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CEMETERY OBITUARIES
Buena Vista Cemetery
Jackson Township
Earl D. Prouty
Daily Gage City
Died 14 Mar 1975
Earl D. Prouty,
88 of
2620 Bank St. passes away unexpectedly at his home Friday evening He
was born
March 8, 1887 in Keokuk, the son of Oscar and Sarah Elizabeth Parkhurst Prouty,
and a lifelong
resident of the city
Mr. Prouty
was a
graduate of Iowa State University and was in the automobile business
for many
years, lately with Tigue Motors
He married Jessie Mae Williams in
Ottumwa and she
preceded him Dec 25, 1960
He was a member of the Trinity United
Methodist
Church and was a Mason
Mr. Prouty
is survived
by a son, Dow Prouty of Cedar Rapids;
three
daughters, Mrs. Jean Pond, Keokuk and Mrs. Margaret Engelking
and Mrs. Phyllis Angle of Nacogdoches, Texas; 15 grandchildren and six
great
grandchildren
Besides his wife, he was preceded by
seven
brothers and sisters, his parents, a son and a daughter
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the DeJong Funeral Home with
the Rev. Merlin J. Ackerson
officiating. Burial was in the Buena Vista Cemetery
Contributed by Deena Cavanaugh