CAMPBELL, Anna Rebecca (TROETTE) 1852-1937

TROETTE, CAMPBELL, GRIMES

Posted By: Betty Hootman-Volunteer
Date: 8/23/2014 at 17:27:10

Mrs. Anna Campbell

Anna Rebecca Troette was born March 7, 1852, and grew to womanhood near Birmingham, Iowa. She was united in marriage to William P. Campbell, a Civil war veteran, in 1885. To this union 8 children were born. The husband, two sons, and one daughter preceded her in death. There are left to mourn her departure, four sons and one daughter, Walter S. of Breda, Iowa; Clarence of Denison, Iowa; Fred L. of Superior, Wis., Charles of Bonaparte, Iowa, Mrs. J. W. Grimes of Keosauqua. There are 13 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

The funeral services were held Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. at the Burnett funeral home in charge of Chap. C. A. Boulton.

The following members of the American Legion served as pallbearers: Carl Wilson, Dale Grimsley, Emerson Russell and Will Vickers.

Interment was in the Brooks cemetery, Brookville, Iowa.

*Note: Handwritten on the top “Keo Rep 14 Jan. 1937”

Source: Van Buren County Genealogical Society Obituary Book D, Page 65, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA