Obituary

  Edmund Cotter an aged resident of Holt township, Taylor county, died last Thursday. The funeral services were conducted by Father Sheridan from the Catholic church in this city Saturday morning at 10:30, the remains being interred in the Catholic cemetery south of town. Deceases was 87 years old and was a highly respected citizen.
(Adams County Union-Republican, Thursday, May 18, 1899)

Edwin Cotter, Sr., died at his home near Holt Center on last Thursday at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the age of 87 years. His death was due to old age entirely, we believe. For about twenty-five years Mr. Cotter has lived in the township where he died, and up to a few months before his death, was unusually strong for one of his advanced years. His mental faculties were entirely unimpaired up to his death. A family of five grown children mourn his loss, his aged wife having died about eight years ago. A large procession accompanied the remains to Corning where funeral services were held in the Catholic church, and the remains consigned to their last earthly resting place in the Catholic cemetery. One of nature's noblemen, and honest upright man, has gone to rest.
(Adams County Free Press, Thursday, May 18, 1899)

Note: Spouse: Ellen. He was named Edmund in 1880 census, Taylor County, Iowa. Died 11 May 1899