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Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday February 4, 1974
Services held for Mrs
John Stephenson
Funeral
services for Mrs John (Irene O) [McClellan] Stephenson, 91, were being held
this Monday in Shenandoah She had died Friday
[February 1, 1974] at
West Heights Manor in Clarinda, being [a] patient there since Dec 1,
1971.
Her
early life was in Arapahoe, Neb, moving to Yakima, Wash, at age 20 with friends.
It
was here that she met John S Stephenson and they were married on Jan 13, 1909. They moved to Iowa where they
lived on a farm southeast of Shenandoah in Morton Township.
In
1939, the couple moved to Shenandoah, John's death being in March of 1951. In 1957, Irene moved to California to live and after several
years returned to Iowa to live with her daughters.
Mrs Stephenson is survived by two sons, Joe of San Clemente, Cal, Charles of Baytown, Tex; three daughters, Mrs Merlin
(Dorothy) Lovitt of New Market, Mrs
Claude (Inez) Havick of Mapleton,
Mrs Duane (Helen) Dahlby of
Lake Mills; 17 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; and a great -great -
granddaughter. Three brothers are Butler of Florala, Fla, Homer
of Newton, Tom of Verdigre,
Neb, and two sisters are Mae Rodgers of Hemet, Cal, and Goldie Franklin of Freewater, Ore.
Besides
her husband she was preceded in death by an infant son, one brother, Fred, and two sisters, Dorothy and Frances.
Rev
Charles Bissinger returned to Shenandoah to conduct the funeral, burial being
in Rose Hill Cemetery after the service at Hackett Funeral Home. Music was by
Mrs Gary Griffin and Mrs Margaret Woods, in charge of flowers Mrs Glen Edwards
and Mrs Meredith Lovitt, at memory book Mrs George Ross Jr and bearers John
Dahlby, Stanley Dahlby, Claude Havick, Jr, Curtis Havick, Richard Lovitt and
Eugene Nelson.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday February 4, 1974
Graveside services for
Laura Dowell
Graveside
services for Miss Laura E Dowell,
94, were held this Monday afternoon at the College Springs Cemetery, with Rev W
D Martin officiating.
Miss
Dowell, daughter of Peter and
Mary Jefferies Dowell, died
Friday [February 1, 1974] at the Beverly Manor Convalescent Hospital in
Whittier, Cal, where she had made her residence the last several years.
Local
relatives are two nephews, Milton Dowell of Coin and Floyd Dowell
of Shenandoah. Hackett Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday February 18, 1974
Bedford burial for Herman
Ernst
Services
were held Saturday in Bedford at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home for Herman
[Berton] Ernst [Ernest], 88, who
died Feb 12 at the Coachman Inn. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery.
Mr
Ernst [Ernest] was originally from the Bedford area, but had
lived in Clarinda for several years. He had worked in park supervision and
other areas in Denver, Colo.
He
was preceded in death by parents, sisters and brothers and his wife Harriett
[Golding], in 1970.
Survivors
include a sister, Mrs. Lola Reese
of Mt. Ayr, and a brother, Glen [Elmer] Ernst [Ernest] of Bedford
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday February 25, 1974
Mrs Mary Wyman taught school here
Local
relatives have received word of the death of Mrs Mary (Black) Wyman, 74, Feb 14 at Las Cruces, N M.
She
was born to Mr and Mrs Elmer Black
Oct 16, 1899, near Shambaugh, and completed her high school education in
Clarinda. She taught for a time in local grade schools in the early 1920's,
later attended college at Greeley, Colo, then moved to Denver to teach. She was
married to William F Wyman in
Denver and they lived there until moving to Las Cruces in 1949, where Mr
Wyman was comptroller of New
Mexico State University until his death in February of 1964.
Mrs
Wyman's survivors include a
sister, Margaret of Des
Moines; three brothers, Tom of
Bedford, Ross of Braddyville
and Edwin of Madison, Wis, and
several other relatives who live in this area.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday February 25, 1974
Ora Huntsman died at West Heights
GRAVITY
— [John] Ora Huntsman, 82, died Friday [February 22, 1974] at West
Heights Manor in Clarinda where he had been taken last November after several
months illness at the farm home north of Gravity.
Services
were being held this Monday at Shum Novinger Funeral Home at Bedford and burial
in Old Memory Cemetery near New Market. Carl Cummings of Bedford is
officiating.
