Eva Blanche Fay 1879-1974

DRESSER, WEBB, FAY, SMITH, STAADT, OWEN, THIAS

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 12/31/2009 at 19:19:02

Eva B. Fay, 93, Interred Monday

Funeral services were held Monday, March 12, at 1:30 p.m. at Schutte's Funeral Home, Postville, for Mrs. George W. (Eva B.) Fay, 93, Postville. Rev. Dick Harberts officiated, with burial in Postville Cemetery. She died Friday evening, March 9, at the Good Samaritan Center.

Eva Blanche Webb was born April 24, 1879, youngest daughter of Henry and Rozella Dresser Webb, at the farm home about five miles east of Postville. She received her education in the South Grove School about a mile from her home.

She was united in marriage to George W. Fay, December 11, 1901 at the family home. They started farming on the Fay farm south of Postville. In December, 1905, they moved to Postville where Mr. Fay became an employee of the Citizens State Bank.

She became active in the Postville Rebekah lodge and the Community Presbyterian church. For the past few years she had lived in retirement homes in the area or the Community Memorial Hospital.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband George in 1933, and four sisters: Mrs. C. P. (Lucy) Smith, Mrs. John F. (Ida) Staadt, Mrs. Eugene (Melissa) Owen and Mrs. Adolph (Bertha) Thias; and her brother, Herman D. Webb. Survivors include her sister-in-law, Mrs. Herman Webb, Los Angeles, and several nieces and nephews.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping, hand dated 1974, from my mother's obituary collection.
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Added January 11, 2010 by Connie Ellis:
Mom had the funeral card from Schutte Funeral Service for Eva Blanche Fay. It was originally posted by Mary Durr but as I was comparing the information I note that the posted death date is wrong. Eva was my great-great aunt

Eva passed away on MARCH 9, 1973 not 1974