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Lourenda A. "Lora" Cassady was born on 28 January 1894 in Missouri. She married Pearl O. Bragg. She died in March 1987 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA. She was buried in 1987 in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA, Findagrave #122251835.

Pearl O. Bragg was born on 17 August 1891 in Missouri; son of James F. and Ardenia Emiline (Minear) Bragg. He married Lourenda A. "Lora" Cassady, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Casady and Jessie Elizabeth Tallman. Pearl O. Bragg died in December 1979. He was buried in 1979 in Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA, Findagrave #122251836.

Charles Howard Bragg was born on 21 March 1915 in Schuyler Co., MO. He died on 13 January 1943 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA,

bacterial endocarditis. He was buried in January 1943 in Calvary Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA, Findagrave #68916561.

Note: Charles married Lucille Ann Kaska, daughter of Louis P. and Rosalie C. (Gilskey) Kaska, on 9 SEP 1939. There were no children from that marriage -- after he died she remarried to Raymond J. Allender and had two children as of the 1950 census (Des Moines, ED 77-458, page 7).

Ruth Elizabeth Bragg was born on 24 July 1918 in Schuyler Co., MO. She married William McKinley Reece on 12 October 1943 in Washington, D.C. She died on 27 December 2012 in Davenport, Scott Co., IA,

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Ruth Elizabeth Reece, 94, of Blue Grass, IA, and formerly of Ottumwa and Fremont died at 8 pm Dec. 27, 2012 at Genesis Medical Center in Davenport.

She was born July 24, 1918 in Schuyler County, MO to Pearl O. and Lourenda Ann Casady Bragg. She married William McKinley Reece October 12, 1943 in Washington D.C. He preceded her in death May 6, 1997.

A graduate of Ottumea High School in 1936, she was a resident of Ottumwa before moving to Blue Grass where she lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Mike Lake for the past six years. She was associated with her husband in funeral service for 22 years at the Fremont Funeral Chapel retiring in 1984. She and her husband also owned and operated Ottumwa Trailer Sales for 25 years.

She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Girls Club, Order of Eastern Star Rose Chapter #552, Wapello County Historical Society, and had served on the board of Fremont Leisure Living for many years.

Surviving are three children, Susan (Art) Moore of Pompano Beach, FL, Will (Karen) Reece of Ottumwa and Kathy (Mike) Lake of Blue Grass, IA; six grandchildren, Lourenda Block of the Embassy in Riga, Latvia, Sally (Glen) Johnson of Davenport, Bill (Lisa) Reece, Liz (Derek) Wilson, and Ann Marie Reece all of Ottumwa and Carol (Mike) Ludeking of Ridgeway, IA; six great grandchildren, Abigail Johnson, Corbin, Reece and Colin Wilson, Lauren and McKinley Reece.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Wolfgang Block and a brother, Charles Howard Bragg.

Funeral services will be 10:30 am Monday at Reece Funeral Home with Rev. Leila Disburg officiating. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery. Visitation will start at 10 am Sunday at the funeral home with the family present from 2-4 pm Sunday Memorials may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church. She was buried in Ottumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA, Findagrave #102774284.

Clarence Casady was born on 14 April 1896 in Putnam Co., MO. He died on 19 April 1967 in Kirksville, Adair Co., MO. He was buried in April 1967 in Queen City Cemetery, Findagrave #46185200.

Grace Pauline Casady was born on 16 October 1917 in Livonia, Putnam Co., MO. She married Leland Carroll Miller on 20 May 1934 in Milan, Sullivan Co., MO. She died on 10 January 2004 in Schuyler Co., MO. She was buried in January 2004 in Queen City Cemetery, Queen City, Schuyler Co., MO, Findagrave #93297009.

Vivian Elizabeth Casady was born on 31 January 1930 in Queen City, Schuyler Co., MO. She married William Franklin Cooper on 8 December 1946 in Queen City, Schuyler Co., MO. She and William Franklin Cooper were divorced before 12 April 1950. She married Alfred Ray Kirkbride; Alfred was first married to Edith Bernice Bullington and had a son, George Benton Kirbride (1944-2014). She died on 26 January 2005 in Conesville, Muscatine Co., IA. She was buried in 2005 in Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Springfield, Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Findagrave #81600935.

Vivian Elizabeth Casady lived on 12 April 1950 in Kirksville, Adair Co., MO.¹

Blanche Casady married Blankenship Blankenship.

Susan Ellen Tallman was born about 1872 in Iowa.¹

Susan Ellen Tallman was also known as "Luella" Tallman.¹

William Gray Tallman was born about 1873 in Iowa.¹

Nancy Belle Tallman was born on 30 December 1867 in Henry Co., IA.¹

George Cornell Tallman was born in 1878 in Missouri or 1877, as per 1880 census listing, age 3.¹ He died on 23 April 1925 in Siskiyou Co., CA. He was buried in April 1925 in Mt. Shasta Memorial Park, Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., CA, Findagrave #103923579.

George Cornell Tallman lived in 1914 in Sisson (now Mt. Shasta), Siskiyou Co., CA.

Margaret Flora Tallman was born in April 1880 in Missouri.¹

Phebe Jane Tallman was born in 1841. She married George Hilliard. She married Asa M. Turner. She died in 1917.

George Hilliard married Phebe Jane Tallman, daughter of James Bell Tallman and Isabella McConnell.

Asa M. Turner married Phebe Jane Tallman, daughter of James Bell Tallman and Isabella McConnell.

Edith Turner was born about 1867. She married Edison E. Slough.

Edison E. Slough married Edith Turner, daughter of Asa M. Turner and Phebe Jane Tallman.