McCorkell, Estella Tucker 1880-1964

MCCORKELL, TUCKER, CLAREY, MENTZER, OLSEN, WHITAKER, DAVIS, SIEBENS, NIELSEN, HYINK

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Date: 1/12/2009 at 11:52:17

OBITUARY
LEMARS IOWA DAILY SENTINEL AUGUST 31, 1964

MRS. ESTELLA MCCORKELL
OF AKRON SUCCUMBS
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Mrs. Estella McCorkell, 83, longtime Akron resident, died Thursday, [August 27, 1964] at an Akron hospital after a long illness.

Funeral services were 2 p.m. Sunday at the Wesley Methodist Church. Rev. Donald Robert, pastor, officiated. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery.

Mrs. McCorkell, the former Estella Tucker was born Sept. 15, 1880 [to Preston and Sarah (Strong) Tucker] in Dakota Territory, west of Akron. She moved to Akron as a small child and married Howard McCorkell at Akron on March 27, 1901. He died in 1938.

She was a member of the Methodist Church.

Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs. Esther Clarey of Merrill, Mrs. Alta Mentzer of LeMars, Mrs. Dorothy Whitaker of Ferris, Ill, Mrs. Evah Olsen, of Sioux City, Mrs. Jeanne Esterberg of Alexandria, Minn, and Mrs. Caryl Siebens and Mrs. Lois Nielsen, both of Akron; one son, Wesley of Canisota, S.D., a sister Mrs. Elizabeth Lyons of Sioux City, a brother, Emery Tucker of Killborn, Wis., 46 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.