Robert LeRoy Palmer (1952)

BRYANT, CHAPMAN, FOUCHE, HISKEY, OSBORN, PALMER

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:04:34

The Osceola Sentinel
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, May 15, 1952
Page 8, Column 4

Services for Robert LeRoy Palmer, long time resident of Clarke county, were held at the Webster Funeral home at 2:00 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Lester Hall officiating.

Burial was in Maple Hill cemetery. He was 68 years old.

The obituary:

Robert LeRoy Palmer, son of Ruel and Kaziah Palmer, was born March 28, 1884, and died at his home in Osceola, on May 7, 1952.

He was united in marriage to Ethel Osborn of Winterset in the year of 1907. Three children were born to them: Mrs. Harry Bryant of New Virginia, Elwood Palmer of Osceola, and Mrs. Chester Fouche of Osceola.

He is survived by his wife, three children and nine grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Hiskey of Winterset, Mrs. Sallie Osborn of Winterset, and Mrs. Flora Chapman of Sioux City; a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. His father, mother, one brother and four sisters preceded him in death.

He was born in Madison county and in later years moved to Clarke county where he farmed and then moved to Osceola where he worked on the county roads. He was a kind loving husband and father, and also a good neighbor.

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