Clarinda Herald
Journal
December 1973
Mrs Moore died
Word
has been received here of the death of Mrs Harry (Maude) [McCowan] Moore of Excelsior Springs, Mo, who died Tuesday at her
home.
Funeral
arrangements are pending.
Survivors
include a son, Richard, and
two daughters, Mrs Ned (Janice) Creager of Delta, Pa, and Mrs Chris (Dorothy Jane) Williams.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
December 1973
Services held for
Clarindan's brother
Funeral
services and burial were held Monday in Elliott for Gerald Dean Murren, 63, of Elliott, who died Dec 14 at Murphy
Memorial Hospital in Red Oak.
He
was the son of the late Frank J and Elmira K [irk Worrell] Murren of Shambaugh.
Survivors
include his wife Dorothy, two
daughters, Mrs Ralph (Jean) Stoneking of Elliott and Mrs David (Myra) Whickham of Salem, Neb, a son John of Elliott, brothers Bufort of Boise, Idaho, Delmar of Lake Helen, Fla, and Marion of Lancaster, Cal, a sister, Mrs John (Lena)
Kenagy of Clarinda, and 12
grandchildren.
Services
were held at the Elliott Methodist Church, with burial in the Hillside
Cemetery.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
December 1973
Oklahoma burial for Terrence
Clark
Terrence
M [iller] Clark, father of former Herald Journal news editor Terry
M Clark was buried in Comanche,
Okla Dec 17. He died Dec 14 in San Angelo, Tex, of a heart attack.
Clark, 59, was a technical illustrator at Goodfellow
AFB. He was also a western landscape and portrait artist. He was born Jan 21,
1914, in Comanche, 10 miles south of where his son now works in Duncan, Okla.
He
is also survived by a son Jerry Lubbock, four brothers, Lewis of Cullowhee, NC; Rex of San
Antonio, Tex; Mike of Santa
Fe, N Mex; and Champ of El
Paso, Tex. His mother Mrs Cuba [Jon Miller] Reasor of Whitesboro, Tex. his wife Anna Sue of Carlsbad, N M and three grandchildren of
Duncan, Ok.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
December 1973
Receives word of
relatives death
Miss
Frances Pfander received word of
the death of her brother-in-law, William Nelson Rankin, at Houston, Tex, Dec 13. He and his wife, the
former Alice Pfander of
Clarinda, reached their 60th wedding anniversary Oct 1. Also surviving are
their three daughters, nine grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
Burial
will be at Caruthersville, Mo, on Saturday.
Mrs
Rankin's address is: 14403
Carolcrest. Houston, Tex 77024.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
December 1973
Heart attack fatal to Eugene
Connell
Services
for Eugene J [ohn] Connell,
85, of Clarinda were held Thursday morning at the Lavelle Funeral Home, with
Rev John Clark officiating. Burial was in the Clarinda Cemetery. Casket bearers
were Merrill and Mick Miller, Kenneth Lawson, Harry Holmes, Jack Pearson and
Mernie Hays. The organist was Mrs Ronald Perry.
Mr
Connell was dead on arrival at
the Municipal Hospital Monday morning, from an apparent heart attack.
He
was born June 12, 1888, at Essex, the son of Oscar and Adelia Wright Connell. He was raised in the Clarinda area and was
married to Ina Hare in July of
1908 at Cooperstown, N D.
They
made their home in Clarinda. He was a painter and cement man all his life and
had been retired for 10 years. Mrs Connell died in April of 1965.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, one son, one brother and two
sisters.
He
is survived by two sons, Lawrence of Bettendorf, and Cecil of
Los Angeles, Cal, six daughters, Mrs Gertrude Heatherington, Mrs Bertha Lee and Mrs Lou (Jean) Bathen of Clarinda, Mrs Harold (Icyle) Franks of Linwood, Cal, Mrs Raymond (Bernice) Gartin of Seattle, Wash and Mrs Paul (Ruth) Shaulis of Phoenix, Ariz, 18 grandchildren and 26 great
grandchildren.
