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WHITNEY, J. Rozelle 1876-1942

WHITNEY, LUNDY

Posted By: Chris Tonn (email)
Date: 6/21/2013 at 15:09:05

OSAGE MAN DIES AFTER ILLNESS

Rites for J.R. Whitney
Will Be Held Thursday

OSAGE, IOWA - Funeral services for J. Rozelle Whitney, 65 years old, who died Tuesday noon at his home following a long illness, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Shelledy funeral home. The Rev. John D. Kern of the Osage Baptist church will be in charge, and burial is to be in the Rudd cemetery.

Mr. Whitney was born on August 15, 1876, at Herkimer, N.Y. and moved to Illinois when he was a young man. He was married to Lillie Mae Lundy at Gregon, Illinois, in 1907, and they moved to Rudd and from there to Osage where they have since made their home.

Surviving are his wife and one daughter, Doris, Osage. Mr. Whitney was a member of the Baptist church and the Osage Masonic lodge. He was in the harness and shoe repair business for a number of years, but recently had been in the real estate business.

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday, December 9, 1942


 

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