Earl K. McIntire, 1912-1984

MCINTIRE

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/21/2009 at 19:30:13

ARMSTRONG--Services for Earl Kenneth McIntire, 71, will be held at 10 a. m. Saturday at the United Presbyterian Church in Armstrong with the Rev. John Bowe of the Estherville Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will be in the Armstrong Grove Cemetery. He died Thursday, April 26, 1984 at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville.

Friends may call at the Henry and Olson Funeral Home in Armstrong after 3 p.m., Friday.

McIntire was born July 3, 1912 at Carmen, Illinois, the son of Joseph and Anna (Carlson) McIntire. He attended Halfa School and graduated from Armstrong High School in 1932. He moved to the Armstrong-Ringsted area as a young boy and farmed in Seneca, Armstrong and Halfa area until his retirement in 1978. On Dec 9, 1946 he was united in marriage to Betty Larson at Fairmont, Minn. Following his retirement he and his wife moved to Estherville.

McIntire was a member of the United Presbyterian Church at Armstrong.

Survivors include his wife Betty; one daughter, Mrs. Jerry (Bonnie) Westfall, Estherville; one son, Don McIntire, St. Paul, Minn.; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Wilma Ridout and Mrs. Erma Anderson, Estherville.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one infant brother.

Contributed by Doreene Hansen.