AXTHELM, Edward Ernest 1892 - 1986

AXTHELM, GOELDNER, MILLAR, ANGELL, YAKISH, EARL

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Wednesday, August 27, 1986
Page 12, Columns 5 and 6

E. E. AXTHELM rites Thursday

Edward E. AXTHELM, 94, formerly of Fairfield, died at 11 p.m. Monday at Parkview Garden Care Center in Waterloo (note: in Blackhawk Co., IA).

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Raymond Funeral Home with the Rev. James W. ANGELL and the Rev. Carl Riggs officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. A memorial has been established to First Presbyterian Church.

AXTHELM was born Jan. 10, 1892 on a farm southwest of Harper in Keokuk County, the son of Oscar F. and Mary G. GOELDNER AXTHELM. He attended rural and public schools in Keokuk County and graduated from Iowa State University with a BS degree in mechanical engineering and an MS degree in vocational education.

He served for 18 years as an athletic director and administrator in Iowa high schools and was a prominent athletic official for 25 years at Iowa high school athletic contests. During World War II, he was an instructor in the Naval training program at Iowa State University, and after the war, worked in the engineering department of Louden Machinery Company until retiring in 1961.

He was active in Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity for 60 years, serving as district governor of the Iowa-Nebraska district for 16 years. He was a charter member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter at ISU, and was a counselor and advisor to the Parsons College chapter.

Active in Fairfield projects, he was treasurer of the Jefferson County Republican Central Committee, county heart chairman, director of the state heart association, a Mason, Lion, charter member of Keep Young Club, lifetime member of the Elks, a member of the Presbyterian church, having served as elder. He received the Outstanding Citizen of the Year award in 1961 from the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce.

He married Cora May MILLAR Nov. 29, 1917, at Madison, Ind. She died Sept. 6, 1981. A son, David, was killed in a jet crash during the Korean War (sic - Korean Conflict). A granddaughter also preceded him in death.

Surviving are two daughters, Virginia ANGELL of Claremont, Calif., Frieda YAKISH of Waterloo; a son, Robert E. of El Cajon, Calif.; 11 grandchildren; four great grandsons; a brother, Oscar F. of Huntington Beach, Calif., and several nieces and nephews.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Monday, September 8, 1986
Page 13, Columns 1, 2, 3, and 4

Legal Notices

NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
PROBATE NO. 3192-0986

THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT JEFFERSON COUNTY

IN THE ESTATE OF EDWARD E. AXTHELM, DECEASED.

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF EDWARD E. AXTHELM, DECEASED, WHO DIED ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 25, 1986:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ON THE 2ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1986, THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF EDWARD E. AXTHELM, DECEASED, BEARING DATE OF THE 8TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1975, WAS ADMITTED TO PROBATE IN THE ABOVE NAMED COURT AND THAT FRIEDA EARL YAKISH WAS APPOINTED EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT ANY ACTION TO SET ASIDE THE WILL MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SAID COUNTY WITHIN FOUR MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE SECOND PUBLICATION OF HIS NOTICE OR THEREAFTER BE FOREVER BARRED.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE ESTATE ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT TO THE UNDERSIGNED, AND CREDITORS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST SAID ESTATE SHALL FILE THEM WITH THE CLERK OF THE ABOVE NAMED DISTRICT COURT, AS PROVIDED BY LAW, DULY AUTHENTICATED, FOR ALLOWANCE, AND UNLESS SO FILED WITHIN FOUR MONTHS FROM THE SECOND PUBLICATION OF HIS NOTICE (UNLESS OTHERWISE ALLOWED OR PAID) A CLAIM IS THEREAFTER FOREVER BARRED.

DATED THIS 3RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1986.

FRIEDA EARL YAKISH
EXECUTOR OF ESTATE
1934 KAMILLE COURT
WATERLOO, IA 50701

SCOTT JORDAN
ATTORNEY FOR EXECUTOR
FOSS, KUIKEN & GOOKIN, P.C.
P.O. BOX 495
FAIRFIELD, IA 52556
DATE OF SECOND PUBLICATION
15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1986.
Sept. 8, 15, 1986

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Note: Buried in Lot 4th.117 with wife Cora and son David.

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