OBITUARY: Harvey Tibbits, 1898-c1957, Mitchell Co., Iowa



                      Harvey Tibbits Cancer Victim
 
Harvey Tibbits of McIntire, 59, died Tuesday at the Cedar Valley hospital
in Charles City, a victim of cancer. He was a life-long Mitchell county
resident. Funeral services for Mr. Tibbits will be held at the McIntire
Methodist church.

Mr. Tibbits was born March 19, 1898. The son of Mr. and Mrs. John Tibbits.
Until 1920, he lived with his parents on their farm near Osage, and in
that year, moved to McIntire to engage in farming.

In 1934, Mr. Tibbits married the former Genevieve Knight of LeRoy, Minn.
Mrs. Tibbits died two years later. He married the former Nova Vandewalker
of McIntire in 1940.

For the past 17 years, Mr. Tibbits had been an employee of the Oliver
Corporation of Charles City, Prior to his death; he had undergone
hospitalization at Rochester.

Survivors include his wife; five children, Mrs. John Michels of Osage,
Linda, Dennis, Joan, and James of McIntire; two brothers Leslie and
Harold, both of Osage, and three sisters, Ella Angell and Myrtle Tibbits,
both of Osage, and Mrs. Ralph Sheldon of Waverly.



Submitted by Kathy Pike August 2003 

Copyright 2003 - Kathy McAlister Pike