Pearley Alvira (Booth) Sanders (1847-1940)

BOOTH, SANDERS, HAMILTON, CLARK, REID, IDE

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:12

From Nevada Evening Journal July 11, 1940 (page 6)

Funeral Tuesday for Mrs. F. J. Sanders, Warren Twp. Pioneer

Special to the Journal.
McCallsburg, July 11 -- The funeral of Mrs. F. J. Sanders, one of Warren township's pioneer women, was held Tuesday afternoon at the Presbyterian church with Rev. Jos. M. Kennedy officiating and was largely attended by relatives and friends.

The pallbearers were A. C. Hanson, J. S. Thompson, R. E. Baumgardner, M. O. Haukoos, John Schauper and John R. Morris. The music was furnished by Mrs. F. E. Nail and Mrs. Guy Mills, who sang "Rock of Ages", "It Is Well With My Soul" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," accompanied at the piano by Miss Cleo Tett. The many beautiful floral offerings were cared for by Mrs. O. A. Barkley and Mrs. J. R. Morris. Burial was in the family lot in the Warren township cemetery.

Perley Alvira, daughter of Eden W. and Olive W. Booth was born at Norich, O. Jan. 26, 1847, and passed away at her home in McCallsburg, July 6, 1940 at the age of 93 years, 5 months and 10 days. At the age of two years, she, with her parents and sister, moved to Deep River, Lake county, Ind.

She was the oldest of eight sisters, four of whom passed on many years ago as did the parents. Her three remaining sisters are living together in Florida.

She was married Dec. 25, 1862, at While Pigeon, Mich., to James Frederick Sanders, a young school teacher teaching a school near her home in which she was pupil. Her husband passed away Oct. 28, 1924, at their home in McCallsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders were the parents of nine children, the first Alma Alveretta and the youngest, Ruby Estelle, dying in infancy. In the spring of 1874, the parents and five children, the youngest of whom at that time was Mrs. W. H. Reid of McCallsburg, who was then a babe of six weeks started in a covered wagon for the west.

Their destination was Grand Junction, Ia., where they had planned to locate, but after being there a short time they started back, coming back to Nevada, then over the prairie lat to two miles south of McCallsburg, where the Asa Griffith family lived. A short time later, Mr. Sanders bought the 80 acres where the Ole Hougan family now live.

Here he built a house and established their home. In the meantime they made their home with the Griffith family, who, with their five children shared their one-room house with this family of seven. Such was the hospitality of the early pioneer.

Mrs. Sanders was a charter member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church when is was organized in a country schoolhouse a mile from their home. Later services were held in McCallsburg, and she attended services there.

In the fall of 1892, their farm was sold to Ole Hougan and a farm purchased at Pleasant Grove. The Pleasant Grove Methodist church was built on a part of the Sanders farm and Mrs. Sanders affiliated with that organization.

After renting the farm and living in Ames five years they returned to McCallsburg in 1914, where they continued to make their home with the exception of two winters spent in California.

Mrs. Sanders was active in the church and society here until the condition of her health deprived her of that privilege. She has been a semi-invalid for many years and confined to her home where for the past ten years she has had the faithful and loving care of son-in-;aw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Reid, her condition having become critical several months ago.

During her long confinement she has been patient and uncomplaining. She was always greatly devoted to her family in those early years, ever looking after their needs, and was always ready to lend a helping hand to all the neighbors in their time of sickness and death. There was not a home in the old neighborhood south of town she was not called to help at some time of other, and it was the same in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood.

She leaves to mourn her passing seven children, Eden W. Sanders of Graettinger, Ia.; Veda Hamilton of Valparaiso, Ind.; John Franklin Sanders of Divide, Wyo; Rhoda Clark of Monticello, Ia.; Ruth Reid of McCallsburg; Lena Ide of Milwaukee, Wis.; Dr. James Sanders of Sanborn, Ia., and 22 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild. she will be greatly missed by all of these, and her many friends. She was the last one of the original pioneers of Warren township.

The following out of ton relatives and friends were in attendance at the funeral: E. W. Sanders and Mr. and Mrs. Claud Sanders of Graettinger, J. S. Sanders of Sanborn; Mrs. Ward Hamilton of Valparaiso, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Ide, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Clark, Mr. and Ms. Marion Clark and Mrs. Leigh Clark of Monticello; Karl Clark of Delhi; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clark and two children of Estherville; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Clark of Carroll; Mr. and Mrs. Sanders and Bobby of Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Griffith, Mrs. Belle Ricketts of Ames; Rev. and Mrs. Kennedy and Mary Jo, Mrs. Homer Boyse, George Kimble, E. O. Dillin of Nevada; Mr. and Mrs. George R. Sowers of Story City; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Arneson and Lola of Pleasant Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ruxton, Mr. and Mrs. John Chance and Jim Ruxton of Zearing; John Hougan of Story City; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ballard and L. W. Andre of Des Moines, Lee and Claud Shickells of Nevada.