Wheatcraft, Walter – d. 1989

RILEY, WHEATCRAFT

Posted By: Donna Sloan Rempp
Date: 8/27/2016 at 16:17:47

Services Held
Walter Wheatcraft, 86 of Knoxville died Saturday, Feb. 18, 1989, at the Knoxville Area Community Hospital. Services were held Tuesday at Knoxville Regular Baptist Church. Burial was in Mount Zion Cemetery in Jasper County.
Mr. Wheatcraft was born in Jasper County and had lived in Killduff and Monroe before moving to Knoxville. He was a retired farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Illa; three sons, Merle of Chariton, Larry of Des Moines and Dale of Arkansas; a sister, Jenny Riley of Versailles, Mo.; seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
Source: Monroe Mirror; 23 February 1989

Knoxville, IA – Walter Wheatcraft, 86, of Knoxville died of a heart ailment Saturday at Knoxville Area Community Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Knoxville Regular Baptist Church, of which he was a member. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery in Jasper County.
Mr. Wheatcraft was born in Jasper County and had lived in Killduff and Monroe before moving to Knoxville. He was a retired farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Illa; three sons, Merle of Chariton, Larry of Des Moines and Dale of Arkansas; a sister, Jenny Riley of Versailles, Mo.; seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
Friends may call after 10 a.m. today at Williams Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Source: Des Moines Register; 20 February 1989