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Luna Elsworth “Lonnie” Estes

Birth
Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Death
28 Jun 1932 (aged 68)
Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Bible Grove, Scotland County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row B-Number 26
Memorial ID
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L. E. Estes, resident of Memphis for the past thirty-five years, died at the Scotland County Home Tuesday night, June 28, shortly after 8 o'clock.

Mr. Estes had been making his home in the east part of Memphis with his son until Monday morning, when the county court made and order causing him to be removed to the Home, where he was taken Monday night.

Funeral services were held at the Bible Grove Church of Christ yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and burial made in the cemetery there beside his wife and parents. He leaves one son, one brother, at Bible Grove, and one brother in Iowa, and one sister who lives near Downing.


Luna Elsworth "Lonnie" obituary, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 30 Jun 1932, p. 1, col. 3

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Luna E. Estis, son of James P. and Malissa J. (Lamb) Estis, was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, on May 24, 1864, and passed away in the county home, in Memphis, Missouri, on June 8, 1932, at the age of 68 years, 1 month and 4 days.

He lived with his parents in Jefferson and Dallas counties, Iowa, until about 18 years of age. Then they moved to Marysville, Kansas where he lived some 6 or 8 years, after which the family moved to Downing, Missouri. And Luna lived the remainder of his life in Schuyler and Scotland counties, Missouri.

He was married to Matilda J. March on June 29, 1894. This union continued for 26 years, when she passed to her reward on July 1, 1920. Three children were born into this home, one of whom survives.

He is preceded in death by his wife, two children dying in infancy, both parents, two brothers, Curtis and Robinson, and one sister, Daisy.

He is survived by one son, James Cecil of Memphis, four sisters, Mrs. Alice Morman of Downing, Mrs. Nettie Neff, Mrs. Nellie Ruggles of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Mrs. Vada Washburn, of Hutchinson, Kansas, two brothers, Wilson of Greensburg and Luther of Packwood, Iowa, and many relatives and friends.

Funeral services were in charge of H. J. Schrag, and were held from the new Church of Christ at Bible Grove on Wednesday, June 29, at 4 p.m. Interment was made in the cemetery near the church.

Luna Elsworth “Lonnie” Estes obituary, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 7 Jul 1932, p. 5, col. 3

L. E. Estes, resident of Memphis for the past thirty-five years, died at the Scotland County Home Tuesday night, June 28, shortly after 8 o'clock.

Mr. Estes had been making his home in the east part of Memphis with his son until Monday morning, when the county court made and order causing him to be removed to the Home, where he was taken Monday night.

Funeral services were held at the Bible Grove Church of Christ yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and burial made in the cemetery there beside his wife and parents. He leaves one son, one brother, at Bible Grove, and one brother in Iowa, and one sister who lives near Downing.


Luna Elsworth "Lonnie" obituary, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 30 Jun 1932, p. 1, col. 3

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Luna E. Estis, son of James P. and Malissa J. (Lamb) Estis, was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, on May 24, 1864, and passed away in the county home, in Memphis, Missouri, on June 8, 1932, at the age of 68 years, 1 month and 4 days.

He lived with his parents in Jefferson and Dallas counties, Iowa, until about 18 years of age. Then they moved to Marysville, Kansas where he lived some 6 or 8 years, after which the family moved to Downing, Missouri. And Luna lived the remainder of his life in Schuyler and Scotland counties, Missouri.

He was married to Matilda J. March on June 29, 1894. This union continued for 26 years, when she passed to her reward on July 1, 1920. Three children were born into this home, one of whom survives.

He is preceded in death by his wife, two children dying in infancy, both parents, two brothers, Curtis and Robinson, and one sister, Daisy.

He is survived by one son, James Cecil of Memphis, four sisters, Mrs. Alice Morman of Downing, Mrs. Nettie Neff, Mrs. Nellie Ruggles of Marshalltown, Iowa, and Mrs. Vada Washburn, of Hutchinson, Kansas, two brothers, Wilson of Greensburg and Luther of Packwood, Iowa, and many relatives and friends.

Funeral services were in charge of H. J. Schrag, and were held from the new Church of Christ at Bible Grove on Wednesday, June 29, at 4 p.m. Interment was made in the cemetery near the church.

Luna Elsworth “Lonnie” Estes obituary, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 7 Jul 1932, p. 5, col. 3

Gravesite Details

MO dc 21642 indexed under the name Luda Estes, and gives location of birth as Dallas County, Iowa. This is an unmarked grave.



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