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[Randolph, Sarah Ellen
Starnes]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday September 30, 1974
Services Wednesday for
Sarah Randolph
Mrs
Sarah E [llen] Randolph, 87, of
rural Gravity died Saturday night
[September 28, 1974] at
Municipal Hospital
following a long illness.
She
was born Feb 10,1887, near Oakland, Mo, the daughter of William M [arshall]
and Nancy [Jane] Barnes Starnes.
She was married to Charles [Andrew] Randolph on March 8, 1908 who died March 3,1968. The farm
home is three miles northwest of Gravity.
Funeral
services for Mrs Randolph will
be 2 pm Wednesday [October 2,1974] at Walker Funeral Home with the Rev L P
Fitzpatrick officiating. Burial will be in Washington Cemetery at Gravity.
Mrs
Randolph is survived by four
children: Herman Randolph of
Coin; Raymond Randolph of
Hopkins, Mo; Mrs Alma Bird of
New Market; and Mrs Helen Lawrence
of Hopkins, Mo; 10 grandchildren and six great -grandchildren.
Mrs
Nellie Guynn of Lebanon, Mo, is a
sister and brothers are Dave Starnes of Lebanon and George Starnes of Corning, Calif.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday August 15, 1974
Mrs Velmur Wilburn New Market resident
Mrs
Velmur Mae Wilburn, 83, of New
Market died Monday evening [August 12, 1974] at Clarinda Rest Home, where she
had been since last October.
She
was born May 20, 1891, in Cass County [Missouri], the daughter of George
[Washington] and Kate Thomas Warner.
She was married to Elery [Ellery] D [avid] Wilburn who died Feb 15, 1971.
Mrs
Wilburn is survived by three
children: James Harland Wilburn
of Stanton, Calif, Mrs Dale (Frances EvaLena) Hoops of Glenwood, and Mrs Ray (Anna Laura)
Heumphreus of Clarinda. There are
10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Mrs Gertie Johnson of Smithville, Mo, is a sister.
Funeral
services for Mrs Wilburn were
held this Thursday afternoon [August 15, 1974] at Walker Funeral Home with
Loren Daly officiating. Zella Ridenour was organist and Rosevelyn Bashor
soloist. Casket bearers were: Albert Radke, Larry Eighmy, Paul Golding, Verlin
Larson, Orval Ridnour and Ivan Burwell. Burial was in Memory Cemetery near New
Market.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday December 5, 1974
Mrs Jackson died Monday
Mary
Dean (McClure) Jackson, 72, of
San Diego, Calif, died Monday at the Knollwood West Convalescent Hospital in
San Diego, Calif, after an extended illness.
She was the daughter of the late Frank
and Carrie McClure of
Braddyville, born at Braddyville, Jan 18,1902, where she lived most of her
younger life. She has lived the last 12 years in California.
She
leaves a son, Larry, and wife,
and three grandchildren, in San Diego, three brothers, Morton McClure of Zillah, Wash, Romaine McClure of Bradenton, Fla, Robert McClure of Braddyville, two sisters Mrs Mark (Ellen)
Goodwin of Braddyville and Mrs
Joe (Eva) Clymens, Hopkins, Mo.
Funeral
service will be held at the Glen Greenwood Mortuary at San Diego, Calif, Dec 9
with burial there.
[Clement, Doris
Alberta Johnston]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday December 2, 1974
Westboro services for Doris
Clement
Services
for Mrs Charles (Doris) [Alberta] Clement, 62, were held Saturday [November 30, 1974] at Westboro, Mo,
following her death on Nov 27 at Mound City, Mo, where she has been ill for
several months.
She
had been [a] Clarinda resident for seven years, bookkeeper at Clarinda
Elevator, and recently at Branding Iron. Her residence had been in Westboro
where she was born July 14, 1912, to J [ohn] W [illiam] and Haddessa (Root)
Johnston. She attended Westboro
schools and business school at Chillicothe, Mo. She was married to Charles [Mahlon]
Clement on April 16, 1932, at
Centenal Church at Rock Port, Mo, her husband preceding her in death.
