Puntney, William 1829 - 1909

PUNTNEY, PUNTENEY, BOGUE, LANGE, HEADINGTON, ROSE

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 2/21/2023 at 08:57:30

Source: Decorah Republican Oct. 14, 1909, P2 C3

WILLIAM PUNTENEY
Pioneer of Canoe Township Died at His Home on Thursday Last—Funeral Held Last Saturday.
On Thursday last, October 7th at his home in Canoe township where he had lived ever since coming to Winneshiek county William Punteney passed away after an illness of ten months, following a decline in health of two years or more, due to the infirmities of old age.
Mr. Punteney was born in Adams county, Ohio, on April 16th, 1829. His parents were John and Ann Vesey Puntney, and at that time they were moving from Monongahela county, W. Va., to Henry county, Ind. In the latter locality the deceased grew to a rugged manhood and in 1851 was married to Sarah A. Bogue. In 1855 they decided to become pioneers in a still farther west, and coming to Winneshiek county they located on Sec. 27, Canoe township, where prosperity attended them. A family of seven children were born to them and when death came to their father they were all at home to comfort and cheer their aged mother and each other in their bereavement. The children are Fran B., at home, Clinton B., at Bridgewater, S. D., Mrs. Eva Lange, Rapid City, S. D., Otto L. Royal, Neb., Mrs. Dora Headington, Canoe township, Mrs. Lucy Lange, Bluffton, Mrs. Cora Rose, Marion Junction, S. D.
Until the weight of years began to tell upon him Mr. Punteney took an active interest in all the affairs of his township, the county, state and nation. He was an ardent Republican—one of the mainstays of the party in his precinct, --and a man of strict integrity and high honor. During the civil war he served in Co. A, 13th Iowa Infantry, from the fall of 1864 to the following July, participating in the battle of Wild’s Cross Roads, near Kingston, N. C.
The funeral was held last Saturday afternoon at the Congregational church in Decorah, Rev. Mahlon Willett officiating, and interment was made in Phelps cemetery. An escort of G. A. R. comrades acted as honorary pall bearers and at the grave the Masonic burial rites were observed, the deceased being a member of Col. Hughes Post and of Masonic lodge. A large attendance at the church of old neighbors and acquaintances bespoke the esteem in which Mr. Punteney was held and the sympathy for his wife and family.

Thou lonely one, whose heart cries out in vain
For loving help to bear the ceaseless pain
Since he went home,
Though all the world pass by
Still thou shalt have a Helper ever nigh
Whose watchful eyes, compassioned filled, shall see
Thy needs, and reach His strengthening hand to thee.
Thou who are grieving for a vanished face
No more to greet thee in the old time place,
Grieve not, for there shall surely be
A joyous meeting for thine own and thee
Somewhere, some day—in God’s eternal land
What now seems dark, they soul shall understand.

Transcriber’s Note: His gravestone in Phelps Cemetery shows the name spelled Puntney.

Phelps Cemetery
 

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