Susan Anne Ferris Moffitt 1880-1963

MOFFITT, FERRIS, MOFFIT, JUHL, PHILLIPS, BROBST

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/10/2012 at 21:11:50

Mrs. Susan Moffitt Dies at Age of 82
Mrs. Susan Anne Moffitt, 82, resident of Emmet County since 1939, died yesterday about 1:20 p.m. at Holy Family Hospital. Cause of death was listed as a heart ailment and complications. Mrs. Moffitt had been ill for the past 11 years.

Born Oct. 3, 1880 at Bradford, Ill., she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Ferris. She received her education in the Stark County schools and on July 21, 1904 was married to Jesse Moffitt at Toulon, Ill.

After their marriage, the couple lived in Illinois until 1915 and then moved to Iowa where they farmed in the Osgood area until they moved to Emmet County in 1939.

Mrs. Moffitt was a member of First Methodist Church here.

She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Art (Alta) Juhl of Cylinder, Mrs. Gordon (Mildred) Phillips of Midland, Mich., Mrs. Harold (Alyce) Brobst and Nina Moffitt, both of Estherville; three sons, Clarence, Marvin and Francis, all of Estherville; 27 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are two sisters-in-law, Mrs. John Ferris of Osakis, Minn., and Mrs. Fred Ferris, Bradford, Ill.

Mrs. Moffitt was preceded in death by a son, Dale, in 1952 and by her parents, three brothers and one sister.

Funeral services are to be Thursday at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church, the Rev. William R. Noland officiating. Burial will be in East Side cemetery. A family service will be held at 11 a.m. at Fuhrman Funeral Home.

Friends may call at the funeral home from this evening until noon Thursday at which time the body will be taken to the church to lie in state until time of services. The casket will not be opened following services. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, February 5, 1963)