Bryant Fred BOOTH, Sr.

BOOTH, WESTFALL, MILLER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/30/2011 at 01:33:08

December 13, 1888 -- October 6, 1976

Emmetsburg, IA – Bryant Fred Booth, 87, died Oct. 6 at his home in Emmetsburg. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Methodist Church, Emmetsburg. The Martin-Bale Funeral Home, Emmetsburg, is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Booth was born Dec. 13, 1888 in Buchanan County to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Booth and has lived in the Estherville and Emmetsburg area his whole life. He was married Nov. 1, 1915 to Martha Westfall in Clarion. After her April 9, 1965 death he was married to Elsie Miller, Emmetsburg. He retired after 27 years with the Rock Island Railroad.

Survivors include his wife Elsie; three sons, Bryan, Jr., Robert and Irvin, all of Estherville; six step children; one sister, Vera, Emmetsburg; two brothers, Verl, Rapid City, S.D.; and Archie, Washington state; seven grandchildren; 17 step grandchildren; and one great grandchild. He was preceded in death by his first wife, one grandson, our brothers, two sisters, his parents and three step daughters.

Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA
October 7, 1976