Arah Jane (O’Neal) VanScoy (1930)

VANSCOY, O’NEAL, FOWLER, LYNCH, BRADSHAW, KILLAM

Posted By: Linda Brittain (email)
Date: 5/15/2007 at 21:00:59

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
September 1930

Mrs. Joe VanScoy

Arah Jane O’Neal, daughter of Daniel and Mary O’Neal, was born in Barber county, Virginia, now West Virginia, August 23, 1845, and died at her home in St. Charles, on the 10th of September 1930, at the age of 85 years and 18 days. She moved with her parents to New Virginia, Warren county, Iowa, in 1860, when a girl 14 years old. New Virginia was settled by folks from that part of Virginia from where she came. She also knew the meaning of a Civil War.

Here she met and married Joseph VanSocy, who also was from her native state. She had moved to Ottawa, in Clarke county, where she was married March 22, 1872, and they settled on a farm near new Virginia, where they lived for 20 years, moving from there to Woodburn, in Clarke county. After residing there for 10 years they moved to St. Charles in 1901, where they have continued to live.

To this union eight children were born: Mary Alta, who is very poorly and was not able to attend the funeral; Mrs. Laura Fowler, Lair D. VanScoy, who died March 15, 1915; Mrs. Leona Synch, Malinda and Minetta, who died in infancy, Mrs. Almeta Bradshaw and Mrs. Vesta Killam.

She leaves to mourn her loss, Mary Alta, Mrs. Laura Fowler, Mrs. Leona Lynch, Mrs. Almeta Bradshaw, Mrs. Vesta Killam, her aged husband, eighteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mrs. VanScoy was the last one of her family. Funeral services were conducted in the M. E. church last Thursday afternoon by the Rev. F. G. Barnes, and her remains were laid to rest in the St. Charles cemetery.

There was a large crowd in attendance at the VanScoy funeral last Thursday. Following is a list of those who attended the funeral from a distance: Mr. and Mrs. Don Boggs, their son and his wife of near Weldon; Henry Haselinger and family, Cull VanScoy and son in-law, Will Story, of Des Moines; Rye O’Neal, son Will and daughter, Lula, and Lloyd O’Neal, of Woodburn; C. D. Fredrickson and family, of Earlham; Flora VanScoy and son, Boyd and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Reed, Mrs. Will Wicket, Mrs. Fred Wicket, Rose Sanders and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Green, of New Virginia; Clarence Bradshaw and family, of Paton; Mr. and Mrs. Charley Thompson, of Lorimor; T. I. Killam and daughter, Myrtle, Wilton Killam and sister, Norma Killam, of Van Meter; Joe Brawshaw, of Des Moines, and Mr. and Mrs. John VanScoy, of Rippey.