KOON, Wilmer Ralf 1895-1960

KOON, HAMMOND, RANKIN, MATTIS, WELCH, PINGY

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 5/3/2011 at 11:27:03

Wilmer Ralf Koon 1895-1960

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DIES OF HEART ATTACK WHILE SHOVELING SNOW
Riceville – Wilmer Koon, 66, died of a heart attack Tuesday while shoveling snow at his farm west of here. He was a retired auctioneer, farmer and salesman.

Survivors include his wife, Ethel, whom he married in 1916; two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Mattis, Pensacola, Fla., and Mrs. David Rankin, Kansas City, Kan.; three grandchildren; and two brothers; Cecil, Cedar Rapids; and Walter, Yankton, S. D.

Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Riceville Methodist Church with burial in Riverside Cemetery. The Riceville Funeral Home is in charge.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday December 21, 1960

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WWI Draft Registration: June 5, 1917
Wilmer Ralf Koon 22, born August 8, 1895 in (can’t read?) Iowa; living in Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa; married ; nearest relative wife.

1925 Iowa Census:
Wilmer R Koon, son of Henry Koon and Philena Welch; Ethel, wife, daughter of George R. Hammond and Eva E. Pingy.