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John William Merritt

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John William Merritt

Birth
Mendon, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Death
17 Jan 1980 (aged 95)
Missouri, USA
Burial
Brock, Scotland County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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John W. Merritt is the son of Henry G. and Jennie Nancy Merritt. He married Ida Estella "Stella" Faulk on March 19, 1908, in Scotland County, Missouri. They are the parents of at least six children: Mary Bell, Max, Elizabeth L., Edna E., M. M., and Robert A.

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John William Merritt was born January 7, 1885, in Mendon, Illinois, the child of Henry Garrett and Jenny Lynn Raines Merritt. He passed away January 17, 1980. He married Ida Estella Faulk, March 19, 1906, in Brock, Missouri. To this union six children were born. Those surviving are John M. Merritt, Lt. Col., of Merritt Island, Florida; Mrs. Robert Lee, of Lynwood, California, Mrs. Alva Magill of Bloomfield, Iowa, and Mrs. Lynn Kleyla, of Alexandria, Virginia. Those preceding him in death were Robert Arden and May Belle Wenstrom, also his wife, Stella in 1949. In 1952 John married Lillie Stevenson, who survives. Also surviving are one step-daughter, Marie Hanson, twelve grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, ten step-great-grandchildren, five step-great-great-grandchildren, and two sisters Willa Ferree of Orange, California, and Mrs. Clyde Kerr (Dorothy) of Cantril, Iowa. John farmed most of his life in Scotland County, Missouri, and Van Buren County, Iowa, retiring to Memphis, in 1943. Funeral services were conducted by the Payne-Gerth Funeral Home, Sunday, January 20, 1980, at 1:30 p.m. in their Memphis Chapel. The Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiated. Burial was in the Brock Cemetery, Scotland County, Missouri. Organist was Mrs. Ann Luther. Soloist was Mr. Kenneth Campbell.

Thanks to Linda Brown for sharing this obituary.
John W. Merritt is the son of Henry G. and Jennie Nancy Merritt. He married Ida Estella "Stella" Faulk on March 19, 1908, in Scotland County, Missouri. They are the parents of at least six children: Mary Bell, Max, Elizabeth L., Edna E., M. M., and Robert A.

Obituary

John William Merritt was born January 7, 1885, in Mendon, Illinois, the child of Henry Garrett and Jenny Lynn Raines Merritt. He passed away January 17, 1980. He married Ida Estella Faulk, March 19, 1906, in Brock, Missouri. To this union six children were born. Those surviving are John M. Merritt, Lt. Col., of Merritt Island, Florida; Mrs. Robert Lee, of Lynwood, California, Mrs. Alva Magill of Bloomfield, Iowa, and Mrs. Lynn Kleyla, of Alexandria, Virginia. Those preceding him in death were Robert Arden and May Belle Wenstrom, also his wife, Stella in 1949. In 1952 John married Lillie Stevenson, who survives. Also surviving are one step-daughter, Marie Hanson, twelve grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, ten step-great-grandchildren, five step-great-great-grandchildren, and two sisters Willa Ferree of Orange, California, and Mrs. Clyde Kerr (Dorothy) of Cantril, Iowa. John farmed most of his life in Scotland County, Missouri, and Van Buren County, Iowa, retiring to Memphis, in 1943. Funeral services were conducted by the Payne-Gerth Funeral Home, Sunday, January 20, 1980, at 1:30 p.m. in their Memphis Chapel. The Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiated. Burial was in the Brock Cemetery, Scotland County, Missouri. Organist was Mrs. Ann Luther. Soloist was Mr. Kenneth Campbell.

Thanks to Linda Brown for sharing this obituary.

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