Butler-Franklin-Black Hawk County IA Archives Obituaries.....Appleby, George Wilder February 19, 1943 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mike Appleby coappleby1@msn.com July 4, 2009, 3:27 pm unknown Feb 1943 Dr. G.W. Appleby, 82, former physician at Bristow, Ia., for 43 years, died of a heart attack Friday at 10 a.m. at a Waterloo hosital, where he had been confined for the past year. Born Aug. 25, 1860, at Stockton, Ill., he was the son of Isaac and Maria Wilder Appleby. He was graduated from the school of medicine at Northwestern university, Evanston, Ill. On May 29, 1886, he was married to Miss Nellie Everett at Crown Point, Ind. The couple moved to Bristow in 1890 where Dr. Appleby practiced medicine until 1933, when he retired due to failing health. Since retiring he had resided for three years at the home of his son, L.E. Appleby, 718 West Second Street. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Vera McCleilan, Lafayette, Ind.; two brothers, Bert, Geneva, Ia., and Myron, Olivet, Ill,; three grandsons, Donald White, Lafayette, Ind., Pvt. George K. Appleby, with the marines, and Robert Appleby, 718 West Second Street. His wife preceded him in death April 6, 1929. The body was taken to the Block funeral home and will taken to Bristow Sunday at 10 a.m. where funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Bristow United Brether church, of which he was a member. Burial will be in Bristow. Additional Comments: I am a great grandson of George Wilder Appleby. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/butler/obits/a/appleby295nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb