Devine, Charles 1873-1943

DEVINE

Posted By: Rachel (Scherf) Levine (email)
Date: 12/4/2011 at 13:28:34

CHARLES H. DEVINE
Died Tuesday at
Home of Niece
Born and Raised In Kossuth;
Early Home Three
Miles North of St. Joe;
Two Sons Survive.

Following an illness of two weeks Charles H. Devine passed away at the home of his niece, Mrs. Irene Schreiber, Algona, Tuesday evening. He had been in poor health the past two years. Burial will be in the Irvington cemetery with service at the McCullough Chapel here Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. C. C. Richardson will be in charge.

Native of Kossuth
Deceased was born and raised on a farm three miles north of St. Joe Feb. 17, 1873, and with the exception of a few years spent in the west lived in this county all his life. He was married to Nettie Telshaw and two sons, Charles and Carroll, survive. They live in the west and had not been contacted at this writing. Two brothers, William, of LuVerne, and Frank, of this City, and three sisters, Mrs. Adelia Carrell, Algona and Mrs. Clara Devine and Mrs. Nellie Goetzman, both of Pomona, Calif., survive.
--Algona Upper Des Moines, 2 December 1943, page 1