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Clarinda Herald
Journal
March 1973
Mrs Clark born near New Market
New
Market burial service was held Monday for Mrs Helen [Jennie] Clark, 83, who died Friday at the Shenandoah hospital.
She was born near New Market May 26, 1889, to Richard L [ewis] and Delia
Clark Foster, and lived for many
years in Dakota and then Shenandoah.
On
April 15, 1909, she was married to [William] Herbert Clark. To this union, a son Herbert Clark, Jr, was born who died at the age of 15 months. Her
husband also preceded her in death.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
March 1973
Mrs Buch at West Heights
Funeral
services for Mrs Mathilda [Matilda] Buch, 91, of Clarinda will be held at 10:30 am, Saturday at St John
Lutheran Church, with Pastor Carl Lueker officiating. Burial will be in the
Immanuel Cemetery.
A
family prayer service will be held at 10:15 am at the church. Casket bearers
will be Vernon and Elmer Baumgarten, Donald, Erwin, Raymond and Darwin Buch.
The organist will be Mrs Leland Herzberg. At the register book will be Florence
Wagoner. Ushers will be Alfred Sump and Melvin Freudenburg.
She
died Wednesday morning at the West Heights Manor where she had been since
November of 1969.
She was born Dec 21,
1881, at Malcolm, Neb, the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Schmieding. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity
Lutheran Church at Malcom. She lived at Malcolm and Lincoln, Nebraska before
her marriage to Henry [George] Buch
on Sept 19,1927 at Malcom. Mr Buch
died in December of 1961.
She
is survived by three stepsons, Edward, Henry and Martin Buch, all of Clarinda; one brother, Martin
Schmieding of Lincoln, Neb, and
one sister, Mrs Eleanora Krogmanand
of Clarinda.
Memorials
may be directed to the Lutheran Hour.
Lavelle Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
October 1973
Ray A Loudon well-known farmer
Ray
[mond] A [dam] Loudon, 73, of rural
Blanchard died Tuesday morning at Municipal Hospital where he had been admitted
the day before. He had been in poor health for some time.
Funeral services for Mr Loudon
were held this Thursday afternoon at the United Presbyterian Church at College
Springs with Rev W D Martin in charge. Joe McKinley was soloist and Bessie
Whigham organist. Wilma Whigham and Ruth Whigham were at the register. Flowers bearers were Irene
Stimson, Elizabeth Slough and Nancy Whigham. Ushers were Edgar Copeland,
Luther Compton and Bill Whipp.
Honorary
bearers were Fred Stimson, William Slough Sr, Maurice Whigham, John Cabeen,
Harold Horel and Clark Peery. Casket bearers were Paul, Don, Bill and Dan
McComb, Wallace and Roger Loudon. Burial was in the Maple Hill cemetery with
Walker Funeral Home in charge of services.
Mr
Loudon is survived by his wife of
the home and one son, Robert D Loudon of Afton, and one grandson. Ralph [William] Loudon of Boone is a brother.
Mr
Loudon was born Nov 5, 1899, near
Blanchard, the son of William B [oyle] and Rose McFarland Loudon. On Aug 15, 1923, he was married to Myrtle
Douthirt who survives.
Mr Loudon was a well-known farmer of the area having lived
between Blanchard and College Springs all his life. He was a member of Lions
Club at College Springs.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
1973
John Anderson services Tuesday
John
H Anderson, 54, husband of the
former Ruth [Ann] Pfander,
died Saturday at Council Bluffs and services were held Tuesday at Council
Bluffs.
He
was co-owner of the Twin City Bowl and a native of Mills County. His wife, who
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pfander of Burlington Junction, was born in Clarinda.
They had a son and three daughters.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
August 1973
Clarence Hull services held
Funeral
services were held Tuesday at St John Lutheran Church for Clarence [R.] Hull, 88, of Westboro, Mo, who died Aug 11 at the Fairfax, Mo., hospital.
Rev
John Chandler officiated at the services, with burial in St John cemetery.
Mr.
Hull was a retired farmer and
long-time resident of the Westboro area. He was a member of St John Lutheran
Church.
Survivors
include his wife Mabelle; two
sons, Dale of Westboro and Phillip
of Tarkio; a daughter, Mrs.