She
is survived by a sister, Mrs H A (Wilma) McCoy of Clarinda, three daughters, Mrs Robert (Pat)
Fox of Mound City, Mo, Mrs
Donald (Nancy) Martin of
Westboro, Mo, Mrs Joyce Ostrom
of Ottawa, Ill, a son, Joe Clement
of North Bend, Neb, three grandchildren.
Burial
was in Center Grove cemetery at Westboro following services at the Westboro
United Methodist Church. The Rev Roger Wreath officiated. Davis Funeral Home made
arrangements.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday December 5, 1974
New Sharon services
for Mrs Linstead
Relatives
of Mrs Alfred Tillie Linstead,
101, of Taintor, Iowa, have learned of her death. None from here was able to
attend the services, which were Wednesday [December 4, 1974] in New Sharon.
Mrs
Linstead was [the] last of a
family of 10, children of Ebenezer Bonsall, reared in the Taintor vicinity. She has a son, Alfred, in Texas. Her husband and two sons had preceded
her in death.
Local
relatives include nieces and nephews, Mrs Carl Gillespie, Mrs Harry Annan,
Jake Bonsall of Clarinda, John
Annan of Coin and Mrs Henry
Annan of Shenandoah.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday December 12, 1974
Kansas services for Mrs
Stevenson
Mrs
Marion (Laura Mclntyre) Stevenson,
94, of Topeka, Kan, mother of Mrs Angus McIntosh of Clarinda and Mrs John Cabeen of Blanchard, died Dec 5 and services were held
Monday.
Her
grandsons were casket bearers at the funeral held at Wall-Diffenderfer Chapel
at Topeka.
She
was born Oct 31, 1880, at Morning Sun, Ia. At the age of one year, she moved
with her family to Mankato, Kan.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, Marion, a daughter Mrs Rhoda McCully, and a granddaughter, Hazel Cabeen.
Survivors
include three daughters, Mrs Edith Cabeen of Blanchard, Mrs Clara McIntosh of Clarinda and Mrs Esther McKnight of Eskridge, Kan, one son Waldo of Eskridge, Kan, one sister, Mrs Lela McElroy of Topeka, Kan, 15 grandchildren, 47
great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Those
from this area attending the services included Mr and Mrs John Cabeen of Blanchard, Mr and Mrs Angus McIntosh and Mr and Mrs Lowell Oxley and Mary of Clarinda, Mr and Mrs Richard Cabeen of Bedford, Mr and Mrs Donald Cabeen and Peggy of Shenandoah and Lyle Cabeen of Red Oak.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday December 9, 1974
Services Wednesday for
Lawson Miller
[Edgar]
Lawson Miller, 48, of rural Clarinda died Sunday
evening [December 8, 1974] at Municipal Hospital where he had been admitted
earlier in the day.
Mr
Miller was born Sept 5, 1926, in
Page County, the son of Ross [Edward] and Cassie [Felicia] Lawson Miller. On Sept 19, 1946, he was married to Audrey
Oxley, who survives.
Mr
Miller was the distributor for
Mobil Oil Inc. He was a member of Hillside Chapel Missionary Church. He was a
past president of the Page County Fair Board and was currently serving as secretary
for the organization.
Survivors
besides his wife Audrey of the
home are sons, Larry and wife Debi
Miller of Irving, Tex, Steven and wife Connie Miller, of Clarinda, and one daughter, Katherine
Miller of the home. Two brothers
are Dale Miller of Clarinda
and Leo Miller of New Market.
Sisters are Mrs B W (Elaine) Stephan of Dallas, Tex, Mrs Myron (Marilyn) Ives of Clarinda, Mrs Robert (Norma Jean) Hall of Cedar Falls, and Mrs Gerald (Joyce) Warder of Irving, Tex.
Funeral
services for Mr Miller will be
at 2 pm Wednesday at Trinity United Presbyterian Church with the Rev Ervin
Ortmann officiating, assisted by the Rev Marvin Engbrecht and the Rev Wayne
Fisher. Burial will be in Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, southwest of
town.
Memorials
may be directed to the Hillside Chapel Missionary Church.
The
family will meet friends from 7:30 to 9 pm, Tuesday evening at Walker Funeral
Home.
