Lucy Emily (Anderson) Griffith (1937)

GRIFFITH, ANDERSON, GUTSHALL, STONE, TOEPFER, WAGONER, ODEKINK, WILLIAMS, HODSON, ELLIS, STORCK, SULGROVE

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 11/4/2010 at 18:42:16

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
December 3, 1937, Pg 5

Mrs. David T. Griffith Dies At Her Home in Des Moines

Van Meter (Special)—Nov. 29.

The community was shocked to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. David T. Griffith on Monday, Nov. 22nd. She was alone at her home at 1630 33rd St., Des Moines, at the time of her death and no one knew of it until her youngest daughter, Wanda Jean, 14, returned home from school in the late afternoon.

Lucy Emily Anderson, daughter of George and Adeline Anderson, was born in Madison county, near Earlham, Dec. 11, 1877, and was nearly 60 years old at the time of her death. She was united in marriage to David T. Griffith, Nov. 8, 1896. The made Van Meter their home until about 17 years ago when they moved to Des Moines. To this union ten children were born. One, Geneva, passed away in infancy. Those left to mourn are her husband, nine children, Mrs. Marguerite Gutshall of Van Meter, Roy T. Griffith of Muscatine, Mrs. Evangaline Stone of Des Moines, Mrs. Ruby Toepfer of Mason City, Mrs. Elizabeth Wagoner of Pontiac, Michigan, Dale Griffith of Cleark Lake, Mrs. Isabelle Odekink of Mason City, Wanda Jean at home; thirteen grandchildren, one great grandchild, five sisters, Mrs. Cora Williams of Farlin, Iowa, Mrs. Mae Hodson of Forest City, Mrs. Mylie Ellis of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Mrs. ------ Storck of ----- Oklahoma, Mrs. Mary Sulgrove of Clayton, New Mexico, and one brother, Roy N. Anderson of Burlingame, Col. The funeral service was held Wednesday afternoon at the Van Meter Methodist Episcopal church---------. Burial was at Worthington.

Among those here from a distance for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Griffith and children, David and Raymond of Muscatine, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stone of Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. Don Toepfer of Mason City, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wagoner of Pontiac, Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Griffith of Detroit, Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Gale Griffith of Clear Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Don Odekink of Mason City, Mrs. Frank Williams, and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Leonard of Farlin, George Williams of Churdan, Mrs. Mae Hodson of Forest City, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Griffith and children of Winterset.