Lincoln Sears (1923)
FORD, HIGGINS, PROHASKA, SEARS
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:25
The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, February 15, 1923
Page 1, Column 2Lincoln Sears
Lincoln Sears, son of Frederick and Amanda Sears, was born in Dallas county, Iowa, September 22, 1866 and died at Clarinda, Iowa at the age of 62 years, 4 months and 16 days. His early life was spent on the old home farm east of Earlham and it was there that he grew to manhood.
He was united in marriage, September 2, 1903 two Allie E. Ford. Mr. Sears spent most of his life in Iowa, having been a railroad engineer, later returning to the farm near Lorimor, Iowa, where he made his home.
He was a member in good standing of the Ft. Des Moines Lodge No. 25 of the I. O. O. F. and also of Ebeneezer Camp and took great interest in the work, both benevolent and social, of these splendid orders.
The surviving members are his wife, Allie E. Sears, one stepdaughter, Mrs. Hazel Higgins, of Redfield; four brothers, Fleming and Marshall, of Berlin, Charles, of Greenfield, and John of De Soto; two sisters, Mary Sears and Elsie Prohaska, of Earlham.
Funeral services were held from the old home farm near Earlham, conducted by M. B. Pringle, pastor of the Church of Christ of Earlham. Interment in the McKibban Cemetery.
Transcriber note: Link to gravestone shows burial in Ellis Cemetery in Dallas County, Iowa.
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