Royal G. Compton (1985)
COMPTON, FRY, UTTERBACK, WILSON, TUTTLE, KENWORTHY, DOWNARD
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 10/27/2006 at 17:42:44
Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
October 2, 1985ROYAL G. COMPTON, Winterset
Services for Royal G. Compton, 89, Winterset, who died Sept. 30, 1985 at the Winterset Care Center North, will be held Thursday, Oct. 3 at the Collins Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m., with the Rev. Eldon Cole officiating. Burial will be at the Winterset Cemetery.
Born in Earlham Feb. 3, 1896, he was the son of Henry and Effie Fry Compton. He was a retired farmer and construction worker.
Mr. Compton was married Dec. 5, 1917 to Maude Utterback. She died March 17, 1967. He married Blanche Wilson on Jan. 9, 1969 at Earlham. A lifetime resident, he was affiliated with the Friends Church at Earlham and was a past member of the IOOF Lodge in Winterset and Earlham.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Walter of Alhambra, Calif.; stepsons, Earl Wilson of Des Moines and Virgil Wilson of Nevada; daughters, Pauline Tuttle of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and Avis Kenworthy of Earlham; a step-daughter, Fern Downard of Des Moines, six grandchildren, 16 step grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and a number of step great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his parents, a step-daughter and two brothers.
------------------Earlham Echo
October 17, 1985Royal Glen Compton, son of Everett and Effie Fry Compton, was a long time resident of Madison County, Iowa and departed this life September 30, 1985, at Winterset Care Center North. He would have celebrated his 90th birthday February 3, 1986.
He was raised in the Earlham area and after his marriage to Maude Utterback December 5, 1917 resided here until they quit farming and moved to California for over a year and a half. Upon returning, they made their home in Winterset where he was in construction and known to his friends and associates as “Pappy.”
Pappy’s philosophy was “We are put on this earth to help everyone we can whenever we can.”
Upon his retirement from construction and for a plumbing establishment, they spent winters in California until Maude’s death, March 17, 1967.
On January 9, 1969 he married a long time friend and neighbor, Blanche Wilson. They enjoyed traveling and fishing as long as their health permitted. Royal loved and was loved by his new family.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Glenn of Alhambra, California; step-sons, Earl Wilson of Des Moines and Virgil Wilson of Nevada; daughters, Paula Tuttle of Rancho Cucamonga, California, and Avis Kenworthy of Earlham; a step-daughter Fern Downard, of Des Moines; six grandchildren; 16 step-grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren, and a number of step great grandchildren and three step great great grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his parents, a step-daughter and two brothers.
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