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Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday December 6, 1973
Fastenau former Clarinda resident
Former
Clarinda resident Rudolph J Fastenau died Nov 29 [1973] following a heart attack.
Services
were held at Faith Lutheran Church Dec 3 with officiating Pastor Edgar Schmidt.
Burial was at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers
were six grandsons Carl, Gary, Edward Werner, Michael, Randall and Charles
Fastenau.
The
son of the late Mr and Mrs John [Rennig] Fastenau [Julia A. Sierp], he was born June 19, 1903, near Clarinda. He graduated from Clarinda High
School in 1922. He was married to Stella Nothwehr Dec 30, 1925, who preceded him in death Sept 24,
this year. They lived here until 1944.
Survivors
include three sons Arden of
Aurora, Colo, Leo of Detroit,
Mich, Lowell of Lincoln, one
daughter, Mrs Ruth Werner, of
Northglenn, Colo, brothers Arnold
and Rennig of Clarinda, Eldo of Corning, sisters, Mrs Margaret Sunderman of Sidney, Neb, and Ina Copeland of Thousand Palms, Cal, and 14 grandchildren.
Attending funeral
services for Rudolph Fastenau
in Lincoln, Neb, from this area were Mr and Mrs Arnold Fastenau, Mr and Mrs
Rennig Fastenau, Mr and Mrs Eldo Fastenau, Florence Nothwehr, Mr and Mrs
Charlie Schilb, Mr and Mrs Walter Nothwehr, Mr and Mrs Carl Flotho, Mrs Ivan
Otte, Mr and Mrs Arlo Sunderman.
Other relatives came from Sidney, Neb, Ft Dodge, Ia, Colorado and Michigan.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
March 1973
Mrs Puthuff OES member 66 years
BLANCHARD - Mrs Myrta [Ruth Miller]
Puthuff, 96, oldest resident of
Blanchard, died Sunday at the Hamburg hospital. She had been a patient there
since Feb 14 and had been bedfast the last two years following a fall and hip
fracture.
Services
were Wednesday from the Blanchard United Methodist Church, the Rev Richard
Russell officiating. Burial
was in the Blanchard Cemetery.
Mrs
Puthuff is survived by one
daughter, Mrs Reba Tinnell of
Blanchard, who has cared for her mother, also four grandchildren and eighteen
great grandchildren. She had been a member of the Christian Church at Blanchard
and a member of Twin Knots chapter 275, Order of the Eastern Star, for 66
years.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
March 1973
Bennett Darmer worked at AAHI
Bennett
C Darmer, 71, of Medical Lake,
Wash, died Tuesday. He was a former resident of Clarinda, having worked at MHI.
Funeral
services will be held at 1:30 pm Monday at Walker Funeral Home with burial in
the Clarinda Cemetery. The body will arrive in Clarinda Friday night.
He
was born Oct 17, 1901, at Perry. On Aug 3, 1941, he was married to Hazel
Kent Myers at Hopkins, Mo. For 20
years they have lived in Wash.
Survivors
besides his wife of the home are three sisters; Mrs Letha Morrow and Mrs Clara Shelton of Perry, Okla, Miss Fern Darmer of Tulsa, Okla, and a brother, W T Darmer of Perry, Okla.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
July 1973
Mrs Fern Folkner former resident
Mrs Fern (Foster)
Folkner, 77, died July 21 [1973]
at Modesto, Cal, according to news received by friends here. She was the
daughter of the late Charles Foster,
Page County sheriff in early years. She had returned to Clarinda for reunions
held by Omega Tau, a group who formed a society in high school. She is the
cousin of Mrs Florence Huddle.
Her brothers are Glen Foster
of Oklahoma City, Porter Foster
of Boise, Idaho. A sister is Mrs Gertrude Whittaker of San Francisco, Cal.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
1973
Smith's infant daughter died
Tammy
Sue Smith, infant daughter of Thomas
and Judith Strand Smith was
stillborn Saturday afternoon at Municipal Hospital.
Besides
her parents she is survived by a brother and sister, Michael Leroy and Michelle Lynn of the home, and grandparents, Mr and Mrs
James Duncan of Omaha.
