Cora M. (Slifer) Statler (1870-1951)

SLIFER, STATLER, NELSON, FREDERICK, BURNS, GAMBLE, BEBB, MARSHALL

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 9/24/2016 at 19:31:01

From unknown newspaper June 4, 1951

Last Rites For Mrs. Edgar Statler Largely Attended

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Ryan Funeral home for Mrs. Edgar Statler, longtime resident of Nevada, who passed away at her home in Nevada Friday, June 1 after an illness of several weeks. Rev. James D. Ransom of Central Presbyterian church officiated at the last rites.

Mrs. Jack Koch, accompanied by Mrs. Edith Hale, sang the Lord's Prayer.

The many beautiful flowers were arranged by Mrs. C. E. Gore and Mrs. Frank Purk.

The casket bearers were Glover Ambrose, G. Ray Connelly, Lester Corbin, Fred McConnell, Lloyd Shickell and Carl E. Stone.

Members of the Women's Relief Corps and of the Rebekah Lodge attended the funeral services in a body.

Final resting place was in the family lot in the Nevada cemetery.

The following brief life story of the deceased was read by Rev. Ransom, who brought words of spiritual comfort to the bereaved.

Obituary

'Cora Slifer, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Slifer, was born in Grundy Center, June 11, 1870. At the age of 14 she came to Nevada to make her home with her sister, and has been a resident of this community for the past 68 years.

She was united in marriage to Edgar Statler. In 1904 she joined the Central Presbyterian church and was active in church affairs. Her cheerfulness and friendliness won her many friends; children were attracted to her and her family, so the Statler yard became a gathering place for the children of the neighborhood.

She had been in remarkable health for her age until recent months. She never completely recovered from an illness that came upon her in February of this year, and passed away at her home Friday, June 1. She was preceded in death by her husband and two daughters, Clara, Mrs. W. C. Nelson, and Marguerite, Mrs. R. A. Frederick.

She is survived by her son, Sam Statler of Knoxville, daughters, Edna, Mrs. Francis J. Burns of South Bend, Ind., and Louise; Mrs. Donald Gamble of Metamora, Ill. and by four grandchildren, Jane Bebb of Nevda and Michawaka, Ind., Gary and Miriam Gamble of Metamora, and Mrs. A. C. Marshall, Jr., of Peoria, Ill. She also leaves one great grandson, Jonathan Steven Marshall, and several nieces and nephews.

Her many friends will miss her cheerful presence.

From Out of Town

Among those from out of town in attendance at the funeral in addition to the immediate family were Robert A. Frederick, Des Moines; Lester F. Martin, Batavia, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Bliss Slifer and Mrs. Everett Thoren of Grundy Center; Mr. and Mrs. Asa Slifer and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Slifer of Wellsburg; Mrs. George Peters of Reinbeck; Mrs Richard Carpenter of Waterloo; Miss Marguerite Tohret and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hardie, Jr., of Des Moines; Mrs. C. H. Tuffield of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. James Boudewyns of Allison and P. J. Burns of Council Bluffs.