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Walter Leon Carr

Birth	:	4 Feb 1877 Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	Apr 1953 Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Hounslow Cemetery, Hounslow, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate	:	51.4512510, -0.3786640
Plot	:	Fairlawn Lot 91 - 4
Description	:	Walter L. Carr, Old Timer in Cerro Gordo County, Dies Walter Leon Carr, 76, died at his home, 615 N. Federal, late Monday afternoon. He had lived in Cerro Gordo County throughout his lifetime and was one of the old timers of the Northwestern States Portland Cement Company. He was a descendant of a pioneer family who came to Cerro Gordo County in 1870 and settled in Grant Township. When James R. Carr, Walter's grandfather, picked out his first 80 acres to start stock farming, there were few white homesteaders in the township and little or none of... Read More	Walter L. Carr, Old Timer in Cerro Gordo County, Dies Walter Leon Carr, 76, died at his home, 615 N. Federal, late Monday afternoon. He had lived in Cerro Gordo County throughout his lifetime and was one of the old timers of the Northwestern States Portland Cement Company. He was a descendant of a pioneer family who came to Cerro Gordo County in 1870 and settled in Grant Township. When James R. Carr, Walter's grandfather, picked out his first 80 acres to start stock farming, there were few white homesteaders in the township and little or none of the prairie had been broken. Five years later in 1875, the state census listed only 1,443 acres of Grant Township under cultivation and the township population consisted of 210 men, women and children, 150 of whom were native born Americans. Born at Lake Walter Carr was born Feb. 4, 1877, in Clear Lake, the first born of William and Viola Druse Carr. At the time of his birth the Carrs had 320 acres under cultivation, a big holding in those days, and the histories of the county relate that the tract was "always under good improvements and is beautified by one of the model farm houses of the county." He attended rural school in Grant Township, taking his first job off the family farm when he was 15. On Thanksgiving Day, 1898, he was married to Minnie Aldrich, who lived east of the Carr farm in Lincoln Township, and the young couple went farming on their own. After the death of 'his first wife, he was married to Mrs. Jessie Reynolds Matthees of Lake Mills, July 11, 1942. In 1923, Mr. Carr left farming to help start the first operations of the Webster Conover Company in Mason City. Then he entered county employment and spent some time with the Mason City Sand and Gravel Company. Buys Stanton Home, He was employed by the Northwestern States Portland Cement Company April 14, 1926, when he was assistant to the late Barney Jones, driving yard teams. He purchased the old John Stanton, home at 615 N. Federal eight years ago. A member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Mr. Carr has accompanied his wife, who has held the highest position in the state, Deputy Grand Regent, to international conferences. They had made regular pilgrimages to Mooseheart in Illinois In the span of Mr. Carr's life, he had seen life change from the prairie breaking days of the '70s with stray and begging Indians and gray wolves for neighbors, to the prosperous and comfortable farm life of Cerro Gordo County today. He typified the pioneers who built the Middle West into the finest part of the United States. Family Survives Surviving are his wife, Jessie, daughter, Mrs. Burton Prescott, Clear Lake; son, Merle Carr, Gary Ind.; stepson, William Reynold Mason City; 11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren; four brothers, Clyde, Ernest and Milton, Clear Lake, and Virgil of Mason City, and a sister, Mrs. Gus Zobel, Ventura. Funeral services will be held at the Major Memorial Chapel Thursday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Warner Hubbard, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Clear Lake, officiating. Interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel from noon Wednesday until the time of services. Mason City Globe-Gazette (4/22/1953)

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Walter Leon Carr's memorial is located at: Hounslow Cemetery, Hounslow, London Borough of Hounslow, England.
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Walter Leon Carr death on Apr 1953 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 51.4512510
Longitude: -0.3786640

Family Members:

Parent

William Thomas “Bill” Carr

(1850 - 1930)

Viola V. Bruce Carr

(1854 - 1947)

Spouse

Minnie Esther Aldrich Carr

(1869 - 1942)

Jessie E. Reynolds Carr

(1899 - 1982)

Siblings

Clyde J Carr

(1879 - 1980)

Ernest P. Carr

(1883 - 1955)

Maude Evelyn Carr Zobel

(1890 - 1971)

Milton L Carr

(1894 - 1979)

Virgil M. Carr

(1897 - 1990)

Children

Alta May Carr Prescott

(1899 - 2000)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Hounslow Cemetery
Hounslow, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4512510, -0.3786640

2. Borough Cemetery
Whitton, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4487830, -0.3755630

3. South West Middlesex Crematorium
Hanworth, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4450310, -0.3853170

4. Twickenham Cemetery
Whitton, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4444720, -0.3651380

5. Fulwell Lodge
Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
Coordinate: 51.4403750, -0.3535630

6. St Paul's Church
Hounslow West, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4716900, -0.3812400

7. New Brentford Cemetery
Hounslow, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4735670, -0.3767770

8. St James Churchyard
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Coordinate: 51.4302610, -0.3613080

9. St Dunstan's Churchyard
Feltham, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4386370, -0.4208470

10. Teddington Cemetery
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Coordinate: 51.4325867, -0.3409140

11. Hampton Cemetery
Hampton, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
Coordinate: 51.4207100, -0.3736900

12. Holly Road Garden of Rest
Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
Coordinate: 51.4467190, -0.3294940

13. Feltham Cemetery
Feltham, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4373100, -0.4230600

14. St Mary's Churchyard
Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
Coordinate: 51.4469850, -0.3251840

15. St Leonard Churchyard
Heston, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4850820, -0.3721750

16. HM Prison Feltham
Feltham, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4407443, -0.4335965

17. Kilmorey Mausoleum
Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
Coordinate: 51.4609510, -0.3226600

18. Kempton Park Racecourse
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Coordinate: 51.4188260, -0.4082240

19. St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Bedfont, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4516870, -0.4410940

20. Bedfont Cemetery
Hounslow, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4456070, -0.4417530

21. St. Mary's Churchyard
Teddington, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
Coordinate: 51.4285460, -0.3253420

22. All Saints Churchyard
Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4716470, -0.3198740

23. Isleworth Cemetery
Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4760470, -0.3231800

24. Brentford and Isleworth Friends Burial Ground
Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, England
Coordinate: 51.4789340, -0.3259590