06/27/1984
Name: Blanche Dewita (Horsman) Sherwood
Birth: 8 Sep 1898
Death: Jun 27, 1984
Burial: Graceland Cemetery- Knoxville, Marion County, IA
Spouse: Ralph E Sherwood On Mar 5, 1925 – Des Moines, Iowa
Father: Joseph Horsman
Mother: Emily E Rees
Services for Blanche Dewita Sherwood, 85, of Knoxville, who died June 27, 1984, at Knoxville Area Community Hospital, were held June 29 at Williams Funeral Home.
Interment was in Graceland Cemetery.
Elder Arthur Nichols officiated at the services. Music was provided by Dawn McKay, the organist.
Pallbearers were Donald McKay, Dwight McKay, Jim McKay, Ralph McKay, Howard King, and Don Agan. Honorary bearers were Grant Core and Vernon Horsman.
Mrs. Sherwood was born on Sept. 8, 1898, in Marion County, the daughter of Joseph and Emma Reece Horsman.
On March 5, 1927, she married Ralph Sherwood in Des Moines.
She spent her entire life in Marion County.
She was a member of the Knoxville Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband; two sisters; one brother; one niece; and one nephew.
She is survived by two nephews and one niece.