Muly 7, 1995
KANAWHA, Ia-- Vestus Mae (Whitehurst) Leerar, 84, died Tuesday (July 4, 1995) at the Kanawha Community Home. Vestus Whitehurst was born Dec. 9, 1910, in Pontiac, Ill. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Ewing Funeral Chapel, Britt, with the Rev. Eldon Elmore officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Britt. Visitation is after 3 p.m. today at Ewing Funeral Home, Britt.
Vestus is survived by her husband, Jake Leerar; one son, Leonard Leerar and his wife, Donna, of Britt; three daughters, Dorothy Studer and her husband, Gary, of Corwith; Audry Meyers and her husband, William "Bill," of Corwith, and Deloris Fleming and her husband, Wayne, of Parker, Co.; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; five stepgreat-grandchildren; nine stepgreat-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Ellen Kuch of Britt; Evelyn Stokesbary and her husband, Arvid, of Clear Lake; Gladys Schmid and her husband, Clarence, of Britt, and Irene Pletcher and her husband, Robert, of Forest City; and one brother, Orvin Whitehurst and his wife, Jan, of Clear Lake. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Blanche Shujter; and four brothers, Glen Whitehurst, John Whitehurst, Mervin Whitehurst and Ivan Whitehurst.
Muly 7, 1995
KANAWHA, Ia-- Vestus Mae (Whitehurst) Leerar, 84, died Tuesday (July 4, 1995) at the Kanawha Community Home. Vestus Whitehurst was born Dec. 9, 1910, in Pontiac, Ill. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Ewing Funeral Chapel, Britt, with the Rev. Eldon Elmore officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Britt. Visitation is after 3 p.m. today at Ewing Funeral Home, Britt.
Vestus is survived by her husband, Jake Leerar; one son, Leonard Leerar and his wife, Donna, of Britt; three daughters, Dorothy Studer and her husband, Gary, of Corwith; Audry Meyers and her husband, William "Bill," of Corwith, and Deloris Fleming and her husband, Wayne, of Parker, Co.; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; five stepgreat-grandchildren; nine stepgreat-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Ellen Kuch of Britt; Evelyn Stokesbary and her husband, Arvid, of Clear Lake; Gladys Schmid and her husband, Clarence, of Britt, and Irene Pletcher and her husband, Robert, of Forest City; and one brother, Orvin Whitehurst and his wife, Jan, of Clear Lake. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Blanche Shujter; and four brothers, Glen Whitehurst, John Whitehurst, Mervin Whitehurst and Ivan Whitehurst.
Family Members
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John W. Whitehurst
1905–1991
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Gertrude Blanche Whitehurst Schutjer
1907–1929
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Glen Elsworth Whitehurst
1908–1988
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Loretta Ellen Whitehurst Kuch
1915–2002
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Ivan Whitehurst
1918–1921
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Gladys Marie Whitehurst Schmid
1922–2013
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Mervin Dale Whitehurst
1923–1982
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Irene LaVonne Whitehurst Anderson Pletcher
1929–2014
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