Obituaries of Ida County, Iowa
John A. Weiser Died From Eating Sausage Prominent Ida Grove Man Is Poisoned Was a Well Known Mason and Shriner Ida Grove, March 9.—John A. Weiser, Pioneer citizen of Ida county, died at his home in Ida Grove. Death was caused, as near as can be accertained, from poison resulting from consuming some sausage. Mr. Weiser recently retired from business here and had large interests in real estate and other property in this vicinity. He was a prominent member of the Masonic order at this place, and was a member of Rose Croix commandery at Sac City, Iowa, and El Kahir temple of the Mystic Shrine at Cedar Rapids. He leaves a wife to mourn his loss. His demise is particularly sad at this time, owing to the fact that a favorite sister and family had just moved to this place to be near him, and they were visiting at his home at the time. Mason City Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa; 12 March 1903 Transcribed by Cathy Danielson J. P. Stapleton First White Man Born at Battle Creek Dies Funeral Today Battle Creek, Ia. --Special: Funeral services for J. P. Stapleton, 70, first white child born at Battle Creek, will be held here Friday. Mr. Stapleton was a prominent farmer and livestock feeder here and an auctioner for many years. Survivors include the widow, five daughters and a son. My grandmother had cut this obit out of the newspaper so I don't know which paper it was in, but she did write June 1948 on it. I can only assume that was when it was in the paper. Submitted by: Suzanne Folk Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.