I.C. BELL 1879-1953
BELL, DAUGHDRILL, DODSWORTH, NEWBY, RANDELL
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Date: 9/8/2006 at 13:20:07
Fort Madison Evening Democrat –
Mon.,Sept. 28, 1953Isaac Bell, 74, Dies In Local Hospital
Isaac Clyde BELL, 74-year-old retired farmer living on Pioneer Homestead, north of Donnellson, died in Mercy Hospital, Burlington, Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:40 p.m.
A life resident of Lee county, Bell was born on Pioneer Homestead on Feb. 7, 1879, son of Robert E. and Charlotte (DODSWORTH) BELL. He married Anna Laura NEWBY at Sunnyside – the Newby Homestead – near Mount Hamill on Oct. 19, 1904. She preceded him in death on July 15, 1951.
BELL was a member of Clay Grove M.E. church, George Washington Masonic lodge 618, the Scottish Rite Valley and Kaaba Shrine of Davenport, the Lions club, the IOOF and the MWA.
He was responsible for the founding of the endowment fund of the Clay Grove Cemetery and also served in an official capacity on the following boards: Clay Grove Church, Lee County Board of Education, Lee County Appraisal Board, Iowa State Fair, Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce, Federal Loan Association, Iowa State Realtors Association, Lee County Realtors Association, and the Lee County Fair, the latter serving as president for many years.
Surviving are two sons and one daughter: Fletcher Clyde BELL, at home; Robert M. BELL, Dayton Ohio; Mrs. Forrest (Helen) DAUGHDRILL, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Also surviving are two sisters: Mrs. Earle (Harriet) Bell RANDELL, Fort Madison; Mrs. J.M. (Anna) Bell NEWBY, Mount Hamill; and four granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
Besides his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Louise and two brothers, John Stephen and Robert Edward BELL also from Lee county.
The body is at Millers’ Home for Funerals, Donnellson and will be taken to Clay Grove church at 12 p.m. on Tuesday. At 2 p.m. a prayer service will be held at Millers’ prior to the 2:30 p.m. public service held in Clay Grove church. Burial will be in the Clay Grove cemetery.
[This was transcribed for Lee county Iowa genealogy purposes, the news clipping was found among other family scrapbook items gathered by Mrs. J.M. Newby, 1882-1964.]
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