William A. Sellers (1935)

HARRELL, SELLERS

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 10/3/2006 at 08:57:38

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 31, 1935
Page 1, Column 6

FARMER IS FOUND DEAD BY NEIGHBOR

Heart Attack is Fatal to William Sellers of Scott Township

William Sellers, veteran Scott township farmer, was found dead in a field Monday night by a searching party of neighbors who had started seeking him when he failed to come home in the evening.

Sellers, who was 65 years old, had been cutting wood all day on a neighboring farm in company of Hugh Lightner. He started walking home across country about 4 p.m. When Mrs. Sellers returned home about dark, her husband was not there and she called Lightner. Lightner said Sellers started home several hours earlier, so a general alarm was sounded and the neighbors turned out to aid in the search.

Sellers was found by Fred Holmes and Earl Graves. He was lying on the ground on the side of a small hill on Holmes' farm dead when the two men arrived. County coroner A. A. Richards was called and pronounced the death as due to heart failure.

Sellers is well known in this community, as he had farmed in Scott township for many years. He came her originally from Virginia. He is survived by his wife, the former Ida May Harrell.

Funeral services were held Wednesday from the Ramsey-Richards funeral home. The Rev. A. R. Weed was in charge. Burial was made in the Winterset
cemetery.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, February 7, 1935
Page 4

W. A. Sellers

W. A. Sellers, son of Jerome and Margaret Sellers was born in Agusta county, Virginia, March 6, 1870, and died in Madison county Iowa, January 28, 1935. He was one of a family of fourteen children. When a young man he came to Iowa, and on the 3rd of October 1900, was united in marriage to Ida May Harrell.

When he was living in Virginia he was a member of the Presbyterian church, and since living at his present home, has been an active member of the Zion Federated church.

Will, as he was always called by friends and neighbors was active in all community affairs, and entered joyfully into all Sunday school and church work. At the time of the reorganization of the Zion church he helped to form the articles of federation and was one of the charter members. He served in the Sunday school as superintendent and teacher and took a special interest in the young people and their welfare and tried to teach them the lesson of preparedness.

He leaves to mourn his departure, his devoted wife, five brothers and seven sisters, besides his nieces and nephews.

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