Elmore Partridge Lewis (1910)

BUNNELL, LEWIS, RENSHAW

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Date: 5/3/2010 at 10:57:38

Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 27, 1910
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Death of E. P. Lewis

E. P. Lewis, one of Union township’s most highly respected and prosperous citizens died of apoplexy last Friday, Jan. 21st. Mr. Lewis had been in apparently good health and his sudden death was a great shock to his family and to the community. The funeral was held Monday forenoon from the M.E. Church in this city conducted by Rev. A. A. Walborn, and the remains were taken to Earlham for burial.

E. P. Lewis was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. June 23, 1870, and died at his home near Winterset, Ia., January 21, 1910, age 39 years, 7 months and 30 days. He was married to Miss Nellie Bunnell at Kearney, Nebr. June 2, 1897, and to this union six children were born. Three of which preceeded him to the eternal world, leaving two girls and one boy together with his wife and a host of friends to mourn his early death. He was raised in the Episcopal church and believed in his Lord. They always read their bible and tried to maintain a Christian home.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 27, 1910
Page 1

Death of E. P. Lewis
Sudden Taking Away of one of the Prominent Residents of Union Township

E. P. Lewis, who has lived on the old McLaughlin farm a few miles east of the city for the past few years, died very suddenly last Thursday. He had sold his farm a few months ago and bought another one near Earlham. Taking advantage of the good roads he had begun moving his farm implements to the new farm. Along with Mr. Renshaw, a brother-in law, he made the trip on Tuesday, returning late in the evening. On the following morning he complained of head ache but went about his work; he gathered a load of corn from the field and then gathered together another load of farm implements which with some assistance he put on a wagon intending to go to Earlham the next day. He slept very little the following night and on Thursday became violently sick and after suffering the most excruciating pain, he died the following day.

Mr. Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 22, 1870. He first removed to Illinois and then to Kearney, Nebraska where he was married to Miss Nellie Bunnell.

Some years ago he opened a furniture and undertaking establishment in Peru, in this county, which he conducted for some time; he operated a farm near St. Charles, after which he bought the farm on the Patterson road east of Winterset. He was a very energetic citizen respected by all his neighbors and his unexpected death has cast a gloom over the entire neighborhood. A wife and three children survive.

The funeral services were held at the Methodist church, conducted by Rev. A. A. Walbur, after which the body was taken to Earlham for interment.

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