Ethel Edwards was six days old when the federal census taker visited with her father, Harry Edwards. When the enumerator learned that the babe had no middle name, he urged Harry to give her an additional name. As it was well known that Teddy Roosevelt had a young daughter named Ethel and for that matter Mr. Roosevelt would likely be the next President of the U.S., Harry gave his daughter her distinctive middle name. (contributor #47942841)
OSKALOOSA – Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church for Ethel R. Pottorf, 93, Oskaloosa. She died Thursday, Feb. 17, 1994, at an Oskaloosa nursing home.
Mrs. Pottorf was born June 2, 1900, at Winchester, the daughter of Harry H. and Amanda Elliott Edwards. She was a lifelong Oskaloosa resident. She was head cook for the former Fairview Nursing Home in Oskaloosa and helped local doctors with baby deliveries.
Mrs. Pottorf was a member of the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church and the Central Chapel Ladies Aid Society in rural Oskaloosa and the Grayson Happy Hour Club. She was married to George W. Pottorf on Jan. 24, 1917, in Ottawa. He died Feb. 3, 1973. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Charlene Harris, and two granddaughters, Erma Harris Whitesell and Lois Pottorf DeWitt.
Survivors include two sons, Roland G. Pottorf, Topeka, and Merle "Mike" Pottorf, Oskaloosa; two daughters, Irma Poos, Oskaloosa, and Lucille Petitt, Basehor; a brother, F. G. "Babe" Edwards, Valley Falls; 13 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
OSKALOOSA – Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church for Ethel R. Pottorf, 93, Oskaloosa. She died Thursday, Feb. 17, 1994, at an Oskaloosa nursing home.
Mrs. Pottorf was born June 2, 1900, at Winchester, the daughter of Harry H. and Amanda Elliott Edwards. She was a lifelong Oskaloosa resident. She was head cook for the former Fairview Nursing Home in Oskaloosa and helped local doctors with baby deliveries.
Mrs. Pottorf was a member of the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church and the Central Chapel Ladies Aid Society in rural Oskaloosa and the Grayson Happy Hour Club. She was married to George W. Pottorf on Jan. 24, 1917, in Ottawa. He died Feb. 3, 1973. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Charlene Harris, and two granddaughters, Erma Harris Whitesell and Lois Pottorf DeWitt.
Survivors include two sons, Roland G. Pottorf, Topeka, and Merle "Mike" Pottorf, Oskaloosa; two daughters, Irma Poos, Oskaloosa, and Lucille Petitt, Basehor; a brother, F. G. "Babe" Edwards, Valley Falls; 13 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
Ethel Edwards was six days old when the federal census taker visited with her father, Harry Edwards. When the enumerator learned that the babe had no middle name, he urged Harry to give her an additional name. As it was well known that Teddy Roosevelt had a young daughter named Ethel and for that matter Mr. Roosevelt would likely be the next President of the U.S., Harry gave his daughter her distinctive middle name. (contributor #47942841)
OSKALOOSA – Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church for Ethel R. Pottorf, 93, Oskaloosa. She died Thursday, Feb. 17, 1994, at an Oskaloosa nursing home.
Mrs. Pottorf was born June 2, 1900, at Winchester, the daughter of Harry H. and Amanda Elliott Edwards. She was a lifelong Oskaloosa resident. She was head cook for the former Fairview Nursing Home in Oskaloosa and helped local doctors with baby deliveries.
Mrs. Pottorf was a member of the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church and the Central Chapel Ladies Aid Society in rural Oskaloosa and the Grayson Happy Hour Club. She was married to George W. Pottorf on Jan. 24, 1917, in Ottawa. He died Feb. 3, 1973. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Charlene Harris, and two granddaughters, Erma Harris Whitesell and Lois Pottorf DeWitt.
Survivors include two sons, Roland G. Pottorf, Topeka, and Merle "Mike" Pottorf, Oskaloosa; two daughters, Irma Poos, Oskaloosa, and Lucille Petitt, Basehor; a brother, F. G. "Babe" Edwards, Valley Falls; 13 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
OSKALOOSA – Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church for Ethel R. Pottorf, 93, Oskaloosa. She died Thursday, Feb. 17, 1994, at an Oskaloosa nursing home.
Mrs. Pottorf was born June 2, 1900, at Winchester, the daughter of Harry H. and Amanda Elliott Edwards. She was a lifelong Oskaloosa resident. She was head cook for the former Fairview Nursing Home in Oskaloosa and helped local doctors with baby deliveries.
Mrs. Pottorf was a member of the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church and the Central Chapel Ladies Aid Society in rural Oskaloosa and the Grayson Happy Hour Club. She was married to George W. Pottorf on Jan. 24, 1917, in Ottawa. He died Feb. 3, 1973. She also was preceded in death by a daughter, Charlene Harris, and two granddaughters, Erma Harris Whitesell and Lois Pottorf DeWitt.
Survivors include two sons, Roland G. Pottorf, Topeka, and Merle "Mike" Pottorf, Oskaloosa; two daughters, Irma Poos, Oskaloosa, and Lucille Petitt, Basehor; a brother, F. G. "Babe" Edwards, Valley Falls; 13 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
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