[Travis, Gertrude
Alice "Gert" Novinger]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday December 13, 1973
Mrs Travis died after long illness
Mrs
Earl (Gertrude) Travis, 88, died
Tuesday night [December 11, 1973] at the Clarinda Municipal Hospital after a long illness, and services are being held Friday.
The
family is meeting friends this Thursday evening at the Walker Funeral Home and
funeral rites have been arranged at 1:30 pm at Walker's with burial in the
Dallas Center cemetery northeast of New Market. A representative of the
Reformed Church of Latter Day Saints from Shenandoah will officiate. Shum - Novinger
Funeral Home is making arrangements.
Mrs
Travis was formerly Gertrude [Alice]
Novinger, the daughter of Mr
and Mrs Franklin [Pierce] Novinger [Ora Belle Towne] of Taylor
County. She had worked in Clarinda hotels and cafes for many years as a cook.
The residence is at 515 East Washington St with her son Kenneth.
Her
husband died in 1972 and she is survived by sons Merle of rural Bedford, [Earl] Duane and Kenneth [Rex] of Clarinda and four grandchildren. Her sister is Mrs Mildred Ballenger of
Hamburg.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Tuesday January 1, 1974
Miss Bix active in church work
SIAM
— Miss Ella Blanche Bix,
85, native of this community who spent her life serving others, died New Year's
morning at the Gillespie Nursing Home where she had lived for two years.
Services
were being held this Thursday at Walker Funeral Home, the Rev John Clark of the
First Christian Church of Clarinda officiating. Mrs Willard Andrew and Mrs
Ronald Perry furnished the music. Bearers included Eldon Miller, Ernest Gray,
Roger Gant, Clark Crawford, Reid Shields and Thomas Harris.
Burial
was to be in Bedford Fairview Cemetery where her parents and two brothers were
buried. She is last of five boys and four girls in the family of George and
Margaret Reynolds Bix.
She
was born on a farm west of Bedford on Nov 24,1888. As a girl she was on a farm
northeast of Siam and her early education was at North Star school. She
attended the Morning Star Church, later joining the Church of Christ at Siam
where she always was doing some active task, whether with the music, communion,
caring for the property or any task needed at that time.
She
worked for others many years, specializing in maternity cases. She went to make
her home with the Hugh Reids in 1930 and moved with them to Clarinda in 1938.
She worked at the Mental Health Institute and in local homes. Her last
residence was in an apartment on South 16th St, and at that time the Siam
church had a special celebration to honor her.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday January 3, 1974
Miss Grace Dricken taught school here
Miss
Grace Dricken, who taught home
economics in Clarinda schools in the early 1930's, died Monday [December 31,
1973] at Marshalltown. She had been in Clarinda for 13 years, living at the C S
Hutchings home, and went to Illinois to teach. She has lived in recent years in
an apartment in Marshalltown near where her brother continues to live. She had
been in a nursing home about a month. She came to Clarinda in 1972 to attend a
reunion of some of her high school students. Services were Wednesday at
Marshalltown, and burial was to be in South Dakota, which was her original
home.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday January 24, 1974
Mrs Lou Baggs was Taylor County native
Mrs
Lou [isa] D Baggs, 77, of Council
Bluffs, a native of Taylor County, died early Wednesday morning [January 23,
1974] at a Council Bluffs hospital.
Services
will be at 10:30 am Friday at Woodring Chapel in Council Bluffs, with the Rev
Richard E Brown of Norfolk Christian College officiating. Burial will be in the
Hawleyville cemetery. Mrs Baggs
was the widow of Ernest [Everett] Baggs, who died in January of 1967.