[Conway, Zora Belle
Trimble Feese]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
December 1974
Mrs Conway died in Arizona
Death
of Mrs Zora [Belle] (Trimble) Conway, 78, at Mesa, Ariz, has been learned by friends. She was married to Dr
[Martin] Beryl Feese, who died
several years ago, living at Fairfield during most of her husband's
professional career.
She
was a native of Melrose, and for many years was from Tampa, Fla. Her father was
a Clarinda optometrist with home on West Main St. Nearest living relative is Mrs
Patti Semanek of Chandler, Ariz,
daughter of the late Roland Feese.
Mrs
Conway died at her home.
Relatives had been unable to contact her at Thanksgiving time by phone and she
was found dead at her home Dec 2, date of death being undetermined.
[Thompson, Gladys
Muriel Evangeline Salgren Earhart]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday December 9, 1974
Gladys Thompson died Saturday
Mrs
Miles [Henry] (Gladys) [Muriel Evangeline] Thompson, 75, formerly Mrs Wayne [Leroy] Earhart and daughter of Mr and Mrs A [nder] P [erry] Salgren, died last Saturday [December 7, 1974] at a
hospital at Glendora, Calif. She had had a heart ailment a year, a recurrence
last summer and a series of attacks recently.
Funeral
services were to be in Orlando, Fla, with burial where her husband was placed
at his death in 1955. She has five children, including Mrs Don (Carolyn)
Lynam of Greenfield, Mrs Ron
(Judith) Singleton of California,
Mary Alice of Glendora, Calif,
Thomas A of St Joseph, Mo. A
son, Robert, died at Kansas
City a year ago. Mrs Raymond (Helen) Earhart of Clarinda is a sister-in-law.
[Schollian, Elsa Marie
Windscheffel]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday December 12, 1974
Services Saturday for Elsa
Schollian
Mrs
Harold (Elsa M [arie]) Schollian,
77, of Braddyville died early Wednesday morning [December 11, 1974] at West
Heights Manor after having been ill since last July.
She
was born April 11, 1897 at Smith Center, Kan, the daughter of Will [Henry
Wilhelm] and Dorthea Giese Windscheffel. On April 5, 1916, she was married to Harold Schollian who survives. They made their first home at
Havelock, Neb. In 1920 they moved to Madison, SD and came to Page County in
1932 where they have since made their home.
Mrs
Schollian was baptized a German
Lutheran and for 15 years has been attending the Braddyville Christian Church
where she taught the adult Bible class.
Funeral
services for Mrs Schollian
will be at 2 pm Saturday at the Christian Church in Braddyville with Rev Bettie
Hull officiating. Burial will be in the Braddyville cemetery.
Singers
will be Maynard Burch and Mrs Hull with Mrs Maynard Burch organist. Casket
bearers will be Arthur Barnett, Orphus Barnett, Dean Barnett, Arlo Sunderman,
Bob Case and Cliff Bales. Walker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Besides
her husband of the home in Braddyville, Mrs Schollian is survived by three
children: Willis R [aymond] Schollian of Omaha, Neb, Mrs Doris Parrott of Clarinda and Mrs S [ammie] J (Goldie) Young of Braddyville. There are 12 grandchildren and 14
great grandchildren.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday December 12, 1974
Forrest Jones Wednesday
Forrest
Jones, 75, of Grant City, Mo
having been hospitalized since Oct 19 after hip injury, died Wednesday
[December 11, 1974] at his home, just recently dismissed from the hospital at
Mt Ayr.
Services
are being held Friday, the funeral at 1:30 pm at Dunfee Funeral Home at Grant
City, and the interment to be at the cemetery at Conway. Rev A J Green and Rev
Howard Burnett will be officiating clergy. He had been plowing when he fell,
fracturing the hip. Complications set in following the accident.
He
was native of the Diagonal area, and lived as farmer in the Page and Taylor
county areas. He had been member of the Assembly of God Church at Clarinda as
early as 1947.
His
wife survives him, as do two daughters, Mrs Marvin (Mae) Hamilton of New Market and Mrs Lowell (Joyce) Austin of Springfield, Mo, six grandchildren and a
great-grandchild.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday October 14, 1974
Riley Byron Smith
Funeral
services for Riley Byron Smith
were held Oct 11 at Walker Funeral Home in Clarinda, conducted by Bettie Hull.
