Wife of Edwin Lewis Goltry. Daughter of John Duff and Eunice Sherer.
OBITUARY
THE RED OAK SUN
Red Oak, Iowa
Friday, September 15, 1922
Mrs. E. L. Goltry died in Red Oak last Thursday evening from Asthma Aged 62 years.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church in Elliott for Mrs. Emma Adair Goltry, aged 62 years, 4 months and 29 days. A short service was held at the home in Red Oak, after which the body was brought to Elliott. Services were conducted by Rev. Stone, pastor of the Elliott church. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Leona Kirby, Mrs. Grace Vannordstrand, E. L. Stone and Walter Osborn.
Mrs. Goltry was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Duff, and was born in Mercer County, Illinois, April 8, 1860. In her young womanhood she taught school in Illinois and in 1883 she came to Iowa, making her home with an aunt and uncle at Oakland, later coming to Montgomery County. She was married to E. L. Goltry March 5, 1885, and to this union six children were born, one dying in infancy. The remaining five are Mrs. Maud Chickering, Villisca, Mrs. Grace Reed, Elliott, R. L. Goltry, Griswold, Mrs. Clara Mullen, Bedford and Mrs. Laura Kemling, Griswold.
She united with the Presbyterian Church in her early girlhood, later transferring her membership to the Methodist church of Elliott. For the past two years, since they moved to Red Oak, she has been a member of the Methodist church at that place. She was a great sufferer from asthma and since last Thanksgiving had failed rapidly, the end coming quite suddenly at 9:15 p.m., Sept. 7th.
She leaves, besides her husband and children, 18 grandchildren, 3 brothers, 3 sisters, besides a host of friends and relatives. Burial was in the Center Ridge Cemetery, 7 1/2 miles west of Elliott, near the home farm, where Mr. and Mrs Goltry lived many years. The pallbearers were Harlan Ebert, Chas. Knapp, Chas. E. Smith, Clark Woods, James Abernathy and Chas. Shields. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Goltry from Russell, Iowa and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Benjamin from Beresford, S. D., were her to attend the funeral.
OBITUARY
THE RED OAK SUN
Red Oak, Iowa
Friday, September 15, 1922
Mrs. E. L. Goltry died in Red Oak last Thursday evening from Asthma Aged 62 years.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church in Elliott for Mrs. Emma Adair Goltry, aged 62 years, 4 months and 29 days. A short service was held at the home in Red Oak, after which the body was brought to Elliott. Services were conducted by Rev. Stone, pastor of the Elliott church. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Leona Kirby, Mrs. Grace Vannordstrand, E. L. Stone and Walter Osborn.
Mrs. Goltry was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Duff, and was born in Mercer County, Illinois, April 8, 1860. In her young womanhood she taught school in Illinois and in 1883 she came to Iowa, making her home with an aunt and uncle at Oakland, later coming to Montgomery County. She was married to E. L. Goltry March 5, 1885, and to this union six children were born, one dying in infancy. The remaining five are Mrs. Maud Chickering, Villisca, Mrs. Grace Reed, Elliott, R. L. Goltry, Griswold, Mrs. Clara Mullen, Bedford and Mrs. Laura Kemling, Griswold.
She united with the Presbyterian Church in her early girlhood, later transferring her membership to the Methodist church of Elliott. For the past two years, since they moved to Red Oak, she has been a member of the Methodist church at that place. She was a great sufferer from asthma and since last Thanksgiving had failed rapidly, the end coming quite suddenly at 9:15 p.m., Sept. 7th.
She leaves, besides her husband and children, 18 grandchildren, 3 brothers, 3 sisters, besides a host of friends and relatives. Burial was in the Center Ridge Cemetery, 7 1/2 miles west of Elliott, near the home farm, where Mr. and Mrs Goltry lived many years. The pallbearers were Harlan Ebert, Chas. Knapp, Chas. E. Smith, Clark Woods, James Abernathy and Chas. Shields. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Goltry from Russell, Iowa and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Benjamin from Beresford, S. D., were her to attend the funeral.
