Elsie Whitney Bell (1898-1983)

BELL, WHITNEY, JCKSON, GOLSVANSKI

Posted By: Gail and Dennis Bell
Date: 5/21/2005 at 08:15:24

Obituary, possibly newspaper in Des Moines, Iowa; "ELSIE BELL. Services for Elsie Bell, 84, of 2801 Maple St., who died of a heart ailment Saturday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Cooper Funeral Home in Maxwell. Burial will be in Peoria Cemetery in rural Maxwell. Survivors include a son, Robert L. Sr. of Brandon, Fla.; two daughters, Marjorie Jackson of Largo, Fla., and Betty Jean Golszanski of Des Moines, five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and a great great grandchild. A rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. today, and friends may call after 10 a.m. today at the funeral home."

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, week of July 30, 1983, "Elsie Mary Bell, 84, of Des Moines, a former Maxwell resident, died Saturday, July 30, 1983 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Aug. 3 at the Cooper Funeral Home in Maxwell. Rev. Nancy Johnston will officiate. Burial will be at the Peoria Cemetery. Bell was born on Nov. 16, 1898 to Clayton and Mary Whitney in Hubbard. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bert, who died in 1972. She is survived by one son, Robert Bell, Sr., of Brandon, Fla.; two daughters, Marjorie Jackson of Largo, Fla., and Betty Jean Golsvanski of Des Moines; five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, one great great grandchild, five foster grandchildren and eight foster great grandchildren. Visitation will be held beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug 2 at the Cooper Funeral Home."

Iowa Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa, POLK COUNTY, IOWA CEMETERIES WASHINGTON TWP., Geneal * F 627 .P7 C4 V.6; Peoria Cemetery, page 2. BELL, Elsie M., born 1898, died --, Section ES, tier 2, row 1, misc. info mother (together forever).

Iowa Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa STORY CO., IOWA GRAVE MARKER INSCRIPTIONS V 1-6, V 7-11, V 12-14 WITH INDEX, Geneal. *F 627. S8 S8, page 492, Peoria Cemetery, Sec 2 row 17 #12; Herbert H. Bell, Elsie M.