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Edward G Fligg

Birth	:	25 May 1883 Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	17 Nov 1970 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Greenwood Cemetery, Vernon, Shiawassee County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.9432983, -84.0346985
Plot	:	3rd.184
Description	:	Note: this memorial updated June 27, 2018 with DOB/DOD locations and a revised, full, verbatim transcription of the obituary. A previous obituary transcription was found to be edited for content from another source. ---------------------------- Fairfield Ledger Thursday, November 19 1970 Pg. 10 Col. 1 Fligg Funeral Will Be Friday Funeral services for Edward G. Fligg, former Fairfield resident, will be held Friday at the United Methodist Church. The services will be at 2 p.m. with the Rev. George Dimmitt, Des Moines, and the Rev. Wilson Hyde officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.... Read More	Note: this memorial updated June 27, 2018 with DOB/DOD locations and a revised, full, verbatim transcription of the obituary. A previous obituary transcription was found to be edited for content from another source. ---------------------------- Fairfield Ledger Thursday, November 19 1970 Pg. 10 Col. 1 Fligg Funeral Will Be Friday Funeral services for Edward G. Fligg, former Fairfield resident, will be held Friday at the United Methodist Church. The services will be at 2 p.m. with the Rev. George Dimmitt, Des Moines, and the Rev. Wilson Hyde officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. The Weston Behner Funeral HOme will be in charge. Death came to Mr. Fligg Tuesday at Northwest Hospital in Des Moines, where he had been a patient since last Friday. Edward G. Fligg, 87, was born May 25, 1883, in Fairfield, the son of Charles E. and Belle Henderson Fligg. He was reared and educated in Fairfield and lived all his life in this community until moving to Des Moines in June, 1968. He entered the grocery business in 1889 (sic. ?? aged six years old ??), purchased his own store in 1929 and retired from the grocery business in 1943. He remained quite active in other fields following his retirement from the retail business. He helped organize USO drives in various communities, helped establish the pension fund for the Methodist Clergy in South Iowa, and was associated with Iowa Wesleyan College in fund raising programs. Fligg was one of the oldest members of the Methodist church, joining the church in 1899; he was a member of Fairfield Rotary and the Fairfield Christian Businessman's Association. He was married to Madge Murdock Nov. 27, 1901, who died May 1, 1951. To them were born four children, one of whom survives. He is Harold Fligg, Fairfield. Those deceased are Lois, Keith and Robert. On May 14, 1952, he was married to Verda Gaumer who survives. Following the death of Mr. Fligg's son, Keith, Mr. and Mrs. Fligg bought the two grandsons to their home and cared for them until they were both through high school. Mr. and Mrs. Fligg have been residents of Wesley Acres, a Methodist retirement home in Des Moines, since June, 1968. Survivors include his son, Harold; two grandsons, Robert, San Diego, Calif., and Alan, Inglewood, Calif.; and three sisters, Mrs. Stan Brewingtonn and Mrs. Nellie Boughner, both of Fairfield, and Mrs. Helen Maxwell, Davenport. He was preceded in death by two brothers, one of them a twin. ------------------------- Transcriber's note: His mother, Mrs. Charles E. Fligg's maiden name was Nancy I. "Belle" Henderson. Cited from JEFFERSON COUNTY MARRIAGE Record #4776

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Edward G Fligg's memorial is located at: Greenwood Cemetery, Vernon, Shiawassee County, USA.
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Edward G Fligg death on 17 Nov 1970 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.9432983
Longitude: -84.0346985

Family Members:

Parent

Charles Elvades Fligg

(1860 - 1923)

Nancy Isabelle Henderson Fligg

(1857 - 1929)

Spouse

Madge Murdock Fligg

(1882 - 1951)

Verda May Green Fligg

(1889 - 1992)

Siblings

Nellie May Fligg Boughner

(1888 - 1980)

Bonnie Fligg Brewington

(1895 - 1990)

Children

Harold M Fligg

(1903 - 1979)

Lois Katherine “Kay” Fligg

(1912 - 1932)

Robert Paul Fligg

(1917 - 1938)

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