Milton John Barlow 1896-1981

BARLOW, PERSON, BLISS, JACOBI, LIND, ELLINGSON, MONTGOMERY, HOFFMEYER, SIFRIT

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 5/15/2013 at 01:14:09

Milton Barlow
Estherville – Services for Milton J. Barlow, 85, Estherville, will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Estherville Lutheran Church with the Rev. Stan Eyberg officiating. Interment will be in East Side Cemetery.

Mr. Barlow died Monday [May 25, 1981] afternoon at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

Friends may call at the Henry and Olson Funeral Home, Estherville, until 9 o’clock tonight and until noon Thursday and at the church prior to the services.

The son of John and Alma Barlow, he was born March 25, 1896, at Wallingford and received his education in rural schools in the Wallingford area. He was married to Hazel Bliss on Nov. 16, 1916,and following her death, was married to Elna Person at Estherville on Oct. 31, 1937.

He farmed in the Wallingford, Dolliver, Sherburn, Minn., and East chain, Minn., areas until moving into Estherville in 1943, where he was employed by the City of Estherville’s water department. He was a member of the Estherville Lutheran Church.

Mr. Barlow is survived by two sons, Vern Barlow, Estherville, and Loren Barlow, Laverne, Minn.; four daughters, Mrs. John (Iva) Jacobi, Colorado Springs, Col., Mrs. Alden (Dorothy) Lind, Estherville, Mrs. Richard (Helen) Ellingson, Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. John (Bonnie) Montgomery, St. Louis, Mo.; 15 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; one brother, Carl Barlow, Estherville; and two sisters, Mrs. Maybelle Hoffmeyer and Mrs. Gladys Sifrit, both of Estherville.

He was preceded in death by both of his wives, his parents, two brothers and two sisters. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 27, 1981)