Phillis Kemper of Shenandoah;
four sisters, Mrs. Ella Larson
of Red Oak, Mrs. Anna Lind of
Omaha, Mrs. Hilda Hanson of
Wahoo, Neb, and Mrs. Marie Spong
of Des Moines, and eight grandchildren.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
August 1973
Mrs. Henderson former resident
Mrs.
Gladys Henderson Jackson of
Banning, Cal, died Aug 25, [1973] according to news to Clarinda friends from
her sister, Mrs. Fern Weber of
Los Angeles. The sisters were graduated from Clarinda schools in 1906,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A F Henderson, their father being an early real estate man in Clarinda. Mrs.
Jackson has two nieces and a
nephew.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
May 1973
Keith Kenagy was Braddyville mayor
Funeral
services for [Robert] Keith
Kenagy, 75, former mayor of
Braddyville, will be held at 2 pm, Saturday, at the Lavelle Funeral Home in
Clarinda, with Rev Carl Cummings officiating.
Burial
will be in the Braddyville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his five sons and one
grandson, Kenneth, Merlin, Ronald, Dwight and Dale Kenagy and Gary Hull. He died Wednesday night [May 23, 1973] at the
Fairfax Community Hospital in Fairfax, Mo. His illness has caused him to give
up his active work and community service in June 1969.
He
was born Nov 12, 1897 at Yorktown, the son of Mr. and Mrs. [Samuel] Harry
Kenagy [Emily Borthwick]. He
attended the United Presbyterian Church at Yorktown as a young man. He attended
Long Branch rural elementary school, and graduated from high school at College
Springs.
He
served in the armed Forces during WW I. He was married to Velma Martin on April 29,1920 at Churdan.
They
lived in Page County until 1933 when they moved to the Elmo and Clearmont area,
moving to Braddyville in 1962. During his service as mayor 1964-69, Braddyville
built the waterworks, the city hall and new fire station.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, his wife in June of 1971 and one brother.
He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Lowell (Kathryn) Hull
of Elmo, Mrs. Richard (Dorothy) Ferguson
of Des Moines, Iowa,
Mrs. Larry (Esther)
Carlson of Blanchard, Mrs.
Jack (Carol) Patterson of
Littleton, Colorado, Mrs.
Glen (Sharon)
Blume of Spencer, and five sons, Kenneth of Caldwell, Ida, Dale of Aberdeen, Wash, Dwight of Sioux City, Merlin of Tarkio, Mo., and Ronald of Braddyville.
He
has 22 grandchildren, six great - grandchildren. Sisters are Mrs. Leonard
(Lydia) Reeves of Opal, S D, Mrs.
Lois [Theresa] McCullough, of Des
Moines, Miss Rosaltha Kenagy
of Yaounde, Cameroon, Africa, Miss Mary [Eloise] Kenagy of Omaha, Neb, and brothers, Bruce [Borthwick] of
Berthoud, Colo., [William] Lloyd of Huntington Valley, Penn and John
of rural Clarinda.
Memorials
may be directed to the Cancer Fund and may be left at the Funeral Home.
The family will receive relatives and
friends from 7:30 till 9 pm Friday at the Lavelle Funeral Home.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
November 1973
Mrs C W Wyckoff active in community affairs
Funeral
services for Mrs C [rayton] W [Donald] (Nettie) [Jane] Wyckoff, 92, of College Springs, will be held at 2 pm
Friday at the College Springs United Presbyterian Church, with Rev W D Martin
officiating.
Burial
will be at College Springs. Casket bearers will be Ross Macrander, Ernest
Borthwick, Frank Kirkham, Perry Farquhar, Wayne Garrett and Durward Jackson.
Music will be furnished by Mrs Lowell Anderson and Joe McKinley, accompanied by
Mrs Clarence Whigham. At the register books will be Mrs Lisle Farquhar and Mrs
Ross Macrander. In charge of the flowers will be Mrs Perry Farquhar and Mrs
Harold Mitchell. The ushers will be Bill Whipp and John Kenagy.
Mrs
Wyckoff died Tuesday night [November
13, 1973] at West Heights Manor Nursing Home after being a resident there since
August.
She
was born March 19, 1881, near College Springs, the daughter of Robert and
Margaret McClarnon McLean. She
was graduated from Amity College and taught school in the rural area.
She
was married to Dr Crayton [Donald] Wyckoff on July 12, 1909. He was a dentist in College Springs for many
years. He died on Dec 29, 1952.
