George Horton (1941)
HORTON, PATTERSON, YOUNG
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 6/15/2007 at 15:07:32
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 15, 1941GEORGE HORTON DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Winterset Man Collapses On Street and Dies in Few Minutes
George Horton, aged 68, of Winterset, collapsed on the street in front of the postoffice Wednesday morning, and died before a doctor could be summoned. Death was due to a heart attack.
Horton was first noticed sitting beside the steps leading into the postoffice. Passersby, noticing that something was wrong, attempted to hold him up. He died in their arms.
Horton came to Winterset about 8 years ago, as a foreman at the Penn-Dixie rock quarry. Little is known of his life before coming here, and he has no known relatives.
It is known that he was born March 15, 1872, in Rolls county, Missouri, and had traveled widely.
Funeral services are scheduled to be held at 10 a.m. Saturday from Anderson's home for funerals, with burial in the Winterset cemetery.
_________________________The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 22, 1941George Horton, born March 15, 1874, died of a heart attack in the Winterset postoffice Jan. 14, 1941. He was the son of Henry and Rebecca Horton of Ralis county, Missouri. He was married to Harriet Young in 1899, who died in 1904.
Mr. Horton lived in Winterset several years, employed at the Penn Dixie stone quarry.
He was married to May Patterson of Decatur, Ill., Feb. 27, 1928. Those surviving are his wife and a daughter, Catherine of Roswell, Ga.
Funeral services were held at the Anderson home for funerals at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery in charge of Rev. Tom Foglesong.
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