BRAINARD, Reuben Joel John 1868-1945

BRAINARD, SCHROEDER, KLEPPER, KNAPP

Posted By: IA GenWeb Volunteer
Date: 8/23/2012 at 16:22:16

Funeral Held Thursday For Reuben J. Brainard

Funeral services were held last Thursday afternoon at the Schutte Funeral Home in this city for Reuben J. J. Brainard, who had passed away Sunday, January 14, at the age of 76 years. The services were conducted by Rev. Curtis H. Webster, pastor of the United Brethren church.

Interment was in the Minert cemetery in Post township, with the following acting as pallbearers: Dale, Lee, Keith, John and Forrest Brainard and Arthur Hammon.

Mr. Brainard was born at Postville April 5, 1868, the son of Isaac and Arvilla Brainard.

He was married to Minnie Louise Schroeder on December 10, 1896, and to this union nine children were born, eight of whom survive. Mrs. Brainard and an infant son preceded him in death.

Surviving him are the following children: Elmer, of Castalia; James, of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Mabel Klepper, Merrimac, Wis.; Mrs. Hazel Knapp, of Clinton, Iowa; Lester and Lloyd, of Janesville, Wis., Carl, on the home place where the deceased had been cared for tenderly during his last illness, and Leo in the armed forces, stationed at Camp Wolters, Texas. Also surviving are 25 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Mr. Brainard had spent his entire lifetime in this community where he followed the occupation of farming.

Postville, Iowa newspaper of the time clipping, hand dated 1945, from Dorothy Schave's obituary collection.

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Added by Henry Brainard 4/12/2023:

The obituary is from the Postville Herald
24 Jan 1945