Survivors
include one daughter, Mrs Charles Greenlee of Council Bluffs; four sisters, Mrs George Royer, Mrs Kyle Pace and Mrs Mary Hulbert, all of Clarinda, and Mrs Leslie Pratt of New Market; one brother, William Jackson of New Market; three grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday January 3, 1974
Tom Johnson former Clarindan
Tom
Johnson, former Clarindan who had
been living at Villisca for several years, died at Veterans Hospital in Omaha
early this Thursday. Services are to be held at 2 pm Saturday at the Advent
Christian Church in Villisca.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday January 3, 1974
Mrs Eva Purviance former resident
Mrs
Eva Ethel [Gwynn] Purviance, 92,
who lived in Clarinda prior to 1940, died at Hillsboro, Mo, and burial was in
Clarinda cemetery Saturday. Her daughters, Mrs Ralph (Monica) Hall and Miss Margaret Purviance, and Mr Hall came to Clarinda for the service, burial being in the lot with her
son, Harry [Eugene].
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday January 3, 1974
Services planned for Mrs
R A Irvin
Mrs
R [obert] A [ndrew] (Edna) [Mae Vawter] Irvin, 80, of Bedford, died unexpectedly at her home at about noon
Wednesday [January 2, 1974].
Services
are to be Friday at 2 pm at Shum Novinger Funeral Home, and burial is to be in
Elmwood Cemetery at Coin.
Seven
children survive her, including Miss Helen Irvin of Clarinda, Mrs Harold (Velma) Shepperd
[Shepherd], Leonard and Jim Irvin of Bedford, Mrs Glenn (Dorothy) Myers of Elkader, Mrs Harold (Ann) Gilbert of Carlisle and Mrs Jim (Jackie) Jacobs of Carlisle. Her husband, Robert, and a daughter preceded her in death.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday January 14, 1974
EDNA M VAWTER IRVIN
Edna
M [ae] Vawter Irvin, daughter of G
[eorge] G [ranville] Vawter and Nancy
Beal Vawter, was born June
12,1893, near Colby. Kansas. While still a small girl she moved with her
parents from Kansas to a farm near Coin, in Page County, Iowa, where she
attended the public schools graduating from the Coin High School with the Class
of 1911.
On
May 24, 1913 she was united in marriage to Robert A [ndrew] Irvin and they lived on various farms in Page County
until 1940 when they moved to Taylor County, Iowa, living in the Bedford and
Conway communities before moving to the farm near Platteville in 1943, where
she has continued to reside.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert A [ndrew] Irvin, who died March 22, 1961, a daughter, Lois
Williams Meyer, who died in 1963
and a son-in-law, Loren Williams,
one brother, Melvin [Glenwood] Vawter and two sisters, Ruth George and Lois Stine.
Left
to cherish the memory of her love and concern are her children: Leonard
Irvin, of Bedford, Dorothy
Myers and her husband, Glen, of Elkader, Ia, Helen Irvin of Clarinda, Velma Shepherd and her husband, Harold, of Bedford, Annalea Gilbert and her husband, Harold, of Carlisle, Ia, James R [obert] Irvin and his wife, Mary Anne, of Bedford, Jacqueline Jacobs and her husband, James, of Hawarden, Ia: 18 grandchildren; 12 great
grandchildren; six brothers and sisters: Mable Murphy of Clarinda, Floyd [Alton] Vawter of Coin, Cora Haynie of Shenandoah, Darlene Williamson of Shenandoah, Lester Vawter of Blanchard, Merrill K (Brownie) Vawter of Shenandoah; other relatives and many friends.
Early
in her youth she joined the Coin Methodist Church and transferred her
membership to the Bedford United Methodist Church after moving here.
She
was a kind and loving mother, sister, friend and neighbor and she will be sadly
missed by all who knew and loved her.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 23, 1961 [p. 1]
Robert A. Irvin Dies Wednesday
Robert
A. [ndrew] Irvin, 68, of Bedford
died Wednesday morning, Mar. 22 at Municipal hospital in Clarinda where he had
been admitted on Monday. Services for Mr. Irvin are pending at press time
Wednesday.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 30, 1961 p. 5
Robert A. Irvin Burial At Coin
Robert
A. [ndrew] Irvin, 68, a resident
of the community east of Bedford, died Wednesday, March 22, at Municipal
hospital in Clarinda after an illness of several months.
