DUNLAP, Mollie (1879-1941)

DUNLAP, HAES, VIRCHAU, VIESLER

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society
Date: 4/7/2017 at 13:08:49

Mrs. Dunlap, Ventura, Dies

Telephone Operator for 30 Years Is Heart Disease Victim

Ventura - Mrs. Molly Dunlap, 61, telephone operator here for more than 30 years, died Friday evening in a Mason City hospital of heart disease.

The body was taken to the Bohn funeral home at Garner. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Mrs. Dunlap is survived by seven brothers, Dr. Julius Haes of St. Paul, Fred Haes of Waterloo, Will Haes, Elmer Haes and Emil Haes all of Garner, and Henry Haes and Alvin Haes, both of St. Paul. Two sisters, Mrs. Mina Virchau of St. Paul and Mrs. William Viesler of Garner and a nephew, Dean Haes, who made his home with Mrs. Dunlap since boyhood and is now in Hawaii as a member of the United States navy, also survive.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette; 22 Mar 1941; page 2; col 5

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Mrs. Dunlap Funeral Held

Rites Are Conducted at Home, Lutheran Church Near Ventura

Ventura - Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie Dunlap, 61, were held at her home in Ventura and at the St. John's Lutheran church north of Ventura, Monday afternoon, with the Rev. W. Wolfram in charge.

Mrs. Dunlap died at a Mason City hospital Friday.

She was born in Grafton, Oct. 13, 1897. In 1911 she bought her present home in Ventura and took over the telephone office. She was married to John Dunlap April 20, 1921, who was a victim of an auto accident in 1925.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette; 25 Mar 1941; page 7; col 7