Norman Rexford Hughes 1936 - 1944

HUGHES, GODFREY

Posted By: Linda H Meyers (email)
Date: 5/31/2008 at 21:41:45

Norman Hughes, 8, Passes Away Tuesday After Long Illness

Norman Rexford Hughes, eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rexford Hughes of Milford township, and student in the third grade at the Milford Consolidated school, passed away at his home about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. Norman has been suffering with leukemia since February and was in the Iowa Methodist hospital for awhile.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 P.M. in the Nevada Methodist church with Rev. O. E. Cooley in charge. Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove cemetery.
A prayer service will precede the services at the church at 1:30 p. m. in the Hughes home.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rexford Hughes, two brothers, Dale age 6, and Loyd, age 5, and one sister, Norene age 2. Also surviving are his grandmother Mrs. Rena Godfrey of Madrid, Ia., and his grandfather, Charles Hughes of Story City.

--from the Nevada Journal?