Ida Bell (Whitworth) Purscell (1958)

PURSCELL, WHITWORTH, ALLOWAY, WALTZ, WATTS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 5/7/2007 at 10:14:26

Winterset Madisonian - September 10, 1958
Winterset, Iowa

MRS. IDA PURSCELL OF WINTERSET DIES

Mrs. Ida Purscell of Winterset died here Saturday, Sept. 6 at the age of 76 years.

Mrs. Purscell was the former Ida Bell Whitworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Whitworth of Macksburg, where she was born March 26, 1882. She was married to Leroy Purscell on April 2, 1924.

Surviving are a foster brother, Carl Whitworth of Toppenish, Wash.; five step-children, Lonnie Purscell of Van Meter, Carol Purscell of Winterset, Berniece Alloway of Kellogg, Lucy Waltz of Winterset, and Gladys Watts of Winterset; 20 step-grandchildren; and 13 step great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held this Monday from Anderson's home for funerals, conducted by the Rev. W. W. Steinmetz, pastor of the Winterset Methodist church. Burial was made in Moon cemetery at Macksburg.