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Clarinda Herald
Journal
March 1973
Marvin Ford's father died
The
father of Dr Marvin L Ford of Elmo, Mo, Irvil R
[obert] Ford of Greenfield, died Sunday
[March 18, 1973] at his
home in Greenfield, and services and burial will be there Tuesday. He had spent his entire
life in Adair County.
Other immediate
survivors are his wife Grace
[Reeves] of the home, and a
granddaughter, Pam Koger, and
a great-grandson Shevon Koger,
of Clearmont, Mo.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
September 1973
KENNETH PARKS DIES AFTER LENGTHY ILLNESS
OAK HILL, Sept 15 —
Kenneth [Lewis] Parks, 62, of
Omaha, Neb, died Friday Sept 7 at the Veterans Hospital after a lengthy
illness. Funeral services were Monday at the funeral home in Bedford. Burial at
the Washington Cemetery north of Gravity. Kenneth youngest son of Albert [Sherman] and Etta [May
Konecne] Parks grew up in the Oak
Hill vicinity.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
March 1973
Mrs. Harris lived near New Market
Mrs.
Tommy (Jessie A [nn]) Harris, 82,
died Thursday afternoon, March 22, in her home northeast of New Market.
Funeral
services were held Sunday at the Walker Funeral Home with Loren Daly
officiating. Organist was Mrs. Orville Ridenour and soloist Mrs. Dalphon
Bashor.
Casket
bearers were Dale Combs, Max McAlpin, Duane Anderson, Raymond Whitehead, Earnie
Glassgow and Estel Combs.
Honorary
bearers were Beryl Beery, William Brockman, Merrill Black, Victor Blume, Paul
Shaffer and Orville Ridenour.
Interment
was in the Dallas Center Cemetery.
Mrs.
Harris, the daughter of Miles
and Ann Reeves Shore, was born
near Beloit, Kans., Dec 3, 1890. At the age of three months she moved with her
parents to a farm east of New Market.
She
attended school in New Market being graduated in 1906. She attended Iowa State
Teachers College, Cedar Falls, in 1908 and taught four years in the rural
schools, Fairview, Lindsay, Turner and Prairie Gem, near New Market.
On
Feb 14, 1912, she was married to Thomas A. Harris at her parents' home in New Market. They lived on
the Harris family farm for 61 years.
She
was a member of the New Market Methodist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star,
Past Worthy Matrons, and a charter member of the W T Club.
She
is preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Mrs. Oren (Pearl) Crawford, and Mrs. George (Grace) Webb, son- in-law George Flora and a grandson.
Besides her husband, she
is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ethelyn Flora of Niles, Mich., son Lyle of New Market, four grandchildren and a brother Miles
Victor Shore of Winter Haven,
Fla.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday March 26, 1973
JESSIE ANN (SHORE)
HARRIS
Jessie
Ann (Shore) Harris, daughter of Miles
and Ann Reeves Shore, was born
near Beloit, Kansas, December 3, 1890. She passed away March 22, 1973, at the
age of 82 years, 3 months, and 19 days at her home northeast of New Market,
Iowa, after an extended illness. When three months of age she moved from Kansas
with her parents to a farm one half mile east of New Market in Taylor County,
Iowa, where she grew to womanhood.
She
attended the New Market School and graduated with the class of 1906. She attended Iowa
State Teachers
College at Cedar Falls
in 1908 and taught four years in the
rural schools, Fairview, Lindsay, Turner, and Prairie Gem, near New Market.
On
February 14,1912, she was united in marriage to Thomas A. Harris in the newly built house of her parents in New
Market. They established their home on the Harris
family farm three
miles northeast of New Market, where they lived for sixty-one years.
To
this union two children were born, a daughter Ethelyn Marie Flora of Niles, Michigan, and a son Lyle Vernon of New Market.
Since
childhood she had been a member of the New Market Methodist Church. For
fifty-four years she was a member of the Order of Eastern Star. She was a
charter member of the W T Club. Although in failing health for twenty years and
confined to her home for half that time, she refused to submit to the frailties
of the body but was always a cheerful, industrious, and comforting wife,
mother, and grandmother and an inspiration to so many faithful friends and relatives.
She was never happier than when entertaining family and friends in her beloved
home. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters. Pearl Crawford and Grace Webb, a son-in-law George Flora, and a grandson Thomas Graff Harris.
