Harry N. MacDonald 1858-1922

MACDONALD, GREGG, NICHOLS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 4/16/2015 at 20:17:59

A message to relatives in West Liberty, brought the news of the unexpected death of Harry N. MacDonald, a well known former resident of this city. Mr. MacDonald had made his home in Armstrong for several years, where his death occurred. (Iowa City Press Citizen, Iowa City, IA, November 7, 1922)

Harry MacDonald Dies At Armstrong
Mr. Harry N. Macdonald died on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at his home in Armstrong, at 7 o’clock in the evening. He had been seriously ill for about eleven days but a postmortem examination showed that he had been in a very serious condition for years although he had been about and active at his profession of civil engineering until taken with his last illness. The immediate cause of his death was acute peritonitis.

The funeral services were held at the home at Armstrong Friday with the Rev. Victor Demareee of the Presbyterian church , in charge. The body was laid to rest in the Armstrong cemetery beside that of a brother-in-law, Harry Gregg, who died but a short time ago.

Mr. Macdonald came to this county about nine years ago from West Liberty and has been occupied with county engineering during that time. He has lived mostly at Armstrong with the exception of a year spent in Estherville, and has hosts of friends in our neighboring town and in this city. He leaves a devoted wife to mourn his passing, and a brother, F.A. Macdonald, county engineer, of this city.

Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Macdonald, Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Nichols of this city, Mr. Robert Macdonald of Chicago, and Mrs. E.C. Bolus of Portland, Ore., were over to Armstrong in attendance at the funeral. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, November 8, 1922)

Mrs. H.N. Macdonald is planning, since the death of her husband, to move from Armstrong to this city and is offering her home for sale.

Mrs. E.C. Balus of Portland, Ore., was a guest the past week at the F.A. Macdonald home. Mrs. Bolus became a close friend of the Macdonald’s when the two families lived in Cedar Rapids.

Robert MacDonald was home last Friday from Chicago coming to attend the funeral of his uncle H.N. Macdonald of Armstrong. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, November 8, 1922)

Note: Per Iowa Select Marriages, parents were Aleck Macdonald and Maria Hart. He married Sylvia E. Gregg in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA, on February 2, 1884