COLLETT, Floyd Thomas 1911 - 1980

COLLETT, GROENEWOOD, ALLEN, SOURWINE, WHALEY, JACKSON

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

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Wednesday, November 5, 1980
Page 16, Column 6

Floyd COLLETT dies suddenly

Floyd T. COLLETT, 69, Jefferson County farmer, died suddenly at 9:15 a.m. today while loading livestock on the family farm on Route 1 approximately 2½ miles northeast of Fairfield. He died of an apparent heart attack.

The body was taken to the Behner Funeral Home where services are pending.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Thursday, November 6, 1980
Page 12, Columns 4 and 5

Rites for F. COLLETT

Services for Floyd T. COLLETT, 60, will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Behner Funeral Home. The Rev. Kermit Black will officiate and burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery.

Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

COLLETT died suddenly about 9:15 a.m. Wednesday of an apparent heart attack at his-farm (sic) home 2½ miles northeast of Fairfield.

Floyd T. COLLETT was born April 23, 1911, in Otley. He was the son of John and Elizabeth GROENEWOOD COLLETT. His marriage to Aletha ALLEN took place July 31, 1939, in Des Moines.

He was a retired farmer and had lived 26 years in Jefferson County.

COLLETT is surived by his widow; also two sons, Harold, Mount Pleasant, and Harry, Macomb, Ill.; two daughters, Anna SOURWINE, Mount Pleasant, and Jean WHALEY, Mount Pleasant.

Other survivors include a sister, Ethel M. JACKSON, Des Moines; a brother, Ralph E. COLLETT, Hedrick; and 12 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers and one grandson.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Tuesday, November 11, 1980
Page 11, Column 8

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to sincerely thank everyone who remembered us so thoughtfully with their cards, flowers, memorials, food, calls and the many other expressions of sympathy and comfort following the death of our loved one, Floyd COLLETT. It was all greatly appreciated.

Aletha COLLETT
Anna SOURWINE
Jean WHALEY
Harold COLLETT
Harry COLLETT

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Note: Buried in Lot 4th.061. Wife Aletha died in 2013 and is buried with him.