Funeral
services were held at the Bedford Methodist church, Friday afternoon, March 24.
Rev. Anthony Blankers, pastor of the church officiated. Burial was in the
cemetery at Coin, Iowa.
Robert
Andrew Irvin, son of John and
Martha [McQuiston] Irvin, was
born August 9, 1892 on a farm near Coin, Iowa and passed away at the age of 68
years, seven months, 13 days.
On
May 24, 1913 he was united in marriage to Edna M. [ae] Vawter .To this union were born eight children.
Most
of his life was spent in Page County. He was baptized and united with the
Methodist church at Coin in 1903, later transferring his membership to the
Bedford Methodist church after establishing his residence in Taylor County in
1939.
He
is survived by his wife, Edna;
two sons, Leonard and Jim [James Robert] of Bedford; six daughters, Mrs Lois Williams of Coin, Helen Irvin of Clarinda, Mrs. Glen (Dorothy) Myers of Canton, S. Dak., Mrs. Harold (Velma)
Shepherd of Bedford, Jacqueline
Irvin of Des Moines, Mrs.
Harold (Analea) Gilbert of
Springfield, Ill.; 12 grandchildren, three great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Lida Safley of Bedford, Mrs.
Mattie Whitmore of Coin; four
brothers, Wes of Clarinda, Ed of Coin, Leo of Bloomfield, Elton of Shenandoah; also one daughter-in-law, three sons-in-laws.
[Pollert, Victor
"Vic"] [Pollert,
Edith May McNeal]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
December 1973
VICTOR J and EDITH M POLLERT
Victor
J Pollert, age 68, son of John
Pollert and Kate Stuckwish, was
born in a log cabin on Sept 18, 1905 near Seymour, Ind. His childhood was spent
at Vega, Tex and Clarksdale, Mo. At age 16 he came to Clarinda to work for G J
Sunderman.
Edith
May Pollert, age 66, daughter of Frank
McNeal and Millicent Williams, was born on May 1, 1907 near Villisca.
They
died accidentally Dec 5, 1973 of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by fumes from
a gas furnace in their home. They had been without electricity for about forty
hours resulting from a severe ice storm.
The
couple was married Nov 27, 1930 and to this union were born their two
daughters- - ConaMara Freed of
Clarinda and [Mary] Elaine
Cassady of Fort Dodge. Also
surviving are Victor's three brothers-- Ray Pollert of Clarinda, Perry Pollert of Easton, Mo, and Lee Pollert of Clarksdale, Mo, a brother-in-law, J H
Crussell of Villisca, and eight
grandchildren.
They
spent all of their married life on the same family farm near Hepburn. They were
faithful members of the Rose Hill United Methodist Church. On Dec 8 a family
service was held in the forenoon at the Rose Hill Church and a public service
was held at 2 pm at the Walker Funeral Home. Rev Carl Cummings officiated. Nick
Roberts sang "Ivory Palaces" and "Beyond the Sunset"
accompanied by Aletha Hutchings. Pallbearers were Max Sunderman, Arnold
Fastenau, Melvin Royer, Lyle Eden, Calvin Williams, and Harold Miers.
Internment was at the Rose Hill Cemetery.
[Pollert, Victor "Vic"] [Pollert,
Edith May McNeal]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday December 10, 1973
Services held for Victor
Pollerts
Services
were held Saturday afternoon at Walker Funeral Home for Mr and Mrs
Victor Pollert who died Wednesday night [December 5, 1973] at
their farm home north of Clarinda, victims of monoxide poisoning.
Victor
Pollert was born Sept 18, 1905,
at Seymour, Ind, the son of John H and Mary K Stuckwish Pollert.
Edith
May Pollert was born May 1,1907,
at Villisca, daughter of Frank and Millicent Williams McNeal. The couple were married Nov 27, 1930.
Mr and Mrs Pollert lived in the Rose Hill community where they were
active members of the Rose Hill UME Church where a family prayer service was
held Saturday morning.
