WILBUR MARTENS - died 1947

MARTENS

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 7/23/2005 at 20:53:05

Wilbur Martens, 49, Passes On at Oelwein

Wilbur Martens, 49, a former resident of this community, passed away Sunday evening in Mercy Hospital, Oelwein, following an appendectomy.

A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martens of this community, he had been living at Oelwein for the past 30 years. His wife and several brothers and sisters survive.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the funeral home in Oelwein and burial will be in Guttenberg.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping, hand dated Dec. 14, 1947, from my mother's obituary collection.

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