TIBBITS, John Edward 1856-1942

TIBBITS, CLARK

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/12/2011 at 12:25:00

Hold J.E. Tibbits
Services at Osage

OSAGE, IOWA — Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Champion Funeral Home at 2 o'clock for John Edwin Tibbits, 86, who died at his farm home near Meyer.

Born in Kansas in April, 1856, he came to Mitchell county as a young man. He was married to Ella Clark of Osage, who died in 1939.

Surviving are six children: Mrs. Ella Angell of Osage; Mrs. Ralph Sheldon of Orchard; Myrtie and Harold at home; Harvey of McIntire; and Leslie of Sioux City.

Burial was in the Osage Cemetery.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, January 10, 1942]

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John E. Tibbits
Died at Home
Near Meyer

John Edward Tibbits, 86, died at his home near Meyer, Wednesday from infirmities of old age. He had been in failing health for a long time.

Mr. Tibbits was born in Kansas April 7, 1856, and came to Mitchell county when a young man. He married Ella Clark, of Osage, who preceded him in death in 1939.

The family occupied various farms in the county, living for a number of years on the farm west of Osage, on Highway No. 9, now operated by Ralph Kindschuh. They spent several years on a farm north of Riceville. For the past several years they have been living on a farm near Meyer, where Mr. Tibbits died.

Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Ella Angell, of Osage; Mrs. Ralph Sheldon, Orchard; Myrtie and Harold, at home; Harvey, of McIntire; and Leslie, of Sioux City. One daughter, Lulu, died in infancy.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Champion funeral home with burial in the Osage Cemetery.

[Credit: Kathy Pike, (Find A Grave.com) ]