THE OBITUARY OF

Effie Jane Poffenbarger

Effie Jane Poffenbarger

Mrs. EFFIE JANE POFFENBARGER, widow of Harry Poffenbarger, died at her home at 8:55 p.m. Tuesday after two weeks' illness of liver trouble.

Born April 6, 1878, in Iowa, she has been a Council Bluffs resident for thirty-eight years. She is a member of Pentecostal Church.

Burial will be at Van Meter, Thursday.

Surviving are two sons: Leonard of Burlington and Deuward of Mount Pleasant; one daughter, Mrs. Ivan Caskey of Council Bluffs; three sisters, Mrs. Lucy L. Day of Onaga, Kansas; Mrs. Anna Clearwater of Van Meter, and Mrs. Fannie Johnson of Earlham; three brothers, Otis Earp of West Des Moines, Joe of Booneville and Charles of Waukee; and four grandchildren.

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, Wednesday, October 2, 1940, page 7

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