Harry L. Eells 1878-

EELLS, GOULD, KNIPE

Posted By: Janet Koozer (email)
Date: 1/8/2007 at 22:08:37

The death of Harry L. Eells, who spent his boyhood in this vicinity, occurred Thursday at a sanitarium in Des Moines, where he had been receiving treatment for eight weeks for a nervous breakdown.

He was born in Makee township February 5, 1878, and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lenthel Eells, the former being a well known educator of this county and also served as county superintendent. Harry was engaged in teaching near Waterville when the Spanish-American war broke out, and gave up his work to enlist in Co. I on April 26,1898.
The company was first stationed at Camp McKinley, Des Moines, and mustered into U.S. service on June 2, 1898. The regiment was sent to Jacksonville, Florida, and while there Harry was transferred to U.S. hospital service and served in that capacity until the close of the war when he received his discharged on May 13, 1899.

Deceased was widely known in educational circles throughout the state and for several years was at the head of the rural educational department of the Iowa State Teachers college. In 1929 he delivered the Memorial Day address at Waukon.

He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Pearl Gould, and two children, a son LeClair and a daughter Ruth, a sister Mrs. Alta Knipe, New Hartford, Iowa, and a brother Donald of Oskaloosa.

A military funeral was held Sunday after noon at the Methodist church at Cedar Falls. Rev. W. G. Crowder, former Waukon pastor, assisted two other ministers in the services, and all spoke eloquently regarding the life of deceased.