BARKUS, Miss Grace: Died 1937

BARKUS, KOLKMAN, MASON

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 8/10/2016 at 01:16:50

Miss Barkus 24.

Miss Barkus, 24, was born near Emerado, N.D., Aug. 15, 1913, and had lived near Yarmouth in Des Moines county since she was six years of age, until coming to Burlington six years ago. She had worked here since that time, and entered the employ of the Gaston family only a few days before the trip to Minnesota.

Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barkus of Yarmouth; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Kolkman of Yarmouth; three sisters, Mrs. Ray Mason of Burlington, and the Misses Dorothy and Irene at home, in addition to numerous other relatives. She was a member of the Methodist church.

Interment will be in Trinity cemetery south of Yarmouth following the services at the church there Thursday afternoon.

**NOTE: This is an excerpt from an article where she was in an automobile train crash where she and 3 others were killed. Full article is under Jack, Evelyn and Joyce Gaston in obituaries.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book G, Page 144, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA