William H. MILLIGAN

MILLIGAN, WALTERS, HARTFORD, PORTER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/22/2009 at 21:36:07

Mason City Globe Gazette, Iowa
October 23, 1928

Pioneer Resident of Belmond, W. R. Milligan, Laid to Rest on Sunday

BELMOND, IOWA, Oct. 23.—Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Congregational Church for William H. Milligan, an old resident of Belmond. The Rev. J. T. Snyder, pastor of the Methodist church, had charge of the services, with the Rev. Harry Webb, an old friend of the family, assisting. Mr. Milligan died Friday morning at his home in north Belmond. He had been a semi-Invalid for the past year, having been afflicted with creeping paralysis. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife and three children, Edward, Paul and Ruth. He also leaves four sisters and three brothers. They are Mrs. Mary Bramble, Mrs. Mattie Walters, and Mrs. Maude Hartford, all of Kansas City, Mo.. Mrs. Ella Porter of Fife, Mont., Wesby Milligan of Illinois, Mark of Montana, and James of Iowa. Burial was made in the Franklin Grove cemetery.