Notes for ETHYL DOROTHY EMMONS HAMPTON:

Daughter of Louis W and Edith (Heald) Emmons.
Born: April 26, 1914 in Iowa.
Died: October 13, 1985 in What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa.
Census:
1915 - Keokuk County, Iowa.
1925 - Washington Township, Keokuk County, Iowa.
April 24, 1930 - Washington Township, Keokuk County, Iowa.
Last Residence: What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa.
Education: 1931 - graduated Scattergood Friends School, West Branch, Iowa.
Married: C Neville Hampton May 1, 1937 in What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa.

Obituary:
From her obituary in the What Cheer Patriot-Chronicle of 17 Oct 1985, we learn that Ethyl lived in the same house near What Cheer her entire life. Her marriage ceremony also took place at that house. She was member of the What Cheer Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Her body was cremated.