From the Monroe News August 27, 1931 --Fred Allen Read was born near Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, on March 15, 1878, and died on August 20, 1931, at the age of fifty-three years and five months. He was the sixth child of a large family, having three brothers and five sisters, all of whom survive. He was reared and educated in the county of his birth, and at an early age joined the Methodist Church. He was united in marraige March 29, 1809, to Gertrude Burrus of Winterset, Iowa. To this union were born five children: Lawrence Burrus, who died in infancy, Mrs. Corrie Hollingshead of Pawnee City, Nebr., Mrs Lee Hagemeister of Potter, Nebr., Mrs Walter French of Burbank, California, and Mrs Howard Kelley of Grand Island, Nebr.
On account of the distance, one daughter, Mrs French, was unable to come home. Of the brothers and sisters, Mrs G A Bardrick of Winterset, Iowa, and Arch E Read of Des Moines, Iowa, were able to be present. Fred Read was a loving husband and father, devoted to his family; proud of the fact that he could see his four splendid daughters educated and estblished in happy homes of their own. Besides his wife and the four daughters, he is also survived by three grand children.
Having been in the mercantile business for many years, he took an active part in community life, and his genial nature won him many friends. The last few years of his life were devoted to farming. He was a hard worker, and too close application to responsibilities soon commenced to tell on an otherwise rugged physique, and at an age which we consider to be the meridian of our existance, he was called upon to answer the summons to that upper and better kingdom.
Also among those able to be present were Mrs Read's sisters, Miss Marie Burrus of Kansas City and Mrs John Holloway, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Funeral services were held from the home, August 22, 1931, interment in the Pawnee City Cemetery. The News joins the many friends here in extending sincere sympathy to the bereaved family.
On account of the distance, one daughter, Mrs French, was unable to come home. Of the brothers and sisters, Mrs G A Bardrick of Winterset, Iowa, and Arch E Read of Des Moines, Iowa, were able to be present. Fred Read was a loving husband and father, devoted to his family; proud of the fact that he could see his four splendid daughters educated and estblished in happy homes of their own. Besides his wife and the four daughters, he is also survived by three grand children.
Having been in the mercantile business for many years, he took an active part in community life, and his genial nature won him many friends. The last few years of his life were devoted to farming. He was a hard worker, and too close application to responsibilities soon commenced to tell on an otherwise rugged physique, and at an age which we consider to be the meridian of our existance, he was called upon to answer the summons to that upper and better kingdom.
Also among those able to be present were Mrs Read's sisters, Miss Marie Burrus of Kansas City and Mrs John Holloway, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Funeral services were held from the home, August 22, 1931, interment in the Pawnee City Cemetery. The News joins the many friends here in extending sincere sympathy to the bereaved family.
From the Monroe News August 27, 1931 --Fred Allen Read was born near Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, on March 15, 1878, and died on August 20, 1931, at the age of fifty-three years and five months. He was the sixth child of a large family, having three brothers and five sisters, all of whom survive. He was reared and educated in the county of his birth, and at an early age joined the Methodist Church. He was united in marraige March 29, 1809, to Gertrude Burrus of Winterset, Iowa. To this union were born five children: Lawrence Burrus, who died in infancy, Mrs. Corrie Hollingshead of Pawnee City, Nebr., Mrs Lee Hagemeister of Potter, Nebr., Mrs Walter French of Burbank, California, and Mrs Howard Kelley of Grand Island, Nebr.
On account of the distance, one daughter, Mrs French, was unable to come home. Of the brothers and sisters, Mrs G A Bardrick of Winterset, Iowa, and Arch E Read of Des Moines, Iowa, were able to be present. Fred Read was a loving husband and father, devoted to his family; proud of the fact that he could see his four splendid daughters educated and estblished in happy homes of their own. Besides his wife and the four daughters, he is also survived by three grand children.
Having been in the mercantile business for many years, he took an active part in community life, and his genial nature won him many friends. The last few years of his life were devoted to farming. He was a hard worker, and too close application to responsibilities soon commenced to tell on an otherwise rugged physique, and at an age which we consider to be the meridian of our existance, he was called upon to answer the summons to that upper and better kingdom.
Also among those able to be present were Mrs Read's sisters, Miss Marie Burrus of Kansas City and Mrs John Holloway, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Funeral services were held from the home, August 22, 1931, interment in the Pawnee City Cemetery. The News joins the many friends here in extending sincere sympathy to the bereaved family.
On account of the distance, one daughter, Mrs French, was unable to come home. Of the brothers and sisters, Mrs G A Bardrick of Winterset, Iowa, and Arch E Read of Des Moines, Iowa, were able to be present. Fred Read was a loving husband and father, devoted to his family; proud of the fact that he could see his four splendid daughters educated and estblished in happy homes of their own. Besides his wife and the four daughters, he is also survived by three grand children.
Having been in the mercantile business for many years, he took an active part in community life, and his genial nature won him many friends. The last few years of his life were devoted to farming. He was a hard worker, and too close application to responsibilities soon commenced to tell on an otherwise rugged physique, and at an age which we consider to be the meridian of our existance, he was called upon to answer the summons to that upper and better kingdom.
Also among those able to be present were Mrs Read's sisters, Miss Marie Burrus of Kansas City and Mrs John Holloway, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Funeral services were held from the home, August 22, 1931, interment in the Pawnee City Cemetery. The News joins the many friends here in extending sincere sympathy to the bereaved family.
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