POE, Rosetta 1870-1950

POE

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 4/8/2015 at 09:17:17

Mrs. Rosetta Poe Dies

Mrs. Rosetta Poe, 80, died at 12:40 Monday morning at the Virginia Gay hospital in Vinton. Mrs. Poe had been a resident of Conrad for the past 58 years up until three years ago when she went to Vinton to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Elson.

She was born Jan. 31, 1870, near Bangor, Iowa. She was married to Albert Poe, Feb. 21, 1888, who preceded her in death May 6, 1935. To this union were born seven children five of whom survive their mother. Four sons, John of Cedar Rapids, Harry of Conrad, Fred of Tucson, Arizona, and Earl of Ames, and one daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Elson of Vinton. Another daughter, Mrs. Marie Lynch, preceded her in death Jan. 13, 1947, as did an infant daughter.

The body was taken to the Johnston Funeral home in Conrad.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 3 August 1950, pg 14