She was interested
in her community, and
especially the youth. She served on the Page County Welfare Board 24 years and
received a citation for her interest in the welfare of the citizens of Iowa.
She was a Girl Reserve counselor for many years.
She
was active in all sections of the church from her youth to her senior years,
playing the organ, sponsoring youth groups, working in the women's
organizations and Sunday school. She was a member of the College Springs United
Presbyterian Church.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and her son Robert, on Oct 9, 1962, and one brother, [William] Clark McLean.
She
is survived by her daughter-in-law, Mrs James (Frances) Burton of Potomac, Md, and her grandson, William of Portland, Ore, and Robert of Annapolis, Md, her sister-in-law Mrs Nell
McLean of Pella, and nieces and
nephews.
Lavelle
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements
Clarinda Herald
Journal
July 1973
Allison former city employee
NEW
MARKET — Forrest E [rnest] Allison, former city employee of Clarinda, died June 27 [1973] in La Mesa,
Calif. He had been ill since December with cancer.
Funeral
services were to be June 30 and burial in San Diego.
He
was born north of New Market on March 27,1910, the son of Mr and Mrs
W[illiam] C [lifford] Allison. Forrest attended school in New Market and Junior College
in Clarinda. He was a graduate of University of Iowa.
In
the late 1920's, he was in charge of Clarinda's filter plant, and was manager
of the swimming pool. During his tenure at the pool, Clarinda gained high
recognition for sponsoring four-state Midwest Swimming Association meets, and
the local swimmers were among the strongest in the entire area, due to the
instruction of divers as well as swimmers given by Allison.
While
in Clarinda he was married to Gladys Bracksiek of Keystone. They lived in Clarinda, and New
Market, also Ohio and California.
He
is survived by his wife, two daughters Mrs Kay O'Day and Mrs Janice Mahoney of San Diego, Calif. His aged mother, Jennie
Allison is in a nursing home and
two brothers are Orlin of
Miami, Fla and Ralph of
Sacramento, Calif and two sisters Mrs Leila Haeger of Tucson, Ariz and Carol Mauldin of Redlands, Calif. He has four grandchildren.
Mrs
Laura Mankle and Lawrence
Allison of New Market are his
aunt and uncle. He was active in the Lutheran Church in La Mesa.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
July 1973
Services Thursday for Mrs
Eitzen
Funeral
services for Mrs William (Settie) Eitzen, 84, who died Sunday at Hand Hospital in Shenandoah will be held at
2 pm Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Rev Donald Mann will officiate
with burial in Elm wood Cemetery in Coin.
Mrs
Eitzen, who lived in rural Coin,
is survived by two sons, Vincent [Jacob] of Sylmar, Calif, and Forrest of Shenandoah; a daughter, Mrs June [Irene] Trujillo of Rowland Heights, Calif; a brother, William
Meyer of College Springs; two
sisters, Mrs Emil (Minnie) Sunderman of Clarinda and Mrs Lizzie Eitzen of Shenandoah; four grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband William [Jacob], a son Orval and a sister.
A
memorial for Mrs Eitzen has
been established at the Trinity Lutheran Church.
The
family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Wednesday at Hackett Funeral
Home, Shenandoah.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Nov 1973
Services Friday for Fred
McIntyre
Funeral
services for Fred [Grafft] Mclntyre,
79, of College Springs will be held at 2 pm Friday at the United Presbyterian
Church in College Springs, with Rev W D Martin officiating. Burial will be in
College Springs.
Mr
Mclntyre died Tuesday night at
West Heights Manor after being a patient there since Nov 10.
He
was born Dec 25, 1893, near Braddyville, the son of John and Sarah Grafft
Mclntyre. He was married to Lois
E Mcintosh, Feb 2, 1915. He
farmed for a number of years and in 1947 the family moved to College Springs
after which he became self-employed. For 37 years he was part-time employee for
the Clarinda Sales Co.
In
March of 1972 he suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered.
He
was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in College Springs, serving as
trustee and head usher.
He
is survived by his wife, Lois,
two sons, Donald E and John
R of Scottsdale, Ariz, five
granddaughters. Two sisters are Mrs Will (Stella) Phipps of Clarinda and Mrs Clarence (Nellie) Blum of Omaha, Neb, and two brothers, Elvin of Sumner, Wash, and Raymond of Sioux Falls, S D.
Memorials
may be directed to the United Presbyterian Church in College Springs.
