This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Steele, Blaser Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2397 Message Board Post: Former Local Lady Passes at Des Moines Word was received here Monday morning by J. W. Steele apprising him of the death of his sister, Margaret, Mrs. Frank J. Blaser, which occurred at Des Moines that morning at five o'clock. Mrs. Blaser was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Steele. She was born on the old homestead east of Postville on August 11, 1891, and several years ago married Frank J. Blaser at Dubuque where they made their home for several years before moving to Des Moines. She is survived by her husband, two children, Mary Katherine and Frank J., Jr., also four brothers, Frank Steele of Marengo, John Steele of Nashua, James W. of Postville and Henry Steele of McGregor, and one sister, Mrs. Alphonse Kane of Dubuque. Funeral services were held from the Mrs. Kane home, Dubuque, to the church of Nativity on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock Burial in Mount Calvary cemetery.