Mrs. Elsie E. Lathrop (1889-1943)

LATHROP, SALES, MILLARD, HARTLEY, HASTING

Posted By: John Davis (email)
Date: 1/12/2020 at 16:53:44

Obit posted in Ottumwa Courier September 23, 1943
Mrs. Elsie E. Lathrop, 54, resident of Ottumwa for the past 35 years, died at 7:15 p.m. Thursday at the home of her nephew W.H. Millard, 509 North Madison avenue. She was the daughter of John W. and Malinda Sales and was born in Davis county April 14, 1889. She was a member of the Christian church south of Blakesburg. She was married to Frank Lathrop May 25, 1908 who preceded her in death September 20, 1940. She also was preceded in death by an infant daughter, her father, a brother and a sister. Survivors include two sons, Harvey H. Lathrop with the Navy overseas, and Ralph L. Lathrop, Madison, Wisconsin; three grandchildren; her mother , Mrs. Malinda Sales, Ottumwa; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Hartley and Mrs. Mayme Hasting, both of Ottumwa, and six brothers, Walter J., John, Frank and George Sales all of Ottumwa, and Harry A. Sales Danville, Illinois, and William R. Sales Hammond, Indianan. The body is at the Johnson funeral chapel awaiting completion of arrangements. Short funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Lathrop who died Thursday evening at the home of her nephew, W.H. Millard of 309 North Madison avenue, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Johnson funeral chapel, and at 2:30 from the Pentecostal Church of God on Church street. The Rev. A.D. McClure will be in charge and burial will be in Shaul cemetery. The pall bearers will be Wilbur Shields, Claude Albright, William Bray, Burl Finley, Louis Finley and Henry Suechting.