Benjamin Franklin Thornburg (1939)
LUTES, THORNBURG
Posted By: Kent Transier (email)
Date: 9/20/2014 at 18:12:10
Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, November 15, 1939
Page 6, Column 7FRANK B. THORNBURG BURIED AT BOONEVILLE
Well Known Resident There Died at Hospital Here Last Week
Booneville - (Special) - Funeral services for Frank B. Thornburg, a well known resident of this community, were held from the church here last week, and burial was made in the Booneville cemetery,
Mr. Thornburg had died at the hospital in Winterset, Nov. 6, after a brief illness. He was 73 years of age. His death followed that of his wife by a few months, as she succumbed on July 19 of this year.
Mr. Thornburg is survived by two sons, Earl of Detroit, Mich., and Ray of Booneville; a daughter, Nora Lutes of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two brothers; and eight sisters.
__________________________Transcriber's note: Transcribed as published, name on gravestone is "Benjamin F. Thornburg". The deceased was born, raised, and married in Madison County.
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