Cedar Rapids Gazette Saturday 16 July 1932
EDGEWOOD — Two aged men died at their homes in this vicinity Friday. George W. Ash, retired farmer, one of the foremost pioneers of Elk township, died at the age of 84. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 10:30 at the Wood German Methodist church, the Rev. A. H. Meyer officiating. Charles N. Clute, a retired farmer, died at the age of 73 following a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Gazette Tuesday 19 July 1932
EDGEWOOD — The death of George W. Ash, 83, Friday removed one of the most prominent farmers of this part of Iowa. Funeral services were held Sunday and burial was in the Edgewood cemetery. Mr. Ash was born Oct. 16, 1848, in Kane county, Ill and came to Iowa the next year with his parents who settled near Strawberry Point. In 1868 he was among the gold seekers to Nevada where he spent three years mining. In 1876 he was married to Miss Barbara Whittman. Since 1877 the family has resided on the present Ash farm. Three sons, Ernest E., Emory C. and Clifford G„ with the widow, survive. There are two brothers, J. E. Ash of Cedar Rapids and Charles Ash of this place, and one sister, Mrs. William Purdy of Oklahoma.
EDGEWOOD — Two aged men died at their homes in this vicinity Friday. George W. Ash, retired farmer, one of the foremost pioneers of Elk township, died at the age of 84. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 10:30 at the Wood German Methodist church, the Rev. A. H. Meyer officiating. Charles N. Clute, a retired farmer, died at the age of 73 following a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Gazette Tuesday 19 July 1932
EDGEWOOD — The death of George W. Ash, 83, Friday removed one of the most prominent farmers of this part of Iowa. Funeral services were held Sunday and burial was in the Edgewood cemetery. Mr. Ash was born Oct. 16, 1848, in Kane county, Ill and came to Iowa the next year with his parents who settled near Strawberry Point. In 1868 he was among the gold seekers to Nevada where he spent three years mining. In 1876 he was married to Miss Barbara Whittman. Since 1877 the family has resided on the present Ash farm. Three sons, Ernest E., Emory C. and Clifford G„ with the widow, survive. There are two brothers, J. E. Ash of Cedar Rapids and Charles Ash of this place, and one sister, Mrs. William Purdy of Oklahoma.
Cedar Rapids Gazette Saturday 16 July 1932
EDGEWOOD — Two aged men died at their homes in this vicinity Friday. George W. Ash, retired farmer, one of the foremost pioneers of Elk township, died at the age of 84. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 10:30 at the Wood German Methodist church, the Rev. A. H. Meyer officiating. Charles N. Clute, a retired farmer, died at the age of 73 following a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Gazette Tuesday 19 July 1932
EDGEWOOD — The death of George W. Ash, 83, Friday removed one of the most prominent farmers of this part of Iowa. Funeral services were held Sunday and burial was in the Edgewood cemetery. Mr. Ash was born Oct. 16, 1848, in Kane county, Ill and came to Iowa the next year with his parents who settled near Strawberry Point. In 1868 he was among the gold seekers to Nevada where he spent three years mining. In 1876 he was married to Miss Barbara Whittman. Since 1877 the family has resided on the present Ash farm. Three sons, Ernest E., Emory C. and Clifford G„ with the widow, survive. There are two brothers, J. E. Ash of Cedar Rapids and Charles Ash of this place, and one sister, Mrs. William Purdy of Oklahoma.
EDGEWOOD — Two aged men died at their homes in this vicinity Friday. George W. Ash, retired farmer, one of the foremost pioneers of Elk township, died at the age of 84. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 10:30 at the Wood German Methodist church, the Rev. A. H. Meyer officiating. Charles N. Clute, a retired farmer, died at the age of 73 following a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Gazette Tuesday 19 July 1932
EDGEWOOD — The death of George W. Ash, 83, Friday removed one of the most prominent farmers of this part of Iowa. Funeral services were held Sunday and burial was in the Edgewood cemetery. Mr. Ash was born Oct. 16, 1848, in Kane county, Ill and came to Iowa the next year with his parents who settled near Strawberry Point. In 1868 he was among the gold seekers to Nevada where he spent three years mining. In 1876 he was married to Miss Barbara Whittman. Since 1877 the family has resided on the present Ash farm. Three sons, Ernest E., Emory C. and Clifford G„ with the widow, survive. There are two brothers, J. E. Ash of Cedar Rapids and Charles Ash of this place, and one sister, Mrs. William Purdy of Oklahoma.
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