Lewis Christain Linder (1889-1965)

LINDER, HOFFMAN, MILLER, PUTNAM, HOUSTON

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Date: 6/12/2021 at 21:05:24

Lewis Christian Linder, the son of Henry and Caroline Linder, was born February 22, 1889 in Dickinson County, Iowa. He passed away suddenly at his home in Hartley, Iowa, on March 6, 1965, at the age of 76 years and 14 days.

He had lived all his life in Dickinson and O'Brien Counties and was a graduate of Hartley High School. He had also attended Morningside College at Sioux City.

On March 4, 1914, he was united in marriage to Bertha Violet Hoffman at Webster City, Iowa. To them were born two sons, Eugene and Dale. The family lived on a farm near Hartley until 1933 when he retired and moved to town.

He was a member of the Zion Evangelical Church of Fostoria. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge, Beacon Chapter, and had been very active in Lodge Work.

Preceding him in death were his wife, Bertha, in 1963, and three brothers, William, Ervin, and Ben.

Left to cherish his memory are his two sons and daughters-in-law: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Linder of Hartley, and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Vernon Linder of Castro Valley, California; his five grandchildren, in whom he took a special delight and shared a mutual love, Joan, Marjorie, Glenna, Carol Lee and Marsha; and one great grandchild, Eric Arthur Miller, of whom he was very proud; one brother, Arthur; and two sisters, Mrs. Hobart Putnam and Mrs. Warren Houston, all of Hartley, as well as other relatives and a great many friends.

Services were held Monday, March 8, from the Methodist Church in Hartley with Rev. D.D. Samuelson officiating.

Burial was in Pleasant View Cemetery with Baumgarten Funeral Home in charge. Masonic rites were conducted by Beacon Lodge 495 of Hartley.

Hartley (Iowa) Sentinel, 11 Mar 1965, p3