Vera W. (Woods) McCracken 1905-1972

MCCRACKEN, WOODS, DAWSON

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/2/2001 at 22:59:35

VERA McCRACKEN

Mrs. Vera W. McCracken, 67, rural Keosauqua, died Friday afternoon, June 2, 1972, at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield after a long illness.

Services were held Sunday, June 4, at 3:30 p.m. at the Bonaparte Baptist Church with the Rev. Millard Marshall in charge. Burial was in Bonaparte Cemetery.

Mrs. McCracken was born on May 9, 1905 near Bonaparte, the daughter of Otto and Ada Dawson Woods. She was married to Ray McCracken in 1939. He survives.

Mrs. McCracken was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and Woods Club of Bonaparte.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 186 of Obit Book #1 (1963-1974) found in the Van Buren County, IA Genealogical Society's Collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in July 1999. Name of newspaper and date of obit not given, however handwritten on the obit is "08 June 1972.") ORIGINAL POST 17 Sep 1999.

I am NOT related to Mrs. Vera W. (Woods) McCracken and am posting her obit for those who may find her in their family history.