Ora
and his wife, Ruth [Hopkins], had moved from California to this vicinity 22
years ago, their farm being north of town. Mrs Huntsman survives him at the home place. Their three
children are Lloyd [Darrel] of
New Market, Leonard [Lee] of
the home and Richard [Floyd] of California. Richard and family arrived here Saturday.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday February 25, 1974
John Merriett former Clarindian
John
David Merriett, 47, who moved
west from Clarinda to Norwalk, Cal, 18 years ago, died Sunday [February 24,
1974] at the Veterans Administration Hospital at Long Beach, Cal, after eight
months of terminal illness.
He
was the son-in-law of Mrs Fannie Harper of Clarinda, who received the information. Arrangements for the
local services are being made by Walker Funeral Home, the burial to be at High
Prairie cemetery at Elmo, Mo.
John
David was born Jan 8, 1927, at
Burlington Junction, Mo, the son of Edward and Ruth Arnold Merriett. His boyhood and schooling were in that area. He
was married June 28, 1947, to Donna Fay Harper at Quitman. Moving to Clarinda, he was employed
at Berry Seed Co until they moved to California.
Their
son, Johnny, is at Norwalk,
and his mother, Mrs Ruth Merriett,
lives at Quitman, Mo. Three brothers are Bill of Bell, Cal, Pronto of Quitman, and Jimmy of Moline, Ill. He has two half-brothers and two
half-sisters in the Quitman area.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday February 28, 1974
Services held for John
D Merriett
Services
for John D [avid] Merriett
were held this Thursday afternoon at Walker Funeral Home with Rev Gary Carr
officiating. Mr Merriett died
Sunday at Long Beach, Cal, following an extended illness.
H
E Richardson was soloist and Mrs William Kramer organist. Casket bearers were
Gerald Browning, Gene Compton, Verlin Berringer, Gene Mulkins, Lloyd Taylor,
and Roy Graham. Burial was in the High Prairie Cemetery west of Elmo
[Missouri].
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday March 14, 1974
Services held for Mrs
Charter
GUSS
— Funeral services for Mrs Mary J [ane Cusick] Charter, 95, were held Tuesday [March 12, 1974] at the
Maple Grove Church. The Rev Charles Bissinger officiated, music being by Mrs
Willard Andrew and pianist Mrs Frederick A Berggren.
Mrs Charter lived in this vicinity about 50 years ago and in
recent times has been in a nursing home at Burlington. Daughters are Mrs
John (Dorothy) Smith, Mrs Clinton Burrell, Mrs Sammy (Ruth) Welcher and Mrs Berniece Smith of the southeast Iowa area. Mrs Burl
Hutchinson of Corning is a niece.
[Note:
The Social Security Death Index gives her death date as April 1974 but it has
not been verified by a family member.]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday March 11, 1974
Services held for Mrs
Rogers
Funeral
services for Mrs Benjamin (Susie Esther) Rogers, 82, were held Saturday [March 9, 1974] at
Maryville with burial in the Clearmont, Mo, cemetery. She died Thursday [March
7, 1974] at a hospital in Columbia, Mo, following a long illness.
Born
at Elmo, Mo, she was the daughter of the late John and Nettie Adkins. She was married at Clarinda, Ia, her husband
preceding her in death on March 7, 1955.
She
is survived by five children, Henry
of Maryville; Roy of Elmo, Ed
of Clearmont, Mrs Delbert
(Betty) Simpson, Albert Lea,
Minn, and Mrs Paul (Lena) Pruitt,
Clearmont; 12 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, one brother, Dwight
Adkins of Kansas City, Mo, two
sisters, Mrs Joe (Mary) McCord,
Longmont, Colo, and Mrs Paul (Charlene) Youngmark, Coin. Besides her husband, she was preceded in
death by her parents, an infant daughter and sisters.
[Weetman, Erma Stevens
Carpenter]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday March 11, 1974
Monroe burial for Mrs
Weetman
Services
for Mrs Erma Weetman, 90, of
Clarinda were held this Monday morning at the Lavelle Funeral Home, with Rev
John Clark officiating. Burial was this afternoon at Monroe, Iowa. Mrs Ronald
Perry was the organist.
Mrs
Weetman died Saturday morning
[March 9, 1974] at West Heights Manor, where she had been a resident since
November of 1970.
She
was born June 10, 1883, at Dunreath, Iowa the daughter of Joseph and Lucinda
Mullins Stevens. She was reared in the Dunreath and Monroe areas
and was married to Charles Carpenter in 1902. They lived in Des Moines for many years, where Mrs
Weetman worked as a nurses aide. Mr
Carpenter died in 1938. She was
married to Maurice Weetman Nov
12, 1952, at Des Moines. They moved to Clarinda in 1953. Mr Weetman died in August of 1971.
