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Clarinda
Herald Journal
May
1973
Mrs. Herbert Glynn was active in musical events
Mrs. Herbert L (Alta) Glynn, 68, of Rock Island, Ill., died
May 24 in Lutheran Hospital at Moline. She was the wife of the former dean of
Clarinda Junior College.
Funeral services were in St John's Lutheran Church at
Rock Island, with Rev Roger L Dahlin officiating and burial in the cemetery at
Sheffield, Ill. Memorials are designated to St John's Lutheran Church at Rock
Island or the Augustana College scholarship fund.
As Alta Knowlton, she was born March 28, 1905 in Sheffield, Ill.,
and moved to Rock Island in 1924. She was to have observed the 50th anniversary
of her graduating class at Sheffield High School June 9. She was graduated from
the Augustana Conservatory of Music with a degree in organ in 1925 and piano in
1927, from Hebron (Neb) Junior College, and received her AB degree from
Augustana College in 1946.
She was active in musical circles as soloist, director,
accompanist and teacher in the quad cities in Sheffield, Red Oak and Clarinda.
She was a member of the Rock Island Fine Arts Club, a past president of the
Quad-City Music Students club, member of St John's Lutheran Church, the LCW,
and the St John's Afternoon Hospital Circle.
When living in Clarinda, Mrs. Glynn was active in music circles and
was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary trio, which sang in the state contest
and also went to the national contest held in Milwaukee, Wis. She was
the director of the Trinity United
Presbyterian choir from 1937-1942.
She became partially disabled in 1946 but did not let
this interfere with her extensive civic and musical career. She was an avid
hobbyist and a collector of stamps, coins and antiques.
She married Glynn Aug 30, 1927, in Sheffield who survives her. They
have a son, Richard K, of Rockford; three grandsons, and a sister, Mrs. William Rahr IV, of Sheffield.
Glynn is currently research associate at Augustana College and
was formerly financial aid officer at Augustana College. He received the title
of professor emeritus at the 113th annual convocation on May 27.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
June
1973
Services
pending for Mrs. Anderson
Funeral services are pending for Mrs. Vernon (Eva)
Anderson, 66, of
Deming N M, and a former Clarinda resident.
She died Sunday evening at Deming where they had resided
a year. Her illness had extended over a long period of time.
Vernon will be staying in the Kenneth Davison home at 809 South
16th.
The body will arrive this Monday night at Lavelle Funeral
Home, which is in charge of the arrangements.
She was born Oct 20, 1906, at Clarinda, the daughter of Harley
and Marie Long Barnett, and attended Clarinda schools. She was married to Vernon
Anderson on July
16, 1925, at Clarinda. They farmed north of Clarinda until 1937 when they moved
to Detroit, Mich., moving back to Clarinda in 1963. They retired three years
ago and have been traveling
since that time.
She was
preceded in death by her parents, and one sister. She is survived by her
husband Vernon
and one brother, Vinton Barnett of Alpena, Mich.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
June
1973
Services
held for Mrs.
Anderson
Funeral services for Mrs. Vernon (Eva) [Barnett]
Anderson were
held Wednesday afternoon at the Lavelle Funeral Home, with Rev John Clark
officiating. Burial was in the Clarinda Cemetery.
Casket bearers were four nephews, Richard, Eddie,
Virgil and Michael Barnett. The organist was Mrs. Ronald Perry.
Mrs. Anderson died last Sunday evening in Deming, N M.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Thursday June 7, 1973
Fred
Bast was
native of C S
Fred Bast, 89, a native of College Springs, died Wednesday at
Hemet, Cal, and funeral services and burial are scheduled there Friday.
Born April 16, 1884, he spent most of his life in the
College Springs area before moving to California in 1935 because of his wife's
health. She died in 1949.
Mr. Bast was employed at the Howard Rose Co of Hemet for 23 years
before retiring.
Survivors included three daughters, Mrs. Alvin (Cora)
Dickson, Mrs. Raymond (Frances) Cates of Hemet, Mrs. Roy (Lucille) Simpson of Clarinda; one sister, Mrs.
Harriett Bussard
of Clarinda, six grandchildren, eight great - grandchildren, and nieces and
nephews.
