Page County, Iowa. Irvin/Erve Beaver obituary

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New Market Herald, Dec 12, 1918

Word was received here Tuesday morning of the death of Erve Beaver, brother of

Harve and Tom Beaver of this city. He was struck by a train in Milwaukee, Wis.

No particulars came with the word.

New Market Herald, Dec 19, 1918

Irvin Beaver, son of Adam and Mary Ann Beaver, was born near Hepburn, Page

County, Iowa, January 6, 1857, and died at Milwaukee, Wis., December 9, 1918,

aged 61 years, 11 months, and 3 days.

He was married to Alice Wasson February 14, 1887, and to this union were born

four children, Chester Adam, George Washington, Veda Mae and Nellie Fern.

He is survived by three children, Capt. C.A. Beaver, Lake Hurst, N.J., Mrs T.P.

ZumBrunen, Charleston, S.C., and Mrs Geo H. Allured, Detroit, Mich., his wife

having died July 31, 1893, and George Washington in infancy.

He is also survived by three brothers, Harvey T., Thos. W., and Albert, all of

Taylor County, Iowa, and four sisters, Mrs Louisa Busey and Mrs Clayton Peck of

Webber, Kans., Mrs Belle Arnold, Superior, Nebr., and Mrs W.W. Kirbaugh of Hill

City, Kans; also seven grand children. He was a member of the Methodist church

and also a member of the Yeoman Lodge of Hepburn, and also a member of the Red

Men.

He lived the greater part of his life in Taylor and Page Counties, Iowa, going

to Milwaukee in November, 1918, where he met his death by being struck by a

train in the performance of his duties. His remains were laid to rest, after

short services, in North Grove Cemetery by the side of his wife and son on

December 17, 1918.