OBITUARY: Will H. Torney, 1869-c1935, Mitchell County, Iowa



                           Will Torney

Will H. Torney, one of the best known farmers of the community,
passed away this morning at 3 o'clock, following a final illness
of only a few days.  He suffered a stroke of paralysis last Friday,
from which he could not rally.  Mr. Torney had been in poor health
for the past several years, however.

Will H. Torney, son of Richard and Elizabeth Law-Torney, was born
in Dane county, Wisconsin, September 3, 1869, and came with his
parents to this county when 1 year old, settling in Rock township,
where he spent the remainder of his life.

On March 11, 1896, he married Hattie Fessenden, and to this union
two children were born:  Cecil Roy, who died in infancy, and Leslie
Maurice, who survives.

Mr. Torney united with the Rock Baptist church in 1898 and later
with the Baptist church in Osage.

He operated a farm nine miles west of Osage for many years and
raised pure-bred Brown Swiss cattle.

Surviving are the widow and son; also two brothers, Edward and
Albert R. Torney.

Funeral services will be held at the Shelledy funeral home
Saturday at 2 p.m., in charge of the Rev. John D. Kern, pastor
of the Osage Baptist Church.




    Copyright 2004, Merri Cross

    NOTE: This was found in a scrapbook.
    I am not a relation.
    It is dated in pencil in the margin, November 14, 1935.