Pink Burials

Peter R. Pink

Born: September 15, 1864 in Illinois¹
Died: November 22, 1943 in Colfax, Jasper Co., Iowa¹
Buried: Lot 176, plot 1
Married: Emma Witmer on March 4, 1891 at Greencastle, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Earl, Cecilia Beals and Grace Duncan Gribben
Parents: Frank and Susan (Riffer) Pink

Peter Pink, 75, Is Dead
Lifelong Resident Here Dies At Colfax;
Rites Are Pending

Peter R. Pink, 79, long-time resident of near Newton, succumbed early this morning in the Colfax sanitarium where he was admitted as a patient last week for treatment of complications of a lung ailment.

Immediate surviving relatives include the widow, the former Emma Witmer; three children, one son, Earl, and two daughters, Mrs. Walter Beals and Mrs. Grace Duncan, all of in or Near Newton; four grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.

Born Sept. 15, 1864, Mr. Pink and the former Miss Witmer were united in marriage on March 4, 1891 and had spent their entire wedded life on their farm located 7 miles northwest of Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Pink celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1941.

Arrangements for the funeral services had not been completed early this afternoon. ~ The Newton Daily News, November 22, 1943.

1. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record Book 3, page 348

Emma (Witmer) Pink

Born: April 22, 1870 at Greencastle, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: December 1, 1965 in Colfax, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 176, plot 2
Married: Peter Pink on March 4, 1891 at Greencastle, Jasper Co., Iowa
Children: Earl, Cecilia Beals and Grace Duncan Gribben
Parents: Jacob and Elizabeth Kendig Witmer

Emma Pink, 94, Dies At Colfax;
Services Friday

Mrs. Peter R. (Emma W.) Pink, 94, of 314 S. Second Ave. W., a lifelong resident of Jasper County, died Tuesday afternoon at the Gardner Custodial Home in Colfax.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Johnson Chapel.

The Rev Raymond Barnett, minister of the First Christian Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery.

Mrs. Pink will lie in state at the Johnson Chapel after 6 p.m. today.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Harvey (Grace) Gribben of Newton; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Crystall Fullerton of Sedro Woolley, Wash.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a son, a daughter, three sisters and two brothers.

Mrs. Pink was a member of the First Christian Church, a 50-year member of the Sand Hill Grange and a member of the Sunshine Club.

The daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Kandig Witmer, she was born April 22, 1870 at Greencastle, Iowa.

Educated in Jasper County schools, she was married to Peter R. Pink March 5, 1890 at Greencastle.

Mrs. Pink resided on the same farmstead in Jasper County all of her life except for the past 10 years when she made her home with her daughter. ~ The Newton Daily News, January 13, 1965