Hattie (Cox) Zeller (1952)

COX, KALE, ZELLER

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Date: 3/30/2007 at 21:56:46

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
July 9, 1952
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HATTIE ZELLER DIED LAST FRIDAY

Pioneer Resident of This Community was 95 Years of Age

Mrs. Hattie Zeller, member of a prominent pioneer family in Madison county, and one of this community’s oldest residents, died at the memorial hospital in Winterset Friday, July 4. She was 95 years of age, and had suffered a fractured hip in a fall several weeks ago.

Mrs. Zeller was the widow of E. R. Zeller, former editor and publisher of the Madisonian and superintendent of schools in Winterset, and Madison county. Her husband died in 1935.

She was a daughter of Theodore and Sarah Cox, and was born Dec. 6, 1853, in a log cabin two miles east of Winterset on the farm homesteaded by her parents, Theodore and Sarah Cox.

She held the distinction of being a member of the first graduating class at the Winterset high school. Mrs. Zeller was active in the Methodist church here, serving as president of the Missionary society for several years. She held membership in Current Topic club for more than half a century, and was a charter member of the Woman’s Relief corps.

She was married to E. R. Zeller Oct. 1, 1879. They were the parents of three children, two of whom survive; Mrs. Katheryn Kale of Winterset and Joseph Zeller of New York. She also leaves four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Sunday from the Winterset Methodist church, in charge of the pastor, the Rev. Glenn Parrott. Burial was made in the Winterset Cemetery.

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