Ellis LOVE

LOVE

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 12/16/2008 at 04:19:36

Ringgold Record, 1882

OBITUARY.

Ellis LOVE died Sunday morning last [March 26, 1882], after a lingering illness of some months. He was a member of the I.O.O.F.'s of this city, in good standing, and in his death the brotherhood sustain a severe loss. His life was insured in a brotherhood company, and in the Western Mutual Aid Society of Des Moines, and thus assures his dear ones of something providing for the future. He leaves a wife and little one to mourn their loss, besides a large circle of relatives and sympathizing friends. He was buried Monday afternoon with the honors of Odd Fellowship, and followed by a large concourse of citizens.

NOTE: Ellis LOVE was born in 1846 and died at the age of 35. He was interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery near Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa.

Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, 2008