Ball, John A. - 1906-1997

BALL, EMMACK, HINMAN, TEASDALE, VAIL

Posted By: Donna Sloan Rempp (email)
Date: 3/3/2016 at 20:23:02

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John A. Ball, 90, died of congestive heart failure January 19, 1997, at the Woodward Health Care Center in Woodward.
Funeral services were Wednesday, at the First United Methodist Church in Newton with the Rev. Jerry Brown, senior pastor of the church, officiating. Burial was in Newton Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorials in his name will be accepted.
Born September 21, 1906, in Putnam County, Illinois, he was the son of William and Jane Vail Ball. He attended Putnam County schools.
He married Elva Laveta Emmack March 21, 1936, in Newton.
A resident of Newton most of his life, Mr. Ball had also lived in Putnam County, Illinois; Minnesota; Hampton; and Reasnor. He farmed in the Newton and Reasnor areas.
Mr. Ball was a member of the First United Methodist Church, a former member of the Jasper County Farm Bureau, and the Oak Ridge Grange.
Survivors include a daughter and son–in–law, Jean and Ray Teasdale of Ogden; a daughter–in–law, Carolyn Ball of Sully, six grandchildren; five step–grandchildren; nine great–grandchildren; 14 step–great–grandchildren; and two brothers, Leland of Newton and William of Hampton.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, who died April 14, 1994; a son, Robert; a brother, Durvin; and a sister, Elizabeth Hinman.
Source: Monroe Legacy; 23 January 1997