Ring, Alonzo

RING, BUCKINGHAM, BOBBITT, CHANTRY, TALBOTT, BURKHIMER, BACON, KLINE, NELSON, MCNULTY, RATHKE, ROSE, BROWN, GUILFORD, BERKEIMER, STEELE, STRAHAN

Posted By: Lois Shaul (email)
Date: 3/18/2019 at 16:58:08

Malvern Leader
Thursday, July 21, 1932

Alonzo Ring Sunday Morning at Home in Malvern

Lifeless Body Found in Bathroom at 7:30; Suffered Stroke

Alonzo Ring, pioneer resident, last member of the G.A.R. in this vicinity and splendid all around citizen, died early Sunday morning in his home in Malvern, death evidently being due to a stroke of heart failure and apoplexy.
He had been up and about as usual the day preceding and had driven the family in Glenwood, but did not seem to be feeling as well as usual and was a little restless in the night. Mrs. Mina Buckingham who had been helping care for Mrs. Ring, heard him get up about 3:30 and turn on the light but when she got up to see about him he had gone back to bed. She did not hear him again.
About 7:30 she arose and found his lifeless body on the floor. Death had evidently come suddenly and painlessly.
Funeral services were held in the old home in north Malvern Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. L.R. Bobbitt, pastor of the First Baptist church. Mrs. F.R. Chantry and Mrs. L.A. Talbott sang. Many friends and neighbors came to pay last respects to this gallant old soldier.
The pall bearers were: Andy Berkhimer, Frank Bacon, Dr. D.M. Kline, Albert and Harry Nelson, and J.W. McNulty. Burial was at the Malvern cemetery.
The Glenwood lodge of I.O.O.F. of which Mr. Ring had long been a member, gave a beautiful burial service of the order at the cemetery under direction of W.C. Rathke and Tobe Rose.
Alonzo Ring, oldest child of Katherine and Charles Ring was born June 28, 1845 in New York City and died at this home in Malvern July 17, 1932.
When a small child e moved with his parents to Sparta, Wis., to live until his enlistment in the army Jan. 9, 1862 at the age of sixteen. He served as corporal in Co. D. 18th Regulars of Wisconsin Volunteers for three years and six months of the Civil war.

In 1869 he was married to Lucy Brown in Council Bluffs where he was employed as a cook at the Ogden House. No children were born to this union. His wife died seventeen years later and in 1888 he was married to Jessie D. Guilford at Glenwood. Having no children of their own they gave a home to a niece who is now Mrs. L.E. Berkheimer of California. A nephew, J. M. Steele also made his home with them until his marriage.
Mr. Ring united with the Baptist church in Malvern in 1894.
In 1908 they moved to Malvern to make their home with Mrs. Rings mother, Mrs. J.M. Strahan.
Mr. Ring had been for sixty years a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Glenwood and for ten years a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Red Oak. He is survived by his widow and also a sister and two brothers in California . He will be sincerely missed by the entire community.