Graveside
services will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Memory cemetery at New Market. Walker
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
June 1973
Mrs Ona Knox died at hospital
Mrs
Ona [Loy Warden] Knox, 78, of
rural Clarinda died shortly before noon this Monday at the Municipal Hospital
where she had been a patient for about three weeks.
Services
are pending at the Lavelle Funeral Home and at the Methodist church in
Yorktown.
Survivors
include two sons, LeRoy Warden
of Englewood, Colo, and Robert
of Yorktown, a sister, Mrs Earl [Henry] Annan [Nina Loy] of Yorktown, eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
October 1973
Graveside services for
Clarence Gregg
Graveside
services at the Clarinda Cemetery are scheduled for 4 pm Friday for Clarence
[T.] Gregg. The body will be
brought here from Slater, where services will be held earlier in the day. Rev
Lester Greenwood is in charge of the graveside rites.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
1973
IWCC student killed in
one-car accident
A
student at Iowa Western Community College in Clarinda was killed early Sunday
morning in a one-car accident near Audubon.
Wayne
Thompson, 18, of Independence,
Mo, died instantly after the car in which he was riding apparently went out of
control and rolled over in a ditch on a paved county road about nine miles
northwest of Audubon.
The
car was owned by Gregory Edwards,
19, of Gray, who escaped serious injury, investigating officials said.
Services
will be at 10 am Wednesday at the Carson Funeral Home in Independence.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 pm Tuesday.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
August 1973
Mrs Anna Smith's mother died
Mrs
Edwin (Esther) Roberts, 67, of
Grant City, Mo, died Aug 29 [1973] at a hospital in Albany, Mo.
Survivors
include her husband, Edwin Roberts,
one daughter, Mrs Anna Catherine Smith of Clarinda, one son, Edwin L Roberts of Tarkio.
She
was a member of the United Methodist Church in Grant City. Services are Friday August
31 at 2 pm at the Andrews Funeral Home in Grant City conducted by Rev John
Thompson. Burial will be in the Grant City Cemetery.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
September 1973
Dr Leitch taught adult ed here
Services were held
Wednesday for Dr Addison Leitch,
65, who died Monday at Hamilton, Mass. He is former president of Tarkio
College, instructor in Iowa Western adult education classes and prominent in
work with the United Presbyterian Church prior to leaving Tarkio in 1969.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
April 1973
Receives word of
brother's death
GRAVITY
— Mrs Roland Reed
received news Saturday of the death of her brother, Arthur Daub, 50, at the Hospital at Creston. He had been ill
for a year, forced to give up
his employment at Wellman Dynamics.
Services
were held Monday. Graveside military services were conducted by the Creston
Veterans of Foreign Wars post before interment at Greenlawn Cemetery at
Afton.
His
wife, the former Shirley Mae Dansburg, and four children survive him. His mother is Mrs Florence Mae
Christensen of Creston.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
June 1973
MERRILL ROBERT
ALMQUIST
Merrill
Robert Almquist was the fourth of
six children born to Elmer and Mabel Almquist on the home place north of Essex, Iowa on
September 27, 1925.
At
an early age he became a member of the Swedish Covenant Church at Essex.
On
November 23, 1945 Merrill was
united in marriage with Maralee Matheny. On November 12, 1946 one daughter Jenell Karen was born.
Following
their marriage they farmed in the Essex area. In 1953 they moved to Coin where
they made their home until moving to Northboro in 1971.
While
living at Coin they became members of the United Presbyterian Church where he
was an active member until his passing on June 12, 1973.
He
is survived by his wife Maralee,
daughter Jenell and her
husband David Anderson, one
grandson Lee, one
granddaughter Lori, his
parents Elmer and Mabel Almquist.
Also surviving is one brother, four sisters and a number of other relatives and
many friends.
Services
for Mr Almquist were held June
15 at the United Methodist Church in Coin with the Rev W D Martin officiating.
Interment was in Essex cemetery, Hackett Funeral Home in charge and casket
bearers were Quentin Gibson, Merald Hein, Alex Hogg, LaMott Klepinger, Robert
Olenius, Byron Scotton.
