Kane, LeRoy – 1887-1940

BURNS, CONNELL, FOSTER, GOODSPEED, KANE, LE GRAND, LYONS

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COLFAX – LeRoy Kane, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Cowman Kane, was born near Fairmont, Jasper county, Iowa, August 12, 1887. He lived in that neighborhood until three years ago, moving to a farm west of prairie City for one year and then to the present home south of Colfax, where he passed away Thursday, April 4, 1940.
He was preceded in death by his father and three brothers.
He is survived by his widow, the former Leora Goodspeed and five children, Dale of Prairie City, Mrs. Thelma Burns of Des Moines, Mrs. Mildred Connell of Denver, Colo., Beryl of near Ankeny and Mrs. Irene Foster of Des Moines. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Beryl Lee Kane, Janice Kane and Jo Ann Burns, his aged mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Kane of Monroe; three sisters, Miss Pearl Kane and Mrs. Rose Le Grand of Monroe and Mrs. Mary Lyons of Elmore, Minn.; five brothers, Fred, Ross and Bert of Monroe; Frank of Perry and Aretus of Amarillo, Tex.
In early life he was baptized and united with the Methodist church of Fairmont, Ia. On Easter Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Kane transferred their membership to the Colfax Methodist church.
Funeral services were conducted from the Colfax Methodist church at 2 o’clock Sunday, April 7, 1940, with Rev. Russell G. Nye in charge. John A. Davis, accompanied by William Cubit sang “In the Garden” and “The Twenty-third Psalm”.
Pallbearers were Frank Nearmyer, Clarence Sheeler, Chester Sheeler, Maynard Vaught, Everett Churchill and John Jennings. Those in charge of flowers were Mrs. R. E. Cummings, Mrs. Burtress Baker, Mrs. Myrtle McCracken and Miss Mamie Lynch. Interment was in the Colfax cemetery.
Those attending the funeral from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Kane and children of Prairie City; Dr. and Mrs. John Connell, jr., of Denver, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Burns and Jo Ann of Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Merle Foster of Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Kane of Ankeny; Mrs. Elizabeth Kane, Miss Pearl Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kane, Mrs. Rose Le Grand, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Kane, Bert Kane and Mrs. Louis Miller of Monroe; Mrs. Mary Lyons, of Elmore, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lyons of Blue Earth, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Le Grand of Monroe; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kane of St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Jessie Goodspeed, Mrs. Helen Goodspeed and children, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Merkel and daughter of Des Moines;
Mr. and Mrs. Addison Stewart of Marshalltown; Mr. and Mrs. Will Ghrist, Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Clausen, Mr. and Mrs. Vasco Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Galvin, Mrs. Elizabeth Goodspeed, Mr. and Mrs. M. Parks and Mr. and Mrs. Nate Harrington of Knoxville;
Also Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Rankin and son of Delta; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McCrillis of Oskaloosa; Mr. and Mrs. Charles McVay and children, Mr. and Mrs. Willis McVay and daughter, and Mrs. Hiram McVay of Boone, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Martin McVay of Madrid; Mr. and Mrs. John Cowman of Indianola; Dr. and Mrs. John Connell, sr.; and Margaret, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stephens, Mrs. John Burns, Miss Alice Burns, Mrs. Pearl Foster, Mr. and Mrs. William Bartman and Misses Mildred and Alma Strader of Des Moines; Mrs. Mary Carter and Mrs. Ora Catlin of Perry.
Source: Newton (IA) Daily News; 15 April 1940, page 8, col. 6