James Wilbur Linn (1992)

BOSTON, ENGLAND, INMAN, LINN, SILVERTHORN

Posted By: Eileen Reed (email)
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:18

The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
Saturday, August 22, 1992
Page 17, Column 1

Wilbur Linn, 79, of Adel died of a stroke Friday in Perry. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Van Meter United Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Burial will be at Van Meter Cemetery.

Mr. Linn was born in Dexter and had lived in Des Moines before moving to Adel 17 years ago. He was a manufacturer's representative with the Wilbur Linn Co. and was a member of the Scottish Rite, Za-Ga-Zig Shrine and the Adel Masonic Lodge.

Surviving are his wife, Evelyn; a son, Larry of Adel; four sisters, Irene England and Vivian Boston, both of Van Meter, Ila Silverthorn of Winterset and Thelma Inman of Waukee; a brother, Earl of Nevada; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at Fisher Funeral Home in Adel, where the family will be present from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to his church.
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Coordinator's note: Transcribed as published, the deceased has a Madison County Birth Record and as per census records, the family lived in Penn and Jefferson Townships as he was growing up.

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