Lacy, Charles Jr (1886-1944)

LACY, HOPE, MERRILL, BURNETT, BROWER, READ, DINGMAN, GROVER, MCCOLLOUGH, WEEDMAN

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Date: 1/18/2023 at 12:14:01

Webster City Freeman
Webster City, Iowa
Monday, June 19, 1944

MISHAP FATAL TO CHAS. LACY OF THIS CITY

Meat Market Employee Died Sunday After Knife Accident

An accident which occurred while he was working at Hughes meat market in this city, proved fatal Sunday morning to Charles Lacy, Jr., 57, who died from loss of blood when a knife he was using to strip fat slipped, pierced his side and severed the femoral artery and vein.

Lacy died as he was being taken to the hospital by Frank Brewer. The accident occurred at about 11 a.m.

Funeral services are planned at the McCauley-Chapman funeral home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock; burial in Graceland cemetery. The Rev. Edward Piper of Fairfield will officiate.

Charles Lacy, Jr., was born at Brantford, Ontario, Canada and at the age of three years came to Webster City with his parents. He attended the rural schools near this city and later attended college at Wheaton, Ill.

For a number of years he worked for the late Barney Brin and the past 29 years had been employed at Hughes market.

He was married to Mabel Hope, Jan. 1, 1902 and to this union were born the following children: Otis, Mrs. Anna Merrill and Mrs. Evelyn Burnett, all of this city and Leonard, who died Aug. 21, 1930. Mrs. Lacy died Dec. 25, 1928.

April 22, 1930 he was married to Mrs. Ruth Brower who survives him. They had three children, George, who died at birth, July 5, 1934, Charlotte, age 8 and Rosemary, age ten months.

Mr. Lacy also was preceded in death by his parents. Besides his wife and children he is survived by five sisters, Mrs. Charles Read of Stanhope, Mrs. Albert Dingman, Mrs. Asher Grover, Mrs. Maxwell McCollough and Mrs. Clyde Weedman, all of this city. There are also six grandsons and one granddaughter, and many other relatives.

He was a member of the Moose lodge.

Despite a serious physical handicap caused in 1902 when he lost his right arm in an accident at the Beaumont Laundry in this city, Mr. Lacy will long be remembered by Webster City residents as a cheerful, industrious worker, his sunny disposition and cheery greetings will be missed by all those who knew him.