ATHERTON, Effie Mae 1889 - 1964

ATHERTON, MCMULLEN, CROWNER, BRUEY, ANDERS, MIRANDA

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:28

"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Friday, August 21, 1964
Page 8, Column 8

Mrs. ATHERTON Taken In Death

Mrs. Effie Mae ATHERTON, 74, 901 South Second St., died Thursday at 8:55 p.m. at the Jefferson County Hospital.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the First Christian church in charge of the Rev. Ned Gillum. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The body will be taken from the Raymond Funeral home to the church at 1 p.m.

Mrs. ATHERTON was born and reared in Jefferson county. The daughter of William M. and Cora McMULLEN CROWNER, she was born Dec. 9, 1889. She was married to G. H. ATHERTON Oct. 4, 1911. Her husband, a former Fairfield chief of police, preceded her in death Sept. 27, 1961.

Mrs. ATHERTON was a member of the Christian church. She is survived by two sisters and one brother: Mrs. Frank BRUEY and Mrs. June ANDERS, both of Fairfield; and John CROWNER, Lockridge. An aunt, Mrs. Effie MIRANDA, Birmingham, also survives.

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"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Saturday, August 29, 1964
Page 5, Column 9

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL IN DISTRICT COURT
State Of Iowa
Jefferson County ss.

To All Whom It May Concern:

You Are Hereby Notified, That an instrument of writing purporting to the be the last Will and Testament of Effie Mae ATHERTON, deceased, dated April 3, 1962 having been this day filed, opened and read, Friday the 4th day of September 1964, is fixed for hearing proof of same at the Court House in Fairfield, Iowa, before the District Court of said County, or the Clerk of said Court; and at 9:30 o'clock a.m. of the day above mentioned all persons interested are hereby notified and require to appear, and show cause if any they have, why said instrument should not be probated and allowed as and for the last Will and Testament of said deceased.

Dated at Fairfield, Iowa,
August 27, 1964
(Seal)
W. S. Parkin
Clerk of District court
By: Betty M. Burger, Deputy
Aug. 29

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Note: Buried in Lot SDiv.2-038 with husband George who died in 1961.