TIBBITS, John Edward 1856-1942
TIBBITS, CLARK
Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 2/12/2011 at 12:25:00
Hold J.E. Tibbits
Services at OsageOSAGE, IOWA — Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Champion Funeral Home at 2 o'clock for John Edwin Tibbits, 86, who died at his farm home near Meyer.
Born in Kansas in April, 1856, he came to Mitchell county as a young man. He was married to Ella Clark of Osage, who died in 1939.
Surviving are six children: Mrs. Ella Angell of Osage; Mrs. Ralph Sheldon of Orchard; Myrtie and Harold at home; Harvey of McIntire; and Leslie of Sioux City.
Burial was in the Osage Cemetery.
[Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, January 10, 1942]
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ITEM 2:John E. Tibbits
Died at Home
Near MeyerJohn Edward Tibbits, 86, died at his home near Meyer, Wednesday from infirmities of old age. He had been in failing health for a long time.
Mr. Tibbits was born in Kansas April 7, 1856, and came to Mitchell county when a young man. He married Ella Clark, of Osage, who preceded him in death in 1939.
The family occupied various farms in the county, living for a number of years on the farm west of Osage, on Highway No. 9, now operated by Ralph Kindschuh. They spent several years on a farm north of Riceville. For the past several years they have been living on a farm near Meyer, where Mr. Tibbits died.
Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Ella Angell, of Osage; Mrs. Ralph Sheldon, Orchard; Myrtie and Harold, at home; Harvey, of McIntire; and Leslie, of Sioux City. One daughter, Lulu, died in infancy.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Champion funeral home with burial in the Osage Cemetery.
[Credit: Kathy Pike, (Find A Grave.com) ]
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