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Obituary: Mrs. E. W. (* CLEVELAND )LOSURE

chiefhardy  (View posts) Posted: 31 Aug 2000 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: BAICHTAL, BLANTON, BROWN, CARTER, CLEVELAND, FRIESNER, LOSURE, LUFT, STATON, TIBERGHIEN, WAGNER
THE SAC SUN...... Sac City, Iowa.

Thursday......February 4, 1937.

Mrs. E.W. (*CLEVELAND) LOSURE Dies Tues., Feb. 2.

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Funeral Services Held Today at Christian Church.

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Mrs. E.W. LOSURE, long time resident of Sac City (*Iowa), passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Evelyn BAICHTAL on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1937 at the age of 85 years, 3 months and two days. For several years her health had been failing.

Mary Eliza CLEVELAND was the eldest daughter of a family of ten children born to Mr. & Mrs. Seth Cooper CLEVELAND. She was born in Dane County, Wisconsin and came to Iowa in 1867. She lived for two years in Jasper County and in Marion County 7 years, afterward moving to Sac County where the rest of her life has been spent in and about Sac City.

She was married to E.W. LOSURE (*Enos Wilson LOSURE)January 1, 1871. Her husband passed away Dec. 1, 1931.
She leaves two brothers, J.N. (*Joseph Noel) CLEVELAND and C.M. (*Charles Marion) CLEVELAND of Sac City and two sisters, Mrs. F.M. (*Francis Marion) LOSURE (*Deborah Ellen CLEVELAND) of Sac City and Mrs. Matilda FRIESNER of Rockwell City (*Iowa).
Mrs. Jennie (*Janette Maria CLEVELAND) BLANTON, G.W. (*George Washington) CLEVELAND and three who died in infancy preceeded her.

To Mr. & Mrs. LOSURE 9 children were born. All are living except George Noal LOSURE who passed away in 1898. The other members of the family are: Mrs. Meade (*Almeda M.) STATON of Benson, Minn.; Mrs. Cora BROWN, Mrs. Evelyn BAICHTAL, Mrs. Lydia WAGNER, Mrs. Emma STATON, Mrs. Sadie (*Sarah Ellen LOSURE) STATON, Will (*William Francis) LOSURE and John L. LOSURE, all of Sac City.

Besides these she leaves 26 grandchildren and 61 great-grandchildren.

The funeral services were conducted by Ellsworth L. WOODS, pastor of the Sac City Christian Church Feb. 4, at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Charles McCALLISTER sang two songs: "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "The Old Rugged Cross", accompanied by Mrs. Earl WAISNER. The pall-bearers were her grandsons (*and +grandsons-in-law): +Melvin CARTER, +Jim STATON, Bud (*Kieth Blaine) BAICHTAL, Drewry STATON, Clarence TIBERGHIEN and +Milton LUFT.

She was a kind and loving mother always more thoughtful of others than herself, never complaining, a patient sufferer until she was taken from this life.
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* Information added by her great-grandson Terry B. Hardy.

* Mary Eliza (CLEVELAND) LOSURE is buried next to her husband at Cory Grove Cemetery about 3 miles south of Sac City, Sac County, Iowa. Many of their children, descendants and ancestors are buried in the same cemetery today ( year 2000 ).

* Mrs. Seth Cooper CLEVELAND (Eliza Ann RIESHAW).

* George "Georgie" Noal LOSURE (1891 - 1898) died from head injuries he sustained when he fell off his sled while sledding, according to his sister Sarah "Sadie" Ellen LOSURE STATON, who is my (Terry B. HARDY's) great-aunt and who raised me from the time I was 5 until I was 17. She told me the story numerous times.

* This obit is updated version of one posted earlier this date.

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