The
family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 pm this Thursday at the Lavelle Funeral
Home in Clarinda.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
July 1973
Services Friday for Mrs
Earl May
Funeral
services for Mrs Earl E [rnest] (Gertrude) [Welch] May, 80, widow of the late founder of May Seed Co in
Shenandoah, are to be held Friday following the tragic death by fire Monday at
her summer home on Echo Lake near Mercer, Wis.
Fire
broke out early in the downstairs while Mrs. May, Mrs. Edna Buntz and Mrs. Myrtle Welda, Shenandoah residents, were asleep. Because of Mrs. May's arthritic condition, she was unable to get from
the home, the visitors, who were asleep upstairs, being able to escape. Her body was found near her bedroom
door as though she had made an attempt to find her way out. Authorities ruled
smoke inhalation as the cause of death.
The
service is to be at the Shenandoah Congregational Church at 2 pm Friday with
the Rev. Ed Cox officiating.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
July 1973
Hiram Ingram services held
SHAMBAUGH
— Hiram [Preston] Ingram,
77, of Council Bluffs was brought to Clarinda for burial and graveside services
this Thursday. He died Monday at a Council Bluffs hospital, having been
hospitalized since Friday.
Born
in Clearmont, Mo he had resided 30 years in Council Bluffs, and was a retired
warehouseman for the International Harvester Co.
Survivors
include his wife, Esther, in
Council Bluffs; five daughters, Mrs Geraldine Jared of Minneapolis, Minn, Mrs Dorothy Rankin of St Louis, Mrs Marilyn Kiehl of Palm Springs, Cal, Mrs Ruth Neuhold of Lamar, Colo, and Mrs Sharyl De Moss of Lincoln, Neb; three sons, Harold Ingram of Paul, Ida, Donald Ingram of New Ulm, Minn and Maurice Ingram of El Paso, Tex; 15 grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held Thursday in Council Bluffs. The Rev Richard Brown of
Norfolk, Neb, officiated.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday July 12, 1973
Services for Adams infant
Services
were held Monday in Red Oak for Tracy Ann Adams, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Terry Adams. The child died shortly after birth July 6 at the
Red Oak hospital.
Besides
her parents, her survivors are grandparents Mr and Mrs Otto Adams of Red Oak and Mr and Mrs Roy Graham of Nodaway, and great - grandparents Ray Adams of Villisca, Mr and Mrs Vance McPike of New Market and Mrs Bertha Graham of Hepburn.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
October 1973
Hopkins burial for Mrs
Graham
Mrs
Emma J [ane Knighton] Graham, 93,
of New Market died Friday at the Maryville hospital where she had been taken a
short time prior. Her burial was Saturday in the Hopkins, Mo, cemetery after services at the Shum
Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Rev Ollie Odle officiating. Her husband, James M [cDonald], is deceased. Her granddaughter is Mrs. Helen Roy of Basehor, Kan.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
August 1973
Mcintosh formerly lived at Blanchard
Roy
(Jack) Mcintosh, 51, former oil
station operator at Blanchard, died Sunday [August 19, 1973] at the Bethany,
Mo, hospital following a serious illness of a week.
He
had been in poor health for several years, and had a heart attack while at work
in the lumberyard at Bethany. Services were from Christian Church of Ridgeway,
Mo, of which he was a member, and burial at Lloyd Cemetery.
Roy [H.]
was born Jan 15, 1922, son of Emma [Melvina Crawford] and Jack [Andrew
Jackson] Mcintosh, living three
miles south of College Springs all his boyhood. He attended Mt Tabor rural school and Elmo high school. After his fatherŐs
death he and his mother moved to Blanchard
In
March of 1950, he was married to Ila June Bridge of Mt Mariah, Mo. They moved to Newton, Ia and in
1954 moved to south of Ridgeway, Mo, to a farm.
Children
are Jerry Wayne and Deborah
Kay. His father, mother, two
sisters and two brothers preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife and
two children at home, a sister, Mrs Will (Elizabeth) Slough of Blanchard, Ia, two nephews and two nieces.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
October 1973
Services pending
Arrangements
are pending at Shum - Novinger Funeral home in Bedford for James G [arrison]
Knap [p] le, 30, who died last
week [September 27,
1973] in Norman, Okla. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Jerome Osborne. George
Knap[p]le of Weston, Mo, is a
brother and Rosemary Behrmann
of Shenandoah is a sister.
