Ray S. Hawthorne
HAWTHORNE, THOMPSON, BERRY, WEDEMEYER, BIGGS, FINLEY, MINKLEIN, MCCLELLAND
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Date: 3/30/2006 at 16:49:18
Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wedmesday, July 31, 1974, page 2RAY HAWTHORNE Services Held
Ray S. Hawthorne, a resident and businessman in Winterset for many years, died at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset last Friday, July 26, 1974. He was 80 years of age.
Mr. Hawthorne was born at College Springs, Iowa, on February 5, 1894, the son of J.R.S. Hawthorne and Martha Thompson Hawthorne. He was married to Agnes A. Berry at Clarinda, Iowa on January 2, 1919.
Mr. Hawthorne had lived in Madison County for the past 19 years. He retired as operator of the Winterset Produce in 1960.
A member of the first United Presbyterian Church, Mr. Hawthorne was a veteran of World War I, and belonged to the American Legion. He was a past Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge, a Past Worthy Patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, and an elder of the First United Presbyterian Church at Adair and Winterset.
Mr. Hawthorne is survived by his wife, Agnes, and by three children: Mrs. Bernal (Virginia) Wedemeyer of Des Moines; Mrs. Marcia Biggs of Exira, Iowa; and Robert Hawthorne of Macomb, Illinois. Nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren also survive, as well as two sisters; Mrs. Malcolm (Hallie) Finley of San Diego, California; and Mrs. Margaret Minklein of Palm Beach, California.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Harry Hawthorne; and by two sisters, Mrs. Nellie McClelland and Elsie Hawthorne.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 29, at the First United Presbyterian Church of Winterset, with the Rev. Alan Parker officiating. Burial was in the Winterset Cemetery.
-----------------Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 7, 1974, page 7Here To Attend Hawthorne Services
Among the relatives and friends who were here from a distance, Monday July 29th to attend funeral services for Ray Hawthorne held at the First United Presbyterian Church were: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hawthorne and Steven Hawthorne of McComb, Illinois, Mr. and Mr. Ed Landes of Bloomington, Illinois, Mrs. Marcus Biggs, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Hope, Mr. and Mrs. James Nancarrow and Mrs. Edna Tibben of Exira, Mrs. Gerald Evans of Brayton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kitchell of Osceola, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ellis and Brett of Gardner, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McClelland of Hastings, Nebraska, Rev. and Mrs. John DeBurg and Mrs. Dixie Schirm of Walnut, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brentnoll and Mrs. Robert Garland of Ames, Mrs. Rene Condon, Barbara Condon and Kimberly Condon of Storm Lake.
Also, Mrs. Lela Hiatt, Mrs. Mabel Brown, Mrs. Odessa Freeman and Miss Marjorie Freeman of Adel, Mr. and Mrs. ----------------, Mrs. Marjorie Bond of Atlantic, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Litler, Miss Bertha Wedemeyer, Miss Loretta Wedemeyer, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Griffith, Mrs. May Dawning, Mrs. Tom Young, Mrs. Robert Wedemeyer, Mrs. Karl Carrell, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Carney of Adair.
Others attending were, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Wedemeyer, Mrs. Marian Grosenickle and Vernone Uehline of Ankeny; Mrs. Pansey Wakefield and Mrs. Richard Seley of Greenfield, Mrs. Barbara Wallenhaught of Bridgewater, Mrs. Charlotte Bennett of Fontenelle.
Those from Des Moines were: Mrs. Lois Rose, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Bradstreet, Miss Stella Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Welch, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Downing, Miss Shelly Downing, Mrs. Joan Baldwin, Mrs. Quintin Hill, Mrs. Marvelle Stechter, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Mote, Mr. and Mrs. Barry Biggs, Mrs. Doris McGaldrich, Mrs. Lena Esheliman, Mr. and Mrs. David Berleman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Don Day, Kimberly Day, Pamela Day, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schmidt, Mrs. Dan Jones, Mrs. Floyd Fields and Mr. and Mrs. Bernal Wedemeyer.
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