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- Funeral service was conducted Sunday July 25 at 3:30 p.m. for Miss Elizabeth Gertrude Stafford in the home of her cousin, Dr. E. H.. McMasters, at Freeport. Rev. Lloyd H. Weed conducted the service. Pallbearers were John Jackson, Walter J. Headington, John Weaver, Gordon Weaver, Harvey Houck, William Ronan and Alvin Renaas. Burial was made in Phelps cemetery, at Decorah.
Elizabeth Gertrude Stafford, daughter of DeWitt and Martha Stafford was born Dec 24, 1879, in West Union. She was educated in the West Union High school and at the Upper Iowa University, at Fayette.
She chose social work as her life occupation, and for many years was a social welfare worker in charge of the community budget at Henderson, Texas. Four years ago, she moved to Decorah, where she made hr home with her cousin, Dr. E. H. McMasters.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and after moving to Decorah, she joined the professional women's club.
Miss Stafford died at noon Wednesday, July 20, following an illness of 12 hours from a cerebral hemorrhage.
She is survived by several cousins.
1948, from the Fayette Co, West Union Historical Society
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1879 - 1948 (68 years)
