GEORGE E. WRIGHT
GEORGE E WRIGHT WAS BORN MARCH 31, 1864, IN HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND DIED JANUARY 9, 1944 AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS.
HE WAS THE SON OF C. L. AND LYDIA WRIGHT AND ONE OF A FAMILY OF SEVEN CHILDREN, ALL OF WHOM HAVE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH EXCEPT TWO BROTHERS, LLOYD H. OF SAN GABRIEL, CA., AND AL OF REDMOND, OR. HE CAME TO DELPHOS, IOWA IN THE YEAR 1888 AND SINCE THAT TIME HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF RINGGOLD COUNTY.
ON OCTOBER 18, 1891, HE WAS MARRIED TO EMMA E. DELBERT OF DELPHOS, IOWA AT WHICH PLACE THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR HOME. FOUR CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THIS UNION, FRANK E. AND ROY D. OF DES MOINES; MRS. F. C. CROSON OF OMAHA, NE., AND MRS. J. ROY SHEESLEY OF DES MOINES.
FOUR GRANDCHLIDREN AND ONE GREAT GRANDSON SURVIVE HIM. TWO GRANDCHLDREN, EARL GRACEY, OF THE U.S. ARMY AND EILEEN GRACEY BOONE OF OMAHA, NE., WERE REARED IN THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. WRIGHT. TWO GRANDSONS, LAWRENCE AND NEAL WRIGHT, ARE NOW SERVING IN THE U.S. NAVY.
MR. WRIGHT JOINED THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF DELPHOS, IOWA IN 1895. HE WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE I.O.O.F. LODGE AND ATTENDED REGULARLY WHEN HIS HEALTH PERMITTED. HE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GRAND LODGE FOR FIVE YEARS.
A GREAT JOY TO MR. WRIGHT WAS THE FACT THAT HE WAS PERMITTED TO LIVE TO SEE HIS GRANDSON, EARL GRACEY, WHO WAS A “PAL” TO HIS GRANDDAD IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD, TAKEN INTO THE I.O.O.F. LODGE. FOR HE FELT THAT EARL COULD FILL THE PLACE IN THE LODGE WHICH HE KNEW HE SOON MUST LEAVE. MR. WRIGHT PERSONALLY ASSISTED IN CONFERRING EACH DEGREE BUT ONE, WHEN ILLNESS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO BE PRESENT.
HE SERVED AS COUNTY RECORDER OF RINGGOLD COUNTY FOR SIX YEARS AND AS MAYOR OF MOUNT AYR FOR APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN YEARS.
MR. WRIGHT WAS NEVER VERY STRONG AND OF LATE YEARS, HE WAS REQUIRED MUCH CARE, BUT THROUGH IT ALL HIS WIFE HAS FAITHFULLY STOOD BY AND ADMINISTERED TO HIM IN EVERY WAY THAT SHE COULD WITH LOVING HANDS.
GEORGE, AS HE WAS CALLED BY ALL OF HIS FRIENDS, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, WAS A MAN OF CLEAN HABITS, A JOVIAL, HAPPY DISPOSITION, AND NEVER MET A STRANGER.
OUR DAD LIKED PEOPLE, WAS PLEASED WHEN NEIGHBORS CALLED, AND WAS ESPECIALLY HAPPY WHEN ANY OF HIS CHILDREN CAME HOME TO SEE HIM, FOR HE LOVED TO VISIT AND HIS FIRST WORDS ALWAYS WERE ” I’M SO GLAD YOU CAME.”
WE WILL MISS SEEING HIM IN THE OLD COMFORTABLE CHAIR, EVER READY WITH A CHEERY GREETING, BUT WE KNOW GOD HAS PLANS FOR HIM NOW AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE MANY YEARS WE HAD WITH HIM.
