Thomas Steele 1861-1906

STEELE, RUSSELL, ROPER

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 3/21/2012 at 17:16:10

This obit gives some additional info. that wasn't included in an obit pubished a couple days earlier:

Thomas Steele Passed Away
The death of Thomas Steele occurred at his residence north of the Great Western roundhouse Sunday at 1 o'clock. He had been ill for about five weeks, and had been confined to his bed for three weeks with typhoid fever. He was employed by the Great Western as a machinist's helper, and was a member of the helpers' union, and carried $2,000 insurance with the Modern Woodmen of America.

Mr. Steele was born in Apple River, Illinois, about forty-one years ago. He was a married man, his wife being an inmate of the state hospital at Independence. There are five children, one girl and four boys. The daughter is at the point of death with typhoid fever. She is the oldest child, and is about fifteen years of age, while the youngest boy is four years of age.

The remains of Thomas Steele will be taken to County Corners, near Lamont Thursday morning on the morning train over the Great Western. The M.W.A. in which the deceased had a $2,000 policy, will have charge, and a large delegation will accompany the body to its last resting place by the side of three children who repose in the County Corners cemetery.

James Russell, of Apple River, Ill., a half brother, has arrived in the city, also Mrs. John Roper. It is also expected that another sister, Miss Alice Steele, of Watertown, S.D., will arrive.

~Oelwein Register, November 28, 1906
~Notes:
Wife was Minnie Moyle
County Corners cemetery is located in Clayton co. Iowa

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