Georgia Dean SLAUSON

Georgia Dean SLAUSON

Female 1889 - 1974  (84 years)

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  • Name Georgia Dean SLAUSON  [2
    • Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
      Thursday September 12, 1974 p. 4
      Georgia Ernest, 84, Last Rites Held September 4
      Funeral services for Mrs. Willis (Georgia) Ernest, 84, of Bedford, lifetime Taylor County resident, were held September 4 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Carl Cummings officiating. Mrs. Ernest died September 2, 1974, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

      Georgia Dean Slauson, daughter of Lewis E. [gbert] and Elizabeth Templeton Slauson, was born just east of Bedford, Iowa, October 15, 1889.

      When she was a young girl she was baptized by Rev. D. W. Griffith and became a member of the East Mission Church. Later in years she transferred her membership to the United Methodist Church in Conway.

      On December 15, 1912, she was united in marriage to Willis Carl Ernest, at her home in Bedford. To this union, one son, Willis Dean, was born to bless their home and to share their love.

      She spent her entire life around and in Bedford. In 1917 they moved to the farm east of Bedford where she has since continued to reside.

      She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, who died July 24, 1955.

      She leaves her devoted son, Willis, and his wife Darline; one granddaughter, Joyce [Ann], and her husband, Robert Hoepker, of Creston, Ia.; a great grandson, Randy; one sister, Edith Ernest; other relatives and many friends.

      She was a kind and loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend and she will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

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    Birth 15 Oct 1889  Bedford, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Living with parents in Clayton, Taylor Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1920  Living with husband in Gay, Taylor co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1930  Living with husband in Gay, Taylor Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1940  Living with husband in Gay, Taylor Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Death 2 Sep 1974  Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Burial Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I50518  Main Tree
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2015 

    Father Lewis Egbert SLAWSON,   b. 06 Feb 1849, Knox County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Oct 1923, Stuart, Guthrie County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Elizabeth TEMPLETON,   b. 06 Aug 1851, Henry County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1917, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 18 Jan 1876  Woodhull, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8
    Family ID F20915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Willis Carl ERNEST,   b. 22 Feb 1883, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1955, Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 15 Dec 1912  Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Willis D. ERNEST,   b. Abt 1920, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F20932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Oct 1889 - Bedford, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Dec 1912 - Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Sep 1974 - Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Willis C. Ernest and Georgia D. Slauson Headstone
    Willis C. Ernest and Georgia D. Slauson Headstone
    Willis C., the son of August Ernest and Hannah M. Ditch, and his wife, Georgia Dean Slauson, the daughter of Lewis E. Slauson and Elizabeth Templeton, are buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa.

    Created by: Cindy Baldogo
    Photo Added by: Joe Chester

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.

    3. [S6926] 1900 Census Clayton, Taylor County, Iowa.

    4. [S6928] 1920 Census Gay, Taylor County, Iowa.

    5. [S6931] 1930 Census Gay, Taylor County, Iowa.

    6. [S6932] 1940 Census Gay, Taylor County, Iowa.

    7. [S01818] Ancestry.com: Social Security Death Index.

    8. [S02465] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900.