Otis Ward Alexander (1930)

ALEXANDER, KOEHLER, SCHOEN, WALKER, WOODS

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 3/25/2007 at 18:11:35

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, May 15, 1930
Page 1

Death of O. W. Alexander

O. W. Alexander died suddenly at his home, Sunday evening, May 11, at the age of fifty-seven years.

He had been in apparent good health Sunday, and had spent the day with his wife in Des Moines, visiting their two daughters, Jessie and LaVonne. Upon returning home he attended to some chores and was just finishing when the end came.

Mr. Alexander was born and raised in Madison county, and for the past 28 years had resided on the present farm in Union township. He was united in marriage on January 9, 1895, to Lucy Ann Walker, and to this union were born three children, Alvin, of Winterset, and Jessie and LaVonne, of Des Moines, who survive him. Besides his wife and children he leaves one grandson, Miles Alexander; three brothers and three sisters: Mrs. Hugh Schoen, of Newburg, Oregon; Mrs. Eva Woods of Earlham; Mrs. Etha Koehler and Sampy Alexander, of Van Meter, and Fred and E. J., of Winterset, besides a host of friends and neighbors.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, May 13th, at Ramsey-Richards funeral home at 1:30 o’clock, and at the Jefferson church in Union township at 2:30 o’clock, the Rev. Paul M. Fowler officiating. Burial was made in the Jefferson cemetery.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, May 5, 1930
Page 1, Column 1

FIND ALEXANDER DEAD BY ROADSIDE

Dies Driving His Car Home From Feed Lot. Funeral On Tuesday

Otis Alexander, prominent Union township farmer, was found dead in his car by the roadside Sunday evening at eight o’clock.

The body was sitting upright and the car which he had driven slowly had gone off to the roadside and stopped. Death was due to heart disease from which he had suffered for several years.

Mr. Alexander and his hired man, Glen Shoat, had gone to his north farm by the Greenwood school and had taken care of the stock there. Alexander returned home driving slowly. On his way he passed Alexander’s car and noticed that it was going very slow. An hour afterward he saw it standing by the road about 100 yards west of the house. He found Alexander dead. Coroner John A. Leech did not hold an inquest.

Otis Ward Alexander, the son of Joseph and Mary Cox Alexander, was born in Madison county, October 7, 1873. He grew to manhood on a farm in this county and was united in marriage to Lucy Ann Walker, January 9, 1895. To this union were born three children, Alvin of Winterset, Jessie and La Vonde of Des Moines.

After marriage he lived in Union township and on the present place for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, children, a grandson, Miles Alexander; three brothers and three sisters, Mrs. Hugh Schoen of Newberg, Oregon, Mrs. Eva Woods of Earlham; Mrs. Etha Koehler and Sampy Alexander of Van Meter; Fred and E. J. of Winterset.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Jefferson Center church by the Rev. Paul M Fowler and burial was in the church cemetery.

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