Iowa Old Press
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Woodbury co., Iowa
Tuesday, October 25, 1938
WILLIAM G. DOANE
William G. Doane 76, a retired farmer of near Hinton,
died Monday morning in a LeMars hospital after an extended
illness.
Mr. Doane was born October 13, 1862, at Rochelle, Ill. He came to
Plymouth county with his parents in 1876. They settled then on a
farm northwest of LeMars. He married Christine Dudden October 19,
1884, in LeMars. Mr. Doane subsequently farmed in Plymouth and
Woodbury counties. Mrs. Doane died on a farm near Hinton in 1934.
Surviving are two sons, Harry of Baltimore, Md., and Allen of
near Hinton; a daughter, Mrs. Clara Burnette, also of near
Hinton; four brothers, Delbert of Sacramento, Cal.; Irving of
Bellingham Bay, Wash.; Manuel of Springfield, Ore.; three
sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Hill and Mrs. Mabel Bennett, both of
Portland, and Mrs. Mae Judkins of Eugene, Ore.; 13 grandchildren,
and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon in Trimble Methodist church in Sioux City. Rev. Willis
Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Graceland Park cemetery
under the direction of Barnett’s funeral home of Merrill.
The body will be at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Burnett, this
afternoon and will remain there until time of services.
[transcribed by L.Z., January 2019]