Caldow, Peter Estes -- 1886 - 1946

CALDOW, BURTON, MCINTOSH, CAMPBELL

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 7/27/2004 at 15:13:09

   

PETER CALDOW RITES HELD HERE SATURDAY BY MASONIC FRATERNITY

Funeral services for Peter E. Caldow, 59, who passed away at his home north of Castalia last Wednesday morning, were held at the Schutte Funeral Home in this city on Saturday afternoon, and interment was in Pleasant View cemetery at Castalia.

The Masonic Fraternity had charge of the services, both at the funeral home and at the grave, a number of Masons being in attendance from Ossian and Decorah in addition to those from Postville.

Peter Estes Caldow was born near Morrisonville, Wis., on October 30, 1886, the son of Adam and Elizabeth [Burton] Caldow. He came to Iowa with his parents on March 1, 1890, when he was three years old and located on the farm near Castalia on which he spent the remainder of his lifetime.

Since the death of his father in 1917, he and his brother, Archie, have operated the home place and have made it one of the outstanding farms of that locality.

Mr. Caldow was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Decorah and of Unity Chapter, R. A. M. at Postville.

He is survived by five brothers and two sisters, William A. Caldow of Lodi, Wis.; John B. Caldow of Lebanon, Oregon; James K. Caldow of Huron, So. Dak.; Robert C. Caldow of Hitchcock, So. Dak.; Archie H. Caldow at home; Ann, Mrs. Johnst McIntosh of Decorah, and Nettie, Mrs. Roy Campbell of Castalia; six nieces and six nephews also survive.

Here to attend the funeral were John Armstrong of Lansing and all of Mr. Caldow's brothers and sisters and their families with the exception of those from Oregon.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping, hand dated Mar. 1946, from my mother's obituary collection.

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