Bellows, Justin Hilem 1878-1959

BELLOWS, KASCHT

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 7/3/2005 at 11:52:03

Justin Hilem Bellows, son of Mary E. and Loren A. Bellows, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Louis J. Kascht, in Oceanside, California on Easter morning. He had made his home in Oceanside since August, 1958.

Justin Bellows was born at Hardin, Iowa February 10, 1878 and died at the age of 81 years on Easter Sunday, March 29, 1959. He spent most of his life in the family home at Postville.

At one time he owned and operated a restaurant at about the location of the Schutta Shoe Store. After a serious accident in Savannah, Illinois where he lost a limb, he also owned a bowling alley in Indianola.

He is survived by four brothers, Frank of Dubuque, William of Jamestown, North Dakota, Lee of Devil's Lake, North Dakota, and Austin of Bayfield, Wisconsin; and one sister, Mae, Mrs. Louis Kascht, of Oceanside, California. His parents and one brother preceded him in death.

Burial will be in Eternal Hills cemetery, Oceanside.

Postville Herald - contributed by Mary Durr