Noah Force 1873-1955

FORCE, HILLIGAS, BRIMMER

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 9/14/2008 at 14:16:06

Brooklyn (IA) Chronicle; May 26, 1955

CONDUCT RITES FOR NOAH FORCE MONDAY

Last rites for Noah Force were conducted Monday morning at 10:00 a.m. in Coon Rapids and graveside services were held at Kent cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Coon Rapids IOOF lodge members were in charge of the services.

Mr. Force, 82, a former Brooklyn resident and retired farm worker, was killed at Coon Rapids last Firday afternoon when struck by a car as he stepped off a curb near a crosswalk. The driver, a high school senior, was unable to swerve enough to miss Mr. Force.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Frank Hilligas of Brooklyn, a brother, John Force of California, and a half-sister, Mrs. Luetta Brimmer of Brooklyn.

He was preceded in death by five brothers, two sisters and his wife, who died in 1900.