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MAXWELL, John Allen 1873-1962

MAXWELL, DAVIS, LASHBROOK, SHAFER, LEWIS, JORGENSON

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 3/15/2011 at 16:24:06

John Allen Maxwell 1873-1962

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RICEVILLE RITES FOR JOHN MAXWELL

Riceville, Iowa – John Maxwell, 88, died Sunday at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital in Osage.

He had been living at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mae Maxwell, here. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Riceville. The Rev. Norman Halliday will officiate. Champion Funeral Home, Osage, is in charge.

Surviving are a foster daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Lashbrook, Osage; two sisters; Mrs. Agnes Shafer, Newton; Mrs. Jessie Lewis, Mechanicsville; a brother, Gilbert, South Dakota.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, May 7, 1962]
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WORLD WAR I Draft Registration: September 12, 1918--
John Allen Maxwell, 45, living at RFD 3 Riceville, Howard, Iowa; born August 21, 1873; farmer; nearest relative wife Alma E Maxwell.
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NOTES:

The 1925 Iowa Census shows his parents as Charlie Maxwell and Mary McDowell and her parents as William Davis and Louise Hagerman.
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The foster daughter mentioned in the obit was Mildred Jorgenson -- according to a marriage article found in Globe Gazette for her and Kenneth Lashbrook of Osage, August 23, 1940. They were married in the John Maxwell home.


 

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