Gertrude Goodwater, mother of Mrs. M. V. Simas dies in WA 1913
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Gertrude Goodwater, mother of Mrs. M. V. Simas dies in WA 1913
| Barbara (View posts) | Posted: 9 Jun 2003 3:40AM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Simas, Zimmerman, Kessler Isaac, Goodwater
The Sprague Advocate, Sprague, Lincoln County, Washington, Friday Sept. 12, 1913.
Mrs. Gertrude Goodwater, wife of Truman Goodwater, died at her home in Sprague on Friday last of endocarditis, aged 65 yeears 11 months and 24 days. She has been ailing for some time and the end was anticipated.
The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev Gaily of Ritzville ofifciating. The body was shipped to Shelby, Iowa, Wednesday morning, leaving on No. 42, accompanied by a son, Eugene, and a daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Kessler of Neola, Iowa, who arrived here last week.
Mrs. Goodwater was born in Germany on September 11, 1847. She came to America in 1853 with her parents, who settled near Bellevue, Illinois, later moving tgo Iowa, where she lived until 1912 when she and her husband came to Sprague to live. She was married on June 18, 1865 to Truman Goodwater at Decorah, Iowa, and to the union were born seven children, six whom survive, Eugene and Mrs. M. V. Simas of Sprague, Fred of Shelby, Iowa, Mrs. Amelia Zimmerman and Mrs. Gertrude Kessler of Neola, Iowa, and Mrs. Josephine Isaac of Walnut, Iowa. She also leaves a husband, one brother and two sisters to mourn her loss. The husband Truman Goodwater was at Sheridan, Wyoming, taking treatment for Asthma and at her death was in the mountains on a two weeks camping triop and could not be located. He will meet the party at Shelby, Iowa.
I'm not related to this family.
Mrs. Goodwater was a devoted christian and a good mother giving the best of her life to the service of her family.
Mrs. Gertrude Goodwater, wife of Truman Goodwater, died at her home in Sprague on Friday last of endocarditis, aged 65 yeears 11 months and 24 days. She has been ailing for some time and the end was anticipated.
The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev Gaily of Ritzville ofifciating. The body was shipped to Shelby, Iowa, Wednesday morning, leaving on No. 42, accompanied by a son, Eugene, and a daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Kessler of Neola, Iowa, who arrived here last week.
Mrs. Goodwater was born in Germany on September 11, 1847. She came to America in 1853 with her parents, who settled near Bellevue, Illinois, later moving tgo Iowa, where she lived until 1912 when she and her husband came to Sprague to live. She was married on June 18, 1865 to Truman Goodwater at Decorah, Iowa, and to the union were born seven children, six whom survive, Eugene and Mrs. M. V. Simas of Sprague, Fred of Shelby, Iowa, Mrs. Amelia Zimmerman and Mrs. Gertrude Kessler of Neola, Iowa, and Mrs. Josephine Isaac of Walnut, Iowa. She also leaves a husband, one brother and two sisters to mourn her loss. The husband Truman Goodwater was at Sheridan, Wyoming, taking treatment for Asthma and at her death was in the mountains on a two weeks camping triop and could not be located. He will meet the party at Shelby, Iowa.
I'm not related to this family.
Mrs. Goodwater was a devoted christian and a good mother giving the best of her life to the service of her family.