Louisa Maria (Probst) Engle
Born: July 13, 1815 in Berlin, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania1
Died: April 5, 1883 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 83, plot 1
Lot Owner: Louisa Engle, purchased in 1884
Married: Jacob Engle on October 3, 1836 in Berlin, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania1
Children:1 Drusilla, Perry, Alexander, George Adam, John, Lorenza, Andrew, Tabetha, William, Melvin,
Parents: "were of French and English extraction"2
News Item
Grandmother Engle died last Thursday, after a prolonged illness with lung and throat affections. She was interred in Sugar Grove Cemetery on last Sabbath, the 8th. There was a large procession, notwithstanding the almost impassible roads. Mrs. Fox, of Ottumwa; conducted the funeral obsequies. The oration certainly was scholarly and well delivered; the subject discussed was "Why do you mourn?" and in answering it she led her audience through a new theory, but little known in this community. ~ The Newton Record, April 11, 1883 as part of the Metz Gleanings column
Melvin Engle
Born: August 19,1858 in Benton Ridge, Hancock Co., Ohio3
Died: August 1, 1931 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 188, plot 7
Lot Owner: Melvin Engle, purchased in 1907
Married: Lenora Clement February 16, 1880 in Scandia Co., Kansas
Children: Archie, Lloyd and Bertha Rae O'Leary
Parents: Jacob and Louisa (Probst) Engle
Local Resident Dies Here Today
Melvin Engle, 72, Dies Following Illness
of Past Six Weeks
Melvin Engle, resident of Jasper county for more than 50 years, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Connie O'Leary at 321 South Second avenue West, after an illness of the past six weeks. He would have been 72 years of age the nineteenth of this month.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Sugar Grove grange hall.
Mr. Engle had been in failing health for a number of weeks, having been taken to the hospital at Iowa City for treatment six weeks ago and returned to Newton for a two weeks treatment at the Skiff Memorial hospital before being taken to the home of his daughter last week.
He was born Aug 19, 1858 at Benton Ridge, Hancock county, Ohio, the youngest of 10 children, three of whom survive.
He was united in marriage at Scandia, Kans., Feb 16 1881 to Miss Nora Clement. Soon after their marriage there, they moved to Jasper county and had resided since that time on a farm west of Newton in the Metz neighborhood.
Surviving him are his widow, three brothers, Perry Engle of Newton, Ad Engle of Texas and Andrew Engle of Metz, three children, Archie M. of Colfax, Mrs. Bertha O'Leary of Newton and Lloyd of Fairmount, Minn. besides five grand children, Virgil and Marguerite O'Leary and Harold, Lucille and Marjorie Engle.
He was a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge and of the Sugar Grove grange. ~ The Newton Daily News, August 1, 1931.
LeNora (Clement) Engle
Born: July 7, 1861 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: November 17, 1936 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 188, plot 8
Lot Owner: Melvin Engle, purchased in 1907
Married: Melvin Engle on February 16, 1880 at Scandia, Kansas
Children: Archie, Lloyd and Bertha Rae O'Leary
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hollis Clement
Mrs. Nora Engle Dies At 75 Years
Dies at Home of Daughter Mrs. Connie O'Leary Tuesday night.
Mrs. Nora Engle, 75, long time resident of Jasper county died Tuesday at 9:20 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Connie O'Leary, 321 South Second Avenue West.
Mrs. Engle suffered a stroke seven weeks ago at the home of her son, Archie M. Engle of Colfax and was brought to Mrs. O'Leary's home in Newton the next week. She had been in bed since Thursday.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Morgan funeral home Thursday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Charles H. Schmitz of Omaha, Interment will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Grange Member
Mrs. Engle was the oldest member of the Sugar Grove Grange, joining at the age of 16 years. She was made an honorary member of the organization in recent years. She had been a member of the Margaret Rebekah lodge for over 30 years.
She was born in Jasper county on a farm west of the present Sugar Grove Grange hall near Metz on July 7, 1861, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hollis Clement.
When she was 18 years of age, the family moved to Kansas in 1879, making their trip by covered wagon.
Marriage
In 1880, she was united in marriage to Melvin Engle at Scandia, Kan., and returned as his b ride to Jasper county to live. They located on a farm near Metz, where Mrs. Engle became widely known for her kindness and helpfulness in times of sickness in the homes of the community.
She was preceded in death by her husband five years ago last August and had spent most of the time since in the homes of her children.
Mrs. Engle united with the Methodist Episcopal church in girlhood. She was one of newer members of the Daily News' Three-Quarter Century club.
Surviving relatives include her daughter, Mrs. O'Leary of Newton; two sons, Archie M. Engle of Colfax and Lloyd H. Engle of Fairmount, Minn.; a sister, Mrs. R. G. Allen of Newton, and a brother, S. B. Clement of Shell Lake, Wis.; five grandchildren and one great grandchild. ~ The Newton Daily News, November 18, 1936.
1. WorldConnect entry by Jack Goodhue
2. Portrait & Biographical Record of Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, Iowa, 1894, page 222.
3. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Record, Book 2, page 39 indicates he was born in Sandusky Co., Ohio