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Clara <I>Smith</I> Halsted

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Clara Smith Halsted

Birth
Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Death
21 Sep 1896 (aged 34)
Cresco, Howard County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Cresco, Howard County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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In the center of the cemetery is a small building containing a cemetery map and list of all the burials with the location of burial. It's the best job I've ever seen of a cemetery providing information as to how to find a gravesite.

Feel free to contact me if you find any errors or duplicates, or would like anything added.
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Thanks to contributor: Susan Smith (48995442) for the following info:
Iowa Plain Dealer September 22, 1896, FP, C3
Clara, daughter of J. H. and Mary Smith, died yesterday morning at their home north of Cresco, and will be buried tomorrow from the Catholic church. Obituary later.

Iowa Plain Dealer September 29, 1896, FP, C7
DIED.
HALSTEAD.—AT the home of her parents four miles north-east of Cresco, Monday morning, Sept. 2lst 1896, after a lingering and painful illness, Mrs. Clara R., wife of Wm. E. Halstead, in the 34th year of her age. Deceased was born in Decorah, Winneshiek county, Iowa, Dec. 25th 1861. In 1863 her parents moved to Howard county, where they have lived ever since.
She will be remembered as one of Howard counties best teachers where she has taught about twenty- three terms of school. She was united in marriage to Mr. Halstead, Nov. 27. 1890. She leaves her husband and two small children, her father, three brothers and a sister to mourn her untimely loss. The funeral services were held in the Catholic church, and her remains were placed to rest in St. Joseph's cemetery Wednesday, Sept, 23, 1890.
CARD OF THANKS.
To those who assisted during the sickness, death and burrial {sic} of our loved one, we desire to express our most sincere thanks.
Mr. Wm. E. Halstead
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith and family.

Transcriber's Note: Her gravestone shows the spelling of Halsted
http://iagenweb.org/boards/howard/obituaries/index.cgi?read=652271
In the center of the cemetery is a small building containing a cemetery map and list of all the burials with the location of burial. It's the best job I've ever seen of a cemetery providing information as to how to find a gravesite.

Feel free to contact me if you find any errors or duplicates, or would like anything added.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Thanks to contributor: Susan Smith (48995442) for the following info:
Iowa Plain Dealer September 22, 1896, FP, C3
Clara, daughter of J. H. and Mary Smith, died yesterday morning at their home north of Cresco, and will be buried tomorrow from the Catholic church. Obituary later.

Iowa Plain Dealer September 29, 1896, FP, C7
DIED.
HALSTEAD.—AT the home of her parents four miles north-east of Cresco, Monday morning, Sept. 2lst 1896, after a lingering and painful illness, Mrs. Clara R., wife of Wm. E. Halstead, in the 34th year of her age. Deceased was born in Decorah, Winneshiek county, Iowa, Dec. 25th 1861. In 1863 her parents moved to Howard county, where they have lived ever since.
She will be remembered as one of Howard counties best teachers where she has taught about twenty- three terms of school. She was united in marriage to Mr. Halstead, Nov. 27. 1890. She leaves her husband and two small children, her father, three brothers and a sister to mourn her untimely loss. The funeral services were held in the Catholic church, and her remains were placed to rest in St. Joseph's cemetery Wednesday, Sept, 23, 1890.
CARD OF THANKS.
To those who assisted during the sickness, death and burrial {sic} of our loved one, we desire to express our most sincere thanks.
Mr. Wm. E. Halstead
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith and family.

Transcriber's Note: Her gravestone shows the spelling of Halsted
http://iagenweb.org/boards/howard/obituaries/index.cgi?read=652271


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