The pictures that I have posted are of Robert and Lydia on their 60th Wedding Anniversary and a newspaper clipping from their 66th Anniversary. Please click on the newspaper clipping to read a clearer and larger image. A picture of Robert and Lydia in their younger years and their 50th Anniversary picture are posted on Lydia's memorial.
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Obituary from Ottumwa Daily Courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, August 18, 1941:
R.C. DIMMITT Dies In West
R.C. Dimmitt, native of Wapello County and a resident of this vicinity for 55 years, died Saturday at 5:15 p.m. at his home in Huntington Park, Calif. He was 89 years old.
Mr. Dimmitt engaged in farming here and owned a farm north of the city along highway 63 at the time of his death. He retired in 1907 from active farming and went to California. He returned almost annually, however. He had been ill several months.
He is survived by his widow, Lydia. They had been married about 68 years. Other survivors are five sons and three daughters, all living in California but one son, in Sioux City; two brothers, Fred and John Dimmitt of Ottumwa, and two sisters, Mrs. Filana Giltner of Dahlonega and Mrs. Mary Long of Ottumwa.
Funeral is to be held Tuesday with burial in Whittier, Calif.
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Obituary from Ottumwa Daily Courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, August 18, 1941:
R.C. DIMMITT Dies In West
R.C. Dimmitt, native of Wapello County and a resident of this vicinity for 55 years, died Saturday at 5:15 p.m. at his home in Huntington Park, Calif. He was 89 years old.
Mr. Dimmitt engaged in farming here and owned a farm north of the city along highway 63 at the time of his death. He retired in 1907 from active farming and went to California. He returned almost annually, however. He had been ill several months.
He is survived by his widow, Lydia. They had been married about 68 years. Other survivors are five sons and three daughters, all living in California but one son, in Sioux City; two brothers, Fred and John Dimmitt of Ottumwa, and two sisters, Mrs. Filana Giltner of Dahlonega and Mrs. Mary Long of Ottumwa.
Funeral is to be held Tuesday with burial in Whittier, Calif.
The pictures that I have posted are of Robert and Lydia on their 60th Wedding Anniversary and a newspaper clipping from their 66th Anniversary. Please click on the newspaper clipping to read a clearer and larger image. A picture of Robert and Lydia in their younger years and their 50th Anniversary picture are posted on Lydia's memorial.
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Obituary from Ottumwa Daily Courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, August 18, 1941:
R.C. DIMMITT Dies In West
R.C. Dimmitt, native of Wapello County and a resident of this vicinity for 55 years, died Saturday at 5:15 p.m. at his home in Huntington Park, Calif. He was 89 years old.
Mr. Dimmitt engaged in farming here and owned a farm north of the city along highway 63 at the time of his death. He retired in 1907 from active farming and went to California. He returned almost annually, however. He had been ill several months.
He is survived by his widow, Lydia. They had been married about 68 years. Other survivors are five sons and three daughters, all living in California but one son, in Sioux City; two brothers, Fred and John Dimmitt of Ottumwa, and two sisters, Mrs. Filana Giltner of Dahlonega and Mrs. Mary Long of Ottumwa.
Funeral is to be held Tuesday with burial in Whittier, Calif.
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Obituary from Ottumwa Daily Courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, August 18, 1941:
R.C. DIMMITT Dies In West
R.C. Dimmitt, native of Wapello County and a resident of this vicinity for 55 years, died Saturday at 5:15 p.m. at his home in Huntington Park, Calif. He was 89 years old.
Mr. Dimmitt engaged in farming here and owned a farm north of the city along highway 63 at the time of his death. He retired in 1907 from active farming and went to California. He returned almost annually, however. He had been ill several months.
He is survived by his widow, Lydia. They had been married about 68 years. Other survivors are five sons and three daughters, all living in California but one son, in Sioux City; two brothers, Fred and John Dimmitt of Ottumwa, and two sisters, Mrs. Filana Giltner of Dahlonega and Mrs. Mary Long of Ottumwa.
Funeral is to be held Tuesday with burial in Whittier, Calif.
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