Eaton, Ella (Minert) 1858 - 1950

EATON, MINERT, COTE, LUDEMAN

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 2/10/2015 at 08:37:02

Cedar Rapids Gazette, Sun., 5 Mar. 1950.

Waukon- Mrs. Mayhew W. Eaton, 91, widow of a prominent Waukon banker, died Saturday. She had been an invalid for a number of years.

The former Ella Minert, Mrs. Eaton was born on a farm in Post township Aug. 22, 1858. She was married in 1879 to Mr. Eaton, who also was a former mayor of Waukon, a stock buyer, and had been in the show and grain business. Mrs. Eaton was a member of the Methodist church.

Surviving are three daughters, Dora, of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. P. D. Cote and Mrs. H. G. Ludeman, both of Waukon; and two sons, Arthur, of Minneapolis, and G. W., of Waukon.

The body was taken to the Bakke-Hansen Funeral Home.