She
was a member of the Christian Church in Clarinda.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, her two husbands, two sons and one
daughter.
Mrs
Weetman is survived by one sister,
Mrs Mable Shields of Des
Moines, two step-sons, Leslie Weetman of Clewiston, Fla, and Rev Bernard Weetman of Paso Robles, Cal, one step-daughter, Mrs
Stoffel (Varda) Vander Hart of
Pella, three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
[Fulk, Jennie
Elizabeth Duncan]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday March 28, 1974
Mrs. Ed Fulk died this Thursday
Mrs
Ed (Jennie E [lizabeth]) Fulk
died this Thursday morning [March 28, 1974] about an hour after being stricken
at her home on North 16th Street. . She was born Aug 6, 1891 to Robert
[Alexander] and Rachel Pinkerton Duncan at Shambaugh and spent her entire life in this area.
She
attended elementary school at the Butler country school near Shambaugh and
Amity College at College Springs. She was married to Ed [ward William] Fulk Nov 22, 1911 at Shambaugh. They farmed all of
their married life northwest of Shambaugh until moving to the Country Club
Apartments in 1965.
She
was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church here.
She
is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs LaVern (Wilma) Sawyer of Sepulveda, Calif, and Mrs James G (Marilyn)
Crain of Clarinda; three sons, Kenneth of Des Moines, Lyle of Hamburg and Marvin of Violet Hill, Ark; two sisters, Mrs. Mabel
Vander Linden of Iowa City and Mrs
Vera Wilson of Clarinda; one
brother, Johnie Duncan of Los
Angeles, Calif, 22 grandchildren, and one great - grandson.
Memorials
are being established with the Trinity United Presbyterian Church.
Services
are pending at the Lavelle Funeral Home with burial at the Clarinda Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be grandsons: J D and Jac Crain, Dean Sawyer, Roger and
Jed Fulk and Bill Newton.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday February 25, 1974
Donald LaFaver long time resident
Donald
(Red) LaFaver, 54, longtime
Clarinda resident, died Saturday night [February 23, 1974] at Municipal
Hospital following a long illness.
He
was born Aug 29, 1919, at Clarinda, the son of Ellis and Jessie Anna Damon
LaFaver. He was married to Agnes
Dixon Baker who survives at the
home of 523 N 9th St. Mr LaFaver
was a veteran of World War II.
Funeral
services for Mr LaFaver will
be at 2 pm Tuesday at Walker Funeral Home with Mrs Bettie Hull officiating. Mrs
Ronald Perry will be organist. Casket bearers will be Bob Mays, Frank Ellis,
Charles Orme, Clarence Geer, Pete Hookham, and Russell Malone. Burial will be
in the Clarinda cemetery.
Survivors
beside his wife Agnes, of the
home, are seven step-children, Mrs Paul (Mae) Wagaman, Glenwood, Mike Baker of Bedford, Mrs Lowell (Betty) Lawger, Mrs
Ronald (Ruth) Hoyt, Mrs Larry (Grace) Hiatt, Jack and Roger Baker of Clarinda.
Mr
LaFaver is survived by four
stepchildren by a previous marriage. Two brothers are Damon LaFaver of Yorktown and Bud LaFaver of Fremont, Neb, and three sisters, Florence
Adams of Yorktown, Edna Morris and Ruby Morrow of Clarinda. He was preceded in death by a
brother, John.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday February 28, 1974
Mrs. Inice Mitts died at hospital
Mrs
Inice M [ay] Mitts, 78, of
York-town died Tuesday night [February 26, 1974] at Clarinda Municipal
Hospital. Mrs Mitts had been a
patient both here and in Omaha in recent months.
She
was born July 19, 1895, in Page County, the daughter of Charles and Emma
[Josephine] Smith Keeler. She was
married to [Byron] Fred
[rick] Mitts who died in 1954. Mr
and Mrs Mitts operated the store
in Yorktown, now being operated as McElhiney's Store and Locker. Mr Mitts also served as postmaster in Yorktown.
Funeral
services will be held at 10:30 am Friday at the Yorktown United Methodist
Church with Rev L P Fitzpatrick officiating. Mrs Laura Grother will be at the
register. Mr and Mrs Bill Mannasmith will be in charge of music.
