d/o Thomas & Alberta Cochran
Winterset Madisonian
July 1960
FUNERAL AT DESOTO FOR MRS. ORY, 71
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the DeSoto Methodist church for Mrs. Ward Ory, a long-time resident of this area.
Mrs. Ory died at her home in DeSoto on July 8. She was 71 years of age.
The daughter of Thomas an Alberta Cochran, she was born on a farm in Audubon county, Iowa, on Dec. 24, 1888. Before her marriage she taught school for a number of years near Earlham.
She was united in marriage to Ward Ory on March 18, 1915. She lived on a number of farms in Madison county over a period of 20 years. The remainder of her life was spent in Winterset and DeSoto, with the exception of four years spent in Osceola, Nebr.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Opal Smith of Earlham and a son, Marion Ory of Earlham; eight grandchildren, one great grandchild; one brother, Dr. H. R. Cochran of Sheldon.
She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, and a sister.
Officiating at the funeral service Monday was the Rev. Leonard Root. Burial was in the Earlham cemetery.
d/o Thomas & Alberta Cochran
Winterset Madisonian
July 1960
FUNERAL AT DESOTO FOR MRS. ORY, 71
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the DeSoto Methodist church for Mrs. Ward Ory, a long-time resident of this area.
Mrs. Ory died at her home in DeSoto on July 8. She was 71 years of age.
The daughter of Thomas an Alberta Cochran, she was born on a farm in Audubon county, Iowa, on Dec. 24, 1888. Before her marriage she taught school for a number of years near Earlham.
She was united in marriage to Ward Ory on March 18, 1915. She lived on a number of farms in Madison county over a period of 20 years. The remainder of her life was spent in Winterset and DeSoto, with the exception of four years spent in Osceola, Nebr.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Opal Smith of Earlham and a son, Marion Ory of Earlham; eight grandchildren, one great grandchild; one brother, Dr. H. R. Cochran of Sheldon.
She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, and a sister.
Officiating at the funeral service Monday was the Rev. Leonard Root. Burial was in the Earlham cemetery.
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