Guy Alfred Wright (1886-1969)

WRIGHT, CLAUSON, SCHROEDER

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 3/7/2010 at 18:53:02

Tipton Advertiser, August 22, 1969

Guy Alfred Wright

Funeral services for Guy Alfred Wright, 83, were held at the Presbyterian Church in Mechanicsville, August 22, 1969, with Rev. Ralph Schenck of Stanwood officiating. Burial was in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Mr. Wright died August 20,1969, following a long illness.
The son of David and Ida Wright, he was born in Cedar County, March 16, 1886 and was married to Minnie Ridenour in 1930. The couple farmed in the Mechanicsville vicinity until 1948 when they retired and moved to Mechanicsville.
Guy was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Cedar Lodge, A.F & AM, Tipton and was a charter member of the Farm Bureau.
He is survived by his wife, 2 sons, Ronald of Cypress, California and Hubert of Cedar Rapids; 4 grandchildren, Richard Clauson,of Carpentersville, Illinois, Kenneth Wright,of Maquoketa, Donald Wright and Carole Wright, of Cedar Rapids; 2 sisters, Pearl Wright, Clinton and Mrs. Ora Schroeder of The Dalles, Oregon and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Dorothy Clauson.