William Mordecai HOSSELTON

HOSSELTON, BABCOCK, TRAUSCH, DAHLKE, CAMMACK, CHELESVIG, JAHNKE, CLAUSON, CLAWSON, BLANKENSHIP

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:58

William Mordecai Hosselton

12 March 1895 ---- 28 March 1975

William M. Hosselton was born March 12, 1895, at Clay County, Ill., the son of Charles and Emma Stanford Hosselton. He received his education in a Clay County School. He was united in marriage to Lorena C. Babcock of Flora, Ill. on Jan. 2, 1916, at Flora, Ill. The couple came to Iowa after their marriage, and farmed near Vincent, Webster City, Clarion, and Eagle Grove. They moved to Eagle Grove in 1948. Mrs. Hosselton passed away in 1969.

Mr. Hosselton maintained his home in Eagle Grove for a time, then moved to Arizona for a time. He returned to Eagle Grove, and later to the Belmond Nursing Home where he passed away on March 28, at the age of 80 years and 16 days.

He is survived by one son, William, Jr., Milwaukee, Wisc.; five daughters: Vivian, Mrs. Steve Trausch, Tuscon, Ariz.; Mrs. Margaret Dahlke, Granger, Washington; Jeanette, Mrs. Jean Cammack, San Antonio, Tex.; Joyce, Mrs. Maurice Chelesvig, Belmond; Mrs. Jacqueline Jahnke, Webster City; two sisters: Mrs. Dorothy Clauson, [Clawson] Mesa, Ariz; and Mrs. Nellie Blankenship, Litchfield, Ill.; 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, two sisters, one son, Galen, and two grandchildren. Mr. Hosselton was a member of the United Methodist Church.

Funeral services were held Tuesday April 1, at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, Eagle Grove, Rev. Donald Glazier officiated and burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Eagle Grove.

EAGLE GROVE EAGLE -- Eagle Grove, Iowa
April 3, 1975

source - Paul Wilde