Andrew J. Pink
Born: May 13,1887 near Colfax, Jasper Co., Iowa A. Pink SuccumbsLife Long Jasper County Man
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Elizabeth (Kane) Pink
Born: October 18, 1891 in Valeria, Jasper Co., Iowa Elizabeth Pink Dies Wednesday; Rites SaturdayMrs. Andrew J. (Elizabeth G.) Pink, 86, of 803 S. 5th Ave E., a lifelong resident of Jasper County, died Wednesday evening at the Skiff Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church - Father Joseph B. Denning, pastor of the church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday at the Wallace Funeral Home. Memorial contributions to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Memorial Fund will be accepted. Survivors are two sons, Paul Pink, of Greeley, Colo. And William C. Pink of Hampton, a daughter, Mrs. Don (Eleanor) Kling of Newton, 23 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Andrew in 1945; a son, Clifford in 1959 and a sister. Mrs. Pink, who was named and honorary member of the Jasper County 4-H Clubs for her many years of service as a 4-H leader, was a member of the Sacred heart Catholic Church, Sugar Grove Grange and Sugar Grove Ladies Club. The daughter of William and Nell McCurin Kane, she was born Oct. 18, 1891 in Valeria, attended Jasper County schools and was graduated from Mount St. Clair Academy in Clinton. She taught rural schools for eight years. She was married Jan. 16, 1917. ~ The Newton Daily News, August 17, 1978. |
J. Clifford J. Pink
Born: February 26, 1918 in Jasper Co., Iowa Lightning Bolt Fatal to FarmerClifford Pink, 41, of rural Newton was killed instantly Sunday afternoon when struck by lightening while feeding hogs on his mother's farm. The fire department resuscitator was brought to the scene and oxygen was brought by Robert Johnson of Johnson funeral home. The resuscitator was not used. Pink is survived by his wife, the former Ardith Stokesberry of Knoxville. They were married in Newton January 22, 1949. Pink was born in rural Newton to Andrew and Elizabeth Pink, February 26, 1918. He was educated in Jasper county schools and lived his entire life here. He farmed on land about a mile north of Highway-6 on the road just west of the Sugar Grove grange. His parents' farm is adjoining, Since the death of his father in 1945 he has been farming both places. At the time of his death, 5:30 p.m., he was working on his mother's farm. He was standing on a cement slab and had just picked up a bucket of water. He was only a few feet from a barn which had a lightning rod on it and a few feet from a large silo. A Requiem high Mass will be said by Father T.J. McCann at the Sacred Heart Catholic church at 10 am Thursday and a Rosary will be recited by Father Susic at the Johnson funeral home at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Sugar Grove cemetery. Besides his wife and mother, survivors include: a sister Mrs. Donald (Mary Eleanor) Kling of Newton; two brothers, William C. of Hampton, Iowa, and Paul of Wilmar, Minn.; his grandmother, Mrs. Nell Kane of Newton and a number of nieces and nephews. ~ Newton Daily News, 1959. |