General Notes

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Mason City, Jan. 15--Robert Lee Skaggs, 77, former resident of Mason C
it y, died Wednesday at the Swedish-American hospital in Rockford. The bo
dy w ill arrive in Mason City at 4 p.m. Friday and will be taken to the He
nders on-Jennings funeral home where friends may call. Funeral servic
es wi ll be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, Rev. Ross K. Hell
ye r, of the Christian church, officiating. Burial will be in Mason City c
eme tery. A native of Hodgenville, Ky., Mr. Skaggs was born Sept. 26, 1
87 0, a son of James and Cynthia Skaggs. In 1892 he married Mary Belle A
ki ns in Hodgenville and they came to Mason county in 1906. Since the d
ea th of his wife in 1932, Mr. Skaggs has made his home with his child
re n. He was a member of the Mason City Christian church. Surviving are t
hr ee sons, Homer, Petersburg; Moses, Rockford; Fred, Pekin; two daughter
s, M rs. Ella Jones and Mrs. Nora Reeder, both of Rockford; a sister, Mr
s. Flor ence DeSpain, Springfield, and three brothers, Edward, Frank and W
illia m, all of Greene county, Kentucky, 13 grandchildren and two great-gr
andchi ldren.