COLE, Amos Ferris (Bell) 1890-1953

COLE, BELL, MARRIOTT, VOOGD, TAYLOR

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/23/2009 at 20:16:58

Item #1:

Amos Cole, 62, of St. Ansgar
Dies at Osage

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Funeral services for Amos Ferris Cole, 62, who died Saturday at an The Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, Osage, Iowa, will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Champion Funeral Home in Osage, with burial in the Little Cedar cemetery.

Death was due to coronary thrombosis. He had suffered pneumonia last winter.

Survivors include his [second] wife; three children by his first wife: Mrs. Lawrence (Grace) Ames, Austin, Minnesota; John, St. Ansgar, and Mrs. Robert (Eileen "Sue") Marriott, San Diego, California, a stepson, Charles Voogd, Austin, Minnesota; a step-daughter, Mrs. Marie Taylor, Austin, Minnesota, 10 grandchildren, and two brothers, Charles Voogd, Austin, Minnesota, and Harry Voogd, Lyle, Minnesota.

Mr. Cole had farmed near St. Ansgar for three and a half years, and prior to that had farmed near Riceville, Ames and Kansas City. He was born near Bloomington, Illinois.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, circa Monday, May 4, 1953]
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#2:

The Liberty Cemetery information on IaGenWeb shows:

BELL, Amos 1890 -- 1953

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#3: NOTES

[Obituary information and photos, from various sources including Austin Daily Herald, May 4, 1953]

He was born "Amos Bell."

Amos died May 2, 1953. He was actually buried at Liberty Cemetery at Little Cedar. He was a resident of St. Ansgar, and died of a heart attack.

His first wife's given name was Ivy (or Ivie). Ivy was born July 1, 1890 and died Mar. 6, 1990.

Amos changed his surname from Bell to Cole when he married his 2nd wife, whose surname was Voogd.
She was Lillian. Perhaps her maiden name was Wigham. Then again, since his cemetery record says his last name was BELL, perhaps he remained legally a BELL, but went by COLE while living.

A Lillian Cole was found in SSDI:
"LILLIAN COLE" B: 06 Mar 1900 d: Aug 1972, RES: 55912 (Austin, Mower, MN ) SSN: 481-28-3147 issued in Iowa.

Tombstone Photo on GPP
 

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