DURKEE, Edgar 1863-1944

DURKEE, DENISON, GRONER, LOID, LUDLE

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 9/26/2011 at 12:24:27

Edgar Durkee 1863-1944

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ED DURKEE, 80, OF CARPENTER, SUCCUMBS

CARPENTER, IOWA – Ed Durkee, 80, local businessman for nearly 30 years, operating under the name Durkee & Priem Implement Shop, died Wednesday at his home following a stroke.

He is survived by his only child, Mrs. Clyde (Eva) Groner, who with her husband, has cared for him during his illness.

He is also survived by three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday June 22, 1944
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EDWARD DURKEE OF CARPENTER,
DIES AT AGE OF 80 YEARS

Edward Durkee, who spent the past 60 years in Mitchell County, died at his home in Carpenter, Tuesday, June 20, at 8 o'clock in the evening. He was 80 years, 5 months and 29 days old.

He was born at Leads, Wisconsin, December 21, 1863, and came to Carpenter, Iowa, when he was 20 years of age. He worked on the railroad there for 10 years then bought a farm near Meltonville, which he farmed for 10 years.

He was married in 1890 to Elizabeth Denison. One child, Eva, was born to this union.

In 1904, he purchased an implement shop in Carpenter of J. W. Wallace and moved to that town to operate it. Ten years later, 1914, he entered a partnership with L. N. Priem. The partnership continued until the first of this month when Mr. Priem purchased the senior partner's interest.

Mr. Durkee retained reasonably good health until his 80th birthday. A few days before his 80th birthday in December, he went to Chicago to visit his daughter, Eva, and her husband, Clyde Groner. Two days after his birthday he suffered a stroke at his daughter's home.

He never did quite recover from the stroke although he was up and down until May 25, when Mr. and Mrs. Groner brought him to his home in Carpenter. They together with their daughter, Mrs. T. J. Miller of Alhambra, California stayed with him until his death.

He leaves to mourn his death, a sister, Mrs. E. W. (Sadie) Farwell of Windsor, Wisconsin; three brothers, John and Albert in Portland, Oregon, and Frank of Merrilan, Wisconsin; his daughter, Mrs. Clyde Groner of Chicago; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Durkee died some twenty years ago.

The funeral was held Friday at the St. Ansgar Methodist Church with the Reverend Belling in charge. Burial was in the Carpenter Cemetery.

[Mitchell County Press, Thursday, June 29, 1944]
(Credit: S. Bell)
Note: The newspaper DID spell his name EDWARD.
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Edgar Durkee was born December 21, 1863 in Wisconsin, the son of George Durkee and Lydia Loid Durkee. He married Elizabeth Denison, the daughter of Abram Denison and Mary Ludle. (parents’ names from 1925 Iowa Census)
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Find A Grave Memorials: Newburg Cemetery, Carpenter, Mitchell, Iowa
Edgar Durkee 1863-1944
Elizabeth Durkee 1870-1928
Eva (Durkee) Groner May 25, 1890—February 14, 1953
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Notes:

There is a memorial for Eva (Durkee) Groner's husband Clyde Groner August 8, 1889-November 23, 1961 in the Rose Hills Memorial Park Cemetery, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California. California death records do show he died in California.
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Photo of Edgar's tombstone at Newburg Cemetery, Carpenter, Iowa.

See also the tombstone photos of Elizabeth Durkee and their daughter, Eva Groner.

GPP Tombstone Photos
 

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