Joseph R Kerns
KERNS, LACOCK, SCOTT, BROWN
Posted By: Carrie Robertson (email)
Date: 5/23/2017 at 20:03:30
The Marion Sentinel Thursday June 20, 1935
J.R. Kearns[sic], 86, Resident of County Eighty Years, Dead
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Joseph R. Kerns, for nearly 80 years a resident of this county died Sunday evening at his home at 950 Twelfth street, following a two week's illness.
Mr. Kerns was typical of the men and women who made Iowa the great state that it is--a strong man physically and who early learned to work and never shirked whatever the task. He was known for his integrity and clear thinking in his fairness in his dealing with his fellow men. In early years he served on his township board and has often been called in as an appraiser because of his sound judgement and fairness.
Joseph R. Kerns was born to Josiah and Jane Brown Kerns in Fayette County, Pa., Nov. 12, 1848 and was the last surviving member of his family. He moved with his people in 1855 to a farm near Bertram, where he grew to manhood, and in 1875 married Mercy Lacock at Mt. Vernon, and the young couple set up their home on a farm northeast of Marion of which they later became owners, and on which the[y] resided until coming to Marion in 1914. Two children came to them--Minnie M. and Clifford L., the latter dying in 1900. Mrs. Kerns died in 1930. Since that time he has had the loving care of his daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Scott. Other survivors are one granddaughter, Helen Scott, of Pasadena, Calif., one grandson, Harold Scott and one great grandson, Wayne Scott of Cedar Rapids.
Mr. Kerns was a member of the Presbyterian church and of Osceola lodge No. 35, I.O.O.F.
Funeral services Tuesday afternoon were attended by a large crowd of old neighbors and friends. Rev. W.E. Fisher, pastor of the Presbyterian church was in charge. The pallbearers were R.N. Fitzgerald, A.J. Taube, O.S. Fernow, Marshall Swayne, Ernest Iseminger and C.G. Schultz.
Those here from out of town for the funeral service were Mr. and Mrs. Harve Lacock, and Willard Lacock of Springville; Miss Lacock of Lisbon; Mr. and Mrs John Lacock, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lacock, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Simpson, Mrs. Lizzie Strothers, Glen Lacock, Marvin Lacock and Miss Doris Lacock, all of Mt. Vernon; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Iseminger, Mrs. Henry Herman, Mrs. Gene Fagan and Miss Deloras Fagan of Cedar Rapids.
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