Chet Cole died suddenly last saturday from a heart attack while at work in a lumber yard at Whitten, Iowa. Chet is the father of Peggy and Betty Cole of Laurens. He grew to manhood in Havelock, Iowa and served in WW I. He married his first wife Opal Kemp in 1921 in Havelock at the Cole family homestead. She died in 1925 in a house fire at their home after saving the lives of her daughters. He then, married Gladys Ivy Sears later in 1925 and together they had a daughter Jane Ann Cole who was born in 1926 and died one year later in her sleep. Gladys also died in 1927 of sepsis following a miscarriage. Chet met and married his third wife, Tura A. Sisson in Hardin County, Iowa. They lived in Eldora, Iowa until his untimely death.
According to his WWII registration, he was a farm laborer at the time he was drafted for a Walter Haskin in Felix Township in Grundy County, Iowa, he was of medium height with blue eyes and brown hair. In Havelock, Iowa he ran a dray line for several years until the death of his first wife that he never got over.
According to his WWII registration, he was a farm laborer at the time he was drafted for a Walter Haskin in Felix Township in Grundy County, Iowa, he was of medium height with blue eyes and brown hair. In Havelock, Iowa he ran a dray line for several years until the death of his first wife that he never got over.
Chet Cole died suddenly last saturday from a heart attack while at work in a lumber yard at Whitten, Iowa. Chet is the father of Peggy and Betty Cole of Laurens. He grew to manhood in Havelock, Iowa and served in WW I. He married his first wife Opal Kemp in 1921 in Havelock at the Cole family homestead. She died in 1925 in a house fire at their home after saving the lives of her daughters. He then, married Gladys Ivy Sears later in 1925 and together they had a daughter Jane Ann Cole who was born in 1926 and died one year later in her sleep. Gladys also died in 1927 of sepsis following a miscarriage. Chet met and married his third wife, Tura A. Sisson in Hardin County, Iowa. They lived in Eldora, Iowa until his untimely death.
According to his WWII registration, he was a farm laborer at the time he was drafted for a Walter Haskin in Felix Township in Grundy County, Iowa, he was of medium height with blue eyes and brown hair. In Havelock, Iowa he ran a dray line for several years until the death of his first wife that he never got over.
According to his WWII registration, he was a farm laborer at the time he was drafted for a Walter Haskin in Felix Township in Grundy County, Iowa, he was of medium height with blue eyes and brown hair. In Havelock, Iowa he ran a dray line for several years until the death of his first wife that he never got over.
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