Mary Ellen (Hogg) Garst (1940)

CHRITTON, CONN, GARDNER, GARST, HOGG, STUART, WRIGHT

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 6/23/2007 at 08:05:57

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 14, 1940

MRS. JOHN GARST OF PERU SUCCUMBS

Elderly Woman Died Friday in Clarinda at Age of 80 Years

Mrs. John Garst, well-known elderly resident of Peru, died at Clarinda last Friday. She was 80 years of age.

Mrs. Garst was a life-long resident of the Peru community. She was the former Mary Ellen Hogg, daughter of Jackson and Rebecca Hogg, and was born in Madison county on April 29, 1859.

She was married on Dec. 19, 1891, to John W. Garst. They were the parents of two children, Mrs. Ruth Stuart and Mrs. C. S. Gardner, both of Winterset.

In addition to the two daughters, she is survived by her husband; five grandchildren; two brothers, George and Albert Hogg of Concordia, Kan.; and three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Conn and Mrs. Lee Wright of Concordia, Kan., and Mrs. Lou Chritton of California.

Funeral services were held Sunday from the Ramsey-Richards funeral home in Winterset, in charge of the Rev. J. R. McNichols, pastor of the Winterset Methodist church. Burial was made in the Peru cemetery.

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