Katherine Francis Sholes

1915 - 2015  (99 years)

• Name	Katherine Francis Sholes  [1, 2]
  Birth	11 Jul 1915	..., Wapello, Iowa   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Jan 2015	Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I229705	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Lester Orin Sholes,   b. 4 Mar 1890, David City, Butler, Nebraska d. 22 Jun 1974, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Hazel Gertrude Young,   b. 18 Jun 1895, Batavia, Jefferson, Iowa d. 22 Sep 1978, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	22 Jul 1914	Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa   [5]
  Family ID	F90934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Glenn Howard Gray,   b. Between May 814 and 1914, Albia, Monroe, Iowa d. 13 Aug 1989 (Age 117 years)
  Marriage	4 Jan 1936	Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa   [6]
  Children	1. Gene E. Gray   2. Glenda Gray
  Family ID	F90944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2018

  
  

• Notes

  The Ottumwa Courier (IA) January 20, 2015 OTTUMWA — Katherine Francis Gray, 99, of Ottumwa, died at 10 a.m. January 19, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Society-Ottumwa. She was born July 11, 1915, in Wapello County, Iowa, to Lester O. and Hazel Young Sholes. She married Glenn Howard Gray on January 4, 1936, in Ottumwa. He preceded her in death on August 13, 1989. A resident of Wapello County her entire life, she attended several rural schools and graduated from Ottumwa High School in 1933. She was a seamstress, a homemaker and farmed with her husband southwest of Chillicothe until moving to Ottumwa in 1965. She is survived by a son, Gene E. (Jewell) Gray of Ottumwa; a daughter, Glenda Campbell (Haven Douglas Noble) of Mt. Pleasant; a grandson, Russell (Patti) Gray of Cedar Rapids; and a brother, Robert Sholes of Albia. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Lester and Joseph Sholes; and two sisters, Margaret Darrah and Donna Sholes, who died at age 4.

  
  

• Sources

  [S58252] Obituary, Ottumwa Courier, Donna Florence Sholes, (September 13, 1938). [S58258] Obituary, The Ottumwa Courier (IA), Katherine Francis Gray, (January 20, 2015). [S47986] 1920 census, Iowa, Wapello county, Year: 1920; Census Place: Ottumwa Ward 7, Wapello, Iowa; Roll: T625_516; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 161 (Reliability: 3). [S58253] Obituary, Ottumwa Post, Robert O. Sholes, (March 29, 2017). [S44576] Cemetery index, Shaul Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, (Find-a-Grave). [S54193] Marriage record, Iowa (Reliability: 3). Name: Katherine Sholes Gender: Female Race: White Age: 20 Birth Year: abt 1916 Birth Place: Wafrella County, Iowa Residence Place: Blokesburg, Iowa Marriage Date: 4 Jan 1936 Marriage Place: Ottumwa, Iowa, USA Father: Lester Sholes Mother: Hazel Young Spouse: Glen Howard Gray Birth Year: abt 1914 Birth Place: Albia, Iowa Father: Elmer Gray Mother: Mary Lathen