Gus Bankson 1843-1922

BANKSON

Posted By: marshall (email)
Date: 4/21/2004 at 18:16:25

Red Oak Iowa Paper, November 01,1922. Gus Bankson Dead. Gus Bankson died at his home on Second -ave.,Monday morning,Oct.30. His death was due to heart trouble and dropsy, from which he had suffered for over a year. Mr. Bankson was born in Sweden March 09,1843 and was past 79 years of age. He was married to Augusta Hanson and four sons and one daughter were born to this union. The daughter and one son preceded the father in death, the other three sons Ed, of Des Moines;Frank of Algona, and John of Council Bluffs, were here for the funeral.The deceased came to Burlington from Sweden in 1877, afterward moving to a farm near Stanton, and in 1880 moved to Red Oak, where he has since made his home. He was employed by the Burlington railroad for 25 years.The funeral services were held at the Perryman & Sellergren chapel on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30,Rev.Albert Lundberg of the Swedish Mission church preaching the sermon. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery,Mrs Bankson is in very poor health and was not able to attend the funeral.