DODGE, Elsie (Clark) 1869-1960

DODGE, CLARK

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/25/2010 at 15:54:33

OSAGE, IOWA — Mrs. Elsie Dodge, 96, died Sunday at her home east of Orchard. She was born January 14, 1869, in Mitchell County, to James and Mary Clark.

She was married in October 1899 to E. M. Dodge.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Myrtie Pierce, Orchard; two sons, Ralph, Orchard; George, Eldon Missouri; 10 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, a child; a great-great-grandchild, and a brother, Dennis Clark, Orchard.

She was preceded in death by her husband and eight brothers and sisters.

Funeral services will be Wednesday afternoon at the Champion Funeral Home. The Rev. Frank Brooks of the First Congregational Church will officiate. The time has not been set. Burial will be in the Orchard Cemetery.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette, Tuesday, March 29, 1960]