After their marriage, Elizabeth and John farmed in Clinton County.
In 1911, they moved to Howard County, Iowa area, along with several
other relatives. They farmed around Elma until 1935 when they moved
into Elma. Elizabeth was described as ``critically
sick'' in her husband's 1944 obituary.
In 1945, Elizabeth moved
to Cedar Rapids where she lived in a hospital nursing home.
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Some notes of Albert K. Showalter give her a nickname of Lizzie, as does
the obit of her brother George, which also states she lived in Olewein
when George died in 1946.
Census: 1920 Howard Twp,Howard Co.,Iowa
Census: 1930 Howard Co.,Iowa
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