BERGAN, Alice Benilla (Hosier) Hammond --- 1898-1984

INGLES, HOSIER, HAMMOND, BERGAN, SCHAUB, HUBER, PHILLIPS, HOUDEK

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Date: 10/11/2012 at 10:41:43

Alice Bergan

Funeral services for Alice Bergan, 86, were held Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 1:30 p.m. at the Schutte Funeral Home in Postville. The Rev. Julius L. Peterson officiated. Burial was in the Postville Cemetery.

Alice Benilla Bergan, daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Ingles) Hosier, was born Aug. 2, 1898 at North Buena Vista. She died Aug. 25, 1984 at the Elkader Care Center.

She was married to Nathan "Than" Hammond. To this union 8 children were born. They lived on a farm in Clayton County near Elkport and Edgewood. For the past 25 years Alice has lived in Postville, becoming a resident of the Elkader Care Center about a month ago.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Clyde, in infancy.

Surviving are 3 sons, Raymond Hammond of Independence, Leo Hammond of Postville and LeRoy Hammond of Manchester; 4 daughters, Mrs. Elmer (Sylvia) Schaub of Guttenberg, Mrs. George (Viola) Huber of LaCrosse, WI, Mrs. Leters (Velma) Phillips of Lime Springs, and Mrs. Donald (Bernita) Houdek of Cresco; 19 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

Postville, Iowa newspaper of the time clipping, hand dated 1984, from Dorothy Schave's obituary collection.