Wife of Edwin Lewis Goltry. Daughter of John Duff and Eunice Sherer.
OBITUARY
THE RED OAK SUN
Red Oak, Iowa
Friday, September 15, 1922
Mrs. E. L. Goltry died in Red Oak last Thursday evening from Asthma Aged 62 years.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church in Elliott for Mrs. Emma Adair Goltry, aged 62 years, 4 months and 29 days. A short service was held at the home in Red Oak, after which the body was brought to Elliott. Services were conducted by Rev. Stone, pastor of the Elliott church. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Leona Kirby, Mrs. Grace Vannordstrand, E. L. Stone and Walter Osborn.
Mrs. Goltry was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Duff, and was born in Mercer County, Illinois, April 8, 1860. In her young womanhood she taught school in Illinois and in 1883 she came to Iowa, making her home with an aunt and uncle at Oakland, later coming to Montgomery County. She was married to E. L. Goltry March 5, 1885, and to this union six children were born, one dying in infancy. The remaining five are Mrs. Maud Chickering, Villisca, Mrs. Grace Reed, Elliott, R. L. Goltry, Griswold, Mrs. Clara Mullen, Bedford and Mrs. Laura Kemling, Griswold.
She united with the Presbyterian Church in her early girlhood, later transferring her membership to the Methodist church of Elliott. For the past two years, since they moved to Red Oak, she has been a member of the Methodist church at that place. She was a great sufferer from asthma and since last Thanksgiving had failed rapidly, the end coming quite suddenly at 9:15 p.m., Sept. 7th.
She leaves, besides her husband and children, 18 grandchildren, 3 brothers, 3 sisters, besides a host of friends and relatives. Burial was in the Center Ridge Cemetery, 7 1/2 miles west of Elliott, near the home farm, where Mr. and Mrs Goltry lived many years. The pallbearers were Harlan Ebert, Chas. Knapp, Chas. E. Smith, Clark Woods, James Abernathy and Chas. Shields. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Goltry from Russell, Iowa and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Benjamin from Beresford, S. D., were her to attend the funeral.
OBITUARY
THE RED OAK SUN
Red Oak, Iowa
Friday, September 15, 1922
Mrs. E. L. Goltry died in Red Oak last Thursday evening from Asthma Aged 62 years.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church in Elliott for Mrs. Emma Adair Goltry, aged 62 years, 4 months and 29 days. A short service was held at the home in Red Oak, after which the body was brought to Elliott. Services were conducted by Rev. Stone, pastor of the Elliott church. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Leona Kirby, Mrs. Grace Vannordstrand, E. L. Stone and Walter Osborn.
Mrs. Goltry was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Duff, and was born in Mercer County, Illinois, April 8, 1860. In her young womanhood she taught school in Illinois and in 1883 she came to Iowa, making her home with an aunt and uncle at Oakland, later coming to Montgomery County. She was married to E. L. Goltry March 5, 1885, and to this union six children were born, one dying in infancy. The remaining five are Mrs. Maud Chickering, Villisca, Mrs. Grace Reed, Elliott, R. L. Goltry, Griswold, Mrs. Clara Mullen, Bedford and Mrs. Laura Kemling, Griswold.
She united with the Presbyterian Church in her early girlhood, later transferring her membership to the Methodist church of Elliott. For the past two years, since they moved to Red Oak, she has been a member of the Methodist church at that place. She was a great sufferer from asthma and since last Thanksgiving had failed rapidly, the end coming quite suddenly at 9:15 p.m., Sept. 7th.
She leaves, besides her husband and children, 18 grandchildren, 3 brothers, 3 sisters, besides a host of friends and relatives. Burial was in the Center Ridge Cemetery, 7 1/2 miles west of Elliott, near the home farm, where Mr. and Mrs Goltry lived many years. The pallbearers were Harlan Ebert, Chas. Knapp, Chas. E. Smith, Clark Woods, James Abernathy and Chas. Shields. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Goltry from Russell, Iowa and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Benjamin from Beresford, S. D., were her to attend the funeral.
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