Funeral services were held for Sylvia Rose Combs Feb 24, 1986 at the New Market Church of Christ. Rev Loren Daly and Rev Jon Palmquist officiated.
Interment was held at Memory Cemetery, New Market.
The daughter of Loren E. and Elmira (Drennen) Lewellen, she was born in Mason Township, Taylor County, Ia, on Sept 26, 1895 and died Feb 22, 1986 at Goldenrod Manor, Clarinda [Iowa], at the age of 90.
She lived in Taylor County all her life, except the past five years at Goldenrod Manor, growing up in the New Market area where she attended the public school and New Market Church of Christ.
On November 3, 1915 she married Harry Combs at Bedford and they lived north of New Market for 23 years, moving to the Siam community in 1938 and then to their home west of Gravity in 1942.
She and her husband were engaged in farming all their married life.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry; daughter, Crystal Spring Todd; great-grandsons, Brad O’Dell and Ben Beemer; her parents; and also by three sisters; three brothers; one half-brother and two sons-in-law.
Survivors include son, Neil and wife, Gladys; daughter, Jean and her husband, Harold; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; a half-brother, Wayne Lewellen of Tulsa, Ok; three sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews.
Clarinda Herald-Journal, Clarinda, Iowa, Feb 1986
Interment was held at Memory Cemetery, New Market.
The daughter of Loren E. and Elmira (Drennen) Lewellen, she was born in Mason Township, Taylor County, Ia, on Sept 26, 1895 and died Feb 22, 1986 at Goldenrod Manor, Clarinda [Iowa], at the age of 90.
She lived in Taylor County all her life, except the past five years at Goldenrod Manor, growing up in the New Market area where she attended the public school and New Market Church of Christ.
On November 3, 1915 she married Harry Combs at Bedford and they lived north of New Market for 23 years, moving to the Siam community in 1938 and then to their home west of Gravity in 1942.
She and her husband were engaged in farming all their married life.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry; daughter, Crystal Spring Todd; great-grandsons, Brad O’Dell and Ben Beemer; her parents; and also by three sisters; three brothers; one half-brother and two sons-in-law.
Survivors include son, Neil and wife, Gladys; daughter, Jean and her husband, Harold; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; a half-brother, Wayne Lewellen of Tulsa, Ok; three sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews.
Clarinda Herald-Journal, Clarinda, Iowa, Feb 1986
Funeral services were held for Sylvia Rose Combs Feb 24, 1986 at the New Market Church of Christ. Rev Loren Daly and Rev Jon Palmquist officiated.
Interment was held at Memory Cemetery, New Market.
The daughter of Loren E. and Elmira (Drennen) Lewellen, she was born in Mason Township, Taylor County, Ia, on Sept 26, 1895 and died Feb 22, 1986 at Goldenrod Manor, Clarinda [Iowa], at the age of 90.
She lived in Taylor County all her life, except the past five years at Goldenrod Manor, growing up in the New Market area where she attended the public school and New Market Church of Christ.
On November 3, 1915 she married Harry Combs at Bedford and they lived north of New Market for 23 years, moving to the Siam community in 1938 and then to their home west of Gravity in 1942.
She and her husband were engaged in farming all their married life.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry; daughter, Crystal Spring Todd; great-grandsons, Brad O’Dell and Ben Beemer; her parents; and also by three sisters; three brothers; one half-brother and two sons-in-law.
Survivors include son, Neil and wife, Gladys; daughter, Jean and her husband, Harold; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; a half-brother, Wayne Lewellen of Tulsa, Ok; three sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews.
Clarinda Herald-Journal, Clarinda, Iowa, Feb 1986
Interment was held at Memory Cemetery, New Market.
The daughter of Loren E. and Elmira (Drennen) Lewellen, she was born in Mason Township, Taylor County, Ia, on Sept 26, 1895 and died Feb 22, 1986 at Goldenrod Manor, Clarinda [Iowa], at the age of 90.
She lived in Taylor County all her life, except the past five years at Goldenrod Manor, growing up in the New Market area where she attended the public school and New Market Church of Christ.
On November 3, 1915 she married Harry Combs at Bedford and they lived north of New Market for 23 years, moving to the Siam community in 1938 and then to their home west of Gravity in 1942.
She and her husband were engaged in farming all their married life.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry; daughter, Crystal Spring Todd; great-grandsons, Brad O’Dell and Ben Beemer; her parents; and also by three sisters; three brothers; one half-brother and two sons-in-law.
Survivors include son, Neil and wife, Gladys; daughter, Jean and her husband, Harold; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; a half-brother, Wayne Lewellen of Tulsa, Ok; three sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews.
Clarinda Herald-Journal, Clarinda, Iowa, Feb 1986
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