Melissa Ballou 1864-1963

BALLOU, CARTER, HOUSEHOLDER, SCOTT, GORDON, BLAYNEY, STIVERS, STARRY

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 12/31/2020 at 09:03:02

May 16, 1963 - The Anamosa Eureka

OLIN--Melissa Ballou, 98, Olin, died Wednesday, May 8, at the Stoecker Custodial home, Anamosa.

Family Prayer service was held at the Hayden Funeral home, Olin, at 1:45 p.m., Friday, May 10, followed by services in the Evangelical United Brethren church, Olin, at 2 p.m. Rev. Lloyd Dutro, was in charge of the service. Burial was in the Olin cemetery.

Pallbearers included Bert Ballou, J. H. Ballou, Mearle Ballou, Maynard Gordon, Leon Stivers and Arno Lawson.

Mrs. Leon Stivers was soloist. Mrs. Galen Alexander was organist.

She was born Melissa Cordelia Carter, Dec. 9, 1864, daughter of James and Rhoda Benadom Carter, Jackson township, Jones county. She grew to womanhood in the Jones county area and taught school in the rural schools of the county until her marriage.

Sept. 19, 1886, she was married to Simeon Ballou. They farmed in the Olin vicinity for many years and upon retiring moved to a home in Olin.

They observed their Golden wedding Sept. 19, 1936. Mr. Ballou died June 1943. Following the death of her husband, she continued to live in the family home until a few years ago. She moved to the Stoecker Custodial home, Anamosa, in July 1962.

She was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren church, Olin. She was a former member of the Christian church.

Survivors include eight nieces and nephews: Wilma Carter Householder, San Diego, Calif.; Esther Mae Carter, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Jessie Scott, Cedar Rapids; Edythe Gordon and Gilbert Gordon, both of Marion; Edgard Blayney, Wood, Wisc.; Ray Stivers, Olin; and Irel Starry, Des Moines.

Beside her husband she was preceded in death by her parents, and 8 brothers and sisters.