Lee Maurice CAQUELIN

CAQUELIN, LITTLE, OSBOE, KLAVER, HARRIS, FINCH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/13/2013 at 19:06:01

June 24, 1897 --- June 14, 1967

LEE CAQUELIN DIES AT 69

Lee M. Caquelin, 69, a longtime resident of the Kamrar community, died suddenly Wednesday morning at his home one miles northwest of Kamrar. His death was attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Caquelin had been in ill health for six months. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Foster Funeral home with Rev. George Brighton and Rev. Reed Richards officiating. Burial will be in Graceland.

Lee Maurice Caquelin, son of Emile and Sophie Marie Caquelin, was born June 29, 1897, at Serena, Ill. When he was a small boy, he moved with his parents to Iowa, locating on a farm east of Woolstock. He received his education in the Woolstock schools and grew to young manhood in that community. He was united in marriage Dec. 6, 1921, to Marie Little, and the couple farmed near Blairsburg for 11 years, then moved to a farm west of Woolstock. The couple had farmed in the Woolstock and Eagle Grove areas until March, 1951, when they moved to their present farm home. He is survived by his wife; one son and three daughters; Leland Caquelin, Lancaster, Calif., Mrs. Jim (June) Osboe, Duncombe, Mrs. Marion (Carole) Klaver, and Mrs. Robert (Rochelle) Harris, both of Altoona; eight grandchildren; one great-grandson; two brothers and one sister, Rayner Caquelin, Harold Caquelin and Mrs. Odette Finch, both of Webster City, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Clarence. Mr. Caquelin was a member of the Kamrar Methodist church.

Daily Freeman Journal - Webster City, Iowa
14 June 1967