Edgar J. Easton (1902-1958)

EASTON, CLYDE, SHARP, KYARSGAARD, OCONNOR

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 9/1/2010 at 14:45:04

The Community Press, Maquoketa, Iowa, January 14, 1958

Edgar J. Easton

Edgar J. Easton, 55, of Maquoketa, died Sunday in his home. He had been in ill health for a number of years. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Carson Funeral Home. The Rev. M. H. Nothdurft will officiate and burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Mr. Easton was born July 20, 1902, in Maquoketa, son of John and Katherine Clyde Easton. On December 24, 1925, he was married in Rock Island, Illinois to Camilla Sharp, who survives. For 25 years Mr. Easton was a tank and station agent for the Cities Service oil company in Maquoketa.

In addition to his widow, he is survived by two sons, Thomas of Maquoketa and Donald of Davenport; a daughter, Mrs. Milton (Mavis) Kyarsgaard of Delmar; a brother, Dale J. Easton of Maquoketa; a sister Mrs. Elizabeth O’Connor of Chicago, and three grandchildren. His parents, a brother and two sisters preceded him in death.