Ethel M. Hoskins Oakes

OAKES, CURTS, BENSON, HOSKINS, RUSSELL

Posted By: Ida Morse (email)
Date: 3/19/2006 at 20:36:56

Earlham Library Obituaries, April 2003
Earlham, Iowa

Ethel Oakes, Marshalltown

Ethel M. Hoskins Oakes, 95, died April 12, 2003, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown.

Following cremation, a memorial service will be held at the Earlham Cemetery, to be announced at a later date.

Ethel Oakes was born March 11, 1908, in Dallas County to Edgar and Daisy (Curts) Benson. She was a graduate of Earlham High School. On Feb. 8, 1928, she married James Russell Hoskins in Earlham. Russell preceded her in death in 1984. On Feb. 14, 1987, she married Cyral Oakes. In 1998, they moved to the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Ethel was a member of the Earlham Friends Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Russell; her second husband, Cyral; and a sister, Inez Russell.

She is survived by a nephew, Wilbur Russell of Ankeny.