WILLIAMS, Chester R. (1895-1967)

WILLIAMS, MCGOWAN

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 5/2/2015 at 22:16:55

Corwith Man Dies; Funeral Is Thursday

Chester R. Williams, 72, Corwith, died at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Dodge Monday after a long illness.

Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Evangelical United Brethren Church in Stilson. The Rev. Donald Thompson will officiate. Burial will be in Corwith cemetery with Blake Funeral Homes in charge.

Born May 31, 1895, at Argenta, Ill., to Jasper and Emma Williams, he was married to Millie Ethel McGowan Aug. 24, 1914 at Cisco, Ill. They came to the Corwith area in 1915 and farmed until 1959.

Surviving are his wife; two sons, Calvin, Lyle, Minn. and Roland, Fort Dodge; six grandchildren, a great grandchild, and a brother, Ernest Williams, Argenta.

source: Algona Upper Des Moines, 20 Jul 1967, page 1, col 4