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Story: A Death at La Junta Army Air Field (1944)
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MRS. ANNA CONN
Mrs. Anna Conn, colored, for a number of years a resident of Kahoka, died at the St. Joseph hospital, at Keokuk, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 13, after an illness of eleven days.
Mrs. Conn was born in Bowling Green, Missouri, Dec. 25, 1856. She was married to George Conn Jan. 3, 1877 in Knox county. Later they moved to Kahoka and sixteen years ago they located in Keokuk, Iowa.
Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Conn, one of whom preceded her in death.
Surviving besides her husband are five children: Mrs. Doshia Crooks, of Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. Cora Wright, of Milwaukee, Wis.; John Conn, of Kahoka, Roby Conn of Joliet, Ill.; and Mrs. Eunice Townsend of Chicago, Ill. There is also a sister, Mrs. Pechie Pharr, of Bowling Green, Mo., and nineteen grand-children.
Mrs. Conn was a member of the Bethel A.M.E. church.
The funeral services were held from the Bethel A.M.E. church at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The body will remain at the Greaves and Hanerhoff parlors until time for the funeral.
