Margaret (Sullivan) INSEL

SULLIVAN, INSEL, ASH, DUNHAM, WELCH

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:42

February 1870 ---- August 23, 1943

Mrs. M. Insel Died Monday

Mrs. Maggie Insel, 73, died at her home on South Commercial Ave. Monday afternoon about four o'clock. Mrs. Insel had been ill since the previous Wednesday when she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock from Sacred Heart church in charge of Rev. Thos. Mulligan. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery.

Margaret Sullivan was born in Fall City, Mass., to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Sullivan. When a small child the family moved to Webster City where she spent her girlhood days, and it was also there she met and married W. F. Insel. They moved to Eagle Grove soon after their marriage, and for many years Mr. and Mrs. Insel operated the Occidental Hotel. When they retired from the hotel business they moved to their property on So. Commercial. Mr. Insel died March 18, 1938.

Mrs. Insel is survived by three sisters, Miss Nellie Sullivan and Mrs. R. H. Ash of Webster City and Mrs. Julia Sullivan of Waterloo. The latter was unable to be present at the funeral on account of ill health. Another sister of Mrs. Insel, Mrs. G. D. Welch of Lincoln, Neb., died last June. Miss Sullivan and Mrs. Ash, also two nieces, Mrs. Dunham and son, Jack, of Scottsbluff, Neb., and Miss Ruth Welch of Lincoln, Neb., were here from out of town for the services.

Eagle Grove Eagle -- Eagle Grove, Iowa
August 26, 1943

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Relatives Inherit Mrs. Insel's Estate
The will of the late Maggie Insel left her estate to her immediate relatives. The property was divided in four equal shares to three sisters and the children of a fourth sister, deceased. The sisters are Mrs. R. H. Ash and Miss Nellie Sullivan of Webster City; Mrs. Julia Sullivan of Waterloo and the other fourth divided between Marjorie and Ruth Welch, daughters of Mrs. Delia Welch, deceased. The cash value of the estate will total about $25,000 which include cash, bonds, notes, the home and contents. Miss Ann Ballard is executrix and John Henneberry, attorney.

Eagle Grove Eagle -- Eagle Grove, Iowa
August 26, 1943