Asa C. Edward Brockway 1865-1911

BROCKWAY, STRENSTROM, MCNEILL

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Date: 12/22/2005 at 22:59:14

The Burlington Hawkeye, Thursday morning, February 16, 1911, page 8
ASA BROCKWAY DEAD
Well Known and Successful Citizen of Lee County

Had Many Friends and Acquaintances Here - His Widow Was a Burlington Girl - Funeral Friday.

Many Burlingtonians knew Asa Brockway, a well known citizen of Lee County, who was almost as well known in Burlington and Des Moines County as in his immediate home. He passed away at his home in Fort Madison Tuesday evening at 6:45 o'clock at the early age of forty-six years. Mr. Brockway was a member of the Eagles and the Elks, a man who had of friends and who will be missed and mourned by all those who knew him well. The funeral will be held from the family home, No. 618 1/2 Second Street, Fort Madison, Friday at 9 a.m. with interment in the Denmark cemetery. The Rev. A.J. Zaiser will officiate at the home, and the Rev. Lyman , of Denmark, at the grave.

The Fort Madison Democrat has the following sketch of Asa Brockway;
"Deceased was born near Denmark in this county, and had made this section his home for life. As a farmer, stock buyer, and liveryman he had gained many friends to regret his death, which came at the end of a lingering illness. Mr. Brockway came to this city about four years ago, purchasing the Bullard liveries, which were in turn sold to the present owner, J.F. Hansman. He married five years ago to Miss Albertine Strenstrom of Burlington, who survives him with two children, Donald and Fay. His mother, Mrs. Louisa Brockway, is also living and resides at the home here."