Caring
for the flowers were Mrs Alex Hogg. Mrs LaMott Klepinger. Mrs Robert Olenius,
Mrs Byron Scotton; the music by Mr and Mrs William Mannasmith; at memory
register Mrs Robert Anderson, Mrs Quentin Gibson; ushers were Ray Brownlee,
Sheldon Jones.
[Fishell, Mabel Edith
Anderson Mace]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
September 1973
MABEL EDITH
ANDERSON FISHELL
Mabel
Edith Anderson Fishell, daughter
of Herman and Anna Anderson
was born at Yorktown, Iowa on January 5,1894 and departed this life September
14, 1973 at Clarinda, Iowa at the age of 79 years and 8 months. She was reared
in the Yorktown vicinity and attended
school there. She later lived in the Hopkins and Lamar, Missouri and Clarinda
and New Market, Iowa areas.
In
September 1911 she was united in marriage to Preston P [rior] Mace. To this union five children were born.
On
June 25, 1946 she was united in marriage to Leonard W [arren] Fishell. She was preceded in death by her mother and father and a granddaughter.
She was a
member of the First Methodist church, Yorktown, Iowa. She is
survived by her five children; Mrs Eddie (Darlene) Cords of Mankato, Minn, Mrs G E (Wilda) Crippen of Vancouver, BC Canada, Gene Mace of Castle Rock, Wash, Dale Mace of Lincoln, Nebr, and Mrs Edwin (Dorothy)
Whitehill of Bedford, Iowa; three
stepchildren, Mrs
Orville
(Carolyn) Rawlings of
Bennington, Nebr, Mrs Robert (Dorothe) Shanno of Phoenix, Ariz, and Leonard Fishell Jr, also of Phoenix, Ariz; 12 grandchildren and 9
great grandchildren.
She
will be greatly missed by all who loved her and knew her. Funeral services were
conducted at the Walker Funeral Home on Monday, September 17, 1973 with the Rev
Charles Bissinger officiating. Music was provided by Maynard Burch and Mr and
Mrs Gilbert Burch. Casket bearers were George Annan, Melvin Annan, Donald
Hutchison, Arthur Hutchison, Verrell Moore, and Orville Rawlings.
Interment
was at Polsley Cemetery, Yorktown, Iowa.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
April 1973
DOROTHY ANDERSON DIED IN ARIZONA
NORTHBORO,
April 24 — Mrs Dorothy Boylan Anderson, 60, of Phoenix, Ariz, died April 11 after a long
illness. She was born at Tecumseh, Neb, and was a graduate of Northboro High
School. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Charlene, and survived by a daughter, Mrs Sharon
Leonard of Phoenix, a son, Edwin
Anderson of Newtown, Pa, and a
sister, Mrs Hazel Mackoy of
Northboro. The family has arranged memorial to the TB & Respiratory Disease Association.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
April 1973
Rucker former Clarinda resident
Lee
Rucker, 45, formerly of Clarinda,
died in Shenandoah April 23 of an apparent heart attack.
Funeral
services were at the Buntz-Tawzer Chapel in Shenandoah with burial at the Old
Memory cemetery near New Market.
Survivors
include his wife, Kathy, and
four daughters; three brothers, Lowell and Bob of Clarinda, Keith of Denver, Colo, and two sisters, Pat
Macrander of Ashland, Nebr, and Betty
Waltermeyer of Fremont, Neb.
A
brother Don and his father Clarence preceded him in death.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
April 1973
Arthur Muller died at Omaha
Arthur
Muller, 64, died this Monday in
Omaha where he had been hospitalized recently.
Services
are to be held Saturday at 2 pm at the St Paul Lutheran Church in Yorktown with
Pastor Gary Arp officiating.
Mr
Muller was born near Yorktown on
Sept 11, 1908, and farmed in that area until beginning work with Pioneer Mutual
Insurance Company five years ago. The family home was at 700 North 16th.
He
was married to Wilma Sump on
Feb 16, 1935, and they had four children, Duane and Mrs Lowell (Donna) Barr, both of Clarinda, Robert of Lincoln, Neb, and John of Corning.
He
is also survived by three brothers, Walter of rural Clarinda, and Herbert and Francis of
Coin, and three sisters, Mrs Norman (Martha) Carlson and Mrs Dorothy Sump, both of Clarinda, and Mrs Carl (Ada) Mueller of Cedar Falls. Lavelle Funeral Home is in charge
of the services.
