MARTIN, Walter: 1887-1912

MARTIN, BAILEY, SILLS, STEMPLE

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He was born in ... 30, 1887, where he ... most twelve years of age. The ???ning part of his life was spent in around East St. Louis.

He was married to Ada Bailey Sept. 9, 1910, and to this union one child was born, Robert Leroy now aged 10 months. He leaves to mourn their loss his wife and son; his father, C.F. Martin, of Bonaparte, Iowa; and two sisters, Mrs. Vernon Sills of Shelbyville, Ill., and Mrs. Clyde Stemple of Ft. Madison, Iowa. Also a host of friends and other relatives.

The funeral was held from the residence at 1836 Cleveland Ave, E. St. Louis, Friday, June 28, conducted by the W.O.W. of which he was a member, with interment at Mt. Hope cemetery.

**Handwritten: Bon. Record 9 July 1912

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book C, Page 192, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA