Plant, Margaret Maleta Caldwell 1874-1941

PLANTS, CALDWELL

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/5/2011 at 14:27:20

Plants, Margaret Maleta Caldwell –
Mrs. Jesse Plants, 67, died at her home in Lenox, Saturday, Feb. 1 [1941]. Mrs. Plants had been in poor health for several years but her death came following an illness of a few weeks.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Earl Moneymaker at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Presbyterian church. Burial was made in the Lenox cemetery.
Margaret Maleta Caldwell, fifth daughter of Samuel and Margaret Caldwell, was born in Louisa county, Ia. near Morning Sun, on January 30, 1874, and died in Lenox on Feb. 1, 1941 at the age of 67 years and 2 days.
On December 28, 1898 she was married to Jesse O. Plants and four children were born, all of whom are living. They are Ila Moore, Nodaway, Ia.; Myra Jackson, Brooks, Ia.; Beryl Brown, Cedar Falls, Ia. and Orval of Clearfield.
Her early life was spent near and in Morning Sun where she attended school and united with the United Presbyterian church. Later, after moving to Lenox, she became a member of the church until moving to Clearfield where she served as a member. Failing health had prevented her from attending the past few years.
She was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters, one brother and one granddaughter.
Besides her husband, one son and three daughters, she leaves seventeen grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. C. B. Casey of Florida and a host of friends and neighbors.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, February 6, 1941