Gorman Burials

George | Matilda Jane (Goble) Gorman

George S. Gorman

Born: August 6, 1893 at Centralia, Lewis Co., Washington
Died: September 19, 1966 at Minneapolis, Minnesota
Buried: Lot 63
Lot Owner: Walter Gorman, purchased in 1954
Married: Matilda Jane Goble on November 3, 1920 in Pequot Lake, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota
Children: Ester, John, Walter, Floyd and Robert
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gorman
Veteran: See military stone

George Gorman tombstone

George S. Gorman Colfax Resident;
Dies in Minnesota

Colfax - George Saunders Gorman, 73, of Colfax, a resident of Jasper County for almost 40 years, died Monday at the Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Walters Funeral Home in Colfax.

The Rev. B. B. Compton, minister of the Des Moines Assembly of God Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery.

Survivors are his wife, Matilda; four sons, John of Kansas City, Mo.; and Walter, Floyd and Robert, all of Colfax; a daughter, Mrs. Gerald Feltz of Keota; 12 grandchildren; and a brother, Alex Gorman of Pequot Lake, Minn.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gorman, he was born Aug. 6, 1893 at Centralia, Wash.

He was married to Matilda Jane Goble Nov. 3, 1920 at Pequot Lake, Minn.

A resident of Colfax for the last 13 years, Mr. Gorman resided in Newton for 25 years.

He was a veteran of World War I. ~ The Newton Daily News, September 20, 1966.

Matilda Jane (Goble) Gorman

Born: August 4, 1901 at Pequot Lake, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota
Died: January 9, 1974 at Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 63
Married: George S. Gorman on November 3, 1920 in Pequot Lake, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota
Children: Ester, John, Walter, Floyd and Robert
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. John Goble

Matilda Goble Gorman tombstone

Matilda Gorman Former Colfax Resident, Dies

Colfax - Mrs. George S. (Matilda Jane) Gorman, 72, of Davenport, former proprietor of the Gorman Nursing Home in Colfax, died this morning at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Assembly of God Church in Colfax.

The Rev. David McNeely, pastor of the church, and the Rev. B. B. Compton of West Des Moines will conduct the services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery near Newton.

Walters Funeral Home in Colfax is handling arrangements.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Gerald (Ester) Feltz of Washington, Iowa; four sons, John of Kansas City, Mo., and Walter, Floyd and Robert, all of Colfax; and 14 grandchildren.

She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Colfax and had resided in Jasper County for 50 years before moving to Davenport last year.

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Goble, she was born Aug. 4, 1901 in Cass County, Minn.

She was married to George S. Gorman Nov. 3, 1920 in Pequot Lake, Minn. ~ The Newton Daily News, January 9, 1974.

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