Individual Details

Frances Hazel WILLETT

(13 Dec 1908 - 11 Aug 1989)

Frances was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church at Brooklyn, Iowa for 68 years. She was also a member of the UMW Deborah Rebekah Lodge, Past Noble Grand of Eastern Star and was Worthy Matron, plus numerous other clubs in the Brooklyn community.

Events

Birth	13 Dec 1908	Bear Creek Twp., Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Birth	13 Dec 1908	Brooklyn, Poweshiek Co., IA
Marriage	7 Dec 1929	Brooklyn, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA - Maynard James MCLAIN
Marriage	7 Dec 1929	the parental Perry Willett home, Brooklyn, Poweshiek Co., IA - Maynard James MCLAIN
Alt name	7 Dec 1929	Frances Hazel MCLAIN
Death	11 Aug 1989	Mayflower Home, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Death	11 Aug 1989	Mayflower Home, Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., IA
Burial	16 Aug 1989	Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery, Brooklyn, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA
Burial	16 Aug 1989	Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery, Brooklyn, Poweshiek Co., IA
Reference No		995
ChildParent

Families

Spouse	Maynard James MCLAIN (1908 - 1999)
Child	William James "Bill" MCLAIN (1939 - 2020)
Child	Living
Child	Roger Willett MCLAIN (1932 - )

Father	Richard Perry "Perry" WILLETT (1879 - 1958)
Mother	Florence Emily ROBESON (1889 - 1963)

Notes

Marriage

WILLET -- McLAIN
On Saturday afternoon, Dec. 7th, 1929, the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Willet on Des Moines Street was the setting for a very pretty wedding ceremony when their daughter, Frances was united in marrriage to Mr. Maynard McLain, youngest son of Mrs. and Mrs. W. J. McLain in the presence of the immediate family and a few friends.
Promptly at 4 o'clock Miss Catherine Karr sang "At Dawning" and "I Love You Truly" accompanied by Mrs. C. H. Manatt at the piano and to the strains of Mandelssohn's Wedding March, the bridal couple descended the stairway preceded by their attendants, Miss Mary Johnson of Boone, a college friend of the bride and Mr. Howard Montgomery of Iowa City. Taking their places before a wedding bower of ferns and roses, the Rev. Russell G. Nye pronounced the words which made them husband and wife using the beautiful ring service, Mrs. Manatt playing softly during the candle light ceremony.
The bride wore a gown of white satin faced crepe, tight fitting bodice, with tierred skirt, uneven hem line hanging ankle length in the back and carried a shower bouquet of roses and sweet peas. The bride's attendant wore a gown of pale green crepe-de-chene and carried a bouquet of yellow tea roses. The groom wore a suit of Oxford grey.
After congratulations, a two course dinner was served by Mrs. U. J. Hanssen and Mrs. Percy Ostrom, cousins of the bride, Mrs. Clarence Bickford, Mrs. Virgil Cobb and Miss Marjory Armstrong, the latter being college friends of the bride from Des Moines. The young couple left immediately after the wedding dinner for a month's automobile trip to California.
The bride grew to womanhood in this community, graduating from Brooklyn High School in the class of 1928 afterward attending Capital City Commercial College in Des Moines and until recently has been employed there. The groom also grew to manhood in this community graduating from Brooklyn High School in the class of 1926, afterward attending Ames College where he was affilitated with Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. For the past two years he has farmed his fathers' farm southeast of Brooklyn.
The McLain's celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1979.

Burial

Birth: Dec. 13, 1908 Death: Aug. 11, 1989
Husband: Maynard J. McLain (June 30, 1908 - Nov. 24, 1999); Mother of Roger and William.

Family links:
Spouse:
Maynard James McLain (1908 - 1999)*

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Burial:
Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Iowa, USA
Plot: Block XXIV Lot 28
Created by: Harold Nevenhoven
Record added: May 03, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 51952161

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com, C.A. Blackburn 8429 (), "Blackburn Family Tree," online database, Ancestry.com (http://trees.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Feb 2012). Entry for Frances Hazel Willett. Compiled by C. A. Blackburh8429.

2. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 Oct 2012), entry for Frances H. McLain . Compiled by Harold Nevenhoven, 2010, Poweshiek, Iowa #51952161..

3. , Grinnell Herald Register, 930 Park Street, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, McLain, Frances Willett. "Frances McLain." Dated 17 Aug 1987, The Grinnell Herald Register, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa. Database, Drake Community Library (http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/files/obitsearch.htm : accessed 29 Nov 2012)..

4. Obituary Obittree.com, online website, entry for Daniel Guy Fader, d. 12 Jan 2012, https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/ontario/niagara-falls/morse--son-funeral-home/daniel-fader/1095181/, The Free Press, Brooklyn, Iowa, 16 Aug., 1989.

5. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

6. Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com, C.A. Blackburn 8429 (), "Blackburn Family Tree," online database, Ancestry.com (http://trees.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Feb 2012). Entry for Frances Hazel Willett. Compiled by C. A. Blackburh8429.

7. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 Feb 2012), entry for Maynard J. McLain . Compiled by Harold Nevenhoven, 2010, Poweshiek, Iowa #51951650..

8. Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, online \<[Url]\\><, [Cd]><. Hereinafter cited as [ShortTitle]>.

9. , Montezuma Republican, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa, 930 Park Street, Grinnell, Iowa 50112, McLain, Maynard James. "Maynard James McLain." Dated 1 Dec 1999, The Montezuma Republican, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Database, Drake Community Library (http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/files/obitsearch.htm : accessed 28 Nov 2012)..

10. , Grinnell Herald Register, 930 Park Street, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, McLain, Frances Willett. "Frances McLain." Dated 17 Aug 1987, The Grinnell Herald Register, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa. Database, Drake Community Library (http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/files/obitsearch.htm : accessed 29 Nov 2012)..

11. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa, (accessed: 27 Dec 2012). Photocopy of Marriage Record index card. Poweshiek county records, Book 2, Page. 452, No. 7842., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

12. Marriage Record, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, Recorders' Office, Book L, page 452, No. 7842.

13. Newspaper Article, Brooklyn (Iowa) Chronicle, December 1979.

14. Newspaper Article, Brooklyn (Iowa) Chronicle, December 1929.

15. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

16. Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com, C.A. Blackburn 8429 (), "Blackburn Family Tree," online database, Ancestry.com (http://trees.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Feb 2012). Entry for Frances Hazel Willett. Compiled by C. A. Blackburh8429.

17. Ancestry.com, online http://trees.ancestry.com, C.A. Blackburn 8429 (), "Blackburn Family Tree," online database, Ancestry.com (http://trees.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Feb 2012). Entry for Frances Hazel Willett. Compiled by C. A. Blackburh8429.

18. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 Oct 2012), entry for Frances H. McLain . Compiled by Harold Nevenhoven, 2010, Poweshiek, Iowa #51952161..

19. , Montezuma Republican, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa, 930 Park Street, Grinnell, Iowa 50112, McLain, Maynard James. "Maynard James McLain." Dated 1 Dec 1999, The Montezuma Republican, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Database, Drake Community Library (http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/files/obitsearch.htm : accessed 28 Nov 2012)..

20. , Grinnell Herald Register, 930 Park Street, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, McLain, Frances Willett. "Frances McLain." Dated 17 Aug 1987, The Grinnell Herald Register, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa. Database, Drake Community Library (http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/files/obitsearch.htm : accessed 29 Nov 2012)..

21. Poweshiek Historical and Genealogical Society: Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa (accessed 27 Dec 2012). Frances Hazel McLain Death Record Index File Card. Referencing Poweshiek Co. records, Book:D25 Page: C06., , 200 S. 3rd St., Montezuma, IA 20171.

22. Obituary Obittree.com, online website, entry for Daniel Guy Fader, d. 12 Jan 2012, https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/ontario/niagara-falls/morse--son-funeral-home/daniel-fader/1095181/, The Free Press, Brooklyn, Iowa, 16 Aug., 1989.

23. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

24. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 Feb 2012), entry for Frances H. McLain, Compiled by Harold Nevenhoven, 2010, Poweshiek, Iowa # 51952161..

25. , Grinnell Herald Register, 930 Park Street, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, McLain, Frances Willett. "Frances McLain." Dated 17 Aug 1987, The Grinnell Herald Register, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa. Database, Drake Community Library (http://www.grinnell.lib.ia.us/files/obitsearch.htm : accessed 29 Nov 2012)..

26. Obituary Obittree.com, online website, entry for Daniel Guy Fader, d. 12 Jan 2012, https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/ontario/niagara-falls/morse--son-funeral-home/daniel-fader/1095181/, The Free Press, Brooklyn, Iowa, 16 Aug., 1989.

27. Tombstone, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery, Brooklyn.

28. GEDCOM file submitted by Patricia Breniman Rowell, Montezuma, Poweshiek, Iowa. Imported on 26 May 2017..

29. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 Feb 2012), entry for Maynard J. McLain . Compiled by Harold Nevenhoven, 2010, Poweshiek, Iowa #51951650..

30. Cemetery Photos and Data: , by williamknight57; ; findagrave.com, . Online www.findagrave.com; John Alden Headstone; Printout dated 29 May 2017, "Findagrave.com," online database (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 Feb 2012), entry for Maynard J. McLain . Compiled by Harold Nevenhoven, 2010, Poweshiek, Iowa #51951650..