Lizzie Mae Bullard Akes
OBITUARYLizzie Mae Bullard, daughter of Calvin and Sarah Butts Bullard, was born March 7, 1884, in Ringgold county, Iowa. She departed this life at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gladys Eastin, in Leon, Iowa, on December 31, 1958, at the age of 74 years, nine months and 24 days.
She joined the Methodist church in Kellerton at an early age. While a young woman she moved to Decatur county, Iowa, with her family.
On August 31, 1902, she was united in marriage to Henry Donathon Akes and to this union were born six children.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father: one sister, Minnie Hacker; two brother, Frank and Charles; and three half-brothers, Enos, John and Jim.
She leaves to mourn her passing her husband; six children, Steve, Mrs. Gladys Eastin, William P., Mrs. Sarah Butcher and Harley, of Leon, and John of Omaha, Nebr.; her sons-in-law and daughters-in-law; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Fletcher of Creston and Mrs. Pearl Ellis of Des Moines; one brother, Harley, of Leon; one half-brother, Harry, whereabouts unknown; 19 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one step-grandchild; and four step-great-grandchildren.
Crossing The Bar
Sunset and evening star,
and one clear call for me!
And may there be
no moaning of the Bar
When I put out to sea,
For tho' from out our bourne
of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot
face to face,
When I have crost the bar.
- Tennyson -Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Eldon Haworth, were held at the Stewart Funeral Home at 2:00 p. m., January 3, with interment in the Leon cemetery.
Source: Opal Vivian Akes Scrapbook
_____________________________ Thank You - We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the many friends who were so thoughtful and kind to us at the time of our bereavement. We are deeply grateful for your expressions of sympathy. Don Akes, the Steve Akes family, the Gladys Eastin family, the John Akes family, the William P. Akes family, the Sarah Butcher family, the Harley Akes family.
_____________________________ Services Held Saturday For Lizzie Akes
Mrs. Lizzie May Akes, 74, of Leon, died December 31, after an extended illness. Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Eldon Haworth, were held at the Stewart Funeral Home at 2:00 p. m., January 3. Interment was made in the Leon cemetery.
Besides her husband, she leaves six children.