RHODES, Ella 1881-1932

RHODES, MCCRACKEN

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 9/4/2015 at 06:56:38

Mrs. Rhodes Dies Suddenly Near Beaman

Mrs. Albert Rhodes, living six miles east of Beaman, was taken suddenly ill Monday morning with a pain in her left shoulder. A doctor was summoned and the case pronounced rheumatism. It attacked the heart and she died shortly after dinner. Mrs. Rhodes leaves to survive her a husband and two children, a boy and a girl, who are grown. Both are at home.

Mrs. Rhodes' maiden name was McCracken. The family have lived in the vicinity of Beaman the past 25 years. Funeral services will be held from the home this afternoon with burial in the Beaman cemetery.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 10 March 1932, pg 7

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Funeral Services For Mrs. Rhoads at Lincoln Wednes.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, March 16, at the Presbyterian church at Lincoln, Iowa, for Mrs. A. B. Rhoads of near Beaman, who died very suddenly at her home on Monday.

Services were conducted by Rev. Yard of the Baptist church of Marshalltown. Interment was in Riverside Cemetery at Marshalltown.

The pall bearers were W. B. McRill, John Wardman, Cliff Brown, Joe Clemons, Guy Stull, Clarence Stull.

The flowers were in charge of Mrs. E. W. Baldwin, Mrs. Norman Lage and Mrs. William Putney, while the singers were Mrs. Wesley Heckt, Mrs. Ott Brahms, Rev. George Hildebrand and Simon Hildebrand, with Miss Maxine Billerbeck at the piano.

Mrs. Rhoads is survived by her husband, two children, one grandchild, three sisters and one brother.

Mrs. Rhoads was born in York, Neb., March 4, 1881, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. McCracken. Prior to her marriage she was a resident of Marshalltown.

She had been a resident of the Beaman community practically all of her married life.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 24 March 1932, pg 5