Lloyd Libby, 1913-1964

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Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/14/2009 at 17:49:17

Lloyd Libby Dies at 50

Funeral services are to be held Monday for Lloyd Lewis Libby, 50, of Estherville, who died at 1:10 a.m. today [April 17, 1964] at Holy Family Hospital. Death was attributed to cancer.

He was born Oct. 2, 1913, in Stark County, Ill., son of Bert and Clara Libby. He received his education in rural schools there and in Peoria, Ill.

He came to Emmet County in 1948 and married Evelyn Rausch at Jackson, Minn., July 3, 1953. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Estherville.

Survivors include his wife and son, Ricky Allen, 8, and a daughter Susan LeAnne, 10. Two daughters by his first marriage also survive. They are Mrs. Robert (LaVonne) Rushing, Elmwood, Ill., and Mrs. Marilyn Laughlin of Peoria, Ill.

Other survivors are four brothers, John and Clarence of Laura, Ill.; Harold, Towlon, Ill.; Delwin of LaPorte, Ind.; and a sister, Mrs. Everett Camp of Monica, Ill.

His mother, Mrs. Clara Libby of Monica, also survives.

Three sisters and his father preceded him in death.

Family services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville and public services will be at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. William R. Noland of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial is to be at East Side Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Fuhrman Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Saturday until noon Monday when the body will be taken to lie in state at the church.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, iowa, April 17, 1964.