LORENZO D. WORTHINGTON (OCTOBER 23, 1844-APRIL 26, 1929)

LORENZO D. WORTHINGTON, SON OF BENJAMIN AND MARY WORTHINGTON, WAS BORN IN GREEN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 23, 1844 AND AFTER FIVE DAYS OF ILLNESS DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. LILLIE DEWEESE, IN CHANUTE, KS., APRIL 26, 1929 AGED 84 YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND THREE DAYS.

WHEN A YOUNG MAN HE CAME TO IOWA AND WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MARIAN E. PROCTOR ON NOVEMBER 1, 1867. TO THIS UNION EIGHT CHILDREN WERE BORN–LAURA, LILLIE, FRANK, CHARLEY, RAY, IRA, WALTER AND NELLIE. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN-FRANK, CHARLEY, WALTER AND NELLIE. HE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR CHILDREN-MRS. LAURA KING OF LOS ANGELES, CA.; MRS. LILLIE DEWEESE, CHANUTE, KS.; RAY WORTHINGTON OF SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA; IRA WORTHINGTON  OF PRINCETON, MN.

AT THE AGE OF 19 HE ENLISTED FOR SERVICE IN THE CIVIL WAR, IN COMPANY A. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY, AND SERVED FOR 19 MONTHS, OR UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE WAR. HE WAS A RESIDENT OF RINGGOLD COUNTY 53 YEARS. SINCE  THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE HE HAD MADE HIS HOME WITH HIS DAUGHTER, LILLIE.

MR. WORTHINGTON WAS WELL KNOWN AND HIGHLY RESPECTED IN RINGGOLD COUNTY AND PARTICULARLY IN THE MALOY VICINITY, WHERE THE GREATER PART OF HIS LIFE WAS SPENT AND WHERE HE WAS ENGAGED IN FARMING FOR MANY YEARS. HE SERVED AS POSTMASTER AT MALOY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THE BODY WAS BROUGHT TO BLOCKTON SATURDAY, APRIL 27, BEING ACCOMPANIED FROM CHANUTE, KS., BY HIS DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW MR. AND MRS. DEWEESE AND THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN BLOCKTON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 28, BEING CONDUCTED BY THE PASTOR, REV. C. MAX BUCK. INTERMENT WAS IN PLATTE RIVER CEMETERY WEST OF MALOY.

ALL THE LIVING CHILDREN EXCEPT MRS. LAURA KING, WHO WAS UNABLE TO COME, WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE FUNERAL.