CLOSE, Edwin T. 1854-1937

CLOSE, OSMON, WHITE, HILDRED

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 11/3/2013 at 23:35:43

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Tuesday, March 9, 1937]

Allen Close, Metropole Hotel; Mrs. Lincoln White, Route. 6, and and Mrs. Fred Hildred, have returned from Belgrade, Neb., where they attended the funeral of Edwin T. Close, brother of Allen Close and Mrs. White.

Edwin T. Close, 82, a former Black Hawk County resident, died March 5 at Belgrade.

He was born at Kankakee, Ill., Nov. 17. 1854, and moved to Waterloo with his parents when he was a boy. He married Ruth Osmon in Waterloo, Dec. 23, 1874, and they resided on a farm near Waterloo. The family moved to St. Edward, Neb., in 1886, and returned to Black Hawk County two years later. They again moved to St. Edward several years later, and remained there until 1900 when they returned to Waterloo. They lived here until they went to, Belgrade, Neb., in 1909.

Surviving are the widow and two sons; George, of Belgrade, and Albert J, Cedar Rapids, la.; 11 grandchildren, four great-grandichildren; the sister and brother there, and another brother, Will, Los Angeles, Cal.

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Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, St. Edward, Nebraska. Middle name Tunis.
Parents: George E. H. Close 1831-1890 and Hannah S. Allen Close 1835-1903
Wide - Ruth I. Close 1856-1959