Albert Abbott, aged 56, who had been a resident of Cedar Township, almost all his life was found dead in the pasture on the old Rawson farm 3 miles east of this city, Tuesday evening.

Albert disappeared from Mt. Auburn Saturday evening shorty after evening supper. When he failed to return late at night, relatives felt worried and a search party began in the countryside.

For a time Abbott had been making his home with relatives, staying with Perry Abbott, an uncle and with Mrs. F. C. Abbott, widow of his twin brother, Edgar.

Except for intervals when he left the community to work elsewhere, he had always lived in Cedar Township.

Besides his brother and uncle Albert is survived by a son, Wayne living in New Jersey and a daughter, Esther, whose home is in New York.

Undertaker, H, E. Waldroff was called and the remains were brought to the Ashley undertaking parlor and prepared for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been perfected, pending the arrival of the son Wayne from the east, who is in enroute here.

Progress Review, La Porte, Iowa, Thursday, October 6, 1927, page 1

Abbott, who had been making his home with a niece, Mrs. Alice Wescott, three miles from here, left the house about 11 a.m. Saturday, but as he frequently remained away for varying periods, no alarm was felt until Tuesday when Mrs. Wescott and three friends, Mrs. Fred Ambern and Mr. and Mrs. Mont Primmer, started to search for him.

The body was found near the rock crusher at Glory, hidden in a small timbered ravine. Death had been recent, the physician who was called said.

Another brother, James Brandon and a son Lane, New Jersey, New York, survive, as does a daughter Esther, whose whereabouts are not known.

Mr. Abbott lived in Mt. Auburn most of his life and had been employed here and at LaPorte City. He had been in poor health and out of work for some time.

Mt. Auburn Correspondence in Waterloo Courier
Brandon Beg, October 6, 1927.