James D. Edwards, 1887-1964

EDWARDS

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 1/30/2009 at 07:04:21

Edwards Rites To Be Thursday

Funeral services for James Dowling Edwards, 77, who died Monday at 11:45 a.m. at Holy Family Hospital, are to be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist Church, the Rev. William R. Nolan officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Reese Funeral Home after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday until Thursday noon, at which time the body will be taken to the church where friends may call until the time of the service.

Born Nov. 17, 1887, on a farm near Vinton in Benton County, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Edwards. He received his education in the Benton county and Vinton schools.

He was married in 1903 to Maude Baker at Oelwein. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards lived first at Brainerd, Minn.; where he was employed by Great Northern Railway. In 1910, they moved to Estherville and Mr. Edwards was employed by the Rock Island as a brakeman.

Following an injury to his foot, he discontinued his work on the Rock Island and became operator-owner of a livery stable and feed barn where the City Hall is now located. He later operated a garage filling station and trucking firm at the present site of P. G. Gray Produce.

After that he operated a warehouse storage and used furniture business here for a number of years. Mrs. Edwards died in 1950.

On Nov. 1, 1954, Mr. Edwards and Dora Eamann were married at Jackson, Minn.

Mr. Edwards, along with his other work drove a school bus for the Estherville schools for 30 years, 1923-1955.

He was a member of the Methodist church, and of the B. P. O. Elks.

Surviving his death are his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Edna) Wroten, Jordan Valley, Ore.; Mrs. Jack (Jeanette) Howard, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Earl E. (Marie) Reed, Van Nuys, Calif.; Mrs. Elmer (Doris) Jensen, Ringsted; and Mrs. Orlin (Alice) Elwood, Pacoima, Calif., five sons, Hamilton of Washington, D.C.; Douglas of Griffith, Ind.; Marvin and Gene of Estherville; and Maurice of Mesa, Ariz.; 29 grandchildren. 19 great-grandchild ren and one brother Brett Edwards of Long Beach, Calif.

Proceeding him in death were his first wife, two sons Miles and James, and his parents.

Contributed by: Diane Lavender. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Iowa, December 8, 1964.