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Greene County, Iowa Obituaries
Barbara Farrett
Mrs. Barbara Farrett, age 84, one of Dougherty's oldest residents, died at her home Sunday morning about 2:20 of
complications attendant with advanced age.
Funeral services were held at St. Patrick's church yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock, with the Rev. J. Hanill in
charge. Burial was in St. Patrick's church cemetery.
Mrs. Farrett was born in Dubuque county, at Keywest, March 27, 1860. She came to the Dougherty community with her
husband in 1895. They settled on a farm three miles northwest of Dougherty. Mr. Farrett preceded her in death in
1937, and a daughter died in 1938.
Surviving are six children, four daughters, Mrs. Anna Campbell, Mrs. Roy Holding, Mrs. Barney Campbell and Mrs.
Margaret Mullin, and two sons, Bernard Farrett and John Farrett, all of Dougherty. There are also living 20 grand-children,
four of whom, grand-sons are in the armed services, and 21 great-grandchildren.
[Iowa Recorder, Jan 12, 1944 - Submitted by Linda Dietz]
Elizabeth Gates
Mrs. George W. Gates, age 85, a long-time resident of Marble Rock, died at her home in Des Moines and was buried
in Hillside cemetery at Marble Rock Saturday.
Formerly Elizabeth Tift, Mrs. Gates was the daughter of Mr. and mrs. R.C. Tift and married George W. Gates in 1882.
They had one daughter, Leila, now Mrs. Raymond Reis of Des Moines. Also surviving are one grandson, George Reis,
one granddaughter, Mrs. Wendell Lisle of Gutherie Center, and one great-granddaughter. [Iowa
Recorder, Feb 2, 1944 -
Submitted by Linda Dietz]
Michael McLaughlin
Funeral services for Michael McLaughlin, age 86, pioneer resident of the Dougherty community, were held in St.
Patrick's church at Dougherty Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Burial was made in the church cemetery.
Mr. McLaughlin was a resident of the Dougherty community nearly 70 years, coming to Iowa in 1876 where the family
settled on a farm four miles west of Dougherty. He was married to Catherine Finegan at Rockwell. Besides his widow,
he is survived by a daughter-in-law, Mrs, Harry McLaughlin of Boston, Massachuetts, several nieces and nephews.
[Iowa
Recorder, Feb 9, 1944 - Submitted by Linda Dietz]
Mrs. W.A. Wallace
Mrs. W.A. Wallace, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Mead, in Aredale, Monday
morning about 11:00 o'clock. She had never regained her former strength after a stroke suffered several months
ago. Her condition became worst last week until her death. Funeral and burial services are being held in Cherokee.
[Iowa Recorder, Feb 9, 1944
- Submitted by Linda Dietz]
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