Person:Luzetta Moyer (1)

From the Red Oak (Iowa) Express, Issue Date Unknown. Obiturary of Mrs. John T. Askey nee Luzetta Moyer

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FORMER ELLIOTT LADY

    Funeral services for Mrs. John T. Askey, 80, a resident of this vicinity for several years was held in Red Oak last Saturday afternoon at the Sellergren Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Orville Morrow, pastor of the Methodist Church in Red Oak. Burial was made in the Red Oak cemetery.
    Mrs. Askey died suddenly Tuesday evening, December 29 (1936), at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Merrill E. Morgan in Bassett, Nebraska.
    Mrs. Askey is survived by two children, one daughter, Mrs. Merrill E. Morgan of Bassett, Nebraska and one son, Ernest G. Askey of Omaha, several granchildren, great grandchildren and one great great granchild. Two children preceded her in death, Ellis E. Askey and Mrs. Orpha Ellen Black, both of Red Oak.
    Mrs. Askey was born in Centre Co., PA on October 1, 1856. She came west with her parents at the age of six and lived for many years in Illinois where the family first located. She grew to young womanhood there and it was there she was married to John T. Askey on April 1, 1873. After coming to Iowa they resided for a number of years at Elliott and later moving to Red Oak.

(Copied by Jerry Lee Askey 1982)

1. ↑ Obiturary.