Stephen A. Plumb

PLUMB, KERR, WILSON, WEHMEYER, ANDREWS

Posted By: Shirley Plumb (email)
Date: 3/24/2016 at 21:50:56

Stephen Plumb, 44, who resided two miles east of Montpelier, Iowa, died at 5:30 a.m. Thursday in Pine Knoll Sanitarium, Davenport, Iowa following a three year illness.

Born Oct. 12, 1895, near Wapello, Iowa, to Stephen P. and Mathilda Andrews Kerr. He received his education in that community. He was married to Gladys Kerr Aug. 31, 1917, in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Mr. Plumb was a barber by trade but retired because of his ill health.

Surviving are the widow; three daughters, Gwendolyn, Vivian and Elizabeth, and three sons, Stephen, Phillip and Kenneth, all at home; his mother, Mrs. Mathilda Plumb, Davenport; a sister, Mrs. Ernst A. Wehmeyer, Davenport; and a brother, Leo Plumb, Wapello.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Runge Chapel, followed by incineration at the Davenport crematorium. Pall bearers will be Lloyd, Jesse and Randall Kerr, Leo Plumb, Wayne Wilson and Ernest Wehmeyer.

Davenport Democrat & Leader 2 May 1940 p. 15 Thursday