Brock, Valura (Marshall) 1877-1959

BROCK, COY, MARSHALL, BONE

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 4/14/2005 at 16:51:46

Mrs. Brock Dies At Prairie City

PRAIRIE CITY (Special) - Mrs. George (Valura) Brock, 82, of Prairie City, a lifelong resident of Jasper county, died at 9 a.m. Saturday at her home in Prairie City.

Funeral Services will be held at 3:15 p.m. Monday at the Travis Walters funeral home in Prairie City. The Rev Mark Sullivan, pastor of the Prairie City Methodist church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove cemetery near Newton.

Mrs. Brock is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bonnie Coy of Cedar Rapids; a son, Vernon Brock, of northeast of Prairie City; three grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emery Marshall, she was born January 10, 1877 near Newton.

Educated in rural schools and Hazel Dell academy at Newton, she was married March 11, 1896 to George Brock, who preceded her in death in 1952.

She lived a majority of her married life on a farm near Prairie City, moving to Prairie City five years ago. She was also preceded in death by 11 brothers and sisters. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, April 25, 1959
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Brock Marshall
Married, on Wednesday evening, March 11th, at the home of the bride, near this city, Rev. C. V. Cowan officiating, Miss Valura M. Marshall and Mr. George A. Brock.

Mr. Brock is one of the thrifty farmers of this county, and has charge of a two hundred acre farm near Prairie City. Miss Marshall is a young lady of excellent merit, and will be a helpmate indeed to the young man who has been so fortunate as to win her for a wife. ~ The Newton Record, March 13, 1896