Dewitt is buried with his sister Nettie with whom he lived during his adult life. There is also an inscription in the middle of Dewitt and Nettie's stone which reads:
ELIZA A.
AUG. 18, 1834
JAN. 20, 1916
IN MEMORIAM
This memoriam is for Dewitt and Nettie's mother Eliza Ann Draper Sponsler, who is buried in the Ralston Cemetery.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Tuesday, May 17, 1949, Page 8:
DEWITT SPONSLER.
BLAKESBURG. – Dewitt C. Sponsler, 79, died at the St. Joseph hospital at 3 p.m. Monday after a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Wapello county having lived until 1935 on the farm where he was born. He then moved to an adjoining farm two miles east of Blakesburg, where he resided at the time of his death.
He leaves a brother, Merritt of Ottumwa; a sister, Nettie, who lived with him; an adopted daughter, Mrs. Ruby Fletcher of Blakesburg; three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. A half brother and a half sister preceded him in death.
The body is at the Knedler funeral home, where services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, in charge of the Rev. Leonard Sammon. Burial will be in Shaul cemetery.
ELIZA A.
AUG. 18, 1834
JAN. 20, 1916
IN MEMORIAM
This memoriam is for Dewitt and Nettie's mother Eliza Ann Draper Sponsler, who is buried in the Ralston Cemetery.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Tuesday, May 17, 1949, Page 8:
DEWITT SPONSLER.
BLAKESBURG. – Dewitt C. Sponsler, 79, died at the St. Joseph hospital at 3 p.m. Monday after a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Wapello county having lived until 1935 on the farm where he was born. He then moved to an adjoining farm two miles east of Blakesburg, where he resided at the time of his death.
He leaves a brother, Merritt of Ottumwa; a sister, Nettie, who lived with him; an adopted daughter, Mrs. Ruby Fletcher of Blakesburg; three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. A half brother and a half sister preceded him in death.
The body is at the Knedler funeral home, where services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, in charge of the Rev. Leonard Sammon. Burial will be in Shaul cemetery.
Dewitt is buried with his sister Nettie with whom he lived during his adult life. There is also an inscription in the middle of Dewitt and Nettie's stone which reads:
ELIZA A.
AUG. 18, 1834
JAN. 20, 1916
IN MEMORIAM
This memoriam is for Dewitt and Nettie's mother Eliza Ann Draper Sponsler, who is buried in the Ralston Cemetery.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Tuesday, May 17, 1949, Page 8:
DEWITT SPONSLER.
BLAKESBURG. – Dewitt C. Sponsler, 79, died at the St. Joseph hospital at 3 p.m. Monday after a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Wapello county having lived until 1935 on the farm where he was born. He then moved to an adjoining farm two miles east of Blakesburg, where he resided at the time of his death.
He leaves a brother, Merritt of Ottumwa; a sister, Nettie, who lived with him; an adopted daughter, Mrs. Ruby Fletcher of Blakesburg; three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. A half brother and a half sister preceded him in death.
The body is at the Knedler funeral home, where services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, in charge of the Rev. Leonard Sammon. Burial will be in Shaul cemetery.
ELIZA A.
AUG. 18, 1834
JAN. 20, 1916
IN MEMORIAM
This memoriam is for Dewitt and Nettie's mother Eliza Ann Draper Sponsler, who is buried in the Ralston Cemetery.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Tuesday, May 17, 1949, Page 8:
DEWITT SPONSLER.
BLAKESBURG. – Dewitt C. Sponsler, 79, died at the St. Joseph hospital at 3 p.m. Monday after a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Wapello county having lived until 1935 on the farm where he was born. He then moved to an adjoining farm two miles east of Blakesburg, where he resided at the time of his death.
He leaves a brother, Merritt of Ottumwa; a sister, Nettie, who lived with him; an adopted daughter, Mrs. Ruby Fletcher of Blakesburg; three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. A half brother and a half sister preceded him in death.
The body is at the Knedler funeral home, where services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, in charge of the Rev. Leonard Sammon. Burial will be in Shaul cemetery.
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