Muxlow, Albert E. 1860-1941

MUXLOW, ROWE

Posted By: Plymouth Co. Coordinator (email)
Date: 11/12/2003 at 20:20:35

Obituary-LeMars Sentinel-16 Sep 1941 Pg 1.

Albert E Muxlow taken By Death-Resident Here For Over Fifty Years.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Methodist church in LeMars for
Albert Muxlow for many a well known resident of LeMars. The services were
largely attended by relatives from Des Moines,Wessington Springs, LaVerne,
Dawson and other places in Minnesota. Rev W M Hubbard, pastor of the church
officiated. Pall bearers were old friends and neighbors, J C Gillespie, J W
Johns, Ralph Marcue, P H Peterson, Henry Remer, and Charles Steele.
Albert Edward Muxlow was born near Shullsburg, Wis, May 28, 1860. His parents
were George and Sarah Muxlow. He is the last of a family of ten children. He
died at Des Moines Friday, September 12, at the age of 81. After his marriage
to Belle Raw on November 21, 1881, he lived on a farm near Darlington, Wis.,
for two years, moving then to Le Mars, Iowa, where he continued farming until
he retired to an acreage at the south edge of Le Mars about 1900. He has lived
in Des Moines since 1932. His wife preceded him in death nearly twenty years.
They had no children. He leaves a large circle of relatives, both his own and
his wife's, with whom he has always maintained the closest relationship, each
of them mourning his passing as a deep personal sorrow. Throughout his long
life he has been known as a friend to everyone, never failing to lend his help
in a time of need. Especially in his later life, he has written literally
hundreds of letters and cards every year to relatives, far and near, which with
their messages of cheer and friendiness have carried untold pleasure and
comfort.Amoung out of town relatives and friends attending the funeral were Mr
and Mrs Chas. Hodgson, Mrs George Hodgson, Mrs Cora Fry and son Albert,
Wessington, S D. Robert Hodgson, Madson SD; Mr and Mrs Gerald Cummings, Ward,
Minn. Mrs Will Muxlow and Mr and Mrs Henry Muxlow, Hartland, Minn. Mr and Mrs
John Gay, Mrs Wm Gay and two daughters, Mr and Mrs Mickelson and son, Elden and
Mrs Leslie Mitchell and daughter, Luverne, Minn. Mr and Mrs Robert Fun---,
Soux City; Mr MrsFred Thompson and daughter, Ruth, Dawson, Minn; and Mr and Mrs
Chester Potter and son, Milton, Mr and Mrs Bernie Huston, Hess Heathershaw,
Fred Heathershaw, Mrs May Heathershaw, Mrs May Armestong and Mrs Mary Laughton,
Des Moines.
[He died 12 Sep 1941]