Casket
bearers will be Marvin McElhiney, Melvin Annan, George Annan, Kenneth
Snodgrass, Charles Drennen and Leon Larsen. Burial will be in Polsley cemetery.
Memorials
may be made to the cancer fund. Walker Funeral Home is in charge of services.
Mrs
Mitts is survived by three
children: Mrs Hobert (Marlene) Gant
of Coin, Chester Mitts of
Inglewood, Cal and Melvin Mitts
of Buena Park, Cal. There are five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
A
twin sister is Mrs Eunice McHenry
of Anaheim, Cal.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday May 23, 1974
Carl Runyan native of Coin
Funeral
services for Carl [Saxe] Runyan,
81, were held this Thursday [May 23, 1974], following his death Monday [May
20,1974] en route to the Red Oak hospital from the Good Samaritan nursing home.
He
was a former resident of the Coin vicinity until 1934, when he moved to
Villisca then moved to Red Oak in 1941. Born Sept 8, 1892, at Coin, he was
married to Mildred Fae Hitchcock
of Coin and graduated from Coin High School.
Casket
bearers at the funeral services were his grandsons, Steve Funkhouser, Dennis
Funkhouser, Charles Funkhouser, James Docker, David Docker, Curtis Runyan,
Marvin Runyan and Robert Runyan.
Burial was at Elmwood Cemetery in Coin.
Survivors
include three children, Mrs Max (Frances) Funkhouser of Longmont, Colo, Mrs Joe (Jeanette) Docker of Red Oak and Clinton Runyan of New Market, nine grandchildren and 13
great-grandchildren.
Mr
Runyan was preceded in death by
his parents, his wife, two sisters, two brothers, one infant daughter and one
granddaughter.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday February 28, 1974
Edwin C Potts former Clarindian
Edwin
C [hester] Potts, 73, graduate of
Clarinda schools in 1919, died Feb 14 at a Wichita Falls, Tex, hospital. He had
been a veteran of 40 years in the oil industry in Texas, associated early with Noros
Martin and later with Martin
properties.
Born
at Prescott [August 13, 1900], he was in Clarinda with parents, Mr and Mrs W
[illiam S.] Potts. He was brother
of Mrs Noros (Nellie) Martin,
and went to Texas to work for Texoma and later Continental Oil.
Services were held at
Wichita Falls from the First Christian Church and entombment in Crestview Mausoleum.
[Note:
Texas Death Index 1903-2000 gives his death date as February 7, 1974. Source of birth date: Social
Security Death Index and World War I Draft Registration Card]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday May 23, 1974
Fletcher Dalbey killed in mishap
Fletcher
J [ones] Dalbey, 59, a prominent
Burlington Jct Angus cattle breeder, was killed Monday [May 20, 1974] in an
accident near his farm home. Working on a grain truck between the raised bed and
the truck frame, the hydraulic mechanism apparently failed. The bed pinned Dalbey between the bed and frame.
Services
were Thursday at the Burlington Jct Christian Church, burial in the Ohio
Cemetery. Barr-Merrick Chapel made arrangements.
Dalbey
was born May 11, 1915, near
Maryville, the son of the late Fletcher J [ones] and Laura [Alice Staples]
Dalbey Sr. On Oct 9,1935, he was
married at Maryville, to Evaline Logan, who survives.
He
worked with 4-H, a leader of 25 years. He had registered Angus cattle and
Quarter Horses, and was a member of the Hoof and Horn Saddle Club, Burlington
Jct.
Besides
his wife, he is survived by daughter, Mrs Doris Hagey of Burlington Jct, a brother, George Dalbey of Burlington Jct, a sister, Mrs John
Dickerson [Dorothy] of Salisbury, and three grandchildren.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday November 25, 1974
Boyd Christensen retired farmer
Former
Coin resident, Boyd M Christensen,
65, died Nov 18 at Anamosa.
Services
were held from the Center Junction Presbyterian Church Nov 21.
He
was born at Coin March 26, 1909, the son of Madison and Sadie Wilson
Christensen. He graduated from
Coin High School. Sept 8, 1941, he married Thelma Husmann and the couple moved to Center Junction, where
they farmed their entire married life.
He
was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Center Junction. He had been active
in community projects, serving on the city council and the school board.
He
is survived by one son, Keith
of Center Junction, a grandson, and a granddaughter, a brother, Ray and a sister, Mrs Grace Brownlee of Coin.
He
was preceded in death by his wife, his parents and one brother.
