Theressa Ayers (1959)
AYERS
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 3/9/2013 at 07:23:47
Winterset Madisonian – March 18, 1959
Pg 1Man and Wife Found Dead
Mr. and Mrs. Mart Ayers were found dead in their farm home near St. Charles Tuesday, and investigating officers reported the deaths as murder and suicide.
The couple lived in Warren county, east of St. Charles. Sheriff C. J. Richards of Indianola said Mrs. Ayers, who was 58 years old, was strangled. Her husband, aged 52, died of shotgun wounds.
Mrs. Ayers had returned Monday from Arizona, where she had been visiting a relative. Ayers had met her in Des Moines Monday and they had returned to their farm home about 8 p.m. The bodies were found Tuesday by a neighbor, Steve Harvey.
Richards said he had found no motive to the tragedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Ayers were well known in Winterset as they came here often to do their trading. They are survived by six children.
Transcriber's note: First name taken from gravestone. Burial was in the St. Charles cemetery.
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