Mrs. Lettie Ann Gordon was born 27 October 1890 in Missouri, to parents William Garr and Elizabeth Hawkins. Her parents married 2 March 1883 in Lewis county, Missouri.
Lettie Smith married Wallace Gordon in 1925 in Adams county, Illinois.
She moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in approximately 1979. She belonged to the Baptist church.
Mrs. Lettie Gordon died 2 April 1991 at a Des Moines, Iowa hospital. She was a hundred years of age.
Among those who survived to mourn were: a brother, Cornelius Garr; a sister, ELizabeth Fisher; a daughter, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral for Mrs. Gordon was held at a Quincy, Illinois funeral parlor, with interment at Greenmount cemetery in that city.
[Social Security Index.] [Rewritten obituary, originally printed page 19 of The Des Moines Register, Des Moines Iowa, 5 April 1991.] [Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002.] [Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800 - 1940.]
NB: Her obituary stated her place of birth was Edina, Missouri. Her Social Security stated her place of birth was Monticello, Missouri. Top of page left at information which is same in both; other info given in bio.
Lettie Smith married Wallace Gordon in 1925 in Adams county, Illinois.
She moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in approximately 1979. She belonged to the Baptist church.
Mrs. Lettie Gordon died 2 April 1991 at a Des Moines, Iowa hospital. She was a hundred years of age.
Among those who survived to mourn were: a brother, Cornelius Garr; a sister, ELizabeth Fisher; a daughter, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral for Mrs. Gordon was held at a Quincy, Illinois funeral parlor, with interment at Greenmount cemetery in that city.
[Social Security Index.] [Rewritten obituary, originally printed page 19 of The Des Moines Register, Des Moines Iowa, 5 April 1991.] [Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002.] [Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800 - 1940.]
NB: Her obituary stated her place of birth was Edina, Missouri. Her Social Security stated her place of birth was Monticello, Missouri. Top of page left at information which is same in both; other info given in bio.
Mrs. Lettie Ann Gordon was born 27 October 1890 in Missouri, to parents William Garr and Elizabeth Hawkins. Her parents married 2 March 1883 in Lewis county, Missouri.
Lettie Smith married Wallace Gordon in 1925 in Adams county, Illinois.
She moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in approximately 1979. She belonged to the Baptist church.
Mrs. Lettie Gordon died 2 April 1991 at a Des Moines, Iowa hospital. She was a hundred years of age.
Among those who survived to mourn were: a brother, Cornelius Garr; a sister, ELizabeth Fisher; a daughter, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral for Mrs. Gordon was held at a Quincy, Illinois funeral parlor, with interment at Greenmount cemetery in that city.
[Social Security Index.] [Rewritten obituary, originally printed page 19 of The Des Moines Register, Des Moines Iowa, 5 April 1991.] [Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002.] [Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800 - 1940.]
NB: Her obituary stated her place of birth was Edina, Missouri. Her Social Security stated her place of birth was Monticello, Missouri. Top of page left at information which is same in both; other info given in bio.
Lettie Smith married Wallace Gordon in 1925 in Adams county, Illinois.
She moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in approximately 1979. She belonged to the Baptist church.
Mrs. Lettie Gordon died 2 April 1991 at a Des Moines, Iowa hospital. She was a hundred years of age.
Among those who survived to mourn were: a brother, Cornelius Garr; a sister, ELizabeth Fisher; a daughter, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral for Mrs. Gordon was held at a Quincy, Illinois funeral parlor, with interment at Greenmount cemetery in that city.
[Social Security Index.] [Rewritten obituary, originally printed page 19 of The Des Moines Register, Des Moines Iowa, 5 April 1991.] [Missouri Marriage Records, 1805 - 2002.] [Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800 - 1940.]
NB: Her obituary stated her place of birth was Edina, Missouri. Her Social Security stated her place of birth was Monticello, Missouri. Top of page left at information which is same in both; other info given in bio.
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