WEAVER, Gertrude Mary 1878-1960

WEAVER, SMITH, PATTERSON

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 6/24/2012 at 14:08:13

Gertrude Mary Weaver –April 27, 1878 – November 30, 1960

FORMER TEACHER, LIBRARIAN DIES AT RICEVILLE

Riceville – Gertrude Mary Weaver, 82, died Wednesday at the Riceville City Hospital. She had been in failing health two years.

Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Riceville Methodist Church. The Reverends Louella Koether and T. Janet Surdam will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Born here April 27, 1878, she was the daughter of Gideon and Elizabeth (Smith) Weaver. She was graduated from Riceville High School, a dramatic school in Chicago and the State University of Iowa. She taught school here 17 years, taught for a time in New York and Texas, and was librarian here 18 years.

The only survivor is a nephew, David W. Patterson, Long Beach, California.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday December 1, 1960