Margaret married Russel Dean Kroepel on 3 Sep 1971 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America. Russel (son of Otto Theodore Kroepel and Anna Katharine Frerichs) was born on 10 Mar 1939 in Preston, Iowa, United States of America; died on 26 Apr 2006 in Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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When William Wallace Brodie was born on May 28, 1903, in Brunsville, Iowa, his father, Malcolm, was 42 and his mother, Margaret, was 35. He married Reva Phyllis Scheetz on June 8, 1931, in Sioux City, Iowa. They had five children in 16 years. He died on August 14, 1976, in Sioux City, Iowa, at the age of 73, and was buried in Le Mars, Iowa.

William married Reva Phyllis Scheetz (Sheetz) on 8 Jun 1930 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America. Reva was born on 3 Oct 1911 in Bloomfield, Nebraska, United States of America; died on 11 Jan 2004 in Hawarden, Iowa, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Malcolm F. Brodie Died Monday Night

Lived In County For 66 Years

Malcolm Frederick Brodie, one of the English colony which came to Le Mars sixty years ago, died July 21 in Sacred Heart hospital, where he had been a patient the past three months.

Mr. Brodie was born February 10, 1861, in Eastbourne, England, the son of Wm. and Jane Moore Brodie, and came to Plymouth county when he was 20 years old. He lived on a farm near Crathhorne until he moved to Le Mars, On July 21, 1885, he was married to Margaret Ross, who with one daughter, Helen May King, and two sons, John and Colin, preceded him in death.

Mr. Brodie is survived by five sons, Charles of Merrill, Stewart of Mapleton; Ronald of Alhambra, California, Robert of Akron and William of Le Mars. There are 16 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. A brother Stewart, and a sister, Mrs. Grace Heisch, live in Eastbourne, England, and another sister, Mrs. Edith Davidson, lives in the Isle of Wight.

Mr. Brodie has been in failing health since the death of his wife in March 1945. As long as his health permitted he was an active worker in the Presbyterian church of which he was a lifelong member. Funeral services were hid at the Mauer Funeral Home at 2 p. m. Thursday and at Plymouth Presbyterian church at 2:30 p. m. with Rev. John Oerter, of the First Presbyterian church, Le Mars, officiating. Burial was in the Plymouth church cemetery at Crathhorne.

Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Friday, July 25, 1947
Le Mars, Iowa

Babtised Eastbourne Holy Trinity, England.

Malcolm married Margaret Ross on 21 Jul 1885 in Johnson County, Iowa, United States of America. Margaret (daughter of John Ross and Elizabeth McLaughlin) was born on 15 Oct 1869 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 2 Mar 1945 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. M. F. Brodie Died At Rochester

Had Lived Here Sixty-Three Years

Mrs. M. F. Brodie passed away at the Kahler hospital, Rochester, Minn., Friday, March 2, where she had been receiving treatment for the past six weeks for a serious throat ailment.

Margaret Ross was born at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, on October 15, 1867, and had reached the age of 77 years, 4 months and 17 days. In the fall of 1881 she came with her parents to Plymouth county where they settled on a farm in Johnson township. On July 21, 1885, she was united in marriage with Malcolm F. Brobie and to this union eight children were born. Two sons have preceded her in death, John William and Colin Douglas.

Beside her husband she is survived by five sons, Charles of Merrill, Stuart of Sioux City, Ronald of Alhambra, Calif., Robert of Akron and William of Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Washington; one daughter, Helen May King of Le Mars. There are sixteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also one sister, Mrs. Wm. McGilvrey of Messington, S.D.; three brothers, Alex Ross of Saskatchewan, and Robert and Angus of Wessington, S. D.

Shortly after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brodie joined the Plymouth Presbyterian church near Crathorne. Later changed to the First Presbyterian church of Le Mars by letter. They moved to Le Mars in 1913 where they have since resided.

For almost sixty years Mrs. Brodie was a devoted wife and mother, her chief interest being in her home and her family, reaching out in later years to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her gracious hospitality will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. The funeral services will be held at the Plymouth Presbyterian church on Tuesday at 2 o-clock, Rev. G. G. Thompson in charge, assisted by Rev. T. C. Siebert. Burial will be in Plymouth Cemetery.

Le Mars Semi-Weekly
Tuesday, March 6, 1945
Le Mars, Iowa

William married Jane Elizabeth Moore about 1855. Jane was born about 1836 in West Coker, England; died in Apr 1917 in Hastings, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth McLaughlin. Elizabeth was born on 28 Apr 1842 in Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 20 Jul 1934 in Hand County, South Dakota, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]