HAMILTON, Milo M. 1903 - 1961

HAMILTON, MCINTIRE, DONALD, BLOUGH, COOP, MROGENSKI, NOBLE, BARTON

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 1/30/2024 at 22:35:58

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Monday, May 22, 1961
Front Page, Column 1

Rites Tuesday At Church For Milo HAMILTON

Last rites will be Tuesday afternon for Milo M. HAMILTON, well-known Fairfield resident and former city council member, who died Saturday at the Jefferson county hospital of a heart ailment.

The services tomorrow will be held at the First Methodist church at 2:30 p.m. (CDT), with the Rev. J. Roland Crandall officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.

The body will be taken from the Weston Behner funeral home to the church where it will lie in state from 1 p.m. until time for the services.

HAMILTON was taken to the hospital last Thursday after becoming ill while at work at the Jefferson Motor company where he had been employed for a number of years.

He had been a resident of Fairfield over 41 years and had been an active member of the Masonic order for a long period of time. He served as master of Clinton Lodge No. 15, A.F. and A.M., and also served as high priest of Royal Arch Masons.

HAMILTON was a member of the First Methodist church, and served in the city as a councilman for nine years.

Milo M. HAMILTON, 57, was born July 23, 1903, at Sharpsburg, Ia., the son of George W. and Mary Alice McINTIRE HAMILTON. He was united in marriage at Seymour, Ia., to Cleo M. DONALD (sic - Cleo M. BLOUGH) who survives.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, Leland M. HAMILTON, Park Ridge, Ill., and two grandchildren.

Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Harry COOP, Fairfield, and Mrs. Albert MROGENSKI, Fairfield; two brothers, Lloyd W. HAMILTON, Fairfield, and Howard HAMILTON, Grand Rapids, Minn.

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"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Monday, May 22, 1961
Page 7, Columns 8 and 9

ATTENTION MASONS

All Masons requested to sit as a group at the funeral of Brother Milo HAMILTON. Go directly to Methodist church.

L. E. WOLFE, W. M.

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NOTICE

Our Service and Sales Departments
WILL BE CLOSED
TUESDAY FROM NOON
FOR REMAINDER OF DAY
To Attend The Funeral of
MILO M. HAMILTON

Jefferson Motor Co.

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"The Fairfield Ia. Ledger"
Thursday, May 25, 1961
Page 4, Column 2

Several From Away Attend HAMILTON Rites

Several from out of town attended the last rites for Milo HAMILTON held Tuesday at the First Methodist church. They included the following:

Mr. and Mrs. Milo HAMILTON, Patti Joy and Mark, Park Ridge, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard HAMILTON, Betty Louy and Merlin, Grand Rapids, Minn.; Alice NOBLE, Des Moines, Merle BARTON, Fairfax, Mo.

Dale BARTON, Essex, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Weiskopf, Mrs. Robert Dittmer and Mrs. Robert Wahlig, all from Davenport; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Voyce, Seymour, Iowa; Mrs. Lola Drewer, Mt. Pleasant.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Monger, Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bruceland, Ottumwa; Mrs. Clarence Pedrick, Douds; and Mrs. Earl Scott, Birmingham.

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"The Fairfield Ledger"
Saturday, May 27, 1961
Page 2, Column 6

CARD OF THANKS

With grateful hearts, we wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kind expressions of sympathy at the time of our bereavement.

The HAMILTON Family

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Note: Buried in Lot 3rd.132. Wife Cleo died in 1965 and was buried with him.

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