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ED DELASHMUTT DIES AT HOSPITAL
Member of Well Known Pioneer Family Dies Week After Operation.
The unwelcome news came Saturday, that W.E. DeLashmutt had passed away at the Immanuel Hospital in Omaha. Mr. DeLashmutt had been taken to the hospital two weeks previous. After treatment some days, an operation was decided upon, and the same was made on Saturday, September 30. He rallied nicely from the effects, and face hope of recovery, but it was not to be, and he passed away as above stated. The body was brought to Genwood Sunday, and is at the W.C. DeLashmutt home. The funeral will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2:30 o'clock from the DeLashmutt home. All of the brothers and sisters are now here. An obituary will be published in Thursday's paper.

I, Wesley E. DeLashmutt, of Mills County, Iowa, do hereby make, publish and declare this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made; That is to say: 1st I direct my executrix hereinafter named to pay all my just debts existing at the time of death, including the expenses of my last sickness and burial, as soon after my death is practical. 2nd Subject to the payment directed in the preceding paragraph, I give, will, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife Clara DeLashmutt all the property of which I may die seized and possessed, or to which I may be entitle d, for the period of her natural life, she to enjoy the use, occupancy, rents and profits of the same during her life. And at her death; (nothing more here). 3rd I give, will, devise and bequeath all of my property to my children in equal parts; and if any of my children should die before my death leaving issue, then said issue shall take and receive the portion that would have gone to their deceased parent; and if any of my children should die before my death, without issue, then such part that would have go ne to such deceased child or children, shall be divided equally among t he surviving children, or their children, as above provided. I nominate and appoint my said wife, Clara DeLashmutt, Executrix of this my last will and testament, and request that she be exonerated from giving bond for the faithful performance of her duties. Dated and signed this 20th day of September 1916 Signed Wesley E. DeLashmutt, Testator Witness Jessie DeLashmutt F. A. Hammand. We the undersigned, hereby certify that the above and foregoing instrument was signed by Wesley E. De Lashmutt in our presence and by him declared to be his last will and testament and that we, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witness thereto. Jessie De Lashmutt of Pacific Junction, IA F. A. Hammond of Glenwood, IA.

Birth	6 May 1859	Iowa
Census (family)-shared	9 Aug 1870	(Peter Lindsay DeLashmutt and Esther Barlett Hunt) Lyons, Mills County, Iowa
Census (family)-shared	1 Jul 1880	(Peter Lindsay DeLashmutt and Esther Barlett Hunt) Lyons, Mills County, Iowa
Marriage	25 Jan 1891	Mills County, Iowa - Clara Johnson
Death	7 Oct 1916	Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Alt name		W. Edward De Lashmutt
Burial		Glenwood Cemetery, Mills County, Iowa

Spouse	Clara Johnson (1869 - 1950)
Child	Carl Dudley DeLashmutt (1893 - 1960)
Child	Frances Sarah DeLashmutt (1901 - 1992)
Child	Thomas Lindsey DeLashmutt (1905 - 1937)
Child	William Clay DeLashmutt (1909 - 2001)
Child	Edna Mae DeLashmutt (1912 - 2009)

Father	Peter Lindsay DeLashmutt (1817 - 1897)
Mother	Esther Barlett Hunt (1823 - 1914)
Sibling	Frances Jane DeLashmutt (1842 - 1928)
Sibling	William Clay DeLashmutt (1844 - 1930)
Sibling	Sarah Louisa DeLashmutt (1846 - 1929)
Sibling	John Lindsey DeLashmutt (1849 - 1929)
Sibling	Elijah Nelson DeLashmutt (1851 - 1934)
Sibling	Lydia A. DeLashmutt (1854 - 1871)
Sibling	Dudley Wilson DeLashmutt (1857 - 1945)
Sibling	Jesse Van DeLashmutt (1863 - 1948)

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