Mrs. Ada M. Pelham 1903-1941

PELHAM, GUITER, STREEBY, BIRCH

Posted By: John Davis (email)
Date: 10/21/2019 at 19:00:02

Obit posted in Ottumwa Courier 21 February 1941
Mrs. Ada M. Pelham, 37, wife of Wilmer Pelham of Kirkville, died at St. Joseph hospital at 12:30 a.m. today. She was the daughter of Fred and Lillie Guiter and was born at West Point, Illinois, December 5, 1903. She had been a resident of Ottumwa and Kirkville the past 35 years. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Marjorie and one son, Kenneth at home; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Guiter of Ottumwa route 5; five brothers, Harold Guiter of Agency route 1, Franklin Guiter of Ottumwa route 5, two sisters, Mrs. Marie Streeby of Ottumwa and Mrs. Pauline Birch of Los Angeles; a grandmother, Mrs. Mary Guiter of Van Horn Iowa. Services for Mrs. Ada M. Pelham, wife of Wilmer Pelham of Kirkville who died at St. Joseph hospital Friday at 12:35 a.m. will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. in Johnson's funeral chapel, conducted by the Rev. Harold Roberts of the First Christian church. Burial will be in Burns cemetery. Pallbearers will be Forest Wilson, William Mier, Earl Shaw, Chester Teeter, Arthur Van de Pol and George Hoover.