Brock, George Adam d. 1952

BROCK, CARRIER, MARSHALL, COY

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 4/14/2005 at 16:53:07

George Brock, 84, Dies; Set Rites At Prairie City

Prairie City (Special) - George Brock, 84, farmer and resident of the Prairie City area for most of his life, died early yesterday afternoon at his farm home following a lingering illness.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock at the Travis Walters Funeral Home here with burial in the Sugar Grove cemetery.

Mr. Brock was born June 6, 1868, in London, Ky., and moved with the family to this area at an early age. On March 11, 1896, he was married to Valura Marshall and couple farmed between Prairie City and Newton.

He is survived by his wife; one son, George Vernon Brock of Colfax; one daughter, Mrs. Bonnie Coy of Cedar Rapids, and three grandchildren. Mr. Brock was the last of a family of nine children.

Officiating at tomorrow's services will be Rev. John Arlington. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, August 20, 1952.