Burial will be in Thompson Cemetery near Bonaparte.
Friends may call at Hofbauer Funeral Home at Farmington at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday.
He was born Dec. 8, 1884, at Bonaparte, the son of Jacob and Josephine Simmons Muntz. He married Elsie McElroy in 1907. She preceded him in death. He married ZoeFtta Swift in 1915.
He was a lifelong resident of Farmington and a retired farmer. He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Farmington.
Survivors include daughters Elsie Bower of Midwest City, Okla., Louise Rider of Farmington, and Elouise Syfert of Keosauqua; sons Elwin, Harold and Keith, of Farmington; sisters Fern Wells of Donnellson and Vera Gee of Fort Madison; 25 grandchildren and 24 greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by both wives, a son, a daughter, three brothers and four sisters.
Source: Keokuk Daily Gate City July 15, 1980
Burial will be in Thompson Cemetery near Bonaparte.
Friends may call at Hofbauer Funeral Home at Farmington at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday.
He was born Dec. 8, 1884, at Bonaparte, the son of Jacob and Josephine Simmons Muntz. He married Elsie McElroy in 1907. She preceded him in death. He married ZoeFtta Swift in 1915.
He was a lifelong resident of Farmington and a retired farmer. He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Farmington.
Survivors include daughters Elsie Bower of Midwest City, Okla., Louise Rider of Farmington, and Elouise Syfert of Keosauqua; sons Elwin, Harold and Keith, of Farmington; sisters Fern Wells of Donnellson and Vera Gee of Fort Madison; 25 grandchildren and 24 greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by both wives, a son, a daughter, three brothers and four sisters.
Source: Keokuk Daily Gate City July 15, 1980
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