Joseph Winfield Florea

Joseph Winfield Florea

Male 1864 - 1939  (74 years)

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  • Name Joseph Winfield Florea  [1
    Born 24 Sep 1864  Adams County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 May 1939  Highland County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Cause: of thrombo-angitis obliterans, mitral stenosis and arteriosclerosis 


    • OBITUARY
      —J.W. Florea Dies at New Vienna, O.
      —Word has been received here of the death on May 28 of J.W. Florea, former Kirksville resident, in New Vienna, Ohio. Death was caused by thrombosis, followed by amputation of the left leg. He would have been 75 years old in September. Burial was made in Ohio.
      —Mr. Florea was employed by the C.A. Robinson clothing store and the Helme Hardware store when the family lived in Kirksville. He is survived by his wife and three children, Paul Florea, Des Moines; Mrs. La Vena Derickson, Dayton, O., and Mrs. Esther D. Sherman, Kansas City, Mo., five grandchildren, three sisters and one brother. W.F. Florea, of Kirksville, is a cousin.
      (Kirksville Daily Express, Kirksville, Missouri, June 1, 1939)
    Obituary 30 May 1939  [3
    The Press-Gazette (Hillsboro, Ohio) 30 May 1939, p3 

    • Joseph W. Florea, 74, died at his residence in New Vienna Sunday afternoon at 3:20 o'clock of complications. He had been ill six weeks.
      Mr. Florea a former school teacher in Missouri, was a member of the Modern Woodmans Lodge and the Church of Christ of New Vienna. He was born September 24, 1864, near Newport, Adams county, the son of Josiah and Ellen Peterson Florea.
      He is survived by three children: Paul T, Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. Lavena Derickson, Dayton, and Mrs. Esther D. Sherman, of Kansas City, Mo., one brother, C. E. Florea, of Hillsboro; three sisters, Mrs. Emma McCann, Lawshe, Mrs. Rhoda C. Scott, Dayton, and Mrs. Mollie A. Elliot, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
      The funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the New Vienna Church of Christ with Rev. F. M. Smith in charge of services and Rev. Joel B. Hardigree assisting. Burial is to be made in the Hillsboro cemetery.
    Buried 31 May 1939  Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Address:
    Hillsboro Cemetery 
    Person ID I2876  TangledRoots
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2021 

    Father Josiah Florea,   b. 10 Apr 1837, Adams County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1917, Adams County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Rhoda Ellen Peterson,   b. 1 Nov 1837, Lawshe, Adams County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1917, Meigs Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 6 Jan 1859 
    Family ID F1392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Cordelia Melany,   b. 22 Apr 1869, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1958, Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 22 Jan 1895  Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F1395  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart