CASTILE, Margaret Francis 1866 - 1932

CASTILE, LAUGHRIGE, STOUT, COPELAND, BRYAN, CLAYWELL, BRADBURY

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

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Thursday, September 1, 1932
Front Page, Column 6

MRS. G. CASTILE SUCCUMBS HERE
Funeral Services 2:30 Saturday at Hoskins Funeral Home

Margaret Francis CASTILE, wife of Gus A. CASTILE, passed away this morning at her home, 408 East Adams street, following a two weeks' illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the Hoskins Funeral Home in charge of Rev. G. W. Pool. Burial in Evergreen cemetery.

Mrs. CASTILE was born November 19, 1866. She is survived by her husband, two sons, Clarence LAUGHRIDGE (sic - LAUGHRIGE) of conroy, Iowa and Robert LAUGHRIDGE (sic) of Keokuk. She also leaves the following stepchildren: Roy CASTILE of Fairfield, Harlan CASTILE of Panora, Arthur CASTILE of Detroit and Mrs. Ethel STOUT of Keosauqua. The surviving brothers and sisters are Fry COPELAND, S. A. COPELAND, John COPELAND and Mrs. Anna E. BRYAN of Fairfield and Mrs. T. F. CLAYWELL of Graham, Wash.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Saturday, September 3, 1932
Page SIX, Column 4

... Mr. and Mrs. Robert LAUGHRIDGE and son Bobby of Keokuk came Saturday for a few days visit at the Joe Day home. Mr. LAUGHRIDGE was called to Fairfield by the serious illness and subsequent death of his mother Mrs. Gus CASTILE.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Thursday, September 8, 1932
Page FIVE, Columns 1 and 2

Locals

... --Mr. and Mrs. Clarence LAUGHRIGE, Conroy, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert LAUGHRIGE and son Bobby Joe of Keokuk; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. CASTILE, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reeves of Panora, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur CASTILE of Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Roy BRYAN of Davenport; Mr. and Mrs. Harold BRYAN, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith, Chicago, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Elson of Wauku, and Mr. and Mrs. John STOUT of Keosauqua have returned to their respective homes, having been called here by the death of Mrs. G. A. CASTILE.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Friday, September 9, 1932
Page FOUR, Columns 6 and 7

OBITUARY

MRS. G. A. CASTILE

Margaret Francis COPELAND was born in Harrison County, Ohio, November 19, 1866 and passed away suddenly at 6:30 Thursday morning, September 1, 1932 at her home, 408 East Adams street. She had been in poor health for a number of years but for the last week and a half her condition was serious.

In 1890 she came to Fairfield, Iowa with her brother John where she has spent the greater part of her life. She was united in marriage to Walker N. LAUGHRIGE, February 1, 1893. Her husband preceded her in death June 6, 1907. To this union were born four cildren, two dying in infancy.

On August 27, 1919 she was united in marriage to G. A. CASTILE. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, two sons, Clarence R. LAUGHRIGE; Conroy Iowa; Robert S. LAUGHRIGE, Keokuk, Iowa; one grandson, Bobby Joe LAUGHRIGE; one step-daughter, Mrs. John STOUT, Keosauqua, Iowa; three step-sons, Roy CASTILE Fairfield, Iowa, Harlan CASTILE, Panora, Iowa; Arthur CASTILE, Detroit, Michigan and seven step grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Annie E. BRYAN, Fairfield, Iowa; and Mrs. T. F. CLAYWELL, Graham, Washington. One sister, Mrs. Olive BRADBURY preceded her in death a few years ago. Three brothers, Fry COPELAND, S. A. COPELAND and John COPELAND all of Fairfield, and a number of nieces and nephews, and a host of friends and neighbors.

Mrs. CASTILE was a true wife, an ideal mother; self-sacrificing loving and tender, always thinking of others. About fifteen years ago she was converted and united with the M. E. church. Her close friends will always remember the sweet christian experience, "When Jesus came into her heart."

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Note: Buried in Lot SDiv.4-003, with first husband Walker N. LAUGHRIGE. Her gravestone notes she was born in 1867, however her age in several census records indicates an 1866 birth; she was a little older than her second husband Gustavous A. CASTILE, who is also buried in Evergreen Cemetery, but with his first wife Lillian KAUFFMAN CASTILE.