FORMER TEACHER, LIBRARIAN DIES AT RICEVILLE
Riceville – Gertrude Mary Weaver, 82, died Wednesday at the Riceville City Hospital. She had been in failing health two years.
Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Riceville Methodist Church. The Reverends Louella Koether and T. Janet Surdam will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.
Born here April 27, 1878, she was the daughter of Gideon and Elizabeth (Smith) Weaver. She was graduated from Riceville High School, a dramatic school in Chicago and the State University of Iowa. She taught school here 17 years, taught for a time in New York and Texas, and was librarian here 18 years.
The only survivor is a nephew, David W. Patterson, Long Beach, California.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday December 1, 1960
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1925 Iowa Census:
Gertrude Weaver 42 born Iowa; parents Gideon Weaver and Elizabeth Smith
FORMER TEACHER, LIBRARIAN DIES AT RICEVILLE
Riceville – Gertrude Mary Weaver, 82, died Wednesday at the Riceville City Hospital. She had been in failing health two years.
Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Riceville Methodist Church. The Reverends Louella Koether and T. Janet Surdam will officiate. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.
Born here April 27, 1878, she was the daughter of Gideon and Elizabeth (Smith) Weaver. She was graduated from Riceville High School, a dramatic school in Chicago and the State University of Iowa. She taught school here 17 years, taught for a time in New York and Texas, and was librarian here 18 years.
The only survivor is a nephew, David W. Patterson, Long Beach, California.
Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday December 1, 1960
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1925 Iowa Census:
Gertrude Weaver 42 born Iowa; parents Gideon Weaver and Elizabeth Smith
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