Dunning, Belle (Cooper) 1858 - 1937

DUNNING, COOPER, SHELDON, HUENE, SMITH

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 6/7/2023 at 21:39:09

Clayton County Register, 18 Aug. 1937.

STRAWBERRY POINT: Funeral services for Mrs. Belle Dunning were held at the Congregational church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Carrie V. Lucas. Mesdames Carrie Slagle and Jennie Howard sang "There's a friend in the Homeland.," with Miss Helen Buckley at the organ. The song was also sung at the funeral of Mrs. Flora Smith, a sister of Mrs. Dunning. The pallbearers were: D. G. Courtnage, J. H. Klingbeil, Geo. E. Dunfrund, Eck Shaffer, J. R. King and M. F. Harwood. Interment was made in the Strawberry Point cemetery.

Mrs. Belle Cooper Dunning, daughter of George and Adeline Cooper, was born at Brownhelm, Ohio, on April 05, 1858, and passed away at her home in Strawberry Point, Aug. 08, 1937. During her early girlhood Mrs. Dunning came to Strawberry Point to visit relatives, and remained for some time in their home, meeting Theodore Dunning, and in June, 1880, she and Mr. Dunning were married in Ohio. Shortly after, they returned to Strawberry Point to make their home. Mr. Dunning died Sept. 11, 1909. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunning were born three children: Mrs. Henry (Addie) Sheldon of Waterloo, Bessie, who became the wife of Dr. Harry Huene, and who died at Forsythe, Mont., in 1923, and her body was brought here for burial by the side of her father; and the one son, William O., who resided with his mother. Both surviving children were with their mother when the end came.

Besides the children, Mrs. Dunning leaves two grandchildren, Olive and Theodore Sheldon, of Waterloo, and a number of nieces and nephews residing in different states.

She was the last of a family of nine children. A sister, Mrs. Flora Smith, was the last of the family to precede her in death. Mrs. Smith died, also, on a Sabbath morning, that of Nov. 11, 1934.

Mrs. Dunning was a member of the Congregational church, a member of the P. E. O. and Eastern Star organizations. She was a conscientious and willing worker in the Ladies Aid society of the church of her choice, and Tuesday the remaining number of this organization, all bordering on four score years, honored her memory, with countless friends and neighbors whom she so efficiently served and blessed during a long and useful life.

Those in attendance at the funeral from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Cooley, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sheldon and Olive, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Sheldon and Merrill Gibson, of Waterloo; Helen Cooley of Fort Dodge; Bess and Frank Cooley of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sloan of Sterling, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Smith, of Fayette; Mrs. James Hood and Mrs. Mae Hood, of Independence, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fowler of Lamont.