John Walker Garrett (1912)

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Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 2/28/2007 at 18:44:29

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 28, 1912

Walker Garrett is Dead

Walker Garrett for many years a Winterset merchant, died suddenly in Creston on Wednesday night of last week. He had been in good health until the day of his death and was taken with heart disease. The body was brought here for burial, the funeral services being held from the Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon. (Buried in Winterset Cemetery)
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 7, 1912
Page 1

Walker Garrett for many years a Winterset merchant, died suddenly in Creston on Wednesday night of last week. He had been in good health until the day of his death and was taken with heart disease. The body was brought here for burial, the funeral services being held from the Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon. An obituary sketch appears in this paper.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 7, 1912
Page 6

J. W. Garrett was born in Fayette county, Ohio, in 1849 and died in Creston, Iowa, Jan. 31, 1912, aged 63 years. At 16 years of age he removed with his father’s family to Madison county, Iowa, and lived on the farm until he came of age after which he came to Winterset and entered the mercantile business which he followed all his life.

He was united in marriage to Aletha Dutton in South Dakota in 1880 and to this union were born four children, three sons and one daughter. His wife and two sons survive him.

His parents passed to the other shore some years ago. He was one of 13 children of which nine survive, six brothers and three sisters.

He was a firm believer in Christ and fell asleep in the hope of a triumphant resurrection. He united with the Presbyterian church of Winterset by letter in 1885 and was always a faithful member. The last years of his life were spent in Creston. He was one of the progressive business men of the place.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 7, 1912
Page 1, Column 5

HEART DISEASE

J. Walker Garrett Dies Suddenly In Creston, Funeral Sunday

J. Walker Garrett, former Winterset merchant, and prominent citizen, fell dead at his home in Creston, Friday. His death was due to heart disease. The body was brought to Winterset, Saturday, and the funeral occurred Sunday from the Presbyterian church of which he was formerly a member, Rev. Corkey preaching the funeral sermon.

Mr. Garrett was in the parent good health. He was sitting by the fire at home, Friday afternoon about five o’clock when he suddenly gasped, started to raise, apparently trying to reach the couch, and fell on his face unconscious. Three physicians called found him dead. A postmortem determined that his death was due to the failure of a heart valve to close.

Walker Garrett was a genial affable man, and while he lived in Winterset was prominent in its business and social life; he was sixty-two years old.

He came with the family in 1865 to Ohio township, where his father was a prominent citizen for many years. The family was a large one and the old homestead was one of the landmarks of the country. He entered the employ of Ballard & Smith, general merchants, on the south side when a young man. If you years afterward he formed a partnership with Ed Brown in the dry goods and shoe business on the north side, and after selling out was associated with D. T. Welch in the same business on the west side.

He left Winterset a good many years ago, going to Minneapolis where for several years he conducted one of the largest stores in the city. He was in business in Oelwein before going to Creston where he was in the mercantile business at the time of his death.

Mr. Garrett was married in Winterset in 1880 to Miss Aletha Dutton. They had four children, two sons only surviving. The body was accompanied hereby Mrs. Garrett, and by Everett Garrett and his wife. Going to the storm a number of his brothers could not reach here. He was a brother of George Garrett and Thomas Garrett.

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