Charles LaVerne DeLong (1938)
DELONG
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 5/20/2007 at 10:30:12
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 15, 1938CHAS. DELONG, 19, TRURO, SUCCUMBS
Ill Health Had Marked Brief Span of Life for Young Man
Truro--(Special)--Charles LaVerne DeLong, 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. V. L. DeLong of Truro died at the home of his parents, June 6, after a long illness.
During the boy's brief life he had been in frail health. He was born in Clarke county, on July 1, 1918. With the exception of a few years in Colorado, his entire life was spent in and near Truro.
He is survived by his parents, his brother Lester, One sister, Kathryn, two grandmothers, one grandfather, and one great grandmother.
Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday, and burial was made in the Fields cemetery.
________________________The Osceola Sentinel
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, June 16, 1938
Page 2, Column 2Prairie Grove
LaVern DeLong, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Loy DeLong passed away at the home of his parent near Truro, June 6. Funeral services were held at their home Wednesday afternoon. Interment made in the Field cemetery.
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