Mirl Merryman (1917)
COLCLAIZER, MERRYMAN, WARD
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 3/10/2011 at 14:29:27
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, May 30, 1917
Page 1MURL MERRYMAN, Patterson
Murl Merryman of Patterson, was struck by a bolt of lightning and instantly killed during a thunder storm yesterday afternoon. The young man was working for Henry Willis farm three miles south of Patterson. A thunderstorm came up about 4:30 in the afternoon and he sought shelter under a lone tree that stood in the field. Soon after, the team came to the house and Mr. Willis went to the field and found Merryman's lifeless body under the tree. The electric bolt shattered the tree and passed through his body. Death was instantaneous. The young man was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Green Merryman of Patterson and was about 21 years old.
________________________The Winterset Madisonian
Wintersest, Iowa
Wednesday, June 13, 1917
Page 3MURL MERRYMAN
Murl Merryman was born in Warren county, Jefferson township, near Bevington on April 27, 1896 and died May 29th, aged 21 years, 1 month and 2 days. The early part of his life was spent on the farm where he was born and in 1911 moved to Patterson with his parents where he lived until his death.
He was a loving son of Mr. and Mrs. Green Merryman, whom he leaves to mourn his loss, besides leaving his brothers and sisters; Ellsworth, of Council Bluffs; Walter, of St. Charles; Charles, of St. Charles; Carl, of Patterson and Frank; Sisters, Mrs. Ward, of Colfax; and Myrtle of Chicago. He also leaves a large circle of friends, who will miss him greatly.
Murl was a boy that took great pride in his work. He was a great comfort to his father and mother. When called upon to help in any way, he put his heart and soul into his duties. He was a regular attendant at church, and lived a life that was watched closely over by his loving father and mother.
________________________Transcriber's Note: Burial was at Montpelier cemetery, name on gravestone is "Mirl".
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