CREEL, Lydia: 1892-1977

CREEL, TAYLOR

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Date: 4/14/2014 at 13:49:19

The Fairfield Ledger
December 3, 1977

Lydia Creel Dies At 85

Services for Lydia Creel, 85, retired school teacher, were scheduled at 2 p.m. today at the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

The Rev. Eldon Haworth was in charge of the service with burial in the IOOF Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Lydia Creel died at 3:15 p.m. Thursday at the Parkview Care Center in Fairfield where she had been a patient for some time.

Miss Creel taught school for a number of years and had made her home in Fairfield for the past 30 years. Prior to that had lived in Davis County.

A life membership was presented to Miss Creel by the Iowa State Education Association after her retirement. She served as a grade school teacher at Birmingham for 32 years.

She previously taught at Drakesville, Cantril and in a rural school near Bloomfield.

Lydia Creel was born Oct. 25, 1892, at West Point in Lee County. She was the daughter of Webster and Flora Taylor Creel.

Survivors include a sister-in-law, Maude Creel, Ottumwa, and a number of cousins.

A memorial has been established in her name to the Heart Fund.

(Transcribed for genealogy purposes only.)