OBITUARY: William Myrtle, 1852-1928, Mitchell County, Iowa





                         WILLIAM MYRTLE OF LITTLE CEDAR
                               CLAIMED BY DEATH

Body Taken to Old Home at Compton, Ill. for Burial.

William Myrtle died Sunday afternoon at the home of his son, G. W. Myrtle,
near Little Cedar.  The funeral was held at the home Monday afternoon at
1 o'clock and the Rev. J. F. Miller pastor of the Methodist churches in
Stacyville and Little Cedar, had charge of the service.  The body was taken
to Compton, Ill, by his son for burial.

William Myrtle was born Dec. 15, 1852 in Philadelphia.  When he was only a
child of 9 years, both parents having died, he came west to Compton, Ill.,
to make his home with relatives.  He was married there, and in 1867, the
mother of his four children died.  Last October he came to Little Cedar
to live with his son.

Mr. Myrtle was a good neighbor, and that expresses a world of kindness
and a willingness to serve his fellow men whenever he was needed.  He was
upright and honest in all his dealings.

Surviving are his four children: L. - Myrtle of Osage, G. W. Myrtle and
Mrs. Elmer Black of Little Cedar; John W. Myrtle of Rockford, and a foster
son, Roy Archer of Compton, Ill.


  (May 3, 1928.)



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