Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/123 Surname: FANNING, BRUKE, WOOD ------------------------- The Daily Gate City & Constitution Democrat Newspaper Wednesday March 24, 1920, page 10 Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa G. W. FANNING DIES SUDDENLY He Was Stricken While at Work in His Cigar Store, 301 Main Street Yesterday Afternoon at 4:20 O'clock. WAS A NATIVE OF KEOKUK For Thirty-Five Years Mr. FANNING Had Been Engaged in Cigar Business in This City. George Willis FANNING died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock at his store, 302 Main Street. His death was due to an attack of heart trouble with which he was stricken without warning. Mr. FANNING had not been ill and when he left his home earlier in the afternoon appeared to be in the best of health. His sudden death comes as a shock both to his family and to his many friends in Keokuk. For thirty-five years Mr. FANNING has engaged in the cigar business at the present location if his store. The place is a landmark in the city, and always popular with its many patrons who frequently it often. During the past thirty-five years, Mr. FANNING had devoted practically all of his time to making his business a success and was duly rewarded. His integrity as a business man and citizen of Keokuk has never been doubted. He was a member of the St. Francis de Sales church and of the Knights of Columbus. George Willis FANNING was born in this city, February 1, 1861. He was the son of John and Bridget BURKE FANNING who came to Keokuk from Cincinnati early in the year 1854. Practically all of his life was lived in this community. It was in this place that he received his early education and later began his business career. On September 17, 1891, he married Miss Ida May WOOD of Canton, Mo., who survives him. Mr. and Mrs. FANNING were the parents of five children, three of whom were home yesterday at the time of their father's death, Miss Isabelle. John and Francis, and Miss Elizabeth who is attending school at Lewis Institute, Chicago, and Willis, who is at Washington University, St. Louis. The family residence is 618 Franklin Street. The survivors are his wife, the five children and one sister, Miss Ella FANNING. The funeral will be held form St. Francis de Sales church Friday morning, the hour to be announced later.