McElhaney, Edward 1874-1928

MCELHANEY

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Date: 7/20/2011 at 19:17:42

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
November 6, 1928

LAID TO REST AT RIVERSIDE
Edward McElhaney Was Born and Reared In Plymouth County

The remains of Edward W. McElhaney, a native of Plymouth County, was taken
to Akron last week where the funeral and interment was made.

Ed McElhaney was a son of one of the early settlers in Plymouth County and
was born on the farm now owned by A. E. Tucker, near the Mallette railroad
crossing, three miles southwest of LeMars. The Akron Register Tribune has
the following obituary:

Edward Webster McElhaney, eldest son of Thomas S. and Minerva E. McElhaney,
was born in Plymouth County, Iowa, near LeMars, February 24, 1874. In the
spring of 1883, he moved with his parents to a farm in Portland township,
northeast of Akron, Iowa, where he grew to young manhood and attended the
country schools. Later he attended school in LeMars and in 1899 was
graduated from Highland Park Business College at Des Moines, Iowa. He
studied telegraphy at Janesville, Wis., and was station agent for the
Milwaukee railroad at Burbank, S.D., for several years. In 1912, he went to
Chicago where he received an appointment as state meat inspector. He
remained in Chicago for a number of years, when he was transferred to East
St. Louis, Ill., where he became state pure food inspector, and it was in
East St. Louise he continued to reside until last September, when he entered
the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium in St. Louis, Mo., and underwent an
operation for cancer of the liver. He survived the operation until October
21, 1928, when he passed away, aged 54 years, 7 months and 27 days.

The deceased is survived by two brothers, Jesse M., of Sandusky, Ohio, and
Frank M. of Akron, Iowa, and one sister, Mrs. R. D. Vanderbeek, formerly of
Arnold’s Park, Iowa, and now in California. They have the sympathy of the
community in the loss of a kind and affectionate brother. He was a man of
irreproachable character, genial natured and a true and steadfast friend,
whose passing is sincerely regretted by all who knew him.

The body was brought to Akron from St. Louis and funeral services conducted
in the Methodist church here by Rev. Wilson Gow last Thursday afternoon.
Interment was made beside his parents in Riverside Cemetery. The pallbearers
were from among old friends of this vicinity: B. A. Adams, H. E. Bradley,
Adolph Schuster, Emery Neal, Chris Schiefen and John Robertson.

Out of town relatives at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Collar, of
Vermillion, S.D., Mrs. Collar being a cousin.