Diadema (Dickinson) Phares (1855-1932)

DICKINSON, PHARES, DOLPH, BENSON, CROSBY

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 2/2/2014 at 23:18:51

From Ames Daily Tribune Times March 18, 1932

MRS. DIDEMA PHARES RITES WILL BE SAT.

COLLINS--Funeral services for Mrs. Didema Phares, 75, who died at her farm home three miles north of Collins Wednesday night of pneumonia, will be conducted from the home at 2 p. m. Saturday and interment will be made int he Collins cemetery.

A native of Illinois, Mrs. Phares had lived on the farm near here for 40 years. Her husband, John Phares, died in 1908, and she had managed the farm with the aid of a son, David, since that time.

Besides the son, David, at home, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Laura Dolph of Nevada, Miss Minnie Phares at hoe, Miss Marian Phares of Iowa City and Mrs. Goldy Benson, and three other sons, Edgar Crosby, Harry Phares of southern Iowa and Ben Phares of Collins.

Two grandchildren, Phillip and Phares Benson, who had made their home with their grandmother for the past six years, also survive with five other grandchildren.