Services are tentatively
made for Tuesday, the body being met at Omaha this Monday. Carl Cummings, Bedford minister, will officiate and burial
in Hopkins cemetery.
[Note: Source of death date: Obituary, Bedford Times-Press, October 11, 1973]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
July 1973
Neudick former W Clarinda resident
Graveside
services will be held at 3 pm Tuesday in Clarinda for Larry Neudick, 38, of Norfolk, Neb, who died last week of
gunshot wounds.
He
was born in Clarinda and was a former resident.
He was the son of Ralph and Arda
Brooks Neudick. Grandmothers are Blanche Brooks and Mrs Myrtle Kelley.
[Note: The last name is
spelled Neudeck in the Social Security Death Index.]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
August 1973
Charles Williams died after illness
Funeral
services for Charles [Wesley] Williams, 83, are being held Friday at 10 am at the United Presbyterian
Church in Coin following his extended illness and his death Tuesday at 11:10 pm
at his home on West Main Street in Coin.
Several
of the family have been here in recent days, and Eldon Ely, his stepson, and wife were expected to fly in
from Puyallup, Wash. The Rev Walter Miller of Shenandoah will officiate at the
funeral, and burial will be in Snow Hill Cemetery northwest of Coin. Hackett
Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
His
wife, Mattie, survives him.
His first wife was the former Gertrude Whitmore.
His
children are Vern Williams, Ivan Williams and Mrs Paul (Ruth) Jackson, of Coin; Frank Williams
of Klamath Falls, Ore; step-daughters, Mrs Ivan (Ruth) Nelson of Donnellson, and Mrs Paul (Lois) Emery of Olalla, Wash; stepsons, Eldon Ely of Puyallup, Wash, and Lowell Ely of Braddyville, 12 grandchildren and 19 great
grandchildren.
Brothers
are William Williams, Ashton,
Ida, and Herbert Williams of
Bellflower, Mo, and four sisters, Mrs Georgia Tate of Montgomery City, Mo; Mrs Stacey (Ida)
Copenhaver of Aurora, Mo; Mrs
George (Elizabeth) Dunbar,
Middletown, Mo, and Mrs Alpha Reynolds of Conway.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
May 1973
Mrs Mason former Clarinda resident
Mrs
Mary Cox Mason, 66, who lived in
Clarinda 1941-51, died May 1 at Hibbing, Minn, following a short illness.
Memorial services are being held May 5 at Lupton Funeral Home, University City,
Mo, with burial in the family plot at Grinnell, Ia.
Mrs
Mason was born in Ellsworth, Ia,
on March 28, 1906. She was graduated from Grinnell College in 1927, and later
secured master degree at St Louis, Mo, and was counselor in high school. After
residence in Clarinda, she was 20 years at University City, Mo.
Her
daughter is Mrs Charles S Vesel
of 2906 2nd Ave West, at Hibbing. She has two grandchildren.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
April 1973
Reed life-long county resident
Fred
E [rnest] Reed, 87, a life-long
resident of Page County, died Monday at the Hand Community hospital in
Shenandoah after an illness of about a year.
Services
were held this Thursday afternoon at the Hackett Funeral Home in Shenandoah
with Rev David Stout, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating.
Survivors
include two daughters, Mary and Ruth Reed of Benton Harbor, Mich; a sister, Eva Reed of Shenandoah; a brother, Clarence of Sioux Falls, S D, and three granddaughters.
Preceding
him in death were his wife Emma [Jewitt], a daughter, a sister, two brothers and his parents.
A
memorial is being established at the church in Shenandoah.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
July 1973
Adams services held at Gravity
Services
for Francis L [ester] Adams,
84, were held Sunday from the Christian Church at Gravity following his death
July 10 [1973] at the Veterans Hospital in Omaha.
He
had been a service station operator in Gravity, and more recently was of New
Market. He was born near New Market Oct 5, 1888. During World War I, he served
with the 307th Cavalry, stationed at Jefferson Barracks at St Louis, Mo, and at
Del Rio, Tex. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and American Legion.
Rev
Carl Cummings and Pastor George Carman were in charge of the services, with
Moore - Rutledge Post of Gravity having the military rites and Sunlight Lodge
AF&AM conducting the Masonic grave service. Burial was in Memory Cemetery
at New Market.