Elizabeth Tippett Orr (d. 1939)

ORR, TIPPETT, HAMILTON, FRENCH, HOWARD

Posted By: Janet A. Brandt (email)
Date: 9/30/2013 at 10:53:03

Elizabeth Tippett Orr
Died May 31, 1939

ONSLOW—Mrs. Elizabeth Orr, 71, died Wednesday of a heart attack in an Anamosa hospital. Mrs. Orr was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Tippett, early settlers of the community north of Onslow known as Farm Creek. For the last 20 years her home had been in Onslow where twelve years ago her husband, Jack Orr, died. Mrs. Orr was an active member of the Presbyterian church and the Ladies Guild. She is survived by one son, Francis, who with his family resides on the Orr home farm, and one daughter, Mrs. Edna Hamilton, also living north of town. She is also survived by one grandson, Lester Orr, and one granddaughter, Janet Hamilton, and by two sisters, Mrs. Victoria French of Spencer, and Mrs. Belle Howard of Onslow. Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church Friday with burial in the family lot in Clay cemetery.