PALMER, Pearl 1884-1961

PALMER, SWEET

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 11/15/2016 at 09:06:41

Mrs. Walter Palmer Dies In Hospital

Mrs. Walter Palmer died Saturday forenoon in the Grundy hospital following a heart condition. She had been a patient in the hospital three weeks before her death. She was 77 years old on May 21 of this year.

The body was taken to the Engelkes Funeral Home in Grundy Center where services were held at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The service was conducted by Rev. E. E. Basye. Burial was in the Grundy Center cemetery.

Mrs. Palmer's maiden name was Pearl Sweet. She and Walter Palmer were married in Grundy Center July 17, 1901. The first eight years of their married life they resided in Grundy Center, after which they removed to Fort Dodge where they remained until 1923 when they returned to Grundy Center where they spent the remainder of their lives. The husband died in 1948. Mrs. Palmer lived alone in her home since her husband's death. The couple had no children.

Surviving are two brothers, George Sweet, Marshalltown, and Fred, Winnebago county.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 19 October 1961, pg 6