Wallace Mott 1867-1944

MOTT, COON, WOOD, LOPEZ

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Date: 12/22/2020 at 13:11:28

30 March 1944 - The Anamosa Journal

HALE--Funeral service for Wallace Albert Mott, 76, who died at his home in Hale Tuesday, March 21, following a short illness, was held Friday afternoon at the Hayden Funeral home in Oxford Junction, Rev. Fred C. Maurer officiating.

Those who sang were Mrs. Vera Vaughn, Mrs. Lillian Ingwersen, Mrs. Doretta Hodoval, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Emma Schwab. Pallbearers were Albert Mott, Arthur Wood, Edwin Mott, Gerald Wood, Wallace A. Mott, jr., and Edmund Wacker. Burial was in Mayflower cemetery.

Wallace Albert Mott was born in New York state, son of Merritt M. and Elizabeth Cromwell Mott, July 10, 1867. He came to the home of his grandparents at Fairview, Jones county, Iowa, as a small child. He married Katherine Coon at Fulton, Ill., July 5, 1892. Couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home in 1942.

Surviving are his wife, four children, Albert, Wyoming; Edwin, Tipton; Mrs. Alma Wood, Olin, and Wallace A. jr., Wyoming; a sister, Mrs. Katherine Lopez, Glendo, Wyoming; 17 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, one niece and two nephews. A daughter preceded him in death.