Jesse Milton Christy (1857-1944)

CHRISTY, ROTHROCK, ALEXANDER, DAY

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 7/11/2020 at 19:12:40

From Nevada Evening Journal April 12, 1944 (page 3)

Funeral Services for Jesse M. Christy Tuesday Afternoon

Funeral rites for Jesse M. Christy, 86, who passed away at a hospital in Ames on Easter Sunday, were held at the Nevada Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, with Rev. O. E. Cooley in charge.

There were two songs, "Crossing the Bar" and "Sweet Hour of Prayer," by Miss Beulah Freeland and Miss Kathryn Hale at the organ

The floral offering for this aged patriarch were many and beautiful, speaking in the highest voice of the esteem in which he was held.

The casket bearers were W. W. Alexander, H. P. Albery, C. L. Gifford, H. W. Dana, E. G. Morfey and L. O. Borgen.

Burial was in the Nevada cemetery by the side of his late wife who passed away in June 1936.

The following obituary was read by Rev. Cooley.

"Jesse Milton Christy was born in Tipton county, Indiana, on June 25, 1857; he lived in Indiana until he was twenty-one years of age, when he moved to southern Illinois, where he met and married Alice B. Rothrock, the marriage ceremony being performed on February 23, 1886, at Effingham, Illinois. They established their home in Champaign county, Illinois, where they lived until 1906, when they came to a farm near Cambridge in Story county, Iowa. There they lived until March 1917, when they moved to an acreage near Nevada, where they remained for about three years before moving into the town.

His beloved wife passed away in June, 1936, but six of their eight children survive him Artie M., Freeman, Jesse C., Mrs. R. W. Alexander, Mrs. L. W. Alexander, all of Nevada; and Herbert, of Ames. Their first-born died in infancy and the youngest son, Harold, preceded his father in death seven years ago. Also left to mourn his passing are fifteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

After the death of his wife, Mr. Christy spent his remaining years with his daughter, Mrs. L. W. Alexander in Nevada until a few months prior to his death, when he went to make his home with his son, Herbert, in Ames. He passed away on Easter Sunday, April 9, at the age of 86 years, 9 months and 14 days."

In addition to his surviving children and grandchildren he also leaves two brothers, D. O. Christy of Nevada and Will Christy of Kankakee, Ill., and one sister Mrs. M. M. Day of Nevada and a number of nephews and nieces.