Iowa Old Press
Hawarden Independent, January 9, 1936
MOTHER OF I. F. COOPER DIES
PASSED AWAY AT SENEY, IOWA FOLLOWING STROKE
Was 75 Years of Age and a Pioneer of South Dakota—Leaves Aged Mother and
Three Sons
Mrs. Alice Cooper, mother of I. F. Cooper, passed away Monday at the Vincent
Lancaster home at Seney following an illness of two weeks duration. Mrs.
Cooper suffered a stroke Christmas Day and she grew weaker gradually until
death claimed her Monday.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church at Seney Wednesday and
burial was made in Sioux City.
Alice Lambert was born at Argyle, Wis., Sept. 1, 1860, so was past 75 years
of age at the time of her death. She grew to young womanhood in Wisconsin
and was married there to C.J. Cooper Feb. 22, 1883. After their marriage
they moved to South Dakota and homesteaded near Faulton, Faulk county, and
they built the first frame house in that county. While living in South
Dakota, she was active in church work and helped organize the Methodist
Church at DeVoe near Faulkton and two years ago she attended the 50th
Anniversary of this church. Later she moved to Sioux City and 14 years ago
her husband passed away there.
After the death of her husband, Mrs. Cooper made her home with relatives and
for the past seven years she lived at the Vincent Lancaster home at Seney.
She cared for Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lancaster, parents of Vincent Lancaster, until
their death and then continued to make her home with him. She was an old
friend of the Lancaster family.
She is survived by three sons, Irwin F. Hawarden; Harold L, Sioux City; and
Burnet H., Kansas City. She leaves her aged mother, Mrs. Mary Lambert, 91,
Cedar Falls; and _____[one line is too dark to read]; and two sisters, Mrs.
John Godfrey, Alden, Iowa, and Minnie Edwards, Chicago. There are five
grandchildren. One brother, Butler Lambert of Faulkton, S.D., died last
Friday and his funeral services were held Sunday.
Her three sons attended the funeral and other relatives who attended were
Mrs. Cooper and daughter, Alice, of Hawarden; Will Lambert, of Rothsay,
Minn., who came from Faulkton, S.D., where he had attended the funeral
services of his brother, and Mrs. John Godfrey and her daughter, Mrs.
Gertrude McClelland of Alden, Iowa.
Mrs. Cooper was quite well known in this vicinity as at numerous times she
visited at the home of her son, I.F. Cooper, southeast of Hawarden, and had
many friends here who will regret to learn of her passing.
DEMOCRATS OBSERVE JACKSON DAY
Sioux county democracy celebrated Jackson Day with a dinner at the
Bastemeyer Café in Rock Valley Wednesday evening where between fifty and
sixty loyal democrats gathered to console one another over the rapidly
disintegrating New Deal and to hear President Roosevelt’s broadcast from the
Jackson Day dinner in Washington, to listen to a program of their own
speakers and to contribute to the campaign fund. County Chairman J.A.
Gartland of Rock Valley, presided at the banquet and the principal address
was made by State Representative F.T. McGill of Rock Valley. Other talks
were made by State Senator Garritt Roelofs of Sioux Center and Ben Magness
of Hawarden. Among the Hawarden democrats and post office applicants who
attended the banquet were Chas. J. Zylstra, Jake Feikeman, Mr. and Mrs. F.
L. Schiefen, Ben Magness, Geo. Sawyer, Thos. B. Gant, Geo. Madigan and
Postmaster Wm. Kelley, of Chatsworth.
WILL PRACTICE LAW IN AKRON
Thos. Dalton Opening Law Office There This Week
Attorney Thos. Dalton is opening a law office in Akron this week where he
has decided to engage in the practice of his profession. He decided upon
Akron as a promising location after looking over possibilities in a large
number of towns and cities in this territory. Tom was born in Hawarden and
has spent practically his entire life here. He was graduated last June from
the law college at the University of South Dakota and has been admitted to
practice in the courts of both Iowa and South Dakota. He is a young man of
splendid ability and the future should hold much of promise for him. His
friends in Hawarden—and there are many of them—hope that he may achieve a
large measure of success in his chosen profession. His decision to locate in
Akron was influenced to some extent by the fact that his brother, Joe
Dalton, is located there as manager of the International Harvester Co.’s
implement house.
NOW WORKING IN MILWAUKEE
Gale V. Highsmith, of Hawarden, a 1935 graduate in electrical engineering at
Iowa State College at Ames, has accepted a position and begun work with the
Lime Materials Company of Milwaukee, Wis.
His main interests, as listed at the engineering personnel office at Ames,
are sales, management and operation. In addition to his college training,
Highsmith has had a large amount of practical experience as district sales
manager of a chemical company, service man for various companies, and in
other part time positions.
It will be remembered that Gale was state high school champion in the mile
run in 1930 and in the same year won third place in the entrance examination
at Columbia University.
DEATH OF MRS. CURRAN’S MOTHER
Mrs. A. Brock of Paullina, mother of Mrs. L. Curran of Hawarden, passed away
at her home Saturday night following a brief illness. Mrs. Bock was taken
ill last Friday suddenly and passed away the following day. Even though she
was past 86 years of age, Mrs. Bock looked after her own household duties
and was very active for one of her years. She was quite well known here by a
number of people as she had visited at the home of her daughter numerous
times. She was an old time resident of Paullina.
DAUGHTER IN DR. V. G. GOEBEL HOME
A daughter was born Tuesday to Dr. and Mrs. V.G. Goebel. The little lady
tipped the scales at 7 ¾ pounds.
ENGAGE MUSIC FOR FIREMAN’S BALL
The J.W. Brewer Fire Department has engaged Clarence De Long’s orchestra to
provide the music for the annual ball this year. This orchestra is composed
of ten pieces and is regarded as one of the outstanding musical
organizations in this section. In addition to the orchestra three young lady
entertainers, known as the Harmonettes, will assist in providing
entertainment during the evening. There young ladies are Doris Hanegar,
Thelma Peterson, and Marion Sather. The Fireman’s Ball will be held on
Friday evening, Jan. 31st.
The Sioux Center News, Thursday, January 13, 1936
Lebanon News
By Miss Tillie Wielenga
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bonnema and family and Mrs. D. Bonema are getting ready
for a trip to California. They plan to leave next week if all is well to
visit with friends and relatives there for some time. Arie Reinard will be
staying with Henry Bonnema,
while his mother is visiting in California.