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GODFREY, RUCKER, WELCH

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 12/19/2010 at 14:28:12

Glenn Cedric Godfrey 1890-1945
OSAGE FARMER DIES AT HOME
GLENN GODFREY SERVED COUNTY IN WORLD WAR I
Osage – Tentative funeral services have been planned for 2 p.m. Sunday for Glenn C. Godfrey, who died Thursday morning at his home west of Osage due to pneumonia. The Rev. Stiles Lessly will officiate with burial in the Osage cemetery.
He was born December 12, 1890, son of George and Daisy Welch Godfrey. He was graduated from Osage high school and Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. He did much Chautauqua work and in later years, gave humorous readings.
He served for 13 months in France in World War I. Returning home after the war, he began farming. In 1928, he married Olga Rucker. Two children were born Glenna and George, both at home.
Surviving are the wife 2 children; 1 brother Stanley, near Osage; 2 sisters; and 3 step-children, Pvt. Kenneth Rucker, in the Philippines; Pfc. Leland Rucker, somewhere in Germany, and Aldene Rucker, nurse.
He was a member of the Mitchell county Farm Bureau, the Masonic Lodge and the American Legion.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday January 12, 1945
#2
WWI Draft Registration: June 5, 1917
Glenn Cedric Godfrey 26, single, living in Osage, Mitchell, Iowa; born December 12, 1890 in Osage, farmer for self in West Lincoln Twp.

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Obituary: Glenn Cedric Godfrey 1890-1945 OSAGE FARMER DIES AT HOME GLENN GODFREY SERVED COUNTY IN WORLD WAR I Osage – Tentative funeral services have been planned for 2 p.m. Sunday for Glenn C. Godfrey, who died Thursday morning at his home west of Osage due to pneumonia. The Rev. Stiles Lessly will officiate with burial in the Osage cemetery. He was born December 12, 1890, son of George and Daisy Welch Godfrey. He was graduated from Osage high school and Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. He did much Chautauqua work and in later years, gave humorous readings. He served for 13 months in France in World War I. Returning home after the war, he began farming. In 1928, he married Olga Rucker. Two children were born Glenna and George, both at home. Surviving are the wife 2 children; 1 brother Stanley, near Osage; 2 sisters; and 3 step-children, Pvt. Kenneth Rucker, in the Philippines; Pfc. Leland Rucker, somewhere in Germany, and Aldene Rucker, nurse. He was a member of the Mitchell county Farm Bureau, the Masonic Lodge and the American Legion. Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday January 12, 1945 #2 WWI Draft Registration: June 5, 1917 Glenn Cedric Godfrey 26, single, living in Osage, Mitchell, Iowa; born December 12, 1890 in Osage, farmer for self in West Lincoln Twp.
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