Merton Sanford Crowl (1931)
CROWL, KANE, LYON
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Date: 2/20/2013 at 16:13:24
Mason City Globe - Gazette, Mason City, Iowa
Saturday, July 11, 1931Rites for Otranto Superintendent Held
Otranto, July 11 – Funeral services for Supt. Merton Crowl, who died Thursday, were held at the home this afternoon in charge of the Rev. Mr. Sorenson.
Burial will be Sunday in Minburn.
Superintendent Crowl is survived by a wife and one daughter, Mrs. W. Kane, Estherville.
-------------The Democrat, Emmetsburg, Iowa
Thursday, July 16, 1931Former Plover School Man Died at Otranto Thursday
Merton Crowl, a former superintendent of the schools at Plover, died at Otranto, Iowa, Thursday [July 9, 1931]. The burial was near Minburn.
Mr. Crowl found it necessary to give up school work several months ago. He was troubled with high blood pressure.
He is survived by Mrs. Crowl, a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Kane of Estherville, and a son, Spencer Crowl, who is in the west.
___________________Transcriber's note: Mr. Crowl married Myra Ellen (Lyon) VanScoy - Crowl in Madison County, Iowa in 1912
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