Brock, William H. 1858-1933

BROCK, MILLER, CARRIER, EMMACK, PARSONS, THOMPSON, WILLIAMS

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 4/14/2005 at 16:38:07

W. H. Brock, 75, Dies Today After Prolonged Illness

Was Prominent Retired Farmer and
Political Farm Writer.

Funeral Services To Be Held Sunday Afternoon at 2:00 at Methodist Episcopal Church
William H. Brock, philosopher, political farm writer and prominent retired farmer, died this morning of uremic poisoning at 4:25 o'clock at his home at 413 West Second street South. His death occurred just a week before his seventy-fifth birthday anniversary.

Mr. Brock suffered an attack of influenza the first of the year, with the resulting complications causing his death. His widow and three children were at his bedside when the end came.

Funeral Services
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the First Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. L. B. Logan, pastor, will be in charge, assisted by Dr. W. H. Blancke of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Mr. Brock occupied a place of prominence in the community, being a member of the Rotary Club, the First Methodist Episcopal Church, secretary of the Palo Alto Grange, in which he held a life membership. A devoted church member, he was a member of the board of trustees, the official board, the finance committee, and the Men's Sunday school class of the local M. E. church.

A year ago March 9, Mr. and Mrs. Brock celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary with numerous friends and relatives calling at the home during the day. The couple was also honored on that Callison by the Palo Alto Grange with a dinner and program, at which time the grange conferred a life membership on them.

Born in 1858
William H. Brock, son of John and Margaret (Carrier) Brock, was born in London, Laurel County, Kentucky on May 25, 1858. He was the oldest of a family of nine children, of whom only two survive.

When he was 12 years of age, he came to Jasper County, Iowa, with his parents and located on a farm west of Metz. Mr. Brock had made his home in this county since that time, with the exception of the year of 1888, when he and his wife settled on a homestead in Kansas.

On March 9, 1882, he was united in marriage to Clara A. Miller at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Miller, near Metz. During the first years of their wedded life, they lived on a rented farm near Metz, later purchasing in 1889 an 80-acre farm in Mound Prairie Township, where they lived until moving to the present home in Newton 13 years ago.

A son, Ira Brock, lives on the old homestead, and two daughters, Mrs. Guy Emmack and Mrs. W. H. Parsons reside on adjoining farms.

Mr. Brock was a staunch supporter of the Republican party and was appointed by Ex-Gov. Dan Turner as grange representative on the Iowa Corn committee, which went to Washington, D. C. in the fall of 1931. During the World War, he served on the Jasper County Council of Defense, which was one of the most important war service organizations in the state.

He wrote many political articles for the Newton Daily News, under the pen name of John Schockfodder, and also contributed to other publications of the county.

Besides his widow, he is survived by his two daughters, Mrs. Myra Emmack and Mrs. Wilma Parsons of near Newton; one son Ira Brock, of near Newton; one sister, Mrs. Mollie Thompson of McCracken, Kan; one brother George Brock of Prairie City, and 11 grandchildren, Lyle Emmack of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Donald Williams, Elva and Oleta Emmack, Marjorie Brock, William H. Brock, J. Worthing Brock, Ragan Brock, Bonnilee Brock, Galen Parsons, Vivian Parsons all of this city. ~ The Newton (IA) Daily News, May 17, 1933.
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Obituaries 1920-1940 taken from the files of the Prairie City News, Prairie City, Iowa, page 59.

William H. Brock, son of John and Margaret (Carrier) Brock, was born in London, Kentucky, on May 25, 1858.

He married Clara A. Miller on March 9, 1882.

He died in Newton, Ia., in May, 1933.