Winpigler, William – d. 1905

WINPIGGLER, WINPIGLER

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:31

William Winpigler, who has been in the Soldiers’ Home at Marshalltown for two years, died there yesterday, as a result of a stroke of paralysis with which he was seized some days ago. The body was brought to Colfax, and the interment occurred Tuesday afternoon in the Slaughter cemetery. The services at the cemetery were conducted by the Rev. T. W. Evans, of the Baptist church. The deceased had been a resident of this section 25 years, and he was esteemed as a good neighbor and good citizen. He was the father of Byron Winpigler, of the Colfax Mercantile company, and also of Levi Winpigler, a farmer near town. The deceased was a member of the forty-eighth Iowa regiment in the Civil war. The pall bearers were as follows: Captain Clark, Tom Leach, Matt. Ref, Silas Poling, Wm. M. Boyd and William Allen, all old soldiers.
Source: Newspaper unknown; August 3, 1905; (this was found in an Obituary Scrapbook at the Colfax, Iowa Library)
31 Jul 1905

After a fortnight’s illness following prostration with a paralytic attack, William Winpiggler died at Soldiers’ Home in Marshalltown last Sunday at the age of 79 years, 2 months and 9 days, and his body was brought to Colfax the following day for the funeral. This was conducted by Rev. Evans, of the Baptist church, under the auspices of the local G.A.R. Post, and interment was at the Slaughter cemetery where his wife and three children are buried. Mr. Winpiggler was a member of the 48th Iowa, one of the last regiments raised for the Union Army. Until he secured quarters at the Soldiers’ Home two years ago, he was a resident of Colfax, where his sons, Barney and Leroy still reside. These latter are the fruits of his last marriage, and he is the father of six living children by his first wife. Mr. Winpiggler was a good man and his life, to the good old age was without reproach.
Source: Newspaper unknown; August 5, 1905; (this was found in an Obituary Scrapbook at the Colfax, Iowa Library)