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- Henry was about 4 months old when he first come to Montgomery County, IA with his mother and he returned with her to Illinois at the age of 17 months. His mother died 2 months later of consumption (tuberculosis). Frank lived with his maternal grandparents while his father returned to the farm in Iowa. After his father remarried, they took Frank back to Iowa with them. He was about 3 years old then. He remained on the farm a short time after his father and stepmother left to live in Red Oak, IA.
OBITUARY
SERVICES HELD FOR HENRY F. ASKEY, 86
GRISWOLD--Funeral services for Henry Franklin Askey, 86, early day photographer at Red Oak and later a farmer near Red Oak and Grant, were held Saturday, February 21, at Wagler's Funeral Home here.
He died Thursday, February 19, at Marshall Manor in Red Oak.
The Rev. Clarence Landis of Elliott officiated at the rites and burialwas a Grant.
The son of Samuel and Mary Fisher Askey, he was born March 13, 1872, in Rock Grove, IL and came to Iowa as a small child, settling in Pilot Grove Township. He was married in 1902 to Alice Carroll who died two years ago.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Mary Nielsen, Red Oak, Mrs. RuthEshelman, Elliott, Mrs. Florence Martens, Griswold, Mrs. Mildren Kennon,Stanton, 15 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, four sisters, Mrs. A.E. Connick, Mrs. Bert Mullen, and Miss Lucy Askey, all of Red Oak, andMrs. E. E. Hossle of Ames and a brother, Hugh Askey.
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