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OBITUARY FOR IRA LOUIS COSBY - Ira Louis Cosby, 812 South Tenth Street, died Wednesday
night at 9:45 PM at the Home hospital, where he had been a patient for the past two
months. On July 8, he fractured his right leg in a fall at the Lafayette box board and
paper company plant, where he was employed. Complications developed, causing his death.
He was born near Kirkpatrick on December 6, 1863, the son of Francis and Sarah Cosby. On
May 29, 1895, he was married to Matilda Arnold at Stockwell. He was employed for many
years by the S. C. Curtis Dry Goods Company, and later with the Jackson Hardware Company.
At the time of the accident, he was foreman in the maintenance department at the box board
plant. He is survived by the widow and one son, L. H. Cosby, of this city, his mother,
Mrs. Sarah A. Cosby, one brother Sanford M. Cosby, and one sister, Mrs. Ellsworth Brooks,
all of Stockwell, and one granddaughter, Patricia Lee Cosby. The body was taken to the
Baker Funeral Pa!
rlors in Dayton, and will be taken to the family residence, 812 South Tenth Street, where
friends may call after 2 PM Friday afternoon.