Esther Ann (Macumber) Greer (1928)

GREER, MACUMBER, HARTSOOK

Posted By: Linda Brittain (email)
Date: 3/20/2006 at 14:20:50

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
March 15, 1928

Death of Mrs. W. W. Greer

Mrs. W. W. Greer, one of the well known residents of this community, died Sunday, March 18, at the hospital in Indianola. Mrs. Greer had not been in good health and had gone to Indianola for treatment and an operation. However, she was not able to receive relief and she died there.

Mrs. Greer had been raised in this county. She was a daughter of J. A. and Sarah Hartsook Macumber, and was born at the home in Lincoln township, November 22, 1863. On January 13, 1887, she was united in marriage to W. W. Greer, who was raised in the same community. While they had no children of their own, they raised a niece, Anna Greer, now the wife of W. E. Hartsook, and a nephew, Halden Greer, now of (can’t read).

Of the J. A. Macumber, family of 12 sons and one daughter, only four sons survive Mrs. Greer. They are John and George, of Chadron, Nebraska; Ed, of El Reno, Oklahoma, and Ellsworth, of Elk Grove, California; these, with Mr. Greer, form the group of near relatives.

Rev. A. P. Keast conducted the funeral services for Mrs. Greer Tuesday, March 20, at the Methodist church at 2:30 o’clock, and burial was made in the local cemetery. More details of Mrs. Greer’s life will be given in the obituary next week.