HOLT, Mrs. Ella Madge: 1882-1943

HOLT, HARL, PREVO, AUGSPURGER, HODGES, LISTER, ELLENBERGER, MILLER, PETERSON, PETEFISH, PARKS, BEAUCHAMP

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Date: 12/5/2013 at 11:41:29

OBITUARY
Mrs. Perry Holt
**Handwritten: 1943

Ella Madge Holt, daughter of Margaret and John Harl was born in Davis County, Iowa, August 29, 1882 and passed away at her home in Pulaski, Iowa, July 31, 1943 at the age of 60 years, 11 months and 29 days.

She spent practically her entire life in Davis County.

She was united in marriage to Perry Holt, March 22, 1903. To this union was born five children, three sons and two daughters: J. Lyle Holt of Independence, Kans.; Herbert V. Holt of Provo, Utah; Harl W. Holt of Milton, Iowa; Mrs. Nial S. Prevo of Washington, D.C., and Mrs. Clarence Augspurger of Pulaski, Iowa.

In March 1942 she and her husband moved from the farm to their home in Pulaski, Iowa, where she resided at the time of her death.

Besides her husband and children she is survived by seven grandchildren, Jerry Lyle Holt, Shirley, Teddy and James Augspurger; Tommy and Judith Prevo, and Jane Anne Holt; also seven sisters and four brothers, Minnie Hodges, Sacramento, Cal.; Othella Lister, Creston, Iowa; Ida Ellenberger, Bloomfield, Iowa; Nina Miller, Bloomfield, Iowa; Emma Peterson, Rutledge, Mo.; Ruth Petefish, Bloomfield, Iowa; Margaret Parks, Bloomfield, Iowa; James Harl, Pulaski, Iowa; William Harl, Little Sioux, Iowa; Guy Harl, Smith Center, Kansas and one living aunt, Mrs. R.S. Beauchamp of Pulaski, Iowa. In addition a number of nieces and nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

She was a member of the Christian Church at Stiles, Iowa, where she was always a willing worker, ready to help in any cause.

She will be greatly missed by her family and grandchildren in whom she always took great pride and loving interest. Her family, friends and all children filled to the brim a life of utter unselfishness.

The Watcher

She always learned to watch for us,
Anxious if we were late,
In winter by the window,
In summer by the gate.
The long way home would be seen more safe,
Because she waited there,
Waiting till we come home to her,
Anxious if we were late-
Watching from heaven's window,
Leaning from Heaven's gate.

Funeral services were conducted in the Methodist Church at Palaski(sp), Iowa by the pastor, Rev. Lacy H. Thompson, Tuesday afternoon August 3. Music was furnished by Mrs. Helen Sutton, Mrs. Joyce Nemitz, Harold Baughman, Forest Hartzler with Mabelle Harrison at the piano.

The pallbearers were brothers-in-law of Mrs. Holt. They were J.P. Ellenberger, O.B. Miller, Claude Parks, John Peterson, E.E. Lister and Earl Petefish. Burial was in the West cemetery at Pulaski.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book C, Page 367, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA