Bernard Vincent “Burb” Posegate

Bernard Vincent "Burb" Posegate Male View treeBorn: 8/27/1911 Died: 8/6/2012
Father: Pearl Elwood Posegate Mother: Lulu Belle (Sutherland) Posegate
Children:
Siblings: Robert Laverne Posegate, Thelma (Posegate) Christianson, Dorothy Marcella (Posegate) Kirk, Russell W Posegate, Lowell Marion Posegate
Spouse: Unspecified

Obituary

Bernard Vincent Posegate was born August 27, 1911 to Pearl E. and Lulu B. (Sutherland) Posegate in Nevada, Iowa. He attended Shipley Schools. Bernard and Dorothy Vogt were married February 26, 1935 until her death in 1991. He worked for the City of Ames from 1951 until retirement in 1976. He and his wife enjoyed attending Ames High School and Iowa State University athletic events

He is survived by sons David (Sal) Posegate of Ames, and Steven (Alicia) Posegate of Colorado Springs, Colorado; four grandchildren, Krista Sackett, Bret Posegate, Holly Posegate, and Matt Posegate; six great-grandchildren, Riley Sackett, Pete Sackett, Luke Posegate, Mike Posegate, Steven Posegate, and Kyleigh Posegate; and a brother, Bob Posegate.

Bernard was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Dorothy; his brothers Russell and Lowell; his sisters Dorothy and Thelma; his grandson Brian; and long time friend Lucilie Berrett.

Bernard passed away August 6, 2012 at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames at 100 years of age.

Memorials may be designated to Israel Family Hospice House or Ames High Athletic Department.

Lulu Belle (Sutherland) Posegate


Lulu Belle (Sutherland) Posegate
Gender not specified View tree Born: 1/16/1883 Died: 1971
Father: David Emil Sutherland Mother: Anna Rebecca (Cook) Sutherland
Children: Robert Laverne Posegate , Thelma (Posegate) Christianson , Bernard Vincent "Burb" Posegate , Dorothy Marcella (Posegate) Kirk , Russell W Posegate , Lowell Marion Posegate
Siblings: Ruth Sutherland, Robert Bruce Sutherland, Blanche Sutherland, Clara Grace Sutherland, Charles G Sutherland, Aaron Jay Sutherland, Ida Sutherland, Frank Sutherland
Spouse: Pearl Elwood Posegate

Pearl Elwood Posegate

Pearl Elwood Posegate Male View tree Born: 1882 Died: 1986
Father: George Warren Posegate Mother: Sarah Jane (Illingworth) Posegate
Children: Robert Laverne Posegate , Thelma (Posegate) Christianson , Bernard Vincent "Burb" Posegate , Dorothy Marcella (Posegate) Kirk , Russell W Posegate , Lowell Marion Posegate
Siblings: Nature Isaac Posegate, Claude Abner Posegate, Thomas M Posegate, Clara Posegate, Grace V (Posegate) Wisthoff
Spouse: Lulu Belle (Sutherland) Posegate

Sarah Jane (Illingworth) Posegate

Sarah Jane (Illingworth) Posegate Female View treeBorn: 1858-03-01 Died: 1954-06-22
Father: Montgomery David Illingworth Mother: Lany Mary (Nellis) Posegate
Children: Nature Isaac Posegate , Claude Abner Posegate , Thomas M Posegate , Clara Posegate , Grace V (Posegate) Wisthoff , Pearl Elwood Posegate
Siblings:
Spouse: George Warren Posegate

Also known as Jennie Posegate, Jane Illingworth; Jane Posegate; Jenny Posegate; Janey Posegate.

Obituary

From Ames Daily Tribune June 24, 1954

Mrs. Illingworth Dies Tuesday

STORY CITY–Mrs. Jennie Illingworth, 96, mother of P. E. Posegate of Story City, died Tuesday at the Anderson nursing home in Fort Dodge.

In frail health for more than a year, she had been hospitalized several times during that time. She had been in the nursing home for three months.

Funeral services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the Laufersweiler funeral home in Fort Dodge. Burial will be in Nevada cemetery. G. W. Posegate, her husband, died in 1927 and is buried there. Mrs. Illingworth took her maiden name after her husband’s death.

Two other sons survive besides P. E. Posegate. They are Thomas and Claude Posegate of Fort Dodge. Also two daughters, Mrs. Alfred Wisthoff of Lavinia and Mrs. Eddie Ness of Duncombe. A sister, Mrs. Henry Meyers of Maxwell and 11 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren also survive.

Mrs. Illingworth was born in New York state Mar. 1, 1858. She came to Iowa with her parents when she was five. She was married to G. W. Posegate at Cambridge in 1879 and the couple farmed near Kelley and for several years. Later they moved to Zearing and from there to Nevada.

She had lived in Fort Dodge with her son Claude for several years before her death.