MENOHER, Charles 1858-1940

MENOHER, BLAKELY, MONAHAN

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/5/2011 at 12:09:55

Lenox Time Table
Lenox, Iowa
Jan 4, 1940

MENOHER, Charles

Charles MENOHER, 81, passed away very suddenly at his home in west Lenox Saturday evening. Mr. MENOHER has been bothered with heart trouble for several years. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon Jan. 2 [1940] at the Methodist Church in charge of the Rev. F.J. Robins. Burial was made in the Fairview Cemetery.

Charles Blakely MENOHER, son of James Gordon and Elizabeth BLAKELY MENOHER, was born August 24, 1858 near Fairfield in Jefferson County, Iowa, and passed away at his home in Lenox Dec. 30 [1939] at the age of 81 years, 4 months and 6 days.

When he was two years old he moved with his parents to Baviere, Macon County, Missouri. A few years later the family returned to Jefferson County, Iowa, later locating at Fairfax in Linn County, where his father died, leaving the mother and the six young boys, the oldest being in his eleventh year. Charles was the second son and was but eight years old when his father died. These boys knew early in life what it meant to “struggle for a living.”

In 1875 the six boys and their mother came to Taylor County and settled near Gravity where, before they had all reached manhood had bought and paid for a farm for their mother. Later better improvements were made, and for years this was known as the MENOHER home.

He was a partner with his brother John, in the mercantile business in Gravity for several years. He was married to Miss Lillie MONAHAN of Gravity on Aug. 12, 1902. To this union one son, Wade, was born.

The family had their home in Gravity for a few years, then moved to Dallam County, Texas where they lived for four years. Coming back to Taylor County in 1913 they moved to Lenox where have lived ever since, excepting four years spent in Boulder, Colorado.

He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, his son Wade of Palmer, Iowa; one grandson, Lloyd Michael MENOHER of Palmer; and three brothers, William E. and Edmund S of Lake Worth, Florida and Benjamin F. of Lincoln, Nebr.

Mr. MENOHER has been a sincere and earnest Christian. Since young manhood, he has held his membership in the Methodist Church, and in younger life was active in the service of his Lord by serving as steward and treasurer of the church at Gravity for a number of years. He loved his home and fireside, and was a devoted husband and father.