Hannah Charlotte Ogburn (1942)

OGBURN, WHEELER, MEEKINS

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Date: 9/7/2006 at 17:47:31

Winterset Madisonian - Wed., October 21, 1942

MRS. CAL OGBURN OF LOS ANGELES DIES

Member of Pioneer Family in Iowa Succumbs at Age of 87

Mrs. Cal Ogburn, member of a pioneer family in this part of Iowa, died Oct. 9, in Los Angeles, Calif., which had been her home for many years. She was 87 years of age.

Mrs. Ogburn was the former Hannah Charlotte Wheeler, daughter of America and Harriet Meekins Wheeler, who were early settlers in the Linn Grove neighborhood of Warren county. She was born Sept. 15, 1885.

She was married to Cal Ogburn in Winterset on April 10, 1879. He was a member of a pioneer Madison county family. They made their home on a farm here for a short time, but after Mr. Ogburn entered the ministry of the Christian church they left here. Their home had been in California for many years.

Funeral services were held Oct. 12 from the W. A. Brown & Son chapel in Los Angeles, in charge of the Rev. H. E. Wilhite. Burial was made in the Inglewood cemetery there.