Obituary from the March 20, 1924 Skidmore News, page 1:
"Mrs. Elizabeth Cordell, a resident of this county for sixty-five years, died Wednesday morning of last week at 10:30 o'clock, following a few days illness of pneumonia, at her home one and a half miles southeast of Quitman where she had lived since first coming to the county.
Mrs. Cordell was eighty-nine years of age. She came to Nodaway County from Ohio sixty-five years ago with her brother, John Busby, who now lives in Maryville.
Surviving her are five children: Frank Cordell, White River, S. D.; Sherman Cordell, Quitman; Mrs. Ida Pubridy, Orleans, Neb.; Mrs. Emma Givens, Riverton, Wyo.; and Mrs. Ella Lawrence, Reubens, Idaho. A sister, Mrs. Mary Anderson, Spokane, Wash., also survives.
Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Quitman Saturday and burial was in the I. O. O. F. cemetery." Courtesy of findagrave member Robin Riat
Not buried in IOOF but, per photo of headstone, in Quitman Cemetery across the street
Obituary from the March 20, 1924 Skidmore News, page 1:
"Mrs. Elizabeth Cordell, a resident of this county for sixty-five years, died Wednesday morning of last week at 10:30 o'clock, following a few days illness of pneumonia, at her home one and a half miles southeast of Quitman where she had lived since first coming to the county.
Mrs. Cordell was eighty-nine years of age. She came to Nodaway County from Ohio sixty-five years ago with her brother, John Busby, who now lives in Maryville.
Surviving her are five children: Frank Cordell, White River, S. D.; Sherman Cordell, Quitman; Mrs. Ida Pubridy, Orleans, Neb.; Mrs. Emma Givens, Riverton, Wyo.; and Mrs. Ella Lawrence, Reubens, Idaho. A sister, Mrs. Mary Anderson, Spokane, Wash., also survives.
Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Quitman Saturday and burial was in the I. O. O. F. cemetery." Courtesy of findagrave member Robin Riat
Not buried in IOOF but, per photo of headstone, in Quitman Cemetery across the street
Family Members
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Johnson Busby
1827–1905
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Dr Andrew Jackson Busby
1828–1906
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Abraham Marion Busby
1829–1909
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Elijah Busby
1831–1917
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Nancy Busby Dunlap
1833–1905
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John Merriman Busby
1837–1924
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Corp Thomas B Busby
1837–1875
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Isaac Newton Busby
1840–1923
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Dr Aaron Busby
1844–1911
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Julia Ann Busby Conaway
1848–1920
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Mary Busby Anderson
1851–1932
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