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    1. [DISBROW] Obituary of Cash Disbrow
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    3. From: Mike Disbrow, listowner Subject: Cash Disbrow Long overdue, here is the text of Cash Disbrow's funeral card, a copy of which was kindly sent to me by Cash's daughter Georgia. For recent subscribers to the Disbrow Mailing List who may not have know him, Cash Disbrow was the editor of our Disbrow Family Newsletter for many years, and a long time enthusiast of Disbrow history and genealogy. The man spent many hours over the years corresponding and helping people find their Disbrow ancestors. Cash passed away in early June and he is very much missed. "IN MEMORY - CASSIUS L. "CASH" DISBROW, SR. 435 N. FRANKLIN AVENUE, SIOUX FALLS, SD DIED: SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2001 [at] SIOUX FALLS, SD AGE: 77 YEARS, 8 MONTHS, 10 DAYS INTERMENT - 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY JUNE 13, 2001 RIVERVIEW CEMETERY, CENTERVILLE, SD CASSIUS LEO DISBROW, SR., BETTER KNOWN AS "CASH" TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 29, 1923 IN YANKTON, SD TO CASSIUS MARCELLIS AND LUELLA G. (OLSON) DISBROW. AS A CHILD HE MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO CENTERVILLE, SD, WHERE HE GREW UP. HE GRADUATED FROM CENTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. CASH WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE WITH INEZ I. NELSON IN DESMET, SD ON JANUARY 11, 1946. THE COUPLE MOVED TO SIOUX FALLS, SD IN 1950. HE WORKED AS A MECHANICAL OPERATOR AT SIOUX STEEL COMPANY FOR 13 YEARS. HE THEN SPENT 24 YEARS AS A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC AT THE SIOUX FALLS WATER RECLAMATION PLANT BEFORE RETIRING ON JANUARY 29, 1987. IN RETIREMENT HE RAN THE COMMISSARY AT THE MINNEHAHA COUNTY JAIL FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF SOUTHEASTERN CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS. HE ALSO REALLY ENJOYED HIS COMPUTER AND E-MAIL. GRATEFUL FOR HAVING SHARED HIS LIFE ARE TWO SONS, CASSIUS L. DISBROW, JR. AND HIS WIFE BEV, MADISON, SD, WILLIAM D. DISBROW, SIOUX FALLS, SD; TWO DAUGHTERS, GEORGIA DISBROW, SIOUX FALLS, SD, LINDA DISBROW, SIOUX FALLS, SD; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN; TEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND, STEVE PAINTER, SIOUX FALLS, SD; AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, INEZ, ON MARCH 29, 1994; HIS PARENTS; AND A BROTHER, WILLIAM."

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