Does there happen to be a funeral home still in existence or perhaps the records were kept from 1909? I know that there are records from my home town in Kansas and they are very helpful. If not, are there death records kept for that same time frame? Thanks. Jerilyn

Iowa death records have been kept from 1880 to date, although it took a while for physicians to remember that they were supposed to report deaths and do so consistently. The Lucas County Genealogical Society has transcripts (and microfilm versions) of those records into the 1930s. No Lucas County funeral home operating now dates back to 1909. The Woodman Funeral Home (Russell) did, and the genealogical society has transcripts of its records. It served only the Russell area, however. If your relative died in Lucas County, you shouldn't (and the operative word here is shouldn't) have too much trouble locating a death record and/or an obit/death report via the genealogical society. Frank