Crouch, Perry (Died 1914)

CROUCH, DONOVAN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/17/2010 at 14:45:43

YOUNG MAN IS CALLED
PERRY CROUCH DIES AT HOME IN GOODLAND
REARED IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY
Was a Member of Well Known Family Which Located in Liberty Township—Leaves a Wife and Two Small Children.

Friends in LeMars were advised Tuesday of the death of Perry Crouch at his home in Goodland, Kansas. Mrs. Crouch was visiting friends in the county last week and was called home Friday by a telegram announcing her husband’s sudden serious illness and on Sunday his father, John Crouch, of Liberty, was summoned to his bedside by a telegram announcing he was dying.

Perry Crouch was twenty-eight years old and was born in Grant County, Wisconsin. When he was a small boy, the family moved to Plymouth County and have since resided here. They lived for a year or two in LeMars and Perry attended the LeMars schools. Later the family settled in Liberty township’ where the father still resides. In 1908 Mr. Crouch was married to Miss Annie Donovan, of Liberty, who with two young children survives to mourn his loss. Five years ago on account of Mr. Crouch’s poor health, they removed to Goodland, Kansas, where he entered the employ of the Rock Island railroad and was head Bookkeeper in the shops at Goodland at the time of his death. The funeral services were held at Goodland.

Two brothers, Silas of Boscobel, Wisconsin, and John Crouch, of Liberty, and one sister, Mrs. Thos. Dierksen, of Liberty, survive Mr. Crouch. The deceased had many friends in LeMars as well as the south part of the county, who will learn with sorrow of his death.

~Source: The LeMars Sentinel, June 19, 1914