Ida (McComb) Holdren (1937)
EYERLY, HOLDREN, MCCOMB, WYNKOOP
Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 5/1/2007 at 17:31:10
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, February 26, 1937Mrs. Homer Holdren Dies
Plans for the funeral service of Mrs. Ida McComb Holdren, were still indefinite yesterday, because of the the adverse weather conditions in the west. Mrs. Holdren died last Thursday at her home in Wenatchee, Washington.uneral services were held there, Saturday, and her husband Homer Holdren had planned to start east with the remains Sunday night. The severe storm delayed them 48 hours, and they were scheduled to arrive in Minneapolis last night and in Des Moines this morning. If these plans are carried out, the funeral service will be at Tidrick's funeral home this afternoon and burial in the Winterset cemetery.
Mrs. Holdren formerly lived here and is survived by her husband, two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Loren Eyerly of Winterset, Mrs. Z. A. Wynkoop of Earlham and Lynn McComb of Des Moines.
________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, March 4, 1937
Page 3, Column 7Mrs. H. C. Holdren
Ida Irene McComb was born in Illinois October 16, 1888 and died at her home in Wenatchee, Washington, February 18, 1937.
She came to Iowa in 1904 and was married to H. C. Holdren in 1926. The year following she and her husband moved to Wenatchee, Washington where they have since made their home. Mrs. Holdren died in the Wenatchee hospital after a week’s illness.
She has two sisters, Mrs. L. H. Eyerly of Winterset, and Mrs. Z. E. Wynkoop of Earlham, and a brother, L. I. McComb of Des Moines.
She was a member of the Methodist church of Wenatchee, a teacher in the Sunday school in the primary department and an officer of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society.
Funeral services were held Saturday, February 20, at the Methodist church of Wenatchee, conducted by Rev. Stanley Logan. The trip to Winterset was delayed by about 48 hours waiting for the clearing of a snow slide in the mountains. The services here were held from the Tidrick funeral home Friday afternoon conducted by Rev. R. R. Talley and burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.
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