John Willis MIDDLETON

MIDDLETON, STRAIN, MATTSON, OMALLEY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/25/2010 at 20:36:27

6 May 1863 -- 19 July 1942

Rites Held for John Middleton
Eagle Grove Man Dies at Daughter's Home After Illness

EAGLE GROVE - John Willis Middleton, 79, retired carpenter and builder, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jessie Strain, following a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Methodist church in charge of the Rev. J. R. Tumbleson, with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. Eagle Grove, by Kubitschek and Rustler. Surviving are his widow, three daughters and one son. The daughters are Dr. Delia Mattson of Washington, D. C.: Mrs. Jessie Strain of Eagle Grove and Mrs. Blanche O'Malley, living in the state of Oregon. One son, Philip, is in the United States army service at Fort Knox, Ky. Mr. Middleton was born in Troy township, Wright county where he had lived all his life.

Mason City Globe-Gazette - Mason City, Iowa
July 22, 1942