HIGDON, Erwin E.: Died 1985

HIGDON, GILLISPIE, KRUMPLEMAN, SMITH, BEELMAN, YALEY, HANGER

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Date: 3/30/2022 at 15:48:28

**Handwritten: Hawk Eye 11 Ap 1985
Col 1 pg 20

Erwin E. Higdon

FT. MADISON Erwin E. Higdon, 79, of 2831 Avenue I, died in Ft. Madison Community Hospital at 3:42 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, after a long illness.

He was born June 30, 1905, at Bonaparte, to Edward and Stella Gillispie Higdon. He married Ella Krumpleman Oct. 6, 1926, in Ft. Madison.

Mr. Higdon was a retired employee of the Iowa State Penitentiary. He was a member of Sacred Heart Church and the Knights of Columbus.

Surviving: The wife; son David G., Ft. Madison; two daughters, Marilyn Smith, West Point, and Doris Beelman, Ft. Madison; two sisters, Fern Yaley, Janesville, Minn., and Agnes Hanger, Burlington; ten grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday in Sacred Heart Church, the Rev. Robert Amborn; Sacred Heart Cemetery. Rosary: King-Lynk Funeral Home at 8 p.m. Friday. A memorial has been established for Sacred Heart Church.

Source: "Scrapbook 1981 - 1985", Pg. 231,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA