Henry Motter was born in Lincoln Township, near Haldane, Oct. 6, 1855, and passed away at Oregon, April 6, 1940, aged 84 years and six months. He was married in 1880 to Francis J. Kuntzelman to which union were born six children, two preceding him in death. Those living are Milton of California, Eugene of Carroll City, Iowa, Mrs. Iva Peavy of Kenton, South Dakota, and Mrs. Ruby Graves of Bremington, Washington. There are also six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends who mourn his passing. Funeral services were conducted from the Forreston Funeral Home by Rev. R.V. Strole, and burial was in the Adeline Cemetery.

NOTE: Henry Motter's obituary says he was buried in Adeline Cemetery, however, he does not appear in the cemetery records.

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