He was
preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
[Note: California Death Records give the date
of his death as Tuesday, June 5, 1973.]
Clarinda
Herald Journal
June
1973
Residents
learn of relative's death
SHAMBAUGH
- The death of Mrs. Iven (Nola) Beery of Wichita, Kan., has been learned by her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Ren McClarnon.
She formerly lived at Shambaugh, and it is possible that plans will be made for
burial in Butler Cemetery west of here. She is survived by her husband, three
children, Leroy, Irvin and Mary, all of Wichita. Her son, Larry, was recently a victim of a gunshot while on
police duty. Mrs. Beery has been ill from a stroke since.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
June
1973
Foster
Lived in Braddyville area
Carl L. [ee] Foster, 78, of Braddyville died early this morning at
his home following a long illness. Mr. Foster was born Oct 11, 1894, near
Braddyville, the son of George and Wilma Hopple Foster, and had lived in the
Braddyville area all of his life, married to Hazel Zanders in 1934. He had farmed and
worked at the MHI before his retirement. He has been mostly confined to his
home for two years from loss of both limbs.
Funeral
services will be held at 2 pm Saturday at the Braddyville United Methodist
Church with Rev Clarence Landis officiating. Burial will be in the Shearer
Cemetery with Walker Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Foster is survived by his wife of the
home, a son Floyd Foster of Denver, Colo., four grandchildren and three great -grandchildren,
and also by step-brothers and step-sisters.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday June 4, 1973
Families
attend relative's burial
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Vardaman [Orpha Hardee] and Mr. and Mrs. Eldon
Vardaman [Irene
Fine] attended
burial services Sunday for a nephew and cousin, Dr Howard Vardaman, 61, of Chicago. He died of a
heart attack while vacationing in Bermuda, his wife surviving him.
Burial was in the Lenox cemetery. He was the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Ben Vardaman.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday June 4, 1973
Roland
Simmons
died at hospital
Roland Simmons, 57, died early this Monday
morning at the Clarinda Municipal Hospital,
where he had been
since Saturday.
Services will be 2 pm Wednesday at Walker Funeral Home.
Mason Williams will officiate and burial will be in Shearer Cemetery.
Mr. Simmons was born July 21, 1915, at Bedford, the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. George Simmons. Also preceding him in death were four brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Merlin (Shirley)
Cavner of Ollie;
Mrs. Stanley (Jean) Lawrence of Davenport; Mrs. Gerald (Lois) Godsey of Decatur, Ill.; Mrs. Joe
(Colleen) Hines
of Clarinda; Mrs. Larry (Anna) Ridnour of Bedford, and Mrs. James (Debbie) Frye of Clarinda, five sons, Roland of Des Moines; Larry of Ollie; Kenneth of Richland, and George and Eddie of Clarinda; two brothers, Roy of Sioux City and Gilbert of Springfield; a sister, Anna
Fielder of
Ashland, Neb; and 15 grandchildren.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday August 13, 1973
Mabel
Miller
was near 80th
Mabel B Miller, daughter of W. [illiam] T. [homas] Knox and Luella [Evaline Beggs]
Knox died
Saturday [August 11, 1973], just 12 days before her 80th birthday. She was at
the home of her nephew and wife, M / M George Mendenhall in Clarinda,
She was [a] long time resident of College Springs, sister
of that community's practicing physician years ago. She was born Aug 23, 1893,
at College Springs. Mrs. Miller will be long remembered as an excellent cook, having
worked for many years at the Dew Drop Inn.
She was married to Roy Miller on March 23, 1920 at College
Springs. Her husband died in June of 1943, at which time she made her home with
her nephew until her death. Her only surviving relatives are her nephew and a
niece Mrs. Loyd McCullough, formerly Dorothy Knox.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Walker
Funeral Home at 10:30 am Tuesday with Rev Lewis Hunter in charge. Organ music
will be by Carolyn Young. Burial will be in the Clarinda cemetery.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday August 13, 1973
Coulter former N Market marshal
Funeral services were held this Monday morning at Walker
Funeral Home for Robert Coulter Jr. who died Friday afternoon at West Heights Manor where he
had been a resident for two months.
