WRIGHT, Otho: Died 1938

WRIGHT, WALLACE, BARNETT, CREEK, BAKER, STEWART

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 11/26/2016 at 21:47:31

**Handwritten: V.B. Record 13 Oct. 1938

Keosauqua Man Died While Asleep

Otho Wright, 57, of Keosauqua, was found dead in bed about one o'clock Monday morning. The Wright family lives in what is known as the Dickson residence. Mr. Wright had complained of a pain in his shoulder Sunday and consulted a doctor. He went to bed shortly after six o'clock Sunday evening, his wife retired a few hours later and he was breathing normally at the time. Mrs. Wright awoke about one o'clock and found him dead.

He is survived by his wife; five daughters, Annabelle, Bernice and Maxine at home, Mrs. Chas. Wallace of Pittsburg, and Mrs. James Barnett of Moline, Ill.; three sisters, Mrs. Joseph Creek of Memphis, Mo., Mrs. Raymond Baker of Casper, Wyoming, and Mrs. Margaret Stewart of Centerville, and two brothers, Clyde of Memphis, Mo., and William of Batavia.

Funeral services were held in Keosauqua Tuesday in charge of Rev. C. Hugo Orf, and interment was made at Glasgow.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book H, Page 42, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA

Note: Gravestone shows death year as 1937. But death certificate states born Nov 8, 1881 and died Oct 10, 1938.

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