This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howard Stokes Persinger Gossett Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Gk.2ADI/1168 Message Board Post: From the Austin Daily Herald, Austin, MN Tuesday April 29, 1952 OBITUARIES 1879 ---- Agnes Howard ---- 1952 Agnes Margaret Stokes was born to George and Jane Stokes, Oct. 7, 1879, at Sigel, Ill., and passed away April 19, 1952, at the age of 73 years, 6 months and 12 days. When she was three weeks old, she went with her parents by covered wagon to Carroll county, Iowa, settling there on a farm until she was 16-years-old, when her family moved to Sac county, Iowa. On Nov. 7, 1899, she was united in marriage with Fletcher Howard at Auburn, Iowa. To this union were born two daughters, Elma (Mrs. Lynn Persinger), Waltham, and Florence (Mrs. Joe Gossett), Des Moines. In 1902, they moved to Webb, Iowa, later moving back to Sac county, where they resided until 1929, when they moved to Waltham, residing there until the time of her death. In her younger days, Mrs. Howard enjoyed helping others. In 1950, Mr. and Mrs. Howard celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and since that time she has been in failing health with a heart condition. Last Aug. 9, she submitted to a serious operation at St. Olaf hospital, Austin, and never fully recovered. Last Saturday, she suffered a stroke and passed away peacefully that evening at 5:45. Besides her husband and daughters, she leaves nine grandchildren and eight grand-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at the family home in Waltham and at 2 o'clock at Community church, Waltham, Rev. L. M. Aldermann, Sargeant, officiating. On Wednesday, services were held at 2 p.m. at Sac City. She was laid to rest in the Furgeson cemetery, Lake View, Iowa.