John C. Werden (1866-1932)

WERDEN, CHASE, TEEPLE

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 3/20/2015 at 23:50:37

Jackson Sentinel, Aug. 19, 1932

JOHN C. WERDEN DIES AT BALDWIN

Baldwin, Ia-(Special)-
John C. Werden, 66, died at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday at his home after a prolonged illness. Mr. Werden, who was the son of Peter and Mary Werden, was born July 19, 1866. In 1887, Mr. Werden and a brother Jacob went to Colorado in a covered wagon to purchase land. He returned to Iowa in 1889 and was married to Lillian Chase at Baldwin on March 26, 1896.

Mr. Werden owned several farms in this community and moved here in 1917. He had served as township assessor for ten years, township clerk for 15 years and had served as president of the school board and was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

He is survived by his wife, three sons, Bruce of Davenport, Walter of Baldwin and Max of Holyoke, Colorado; two sisters, Mary Teeple and Rose Teeple of Baldwin; two brothers, George of Monmouth and Joseph of Davenport and two grandchildren.

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