Dr. Francis W. McIntosh 1896-1961

MCINTOSH, LUKE, SCOTT, GILBERT, GRAY

Posted By: Karen DaPra (email)
Date: 10/20/2001 at 14:10:16

DR. F. W. MCINTOSH

KEOSAUQUA.--Dr. Francis W. McIntosh, 64, of Burlington a former osteopath in Keosauqua, died
Wednesday at Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital in Kirksvile, Mo., after a lengthy illness.

He was born July 22, 1896, in Keosauqua, son of John W. and Minnie Dell Luke McIntosh.

He was married Dec. 8, 1935, in Fairfield, to Judith Marie Scott, who survives.

Dr. McIntosh attended Iowa Wesleyan College and was graduated from Still School of Osteopathy in Des Moines. He practiced in Keosauqua for 34 years before moving to Burlington in 1954.

Surviving beside his widow, are two sons in the Navy, Francis W. McIntosh stationed at the Naval
Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., and Jene L. McIntosh, with the Naval Hospital at Bethesda, Md.; his
mother; two brothers, Dr. J. A. McIntosh of Keosauqua and Tech. Sgt. Harrell E. McIntosh of
Fairfield, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Lola Gilbert and Mrs. Lloyd Gray of Keosauqua; and five
grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father and three brothers.

Funeral arrangements are tentatively set for Saturday at 2 p. m. at the Burnett-Catcott Funeral Home.

A memorial fund has been established to be given to the Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital.

NOTE: Other sources including Soc. Sec. Death Index, another obituary and headstone all state Dr. F.W. McIntosh was born in 1897.

(A photocopy of this obit is located in Obit Book B on page 215 found in the Van Buren County, IA
Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in July 1999. Name and date of
newspaper not given.)

I would like to correspond with anyone with connections to this family.