[ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ]

Cassie Hess Ogburn (1967)

OGBURN, HESS, MARTENS, REED, CLARKE, OGLESBEE

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 11/21/2006 at 19:20:41

Winterset Madisonian
1967

MRS. W. O. OGBURN DIED ON SEPT. 1

Former Resident of County Buried Last Thursday in West Des Moines

Mrs. W. O. Ogburn of West Des Moines, a former resident of the Elm Grove community in Madison county, died Tuesday, Sept. 5.

Mrs. Ogburn was the former Cassie P. Hess, daughter of Edward and Jettie Hess. She was born in Jasper county Nov. 14, 1893, and was 73 years of age at her death.

She moved with her family to Madison county in 1903. On Feb. 10, 1915, she was married to William O. Ogburn of Truro. They farmed near Winterset until 1942 when they moved to West Des Moines.

She was a member of the Elm Grove Methodist Church.

Mrs. Ogburn is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Lucille Martens of Winterset and Mrs. Maxine Reed of Des Moines, three sisters, Mrs. Mabel Clarke of Truro, and Mrs. Myrtle Oglesbee and Mrs. Veta Oglesbee of Winterset; and a brother, Arnold Hess of Afton.

Funeral services were held last thursday from the McLare Funeral home in West Des Moines, conducted by the Rev. H. W. Riegel of the West Des Moines Methodist church. Burial was made in Resthaven cemetery in West Des Moines.

(Note: Death date in headline differs from the obituary)


 

Madison Obituaries maintained by Linda Griffith Smith.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen

[ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ]