MOUNCE, Rex: Died 1967

MOUNCE, CROSS, PITMAN, HANDLEY

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 8/14/2017 at 14:34:22

REX MOUNCE

Rex Mounce, 68, of Seattle, Wash., died there Tuesday, Aug. 15. Funeral services and burial were in Seattle.

He was the son of Arthur H. and Ida May Cross Mounce, born near Keosauqua, Oct. 1, 1898. He was married to Mabel Pitman of Keosauqua, who survives.

Also surviving are two sons; two brothers, Merle Mounce of Bonaparte and Roy Mounce of Hawaii; a sister, Mrs. Marguerite Handley of Marion, Ohio and five grandchildren.

A son was killed in Germany in World War II.

He taught school and was school superintendent in Iowa schools for 45 years, retiring about three years ago. He graduated from Keosauqua High School in 1915.

**Handwritten: Rec-Rep. Tues. 22 Aug. 1967

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book H, Page 58, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA