CODDINGTON, Edtih May CAVE

CODDINGTON, CAVE, YOUNG

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 1/24/2004 at 17:14:04

Mrs. Coddington Called by Death (dated September 17, 1931)

After a long illness Mrs. Will Coddington passed away at the hospital in Cherokee last Saturday, September 12. Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock funeral services were held at the home south of town with Rev. Corwin Taylor in charge. Music was furnished by Mrs. Frank Bruner and Miss Frances Bruner. The body was taken to Schaller, Iowa for burial.

1883—Edith May Coddington—1931

Edith May Cave was born May 19, 1883 in Cherokee County, Iowa. She was the eldest daughter of George and Alice Cave.

She was united in marriage to William S. Coddington September 11, 1900. Her passing was on September 12, 1931 at the Sioux Valley hospital in Cherokee, Iowa at the age of 48 years, 3 months and 24 days.

Most of her life was spent on farms in Cherokee and Buena Vista counties except in the last nine years which were spent in O’Brien County.

Mrs. Coddington had been a member of the Methodist church for twenty years, having united with the church in Schaller in 1911.

She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, two sons and a daughter, Roy of Peterson, Lloyd and Mabel at home. One son, Floyd and a daughter Mildred preceded her in death, as also did her parents and one brother.

Immediate relatives are four brothers and a sister, Will, Frank and Purl Cave of Cherokee county, Leland Cave of Aurelia, Iowa and Mrs. Claude Young of Cherokee.

Card of Thanks

We wish to express our sincere appreciation to our friends and neighbors who kindly assisted us during the sickness and death of our beloved wife and mother, and to thank all whose who sent floral offerings. –Will Coddington and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Coddington.