Mr
Smith died Oct 8 at Veterans
Hospital in Omaha, Nebr. Interment was at Old Memory Cemetery, New Market.
Riley
Byron Smith, son of Riley and
Rose Loan Smith was born May 22,1896
near Burlington Jct, Mo. He lived most of his life in and around Taylor, Page
and Montgomery Counties.
He
served his country in World War I and was a member of Legion Sergy post No 98.
On
Feb 10, 1925 he was united in marriage at Maryville to Mildred Nowels of Bedford. To this union two children were born:
Donald Edwin of Russell and Mrs
Russell (Margaret) Linninger of
Easton, Ks.
He
was a farmer, trucker and grain dealer until his health failed. He also worked
at the North Side Recreation Center in Clarinda.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, two infant sisters, an infant brother,
two sisters, Maude and Geraldine and one grandchild. Left to cherish his memory
are his wife, Mildred of
Bedford: son, Donald and wife,
Shirley; daughter, Margaret and her husband, Russell; six grandchildren; a great-grandchild; one
sister, Mrs Coy (Blanche) Jeffers
of Siam; one niece, Mrs Maxine Smith of Council Bluffs; two nephews, Orville Manley of Siam and Wilbur Manley of Freeman, Mo.; one aunt, Mrs Lora Miller of Galva, Ill. He will be sadly missed by family
and friends.
Military
services were held at graveside by Sergy Post 98.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday May 30, 1974
Services held for Glen
Young
Glen
W Young, 64, of Shambaugh died Thursday
afternoon [May 23, 1974] while working on the water system that is being
installed at Shambaugh. He was born Aug 12, 1909, at Sidney, the son of Walter
Franklin and Etta Elizabeth Reed Young.
He was married to Roberta Black
on July 31, 1931.
For
the past 20 years, Mr Young
had worked on construction. He had retired last year and was going to be in
charge of the Shambaugh water system. The family had lived in the Hawleyville
area and moved to Shambaugh about 10 years ago. Mr Young attended school at Burlington Jct, Mo.
Services
were held Monday afternoon [May 27, 1974] at Walker Funeral Home with Rev Lewis
Hunter in charge. Jim McAlpin was soloist and Grace Perry organist. Casket
bearers were Lloyd Lininger, Charley Geer, Willard Blessing, Leland Reeve,
Wilbur McClarnon and Wendell McClarnon. Burial was in Ohio Cemetery at
Burlington Jct.
Mr
Young is survived by his wife of
the home and three children: Dean E Young of Topeka, Kan, Mrs Richard (Darlene) Bix of Clarinda, and Mrs Gary (Delores) Crowdy of Clarinda. There are four grandchildren. His
mother Mrs Etta Young lives at
Clearmont, Mo. Two sisters are Mrs Leona Evans of Clearmont, and Mrs Cople (Louise)
Porterfield of Belle Fourche, S
D.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
May 1974
Ralph A Gorell died in California
Ralph
A [nderson] Gorell [Gorrell], a
former Clarinda resident, died May l0 in Glendale, Cal. Burial was at Forest
Lawn Cemetery there. Mr Gorell
[Gorrell] had been a barber
with his father and brother Orie.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday June 17, 1974
Mrs Blake Pistole died at hospital
Funeral
services for Mrs Lena Ann (Blake) Pistole, 78, were held Sunday [June 16, 1974] at the First Christian Church
at Hopkins, Mo, following her death at Clarinda Municipal Hospital [June 14,
1974]. She had been a resident of a nursing home at Bedford and hospitalized
less than a day.
She
was a native of DeWitt, Neb. Two sisters are Mrs Rosa Van Fosson, of College Springs and Mrs Letha New of Clarinda, and four children, Mrs Ronald
Andrews of Hopkins, and Mrs
Harold Tribolet of Council
Bluffs, John Pistole of
Hopkins, and Dale Pistole of
Kansas City. Her brother is Will Blake of Bedford.
Burial
was in the cemetery at Hopkins
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday May 27, 1974
Attends services for Fox infant
Mr
and Mrs Walter Kirchner received
word of the sudden death of Jason Michael Fox, the 16-month-old son of Mr and Mrs Michael E
Fox, of Kansas City, Mo, grandson
of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rurode
of St Joseph. The infant died Tuesday, May 21, at Childrens Mercy Hospital.
