Cerro Gordo County IA Archives Obituaries.....Olmsted, E. N. 1939
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Globe-Globe Gazette Apr. 1939
From the Mason City (Cerro Gordo, Iowa) Globe-Gazette; Wednesday, April 5, 1939,
p. 4, col. 4, with picture of E. N. Olmsted:

Rites for New Hampton Druggist to Be Thursday
Olmsted Served as Chickasaw County's Treasurer 4 Years

NEW HAMPTON - Funeral services for E. N. Olmsted, 84, New Hampton druggist for
64 years, will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Perry chapel with the Rev. W.
D. Spiker, pastor of the Congregational church, officiating. Mr. Olmsted died
Tuesday morning from complications. Four weeks ago he underwent a major
operation in a Rochester, Minn., hospital.

He attended the Bradford academy near Nashua and the Physicians and Surgeons
college at Keokuk. In 1877 he joined the drug firm of W. G. Gardner and it was
changed to W. G. Gardner and company. In 1890 the firm changed its name to
Olmsted and Gardner, the oldest business firm operated by the same members, in
New Hampton. He was formerly a member of the Knights of Pythias. From 1913 until
1917 he served as Chickasaw county treasurer.

Surviving are his widow; one son, H. H. Olmsted of Waterloo. Burial will be in
the Graceland cemetery. New Hampton business houses will be closed during the
services.


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