Those
attending from this area were Mr and Mrs Ray Christensen, Mr and Mrs Kennard
Christensen, Mr and Mrs Ray Brownlee, Neal Snyder, Herbert Goodman of Coin; Mrs Elizabeth Christensen and Jan Christensen of Northboro; Mrs Jim Castle of Ankeny; Kenneth Spira
of Winterset; Bruce
Brownlee of St Charles.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday November 25, 1974
Services Sunday for Eldon
Harris
[John]
Eldon Harris, 89, longtime rural
resident of New Market, died Friday afternoon [November 22, 1974] at Parkdale Manor Nursing Home in
Maryville, Mo, where he had resided for three years.
Funeral
services for Mr Harris were
held Sunday afternoon [November 24, 1974] at Walker Funeral Home with the Rev
Lester Greenwood officiating. Grace Perry was organist. Honorary bearers were
Pat Yearous, Ralph Snodgrass, John Combs, Roy Beavers, Clifford Davison and
Vern Melvin.
Casket
bearers were: Carroll McKay, Dale Hartstack, Wayne White, Roy Donald Thompson,
George Neumeyer and Erville Allison. Burial was in Memory cemetery at New
Market.
Mr
Harris was born Oct 31, 1885, in
Page County near New Market, the son of John and Emma Louisa Kelso Harris.
He
was married to Bessie Mayme Clayton
on March 10, 1908. Mrs Harris
died July 1 1967, after 59 years of marriage. They lived on the same farm near
New Market for over 50 years.
Before
going to the nursing home Mr Harris
was with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Edward Mutti at Hopkins, for 12 years.
Mr
Harris is survived by his
daughter, Mrs Edward (Lucille) Mutti of North Kansas City, and two grandsons, one sister, Mrs Lenna
Martin of Carroll, and a brother,
Herschel Harris of
Zephyrhills, Fla.
[Nelson, Hattie Marie
Gustafson]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday April 29, 1974
Mrs Hattie Nelson native of county
Funeral services for Mrs Hattie [Marie] Nelson, 92, of Clarinda will be at 3 pm Tuesday [April
30, 1974] at Trinity United Presbyterian Church.
Mrs
Nelson died Saturday afternoon
[April 27, 1974] at Municipal Hospital where she had been admitted on Friday.
She had made her home at West Heights Manor and before that with her son Clifford
Nelson since giving up the home
at 123 W Lincoln.
Dr
J D Almes and Rev Wayne Fisher will officiate at the services. Mrs Helen Hall
Hoskinson will be organist. Ushers will be Lyle Eden and Ed Ratashak. Casket
bearers will be George Gerberding, Chet Olenius, Angus McIntosh, Cecil Smith,
Ed Winter and Bob Hamm.
Burial
will be in the Clarinda cemetery with Walker Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs
Nelson was born Feb 2, 1882, in
Page County, the daughter of Andrew and Hanna Anderson Gustafson. She was married to John A Nelson May 30, 1906. Mr Nelson died in 1964.
Mrs
Nelson is survived by two
children, Clifford Nelson of
Clarinda and Mrs Laurine Bowen
of Mobile, Ala. There are six grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Four
sisters surviving are Mrs Laura Swanson of Clarinda, Mrs Mabel Swanson of Shenandoah, Mrs Lillie Anderson of Clarinda and Mrs Jess (Veda) Steeve of Clarinda.
She
was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Gladys, two sisters, Mrs Elin Westenburg, and Mrs Anna Warn and one brother, Luther Gustafson.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday September 30, 1974
Mrs Maud Murdock died Thursday
Mrs
Maud E [lzy] Murdock, 87, of
Clarinda died Thursday afternoon [September 26, 1974] following a heart attack
suffered at her home at Clarhaven Apt where she had made her home for three and
one half months.
Mrs
Murdock is survived by a
daughter, Mrs Charles (Ruth) Nelson
of Clarinda and two grandchildren.
Mrs
Murdock was born Nov 28, 1886, at
Warwick, Kan, the daughter of Chastein [Snyder] and Alianda [Allinda]
McCutcheon Hobson. She was
married to C [lyde] W [illiam] Murdock who preceded her in death. Her home was at Lincoln, Neb, before
moving to Clarinda about 14 years ago.
Funeral
services for Mrs Murdock were
held Sunday [September 29, 1974] at Walker Funeral Home with Dr J D Almes
officiating. Graveside services were held this Monday afternoon [September 30,
1974] at Rosemound cemetery near Hardy, Ks.