McCartney, Myrtle 1873-1961

MC CARTNEY, HATCH, MCCONKEY, MUNN, MYERS, WAGNER, WATERMAN, WARNER

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Date: 6/22/2007 at 13:52:07

Services Sunday for Myrtle McCartney, Newton

Funeral services for Mrs. Charles (Myrtle Hatch) McCartney of near Newton were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Morgan-Lohr Funeral Home in Newton. Mrs. McCartney passed away Friday morning, Oct. 20, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold McConkey in Newton, having been seriously ill for six months.

The Rev. George Richter, former pastor of the Wittemberg Congregational Church, conducted the services. Burial was in the Wittemberg Cemetery. Mrs. Lois Stanton was the organist.

Pallbearers were B. H. Wormley, Elmer Loupee, Don Langmaid, Lawrence Hammerly, C. Everett Smith and Robert Wormley.

Mrs. McCartney is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Inis) McConkey and Mrs. Forest (Alice) Munn, both of Newton; also two sisters, Mrs. Ettie Myers of Centerburg, Ohio and Mrs. Iona Wagner of Utica, Ohio. Several nieces and nephews also survive, including Miss Zelda Hatch and Mrs. Alfred Waterman of Baxter.

Mrs. McCartney was preceded in death by her husband, a brother and two sisters. She was the oldest member of the Wittemberg congregation, having joined the church in 1896.

The daughter of John Alva and Lily Bell Warner Hatch, she was born Jan. 24, 1873 in Ohio. She was married to Charles McCartney on March 25, 1895 in Newton and lived on a farm north of Newton for sixty-three years. ~ The Newton (IA) Daily News, October 22, 1961.
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Myrtle McCartney
Rites Held Sunday

Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle McCartney, 88, were held Sunday afternoon at the Morgan-Loehr Funeral Home.

The Rev. George Richter of Grinnell conducted the services. Burial was in Wittemberg Cemetery.

Mrs. Lois Stanton was the organist.

Pallbearers were Lawrence Hammerly, C. Everett Smith, Robert Wormley, Don Langmaid, Elmer Loupee and B. H. Wormley.

Newspaper unnamed, possibly the Newton (IA) Daily News October 1961
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A Tribute to the Memory of Myrtle hatch McCartney
By LoRena Hatch Waterman

Today, October 22, 1961, we have laid to rest our beloved Aunt Myrtle. She was been a very important part of our lives and it was with great sadness that we come to these final goodbyes. Death is such a final thing it seems at first until we bring ourselves to remember that death is also a blessed relief from the pain and discomfort that one has endured.

The Rev. George Richter, a former pastor of the Wittemberg, church, of which Aunt Myrtle was a member since 1896, paid loving tribute to her memory and no one could have done it better. He had visited her in her home and he knew her. He spoke of her interest and love for her home, her church, her friends, her community and the very fine leader that she was in all her activities. She loved God and felt a closeness to Him as she worked about her home, in her yard and garden and among her flowers. She was a good mother, a good neighbor, a good friend and a good aunt. She was generous and always concerned of the welfare of others. In times of gladness, sorrow, or trouble one could always count on Aunt Myrtle (Mrs. McCartney) to come forth with help, some flowers, a word of encouragement. She was friendly, gracious, self confident, understanding, honorable and had a wonderful sense of humor. She loved life and people and hers was a wonderful life, a long life, a good life, the memory of which has enriched all of the lives of those who knew her as mother, Aunt, friend, neighbor and community leader. The text which Rev. Richter used taken from Proverbs 31:31 – “give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates”, might well be a boost to our lives as we dedicate it to the memory of Myrtle McCartney.

He read verses 1 through 4 of John – Chapter 14, also “I needed the Quiet”.