Audubon County Journal (IA)
Nov. 29, 1956
Military Rites
At Oakfield Today
For Chas. Heath, 62
Memorial services for Charles Heath, 62, of Council Bluffs, who died Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Veterans' Administration hospital in Omaha, will be held in the hospital chapel at 10 a.m. Thursday, with burial rites at 2:30 p.m., at the Oakfield cemetery, near Brayton.
The Rev. S. R. Wall, pastor of the Exira Christian church will officiate and military rites at the grave will be in charge of the Omaha American Legion. Mr. Heath was a patient at the hospital for the last three weeks and had been in failing health for several years.
A son of Mrs. Grace Heath of Exira and the late Elmer Heath, he was born in Oakfield township, August 26, 1894 and grew to manhood in the Brayton-Exira communities.
He left Exira at the age of 22, moving to Council Bluffs and for many years was employed with the Brandeis store at Omaha. He was a veteran of World War I and served in active combat duty overseas. He was a member of the American Legion.
Surviving besides his aged mother in Exira, is his widow, Edna of Council Bluffs; a son, Charles, Jr., of Sacramento, Cal.; three grandchildren; four brothers, Bryan of Sioux City, Kenneth of Sacramento, Calif.; Earl of Atlantic and Ivan of Exira; two sisters, Mrs. Hannah Atwater of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Frances Anderson of Avoca.
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Nov. 29, 1956
Military Rites
At Oakfield Today
For Chas. Heath, 62
Memorial services for Charles Heath, 62, of Council Bluffs, who died Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Veterans' Administration hospital in Omaha, will be held in the hospital chapel at 10 a.m. Thursday, with burial rites at 2:30 p.m., at the Oakfield cemetery, near Brayton.
The Rev. S. R. Wall, pastor of the Exira Christian church will officiate and military rites at the grave will be in charge of the Omaha American Legion. Mr. Heath was a patient at the hospital for the last three weeks and had been in failing health for several years.
A son of Mrs. Grace Heath of Exira and the late Elmer Heath, he was born in Oakfield township, August 26, 1894 and grew to manhood in the Brayton-Exira communities.
He left Exira at the age of 22, moving to Council Bluffs and for many years was employed with the Brandeis store at Omaha. He was a veteran of World War I and served in active combat duty overseas. He was a member of the American Legion.
Surviving besides his aged mother in Exira, is his widow, Edna of Council Bluffs; a son, Charles, Jr., of Sacramento, Cal.; three grandchildren; four brothers, Bryan of Sioux City, Kenneth of Sacramento, Calif.; Earl of Atlantic and Ivan of Exira; two sisters, Mrs. Hannah Atwater of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Frances Anderson of Avoca.
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Audubon County Journal (IA)
Nov. 29, 1956
Military Rites
At Oakfield Today
For Chas. Heath, 62
Memorial services for Charles Heath, 62, of Council Bluffs, who died Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Veterans' Administration hospital in Omaha, will be held in the hospital chapel at 10 a.m. Thursday, with burial rites at 2:30 p.m., at the Oakfield cemetery, near Brayton.
The Rev. S. R. Wall, pastor of the Exira Christian church will officiate and military rites at the grave will be in charge of the Omaha American Legion. Mr. Heath was a patient at the hospital for the last three weeks and had been in failing health for several years.
A son of Mrs. Grace Heath of Exira and the late Elmer Heath, he was born in Oakfield township, August 26, 1894 and grew to manhood in the Brayton-Exira communities.
He left Exira at the age of 22, moving to Council Bluffs and for many years was employed with the Brandeis store at Omaha. He was a veteran of World War I and served in active combat duty overseas. He was a member of the American Legion.
Surviving besides his aged mother in Exira, is his widow, Edna of Council Bluffs; a son, Charles, Jr., of Sacramento, Cal.; three grandchildren; four brothers, Bryan of Sioux City, Kenneth of Sacramento, Calif.; Earl of Atlantic and Ivan of Exira; two sisters, Mrs. Hannah Atwater of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Frances Anderson of Avoca.
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Nov. 29, 1956
Military Rites
At Oakfield Today
For Chas. Heath, 62
Memorial services for Charles Heath, 62, of Council Bluffs, who died Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the Veterans' Administration hospital in Omaha, will be held in the hospital chapel at 10 a.m. Thursday, with burial rites at 2:30 p.m., at the Oakfield cemetery, near Brayton.
The Rev. S. R. Wall, pastor of the Exira Christian church will officiate and military rites at the grave will be in charge of the Omaha American Legion. Mr. Heath was a patient at the hospital for the last three weeks and had been in failing health for several years.
A son of Mrs. Grace Heath of Exira and the late Elmer Heath, he was born in Oakfield township, August 26, 1894 and grew to manhood in the Brayton-Exira communities.
He left Exira at the age of 22, moving to Council Bluffs and for many years was employed with the Brandeis store at Omaha. He was a veteran of World War I and served in active combat duty overseas. He was a member of the American Legion.
Surviving besides his aged mother in Exira, is his widow, Edna of Council Bluffs; a son, Charles, Jr., of Sacramento, Cal.; three grandchildren; four brothers, Bryan of Sioux City, Kenneth of Sacramento, Calif.; Earl of Atlantic and Ivan of Exira; two sisters, Mrs. Hannah Atwater of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Frances Anderson of Avoca.
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