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Sherman, Elmer Lorenzo 1886-1968

JOHNSON, ADAMS, EASTON, DUNLAP, PHILLIPS

Posted By: Bart Hamlett (email)
Date: 1/17/2016 at 19:52:46

Elmer Lorenzo Sherman, 81, passed away at the Edgewood Convalescent Home on February 10, 1968.
Mr. Sherman was born March 26, 1886, near Edgewood to George S. and Ida Easton Sherman. He was married to Nellie M. Adams on June 5, 1918, near Edgewood. They farmed northeast of Edgewood until they retired and moved into town in 1957. They would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary this year.
Elmer, always a farmer at heart loved working in his garden and enjoyed giving flowers and vegetables to his friends and neighbors. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Keith and Duane W. both of Edgewood; two daughters, Mrs. Robert ( Lois ) Johnson of Strawberry Point and Mrs. Bruce ( Elise ) Dunlap of Davenport, seventeen grandchildren, two great grandchildren; one brother, Bryan of Edgewood and one sister, Mrs. Letha Phillips of Cedar Rapids.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, two sisters and three brothers.
Services were held Monday, February 12, at the Appleton Funeral Home by Rev. Charles Kimbrell.
Casket bearers were grandsons: Ronald Elvidge Jr., Raymond Blackwell, Neil Sherman, Arthur Johnson and James and Dennis Dunlap. Burial was in the Edgewood cemetery.
( as printed in the Edgewood Reminder, Feb. 28, 1968 )


 

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