John Thorpe

THORPE, MUNGER, CONNOR, HINTZ

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Date: 3/6/2012 at 00:47:06

The Oelwein Daily Register
Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa
Monday, February 10, 1936
Page 5

--JOHN THORPE FUNERAL TOMORROW

The body of John Thorpe, who died at Mt. Dora, Florida, and was reported in these columns last Thursday, is expected to arrive in Oelwein tomorrow, depending on train service being resumed at that time of course. The deceased was born in Oelwein 37 years ago but has not lived here for the past 18 years. He is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Munger of Oelwein and a brother of Mrs. Alvin Connor, formerly of Oelwein but now of Hamburg, Iowa. The funeral services will be held at Woodlawn cemetery as soon as the body arrives in charge of the Hintz funeral home. His parents are both buried here.