BRONSON, Almon Edson, Dr. 1875-1947

BRONSON, PATTISON, BERRY, COLBURN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 2/23/2012 at 19:12:58

[Waterloo Courier, Friday, September 19, 1947]

DR. ALMON BRONSON

Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a. m. at Kistner Funeral Home for Dr. Almon Edson Bronson, 71, who died Wednesday at
Lincoln, Illinois, of a heart disease.

He was born at Raymond Iowa, the son of Lyman and Frances Bronson, and attended school at Raymond and Waterloo. He received his degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1904 at the Northwestern University School of Dentistry. He practiced dentistry at Minier and Lincoln, Illinois..

He married Effie Pattison, June 18, 1906, at Waterloo She preceded him in death in 1943. On Aug. 19, 1945. he married Rose E. Colburn at Lincoln.

Surviving are his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Thomas Berry, of Rock Island, Illinois, and three grandchildren.

Six brothers and one sister preceded him in death.

Dr. Bronson was a member of the Christian Church at Lincoln and the Illinois State Dental society. He was a 32nd degree Moason and a past patron of the Eastern Star.

Funeral services were at Lincoln Thursday afternoon and will be here Saturday with Rev. Charles Jacobs, pastor of First Congregational Church , in charge. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

The body arrived here Friday afternoon.