OBITUARY, Correctionville News, 30 August 1978, page 6: Funeral services for Mary Ellen Hayworth were held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 23, 1978, at the Church of Christ, Anthon. Rev. Keith Hair officiated. Mary passed away August 21 at Correctionville. Pianist was Miss Mildred Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hair provided the message in music. Mrs. Viola Carr, Mrs. Lila Lillie and Mrs. Lola Hill had care of the flowers. Casketbearers were grandsons, Roger Oertel, Kenneth Hayworth, Herman Hayworth, Gary Munsen, Glen Hayworth and Ronald Hayworth. Honorary pallbearers were Eugene Hayworth, Frank Hayworth, Tom Oertel, Dale Hayworth, Leslie Hayworth and Harlan Munsen. Burial was in the Oak Hill Cemetery under direction of Walter Funeral Home. Mary Ellen Hayworth, the daughter of Perry and Emma (Long) Coon was born March 25, 1888, at rural Anthon, Iowa. She had lived her entire life in the Anthon community. Mary was united in marriage to Thomas E. Hayworth April 2, 1905. Mary worked and cooked in various restaurants in Anthon. For many years she blew the noon whistle as well as answering the fire calls. She was a member of the Christian Church at Anthon. Survivors include three sons, Gracen of Anthon, Vester, also of Anthon, and T. Perry of Lyons, Nebraska; two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Velma) Oertel of Anthon, Mrs. Harold (Edna) Munsen of Lawton, Iowa; twenty grandchildren, fifty-seven great grandchildren; nineteen great great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Pierce and Mrs. Iva Hayworth, both of Sioux City, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her husband on June 27,1961, her parents, six brothers, three sisters, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Burial: 23 August 1978, Oak Hill Cemetery, Anthon, Woodbury Co., Iowa

Thomas Hayworth was perviously married to Mary's sister Margaret Coon who passed away in 1903.