Etta was the daughter of Jacob Brand and Mary Moore. She married Walter Fobes on Sept 10, 1890 in Glidden, Iowa. They were the parents of Stella, Bertha, and William.
Feb 5, 1973 - Carroll Daily Times - Mrs. Etta Fobes, 100-year-old Glidden pioneer, died at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll at 11:10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 4. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church here, with the Rev. H. Wallace Kinzler officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery, Glidden. Friends may call at the Dahn-Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden after noon on Tuesday; a prayer service for the family and friends will be held there at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The casket will be taken to the church at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday for viewing until the hour of rites.
Mrs. Fobes, daughter of Jacob and Mary Moore Brand, was born here March 7, 1872, at Glidden and was a lifelong resident of this community. She married Walter Fobes in Carroll County Sept. 10, 1890, and they lived on a farm north of Glidden until retiring and moving into Glidden in 1927. Mr. Fobes died in 1935. Mrs. Fobes was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, and Royal Neighbors, all at Glidden.
Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Leo (Stella) Miller and Mrs. Raymond (Bertha) Graves of Glidden; a son, William, of Fort Myers, Fla.; three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by five brothers and five sisters.
Feb 5, 1973 - Carroll Daily Times - Mrs. Etta Fobes, 100-year-old Glidden pioneer, died at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll at 11:10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 4. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church here, with the Rev. H. Wallace Kinzler officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery, Glidden. Friends may call at the Dahn-Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden after noon on Tuesday; a prayer service for the family and friends will be held there at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The casket will be taken to the church at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday for viewing until the hour of rites.
Mrs. Fobes, daughter of Jacob and Mary Moore Brand, was born here March 7, 1872, at Glidden and was a lifelong resident of this community. She married Walter Fobes in Carroll County Sept. 10, 1890, and they lived on a farm north of Glidden until retiring and moving into Glidden in 1927. Mr. Fobes died in 1935. Mrs. Fobes was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, and Royal Neighbors, all at Glidden.
Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Leo (Stella) Miller and Mrs. Raymond (Bertha) Graves of Glidden; a son, William, of Fort Myers, Fla.; three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by five brothers and five sisters.
Etta was the daughter of Jacob Brand and Mary Moore. She married Walter Fobes on Sept 10, 1890 in Glidden, Iowa. They were the parents of Stella, Bertha, and William.
Feb 5, 1973 - Carroll Daily Times - Mrs. Etta Fobes, 100-year-old Glidden pioneer, died at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll at 11:10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 4. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church here, with the Rev. H. Wallace Kinzler officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery, Glidden. Friends may call at the Dahn-Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden after noon on Tuesday; a prayer service for the family and friends will be held there at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The casket will be taken to the church at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday for viewing until the hour of rites.
Mrs. Fobes, daughter of Jacob and Mary Moore Brand, was born here March 7, 1872, at Glidden and was a lifelong resident of this community. She married Walter Fobes in Carroll County Sept. 10, 1890, and they lived on a farm north of Glidden until retiring and moving into Glidden in 1927. Mr. Fobes died in 1935. Mrs. Fobes was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, and Royal Neighbors, all at Glidden.
Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Leo (Stella) Miller and Mrs. Raymond (Bertha) Graves of Glidden; a son, William, of Fort Myers, Fla.; three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by five brothers and five sisters.
Feb 5, 1973 - Carroll Daily Times - Mrs. Etta Fobes, 100-year-old Glidden pioneer, died at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll at 11:10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 4. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church here, with the Rev. H. Wallace Kinzler officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery, Glidden. Friends may call at the Dahn-Woodhouse Funeral Home in Glidden after noon on Tuesday; a prayer service for the family and friends will be held there at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The casket will be taken to the church at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday for viewing until the hour of rites.
Mrs. Fobes, daughter of Jacob and Mary Moore Brand, was born here March 7, 1872, at Glidden and was a lifelong resident of this community. She married Walter Fobes in Carroll County Sept. 10, 1890, and they lived on a farm north of Glidden until retiring and moving into Glidden in 1927. Mr. Fobes died in 1935. Mrs. Fobes was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, and Royal Neighbors, all at Glidden.
Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Leo (Stella) Miller and Mrs. Raymond (Bertha) Graves of Glidden; a son, William, of Fort Myers, Fla.; three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by five brothers and five sisters.
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