MERRITT, John William: Died 1980

MERRITT, RAINES, FAULK, LEE, MAGILL, KLEYLA, WENSTROM, STEVENSON, HANSON, FEREE, KERR

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Date: 1/6/2021 at 15:43:16

John William Merritt

John William Merritt was born January 7, 1885, in Mendon, Illinois, the child of Henry Garrett and Jenny Lynn Raines Merritt.

He married Ida Estella Faulk, March 19, 1906, in Brock, Missouri. To this union six children were born. Those surviving are John M. Merritt, Lt. Col., of Merritt Island, Florida; Mrs. Robert Lee, of Lynwood, California, Mrs. Alva Magill of Bloomfield, Iowa, and Mrs. Lynn Kelyla, of Alexandria, Virginia.

Those preceding him in death were Robert Arden and Mary Belle Wenstrom, also his wife, Stella in 1949.

In 1952 John married Lillie Stevenson, who survives, also surviving are one step-daughter, Marie Hanson, twelve grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, ten step-great-grandchildren; five step-great-great-grandchildren, and two sisters Willa Feree of Orange, California, and Mrs. Clyde Kerr (Dorothy) of Cantril, Iowa.

John farmed most of his life in Scotland County, Missouri and Van Buren County, Iowa, retiring to Memphis, in 1943.

Funeral services were conducted by the Payne-Gerth Funeral Home, Sunday, January 20, 1980, at 1:30 p.m. in their Memphis Chapel. The Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiated. Burial was in the Brock Cemetery, Scotland County, Missouri. Organist was Mrs. Ann Luther. Soloist was Mr. Kenneth Campbell.

**Handwritten: Died Jan 17th 1980

Source: "The Hazel Stanford Obituary Collection", Pg. 136, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA