Harlan D. Letts

LETTS, TARKINGTON, THOMPSON, ESTLE

Posted By: Judy Kelley, volunteer (email)
Date: 12/27/2010 at 13:15:02

Harlan D. Letts was the only son of James H. and Matilda Hendricks Letts. He was born on Line Grove farm, Concord township, Louisa county, December 2, 1891. He is survived by his parents and by two sisters, Mrs. E.C. Tarkington, of Loveland, Colo., and Miss Adelia at home. He attended the rural schools near his home and later went to Cornell college at Mt. Vernon. He graduated from the agricultural department of the Wisconsin state university at Madison, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.

According to a statment given out today by relatives, Letts, accompanied by Thompson spent the evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hendrix, leaving about 11 o'clock for Letts, where they were joined by Estle and went for a little ride. Near the Adam Epperly farm they encountered a bad turn in the road and met with the fatal accident.

The Funeral Services.

The funeral of Mr. Letts will be held Tuesday afternoon at the home three and a half miles south of Letts. The services will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Phillips, pastor of the Metodist Episcopal church. Interment will be made in the Letts cemetery.

The Estle funeral will be held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the the home four miles west of this place. Interment will be made in the Cranston cemetery. Estle is survived by his parents, two brothers, Lawrence Estle, and a younger boy, and one sister, Miss Claire. Thompson alone of the three, was a married man.

Source: LCHS scrapbook