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John Hutchinson Jr.

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John Hutchinson Jr.

Birth
Bowling Township, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Death
27 Dec 1933 (aged 83)
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Montezuma, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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CEDAR RAPIDS MAN BURIED HERE FRIDAY
John Hutchinson Laid to Rest in Montezuma Cemetery
Lived on Farm Northeast of Montezuma for Several Years
Later in Hardware Business

John (Jr) Hutchinson - March 28, 1850 - December 27, 1933

Funeral services for John Hutchinson of Cedar Rapids, were held here Friday afternoon from the Methodist Church at two o'clock. The Rev J H Krenmeyre, pastor of the church. Dr George Blagg of New Sharon, formerly pastor of the local church and of the family preached the sermon. Burial was made in the local cemetery.
The committal service of the Masonic lodge was given by Dr A B Graham, past master, assisted by the officers of the lodge. The pall bearers were old acquaintances, William Dodds, B J Powell, A C Heath, George F Johnston, W N Stone, and R J Smith. Mrs C W Gorsuch, Mrs J Lea Taylor, W L Pollard and A C Heath, accompanied by Esther Moore at the organ, sang "Gathering Home" and "One Day Nearer Home".
Mr Hutchinson died Wednesday evening, December 27th at a hospital in Cedar Rapids, where he was taken that morning. The body was brought to the Steffy funeral home here the same evening. Mr Hutchinson had made his home with his daughter in Cedar Rapids for several years. He was a prominent farmer in this community and later a business man.
John Hutchinson, son of John and Mary Ann Hutchinson, was born March 28, 1850, and departed this life, December 27, 1933 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 29 days. He was born in Rock Island County, Illinois and lived there with his parents and seven brothers and one sister until a young man of twenty, when he came to Iowa with his brother, Joseph, eighteen, driving in a lumber wagon from Preemption, Illinois to Scott Township, eight miles south of Brooklyn, Iowa where they built an unplastered shack of native lumber on the prairie. They lived there eighteen months, improving their father's farm. The family moved there in spring of 1872.
He married Mary Elizabeth Arthur November 5, 1879. To this union three children, John Charles who died at the age of 6, and Edith and Ivy. They lived on their farm five miles northeast of Montezuma until 1905 when they moved to Montezuma where he was engaged in the hardware business. His wife preceded him in death April 1, 1914, after which he moved to Cedar Rapids, making his home with his daughter Edith.
He is survived by his two daughters, Mrs A L Fuller of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Mrs H E McCombie of Winterset, Iowa; five grand-children, Marabelle, Richard and Mildred Fuller, Jack and Bobbie McCombie; one sister, Mary Hutchinson and two brothers, Joseph and Henry Hutchinson of Montezuma.
Mr Hutchinson was made a member of the Methodist church of Montezuma and the Masonic Lodge. He was widely known and he numbered his friends by his acquaintances. Although his last illness was of long duration, he was patient through it all and counted the days until he would be out with his many friends again.

The Montezuma Republican, January, 1934
CEDAR RAPIDS MAN BURIED HERE FRIDAY
John Hutchinson Laid to Rest in Montezuma Cemetery
Lived on Farm Northeast of Montezuma for Several Years
Later in Hardware Business

John (Jr) Hutchinson - March 28, 1850 - December 27, 1933

Funeral services for John Hutchinson of Cedar Rapids, were held here Friday afternoon from the Methodist Church at two o'clock. The Rev J H Krenmeyre, pastor of the church. Dr George Blagg of New Sharon, formerly pastor of the local church and of the family preached the sermon. Burial was made in the local cemetery.
The committal service of the Masonic lodge was given by Dr A B Graham, past master, assisted by the officers of the lodge. The pall bearers were old acquaintances, William Dodds, B J Powell, A C Heath, George F Johnston, W N Stone, and R J Smith. Mrs C W Gorsuch, Mrs J Lea Taylor, W L Pollard and A C Heath, accompanied by Esther Moore at the organ, sang "Gathering Home" and "One Day Nearer Home".
Mr Hutchinson died Wednesday evening, December 27th at a hospital in Cedar Rapids, where he was taken that morning. The body was brought to the Steffy funeral home here the same evening. Mr Hutchinson had made his home with his daughter in Cedar Rapids for several years. He was a prominent farmer in this community and later a business man.
John Hutchinson, son of John and Mary Ann Hutchinson, was born March 28, 1850, and departed this life, December 27, 1933 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 29 days. He was born in Rock Island County, Illinois and lived there with his parents and seven brothers and one sister until a young man of twenty, when he came to Iowa with his brother, Joseph, eighteen, driving in a lumber wagon from Preemption, Illinois to Scott Township, eight miles south of Brooklyn, Iowa where they built an unplastered shack of native lumber on the prairie. They lived there eighteen months, improving their father's farm. The family moved there in spring of 1872.
He married Mary Elizabeth Arthur November 5, 1879. To this union three children, John Charles who died at the age of 6, and Edith and Ivy. They lived on their farm five miles northeast of Montezuma until 1905 when they moved to Montezuma where he was engaged in the hardware business. His wife preceded him in death April 1, 1914, after which he moved to Cedar Rapids, making his home with his daughter Edith.
He is survived by his two daughters, Mrs A L Fuller of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Mrs H E McCombie of Winterset, Iowa; five grand-children, Marabelle, Richard and Mildred Fuller, Jack and Bobbie McCombie; one sister, Mary Hutchinson and two brothers, Joseph and Henry Hutchinson of Montezuma.
Mr Hutchinson was made a member of the Methodist church of Montezuma and the Masonic Lodge. He was widely known and he numbered his friends by his acquaintances. Although his last illness was of long duration, he was patient through it all and counted the days until he would be out with his many friends again.

The Montezuma Republican, January, 1934


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