Albert E. Muxlow 1860-1941
Died 12 September 1941
Albert E. Muxlow taken By Death-Resident Here For Over Fifty Years.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Methodist church in
LeMars for
Albert Muxlow for many a well known resident of LeMars. The services
were
largely attended by relatives from Des Moines, Wessington Springs,
LaVerne,
Dawson and other places in Minnesota. Rev W M Hubbard, pastor of the
church
officiated. Pall bearers were old friends and neighbors, J C Gillespie,
J W
Johns, Ralph Marcue, P H Peterson, Henry Remer, and Charles Steele.
Albert Edward Muxlow was born near Shullsburg, Wis, May 28, 1860. His
parents
were George and Sarah Muxlow. He is the last of a family of ten
children. He
died at Des Moines Friday, September 12, at the age of 81. After his
marriage
to Belle Raw on November 21, 1881, he lived on a farm near Darlington,
Wis.,
for two years, moving then to Le Mars, Iowa, where he continued farming
until
he retired to an acreage at the south edge of Le Mars about 1900. He has
lived
in Des Moines since 1932. His wife preceded him in death nearly twenty
years.
They had no children. He leaves a large circle of relatives, both his
own and
his wife's, with whom he has always maintained the closest relationship,
each
of them mourning his passing as a deep personal sorrow. Throughout his
long
life he has been known as a friend to everyone, never failing to lend
his help
in a time of need. Especially in his later life, he has written
literally
hundreds of letters and cards every year to relatives, far and near,
which with
their messages of cheer and friendliness have carried untold pleasure
and
comfort. Among out of town relatives and friends attending the funeral
were Mr
and Mrs. Chas. Hodgson, Mrs. George Hodgson, Mrs. Cora Fry and son
Albert,
Wessington, S D. Robert Hodgson, Madson SD; Mr and Mrs. Gerald Cummings,
Ward,
Minn. Mrs. Will Muxlow and Mr and Mrs. Henry Muxlow, Hartland, Minn. Mr
and Mrs.
John Gay, Mrs. Wm Gay and two daughters, Mr and Mrs. Mickelson and son,
Elden and
Mrs. Leslie Mitchell and daughter, Luverne, Minn. Mr and Mrs. Robert
Fun---,
Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thompson and daughter, Ruth, Dawson, Minn;
and Mr and Mrs.
Chester Potter and son, Milton, Mr and Mrs. Bernie Huston, Hess
Heathershaw,
Fred Heathershaw, Mrs. May Heathershaw, Mrs. May Armstrong and Mrs. Mary
Laughton,
Des Moines.
Source: LeMars Sentinel, September 16, 1941
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Submitter: Linda Ziemann--From the Family Scrapbooks of my Grandmother's first cousin, Fern Chapman Cooper, who was a “keeper.” She kept scrapbooks for years.