Alzina Rosalia Lease

http://iagenweb.org/boards/madison/obituaries/index.cgi?read=140313 Winterset Madisonian-Winterset, Iowa January 22, 1937

MRS. A. R. LEASE DIED ON TUESDAY

Pioneer Woman Had Lived in Madison County for 67 Years

Mrs. A. R. Lease, a resident of Madison county, since 1870, died at her home at 318 East Buchanan, Winterset, on Tuesday after a long illness. She was 88 years old. (d. 1-19-1937)

Mrs. Lease was widely and favorably known in Winterset. For many years she operated what is now the Hotel Hamilton.

She was the former Alzina Rosalia Burleson, daughter of Sydney and Sarah Burleson and was born in Coldwater, Michigan on December 6, 1848.

She was married to Willard Nelson Lease on December 19, 1868 at Three Rivers Michigan and they came to Madison county in 1870. They and another couple made the trip here from Michigan in a covered wagon, spending a month on the way. Mrs. Lease was a resident of Madison county for 67 years.

She and her husband were the parents of one daughter, Sarah Katherine Gordon who preceded her in death seventeen years ago. Her husband also is dead.

Mrs. Lease was a long-time member of the First Baptist church of Winterset.

She is survived by four grandchildren; Willard A. Gordon, Mildred Howell, Margaret Beerbower, and George Gordon; as well as five great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Thursday from the Tidrick funeral home in Winterset in charge of the Rev. J. H. Cochran, pastor of the Baptist church. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.