Iowa
Old Press
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Woodbury co. Iowa
date unknown - likely on or about Sept. 3, 1930
Page 10
DARVILLE RITES ON THURSDAY
Services for Aged Man to Be Held in Morningside Church
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon
from the Morningside Presbyterian church for George Darville, 83
years old, a resident of Sioux City 32 years, who died Tuesday
[Sept. 2, 1930]. Rev. J. Frank Reed, of Tekamah, Neb., will
officiate at the church services and members of Monahan post,
American legion, will have charge of the services at the grave.
Burial will be in Graceland Park cemetery under the direction of
Christy's funeral home. Mr. Darville, who lived at the Sydney
apartments, had operated the
elevator at the E & W building for 32 years. Death was caused
by apoplexy. Mr. Darville was born in 1847 in London, Eng., and
at the age of 7 came to the United States, locating at Maringo
[sic--Marengo], Ill. He
enlisted in the army at 15 and served with the Seventeenth
Illinois cavalry during the civil war. At the close of the war he
returned to Maringo [sic--Marengo] for a year. Later he moved to
a farm near LeMars, where he lived until 32 years ago, when he
moved to Sioux City. Elsie Reeves, of LeMars, and Mr. Darville
were married in 1869. He was a member of the G. A. R. A daughter,
Mrs Olive Burriff [sic--Burris] preceded him in death four years
ago. Surviving Mr. Darville are: The widow; five daughters, Mrs.
O. L. Britton of Tyndall, S. D., Mrs. D. J. Murphy of Sioux City,
Mrs. Marion Graves of Ashland, Ore., Mrs. R. C. Jackson of
Englewood
[sic--Inglewood], Cal., and Mrs. Grace Torkelson of Seattle,
Wash.; two sons, Harrison M. and Lynn George, both of Chicago; 21
grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
[transcribed by V.R., January 2006]