Individual Details

Cora Belle Houser

(15 Jun 1867 - 23 Nov 1915)

Events

Birth	15 Jun 1867	Iowa, United States
Marriage	6 Sep 1887	Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - William George Eilers
Divorce	Bef 1910	William George Eilers
Census	1910	Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States
Will	22 Nov 1915	Jones, Iowa, United States
Death	23 Nov 1915	Jones, Iowa, United States
Burial	26 Nov 1915	Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States

Families

Spouse	William George Eilers (1864 - 1923)
Child	Fred Leslie Eilers (1889 - 1974)
Child	Imogene Eilers (1900 - 1924)

Father	Jacob S Houser (1834 - 1918)
Mother	Mary Matilda Starks (1837 - )

Notes

Marriage

Eilers Wm G, Houser Cora B, 09/06/1887, Monticello, 2299, 281, Monticello, Monticello.
Eilers Wm G,parents: Eilers Gerhard, Jacobs Margaretta
Houser Cora B parents: Houser J H, Starks Matilda

Monticello Express September 29, 1927
William G Eilers and Cora Houser were married on the 6th, by Rev. J. T. Blanchard. Mr. and Mrs. Eilers are now deceased.

Census

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Eilers, Cora B. Head 43, M 22, 5 child. 2 living, Iowa
Fred Son 20 Iowa
Imogene? Daughter Iowa

Will

Last Will and Testament of Cora Eilers, deceased.
Probated December 18th 1915

Know all men by these presents:
I, Cora Eilers, being of sound mind and memory, hereby publish and declare this my last will and testament, that is to say,
Item I. I direct that first there shall be paid out of my estate all my just debts.
Item II. Unto my son Fred Eilers, I give and bequeath the sum of twenty five dollars ($25.00)
Item III. All the rest and residue of my property, both real and personal. I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Emogene Eilers.
Item IV. I hereby nominate to be the executor of this my last will and testament C. H. Shipman of Monticello, Iowa, without bonds.
Cora B. Eilers

Witnesses Mrs. C. H. Shipman
E. E. Reed.
Nov. 22 1915

Death

Mrs. Cora Eilers Died Yesterday.

Mrs. Cora Eilers died, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S Houser, yesterday afternoon. She had been seriously ill several months She went to a Dubuque hospital fo examination and medical consultation, and it was then decided that surgery could do nothing to arrest the course of the malady with which she was afflicted. Soon thereafter she began to decline rapidly. Las Friday, her son, Fred, who resides in Chicago, was sent for because of her rapid decline. He and his sister Imogene were with their mother during the closing days of her life.
Mrs. Eilers was born in Monticello, her parents being now the oldest living settlers of the town. She spent all her life here, except a few years spent in Nebraska immediately following her marriage. She is survived by two children, those herein before named. One son, George died when a few years old.
Mrs. Eilers was born June 25, 1867 She was married to William G. Eilers September 6, 1887. The funeral services will be held at the Houser home, next Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.

Endnotes

1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.

2. Jones Co. Iowa marriage books, online. BOOK D 1877-1884 :: BOOK E 1884-1891 :: BOOK F 1891-1898 (USGenWeb 2002.).

3. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 30 December 2013), Wm G Eilers and Miss Cora B Houser, 1887.

4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > Iowa > JONES > 1-WD MONTICELLO Series: T624 Roll: 409 Page: 123.

5. WPA - Work Project Administration 1930's Graves Resgistration Survey, IAGenWeb, IowaWPAGraves.com online [http://iowawpagraves.org/index.php], accessed Oct 2008.

6. "Mrs. Cora Eilers Died Yesterday. ," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 25 November 1915; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 16 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.

7. "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," index, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed 26 December 2018), Jacob S. Houser in entry for Cora Belle Eilers, 23 Nov 1915; citing , reference 64; FHL microfilm 1,673,845..

8. WPA - Work Project Administration 1930's Graves Resgistration Survey, IAGenWeb, IowaWPAGraves.com online [http://iowawpagraves.org/index.php], accessed Oct 2008.

9. "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," index, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed 26 December 2018), Jacob S. Houser in entry for Cora Belle Eilers, 23 Nov 1915; citing , reference 64; FHL microfilm 1,673,845..