EELLS, Oden B. 1877-1955

EELLS, GEREKE

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Date: 1/5/2020 at 07:26:52

Funeral Held Monday For Oden B. Eells

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at the John Beving home for Oden B. Eells. Interment was made in the cemetery at Grundy Center. Rev. M. C. Melcher of Delmar, Iowa, officiated at the services. Pall bearers were Albert Geerdes, Herman E. Ruter, Herman Haack, Herman P. Ruter, J. L. Fischer and John Ohling.

Oden B. Eells, 78, formerly of Wellsburg and Grundy Center died Thursday, December 15 at the Swanson Rest Home in Cresco following a brief illness.

He spent his entire life in Iowa. He was born in Burlington on November 24, 1877. The Eells family moved to Wellsburg in 1900 and for many years operated a hotel and cafe here. In 1905 the deceased was married to Clara S. Gereke who preceded him in death in March 1953. Mr. Eells was in the theater and cafe business in Grundy Center for more than fourteen years. He was a member of the Episcopal church and the Masonic lodge.

Survivors are two sons, Norval C. Eells of Cedar Rapids and Herbert O. Eells of Lime Springs; five grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Eva Heddens of Wellsburg.

--Wellsburg Herald (Wellsburg, Iowa), 22 December 1955, pg 1