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Earl Edwin Christy

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Earl Edwin Christy

Birth
Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Death
17 Oct 1988 (aged 79)
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Garden of the Good Shepherd, Plot 83, Grave 1
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Published in the Ottumwa Courier
Ottumwa, Wapello co., Iowa,
18 October 1988.

EARL CHRISTY

Earl Edwin Christy, 79, formerly of 1825 Albia Road, died at 1:45 am October 17, 1988 at Ridgewood Care Center. He was born January 27, 1909 at Laddsdale to Alva and Laura Slater Christy. A resident of Wapello County all his life, he was an employee of John Morrell & Co. for 28 years, retiring in 1984. He was one of the founders and charter member of the Bible Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon for many years. He served on the building committee and was a long time Sunday School teacher. He was a member of Gideons International and South Ottumwa Boosters. He married Claudine King June 22, 1929, in Ottumwa; she died April 20, 1985. He is survived by three daughters, Patrica J Bauman of Ottumwa, Connie B Wharton of Sterling, Virginia, and Judy E Ortega of Wichita, Kansas; three sons, James E, Robert H, and Richard C of Ottumwa; 11 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; two brothers, Rex and Raymond Christy of Ottumwa; and a sister, Marvel Shoemaker of Ottumwa. The service will be at 1:30 pm Thursday at Bible Baptist Church, the Rev. Ival Robinson , the Rev. Billy Poole, and the Rev. James Kirkland officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family will be at Reese Funeral Home from 7 pm to 9 pm Wednesday. Pallbearers will be Jerry, Jay, Jody, Gregory, and Goeffrey Christy and Doug Bauman.

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I went looking for Laddsdale, Iowa and found mention of it now being a ghost mining town, but it existed from 1872-1918 and it is located near Eldon, Iowa.
Published in the Ottumwa Courier
Ottumwa, Wapello co., Iowa,
18 October 1988.

EARL CHRISTY

Earl Edwin Christy, 79, formerly of 1825 Albia Road, died at 1:45 am October 17, 1988 at Ridgewood Care Center. He was born January 27, 1909 at Laddsdale to Alva and Laura Slater Christy. A resident of Wapello County all his life, he was an employee of John Morrell & Co. for 28 years, retiring in 1984. He was one of the founders and charter member of the Bible Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon for many years. He served on the building committee and was a long time Sunday School teacher. He was a member of Gideons International and South Ottumwa Boosters. He married Claudine King June 22, 1929, in Ottumwa; she died April 20, 1985. He is survived by three daughters, Patrica J Bauman of Ottumwa, Connie B Wharton of Sterling, Virginia, and Judy E Ortega of Wichita, Kansas; three sons, James E, Robert H, and Richard C of Ottumwa; 11 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; two brothers, Rex and Raymond Christy of Ottumwa; and a sister, Marvel Shoemaker of Ottumwa. The service will be at 1:30 pm Thursday at Bible Baptist Church, the Rev. Ival Robinson , the Rev. Billy Poole, and the Rev. James Kirkland officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family will be at Reese Funeral Home from 7 pm to 9 pm Wednesday. Pallbearers will be Jerry, Jay, Jody, Gregory, and Goeffrey Christy and Doug Bauman.

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I went looking for Laddsdale, Iowa and found mention of it now being a ghost mining town, but it existed from 1872-1918 and it is located near Eldon, Iowa.

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