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Willis Carl ERNEST

Willis Carl ERNEST

Male 1883 - 1955  (72 years)

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  • Name Willis Carl ERNEST  [2] 
    • Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
      Thursday July 23, 1955 [p. 1]
      W. C. Ernest Died At Rochester
      W. C. Ernest, farmer living in the East Mission community, died at St. Mary's hospital in Rochester, Minn., Sunday. He was taken by plane to the Mayo clinic on Wednesday and the body was returned by plane after his death on Sunday.

      Funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, July 26, conducted by Rev. Fred H. Cowles of the Baptist church. Burial [was] in Fairview cemetery.

      Willis Carl Ernest was born at Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, on Feb. 22, 1883, and died at the age of 72 years, five months, two days. He was a son of August and Hannah [Ditch] Ernest and lived his entire life in Taylor County.

      On December 15, 1912, he was married to Georgia Dean Slauson and to them one son was born.

      He is survived by his wife Georgia; the son, Willis Dean; his daughter-in-law, Darline [Opal Hughes]; one granddaughter, Joyce Ann.

      Also by four brothers, Frank Ernest of Denver, Colo., Fred Ernest of Conway, Glen Ernest of Bedford, Herman Ernest of Clarinda; four sisters, Mrs. Rose Larison, Mrs. Allie Brown, Mrs. Roy Spurgeon of Bedford, Mrs. Loula Reece of Denver, Colo.
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    Birth 22 Feb 1883  Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Living with brother, Fred, in Clinton, Ringgold Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1920  Living in Gay, Taylor Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Living in Gay, Taylor Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1940  Living in Gay, Taylor Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Death 19 Jul 1955  Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I21468  Main Tree
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2015 

    Father August ERNEST,   b. 17 Oct 1843, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1906, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Hannah Magdeline DITCH,   b. 11 Jan 1858, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1923, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 27 Sep 1873  [1] 
    Family ID F31063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Georgia Dean SLAUSON,   b. 15 Oct 1889, Bedford, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1974, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 15 Dec 1912  Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Willis D. ERNEST,   b. Abt 1920, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F20932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Dec 1912 - Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Willis C. Ernest and Georgia D. Slauson Headstone    		Willis C. Ernest and Georgia D. Slauson Headstone
    Willis C., the son of August Ernest and Hannah M. Ditch, and his wife, Georgia Dean Slauson, the daughter of Lewis E. Slauson and Elizabeth Templeton, are buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa.

    Created by: Cindy Baldogo
    Photo Added by: Joe Chester

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.

    3. [S6930] 1910 Census Clinton, Ringgold County, Iowa.

    4. [S6928] 1920 Census Gay, Taylor County, Iowa.

    5. [S6931] 1930 Census Gay, Taylor County, Iowa.

    6. [S6932] 1940 Census Gay, Taylor County, Iowa.


  

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