Mr. Coulter had farmed and been the draymen at New Market. He also
had done concrete work and served as marshal at New Market from 1948 until
1952. He was a member of the New Market fire department and remained active as
long as his health permitted.
He was born April 26, 1894, at Roberts, Ill., the son of Robert
and Mary Patton Coulter. He was raised in the Blairstown, Mo., area and came to New Market
in 1935. He was married to Inez Hargis Feb 22, 1922.
Rev. Charles Bissinger officiated at the service. Grace Perry
was organist and Mrs. Evelyn Stanton and Mrs. Ruth Smith singing. Casket
bearers were: Tom Hayes, Ben Anderson, Vanzo Drennen, Franklin Chase, Vincent
Dancer, and Albert Radke. Honorary bearers were members of the New Market fire
department. Burial was in Memory Cemetery at New Market.
[Golay,
Edith Pauline Bradley]
Clarinda
Herald Journal
October
1973
Mrs.
Golay
died after long illness
Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Pauline Golay, 82, were held this Thursday at the Church of the
Nazarene in Red Oak with burial at the LeMar Cemetery at Elmo, Mo. Mrs. Golay died Oct 22 at the Murphy
Memorial Hospital in
Red Oak following
a lengthy illness.
She was
born Aug 24, 1891, at Enid, Okla., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
[Eugene] Bradley [Geneva Stoaks]. She married Joseph Lee Golay, on Sept 2, 1908 at Hopkins, Mo.
Mr. Golay
died Feb 20, 1950. Mrs. Golay lived most of her life near Maryville and the last 2 1/2 years in Red Oak.
Survivors
include five sons, Eddie of Berrien Springs, Mich., Albert of Flanderau, SD, David of Villisca, Joseph of Elmhurst, Ill., and George of Milwaukee, Wis., three
daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Hanna of Moberly, Mo, Mrs. Roger Garvin of Des Moines and Mrs. Melvin
Hogberg of Red
Oak; 33 grandchildren; 20 great grand-children; one brother, Ralph Bradley of Hopkins, Mo; three sisters,
Mrs. Don Gray of
Maryville, Mrs. N. A. De Vree of Federal Way, Wash, and Mrs. Russell Bissett [Opal Ellen] of Portland, Ore
Mrs. Golay was a member of the Church of the Nazarene at Red Oak,
the Rev Larry Hance officiating at the memorial service. Sellergren-Lindell Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
[Carmichael,
Florence "Mikie" Ault]
Clarinda
Herald Journal
August
1973
Mrs.
Carmichael
died at Shenandoah
COIN — Funeral services for Mrs. Florence E (Mikie) [Ault] Carmichael, 89, were being held this Thursday from the Coin
United Methodist Church
following her death Tuesday at the Shenandoah hospital. She had been a resident of Elm Heights
in Shenandoah for four
years.
She
is
survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Milton
(Thelma) [Elizabeth] Dowell and Mrs. Herbert (Helen) [Frances] Goodman, of Coin; four grandchildren,
six great - grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, three brothers
and five sisters. She was an active member of
the Coin United Methodist Church as long
as her health permitted.
The Rev
Walter W Miller of Shenandoah officiated and interment was to be in Coin
Elmwood
Cemetery. Hackett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
August
1973
Services
conducted for Mrs. Sunderman
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Sunderman, 87, of Clarinda, were held this
Monday morning at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, with pastor Gary Arp
officiating. She died Saturday
morning at West Heights Manor
after being there since June of 1970.
Burial under the direction of the Lavelle Funeral Home
was in the church cemetery. Casket bearers were Frank and Paul Sunderman, Duane
Dinville, Victor Pollert, Lee Werner and Arthur Steeve.
In charge of the register books were Mrs. Lela
Dietchweiler and Florence Wagoner. The ushers were Gerald Herzberg and Oren
Otte. The organist was Lonny Arp.
Mrs. Sunderman was born Feb 18, 1886, in Brownstown, Ind. the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Steltenpohl. She was reared in Jackson County, Ind. and worked in
Indianapolis before her marriage to George J
Sunderman, Jan
6, 1915 at Brownstown. They farmed northwest of Clarinda until eight years ago
when they moved into Clarinda. Her illness had extended over a number of years.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister and
three brothers.