She
leaves to mourn her passing her husband, daughter, son, daughter-in-law Mary, four grandchildren, Mrs. Stephen (Margaret
Ann) McClintic, Prudenville,
Michigan, Stephen Harris,
Maryville Missouri, Sp/4 Roger Harris, Key West, Florida, Robert Flora, London, England, and a brother Miles Victor
Shore, Winter Haven, Florida,
nieces and nephews, and a host of friends and neighbors.
Funeral
services were held Sunday, March 25, at 2 pm at the Walker Funeral Home,
Clarinda, Iowa, with Loren Daly officiating. Organist was Mrs. Orville Ridenour
and soloist Mrs. Dalphon Bashor.
Casket
bearers were Dale Combs, Max McAlpin. Duane Anderson. Raymond Whitehead, Earnie
Glassgow, and Estel Combs.
Honorary
bearers were Beryl Berry, William Brockman. Merrill Black, Victor Blume, Paul
Shaffer, and Orville Ridenour.
Interment
was in the family plot in the Dallas Center Cemetery neat New Market.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
May 1973
Former patient died of
wounds
Paul
Douglas Hutchings, 20, of rural
Red Oak, a former Clarinda Mental Health Institute patient who barricaded
himself inside a Page County farm home last January, died Sunday in an Omaha
hospital of gunshot wounds.
Montgomery
County officials said Hutchings was found Sunday morning in a bedroom of his
parents' home by a brother. Sheriff Dick Harrell said the wounds were
"self-inflicted," and that a .22-caliber rifle was found in the room.
Hutchings was scheduled to appear in district court this
week on a charge of car theft. He had been released to the custody of his
parents last Friday by authorities at the Iowa Security Medical Facility at
Oakdale.
He
had been transferred there from the MHI after the incident in January when he
entered the Paul Eglehoff home and barricaded himself in the bedroom for about
an hour. He had a gun at the time, and shots reportedly were fired, but there
were no injuries.
About
20 Rainbow girls and
their advisor were at the home at the time. Police and sheriff's officers talked Hutchings into surrendering.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
January 1973
CLEM FINE
Clem
Fine, son of E [phraim] J [asper]
and Josephine Booze Fine, was
born July 30, 1890, on a farm ¼ mile from his residence Page County
Iowa. He entered into rest on Monday, January 22, 1973, at the Municipal Hospital of Clarinda following a ten-day
stay, at the age of 82 years, 5 months 23 days.
On
September 29, 1917, he was united in marriage to Della McMullin at St Joseph Missouri; to this union two sons and
three daughters were born; Harold
and Roy of Braddyville, Mrs
Eldon (Irene) Vardaman of
Clarinda, Mrs Lester (Doris) Carter
of Maitland, Missouri, and Naomi
who died at the age of three.
Clem spent his entire life within ¼ mile of
where he was born. He started a Blacksmith Shop in his younger boyhood days. A
few years after his marriage, he started into machinery business and has spent
the last 55 years in the Allis Chalmers Farm Equipment line, being one of the
older established dealers of the line, if not the oldest. He was always active
in his business and never gave into retirement. In June 1973, Clem would have been a 50-year member of Plumb Lodge
285 of Siam.
Preceding
him in death were his parents, an infant sister, two brothers, Elmer and Clyde; his wife Della;
and a daughter Naomi Lee.
He
is survived by his two sons, Harold
and Roy; two daughters, Doris and Irene; two daughters-in-law, Helen and Sarah; two
sons-in-law, Eldon Vardaman
and Lester Carter; ten grandchildren
and seven great grandchildren: a number of other relatives and a host of
friends.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
May 1973
Russell worked with quarter horses
Emmet
[t] Joseph Russell, 58, son of Joseph
L and Nellie Yaple Russell, died
Friday in the Veterans Hospital in Omaha.
He
is survived by his mother, three brothers, Raymond of Oneida, Kan, Galen of Villisca, Lee of Fortescue, Mo, and four sisters, Mrs Earl
(Helen) Snodderly of Clearmont,
Mo, Mrs Marjorie Gear of
Phoenix, Ariz, Mrs Art (Mary Ethel) Kenning, Phoenix, Ariz and Mrs Ray (Lola Jean) Burns, Detroit, Mich.
His
father preceded him in death in October of 1957. He was born near Elmo, Mo, Nov
26, 1914, and attended grade school near Elmo and high school at Elmo.
As
a young man he helped on the farm and in later years worked on a ranch in
western Nebraska. He became interested in registered quarter horses and was
assisted by his nephew, Larry Russell, to train them.
He
was a World War II veteran and became ill with lung trouble several years ago
and has spent much time in the Omaha Veterans Hospital.
Funeral services were
held Sunday at Barr-Merrick Funeral Chapel in Burlington Junction, Mo with
burial in the Braddyville Cemetery. Carl Cummings of Bedford officiated.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
July 1973
Mrs Millhone long active in community activities
Mrs.
Paul L. [ambert] Millhone [Margaret Griffith], who was long active in community and young people's activities,
died Tuesday at West Heights Manor.
Funeral
services will be at 4 pm Friday at the Westminster United Presbyterian
Church. Officiating will be the Rev
William Griffith of Cleveland,
Ohio, a nephew of Mrs Millhone.
The
family will receive friends at the Lavelle Funeral Home from 7 to 8 pm this
Thursday.
Mrs.
Millhone was born Aug 19, 1896,
at Creston. Her father, Dr A [mos] E [lza] Griffith, was Methodist minister there at that time. Her mother was Mary Alice Dudley
Griffith.
She
graduated from West Des Moines High School in 1914, and four years later
received an A B degree from Simpson College in Indianola.
The
following year she taught in a Des Moines junior high school, but was granted a
leave of absence to use a scholarship award for study that led to a master's
degree at Columbia University Teacher's College in New York City.
She
taught at Cleveland West Technical High School, and many of her students had
seen service in World War I. She then returned to an interest in the YWCA in
Des Moines. After two years there, she returned to New York City to work on the
YWCA staff for four years.
On
June 26, 1926, she was married to attorney Paul L [ambert] Millhone of Clarinda; they continued to live in Clarinda
their married lives. Mr
Millhone, a former state
representative and senator, preceded her in death in 1970.
In
Clarinda, Mrs Millhone
continued her interest in the YWCA, serving as secretary of the Iowa District
YWCA (now known as the Town and Country YWCA).
She
also was active in Camp Fire Girl work, serving as guardian for two groups, one
for nine years, and serving on the governing board of the Heart of the Hawkeye
Council.
In
recent years, Mrs Millhone
worked for the social service department of the Clarinda Mental Health
Institute.
Mrs
Millhone was the author of
numerous poems, which were collected in a book, "Songs to Sing," published in
1972.
She
was one of the leaders of the creation of the Clarinda Community Center. Mrs. Millhone was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Eastern
Star, D A R and Chapter A E of P E O.
Survivors
include a brother, Foss Griffith
of Des Moines; five children; Mrs. Martha M Smeltzre of Carmichael, Cal; Mrs. Margie Ruth Williams, Cody, Wyo; John P Millhone, Des Moines; James N Millhone, Clarinda, and Mrs. Alice Fount of Worthington, Ohio; and nine grandchildren.
The
family asks that memorials be given to Simpson College, Clarinda Community Fund
and UNICEF.
Active
pallbearers will be Harry Carney, Bill McClymonds, G W Richardson, Charles
Nelson, John (Pete) Brummett, Roy Arthur.
Honorary pallbearers will include Arlo Hawley, P Stitt, R J Swanson,
Robert Hawley, Rusk Phillips, George Woolson, Floyd Hurdle, Ivan Benedict. Ushers will be George Segrist, Hugh
Loudon, [word missing] Tunnicliff, Marvin Woldruff, with Mrs. G W Richardson
and Mrs Bill McClymonds at the register book. Mrs Willard Andrew will be vocalist and Mrs William L[word
missing] will be organist.
Burial
at the Clarinda Cemetery.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
May 1973
Harry Hill was Shambaugh native
Harry
H [epburn] Hill, 72, a native of
Shambaugh, died unexpectedly May 11 [1973] at his home in St Joseph, Mo, and
services were held at Hope United Church of Christ at Cosby, Mo, and burial in
Memorial Park cemetery at St Joseph.
Mr
Hill was born Nov 4,1900 at
Shambaugh, son of William Roy and Gladys Long Hill. He attended the Butler school nearby and the
Shambaugh public school.
The
family moved to Mound City, Mo, in 1915 and he was graduated from high school
and worked with his father at the flourmill.
He
married Lucille [Frances] Fike
in 1921, and two sons were born. They continued to live and farm around Mound
City moving to the St Joseph area 35 years ago. In 1964 they retired from the
farm and moved into the City, where he worked a few years before retirement.
His
wife, Lucille, preceded him in
death early in 1967. He was married to Pearlie Schnieder who survives. Two sons, Robert H [arry]
lives in Salina, Kan, William D
lives in St Joseph; three step-sons, Henry C Schnieder, Kansas City, Mo, J Nelson Schnieder, Savannah, Mo, and Dale W Schnieder, St Joseph.
Two sisters are Mrs
[Gertrude] Marie Walgren, New
Port Richey, Fla, Mrs Catherine [Louise] Weissert of Ft Worth, Tex, and a brother, Gerald M
[aurice] Hill of Hancock, Mich
[Malmberg, Ruth Leola
Isaacson]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
August 1973
MRS LEN MALMBERG
Services
were held for Mrs Len Malmberg
on Thursday, Aug 23 at St John's Lutheran Church in Essex with burial at the
Essex Cemetery. The Rev Willard Garred officiated.
Caring
for the flowers were Mr and Mrs Reuben Johnson, Mr and Mrs Anton Anderson and
Mr and Mrs Theodore Swanson. A duet was sung by Mr and Mrs Donald Erickson,
accompanied by Jon Malloy. Russell Englund and Byron Falk served as ushers.
Pallbearers
were Dale Barton, Alex Carlson, Reuben Carlson, Evald Hammargren, Fred Hess,
Julius Isaacson and Wayne Kirby.
Ruth
[Leola] Isaacson Malmberg was
born January 14, 1906 in Page County. The daughter of Rosina and Charles
Isaacson, she was baptized in
Bethesda Lutheran Church Feb 17, 1906 and confirmed in the St John's Lutheran
Church Aug 28, 1921.
After
graduation from Essex High School in 1924, she attended Augustana College and
Van Sant School of Business in Omaha.
Ruth
and Len R [aynold] Malmberg were
married in Essex on Dec 27, 1928. They spent most of their life farming in this
community with shorter periods of living and working in Omaha.
Ruth is survived by her husband, Len; son Lt Com Norman Malmberg, Memphis. Tenn; daughter, Priscilla (Mrs
Stuart Thompson) of Greensburg,
Pa; and four grandchildren, Janece, Kevin, Carol Anne and Kent Malmberg, Ballston Lake, NY.
Also
surviving are five sisters: Mrs Merrill (Lillie) Spry, Russell Point, Ohio; Mrs Claud (Eldora)
Hefner, Pompano Beach, Fla; Mrs
Mendz (Evangeline) Hanson,
Madison, Wis; Mrs Rose Hubers,
Waynesboro, Va and Mrs Charles (Dorothea) Moore, Jacksonville, Fla.
Two
sisters, Florence and Ruby and a
brother, Marion R Isaacson
and a son Allen, preceded her in death.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
November 1973
Merle Taggart, 72, died in Colorado
Funeral
services for Merle Taggart,
72, of Colorado Springs, were held this Thursday afternoon at the United
Presbyterian Church in College Springs with Rev W D Martin officiating.
Mr
Taggart died Monday at Penrose
Hospital in Colorado Springs.
Linn
Merle Taggart was born April 7,
1901, at College Springs, the son of Thomas R and Linnie M Bennett Taggart. He was married to Mabel Whipp who preceded him in death. In 1941 he was married
to Mary Alice Smith of Coin
who survives. Mr Taggart has
lived in Colorado Springs since 1941, working as caretaker on an estate in the
Broadmoor area.
Besides
his wife of the home, Mr Taggart
is survived by one son, Charles Linn Taggart of Coeur D Alene, Idaho, and one grandson.
Joe
McKinley was soloist and Bessie Wigham organist at the services. Mary Farquhar
and Ethel Dugan were at the registers. Ushers were Kenneth VanFosson and John
Kenagy.
Casket
bearers were Keith, David, Harold and Mike Whipp, Bob and Greg Olenius.
Burial
was in the Maple Hill
cemetery at College Springs with Walker Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
June 1973
Services held for Floyd
Tally
Funeral
services for Floyd Dean Tally,
44, son of Mrs Conner Tally,
were held Sunday at Walker Funeral Home following his death Wednesday at
Branson, Mo. He had been affected with a heart condition, and died en route to
the hospital at Branson.
His
burial was in Clarinda cemetery. The Rev Elton Miller officiated at the
services. Casket bearers included Merle Tally, David Williams, Don Williams,
Leroy Eberly, John Miller and Dwight Mendenhall.
Mr
Tally was born July 20,1928.
He
attended New Market High School. Entering the service at age of 18, he retired
in 1967 with a medical discharge.
On
Feb 14,1951 he was married to Maya Aso in Yokohama, Japan. Their three daughters are Barbara Diane,
Deborah Ann and Sandra Mae.
During his service he served in Japan, France and Germany, as well as in this
country.
As
First Sargent, he was presented the oak leaf cluster to the army commendation
medal for meritorious service with the 5th Psychological Operation Battalion in
Europe.
Survivors
include his wife and three
daughters of the home; his
mother, Creola Tally of
Braddyville; a sister Mrs Jimmy Pearcy (Pauline)
of Clinton, Mo. Preceding
him in death was his father,
Conner Tally, who died Dec 9, 1971.
[Purcell, Mary
Josephine Maxwell]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday March 8, 1973
Mrs Purcell died after long illness
Mrs
Lemuel A [rthur] (Floy) [Mary Josephine Maxwell] Purcell, 55, of Bedford died early this Thursday [March
8, 1973] at Clarinda Municipal Hospital where she has been in critical
condition for three weeks, following an extended illness and frequent
hospitalization.
Services
are to be Saturday, the funeral at 2 pm at the Shum -Novinger Funeral Home at
Bedford and burial in Bedford Cemetery. The Rev John Kerr, former Bedford
minister, will come from Rockwell City to conduct her services.
Mrs
Purcell is survived by her
husband, who is maintenance engineer at the Municipal Hospital, two sons, L
[eon] Edward of Iowa City and William
T [odd], a senior student at Iowa
State University at Ames, her mother, Mrs Leonard Maxwell [Floy Wisdom].
Her
activities in the community have been many, including the United Methodist
Church. She has served the American Cancer Society as drive chairman for 17
years. She formerly served as justice of the peace.
She
was born Nov 3, 1918, at
Bedford to Mr and Mrs Leonard Maxwell.
[Knollenberg, Eunice
Elizabeth Snodderly]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
June 1973
Mrs Knollenberg services Tuesday
Mrs
John (Eunice E [lizabeth]) Knollenberg,
79, died Sunday morning [June 10, 1973] at Gillespie Rest Home where she had
made her home for two years.
She
was born June 3,1894, near Yorktown, the daughter of Samuel [Marion] and
[Mary] Rose[tta] Brown Snodderly.
On Dec 16, 1914, she was married to John H [enry] Knollenberg who survives, making his home with the son, [John] Milton, and his wife northwest of Yorktown.
Funeral
services for Mrs Knollenberg
will be at 2 pm, Tuesday
at Walker Funeral
Home with Pastor Carl Lueker officiating. Mrs Ronald Perry will be organist.
Casket bearers will be Harry Sandahl, Darrell J Isaacson, Ed Guthrie, Clarence
Hiser, Bob Erickson and Arvid Sandahl.
Burial
will be in the Baker Cemetery.
Mrs
Knollenberg is survived by her
husband, John and son [John] Milton, of rural Essex and two granddaughters, Barbara of the home and Eileen of Omaha. Three sisters are Bessie [Ellen]
Barnes of Clovis, N M, Goldie
[Leota] Parker of Colorado
Springs, Colo, and Okey [Bell]
Erickson of Essex. She was
preceded in death by her parents
and two brothers.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
November 1973
[Funeral services] for Mattie
Morris
SHAMBAUGH — Miss Mattie Morris, 76, of rural Clarinda died Friday evening at
Municipal Hospital where she had been hospitalized since Oct 15 for a heart
condition.
Services were held
Sunday afternoon at
Walker Funeral Home
with Rev Clarence Landis officiating. Mrs Ray Draper was soloist and Mrs Ronald
Perry organist. Mrs Knox McCalla was at the registry. Casket bearers were
Ernest Winger, Harry Salomon, Glenn Howrey, Alvin Karg, Stanley Stimson, and
Rev Ray Draper. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery at Shenandoah.
She
was born Sept 15,1897 near Greenville, Tenn, the daughter of Charles [E.]
and Jennie [Mariah Jane Tullock] Morris. She came to Page County as a young woman, making her home with her
mother and stepfather, Mr and
Mrs Jim Murdock.
For several years she has been on a farm northwest of Shambaugh.
She
was preceded in death by her parents. Surviving are her stepfather, with whom
she made her home, and a cousin, Willie Babb, who was reared in the Murdock home as her
brother. She has several other cousins.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday July 25, 1974
Services pending for Cozad baby
Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Cozad, who have
lived at Alameda, Calif, recently are expected to return to Clarinda late this
week with the body of their baby, Charles Christian, who was dead at his premature birth Thursday
[July 25, 1974].
Service
is to be at Clarinda Cemetery, probably early next week. Lavelle Funeral Home
is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs.
Cozad was formerly Ann Wilson. A
brother, Brandon, the parents,
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cozad of Clarinda, and great grandmothers, Mrs. B A Bonsall of Clarinda and Mrs. Gladys Drebes of Palmyra, Mo, are survivors.