Iowa
Old Press
Shell Rock News
Shell Rock, Butler County, Iowa
June 1, 1911
Obituary
Levi(Lee)Taylor was born at Springfield, Ill.,Nov. 24, 1851, and
died May 20, 1911, at the home of hs sister, Mrs. Case, in New
Hartford, Iowa, aged 59 years, 5 months and 25 days. He was
united in marriage to Celestia G. Parks, Jan. 2, 1889 and to this
union four children were born, one son dying in infancy. Floyd,
Leona, and Bertha survive him, also the wife, one brother and
five sisters. The brother was unable to be
with him, owing to sickness in his own home. The sisters, Mrs.
D.M. Case and Mrs. Permelia Patchin, both of New Hartford, Mrs.
Jane Endert of Crescent City, Calif., Mrs. Eva Shelley of Cedar
Falls and Mrs. Amy Lyons of Shell Rock were all present to care
for and comfort him in the last hours of his life, and his wife,
children, sisters and other friends were at his bedside when he
passed into rest. Last winter he was brought to see the great
need of a personal Savior and after earnestly seeking found Jesus
and confessed him as his Lord. The funeral was held at the home
of Mrs. D.M. Case, Rev. H.A. Essex of the Baptist church
preaching on the following text: "To whom shall we go but
unto Thee. Thou hast the words of eternal life. ---John
6:68." Interment was made at Greenwood Cemetery, Cedar
Falls, beside the graves of the mother and sister, Bertha. The
pallbearers, his sisters, nephews, and a daughter, were selected
in accordance with a request made by Mr. Taylor during his last
illness.
[submitted by L.E., August 2003]
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Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
June 7, 1911
Kate Shelley, who prevented a loaded Northwestern passenger train
from going into an open bridge near Boone 25 years ago, is at the
point of death in a hospital at Carroll.
[submitted by C.J.L., March 2004]