A
family prayer service will be held at the funeral home at 7:30 pm Friday.
[McClarnon, Michaelyn
ÒMickieÓ Bloom]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday April 30, 1973
Services Sunday for Mrs
McClarnon
Funeral
services for Mrs Michaelyn McClarnon, 27, of Braddyville, were held Sunday afternoon at the Lavelle
Funeral Home, with Rev Clarence Landis officiating.
Burial
was in the Shearer Cemetery at Braddyville. She died early Friday [April 27,
1973] morning, after an illness of a year with cancer.
Vocalists
were Maynard and Gilbert Burch, accompanied by Mrs Gilbert Burch. Casket
bearers were John Kenagy Jr, David B Anderson, Tom Livengood, Ronald Kenagy,
Myron Blair and Lowell Ely. At the register books were Mrs David Anderson and
Mrs Glen Mackey. In charge of flowers were Mrs Ronald Kenagy and Mrs John
Yaple.
She
was born Sept 13, 1945, at Shenandoah, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth
Bloom. She attended school at
College Springs, graduating from high school in 1963. She was married to Howard
[Donald] McClarnon on June 27,
1964, at College Springs. They lived at Ames, until 1968 when they moved to the
present home east of Braddyville.
She
was a member of the United Methodist Church in Braddyville.
She
was preceded in death by her two grandfathers.
Survivors
include her husband, Howard,
three sons, Kevin, David [Kyle] and Matthew [Kraig], all at home, her parents, Mr and Mrs Bloom and one sister, Shirley Jo, all of Braddyville, one brother, [Kenneth] Lynn Bloom of Clarinda, and two grandmothers, Mrs Clyde Bloom of Northboro, and Mrs Otis Lair of College Springs.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
March 1973
Coin woman's mother
dies in Washington
COIN, Mar 28 - Mrs
Charlene Redinger received word
that her mother, Mrs Nora [Edith Lark] Cook of Ellensburg, Wash, died Monday [March 26,
1973].
[Eberly, Carrie
Elizabeth Ross]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
April 30, 1973
Mrs Eberly died after long illness
Funeral
services for Mrs Carrie E [lizabeth] Eberly, 84, of Clarinda will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at
Walker Funeral Home. She died at her home Sunday morning [April 29,1973] after
a long illness.
She
was born April 4, 1889, at Waynesboro, Pa, the daughter of William and Mary
Ziegler Ross. On June 8,1905, she
was married to Andrew Eberly
who preceded her in death in 1969.
Mrs
Eberly is survived by six
children: Mrs Owen (Marie) Thompson. Mrs Pauline Wilcoxson, Mrs Edith
Wallace, Mrs Herbert (Lutie) Myers,
and William Eberly all of
Clarinda, and Roy Eberly of
Ogilvie, Minn. Twenty grandchildren, 66 great grandchildren and eight great
-great - grandchildren also survive.
Rev
Dean Gillespie will officiate at the service. Singers will be Rev and Mrs Eddie
Fidler, with Doris Sebeniecher organist. Casket bearers will be Harold
Thompson, Gerald Eberly Terry Eberly, Merl Eberly, Ray Thompson and Paul
Wilcoxson. Burial will be in the Butler Cemetery south of Shambaugh.
[Snodderly, Clara Avis
Skinner]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
1973
Mrs Snodderly burial
at C S
Funeral
service for Mrs J [ohn] Fred (Clara [Avis]) Snodderly, 89, was held Wednesday at the Elmo Christian
Church and burial in the College Springs cemetery following her death Monday in
a hospital at Merriam, Kans.
She
was born Oct 6, 1883, at Oregon, the daughter of the late Calvin and Kathryn
Short Skinner. On April 18,1903,
she was married at Yorktown.
Her
husband preceded her in death Oct 1, 1958. She is survived by two daughters and
two sons.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
September 1973
Services held for Albert
Gust
Albert
H Gust, 68, died Saturday
afternoon [September 22, 1973] at Municipal Hospital following a long illness.
He
was born Sept 7, 1905, at Joplin, Mo, the son of Louis and Clara Faulstich
Gust. He was married to Hulda
Peterson who died Feb 23, 1973.
