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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #0792, Date of Import: Oct 24, 1998]
Obituary in Bates County News Headliner, October 27, 1977:
IDA ANN CRISWELL
Ida Ann Criswell, 95, died Oct. 20, 1977, at the Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. She was born at Green Castle, Iowa, Dec. 18, 1881, the daughter of Amenda and Charles Henderson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Criswell; two sons, Hallis Criswell and Charles Criswell; two daughters, Fern and Clara; her parents, five sisters and six brothers.
Mrs. Criswell was a member of the First Baptist Church of Adrian and a resident of Countryside Nursing Home, Butler.
She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Lucille Boyd and a son-in-law, Edward Boyd, Windsor, Mo.; two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Ilene Norvell, Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Lucille Nirvell, Toledo, Ohio; six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; two stepsons, Calvin Criswell, Kansas City, Lewis Criswell, Marshall, Mo.; two step daughters, Mrs. Mary Arcker, Kansas City, and Mrs. Ann Vogt, Independence, Mo.; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Services were Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Atkinson-Dickey Chapel in Adrian with the Rev. Paul Bond officiating. Burial in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian.