HORR, Ralph 1858-1936

HORR, REED, FERGUSON, ALLEN

Posted By: Chris Tonn (email)
Date: 8/24/2014 at 21:11:39

The Iowa Recorder, Greene, Iowa November 18, 1936

Ralph Horr, who passed away at Oklahoma, will be brought here for burial. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church on Wednesday afternoon.
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Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa November 18, 1936

Death Notices
HORR, Ralph C., died at Henrietta, Okla., Nov. 15, of cerebral apoplexy. Funeral services held at Methodist church at Marble Rock at 2:30 Wednesday. Burial was in the family lot there, the Patterson funeral home in charge.
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Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa November 18, 1936

RALPH C. HORR SERVICES HELD

Father of Local Man Died While Enroute to Texas to Spend Winter

Funeral services for Ralph C. Horr who died suddenly at Henrietta, Okla., Sunday of cerebral apoplexy, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church at Marble Rock. At the time of his death Mr. Horr was enroute with his son and his son's family to Texas where they planned to spend the winter.

Mr. Horr is survived by his son, Reed V., former operator of two fruit stands in Mason City; three sisters,. Mrs. Ethel Ferguson, Ames; Mrs. Dell Allen, Long Beach, Calif., and Miss Ida Horr, Marble Rock, and one grandson, Reed, Jr. Two sisters preceded him death.

Mrs. Horr was born at Marble Rock Sept. 3, 1858 and had lived there until the past 10 years when he made his home with his son in Mason City. Burial at Marble Rock was in a family lot beside his wife, who died in 1919.
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Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa November 21, 1936

Ralph Horr Funeral Is Held at Marble Rock

MARBLE ROCK - Funeral services for Ralph C. Horr, 76, was held in the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon. He was born in this community, and spent his life here until 10 years ago when he went to Mason City to live with his son, Reed Horr. He was married to Miss Jennie Reed of Rockford in 1885. She died in 1919. Surviving are three sisters, Miss Ida Horr of this place, Mrs. E.D. Allen of Long Beach, Cal., and Mrs. John Ferguson of Ames, also his son, Reed Horr, and grandson, Reed, Jr., of Mason City. Death occurred at Henrietta, Okla., as he was accompanying the Reed Horr family to Texas to spend the winter.
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