BRIER, Albert James 1870 - 1945

BRIER, WALTZ, WOODHULL, DEMOSS, JUNKIN, BATES, SARGENT, ADAMSON, YOUNG

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, March 6, 1945
Page FIVE, Column 6

ALBERT BRIER PASSES AWAY

Albert James BRIER, 75, a retired barber, passed away yesterday evening at 7:00 p.m. at his home, 105 East Lowe Street. He had been in poor health the past several years.

Mr. BRIER was born January 18, 1870. He began the barber trade when 18 years of age and worked in the South Side Barber Shop for 24 years then was forced to retire due to ill health.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 p.m. from the Hoskins Funeral Home with Rev. A. P. Keast officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.

He leaves to survive, besides his wife, three sons: Leslie and Earl of Bonaparte, and Glen, Washington, D. C.; one daughter, Mrs. John WALTZ, Orient, Iowa; two step-daughters, Mrs. R. F. WOODHULL, Rockville Center, Long Island and Mrs. Charles W. DeMOSS, Cedar Rapids; three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Roy JUNKIN of Fairfield. One daughter, Mrs. Ralph BATES died in 1916 and a sister, Mrs. Florence SARGENT passed away 6 years ago.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Wednesday, March 7, 1945
Page FIVE, Column 1

LOCALS

...--Mrs. John WALTZ of Orient, Ia., accompanied by her small daughter, Sherry, have arrived for a visit in the home of her mother, Mrs. Albert BRIER, 105 E. Lowe St. and to attend the funeral of her father. ...

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Friday, March 9, 1945
Page FIVE, Column 1

LOCALS

...--Mr. and Mrs. J. R. ADAMSON of Brooklyn, Iowa are spending a few days with his sister, Mrs. Albert BRIER, 105 E. Lowe St. Mrs. BRIER's daughter, Mrs. Charles W. DeMOSS of Cedar Rapids who attended the funeral of her father yesterday, has returned to her home.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Monday, March 12, 1945
Page FIVE, Column 8

PROBATE OF WILL

State of Iowa, Jefferson County, ss:

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given that an instrument, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Albert J. BRIER, Deceased is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Jefferson County, and that Friday, April 6, A. D. 1945 at 9:30 o'clock A. M. has been set for proof and final hearing of same.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, this 10th day of March, 1945.

W. S. PARKIN,
Clerk of District Court
By Virlee M. Anderson,
Deputy.
Publish March 12-19-26.

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Note: Buried in Lot Old.P.142. Albert was married three times, first in 1891 to Hannah A. QUICK who died in 1897, second in 1904 to Mary L. NEWELL who died in 1910, and third in 1911 to Amy L. ADAMSON YOUNG. His first two wives are on his gravestone with him. Third wife Amy died in 1968 and is buried in Stuart, IA.