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Tingley Centennial: 1883 ~ 1983
EDWARDS FUNERAL HOME
In the early 1900's, all funerals were held in the home of the deceased. One can imagine the procession of horses and buggies
following the horse-drawn hearse to the cemetery.
Courtesy of Flo McClosky Burbridge
Howard Edwards and Jess Jones with Horse-Drawn Hearse
Courtesy of Flo McClosky Burbridge
Edwards Funeral Home
After Mr. EDWARDS' death in 1947, the EDWARDS Undertaking business was continued under the same name with Paul
VARNER [(1916-1981)] of Diagonal as the mortician and funeral director. Lyndon RICHARDS had assisted Mr. EDWARDS for several years
and continued to serve as assistant director until 1951. The funeral home is presently owned by WILSON and WATSON [2011, Watson-Armstrong].
SOURCE: Tingley, Iowa Centennial: 1883 - 1983. Pp. 48-40. PSI, Inc. Belmond IA. 1983.
Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, September of 2011
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2011
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