Twin to Ross Allen Wyckoff,
wife of James Clifford Cortner
[Cortner, Rose Alma Wyckoff]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 4, 1960 [p. 1]
Mrs. Rose Cortner Died At Greenfield
Mrs. Rose [Alma] Wyckoff Cortner, a former resident of Bedford, died following a heart attack Monday, February 1, at a hospital in Greenfield. Her home was near Fontanelle.
Funeral services will be held at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Service at 708 State Street, at one o'clock, Thursday afternoon, February 4. The Christian church minister from Clearfield will officiate. Burial in Fairview cemetery.
[Cortner, Rose Alma Wyckoff]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 18, 1960 p. 8
Mrs. James Cortner Rites In Bedford
Mrs. James Cortner, a native of Bedford, died at the hospital in Greenfield, Monday, February first.
Funeral services were held at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Service on State Street, Thursday afternoon, February 4, Rev. O. I. Mendenhall of Clearfield officiated. Burial was in Fairview cemetery.
Rose Alma Wyckoff, daughter of Louis [Elmer] and Mary [Elsina Rabourn] Wyckoff, was born September 8, 1915 at Bedford, Iowa.
December 1, 1947 she was married to James [Clifford] Cortner, most of their married life having been spent in the Bedford and Greenfield communities. To this union three children were born: Joseph Max, Jolene Marie and Dixie Ann.
Mrs. Cortner had been in ill health for some time and since the first of the year had become increasingly worse and on January 30 was taken to the Greenfield hospital. She died at the age of 44 years, four months, 24 days.
She is survived by her husband, James [Clifford] Cortner; her mother, Mrs. Mary Wyckoff of Bedford; five children, Joy Louise Kinney of Winterset, James Harold, Joseph Max, Jolene Marie and Dixie Ann all of the home at Fontanelle; one grandchild, Jory Lynne Kinney of Winterset; seven brothers, Eldon Wyckoff of Liberty, Mo., Carl Wyckoff of St. Joseph, Leroy and Ross Wyckoff (Rose's twin) of Des Moines, Fred [Edward] Wyckoff of Red Oak, [Joseph] Alva and Rex [Raymond] Wyckoff of Bedford; four sisters, Mrs. [Esper] May Smith of Austin, Minn., Mrs. [Carrie] Fay Pullen of Bedford, Mrs. Nina [Estella] Gaule of Clearfield, Mrs. Bonnie [Vesper] Weil of Gravity.
She was preceded in death by her father, two brothers, Lee Archer and Glenn [Drexel] Wyckoff and by two sisters, Beulah Belle and Lela [Leila Edna]. One brother, Arthur [Elmer], survived her by six hours.
She was a member of the Christian church in Clearfield.