Roy Lee Dawson (1944)

DAWSON, MILEY, POND

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 7/17/2006 at 12:23:21

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, November 29, 1944

Roy L. Dawson, formerly a well-known Winterset restaurant operator and a Rainbow division veteran of the first World war, died at the Veteran's hospital in Wadsworth, Kan., last Saturday of a heart ailment. He was 52 years of age.

Mr. Dawson was born at Butler, Mo., on Feb. 4, 1892, the son of Robert and Nancy Dawson. As a young man he moved to Creston, where he enlisted in Co. C, 186th Infantry regiment of the Forty-second or Rainbow division for service in the World War.

Following the war, he was married at St. Joseph, Mo., on Aug. 30, 1919, to Mary Miley of Creston. They lived at Creston until 1929, when they came to Winterset. They operated a cafe here until 1936, when they moved to Cameron, Mo., and from there to Merriam, Kan.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Pond of Wichita, Kan.; a son, Lieut. R. H. Dawson of the Marine air corps; and several brothers and sisters.

Funeral rites were held in Kansas City Monday, and services were conducted here Tuesday from the Ramsey-Richards Funeral home in charge of the Rev. Arthur Mortenson, pastor of the Winterset Presbyterian church. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.
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Coordinator's note: Middle name taken from gravestone.

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