OBITUARY: Perle Griswold-Varnum, -c1910, Mitchell Co., Iowa


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                           Former Osager Dead
                   Perle Griswold-Varnum Passed Away
         From Heart Failure at Freemont, Neb., last Saturday


The relatives and many friends were shocked by a telegram saying Mrs. Perle
Varnum had died at her home in Freemont, Neb., Saturday morning at 9:45
after an illness since Tuesday.

She was of a cheerful and bright disposition, always ready with a kind
word for anyone in affliction; always ready to give a helping hand in
sickness and social affairs.  Just a few weeks ago she entertained the
Ladies' Aid of her town.  She leaves many friends wherever she has lived
during the thirteen years of her married life and before.

She was the youngest and adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Griswold.
She leaves to mourn her loss; her husband, Ray Varnum; her dear little
daughter, Zola, eleven years old the day of their mother's death; her
father and mother; one sister, Mrs. Chas Hunt, of Seattle, Wash.,
brother, Bert J. Griswold, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., W. W., of Osage, Will
Rattigan, of Sioux City, and Joe Rattigan, at present somewhere in the
west.

The funeral was held at the Methodist church here in Osage, Rev. F.W.
Court officiating.  Interment was made in our local cemetery in the
family lot.

  Osage News
  Circa 1910


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The following is a clipping from the Freemont, Neb. Evening Tribune
concerning her death:

  Succumbing suddenly to heart failure.  Mrs. R.J. Varnum, wife of a
  traveling sales man for the Swift Packing Co., died this forenoon at
  her home at 351 East Third St.  Mrs. Varnum came with her husband to
  Freemont from Blair about three years ago.  She had been ill about a
  week, but her condition seemed to be improving and she had seemed
  particularly well this morning.  The end came as a terrible shock
  to the family.  A husband and one daughter, aged 11, are the
  immaculate surviving relatives.

  The body will be taken to her old home, Osage Ia., for burial.

  Services will be held here at the residence.

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Transcribed by Kathy Pike
September 2, 2003

Copyright 2003, Kathy Pike