DORSON, James Philip: Died 1982

DORSON, PATTERSON, COCHRAN, BOYD, CROFT

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J. PHILIP DORSON

James Philip Dorson, son of Otto and Clara Patterson Dorson, was born September 7, 1904 near Bentonsport and departed this life Wednesday, February 3, 1982 at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua at the age of 77. On December 12, 1928 he married Selma Cochran in Fairfield. They farmed in Davis and Van Buren Counties, the past several years in the Cantril community.

Mrs. Dorson remains to cherish his memory with their daughter Roberta Boyd and her husband Charles of Fairfield, their son George and his wife Beverly of Salida, Colorado, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Also surviving are four brothers, Paul of Bloomfield, Everett of new Athens, Illinois, Ernest of Macon, Mo., and Lester of Portland, Oregon; a sister Catherine Croft of Ft. Worth, Tex., other relatives and friends. Two sisters, Ethel and Arta and a brother, Arthur, preceded him in death.

He was a member of the former Home Prairie Methodist Church.

Phil will be remembered as a devoted husband, father and grandfather, a good neighbor.

Foneral(sp) services were held on Saturday, February 6, 1982 at 1:00 P.M. in the Cantril United Methodist Church, with Rev. Edward Kail, pastor, officiating. Interment was in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Cantril. Arrangements were in charge of Pedrick Funeral Home, Keosauqua. A memorial was established for the Cancer Fund.

Among the out-of town relatives and friends attending the funeral of Philip Dorson were:
Mr. and Mrs. George Dorson, Salida, Colo.
From Cheyenne, Wyo. -
Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Dorson, David Dorson and friend, Vicky Meyer;
From Macon, Mo.-
Ernest Dorson
From Bloomfield -
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dorson
From Moberlq(sp), Mo. -
Jim Dorson
From Fairfield -
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilson
Sheila Heisel, Chad and Charity -
Bob Gerleman
From Warsaw, Ill. -
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Boyd
From Keokuk -
Ruth Patterson
From Marion -
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cochran
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Cochran
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stanford
From Bloomfield -
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wutherich
From Sigourney -
Mrs. Manley Beggs
Kay Beggs
Jennifer Beggs
From Fairfield -
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Messer
From Brighton -
Larry Deers
From Eldon -
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wells
Many other friends from Milton and Keosauqua area.

Source: "The Hazel Stanford Obituary Collection", Pg. 65, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA