Mrs. Otho Sanders

SANDERS, MELDREM, JOHNSTON, MORRISON, GILLESPIE, LADELY

Posted By: Gordon Thompson
Date: 9/9/2003 at 07:39:37

1943

Services Held for Mrs. Otho Sanders Last Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Otho Sanders were held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon from the local Methodist Church. The Rev. Delbert Rose of Oskaloosa, the Rev. R. L. Carlson of Barnes City, and the Rev. Scott Pyle of Cedar Rapids conducted the services, with burial in the local cemetery.

Pallbearers were Tom Sanders, Cliff Meldrem, Ben Sanders, Everett Johnston, Ross Morrison, and Chas. Gillespie. Mrs. R. L. Carlson of Barnes City and Miss Miriam Daniel of Oskaloosa, accompanied at the organ by Miss Alice Underwood, sang “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”, “I Need Thee Every Hour,” and “The Last Mile of the Way.”

Mrs. Sanders had spent her entire life in Poweshiek County and passed away last Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Russell Ladely, with whom she had been making her home.