COONRADT, Lester 1853-1925

COONRADT, GIBBS, CHAMPION

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/30/2010 at 12:55:16

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TWO NASHUA PIONEERS
DIED DURING LAST WEEK

OSAGE, IOWA Feb. 9—-Leslie Basford and Lester Coonradt, pioneers of this section, died last week.

The death of Mr. Basford occurred at noon Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Klar, east of town, from a stroke. He had spent most of the mornign inspecing the farm and had gone to the house for market news by radio when he was stricken, death coming almost immediately. Burial was Saturday afternoon. Reverend Mr. of the M.E. Church. His widow and two daughters, Mrs. Klar and Mrs. Mabel Warrington survive.

Services were conducted this afternoon for Mr. Coonradt, who died Friday. Reverend Mr. Smith had charge. His widow, two daughters and one son survive.

[Waterloo Evening Courier, Monday, February 9, 1925]

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Osage Cemetery listing data onIaGenWeb:

COONRADT, LESTER (location) 0711 2 (death/burial date) 09 FEB 1925

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From www.Findagrave.com :

Lester Coonradt--
Birth: Mar. 7, 1853 New York, USA
Death: Feb. 6, 1925 Osage, Mitchell Co., Iowa

Parents:
Henry Coonradt (1817 - 1894)
Elizabeth Polly Gibbs Coonradt (1820 - 1855)

Children:
Katherine B. Coonradt Champion (1884 - 1978)
Ward L. Coonradt (1886 - 1955)

(by Diane Scott)

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Photo of Lester from STANDARD HISTORICAL ATLAS OF MITCHELL COUNTY, IOWA, 1911; published by Anderson Pub. Co., Chicago. (Credit: S. Bell)

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