Elmer Clayton "Clayton" Dunahoo (1866-1950)

DUNAHOO, GLASGOW, MADSEN

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:13

From Nevada Evening Journal January 13, 1950 (page 5)

Services in Maxwell For Clayton Dunahoo

Funeral services for Clayton Dunahoo, 83, life-time resident of the Maxwell community, who passed away suddenly Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 4, due to heart attack, were held Saturday afternoon from the Maxwell Methodist church with the Rev. E. S. Blomquist in charge.

Burial was in the Iowa Center cemetery.

Music was furnished by a quartet, composed of Clark and Dale John, James Beal and Drus Myers. numbers used were "Abide With Me" and "The Old Rugged Cross." Mrs. H. C. Larsen was the accompanist.

The active pall bearers were Frank Hill, Ray Deo, Eldon Parson, Albert Birchmeier, Verle McIntyre and Morris Bowen.

Honorary pall bearers were Emmett Scott, C. B. Hisler, Dan Peters, Al Spivey, Leonard Jacobsen and Virgil Swarm.

Obituary

Clayton Dunahoo, the son of James W. and Ellen Webb Dunahoo, was born in Indian Creek township of Story county, Iowa, on Feb. 12, 1866, and passed away suddenly at his home on Jan. 4, 1950, at the age of 83 years, 11 months and 23 days.

On July 3, 1901, he was united in marriage to Truey Glasgow at the home of his bride. To this union were born three children, two sons and one daughter. He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Morris Clayton, who passed away in 1922.

He spent his entire life in Indian Creek township. Within the confines of a limited space he wrote the long story of his life. Every year was a chapter in that biography.

He was generous in his support of the church and every worthwhile cause. He served for a time as a member of the district school board. He was fond of playing the violin and entertained his neighbors on many occasions, but most of all it furnished him a diversion and a means for the expression of his own moods and spirit. He played his violin for the last time on the evening before he departed.

Survivors

Surviving are his wife of Maxwell; his son, James, of Los Angeles, Cal.; his daughters, Mrs. Angeline Madsen of Des Moines; one brother, Major Dunahoo of Maxwell, and several nieces and nephews.