Mrs. Lillie Amelang, 89, died late Sunday evening at her home at 802 S. Ward.
She was born March 11, 1885, in Davis County, the daughter of William and Lydia Foster Dyer. She was a resident of Davis County for many years prior to moving to Ottumwa in 1957. She married Ed Amelang, Dec.13, 1905 in Ottumwa. He died in 1955.
Surviving are four sons, Albert and Frank Amelang, both of Grand Junction, Colo.,Carl of Ottumwa and Everett of Sioux Falls, S.D.; three daughters, Marie Boas of Bloomfield, Betty Fowler of Ottumwa, and Mary Skinner of Grand Junction,Colo.; 24 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Carrie Clark of Bloomfield and Nora Collier of Davenport. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, four brothers, and one sister.
The service will be Thursday at 3 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Harold Baker of the Midway Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Shaul Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Mrs. Lillie Amelang, 89, died late Sunday evening at her home at 802 S. Ward.
She was born March 11, 1885, in Davis County, the daughter of William and Lydia Foster Dyer. She was a resident of Davis County for many years prior to moving to Ottumwa in 1957. She married Ed Amelang, Dec.13, 1905 in Ottumwa. He died in 1955.
Surviving are four sons, Albert and Frank Amelang, both of Grand Junction, Colo.,Carl of Ottumwa and Everett of Sioux Falls, S.D.; three daughters, Marie Boas of Bloomfield, Betty Fowler of Ottumwa, and Mary Skinner of Grand Junction,Colo.; 24 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Carrie Clark of Bloomfield and Nora Collier of Davenport. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, four brothers, and one sister.
The service will be Thursday at 3 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Harold Baker of the Midway Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Shaul Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
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