Survivors
include two daughters, Mrs Don (Elaine) Cassady of Ft, Dodge, and Mrs Leslie (ConaMara) Freed of Clarinda and eight grandchildren. Mr
Pollert is also survived by three
brothers, Ray of Clarinda, Lee of Clarksdale, Mo, and Perry of Easton, Mo.
Carl
Cummings officiated at the services with Miss Aletha Hutchings, organist and Nick Roberts, soloist. Casket bearers were Max
Sunderman, Arnold Fastenau, Melvin Royer, Lyle Eden, Calvin Williams and Harold Miers.
Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday January 10, 1974
Mrs Willa McElroy services scheduled
Mrs
Willa [Edens] McElroy, 91, died
Wednesday morning [January 9, 1974] at the Clarinda Rest Home where she had
been a resident for the past 4 1/2 years.
She
was a resident of Mt Pleasant, and came to Clarinda and stayed with her son, Lyle
Fann, for two years before going
to the rest home.
Services
will be at 1:30 pm Friday at Walker Funeral Home with Rev John Clark
officiating. Norma Kramer will be organist. Burial will be in Memory Cemetery
at New Market.
The
family will meet friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 pm this Thursday.
Mrs
McElroy is survived by six
children: Mrs Glenn (Alberta) Burrell of Hesperia, Cal, Mrs Sam (Alice) Woods of Downers Grove, Ill, Mrs Tom (Daisy) Mosely of Chicago, Ill, Ray Fann of Sun Valley, Cal, Joseph McElroy of Grinnell and James McElroy of Yuma, Ariz. There are 21 grandchildren, 30
great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death
by two sons, Carl Fann and Lyle
Fann.
Mrs
McElroy was born Sept 28, 1882,
in West Virginia. She was married to Alonzo Fann and later to Homer McElroy who died in 1961.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday January 3, 1974
Clarinda burial for Wayne
Kelley
Wayne
E [th] Kelley, 66, died Dec 27 at
The Dalles, Ore. In recent years he had made his home at Moro, Ore, and spent
considerable time with relatives in this area.
He
was born Sept 4, 1907, at Darlington, Mo, the son of George and Adrena
Kelley. He had operated heavy
equipment in earth moving projects. Mr Kelley was a former resident of the area.
He
is survived by five children: Carl Kelley, state of Oregon; George Kelley, state of Kentucky; Jerry Kelley of Philadelphia, Pa; Dorothy Duncan of Las Vegas, Nev, and Lois Powell of Portland, Ore. Three sisters are, Mrs
George Murry of Darlington, Mo, Mrs
J R Pike of Omaha and Mrs Oren
Slocum of Stanberry, Mo.
Services
for Mr Kelley were held Monday
morning at Walker Funeral Home with Rev John Clark officiating. Grace Perry was organist. Casket bearers were Lowell, Duane, Lee, Virgil and Burman
Kelley, and Robert Drumman. Burial
was in the Clarinda
cemetery.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday January 3, 1974
Lynn Duncan died after long illness
Lynn
Duncan [Dunkin], 52, of near
Nodaway died Saturday [December 29, 1973] at the Veterans Hospital at Omaha
after an extended illness. Services were held Wednesday at Wolfe Funeral Home
in Villisca.
He
was born Aug 1, 1921, the son of Anna [Evelyn Linn] and Fred [Benjamin] Dunkin of Coin, and lived in and around this community all
his life. His main interest was farming and he was a member of the Methodist
Church. In 1942 he went into the armed services and was discharged in 1945.
He
is survived by his wife, Charlotte,
six daughters, Cheryl Dunkin of Temple Hills, Md, Mrs Barbara Wingard of Glenwood, Mrs Kathryn Clark, Mrs Joyce Blank, Mrs Jona Ward, of Villisca and Robin and John of the home.
His
mother, Mrs Fred Dunkin, lives
in Villisca and his father is in a nursing home in Shenandoah. A brother, Benjamin, lives in Fort Collins, Colo.
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