Georgia Dean SLAUSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Clayton, Taylor Co., Iowa
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Gay, Taylor co., Iowa
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Gay, Taylor Co., Iowa
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Gay, Taylor Co., Iowa

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Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday September 12, 1974 p. 4
Georgia Ernest, 84, Last Rites Held September 4
Funeral services for Mrs. Willis (Georgia) Ernest, 84, of Bedford, lifetime Taylor County resident, were held September 4 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Carl Cummings officiating. Mrs. Ernest died September 2, 1974, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

Georgia Dean Slauson, daughter of Lewis E. [gbert] and Elizabeth Templeton Slauson, was born just east of Bedford, Iowa, October 15, 1889.

When she was a young girl she was baptized by Rev. D. W. Griffith and became a member of the East Mission Church. Later in years she transferred her membership to the United Methodist Church in Conway.

On December 15, 1912, she was united in marriage to Willis Carl Ernest, at her home in Bedford. To this union, one son, Willis Dean, was born to bless their home and to share their love.

She spent her entire life around and in Bedford. In 1917 they moved to the farm east of Bedford where she has since continued to reside.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, who died July 24, 1955.

She leaves her devoted son, Willis, and his wife Darline; one granddaughter, Joyce [Ann], and her husband, Robert Hoepker, of Creston, Ia.; a great grandson, Randy; one sister, Edith Ernest; other relatives and many friends.

She was a kind and loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend and she will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Georgia married Willis Carl ERNEST on 15 Dec 1912 in Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa. Willis (son of August ERNEST and Hannah Magdeline DITCH) was born on 22 Feb 1883 in Taylor County, Iowa; died on 19 Jul 1955 in Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Willis D. ERNEST was born about 1920 in Iowa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Twp. 11, Knox Co., Illinos
• Census: 1870, Living with sister, Lois Morgan, in Rio, Knox Co., Iowa
• Census: 1885, Living in Clayton, Taylor Co., Iowa
• Census: 1900, Living in Clayton, Taylor Co., Iowa
• Census: 1920, Living with daughters in Gay, Taylor Co., Iowa

Lewis married Elizabeth TEMPLETON on 18 Jan 1876 in Woodhull, Illinois. Elizabeth (daughter of William A. TEMPLETON and Nancy Jane GALLANT) was born on 06 Aug 1851 in Henry County, Indiana; died on 10 Dec 1917 in Taylor County, Iowa; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of William A. and nancy Jane (Gallant) Templeton
• Census: 1885, Living with husband in Clayton, Taylor Co., Iowa
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Clayton, Taylor co., Iowa