Olive (Betenbender) Churchill (1878-1951)

BARR, BETENBENDER, BLAIR, BOSTER, CHURCHILL, JOHNSON, RIPPEY, RUSSELL

Posted By: Jerry Hale (email)
Date: 12/1/2007 at 15:38:44

Ames Daily Tribune
3 April 1951

MOTHER OF MRS. BOSTER DIES HERE

Mrs Oliva Churchill, 72, mother of Mrs E. C. Boster, 915 Wilson died at 1:40 a.m. this morning at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Churchill, a resident of Chicago, and had been ill for 11 weeks following a stroke and had been living at the home of her daughter since January 28.

Mrs. Churchill was born April 16, 1878 at Lynn county and was a former resident of Lake City. She married John L. Churchill Sept. 5, 1892 at Lake City. She was a member of Eastern Star.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Zola Boster of Ames; Mrs. Sadie Blair of Des Moines, and Mrs. Clara Clingman of Primghar; two sons, Bruce W. Churchill of Chicago, and Marion Churchill of St. Louis; .two brothers Harry Betenbender of Lake City, and Keith Betenbender of Oakland, Calif. ; four sisters, Mrs. Clara Russell of Lake City, Mrs. Amber Johnson of Somers, Mrs. Vivian Rippey of Coon Rapids, and Mrs. Helen Barr of Sioux City; five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Squire's Funeral home, Lake City. Burial will be in Lake City.