William H. Brock (1949)

BROCK, SHAW, STUMP, BINNS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 2/23/2007 at 08:13:00

Winterset Madisonian - October 19, 1949
Winterset, Iowa

WILLIAM BROCK DIES AT 96 YEARS

Had Been Madison County Resident Three Quarters of Century

William Brock, one of the oldest residents of Winterset and Madison county, died last Thursday, Oct. 13th at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines at the age of 96 years. Mr. Brock had been in fairly good health until his 96th birthday; on July 15th he was taken to the hospital and he had been cared for there since then.

The deceased, a son of Mosby and Evaline Brock, was born in McClain county, Illinois, June 29, 1853. He moved to Polk county with his parents in 1869, and he moved to Madison county in 1874. This community had been his home for the past 75 years.

He was married in February 1880 to Sarah E. Shaw, and they lived on farms in the Oak Grove neighborhood until 1916, when they moved to Winterset. The Brocks were the parents of four children. Mrs. Brock died in 1919 and one son, Dennis A. Brock, and one daughter, Mrs. Eva Stump preceded him in death.

Mr. Brock is survived by a son, Homer F. Brock, and one daughter Mrs. Ada Binns of Greeley, Colo.; and he also leaves a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Blanche Brock of St. Joseph, Mo., eight grandchildren, a number of great grandchildren, and many nephews and nieces.

He joined the Oak Grove church when he was a young man and -------his membership there until the time of his death.

The Rev. Marvin Hudson conducted his funeral services at the Richards funeral home, Oct. 17th, at two o'clock in the afternoon and burial was made in the Pleasant View cemetery in Webster township.