COREY, Earl, Jr 1889-1924

COREY, HERSH, JONES, STRIKE, MURPHY, BRINER, WENTWORTH, SEWELL, MEYER, STAACK

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Date: 9/20/2012 at 20:51:55

INJURIES PROVE FATAL

Earl Corey Jr., Dies at
Intake, Mont., from Injuries
Received in Runaway

Richard Earl Corey was born at Waverly, Iowa, January 19, 1889, and passed away Jan. 18, 1924, at Glendive hospital, Montana. Death was due to infection caused from an injured ankle received in a runaway.

His early boyhood days were spent in this vicinity and at Waverly, during which time he attended the Congregational Sunday school. When he grew to manhood he was employed for a time at Waterloo, going from there to Waverly where, in 1913, he was united in marriage to Iris M. Hersh.

They moved to Montana in the spring of 1917, where they resided at the time of his death. To this union were born three sons, namely, Clifford, 9; Keith, 7, and Howard Dwain, 4, and an infant daughter, Mary Eloise, who preceded him in death in 1922.

Besides the immediate family there are left to mourn his loss his father, Earl Corey, Nashua; two sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Hazel Jones, Mrs. Kitty Strike and Kenneth of Nashua; Percy of Minneapolis, and Harold, of Eudora, Ark.; a number of other relatives and a host of friends who mourn his untimely death.

Relatives from out of town present at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Percy Corey, Minneapolis, Mrs. Kate Murphy, Mrs. Mertie Windsor, Mrs. and Mrs. Dick Bye, Mr. and Mrs. John Briner, Mrs. Libbie Wentworth, Mrs. Carlie Sewell, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meyer and Mrs. Rosa Stack, all of Waverly.

Source: Nashua Reporter, 24 Jan 1924, P 1 C 6