Orr, Olive 1872-1944

ORR, ELLISON, LEVI, WELZEL, CORNELL

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Date: 6/9/2014 at 15:15:42

Postville, Ia. - Funeral services for Miss Olive Orr, 72, were held here, the Rev. L.H. Newhouse, pastor of the Community Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial was in the Postville Cemetery. Miss Orr passed away at the Postville Hospital following a several weeks illness.

Olive Orr, the daughter of James and Margaret Ellison Orr, was born in Postville on May 7, 1872. She served as an instructor in schools for many years and Postville has always been her home.

Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. William Levi and Mrs. Mate Welzel, both of Postville, and Mrs. J. Cornell, in California, and one brother, Ellison Orr, of Waukon. Two brothers, Frank and Darius, preceded her in death, as did her parents.

~Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Monday evening edition, June 26, 1944