Lyra (Freeman) Forbes (1949)

FORBES, FREEMAN, LITTLE, SPAIN

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 2/19/2007 at 09:38:49

Winterset Madisonian - February 23, 1949
Winterset, Iowa

MRS. LYRA FORBES DIES AT NORWALK

Former Winterset Resident Had Been in Failing Health

Mrs. Lyra M. Forbes, formerly of Winterset, died Friday, Feb. 18 at Norwalk, after several years of failing health. She was 75 years of age.

Mrs. Forbes was a native of Cook county, Illinois, where she was born March 25, 1873. She was the daughter of George and Christina Freeman and came with them to Iowa when she was five years old. The remainder of her life was spent in Madison and Warren counties.

She was married to Fred Forbes Dec. 19, 1900. they were the parents of three children who survive. They are: Mrs. Laurel Little, of Winterset, Mrs. John Spain, of Avon and Warner Forbes, of Winterset. She also leaves her husband; six grandchildren; one great granddaughter; and a brother, W. E. Freeman of Des Moines.

Funeral services were held Monday from the Norwalk Funeral home in charge of the Rev. H. L. Olmstead of Des Moines. Burial was made in the Norwalk cemetery.