OSAGE - Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Champion Funeral Home here for Harry A. Waters, 78. He died Friday evening at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital of a heart condition. The Rev. Paul R. Johnson will officiate and burial will be in the Clear lake Cemetery.
Born June 2, 1880, in Floyd County, he was the son of Herbert and Josephine Waters. He was married to Edith Arthur, Aug. 3, 1905. They lived in Charles City and for 20 years at Marble Rock. He retired to Osage in 1953.
Surviving are his wife, Edith; five sons: Herbert, Alta Vista; Arthur, Mason City; Merle, Charles City; Lloyd, Osage; Thomas, Beauville, Ill.; five daughters: Mrs. Thomas L. (Juanita) Burns, Clear Lake; Mrs. Harvey (Dorothy) Wells, Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. John (Elsie) Ray, San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Bernard (Edith) Naumann and Mrs. Jack (Velva) Brown, both of Mason City; 30 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Mun Saddler, New Hampton.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, May 16, 1959
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10 children total between 1920-1930
1920 US Census: Deerfield, Chickasaw, Iowa
H A Waters 39 born abt 1881 Iowa
Edith 32 born abt 1888 Iowa
(1)Juanita 13 born abt 1907 Iowa
(2)Dorothy 10 born abt 1910 Iowa
(3)Herbert 8 born abt 1912 Iowa
(4)Arthur 6 born abt 1914 Iowa
(5)Elsie 4 born abt 1916 Iowa
(6)Thomas 2 4/12 born abt 1918 Iowa
(7)Merle 1 3/12 born abt 1919 Iowa
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1930 Deerfield, Chickasaw, Iowa 3 more children
(8)Lloyd Waters 8 born abt 1922 Iowa
(9)Edith 5 born abt 1925 Iowa
(10)Velva 11 mos born abt 1929 Iowa
OSAGE - Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Champion Funeral Home here for Harry A. Waters, 78. He died Friday evening at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital of a heart condition. The Rev. Paul R. Johnson will officiate and burial will be in the Clear lake Cemetery.
Born June 2, 1880, in Floyd County, he was the son of Herbert and Josephine Waters. He was married to Edith Arthur, Aug. 3, 1905. They lived in Charles City and for 20 years at Marble Rock. He retired to Osage in 1953.
Surviving are his wife, Edith; five sons: Herbert, Alta Vista; Arthur, Mason City; Merle, Charles City; Lloyd, Osage; Thomas, Beauville, Ill.; five daughters: Mrs. Thomas L. (Juanita) Burns, Clear Lake; Mrs. Harvey (Dorothy) Wells, Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. John (Elsie) Ray, San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Bernard (Edith) Naumann and Mrs. Jack (Velva) Brown, both of Mason City; 30 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Mun Saddler, New Hampton.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, May 16, 1959
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10 children total between 1920-1930
1920 US Census: Deerfield, Chickasaw, Iowa
H A Waters 39 born abt 1881 Iowa
Edith 32 born abt 1888 Iowa
(1)Juanita 13 born abt 1907 Iowa
(2)Dorothy 10 born abt 1910 Iowa
(3)Herbert 8 born abt 1912 Iowa
(4)Arthur 6 born abt 1914 Iowa
(5)Elsie 4 born abt 1916 Iowa
(6)Thomas 2 4/12 born abt 1918 Iowa
(7)Merle 1 3/12 born abt 1919 Iowa
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1930 Deerfield, Chickasaw, Iowa 3 more children
(8)Lloyd Waters 8 born abt 1922 Iowa
(9)Edith 5 born abt 1925 Iowa
(10)Velva 11 mos born abt 1929 Iowa
Family Members
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Juanita Maud Waters Burns
1906–1997
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Dorothy Wilma "Dotty" Waters Wells
1909–1995
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Herbert H Waters
1911–2000
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Dell Arthur Waters
1913–1987
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Elsie J Waters Ray
1915–2001
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Thomas Harry Waters
1917–2004
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Merle Robert Waters
1918–1996
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Lloyd Waters Jr
1921–1981
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Edythe Delores Waters Naumann
1924–2016
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Velva M. Waters Brown
1929–2004
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