MULLINNIX, Harry

MULLINNIX, LEMONS

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Date: 5/5/2015 at 18:42:35

Keokuk COunty News - November 2, 1933
HARRY MULLINNIX SIGOURNEY YOUTH DIED WEDNESDAY - DEATH OF POPULAR SIGOURNEY BOY RESULTS FROM TUMOR ON HIS LUNG
Harry E. Mullinnix, aged 19, popular Sigourney boy, died at University Hospitals in Iowa City yesterday morning about 10:30, after suffering most of the summer and fall with lung trouble. There was a tumor on his right lung. Since July, he had spent most of the time, with the exception of 3 weeks in the Iowa City Hospital. He was the son of Monte Mullinnix and Mrs Ina Mullinnix. His mother had been by his bedside until a few minutes before death came. He complained about a pain in one of his arms, and she attempted to ease the pain by rubbing his arm. She was going to leave the hospital for a short time, but before she left the building, Harry died. Harry graduated from Sigourney High School with the class of 1932, and was one of the outstanding athletes in school. For 3 years, he was on the basketball team and for 2 years he played football. Surviving , besides his father and mother, are two brothers, George and Harold, both at home. There are two grandmothers living, Mrs Alice Mullinnix and Mrs Mary Lemons. The funeral services will be held on Friday from the Church of Christ, under the direction of Rev. Clark. Interment will be in the West Cemetery.