Frank McLeland 1883-1929

MCLELAND, PRATHER, PRETER, MADDEN, LUNSFORD, SHIBLEY

Posted By: Janet Beranek Hume (email)
Date: 8/3/2004 at 21:42:47

FRANK MCLELAND DEAD

Prominent Roscoe Township Farmer
Died Thursday. Was 46 Years Old.

Frank McLeland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will McLeland, was born near Cantril, Iowa, April 17, 1883, and passed away at his home southwest of Milton on April 25, 1929, aged 46 years and 8 days.

He, with seven brothers and one sister, grew to manhood on a farm southwest of Cantril. At the age of twenty-three he was united in marriage with Alma Prather [Preter] and to them were born five children: Hollis Edward, who died at the age of five and one-half years; Howard Harold; Francis Marie; Alma Maxine and Helen Marcele, who with the bereaved wife are left to mourn their loss.

Frank was an upright honorable man, a successful farmer and stockman. He was a good neighbor, a loving husband and father. For eleven years he has been afflicted and patiently, courageously fought for life which he knew he must lose. His last illness was for a little more than a week, during which time, he suffered severely, and all was done that loving skilled hands could do to relieve him. To his companion, he expressed himself as ready to go and prayed that he might be spared his suffering.

He will be greatly missed not only by his loved ones but by a large circle of friends. There remain his brothers, H. L. of Milton, Clarence of Iowa City, Harry of Stockport, Ray of Brule, Neb., and Mrs. Blanche Madden, Fairfield, Iowa. Two brothers, Lon and George preceded him in death.

The funeral service was held at the M. E. Church in Milton on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., Dr. H. F. Gilbert of Keota, Iowa, conducting the service. Interment was in Sunnyside cemetery.

He has gone from his loved ones, his children and his wife,
Whom he willingly toiled for and loved as his life:
Oh, God, how mysterious and how strange are thy ways,
To take from us this loved one in the best of his days.

CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our thanks to the kind friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted during the illness and death of our husband and father. May the same kindness be extended to all of you in time of bereavement. Also for the beautiful flowers and to the singers.

Mrs. Alma McLeland and the Children

Book 1 – Obits p. 441
Keosauqua Library

A GOOD MAN GONE

Frank McLeland, one of the good men of this community, died at his home 4 miles southwest of Milton last Thursday, after several years' sickness with heart trouble. Mr. McLeland was one of the prosperous farmers of Roscoe township, Davis County, and held in the highest regard by the entire community. The funeral was held from the M. E. church in Milton, Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H. F. Gilbert, of Keota. Burial in the Milton cemetery. He leaves a wife and five children.