Laura S. Barton
Born: August 15th, 1903
Died: December 10th, 1989
Obituary
Laura S. Burton, 86, of Mediapolis, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 1989, at Burlington Medical Center.
Born Aug. 15, 1903, in Des Moines County, she was the daughter of Will and Lillian Asby Smith. She married Surell S. Barton June 15, 1927, at Yarmouth. He died Dec. 7, 1972.
She was a graduate of Burlington High School and Parsons College in Fairfield. She had taught high school at Yarmouth. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and its church circle in Mediapolis, the Nellie Walker Kings Daughters Circle, the Yellow Springs Garden Club, the Des Moines County Farm Bureau Women, the Mediapolis Chapter Order of Eastern Star, the Study Club in Mediapolis, the North Des Moines County Republican Women’s Association, and the Retired Teachers Association.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lily Mitch, Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Becky Vose, Mediapolis; one son, Jack Barton, Kingwood, Texas; two brothers, Fred N. Smith, Tahlequah, Okla., and Jack Smith, Morning Sun; seven grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 pm Wednesday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Mediapolis.
The service for Mrs. Barton will be at 10 am Thursday at the Mediapolis Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dick Reynolds officiating. Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery.