Steen-Frost Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameHerbert Fletcher Timmons 
Birth1 Apr 1882, Thomson, Georgia
Death11 Apr 1935, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Burial13 Apr 1935, Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota
OccupationSoo Line Roundhouse Foreman
EducationEmory College, Georgia Tech University
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FatherThomas Holmes Timmons (1841-1914)
MotherMary Elizabeth ("Molly") Booth (1852-1885)
Spouses
Birth29 Jul 1888, East Royalty, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Immigration1905
Death22 Jun 1972, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Burial24 Jun 1972, Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota
OccupationHomemaker
EducationHigh School
MiscellanyEmigrated to Minneapolis, Minnesota, probably in 1905.
FatherUnknown Unknown
MotherAnnie Jane Hay Andrew (1873-1941)
Marriage29 Apr 1912
ChildrenHolmes Fletcher (1913-1971)
Jean Elizabeth (1917-2008)
Obituary notes for Herbert Fletcher Timmons
See www.steen-frost.org/Pub/Docs/Timmons_files/1935_H.F.Timmons_Obit.pdf for Herbert Fletcher’s obituary that appeared in the Glenwood (MN) Herald and the Pope County Tribune. A copy of the www.steen-frost.org/Pub/Docs/Timmons_files/1935_H.F.Timmons_3Obits.pdf original versions also includes a death notice in the Herald of the Arcana Lodge, which is reprinted below.
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Worshipful Brother Herbert F. Timmons, a member of Arcana lodge since 1909 has passed into that bourne from which no traveler returneth, death taking place on Thursday, April 11.
Brother Timmons had been an employee of the Soo Line for many years in Minneapolis, Gladstone, Mich., and for the last three years was roundhouse foreman at Glenwood, Minn.
He was born at Thompson, Georgia, April 1, 1882, and on his arrival in Minneapolis soon became a Soo Line employee at the Shoreham shops in Minneapolis.
He received his Master Mason degree in Arcana lodge on November 4, 1909, and in 1913 became Master of the lodge, serving for one year. He was also a member of Anchor chapter No. 67, Royal Arch Masons, and had membership in Arcana chapter No. 38 of Minneapolis and Minnewashta chapter at Glenwood.
Funeral services were conducted at Trinity Methodist church, Rev. Gordon E. Bailey officiating. Past Masters of Arcana lodge with Worshipful George Horn in charge assisted by Eugene Runyon, Ed Stein, George Sawyer, Art Engstrom, Alva Tufford and Ralph Hollingsworth gave the Masonic funeral rites at the church and at the grave. Interment was at Sunset Memorial ParK.
Surviving are Mrs. Timmons, a son Holmes F., a daughter, Jean Elizabeth; two brothers, George V. Timmons of Birmingham, Ala., Thomas T. Timmons of Carrollton, Ala., and a sister, Mrs. J. C. Irving of Aitkins, S. C.
To these relatives and his many friends Arcana lodge and Anchor chapter extends sincere sympathy in their great loss.
-- The Arcana Herald
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Worshipful Brother Herbert F. Timmons, a member of Arcana lodge since 1909 has passed into that bourne from which no traveler returneth, death taking place on Thursday, April 11.
Brother Timmons had been an employee of the Soo Line for many years in Minneapolis, Gladstone, Mich., and for the last three years was roundhouse foreman at Glenwood, Minn.
He was born at Thompson, Georgia, April 1, 1882, and on his arrival in Minneapolis soon became a Soo Line employee at the Shoreham shops in Minneapolis.
He received his Master Mason degree in Arcana lodge on November 4, 1909, and in 1913 became Master of the lodge, serving for one year. He was also a member of Anchor chapter No. 67, Royal Arch Masons, and had membership in Arcana chapter No. 38 of Minneapolis and Minnewashta chapter at Glenwood.
Funeral services were conducted at Trinity Methodist church, Rev. Gordon E. Bailey officiating. Past Masters of Arcana lodge with Worshipful George Horn in charge assisted by Eugene Runyon, Ed Stein, George Sawyer, Art Engstrom, Alva Tufford and Ralph Hollingsworth gave the Masonic funeral rites at the church and at the grave. Interment was at Sunset Memorial ParK.
Surviving are Mrs. Timmons, a son Holmes F., a daughter, Jean Elizabeth; two brothers, George V. Timmons of Birmingham, Ala., Thomas T. Timmons of Carrollton, Ala., and a sister, Mrs. J. C. Irving of Aitkins, S. C.
To these relatives and his many friends Arcana lodge and Anchor chapter extends sincere sympathy in their great loss.
-- The Arcana Herald