Ira Faidley (1876-1940)

FAIDLEY, FLORA, HILL, TROTTER

Posted By: Gail and Dennis Bell
Date: 5/30/2005 at 22:08:17

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, September 5, 1940, page 1, column 3. "IRA FAIDLEY. - Ira, oldest son of D. E. and Sarah Faidley, was born near Maxwell, Iowa, August 13, 1876, and passed from this life at Des Moines on August 29, 1940, having reached his sixty fourth birthday. As a young man of twenty-two he united with the Church of the Brethren and maintained an active interest in its work and worship as long as his health would permit. Mr. Faidley was a member of Street Railway Employees Local No. 441, having worked for the Des Moines Street Railway Company since February 1918. On _ 25th, 1899, he was united in marriage to Nora Flora. To them one son, Harold, was born. Mr. Faidley recalled with some interest the fact that he was born and lived his entire life in Polk County, the last 30 years of which had been spent in Des Moines. Besides his wife and son, he is survived by two brothers, Harvey and Frank, of Des Moines, Iowa, and two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Hill, of Mt. Morris, Illinois, and Mrs. Clara Trotter, of Maxwell, Iowa. These with many other relatives and a host of friends will deeply miss his gentle smile and kindly was. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, at the Hamilton Funeral Home, in Des Moines with the Rev. Stacy Shenton, of the Des Moines Brethren Church in charge. Interment in the Brethren Cemetery, near Maxwell."

Iowa Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa. POLK COUNTY, IOWA CEMETERIES WASHINGTON TWP., #0178, Geneal * F 627 .P7 C4 V.6, Brethren Cemetery, page 2. NAME - FAIDLEY, Ira D, BORN - 1876, DIED - 1940, SEC. - 3, LOT - 7, ROW 4.; NAME - FAIDLEY Nora, BORN - 1877, DIED - 1950, SEC. - 3, LOT - 7, ROW - 4, MISC. INF. W/O IRA D.