Ellis E. Estell

ESTELL, CARTER, BEAMAN, KLINGAMAN, HEUBROCK, GOODE, TURNMIRE, GRAY, DEVAULT

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 3/7/2006 at 16:12:54

Winterset Madisonian
1963

ELLIS ESTELL OF WINTERSET DIES

Resident of Madison County Over Half Century; Was 77 Years of Age

Ellis E. Estell of Winterset, a resident of Madison county for more than half a century, died Thursday, Sept. 19, at Memorial hospital in Winterset. He was 77 years of age.

Mr. Estell was a native of Adair county, where he was born May 13, 1886, son of Alfred W. and Amanda Carter Estell. He had lived in Madison county 51 years. His active life was spent in farming. He and Mrs. Estell had lived on their present farm in Union township the last 36 years.

He was a member of the Methodist church

Mr. Estell was married Dec. 26, 1909, in Adair county, to Golda E. Beaman, who survives him. He also leaves a son, Wayne Estell of Winterset; four daughters, Mrs. Thelma Klingaman of Des Moines, Mrs. Bonnelle Heubrock of Orangevale, Calif., Mrs. Doris Goode of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Verna Turnmire of Osage; 12 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; two brothers, Percy Estell of Winterset and Frank Estell of Greenfield; and two sisters, Mrs. Roy Gray of Greenfield and Mrs. Bessie DeVault of Stuart.

Funeral services were held Saturday from the Winterset Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. Walter A. Samp. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.