Westbrook, Elta (Rider) 1873-1957

RIDER, WESTBROOK, MANDAN, PARKER, BAKER, COUGHLAN, DODD, MOYER

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Date: 9/12/2006 at 10:52:06

Westbrook Funeral Monday Afternoon

Funeral services for Elta Leona Westbrook, 83, who died of injuries suffered in a fall Thursday at her home near Metz, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Johnson Funeral home.

The Rev. W. W. Johnson of the United Presbyterian church will officiate and burial will be in Sugar Grove cemetery.

Survivors are seven sisters, Mrs. Louise John, Mandan, N. D., Miss Jennie Rider, Newton, Mrs. Kenneth Parker, Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. Frank Baker, Newton, Mrs. Belle Coughlan, Marshalltown, Mrs. Ethel Dodd, LaCrescenta, Calif., and Mrs. Earl Moyer, West Des Moines; one grandson, Duane L. Westbrook, with whom she lived; one granddaughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Charlene) McGregor, Reasnor; and two great granddaughters.

Mrs. Westbrook was born to Clinton and Elizabeth Rider near Ira Nov. 18, 1873, and married W. Shurr Westbrook Feb. 9, 1898. He died two years ago as did one son in 1935.

She was a lifetime resident of Jasper county. She lived at Ira until her marriage, then moved to a farm near Metz where she has lived since. She was a member of the Christian Church, Eastern Star, and a charter member of Palo Alto grange. ~ The Newton Daily News, May 17, 1957.