Leafy Clarkin - line 35

Source - Year: 1900; Census Place: Elm Grove, Calhoun, Iowa; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 1240421

Leafy Clarkin - line 45

Source - Year: 1910; Census Place: Elm Grove, Calhoun, Iowa; Roll: T624_394; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1374407

William Ellerbrock - line 65

Source - Year: 1920; Census Place: Elm Grove, Calhoun, Iowa; Roll: T625_480; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 34

William Ellerbrock - line 6

Ferdinand Ellerbrock - line 42

Source - Year: 1930; Census Place: Elm Grove, Calhoun, Iowa; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 2340380

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Source - Year: 1940; Census Place: Yetter, Calhoun, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01144; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 13-11

Mrs. Leafy Ellerbrock, 90, of Lake City, died Tuesday, May 5, at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll.

She was at one time postmistress at Yetter for eight years.

Funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 7, at St. Mary's Catholic church in Lake City with the Rev. Joseph Kerwin officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's parish cemetery at Auburn.

Friends may call, at the Huffman Memorial Chapel in Lake City after noon Wednesday. A rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Chapel.

Mrs. Ellerbrock is survived by a son William Ellerbrock, St. Paul, Minn., two daughters: Mrs. Glenn (Elaine) Mahney, Port Huron, Mich., and Mrs. Robert (Marjorie) Adams, Carroll; five grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and her husband, who died in 1971.

Mrs. Ellerbrock was born July 7, 1890, in Calhoun County, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Howard Clarken. She was married to William Ellerbrock on November 13, 1917. She was a member of St. Mary's church in Lake City.

Source - Carroll Times Herald - May 6, 1981

Source - Photo courtesy of marletasmith.