GORDON, Milton T. 1893-1966

GORDON, BOESE, MILLER, HEINS, TRUDO, DILLY, NELSON

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 4/14/2005 at 19:17:51

Milton T. Gordon

Correction:
Funeral services for Milton T. Gordon were held August 17. In the obituary which appeared last week, the following survivors should have been included: His wife, Anna, and his children.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping, hand dated 1966, from my mother's obituary collection.

Submitters note: No other Milton Gordon obituary could be found among Mother's obituary collection to attach this correction to.

Submitter not related -- posted for benefit of others.

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Added by S. Ferrall on Dec. 30, 2016:

Note: The first few letters or words in the left part of the column this obit appears in were cut off. Unless the missing letters or words were very obvious to the transcriber, bracketed illegible [illegible] has been used throughout.

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Milton T. Gordon Rites
Funeral services were held Wednesday, August 17, 2:00 p.m. at St Paul Lutheran Church, for Milton T. Gordon, who passed away at Veterans' Administration Hospital in Iowa City, August 15. The Rev. [illegible] B. Housman was in charge of the rites; burial was in [illegible] cemetery with military [illegible] the Postville American [illegible].

Milton Thomas Gordon was born April 8, 1893 in Henderson [illegible] the son of Mary Miller and Thomas Gordon. He passed away at Veterans' Hospital in Iowa City on August 15, following a lingering illness.

He was married to Anna Boese [illegible - ends with ember] 26, 1924 at Mc[illegible]. He was a farmer in the [illegible] his entire life; he was a veteran of World War I.

He was preceded in death by [illegible]. Survivors include his children Lola, Mrs. Ernie Heins, Postville; Charlotte, Mrs. Dan [illegible], McGregor; Donald of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; [illegible] of Chula Vista, California; [illegible] Mrs. Eugene Trudo, of [illegible]; Jean, Mrs. Eugene [illegible] of Postville; Nancy Dilly of Prairie du Chien; Janet, Mrs. [illegible] of Cedar Rapids and [illegible] Mrs. Adrian Nelson of [illegible].

~Postville Herald, August 24, 1966