Sara Etta Johnson and Charles Lloyd Coston
CHARLES LLOYD COSTON, son of MINNIE GERTRUDE SANDERS and ALONZO EUGENE COSTON, was born July 8, 1909 in Maitland, Holt, Missouri,456 and died October 11, 1991 in Shenandoah, Page, Iowa.10034 He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri.456
He married SARA ETTA JOHNSON on April 26, 1928 in Nodaway County, Missouri.940 She was born July 17, 1907 in Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas,456 and died December 31, 1991 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska.10058 She is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore, Nodaway, Missouri.456
Obituaries
St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette, October 13, 199110034
Charles L. Coston
SHENANDOAH, Iowa — Charles Lloyd Coston, 82, Shenandoah, formerly of Skidmore, Mo., died Friday, Oct. 11, 1991, at a hospital here.
Born in Maitland, Mo., Mr. Coston lived most of his life in the Skidmore area, moving to Shenandoah in 1990.
He attended the Maitland schools.
Mr. Coston spent his lifetime farming in the Skidmore area.
He was a member of the Christian Church of Skidmore.
In 1928, he married the former Sara E. Johnson in Skidmore. She survives of the home.
Mr. Coston was preceded in death by two sisters, Florence McGinnis and Flossie Lockhart; and three brothers, Dallas, Lester and Glenn.
Additional survivors: three daughters, Donna J. Johnson and Anita C. Brunk, both of Shenandoah, and Lois Y. Bowenkamp of Skidmore; a brother, Walter Coston of New Market, Iowa; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Skidmore, Mo., Christian Church. Burial: Hill Crest Cemetery, Skidmore. Visitation: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Maryville, Mo.
St. Joseph News-Press, January 4, 199210058
Sara E. Coston
SHENANDOAH, Iowa — Sara Etta Coston, 84, Shenandoah, formerly of Skidmore, Mo., died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1991, at an Omaha, Neb., hospital.
A native of Wills Point, Texas, Mrs. Coston had lived most of her life in Skidmore. She attended the Wells Point school.
She was a homemaker and a member of the First Christian Church at Skidmore.
In 1928, she married Charles L. Coston at Skidmore. He died in 1991.
Mrs. Coston also was preceded in death by a sister, Lettie Davis; and five brothers, John N. "Bud," Joseph O. "Mike," Russell, Robert "Bob and William Johnson.
Surviving: three daughters, Donna J. Johnson and Anita C. Brunk, both of Shenandoah, and Lois Y. Bowenkamp of Skidmore, two brothers, Dale Johnson of Maryville, Mo., and Melburn Johnson of Shenandoah; four sisters, Susan McNeeley of Maryville, Adelle Jones and Edna Zion, both of Skidmore, and Joan Sportsman of Graham, Mo.; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Service: 10a;30 a.m. today, First Christian Church, Skidmore. Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Skidmore.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
|---|---|---|
| April 19, 19103117 | Liberty, Holt, Missouri | |
| January 16, 19203118 | Clay, Holt, Missouri |
