Advertisement

Christopher Columbus Mateer

Advertisement

Christopher Columbus Mateer

Birth
Death
4 Aug 1925 (aged 85)
Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Rose Hill, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
MATEER – Christopher C. Mateer, aged 85 years, 2 months and 11 days, one of the few remaining pioneer settlers of the county, an uncle of Sheriff A.E. Mateer of Mahaska passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. C. Wilson, north of town at 7:30 o'clock a.m. Tuesday, August 4, 1925, after a brief illness due to an attack of apoplexy.
The body will lie in state at the Cheesman Funeral Home Thursday morning. Prayer service at the Funeral parlors at 1:15 o'clock p.m., Thursday, August 6, 1925. Funeral service will be held at the Wymore church in Monroe township north of Rose Hill at 2:30 o'clock p.m. Interment in Wymore cemetery by the side of the wife who preceded him in death.
Deceased for a period of fifty years operated a farm near the Center school in Monroe township and was one of the best known residents of that part of the county. He was prominent in democratic politics and was a familiar figure in both county and state conventions. He was for many years, road supervisor in Monroe township.
Oskaloosa Daily Herald, Vol. 38, No. 287, Wednesday, August 5, 1925, page 3.
MATEER – Christopher C. Mateer, aged 85 years, 2 months and 11 days, one of the few remaining pioneer settlers of the county, an uncle of Sheriff A.E. Mateer of Mahaska passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. C. Wilson, north of town at 7:30 o'clock a.m. Tuesday, August 4, 1925, after a brief illness due to an attack of apoplexy.
The body will lie in state at the Cheesman Funeral Home Thursday morning. Prayer service at the Funeral parlors at 1:15 o'clock p.m., Thursday, August 6, 1925. Funeral service will be held at the Wymore church in Monroe township north of Rose Hill at 2:30 o'clock p.m. Interment in Wymore cemetery by the side of the wife who preceded him in death.
Deceased for a period of fifty years operated a farm near the Center school in Monroe township and was one of the best known residents of that part of the county. He was prominent in democratic politics and was a familiar figure in both county and state conventions. He was for many years, road supervisor in Monroe township.
Oskaloosa Daily Herald, Vol. 38, No. 287, Wednesday, August 5, 1925, page 3.


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement