Read, George Thurley (1848-1936)

READ, WILCHER, BRANCH

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Date: 4/28/2017 at 06:44:24

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa, Friday, November 27, 1936

GEORGE T. REED [READ] DIES AT BRANCH HOME IN STANHOPE

STANHOPE, Iowa, Nov. 27 - George T. Reed [Read] 88, a long time resident of the Stanhope community, died Wednesday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Branch.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Stanhope Methodist church, preceded by a brief service at the Branch home. G.H. Dick in charge.

[George T. Read married Mary Ann Wilcher, January 12, 1873; she preceded him in death in 1926; they are buried at Lawn Hill Cemetery, rural Stanhope, Iowa]