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FOXWORTHY, Virgil (1893-1946)

FOXWORTHY

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 6/22/2020 at 22:59:18

Virgil Howard Foxworthy
(October 2, 1893 – February 27, 1946)

Virgil Foxworthy Proprietor Reed Hotel Dies Wed.
Virgil H. Foxworthy, 53, proprietor of the Reed Hotel and tourist camp on S. Jefferson Way, died suddenly in his bed Wednesday morning about 5 o’clock from a stroke. He had been in his usual health and had been up about 3:30 to get a drink of water. Seven years ago, while living in Arkansas, Mr. Foxworthy had a blood clot, but it had been dissolved successfully. For some time he had taken life rather slowly on account of high blood pressure.
Burial At Glidden
Having served in the American Navy during the first World War, Mr. Foxworthy was one of the charter members and later command of Merle Hay post of the American Legion in his native town of Glidden, also the home of Merle Hay, the first American killed in the first World War. The body will be taken to Glidden for burial with full military honors. The service will be at the Methodist church there Sunday at 2 p.m. Before coming to Indianola Mr. and Mrs. Foxworthy had conducted a tourist camp at Mountainberg, Ark., and before that for 10 years at Spencer, Ia., Mrs. Foxworthy was Mildred Hoyt of Jefferson before her marriage to Mr. Foxworthy in 1921. She was founder of the Legion Auxiliary at Glidden.
Carrier Boys’ Friend
Besides his widow, Mr. Foxworthy leaves his father, W. H. Foxworthy of Glidden; two step-daughters, Mrs. Helen Hazard of St. Paul and Mrs. Susan Bowman of Memphis; and two sisters, Mrs. Lowell Fowler of Adel and Mrs. Sylvia Anthony of Ames. Mrs. Hazard’s husband will soon be discharged from the military service and they will probably remain with Mrs. Foxworthy for the time being to conduct the hotel and camp. The newspaper carrier boys of Indianola will remember Mr. Foxworthy as a friend. Last Christmas time, having no children of his own at home, he said he wanted to help other youngsters have a good time. So he invited all the carrier boys in Indianola, those of the Des Moines Register and Tribune and those of the Indianola Record-Herald and Tribune, to be his guests at the Empress Theatre during the holiday week. [Copied from a scrapbook at the Warren County Historical Society Library, Indianola, Iowa]


 

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