OBITUARY: CARROLL, Raymond Peter  [1926-c1966], Mitchell County, Iowa


                  CARROLL, Raymond Peter  [1926-c1966]

Died of Leukemia. 

Funeral services were held March 14, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in New 
Haven for Raymond Carroll, 40, who died March 11, at Veteran's hospital in 
Iowa City. Mr. Carroll was a victim of leukemia from which he suffered the 
past four years. 

The Rev. Gregory Hemesath, church pastor was in charge of the services. 
Arrangements were by C. R. Champion and Sons, and burial was at St. Peter's 
cemetery in New Haven. Military rites were conducted at the cemetery by the 
memorial squad of Osage American Legion post 278. 

Raymond Peter Carroll was born Feb. 9, 1926, the son of Robert and Mary 
Louise Kroner Carroll. He was graduated from Osage, high school in 1943. 
Entering the air force in 1945, he was given a medical discharge 18 months 
later because of an earlier illness. 

He was employed in Council Bluffs, Ridgeway and other points before 
returning to Osage to become assistant manager of the Osage Co-Op elevator. 
He later owned a feed and seed firm in New Haven, and farmed until the 
present. 

His marriage to Jane Barthlomey of Stacyville took place April 2, 1959 at 
Visitation Catholic church. They established their home on their present 
farm near Little Cedar. 

Mr. Carroll was a lifelong member of the Catholic Church, and was affiliated 
with the Knights of Columbus there. He was a member of the American Legion, 
and served as vice president of the National Farmers organization (NFO) in 
1965. 

Surviving are his wife, Jane; four children, Mindy, Roberta, Christopher and 
Mary Jo of Little Cedar; his parent of New Haven; one brother, Patrick 
Carroll of Ephrata, Wash.; and one sister, Mrs. John Eischeid of Council 
Bluffs. 





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