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James Harlan Messer

Birth	:	3 Jul 1897 Trenton, Henry County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	23 Dec 1988 Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Forest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Henry County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9534000, -91.5444000
Plot	:	Block 3a lot 235
Description	:	James Harlan Messer, 91, Trenton, died Friday, Dec. 22, 1988, at Henry County Health Center. He was born July 3, 1897, in White Oak, the son of James William and Emma Nelson Messer. May 27, 1926, he married Alice J. Roach in Washington, He attended White Oak Church, and later, the Trenton United Methodist Church. He had worked at the West Burlington Railroad Shops and at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant before his retirement in 1961. He was a carpenter and a farmer and lived in the White Oak and... Read More	James Harlan Messer, 91, Trenton, died Friday, Dec. 22, 1988, at Henry County Health Center. He was born July 3, 1897, in White Oak, the son of James William and Emma Nelson Messer. May 27, 1926, he married Alice J. Roach in Washington, He attended White Oak Church, and later, the Trenton United Methodist Church. He had worked at the West Burlington Railroad Shops and at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant before his retirement in 1961. He was a carpenter and a farmer and lived in the White Oak and Trenton communities. Surviving are his wife; four sons, Donald and James Messer, Mt. Pleasant; Delmar Messer, Des Moines; and Marvin Messer, Burlington; four daughters, Elizabeth smith, Kahoka, Mo.; Mrs. Lyle (Lola) Swan, Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. Ronald (Wanda) Bair, Des Moines; Mrs. Paul (Marilyn) Rheinschmidt, Burlington; one sister, Irene Messer, Mt. Pleasant; 17 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, five sisters, and a granddaughter, Patricia Smith Ludwig. Funeral services were held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday from the First United Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Lloyd Latta and the Rev. John Poe officiating. Interment was in Forest Home Cemetery. A memorial has been established to the Cancer Society. _____________ This obituary is being reprinted to include more information. {Mount Pleasant (IA) News, Wednesday, 28 December 1988}

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Family Members:

Parent

James William Messer

(1867 - 1961)

Emma Olive Nelson Messer

(1874 - 1954)

Spouse

Alice Josephine Roach Messer

(1906 - 1994)

Siblings

Bertha Pearl Messer

(1893 - 1893)

Albert Orval Messer

(1894 - 1933)

Vernie Ruth Messer

(1895 - 1912)

Zell Marie Messer Scarff

(1900 - 1984)

(1901 - 1920)

(1906 - 1980)

(1908 - 2003)

(1909 - 1920)

(1917 - 1917)

Children

Lola Audriene Messer Swan

(1931 - 2019)

Donald Lee Messer

(1936 - 2021)

Delmar Keith Messer

(1938 - 2009)

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