Lewis S. Helphrey
Born: March 24, 1858 in Palo Alto Twp., Jasper Co., Iowa L. S. HELPHREY DIES HERE TODAYL. S. Helphrey, 75, Jasper county farmer, died this afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at his home southwest of Newton following a five day illness of pneumonia and heart trouble. Besides his widow, he is survived by two sons, Percy of West Concord, Minn. and E. M. Helphrey of Newton and a daughter Mrs. Allen Moore of Newton. ~ The Newton Daily News, April 13, 1933. __________Helphrey Rites To Be Held in Newton SaturdayFuneral services for L. S. Helphrey, 75, Jasper county farmer who died Thursday afternoon, will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the First Methodist Episcopal church in Newton by Dr. L. B. Logan. Interment will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery. Members of the Palo Alto Grange, of which Mr. Helphrey was a member, will attend the services in a body and will meet at 2:00 o'clock at the Murdoch Funeral home. Mr. Helphrey is survived by his widow; two sons, Percy of West Concord, Minn., and E. M. of Newton, and a daughter, Mrs. Allen Moore of Newton. ~The Newton Daily News, April 14, 1933. __________ HOLD HELPHREY RITES SATURDAY
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Tilsie Ann (Marshall) Helphrey
Born: December 24, 1861 at New Lexington, Perry Co., Ohio MARRIEDHELPHREY - MARSHALL - At the residence of the bride's parents, Thursday evening, April 28th, 1881, by Rev. W. G. Thorn, Mr. Lewis S. Helphrey to Miss Tilsiah Marshall. All of Jasper county. ~ The Journal (Newton, Iowa) May 5, 1881. ___________Woman Dies at 77 YearsMrs. Lewis S. Helphrey, 77, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Allen Moore, Saturday where she had been ill since suffering a stroke and heart attack on Thursday morning. Funeral services will be conducted at the First Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. George Def. Fisher in Charge. Interment will be in the Sugar Grove cemetery. Tilsie Ann Marshall, daughter of Emery and Mary Marshall, was born Dec. 24, 1861 at New Lexington, Perry county, Ohio. She was born and lived in a log cabin there and came to Jasper county in 1875. She was united in marriage to Lewis S. Helphrey on April 28, 1881 and moved on a farm 4 1/2 miles southwest of Newton. They resided there for 52 years until Mr. Helphrey's death in 1933. A son, Earl M., also died in 1933. She is survived by a son, Percy Ray and a daughter, Mrs. Allen Moore, both of Newton, two sisters, Mrs. George Brock of Prairie City and Mrs. Sarah Hickman of Newton and two brothers, S. S. Marshall and C. O. Marshall, both of Newton. She is also survived by five grandchildren and one great grandchild. A member of the Palo Alto grange and Three Quarter Century club of The Newton Daily News and Jasper County Record, she also attended the Presbyterian church. ~ Newton Daily News, February 6, 1939. |