WAINSCOTT, Mrs. J.W. (Bertha): Died 1948

WAINSCOT, WALKER, MCCULLOUGH, PEACOCK, RAMBO, LIMING

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Date: 11/8/2013 at 06:55:16

Wainscott Services Held Wednesday
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Funeral services for Mrs. J.W. Wainscott, 78, were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Pedrick funeral home in Douds, with her great-nephew, the Rev. Edgar E. Walker, Jr., of the First Methodist church in Anamosa in charge.

Music was by Forrest Hanshaw, Jay Doud, R.V. Finney, and R.W. Jacobson, with Mrs. Harold Harryman pianist. Pallbearers were O.W. Sanford, Stanley Nelson, Doyle Strang, F.E. Nelson, Joe Sexton and Dale Holcomb. Interment was in Leando cemetery.

Mrs. Wainscott died at her home Monday morning after an illness of 3 months. She was the former Bertha McCullough and has lived all her life in the Douds community. She was an active member of the Methodist church.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. H.B. Peacock of Houston, Tex., and Miss Nellie Wainscott of Douds; two sisters, Mrs. L.E. Rambo and Mrs. W.H. Liming of Ottumwa; a brother, J.F. McCullough of Davenport, and four great grandchildren.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book C, Page 316, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA