Ellen Illingsworth Meyers (1866-1965)

MEYERS, ILLINGSWORTH

Posted By: Gail and Dennis Bell
Date: 6/13/2005 at 06:24:18

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, March 11, 1965, page 1, column 3. “MRS. ELLEN MEYERS DIES IN HOSPITAL. – Mrs. Ellen Meyers of Maxwell, 98, died Thursday at the Story County Hospital, where she had been a patient for just one day. Funeral services were held Saturday at 1:30 p. m., at the Cooper Funeral Home in Maxwell, Rev. O. E. Barrow officiating. Burial was in the Maxwell cemetery. She is survived only by nieces and nephews. Born August 12, 1886** in Cambridge, Iowa, she had lived most of her life in and around Maxwell. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry and one son. **Editorial note – year of birth was 1866 not 1886.

BURIAL: Iowa Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa. STORY COUNTY, IOWA GRAVE MARKER INSCRIPTIONS Geneal. * F 627. S8 V. 1-6, pages 1-368, V. 7-11 pages 369-792, V. II pages 793-1128; Indian Creek Township, Inc. City of Maxwell, Maxwell Municipal Cemetery, page 453. SEC – 1, ROW – 1, LOT – 12: MEYERS, Ella no dates, Henry 1862 – 1931.