Otis Grant Earp (1942)

CLEARWATER, DAY, EARP, GRIMES, HARDY, JOHNSON, KELLY

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 9/4/2006 at 08:51:26

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 19, 1942

OTIS G. EARP DIES
Van Meter, August 17, (Special):-

Otis G. Earp, 73, of 209 Walnut street, West Des Moines, died early Thursday in the Iowa Methodist hospital of pneumonia, following an operation May 28 to remove his right foot and ankle, which were crushed in an accident while working at the Flint Crushed Gravel company. Mr. Earp had been employed by the Flint company for 15 years.

He was born at Monmouth, Ill., Oct. 15, 1869, being one of a family of eleven children born to Francis and Melvina Earp. When just a small boy he came with his parents to Madison county.

On July 3, 1869 he married Maggie Hardy of Monmouth, Ill. Subsequent to his marriage he lived varying periods of years near Winterset, Winston, Mo., and Van Meter and Waukee.

He is survived by his wife, three sons, Harold and Everett Earp both of West Des Moines and Frank Earp of Des Moines; two daughters Mrs. Hazel Kelly of West Des Moines and Mrs. Fannie Grimes of Montebello, Calif.; a brother, Joe Earp of Earlham; three sisters, Mrs. Fannie Johnson of Earlham; Mrs. Annie Clearwater of Van Meter and Mrs. Lucy Day of Onaga, Kan.; ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at two o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Valley Funeral home in West Des Moines conducted by the Rev. O. W. Morrow, pastor of the Methodist church. Burial was made at Van Meter.
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Coordinator's note: Middle name taken from his Iowa Death Certificate.

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