Edwin Fletcher Marston (1962)

MARSTON, MCCLAIN, COX, SECREST, KNOX, BABCOCK, FINDLAY, WEBB, SPEER

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Date: 10/7/2006 at 10:02:53

Winterset Madisonian
April 1962

EDWIN F. MARSTON DIES AT 85 YEARS

Retired Penn Township Man Had Lived in Dexter Since 1943

Edwin F. Marston of Dexter, retired Penn township farmer, died April 11, at the Dexter hospital. He was 85 years of age.

Mr. Marston had spent his life in Penn township until his retirement in 1943, when he moved in to Dexter. He was born Oct. 4, 1876, a son of Fletcher and Martha McClain Marston.

He was married Jan. 12, 1898, to Melinda Cox. They recently celebrated their sixty-fourth wedding anniversary.

He had been a member of the Penn Center Methodist Church since early life.

He leaves his wife; six children, Everett Marston of Joliet, Ill., Mrs. Pearl Secrest of Macksburg, Mrs. Mable Knox of Nyssa, Ore., Mrs. Velma Babcock of Oak Lawn, Ill., Mrs. Dortha Findlay of Minoka, Ill., and Mrs. Martha Webb of Dexter; 17 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; and a sister Mrs. Cora Speer of Dexter.

Funeral services were held April 14 from the Dexter Methodist church, with the Rev. John Latta and the Rev. Lester Bullock officiating.

Burial was made in the Penn Center cemetery.
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Earlham Library Obituaries, Earlham, Iowa
April, 1962

EDWIN F. MARSTON

Edwin Fletcher Marston was born in Penn Township, Madison County, Iowa, October 4, 1876, a son of Fletcher and Martha McClain Marston, and passed away at the Dexter hospital April 11, 1962 at the age of 85 years and 6 months.

Early in life he united with the Penn Center Methodist church, which membership he maintained all his life.

Mr. Marston was married January 12, 1898 to Melinda Cox in the maternal home. They recently celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary. To this union six children were born, all of whom, along with his wife, survive him.

The children are: Everett Marston of Joliet, Illinois; Pearl Secrest of Macksburg, Iowa; Mable Knox of Nyssa, Oregon; Velma Babcock of Oak Lawn, Illinois; Dortha Findlay of Minooka, Illinois; Martha Webb of Dexter.

He is also survived by seventeen grandchildren, and twenty six great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Cora Speer of Dexter, and many other relatives and a host of friends.

Mr. Marston was engaged in farming until 1943 when he moved to Dexter where he and his wife have since made their home.

Services were held at the Methodist church in Dexter April 14, with burial at the Penn Center cemetery. Music at the organ was played by Mr. Robert Lawson, and Rev. John Latta and Rev. Lester Bullock officiated. Roy Evans Funeral Home directed the service.

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