Zola Cosetta (Bruett) Gentry (1975)

GENTRY, BRUETT, CLINE, LOWDEN, THRAILKILL, KIRBY, DEVAULT

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Date: 5/16/2007 at 17:15:22

Winterset Madisonian - August 6, 1975
Winterset, Iowa

DEATH WEDNESDAY OF ZOLA GENTRY

A lifetime resident of Madison County near the Patterson community, Zola C. Gentry, died Wednesday, July 30, 1975 at Madison Manor South Nursing Home in Winterset. Mrs. Gentry was 71 years of age.

The daughter of Charles Nathan Bruett and DeVona Edna Cline, Mrs. Gentry was born September 9, 1903 in Jackson Township of Madison County. She was one of eight children.

A housewife throughout her active life, Mrs. Gentry was a graduate of Patterson High School and a member of the Hoosier Prairie Club. She was married to Alvin E. Gentry on July 30, 1924 in Winterset, Iowa. Mrs. Gentry was affiliated with the First United Methodist Church of Winterset.

Surviving Mrs. Gentry is her husband, Alvin and three children: Loraine Lowden of St. Charles, Wayne Gentry of Griswold, Iowa and Ardith Thrailkill of Earlham.

Also surviving are nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Mrs. Gentry is also survived by two brothers and two sisters, all of Winterset. They are: Mary Kirby, Otis Bruett, Margaret DeVault and Clifford Bruett. She was preceded in death by one daughter, her parents, two brothers and one sister.

Funeral services for Zola C. Gentry were held Saturday August 2, at 10:30 a.m. from Collins Funeral Home in Winterset with burial at Union Chapel Cemetery in Madison County. Rev. Eldon Ringle of St. Charles, officiated.