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- ROBERT L. SKAGGS DIES IN ROCKFORD--Was Former Resident of MasonCity.--
Mason City, Jan. 15--Robert Lee Skaggs, 77, former resident ofMasonCity, died Wednesday at the Swedish-American hospital inRockford. Thebody will arrive in Mason City at 4 p.m. Friday and willbe taken to theHenderson-Jennings funeral home where friends may call.Funeral serviceswill be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home,Rev. Ross K.Hellyer, of the Christian church, officiating. Burial willbe in MasonCity cemetery. A native of Hodgenville, Ky., Mr. Skaggs wasborn Sept.26, 1870, a son of James and Cynthia Skaggs. In 1892 hemarried MaryBelle Akins in Hodgenville and they came to Mason countyin 1906. Sincethe death of his wife in 1932, Mr. Skaggs has made hishome with hischildren. He was a member of the Mason City Christianchurch. Survivingare three sons, Homer, Petersburg; Moses, Rockford;Fred, Pekin; twodaughters, Mrs. Ella Jones and Mrs. Nora Reeder, bothof Rockford; asister, Mrs. Florence DeSpain, Springfield, and threebrothers, Edward,Frank and William, all of Greene county, Kentucky, 13grandchildren andtwo great-grandchildren.
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1870 - 1933 (62 years)
