John Holliday Junkin (1941)

JUNKIN, KAIL, SCHALKLE, WATSON

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 2/15/2012 at 09:05:16

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 6, 1941
Page 4

Week’s Letter from Earlham

Funeral services were held last Friday afternoon for J. H. Junkin who died Wednesday, July 23rd at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines after a few days illness from a heart complication. Mr. Junkin was born near Monmouth, Ill., on Jan. 23, 1862, and was 79 years and 6 months old at the time of his death. He moved to Iowa in 1880 settling in Madison county.

On Dec. 15, 1898 he was married to Margaret Helen Kail and to them two daughters, Mrs. Earl Schalkle and Miss Gayle Junkin were born. Mrs. Junkin preceded her husband in death a few years. Mr. Junkin was mayor of the town of Earlham at the time of his death and had held the office for the past eight years.

He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and the Odd Fellows lodge.

He is survived by two daughters, two brothers, Frank of Earlham and Grant of Houmboldt, Kan.; one sister, Mrs. Mae Watson of Monmouth, Ill., and his granddaughter, Margaret Sue Schalkle.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, July 24, 1941

Mayor J. H. Junkin Died Wednesday

Funeral services for J. H. Junkin, 79, mayor of Earlham, will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Presbyterian church. Mr. Junkin died Wednesday at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines. He had been a resident of this vicinity for sixty-one years, coming to Penn township in 1880. He moved to Earlham in 1914.

Besides serving as mayor for eight years, Mr. Junkin had been on the town council and Earlham school board. He was a longtime member of the Presbyterian church. He had been affiliated with the Iowa Order of Odd Fellows for fifty years.

Rev. S. R. Overholser, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will be in charge of the services Friday afternoon. A complete obituary will appear in next week’s Echo.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
July 31, 1941

OBITUARY

John Holliday Junkin, second son of James Law and Rebecca Lowther Junkin, was born January 23, 1862, in Warren county near Monmouth, Illinois, and died July 23, 1941, at Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 79 years and six months. He had been ill for a week with a heart disorder.

He attended the rural schools of Warren county, and in the spring of 1880 moved with his parents to South Dakota, where they located near the small town of Firesteel. The family remained here only until fall when they moved to Madison county, where Mr. Junkin had resided continuously for 61 years.

James Law Junkin and his sons rented a farm in Penn township known as the Ritchie Ranch. Here they lived until 1890, when J. H. Junkin bought a farm near Penn Center.

On December 15, 1898, he was united in marriage to Margarete Helen Kail. To this union were born two daughters, Lucile Schalkle and Gayle Junkin, both of Earlham. In 1914 the family moved to Earlham.

A man of unquestionable integrity, energetic and industrious, Mr. Junkin had been connected with many worthy civic, municipal, and religious enterprises. His judgment and opinions were respected by all who knew him.

At the time of his death he was mayor of Earlham, having served in that capacity for eight years. Prior to that time he was a member of the town council for 12 years.

He had been an active member of the Earlham Presbyterian church for almost fifty years, and served on the building committee when the present church was constructed.

On May 1, 1891, Mr. Junkin was initiated into the Iowa Order of Odd Fellows, of which organization he was a member at the time of his death. He had been Grand Patriarch and District Deputy of the I.O.O.F. camp, as well as fulfilling practically all offices in the local lodge.

He also served on the school board of the Earlham district for ten years. During his tenure consolidation went into effect and the present school was built.

Surviving besides his daughter are two brothers: Frank, with whom Mr. Junkin was associated in farming for many years; and Grant, Humboldt, Kansas; one sister, Mrs. Mac Watson of Monmouth, Illinois, and his granddaughter, Margaret Sue Schalkle.
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Note: Burial was made in the Earlham cemetery.

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