Samuel Brown Magner

Son: Ralph Jerald Magner, wife Dica Belle Brooke


The Chanute Tribune Newspaper Obituary - Friday, November 24, 1978

DICA B. MAGNER

Dica B. Magner, 78, of Galesburg died Thursday night at the Neosho Memorial Hospital following an illness since Tuesday.  Born Dica Belle Brooke on December 15, 1899 at White City, she was the daughter of Thomas E. and Arttie Belle Williams Brooke.

She moved with her parents as a child to Iola where she attended grade and high schools.  She attended business college and was employed in Iola as a legal secretary until moving to Galesburg in 1919.  In Galesburg she was employed as a secretary for the Shaw Manufacturing Plant and also did advertising work for the firm.

On May 5, 1920, she married Ralph Jerald Magner.  She spent all her married life on a farm 1/2 mile east of Galesburg.  After her husband's death on October 18, 1968, she moved into Galesburg where she spent the remainder of her life.

Memberships: Galesburg Christian Church, Neosho County Farm Bureau. Served as County Woman's Chairman for five years and served as a County Welfare Advisory Board Member for five years.

Survivors: one son, Jerald B. Magner, R 2, Parsons; three daughters, Mrs. Herman (Corenne) Simmons, Erie, Mrs. Ludwig (Adalyn) Indihar, Milpitas, California, Mrs. Joe (Estel Ann) Mudd, R. 4, Chanute; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by one sister and one granddaughter, Cleita Magner in 1976.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday at the Galesburg Christian Church with Rick Jett and Joe Brown officiating.  Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery, Galesburg, under the direction of Pierce Funeral Home, Erie.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 7-8 p.m. 

A BIG thank you to Corenne (Magner) Simmons for this obituary!