BYRUM, Ella May: Died 1969

BYRUM, ELARTON, SCHULZ, EDWARDS, LEE, HUGG, HARLAN

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Mrs. William Byrum

Mrs. Ella May Byrum, 74, 915 Locust street, Ottumwa, died Sunday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 A.M. at Ottumwa Hospital.

The daughter of Herman E. and Violet J. Elarton Schulz, she was born May 24, 1894, near Hillsboro. She had been an Ottumwa resident for 55 years. A member of Wesley United Methodist church, she was a life member of the W.S.C.S. of the church, member of the Order of the Beauceant; Daughters of the Nile Netaker Temple No. 11; Gold Star Mothers; American Legion Auxiliary and the Blue Ladies.

Her marriage to Ralph Edwards took place June 10, 1913. He died in 1929. She married William H. Byrum, Feb. 5, 1955, in Ottumwa. He survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Dwight Edwards and Robert Edwards, both of Coolidge, Ariz.; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, John C. Schulz, of Stockport; and three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Lee of Salem; Mrs. Grace Hugg of Burlington, and Mrs. Laura Harlan of Omaha. Besides her first husband, she was preceded in death by two sons and two brothers.

Funeral services and burial were held in Ottumwa Wednesday.

**Handwritten: Rec-Rep. 27 Feb. 1969

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book J, Page 114, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA