BONSALL, Hattie Pauline (nee Cross) 1892-1943

BONSALL, CROSS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/21/2010 at 21:28:11

BONSALL, Hattie Pauline (nee Cross) 1892-1943

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Funeral services were held Thursday for Mrs. Howard P. Bonsall, 50, lifetime resident of this community, who died Monday at the Cedar Valley Hospital following a major operation.

She was born Hattie Pauline Cross on September 7, 1892, in Cedar Township, and was married to Mr. Bonsall at Charles City on October 25, 1911. They owned a general store at Niles until 1926, then farmed for 14 years, moving here in 1930.

She leaves her husband; three sons, Paul at home; Cpl. Donald, Yuma, Arizona; Keith, Charles City; two daughters, Mrs. Nolan Townsend and Mrs. Albert Cerwinske, Charles City. Four brothers and two sisters also survive. There are six grandchildren.

[Waterloo Courier, Thursday, Aug. 19, 1943)