HANKS, Walter John 1888 - 1978

HANKS, MOON, RIDER, MULLIKIN, TURNER, MILLS, HAYMAN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 2/18/2024 at 20:19:07

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Wednesday, February 22, 1978
Page 12, Column 1

HANKS Rites On Friday

Walter J. HANKS, 89, 604 E. Adams, died Tuesday at 7:45 p.m., at Jefferson County Hospital. He had been ill the past week.

The service will be Friday at 11 a.m., at Behner Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Vaughan officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

The son of Theodore and Mary MOON HANKS, he was born Nov. 15, 1888 at Sherrion, Pa.

On Dec. 18, 1913, he was married to Grace RIDER. She died Sept. 4, 1973. He lived in Jefferson County for over 60 years. He was a retired farmer.

He is survived by two daughters, Grace MULLIKIN and Doris TURNER, both of Fairfield; eight grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mary MILLS, Houston, Texas, and Bertha HAYMAN, Springdale, Ark. He was preceded in death by two brothers, one sister and one son.

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Note: Buried in Lot 4th.061 with wife Grace.