She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Ray
(Ruth) Wallin of
Stanton, two sons, Max and Donald Sunderman of Clarinda, a sister, Mrs.
Leo Wehrkamp of
Seymour, Ind., six grandchildren and three great- grandchildren.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
November
1973
Mrs.
Edith Brown
services held
Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Grace Brown, 78, of Red Oak were held Monday
at Nelson- Boylan Funeral Chapel with the Rev Robert Ruleman officiating and
burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mrs. Brown, formerly home service secretary and Red Oak
representative for the American Red Cross, died Nov 30, at Villisca Good
Samaritan Center.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M Charles Gibson [Edith
Brown], she was
born 29 April 14, 1895, at Waukeenee, Kan.
Grace spent her school days in Clarinda, her mother having married W
Welch,
a local contractor. She was
graduated from Clarinda High School in 1915 and attended Nebraska University.
The Welch family
moved to Omaha. She
was married to Max [Evertte] Brown, who was a dentist in Red Oak until his death in 1951. Grace had continued her residence in
Red Oak.
She made frequent visits to Clarinda, including the
annual Memorial Day reunions of the Omega Tau group, which had continued close
friendships from high school days.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Hal Elting of Indianapolis; three
grandchildren; one great grandchild; stepbrother, Edgar W Welch, Omaha.
Mrs. Brown was a member of Red Oak United Methodist Church, and
POE, a former member of BPW Club and charter member of Garden Department of Red
Oak Monday Club.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
August
1973
Mrs.
Harold Brown
Clarinda native
Mrs. Harold R (Sara) Brown, 62, a native Clarindan and a
retired legislative reference office for the Social Security Administration at
Washington, D C, died Tuesday at her home in Baltimore, Md.
Jon Abbott of Clarinda and Alan Abbott of Council Bluffs flew to
Washington for the services held Friday.
The former Sara Abbott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al
M Abbott,
graduated from Clarinda schools in 1927. She was graduated from the University
of Iowa. She obtained her law degree from the University of Maryland.
Her work earned her the Social Security Administration's
highest award, the commissioner's citation.
She is survived by her husband, also a retired government
employee, and five nieces and nephews, Alan Abbott of Council Bluffs, Jean
Abbott Negley
and Jon Abbott
of Clarinda, Donald A. Farmer of Monmouth, Ill. and Margaret
Ann Farmer Orr
of Glenwood, Ill. There are 12 grand nieces and nephews also. Mrs. Vern
(Edith) Abbott
of Clarinda and Donald Farmer of Bradenton, Fla., sister-in-law and brother-in-law of Mrs.
Brown.
She retired in 1970 from the federal agency where she had
worked since 1936. In her final post she did research on legislation to be
presented to Congress.
[Coulter,
Sadie Virginia Fetzer]
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Thursday September 13, 1973
Mrs.
Sadie Coulter
died this Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie [Virginia] Coulter, 84, of Clarinda will be held at
2 pm Saturday at Walker Funeral Home with burial in the Hawleyville cemetery.
Mrs. Coulter died this Thursday morning [September 13th]
at Gillespie Rest Home. She had lived in Clarinda since moving from the farm
near Hawleyville three years after her husband's death. Her residence had been
at 517 E. Garfield St.
Mrs. Coulter was born March 28, 1889, at Williamsburg, the daughter
of Edward [Francis] and Elmara [Margaret M.] Springer Fetzer. Her husband T. [homas] W.
[alter] Coulter
died in 1959.
She
is
survived by one daughter, Mrs. Roy
(Virginia M) Kincheloe of Clarinda, seven grandchildren and
14 great- grandchildren.
Three brothers are: Mervin
Fetzer of
Marengo; Floyd [Earl] Fetzer of Ladora; Harold [Granville] Fetzer of Grinnell and one sister, Mrs.
Johnnie [John Melchor] Gahring [Eva Catherine] of Marengo. She was preceded in death by a daughter Mary Evelyn Nicholas.