John J. Hattery (1856-1931)

HATTERY, BRAWAND, BRAWAN, BUTLER, HAAS, BILNEY, LANDERS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 9/2/2021 at 21:27:05

From Nevada Evening Journal January 10, 1931 (page 1)

SHERIFF'S FATHER DIED EARLY TODAY

JOHN J. HATTERY DIED AT FAMILY HOME NEAR COLLINS THIS MORNING.

Special to the Journal.
Collins, Jan. 10--John J. Hattery, 75, pioneer and prominent citizen of the Collins neighborhood, died at his home two miles north of town, at 6:15 this morning, after an extended illness, during which time he had suffered from heart complications. While he had been failing for a year, his condition had been realized as critical during the past few weeks.

The funeral will probably be held Monday afternoon at 2:00 at the Methodist church in Collins, after which interment will be in the Collins cemetery. It is expected that Rev. John Adamson will preach the funeral sermon and interment will be in charge of the Masonic lodge.

Mr. Hattery was born February 1, 1856, at Linton, Indiana, where he grew to young manhood and was married in 1880 to Miss Margaret Brawan.

Mr. and Mrs. Hattery came out to Iowa in 1887 and located on the farm two miles north of Collins, where they have since lived rearing their family of ten children.

Mr. Hattery leaves his widow and nine of the ten children born to them. The children are Mrs. Eva Butler of Ames, Mrs. Rella Berry of Joyce, Miss Carrie Hattery at home, Mrs. Mattie Haas at Rhodes, Charles Hattery of near Collins, John R. Hattery of Nevada, Mrs. Margaret Bilney of Woodward, Lowell Hattery of Mingo, Ralph Hattery at home and Mrs. Grace Landers who died about seven years ago. Little Betty Landers, the granddaughter orphaned by her death has made her home with the grandparents also. There are 17 grandchildren.

Mr. Hattery had always taken an active part in public affairs, was prosperous and popular and his death will be felt in the community in which he had lived for nearly half a century.

He was a longtime member of the Masonic lodge and a charter member of the O. E. S. at Collins. He had been a member of the Methodist church for many years and took an active interest in that denomination, as he did in everything for the betterment of the community.

He had held office on the school board and other positions of trust in the civic affairs of the neighborhood.