AUSTIN, Clifford R. 1873-1959

AUSTIN, DEFORD

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/3/2014 at 15:21:23

Funeral services are pending at the Locke funeral home for Clifford R. Austin, 85, who died at the Barton Convalescent Home at 9:10 a.m. Sunday of complications of advanced age.

Mr. Austin was born November 23, 1873, at Osage, Iowa, the son of Stephen and Martha Austin. He married Myrtle DeFord In 1902 at Osage.

He lived in Waterloo about 40 years and was a retired real estate man. He was a member of the Methodist church.

Surviving are one daughter Mrs. Dell Davis, 704½ Jefferson St.; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, parents and one brother.

Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Monday, January 5, 1959

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Mitchell County Burial Permit:

AUSTIN, Clifford Ray, Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, 85, Jan. 4, 1959, Osage Cemetery
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Additional parental information:

Father - Steven L. Austin 1837 - 1904
Mother - Martha Jane Henderson Austin 1854 - 1939

(Credit to John Aiello)