Mrs. Etta Deyo 1868 - 1921

DEYO, BALL, WHITE, MUNGER, MCCREERY, MINCEMEYER, PERRY, HAERING, WHITE

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 2/26/2011 at 12:38:50

Mrs. Etta Deyo passed away at Clarion, Iowa, Sunday
evening, October 11, following an illness of three days.

Etta Grace Ball, the daughter of James W. and
Catherine White Ball, was born in Strawberry Point, Iowa
on January 2, 1868 and was 65 years, 9 months and
9 days old at the time of her death.

Her childhood and early life was spent in and around
Strawberry Point and at the age of 15 years she moved
with her parents to Britt, Iowa, where on September ,
1884 she was united in marriage to Elias E. Deyo,
who preceded her in death on September 21, 1904.

To this union were born seven children; Earl E. Deyo
of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Edith Munger of Oelwein;
Percy E. Deyo who was killed in action in France on
October 24, 1918; Katherine Perry and James E. Deyo
of Oelwein; Gladys McCreery and Winifred Mincemeyer
of Clarion.

In the spring of 1897 the family moved to Oelwein.
Iowa where they made their home until November 23,
1920, at which time she, with son Earl and daughters
Gladys and Winifred moved to Clarion, where she
resided until her death.

Besides her children, twelve grandchildren and one
great grandchild, Mrs. Deyo leaves to mourn her
passing her aged mother, Mrs. Catherine Ball of
Oelwein; two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Haering of Oelwein
and Mrs. Charles White of Salem, Oregon; one brother
Ray Ball of Chicago, Illinois, many other relatives and a
host of friends.
Services were conducted at 10:00 o'clock Wednesday
morning at the M. E. Church at Clarion by Rev. F. W.
Ortmeyer, who accompanied the funeral party to
Oelwein, where interment was made in Oakdale Cemetery
Wednesday afternoon.

Oelwein Daily Register - 19 Oct 1921