Pearl (KING) STRICKELMAN

KING, STRICKELMAN, SHARP, MOECK, WILLIAMS

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/9/2009 at 23:16:33

Bedford Times-Press
Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa
Thursday December 14, 1961, Page 4

BLOCKTON LADY RITES MONDAY

Mrs. Pearl STRICKELMAN of Blockton died at Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Friday, Dec. 8.

Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Blockton, Monday afternoon, December 11 with the pastor of the church, Rev. Ernest LEISRER, officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery at Blockton.

Pearl E. KING, daughter of Cassius and Ida (SHARP) KING, was born in Chicago, Ill., October 1, 1889 and passed away at the age of 72 years, two months, seven days.

She was united in marriage to Carl A[ustin] STRICKELMAN on February 22, 1916. She united with the Christian church along with her husband at Maloy, Iowa, in 1923.

She is survived by her husband, Carl A[ustin] STRICKELMAN of the home; one daughter, Mrs. John [Hortense Fay] MOECK of Hiawatha, Kans.; a sister, Mrs. Everett WILLIAMS of Cherokee, Iowa; one brother, Roy KING of Blockton; several nephews and nieces.

Mrs. STRICKELMAN had been in failing health the past 21 years and for two years had been in and out of the hospital. She was active in church work until her illness prevented her activity. She spent practically all her life in Iowa, in Maloy, Mingo, Peru, Winterset and Blockton, where she resided at the time of her death.