Arthur Leroy Ballard (1941)
BALLARD, BRUBAKER, HUSTED, SOWERS, TAYLOR
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 6/16/2007 at 11:20:11
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 23, 1941A. L. BALLARD DIED HERE LAST FRIDAY
Funeral Rites and Burial Were Held Here on Sunday
Arthur L. Ballard, well known Winterset resident, died at his home here last Friday after a long illness. He was 75 years of age.
Mr. Ballard was a life-long resident of Iowa. He was born near Story City on Nov. 19, 1866. He was married there on March 4, 1895 to Alta Souers, also of that community. They were the parents of five children.
They moved to this county and lived for several years on a farm near St. Charles, before moving into Winterset about 25 years ago. This community had since been their home, with the exception of a brief residence in Des Moines.
Mr. Ballard was a member of the Church of Christ, the Masonic fraternity and Order of Easter Star.
He is survived by his wife; four children, Mrs. Ruth Brubaker of Des Moines, Loyd Ballard of Sioux City, Lyle Ballard of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Mrs. Dorothy Taylor of Hawaii; and four grandchildren. One daughter, Mrs. Verna Husted, preceded the father in death.
Funeral services were held Sunday from the Ramsey-Richards funeral home, in charge of the Rev. Tom Foglesong, pastor of the Church of Christ. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery, with Masonic rites at the grave.
_________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 24, 1941
Page 1, Column 5DEATH CLAIMS A. L. BALLARD
Retired 75-Year-Old Farmer Dies Friday Following Long Illness.
A. L. Ballard, a resident of Winterset over a long period of years, died at his home Friday after an extended period of ill health. He was 75 years of age.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock in the Ramsey–Richards funeral home, with Rev. Tom Foglesong, pastor of the Church of Christ, officiating. The Masonic lodge had the fraternal burial rite at the grave in the Winterset cemetery.
Arthur Leroy Ballard, the son of Hudson L. and Mary Corbin Ballard was born near Story City, Iowa, November 19, 1866. He was married to Alta Souers, a neighborhood girl, on March 4, 1895 and to this union were born five children, Ruth, Lloyd, Verna, Lyle and Dorothy.
Mr. Ballard was a member of the Church of Christ and Masonic Fraternity and the Order of the Eastern Star. He was a believer in practical Christianity and a good neighbor.
The surviving relatives are his wife; and children, Mrs. Ruth Brubaker of Des Moines; Lloyd Ballard of Sioux City; Lyle of Charlotte, North Carolina; Dorothy Taylor of Waialun Qohu Ter., Hawaii; four grandchildren, Mrs. Earl Day and Mary Jean Brubaker of Des Moines; Richard, aboard the USS Oklahoma in the Navy and John Clifford Ballard.
_________________________Coordinator's note: Transcribed as published. The deceased's wife's maiden name should be "Sowers" per her parents' gravestone and her Iowa Death Certificate.
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