TRUSTY, Lester B. 1884-1964

TRUSTY, PETERSON, RANSOM, GROVE, SHRIVER, TAYLOR

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/16/2014 at 00:43:30

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday, November 24, 1964, Mason City, Iowa]

Lester Trusty rites
at Ionia church

NEW HAMPTON, IOWA - Lester B. Trusty, 80, died Sunday at St. Joseph Hospital here. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Ionia. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery at Nashua with Perry-Conway in charge.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Roy Grove, Monona; Mrs. Eldon Shriver, Maquoketa; a son, Elvin Trusty, LaPorte, Indiana; a step-son, Charles Taylor, Waterloo; a brother, Leo, Marshalltown.

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[Nashua Reporter, Thursday, December 3, 1964, Nashua, Iowa]

Funeral services were hled Wednesday, November 25, at 1:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Ionia for L. B. Trusty, 80, who died the preceding Sunday at 11 p.m. at St. Joseph's Hospital in New Hampton of a heart attack. He became suddenly ill Sunday afternoon. He had been up and around as usual, however, he had suffered a heart ailment for several years.

Rev. Ward L. Stephenson officiated. Mrs. Clayton Garner accompanied Mrs. Ward L. Stephenson, soloist. In charge of floral arrangements were Mrs. Lyle Huffman and Mrs. Neil Hughes. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery at Nashua with Don Dudley, Lyle Huffman, Neil Hughes, Sylvester Roethler, Carl Gerber and Grant Grove as pallbearers.

Lester Trusty, the son of Enoch and Anna Peterson Trusty, was born November 20, 1884, on a homestead three-fourths of a mile north of Ionia.

On May 30, 1906, he was married to Gertrude Ransom at Ionia. They became the parents of five children. The Trustys farmed in the Ionia vicinity for many years. Mrs. Trusty preceded her husband in death on November 29, 1950. Mr. Trusty moved to New Hamption in 1953.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Eldon (Elaine) Shriver of Maquoketa and Mrs. Roy (Marvelyn) Grove of Monona; one son, Elvin L. Trusty of La Porte, Ind.; one step-son, Charles D. Taylor of Waterloo; one brother, Leo at the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown; nine grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, two children in infancy, Gordon and Merrill, two sisters and ten brothers.

Nr, Trystt was a nenber of the Ionia Public School Board and a member, decon and trustee of the Congregational Chruch at Ionia. He was active in all church activities.

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