Henry E. STOAKES

STOAKES, BALLOU, BARBOUR, BRADEN, BROWN, CAMPBELL, ELWELL, GOODYEAR, HELMKE, HENRY, HURLEY, MOHLER, PETERSON, PFEFFER, PHELAN, PIERSON, RADLEY, RASKA, RAUSENBERGER, SHEFLOE, WILSON, YOUNG

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Henry E. Stoakes
May 22, 1869 ---- April 8, 1954

Last Rites For Henry E. Stoakes
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Henry E. Stoakes, 85, at the family home. Rev. C. G. McKnight of the United Presbyterian church was in charge of the services. Burial was made in Glenwood cemetery.

Mr. Stoakes passed away Thursday following a lingering illness. He is survived by his wife and two sons Braden and Kenneth, one daughter Mrs. Clifford Ballou of Eagle Grove, two sisters, one brother and five grandchildren.

Out of town relatives and friends attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Jay Stoakes of Reinbeck; Mr. and Mrs. Merl Stoakes. Mrs. R. G. Stoakes, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young of Traer; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mohler of Maxwell; Holbert Brown of Cedar Falls; Mrs. Harold Elwell and Jack of Northwood; Mrs. C. L. Pfeffer, Judy and Paul of Wesley; Mrs. Franz Rausenberger of Geneva; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Phelan of Farrar, Mrs. Margaret Hurley of Granger, Mrs. Jessie Helmke of Lohrville, Mrs. Carrie Goodyear and Miss May Radley and Fred Radley of Iowa Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Raska of Buckeye; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Peterson and Dennis of Dows; Mr. and Mrs. J. W Stoakes and Mrs. E. J. Pierson of Hartwick, Minn.

Obituary
Henry E. Stoakes, son of George and Alice Barbour Stoakes, was born near Traer, Tama county. Iowa, May 22, 1869, and passed away at Cherokee, Iowa, April 8, 1954 following a lingering illness. He came to Wright county in 1885 and aside from 17 years in Jasper county, he has spent his life in this vicinity. On February 26, 1890 he was united in marriage to Ida Irene Braden of Goldfield. To this union five children were born Lawrence, deceased in 1920, Linwood. who died in infancy in 1894. Kenneth of Los Angeles, Calif., Braden of Goldfield, and Carrie (Mrs. Clifford Ballou) of Eagle Grove. Besides his wife and children he is survived by two sisters Mrs. Martha Campbell of Molina, Colorado. Mrs. Maude Henry of Goldfield. Iowa, one brother Jay B. Stoakes of Reinbeck, Iowa, and Ken Stoakes of Goldfield, Mrs. Eleanor Shefloe of Minneapolis, Minn., and Lois Ballou of Eagle Grove. He was preceded in death by three sisters, two brothers and one grandson.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
April 15, 1954