OBITUARY-Mrs Wm H Derscheid, 85, of Osceola, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs Lester Le Clair of Carpenter, Monday while helping with the evening chores. Cause of death was a heart attack.
Funeral services are to be held today, Thursday, at 2 pm at Community Church, Osceola, with the Rev Robert Warfel, Huron officiating. Music will be by Mrs Wallace Wicks and Richard Grann of Carpenter.
Pallbearers are to be Deddo Bestge, George Kaiser, Sieb Siebelts, Emmet Welsh, Gilford Odem and Howard Weber.
Mabel LaMont Jones, daughter of Isadore and Peley Jones, born at Fayette, Iowa, June 13, 1880. She moved with her parents to Dakota Territory at the age of eight, to a farm north of Osceola.
She was united in marriage to Wm H Derscheid February 20, 1901 and they lived in the Carpenter and Osceola area. She later moved to Iroquois.
Survivors include two daughters, Myrtle, Mrs Raymond Walline, Osceola, and Irma, Mrs Lester Le Claire, Carpenter; two sons, Harry of Carthage and Maynard, Maywood, CA, six grandchildren and 11 great grand children.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 1939 and two grand children.