ESTLE, Otto: Died 1969

ESTLE, CHASTEEN, RICHARDSON, BLOSS, BURK, SELEG, LONG, BOLLINGER

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Date: 6/8/2017 at 10:17:02

Otto Estle

Otto Estle, Fairfield, earthmoving contractor, died about 4:35 Monday, May 26, at the Ottumwa Hospital about an hour after he had entered as a patient.

He was admitted to the Jefferson County Hospital at 10 p.m. Sunday and transferred to Ottumwa Monday afternoon.

Funeral services were held at 10:20 a.m. Thursday, May 29 at the Presbyterian Church in Fairfield with the Rev. John Dilley officiating. Burial with Masonic Rites were in Evergreen Cemetery.

Otto Estle, 65, was born Feb. 2, 1904, at Ethel, Mo., the son of William and Phoebe Ann Chasteen Estle. He was reared and educated at Ethel and later entered the general earthmoving contracting business.

He was married to Pauline Richardson on Aug. 22, 1937, at Kahoka, Mo. She died March 13, 1968. The couple moved to Fairfield from Troy, Iowa, 14 years ago. The family home is now located four miles west of Fairfield on rural route 4.

He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Clinton Lodge No. 15, Consistory and Kaaba Shrine, both of Davenport; and White Shrine.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Gene Bloss, Brookfield, Mo.; Mrs. Keith Burk, Fairfield; Mrs. Stanley Seleg, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind., and Rosalie, at home; James and John, both of Fairfield, and George, at home.

Other survivors include seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. LaVaughn Long, Jonesboro, Tenn.; and Mrs. Julia Bollinger, Glendale, Ariz.; also two brothers, Harold of Bloomfield and Irwin of New Cambria, Mo.

Estle was preceded in death by one son, one grandchild and a sister/

**Handwritten: Rec-Rep. 5 June 1969

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book J, Page 26, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA