Harden, R. J.

HARDEN, BALLANTYNE

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 1/17/2012 at 10:28:24

Harden, R. J. –
R. J. Harden died at the home of his son, Arthur, Sunday evening, Aug. 1, at the age of 66 years, 6 months and 17 days. He had been in failing health for the past year due to several paralytic strokes.

Mr. Harden was born, Jan. 14, 1871, on a farm northeast of Corning and lived there until his marriage on Feb. 14, 1894, to Helen Douglas Ballantyne. Mr. and Mrs. Harden established a home near his parents and lived on this farm until 1913 when they moved to the vicinity of the Blue Grove church near Sharpsburg.

Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Harden: Arthur S. of Kent, Helen Marie Beck, of Clearfield, Lena Martha Welch of Lenox and Faye Ballantyne,who died at the age of two and a half years.

Mrs. Harden died July 5, 1916, leaving three small children. Mr. Harden took up the extra duty of rearing the children, always trying to direct them toward the highest standards of life.

He is survived by three children, three grandchildren, Gwendolyn and Vernon Harden and Twila Jean Welch; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Brown of Brooks; a brother, Oren W. Harden, of Santa Monica, Calif.

Mr. Harden united with the Methodist Church early in life and later transferred his membership to the Blue Grove Christian church and was always a faithful worker in the church.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the church of Christ, conducted by the Rev. Shaw, a former pastor at the Blue Grove church. Burial was made at Corning.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday August 5, 1937