Dickey, Francis Marion d. 1930

DICKEY, COLCLASURE, GREENLAND

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 11/15/2008 at 16:58:01

The Knoxville (IA) Express; Thurs. Jan. 01, 1931

OLD SOLDIER IS DEAD
Frank M. Dickey, 93, Years Old, Passes Away in Colorado

Francis Marion Dickey, a resident of Marion county for many years, died Wednesday, December 10, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alice Colclasure, in Grand Junction, Colo. Mr. Dickey went to Colorado early in the fall, accompanied by his daugher, Mrs. Earl Greenland. A son, John Dickey, lives in Lincoln, Nebr., and a grandson, Randall Dickey, lives here.

The deceased served in the civil war, enlisting with a company from Knoxville.

Funeral services were held at Grand Junction, Sunday, December 14, and burial was made in the cemetery at that place.