Services
were held on Thursday [May 23, 1974] at St Stephens Lutheran Church in Liberty
and graveside services were in St Joseph.
Those
attending from this area were Ethel Wichman, Elaine Johnson, Ralph Huseman,
Irma Nothwehr, Mr and Mrs Mervil Sunderman, Mr and Mrs Wesley Wichman, and Mr
and Mrs Walter Kirchner.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
June 1974
Art Paxton retired farmer
SHAMBAUGH
— Art [Eugene Arthur] Paxton,
76, who lived in the Clarinda vicinity prior to moving to Lorimor many years
ago, died Thursday [June 27, 1974] at a Winterset hospital. Mr and Mrs
Willard Blessing were among those
attending the services held Thursday at Lorimor.
Paxton was a retired farmer. His wife [Wilma Grace
Ellis Blessing] lives at a
nursing home in Winterset. Their 55th wedding anniversary would be in
September. The couple has three children, including Willard Blessing of Shambaugh, John Blessing of Los Angeles, Cal, and Mrs Everett (Ruth)
Gibson of Winterset.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
May 1974
Cecil Cox was county farmer
Cecil
Dorn Cox, farmer in the South
Page County area, died May 20 [May 15, 1974], in Shenandoah.
Born
Sept 27, [1889] the son of Fulton and Adaline Radford Cox, he received his education in Nebraska and Iowa
Schools, and farmed in the Blanchard and Northboro areas until his retirement.
On
Oct 30,1909, he married Eva Mae Jackson of Elmo, Mo. The couple had 10 children, and a grandson, Jerry
Stanley, was also raised in the Cox home.
Preceding
him in death were his wife, six children, three grandchildren, one sister and
seven brothers.
Surviving
are two daughters, Mrs Floyd (Violet) Bredensteiner of Northboro and Mrs Rankin (Nadine) Dinwiddie of Phelan, Cal, two sons, Edward Cox of Northboro and Ellis Cox of Omaha, and one sister, Mrs Jim (Ollie)
McNair of Imperial, Neb.
Seventeen grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren also survive.
Hackett Funeral Home was
in charge of services.
[Note: Social Security Death Index and
the death date on his gravestone both give the date of death as May 15, 1974.]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday July 4, 1974
Joseph Fafrowicz native of Poland
Joseph
Fafrowicz, 68, who came with his
family to Clarinda from Poland in 1951 to farm with Albert Henke, died June 28. He had been hospitalized for 10
days with a heart condition and died in his sleep at the St Michael's Hospital
in the Mosinee, Wis, area.
Services
were held July 1 and interment was in Restlawn Memorial Park at Wisconsin
Rapids, Wis.
Mr
and Mrs Fafrowicz and Elizabeth were at the Henke farm about two years after the
local family and a group of Clarinda men sponsored
their coming to America. They moved to Chicago for a short time and then made
their home at rural Mosinee, Wis, in the town of Guenther in Marathon County.
He was born in Poland on Nov 10, 1904, and was married to Amelia Stoll in Poland on May 24, 1947.
Mrs
Fafrowicz and daughter survive him.
Elizabeth is now Mrs
Stanley Rucinski of Chicago and
has a daughter. It was Mrs Rucinski
who has notified the Henke
family of the father's death.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday July 11, 1974
Dow Huntsman died Wednesday
[William]
Dow Huntsman, 80, died Wednesday
[July 10, 1974] at the Colonial Manor in Bedford where he had taken residence
two days earlier. The retired farmer from the Gravity area had had a long
illness.
Services
will be at 2 pm Saturday
at Shum-Novinger Funeral
Home in Bedford.
He
is survived by a daughter, Mrs Kenneth (Louise) Holland of Broken Arrow, Okla, son, Stanley of Clarinda and stepdaughter, Mrs Mildred
Neller of St Helena, Calif, three
grandchildren and five great - grandchildren. His sisters are Mrs Goldie
Morehouse and Mrs Sue
Morehouse.
He
had lived on the farm northwest of Gravity for 47 years