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Bert E. Combs

Birth	:	2 Jun 1876 Maroa, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	23 Sep 1945 Emerson, Mills County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.9053001, -104.4293976
Plot	:	1st Addition #113
Description	:	Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. last Thursday at the Emerson Baptist Church for Bert E. Combs who died September 23, at his farm home southwest of Emerson after being in failing health for several years. The services were in charge of Rev. C. H. Shanklin of the Baptist Church and the Masonic lodge of which Mr. Combs was a member for 43 years. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Cheney, Mrs. W. H. Cramer, and C. D. Greenwood with Mrs. Cheney as soloist and Mrs. Eleanor Winter, accompanist. Flower arrangements were in... Read More	Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. last Thursday at the Emerson Baptist Church for Bert E. Combs who died September 23, at his farm home southwest of Emerson after being in failing health for several years. The services were in charge of Rev. C. H. Shanklin of the Baptist Church and the Masonic lodge of which Mr. Combs was a member for 43 years. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Cheney, Mrs. W. H. Cramer, and C. D. Greenwood with Mrs. Cheney as soloist and Mrs. Eleanor Winter, accompanist. Flower arrangements were in charge of Helen Hascall with Gladys Davis, Lucille Hascall, and Caroline Hascall assisting. Serving as pall bearers were Harold Smith, J. Frank Durbin, Albert Anderson, Ray Beals, and four Masonic brothers: George Thorson, Gordon Hascall, Wilbur Morrison, and Horace Greenwood. Burial was made in the Emerson Cemetery beside his wife and parents. Bert E. Combs, son of Alexander J. and Elizabeth S. Combs, was born June 2, 1876 in Macon County, Maroa, Illinois, and was called to rest according to his earnest desire, from his farm home at the age of 69 years, three months, and 21 days. The body was removed to the Comer Funeral Home until the hour of the funeral. Prayer and words of comfort were offered the family by Rev. Shanklin at the funeral home preceding the church services. Coming to Carroll at a very early age, the family then moved to the farm home southwest of Emerson, where he spent all of his life except for a few years which he spent in the grocery business with his brother in Emerson. He was educated in the old Lincoln Normal and cherished the reunions held each summer with his former classmates. On October 28, 1907, he was united in marriage to Nellie Eleanor Thompson at Red Oak. To this union were born two children, Geraldine at the farm home, and Paul D. of Norfolk, Nebraska, now serving with the U. S. Naval Reserves in the Pacific. Bert, as he was known by his host of trines, attended the United Brethren Church near his home in the early years, served 40 odd years in various capacities on the country school board: was a member of the Easter Star Chapter, and 43 years a Mason: a charter member of Asbury Local Farmers Union and belonged to the Low Twelve of Red Oak. Those who survive him and mourn his loss are Geraldine F. Combs at home; Lt. Paul D. Combs and wife, Norfolk, Virginia; three grandchildren, Jimmy, Judith, and Jayne; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Clara Combs and a niece, Mrs. Carter H. Breusing, of Bakersfield, California; also Hobart Hampton, who has served him and his family faithfully for the past 30 years. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife and his only brother. Friends and relatives attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Russel, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Thompson, Mrs. Ed Russel, and Frank Kilpatrick, Randolph; Mrs. Hattie Lutz, Blanche and Brice Dalton, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Timson and daughters, Mrs. Lynn Decker and Mrs. Lila Mae Windle, Tabor; Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Reed, Osmond, Nebraska; H. A. Schroeder, Broken Bow, Nebraska; Mrs. Paul Combs, Norfolk, Nebraska, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Hoover, John and Marion Beals, Mrs. Howard Lookabill, and Miss Scott, Malvern; Mr. and Mrs. George Lang, Creston, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Potter, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nelson, Mrs. Margaret Baker, and Mrs. Odessa Lukehart, Red Oak, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Willie Huntsman, Villisca. Malvern Leader, October 4, 1945, page 6

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Bert E. Combs's memorial is located at: Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax County, USA.
When did Bert E. Combs death?
Bert E. Combs death on 23 Sep 1945 in Emerson, Mills County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 36.9053001
Longitude: -104.4293976

Family Members:

Parent

Alexander Jackson Combs

(1840 - 1914)

Elizabeth S. Brown Combs

(1842 - 1920)

Spouse

Nellie Eleanor Thompson Combs

(1884 - 1937)

Siblings

Children

Geraldine Faye Combs Hampton

(1908 - 1948)

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