Clyde Amendal Wynkoop (1965)

WYNKOOP, FEITZ, WRIGHT, MARSTON, PRICE

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 4/25/2006 at 21:14:20

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, April 21, 1965, page 4

CLYDE WYNKOOP Dies At 90 Years

Clyde A. Wynkoop, a resident of Madison County for most of his long life, died Tuesday, April 13, 1965, at Memorial hospital in Winterset. He was 90 years of age.

Mr. Wynkoop was a native of Ohio, where he was born in Clinton county, near Cuba City, on Nov. 10, 1874. He was one of 11 children born to Simeon and Mary Wynkoop.

The family moved to Madison township in this county, when he was a child. He attened rural school there. Following his marriage to Orilla Sophia Feitz on Feb. 25, 1903, he farmed in Jackson township for a few years, before moving to LaJara, Colo., where they spent two years before returning to Earlham. He spent the remaining active years of his life farming in Penn township, with the exception of two years when he worked as a carpenter.

His wife died in 1947, and he then returned to Earlham to live with his sisters, Aileen, Louie and Grace Wynkoop. Following their deaths, he lived in the family home with his sister, Mrs. Blanche Wright.

In early life he was a member of the Fairview Methodist church later transferring to the Earlham Presbyterian church.

He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Gale Marston of Earlham; three grandchildren, a great grandson; and two sisters, Mrs. Roy Price and Mrs. Blanche Wright of Earlham.

Funeral services were held from the Earlham Presbyterian church Friday, conducted by the Rev. Dean Redshaw. Burial was made in the Earlham cemetery.
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Clyde Amendal Wynkoop passed away at the Madison County Memorial hospital on April 13, 1965 following a short illness. He was born near Cuba City in Clinton County, Ohio, on November 10, 1874 and was 90 years, 5 months and 3 days old at the time of his death. Clyde was one of eleven children born to Simeon and Mary Wynkoop.

He lived in Madison township and attended rural schools there. Following his marriage on February 25, 1903 to Orilla Sophia Feitz he farmed in Jackson township for a few years. They had one child, Lola Gayle, now Mrs. Gale Marston. The family moved to La Jara, Colorado for two years, then returned to Earlham. With the exception of a few years as a carpenter, Clyde spent the following years of his life farming in Penn township.

In early life he was a member of the Fairview Methodist church, later transferring his membership to the Earlham Presbyterian church.

After the death of his wife, he returned to Earlham spending the remainder of his life with his sisters Aileen, Louie and Grace Wynkoop. Following their death, he resided in the family home with his sister, Mrs. Blanche Wright.

The last years of his life were spent close to nature in gardening and taking care of the lawns at the home. On the last day before his illness, he cleared the walks of snow.

Clyde was preceded in death by his wife, Orilla Sophie Feitz, on November 14, 1947; his brothers Garry and Zene; and his sisters, Mrs. Anna Cook, Mrs. Virgie Hamilton, and Eva, Aileen, Louie, and Grace Wynkoop.

Surviving him are his daughter, Mrs. Gale Marston; his grandchildren, Barbara, Ted and Paul Marston; one great grandson, Grant Marston; two sisters, Mrs. Roy Price and Mrs. Blanche Wright and many nieces and nephews.

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