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Lewis Lorenzo Rockwell

Birth	:	16 Jun 1868 New York, USA
Death	:	24 Nov 1946 O'Brien County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.7096748, -94.2311783
Description	:	Funeral Held for Long-time Resident of O'Brien County Funeral services were held last Wednesday, November 6, for Louis L. Rockwell, long-time resident of Mapleside, at the Mapleside cemetery. Mr. Rockwell was well known in this community, having moved to O'Brien county from Rome, N. Y., in 1885. He is survived by his three sons and four daughters. His wife, Olive R. Rockwell, preceded him in death, having passed away in 1908. ----- O'Brien County Bell, 13 Nov 1946, p. 6 Louis [sic] L. Rockwell Lewis L. Rockwell, the eldest son of Hubert and Ellen L. Rockwell, was born near Rome, N. Y., on the... Read More	Funeral Held for Long-time Resident of O'Brien County Funeral services were held last Wednesday, November 6, for Louis L. Rockwell, long-time resident of Mapleside, at the Mapleside cemetery. Mr. Rockwell was well known in this community, having moved to O'Brien county from Rome, N. Y., in 1885. He is survived by his three sons and four daughters. His wife, Olive R. Rockwell, preceded him in death, having passed away in 1908. ----- O'Brien County Bell, 13 Nov 1946, p. 6 Louis [sic] L. Rockwell Lewis L. Rockwell, the eldest son of Hubert and Ellen L. Rockwell, was born near Rome, N. Y., on the 16th day of the 6th month 1868. In the spring of 1885 he came with his parents to O'Brien county and settled on the farm near Paullina, which has been his home the remainder of his life. In 1892 he was united in marriage with Olive R. Moffitt, of Ackworth, Ia. To them were born three sons and four daughters, all of whom survive him. His wife died in 1908. In 1919 he was married to Anna Test, who passed away in 1939. Most of the time since he has kept house in the home where he and his two older sons lived together. On the evening of the 2nd of the present month, he lay down on the couch for a rest and shortly after was found to have quietly passed away. He is survived by his seven children, five step-children, thirteen grandchildren and eleven step-grandchildren. The children are Wallace, at home, Esther Workman, of this neighborhood, Emily Stoughton of Iowa City, Milton of Cherokee, Abner, Mary Purinton and Mildred Hage, all of Springville, Ia. The step-children are Helen Strader of Denver, Colo., Florence Olson of Grunell, Ia., Harold Test, of Elba, N. Y., Gertrude West, of Paullina, and Carl Test, of Rotau, Tex. One step-daughter, Bertha Bringhurst, preceded him in death. He also leaves a sister, Mary Moffitt, of Ackworth, Ia., and a brother, Ray, and a sister, Ruth Mendenhall, of Fairhope, Ala. Lewis Rockwell was a life-long member of the Society of Friends, and was firmly attached to its principles and practices. He will be greatly missed by his family to whom he was devoted in an especial manner and by a large number of neighbors to whom he was a real friend. The funeral was held from the home and the Friends Meeting house on the 6th inst., with burial in the cemetery at Mapleside. O'Brien County Bell, 13 Nov 1946, p. 1

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Lewis Lorenzo Rockwell's memorial is located at: Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, USA.
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Lewis Lorenzo Rockwell death on 24 Nov 1946 in O'Brien County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.7096748
Longitude: -94.2311783

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