native of this
county, having been born on farm
one and one-ouarter miles northeast Of
Rhodes May %. 1861. He was the
fourth son OF the late Joseph and Mary
Woolston Tuffree. The family came to
this city in 1879. and this has since
been Mr.. TYffree's home.
Enters Business in 1887.
Thirty-six years ago. or in 1881. Mr..
TNi,s-s -
tered the employ OF Mrs. Jennie Bell
myer, who had succeeded 10 the piano
business OF her husband. Charles J.
Bellmyer. and began to learn the music
business, and more particularly the pi-
ano business. About year after Mrs.
Bellmyer. who had become Mrs. w. P.
Watts, retired from business in 1856.
Mr.. TLfree went into the piano and
musical merchandise business. and has
been in 1t continuously.
For time after he entered business
Mr.. Tuffree had a partner In the musi-
cal merchandise end OF the business,
in the person Of the late Marvin H.
Hanna. who died In Seattle, Wash. late
in November. 1915. The firm was
known as Tuf1ree & Hanna, and upon
its dissolution Mr.. Tuffree retained the
plano business and Mr. Hanna the
musical merchandise.
Mr. Tuffree had been twice married.
His first wife, with whom he was
united In marriage Sept. %. 1883, in
Chicago. was Miss Anna L. Conrad.
he died very suddenly OF heart dis
ease, March 20. 1903. On Dec. p, 1905,
Mr. Tutrree took Miss Maude Powell,
OF this city. as his wife. She survives
her husband, as does also one daughter.
Helen. A son by the first wife, George
E. Tutfree now lives in Chicago, where
he Is in the employ Of the c. A. Dun
ham Company
Mr. Tuffrees death Is the third
among the children Of his fathers fam
lily. An older brother. Edmund Tuffree.
died OF apoplexy very suddenly on
March II. 1914. and an older sister.
Mrs. Julian H. Smith, passed away
May rs. 1909. Joseph Tuffree. Mr..
Tuffree's venerable father died at the
age OF 102 years in this city Jan. 90,
1918. The mother passed away here
July 10, 1894. Two brothers and three
sisters Of Mr.. Tuffree are the remain
ing members of the family. They are
Frank Tuffree. Of this city: Joseph c.
Tuffree. OF Los Angeles, Cal: Mrs.
Belle Reed. Mrs. o. j. Morley and Miss
Jennie Tuffree, Of this city.
Death Great Shock to Friends.
Mr.. Tufree's death was great
shock to his friends, among a wide
circle Of which. both in business and
personally. he was very popular. His
acquaintance was very extensive. ow-
ing to the long period Of years he had
lived and been in business here.
MI Tuffree was a member of Mar
shall Lodge, No. 312, B. P. o. E., OF
this city.
Funeral Monday Afternoon. :.
Funeral services will be held from
the family residence Monday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Interment will follow in
Riverside. George E. Tuffree is ex-
pected to reach the city Sunday morn
ing.