Alfred Barr

BARR, SHARP, STAATS, HOLIHAN

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Date: 1/31/2019 at 10:33:14

Wapello Republican, December 19, 1935

Alfred Barr, 70, of Burlington, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Barr, early residents of this community died at a hospital in Burlington Sunday night.

When he was four years of age his mother died in California and his father brought him to this city. He married Miss Nellie Sharp September 24, 1887 and she died in 1909. He married Carrie Staats of Cedar Rapids in 1910. She died three years later. He has lived in Burlington for 20 years. Surviving are two sons, Geo. Smith, S. America; and R. O. Barr of Denver, Colo., a daughter, Mrs. Anna Holihan, Burlington, a brother, Frank, Luana, Ia., and five grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Burnett-Wallen Funeral home, Burlington and burial was in the Wapello cemetery.