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Case File: Lucy Haley (1930)
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OBITUARY
GEORGE CONN
George Conn, 89, years of age, died at the home of Mrs. Ida Holder, Keokuk, Iowa, where he had made his home for a number of years Thursday morning, May 14. He had been ill since Christmas but had been bedfast only one week.
Mr. Conn was born on July 16, 1852, in Lewis county, Missouri, and lived in Keokuk many years, moving from here to Keokuk, Iowa, in 1912, where he has since resided. He was a member of the Bethel A.M.E. church of Keokuk.
Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs. Docia Cook of Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. Cora Wright of Milwaukee, Wis., and Mrs. Eunice Townsend of Chicago, Ill.; two sons, John Conn of Kahoka, Missouri, and Roby Conn of Chicago; a large number of grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Ann Conn, and a daughter, Mrs. Lucy Conn Haley, both of whom died several years ago.
Funeral services held at Bethel A.M.E. church, Keokuk, Monday afternoon at two o’clock with burial made in Oakland cemetery.
Funeral services for George Conn were held yesterday afternoon at two o’clock from the Bethel A.M.E. church with the Rev. J.W. Collins officiating. Pallbearers were Howard Webster, Anderson Morgan, Charles McCutchsen, Lee Anderson, Sam Johnson and Reed Price. Burial was in Oakland cemetery.
