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- Oscar Azel DAVIS, 68, a resident
of Milton for the past 22 years, died in Mercy
- Hospital, Janesville, Tuesday, April
29.
- He was born Sept. 4, 1878, in Bell
Fountaine, Ohio. His early life was spent in the
- West, and in 1900 he came from Boulder,
Colo., to Welton, Iowa, where on Dec. 31, 1901, he was married
to Miss Rachel VAN HORN. To them were born five children,
Mrs. Rex BOWERS, Milton, Wilmer, Spokane, Wash., Arlie,
Phoenix, Arizona, Duane, Portsmouth, Va., and Wesley, Delmar,
Iowa. One brother, Albinio DAVIS, Riverside, Calif., also
survives.
- Mr. DAVIS was for several years
marshal of the village of Milton and it was during
- this time that his health failed, and
he has been an invalid since that time.
- There are fourteen grandchildren and
five great grandchildren.
- Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday
from the Milton S.D.B. church.
- Friends may call at the Phelps funeral
home Friday evening. [Thursday edition, p. 6]
- Mrs. Sylvia [M.] COON THOMAS,
94, formerly of Albion, and Milton passed
- away, Tuesday, April 29, in Battle
Creek, Mich., where she lived with her daughter, Mrs. B. J. JOHANSON
for several years. Her body will be brought here for funeral
services and burial Friday.
- Mrs. THOMAS was in her 94th
year. She suffered a heart attack two weeks ago
- and another attack on Tuesday, which
resulted in her death.
- She is survived by her daughter, Mrs.
B. F. JOHANSON, Battle Creek, four
- grandchildren, Dr. Ellis JOHANSON,
Mrs. Eunice WALSH, Miss Eloise THOMAS, and Mrs.
Ila FRANK; and two great-grandchildren, Margaret FRANK
and Ruth JOHANSON.
- She was preceded in death by one son,
Harry THOMAS, Milton, and a daughter
- Florence THOMAS.
- Sylvia COON was married to Randolph
THOMAS on Dec. 31, 1873, in Albion,
- where she spent much of her early life.
- The funeral will be Friday afternoon,
May 2, at 2 p.m. in the Phelps funeral home.
- Friends may call at the funeral home
Friday morning between 10 a.m. until the time of
- the service. [Thursday edition,
p. 6]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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