Mr
Gust had retired from the Iowa Power and Light Co where he was employed for
many years. He was a member of St John Lutheran Church.
Funeral
services were held this Monday afternoon at St John Lutheran Church with Pastor
Carl Lueker officiating. Mrs Leland Herzberg was organist. Casket bearers were
Amos Eshelman, Jack Stamps, Don Maxwell, Walter Bartels, Alfred Sump and Ken
Klaasmeyer. Ushers were Merle Goecker and Arnold Meyer. Florence Wagoner and
Lucille Blume were in charge of the register.
Burial
was in the Clarinda cemetery with Walker Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mr
Gust is survived by two
daughters: Mrs Harold LeRoy
(Carolyn) Foster of
Clarinda and Mrs Paul (Mildred) Discher of Marshalltown, six grandchildren, four brothers, Otto Gust of Blanchard, Fred Gust and Bernard Gust of Yakima, Wash, and Rudolph Gust of Kirkland, Wash.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
April 1973
Mrs Sheridan was graduate of CJS
Mrs
James (Doris) Sheridan, 42,
daughter of Mrs O W Koehler of
Clarinda, died Monday at Janesville, Wis, and funeral services and burial will
be in that city Friday.
She
was born Sept 22, 1930, in St Louis, Mo, and spent much of her early life in
Clarinda, graduating from Clarinda Junior College in 1951. In September of that
year she joined the WAVES, discharged in May of 1953 with a seaman rank.
She
was married in 1953 to James Sheridan, and they lived in Newport, R I, San Diego and San Francisco, Cal,
before, moving to Jamesville in 1967. She was active in several civic and other
organizations.
Survivors,
besides her mother, include her husband, a son Edward [John], stationed with the Navy in Long Beach, Cal, two
daughters, Bridget and Nancy [Kay]
of the home, and three sisters, Mrs Izetta Castillo of Elmo, Mo, Mrs Frank Gay of Omaha, and Mrs Patrick Laughlin of Redlands, Cal.
Services
will be held at St Patrick's Church with burial in Mt Olivet cemetery.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
September 1973
Verlin Clark's father died
Amos
Carl Clark, 80, father of Verlin
Clark of Clarinda, died Friday at
a Shenandoah hospital.
He
is survived by three other sons, Lloyd Clark, Lebanon, Elvin Clark, Phoenix, Ariz, and Kenneth Clark, Shenandoah; two brothers, two sisters; 11
grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Funeral
services were Monday in Shenandoah, graveside services at the Luteston Cemetery
in Sheridan, Mo.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
November 1973
Mrs George Smith former Clarindan
Funeral
services for Mrs George [Dunlap] (Helen) [Minerva Henry] Smith, 69, were being held this Monday at Reinbeck,
following her death Thursday evening at a Reinbeck hospital. She had been ill
for about eight weeks with malignancy.
The
Smiths left Clarinda in the
early 1940's, Mr Smith having
been a partner in the H & S Hardware and Mrs Smith very active in
church and music circles. She was director
of the choir at Trinity United Presbyterian Church.
The
couple has visited occasionally in Clarinda during the years that they
farmed near Reinbeck. They
were here at the golden wedding of the J W Will Andersons in 1972, the couples having wedding dates
together.
Clarinda
friends were unable to attend the services at Reinbeck because of illness.
Burial was at the Reinbeck cemetery.
The
Smiths have two children, Mrs
Carl (Miriam) Webber of Santa Ana, Cal, and Douglas Smith of San Jose, Cal. Mr Smith survives his wife.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
November 1973
Mrs Tom Kenney Page County native
Funeral
services for Mrs Tom (Ruth)
Kenney, a native of Page County,
were held this Monday morning at Linwood, N J. She did not waken from her sleep
Nov 8 [1973].
She
grew up in Page County, daughter of Mr and Mrs J [ohn] H [arst] and [Martha]
Alice Cox Kincheloe. Her sisters
are Miss Reba Kincheloe of
Clarinda and Mrs Monnie Higginbotham of Iowa City, and brothers Eldridge and Roy Kincheloe of Clarinda. Her husband survives her at Linwood.
She was married to Tom E Kinney
on April 18,1932, and they moved to New Jersey in 1955.