Efnor, Arthur Earl 1888-1927

EFNOR, BUCKLEY, LATHAN, BALIF, BELL, HOAGLAND, MCCRACKEN, VAN DUSSELDORP

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Date: 7/5/2010 at 14:27:03

Mitchellville Man is Killed in Windstorm
Earl Efnor, Son of Newton Man, Dies When Silo Collapses Yesterday

Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Santiago, Five Miles North of Mitchellville

Earl Efnor, second son of O. E. Efnor of this city, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon at his home near Mitchellville, when a heavy wind blew over the silo on which he was working.

Mr. Efnor had gone to the top of the silo in an effort to put a cable around the top of the silo to strengthen it, and the silo as it blew over threw him against a post killing him instantly.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the church in Santiago, five miles north of Mitchellville, and burial will be made in the Monroe cemetery.

Well Known in Newton

Mr. Efnor was 40 years old. He was born on a farm 12 miles south of Newton and had spent his entire life in this state. Although never a resident of this city he had made a number of acquaintances in this vicinity who regard him as a true friend. He was graduated from the Monroe high school and had followed the occupation of farming.

Soon after his marriage 17 years ago to Miss Flossie Buckley of Prairie City, he managed a farm south of Newton for his aunt, Miss Alice Lathan, and for the last 11 years he had lived on the farm near Mitchellville, where he ran a milk ranch stocked with Guernsey cattle.

At noon, when Mr. Efnor was talking with his family, shortly before his death, he told his young sons that he was tired and that they would have to run the place for a while.

Parents Lived Here

Mr. Efnor is survived by his widow and five young children, three sons, Floyd, Chalmers and Francis, and two daughters, Martha and Lona Belle, all at home; his father, O. E. Efnor and step-mother, Mr. O E. Efnor of this ---the rest of this obituary is Unreadable. ~ Newspaper unknown
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Efnor Services Held Yesterday

Funeral services for Earl Efnor, who was killed in a wind storm Friday afternoon at his home near Mitchellville, were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Santiago, near Mitchellville.

The Rev. A. E. George, pastor of the church, officiated and music was furnished by a male quartet.

Burial was made in the Monroe Cemetery.

More than 1,000 persons attended the funeral services, out of town attendants included Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Efnor, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Young, Mr. and Mrs. K. Van Steenbergen and daughter, Miss Dora, Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, Mr. and Mrs. James Young and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pickens, of Newton.

Mr. and Mrs. John Buckley of Prairie City, Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. James Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Buckley all of Monroe.

Dr. Sheeler of Iowa City, a sister, Mrs. Grace Balif, of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Samuel Buckley and son, Roy and Mr. Jones of Coon Rapids, Miss Daisy Ervin of Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Haines, Mr. and Mrs. H C. Quick, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Efnor, Mr. and Mrs. George Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. George Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Malmberg; all of Newton.

Mrs. Nettie McGregor, Zill McGregor, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McGregor, Miss Alice Lathan, Mrs. J. Lamb and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Efnor of Reasnor.

Mr. and Mrs. Woodberry Mudgett and daughters, Miss Katie and Miss Arlie, Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Winters, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Butin and Mrs. Robert Efnor of Galesburg.
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Oscar Efnor informs us of a kindly act of the neighbors of his son, Earl, of Bondurant, who was accidentally killed last week.

A few days ago 26 of the neighbors came with their teams and cultivators and during the afternoon they plowed a 5 acre cornfield twice.

While they were engaged at this work, a number of other men cleared away the wrecked silo and did other needed work around the place.

Earl’s Jasper county friends will be glad to hear of this and also to learn that he left a sufficient amount of life insurance so that his wife can provide for the family and keep them together. With the assistance that has been give them the hired man and the two older boys can manage the farm and carry on the dairy business in which Earl was engaged. ~ Newspaper unknown
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Arthur Earl Efnor
BIRTH 20 May 1888
Galesburg, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
DEATH 24 Jun 1927 (aged 39)
USA
BURIAL
Monroe Cemetery
Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
MEMORIAL ID 26648938 · View Source
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Son of Oscar E. Efnor and Lita Bell Efnor.

Married: Flossie Leona Buckley

Parents of:
Floyd Buckley Efnor,
Chalmer Earl Efnor,
Francis Laurel Efnor,
Martha Nadine Efnor,
Lita Bell Efnor.

Family Members
Spouse
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Flossie Leona Buckley Hoagland
1891–1966 (m. 1910)

Children
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Floyd Buckley Efnor
1912–1949

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Chalmer E. Efnor
1913–2002

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Francis Efnor
1915–1960

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Martha N. Efnor McCracken
1919–2008

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Lita Bell Efnor Van Dusseldorp
1921–1987 ~ Find A Grave.