Carr, Frank 1883/4-1926

CARR, SCHLUETER, BURNETT

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/2/2011 at 13:38:50

From the Hawarden Independent of Sept. 23, 1926
Father of Eleven Dies From Diphtheria.
Frank Carr passed away about 2 O'clock Saturday afternoon at his homoe in this city from diphtheria. He had been working in the vicinity of Hinton where he was taken ill with the malady. He was brought home lat Friday afternoon. The body was laid to rest Sunday afternoon in Grace Hill cemetery in this city. Frank Carr came to this city two or three years ago from Akron. He was 43 years old at the time of his death and is survived by his wife and eleven children, the youngest of whom is but 2 years old. The family have the sincere sympathy of all in their sudden bereavement.
(From an ancestry.com account, Frank Carr born 1884 died 18 Sep 1926 Hawarden IA. Son of Henry Carr and Mamie Burnett. He married Albertina Margaret Schlueter in 1904 at LeMars IA. They had the following children - Alice, Sadie, Clarence, Daniel, and the rest living at the time were not listed.)