Morley W. Stirlen

STIRLEN, MCKOWAN, APPLEGATE, BOOS, BAILEY, FURNAS, HAVERCAMP, MCKEE, SHELLABARGER

Posted By: Lynn McCleary (email)
Date: 6/12/2021 at 20:55:34

Wapello Republican, September 12, 1935, page 8

Morley W. Stirlen, 77, a resident of Muscatine for 45 years, died at 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 28, at Muscatine, after an illness of several weeks with a complication of ailments.

Mr. Stirlen was born March 10, 1858, in Louisa County. He married Emma McKowan on Sept. 4, 1882, at Webster City, Ia. He was head of an insurance and real estate business at Muscatine for the past 40 years. Mrs. Stirlen died January 3, 1931.

Surviving are three children, Mrs. Ina Applegate, Walla Walla, Wash., Miss Mildred Stirlen and Mrs. Josephine Hahn, both of Muscatine; one brother, W. N. Stirlen, Muscatine; five sisters, Mrs. Jeannette Boos, Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Jessie Bailey, Washington, Ia., Mrs. Elizabeth Furnas, Mrs. John Havercamp, all of Muscatine, and Mrs. Freda McKee, Okamulgee, Okla.; five grandchildren; one aunt, Mrs. Charles Shellabarger, Fredonia.