Edith Viola Swartz Book 1905-1972

BOOK, SWARTZ, POYZER, BRADEEN, DAVIS, SCHAPER

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 8/29/2011 at 20:19:52

Mrs. Book Services Friday
Mrs. Earl (Edith Viola) Book, 67, Estherville, died, Oct. 31, 1972, at Holy Family Hospital of cancer.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Presbyterian Church with the Rev. H. Allen Wirtz officiating. Burial will be made in East Side Cemetery.

She was born Oct.31, 1905 and died on her birthday 67 years later. Her parents were Ira and Grace Swartz, Emmet County farmers. She graduated from Estherville High School in 1923 and taught rural school until her marriage July 25, 1927 to Earl Lee Book at Estherville.

Mrs. Book lived her entire life in Emmet County and Estherville and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Estherville.

Survivors are her husband, Earl Lee Book, her father, Ira Swartz at Good Samaritan Center, Estherville; three sons, Melvin of Overland Park, Kan., Ronald of Sand Point, Idaho, and Larry of Goodell; three daughters, Mrs. Dean (Shirley) Poyzer of Estherville, Mrs. Corbett (Alice) Bradeen of Estherville, and Mrs. Glen (Donna) Davis, Lake Park; 22 grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Otto Schaper of Estherville.

She was preceded in death by her mother, one brother, one sister and one great-grandchild

Friends may call at Reese-Henry Funeral Home after 10 a.m. Thursday until time of services Friday. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, November 1, 1972)

Those here for the funeral of Mrs. E. L. Book today include Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Book and family and Mrs. Ethel Book of Sand Point, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Book, Overland, Kan.; and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Book and family, Goodell. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, November 3, 1972)