John W. Taber 1855-1917

TABER, MANSFIELD, WATERS

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer (email)
Date: 10/9/2007 at 07:38:25

Well-known and Highly Esteemed Citizen of Manchester, Iowa - Father of G.E. Taber

The following account of the life of John Wiley Taber of Manchester, Iowa, father of G.E. Taber, cashier of the First Bank of Genesee, appeared in last week's issue of the 'Manchester Press':

Succumbing to an illness which until the very last assumed no alarming phase, John Wiley Taber died at his home in this city on Friday, July 27, 1917, in the sixty-second year of his age. Funeral services were held from his late residence yesterday morning, the sermon by the Rev. C.K. Hudson, pastor of the Methodist church. Burial was made in Oakland cemetery.

Mr. Taber was born on the farm of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Taber, north of Manchester, on December 24, 1855. His parents were among the first settlers of the country, honest, earnest, God-fearing people who implanted in the son those principles by which their own lives were guided.

Mr. Taber spent his entire life in this county. On October 27, 1877, he was married to Miss Effie E. Mansfield, daughter of a neighbor and to them were born four children: Fred, who died June 22, 1904; Earl of Cedar Rapids; Glenn of Genessee, Idaho, and Miss Ennis, at home. A nephew, Jos. Waters, has made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Taber since boyhood.

After a residence of many years on the farm Mr. and Mrs. Taber removed to Manchester in June, 1913, buying property. Mr. Taber had been gradually declining in health, and it was hoped that a life of compartive ease would result in the upbuilding of his strength. This was not the case, however. His ailment made steady inroad upon his vitality, although up to the day of his death he was able to be up and dressed.

Wiley Taber was a good man. there was no pretense or sham about him. He had a high sense of honor, was faithful to the least of his obligations, of large and generous sympathies and thoroughly upright in character. These qualities naturally gave him the esteem and friendship of all who came in contact with him, and they realize that in his death the community loses a genuinely good citizen, whose face was always set toward the right and whose influence was always for the best. The wife and children have the earnest sympathy of their friends in this sorrow.
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In response to a telegram conveying the sad news of the death of his father, Mr. Taber left Genessee for Manchester and was in attendance at the funeral services.

~The Genesee News; Genesee, Idaho
August 10, 1917