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Clarinda Herald
Journal
August 1973
Franklin Strange died at Iowa City
BLANCHARD
— Funeral services were held Monday at the United Methodist Church for Franklin
Strange, 57, who died last
Saturday at University Hospital in Iowa City.
Rev
Richard Russell officiated at the services, with Mrs. Glen Vogel organist and M
D Minter Jr of Rock Port, Mo, soloist. Casket-bearers were Keith Sloan, Larry
Carlson, Kenneth Sloan, Ellis Hastie, Carl Boylan and Eddie Miller. Burial was
in Snow Hill cemetery at Coin.
Mr.
Strange was born Jan 8, 1916, in
Rock Port, attending schools and living in that area for many years before
moving to Blanchard in 1950.
Survivors include his
wife, Maxine, three daughters, Regenea Hookham and Karen Smith of Shenandoah, and Connie Strough of New Market; two sons, Edward of Shenandoah and Russell of Blanchard; five sisters, Mrs. Margaret
Compton of Seattle, Wash, Mrs.
Mary Weaver of Coin, Mrs. Eva
Smith of Crescent, Mrs. J C
Miller and Mrs. Geneva Evans of Northboro; four brothers, Floyd of Hastings, Oscar and Allen of Shenandoah and Harold
of Hamburg, and eight grandchildren.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
August 1973
Relatives receive word
of death
Local
relatives have received word of the death of their niece, Susan Mejia, 28, following major surgery in a Seattle, Wash,
hospital Aug 26.
She
was the granddaughter of the late Henry Nothwehr.
She
was preceded in death by one sister and surviving her are two brothers, two
sisters and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mejia [Anna Nothwehr] of Tacoma, Wash.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday August 30, 1973
Mrs. Bussard was former resident
Mrs.
Mary Marie [Cutter] Bussard, former resident of this area, died Wednesday
night [August 29, 1973] at Coon Rapids, Minn. She was the widow of Fred
Bussard who died in 1961. Lelia
Wallace of Clarinda is a sister.
Funeral
arrangements are pending at Walker Funeral Home.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
October 1973
Services for Hilmer
Bloom
Funeral
services for Hilmer Frank Bloom,
80, were held Tuesday at Fremont Lutheran church near Essex, the Rev Melvin C
Suhr and the Rev Herbert J Bjorquist being pastors conducting the services.
Burial was in Mt Hope cemetery.
He
had been living with his daughter, Frances, since his retirement in 1968 from farming in Douglas Township,
moving to the present home in Essex. His half-brother, Roy C Anderson, is of Red Oak.
Mr.
Bloom was born in Henry County,
Ill., on Sept 29, 1883, son of Frank and Johanna Johnson Bloom. When he was a small boy, the family moved to
Iowa, settling in Page County. He was married to Beda Josephine Carlson at
Nyman on Jan 11,1905.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday August 30, 1973
Services set for Mrs.
Linebaugh
Services
are scheduled Saturday for Mrs. Orville [Dennis] Linebaugh [Anne B.], who died Tuesday [August 28, 1973] at
Indianapolis, Ind. Her husband is a Clarinda native who lived here several
years.
Services
will be at 1:30 pm at Walker Funeral Home with Rev John Clark officiating.
Casket bearers will be
Ted Miller, Lawrence Higgins, Marty Lee, Jim Montgomery, Earl Thompson, all of
Clarinda, and Gary Linebaugh of Lincoln, Neb.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday October 11, 1973
Virgil McClure spent entire life in Braddyville area
Virgil
D [enver] McClure, 78, of
Braddyville, died Monday [October 8, 1973] at his home after an illness of
about two years with a heart condition.
He
was born Jan 8, 1895, at Galveston, Tex, and when he was one year old his
parents, the late Frank and Carrie McClure, moved from Texas, back to Braddyville, and the rest of his early
and adult life was spent in and around Braddyville. He was employed in earlier
years in the coalmines at Clarinda, government work at Wichita, Kan, and with
the Braddyville Oil Co, McClure Gas Co, and the Union Gas Co from 1945 to 1970.
He retired from active work in the spring of 1970.
In
1916 he was married to Hattie [Kellogg] Graham, and the couple had three children, Jimmie,
Donald and Derald. In 1925 he was
married to Greeta Wells of
Clarinda, and they had five children, Jerry, Carl Robert, Junior, Juanita
and Franklin Leroy. He was
preceded in death by two sons, Jerry, who died in 1947, and Franklin Leroy in infancy.
Survivors
are Greeta of the home, five
sons, Jimmie of Los Angeles,
Cal; Donald of Winslow, Ariz; Derald of Havana, Ill; Carl Robert of Underwood, and Junior of St Louis, Mo; one daughter, Mrs. John
(Juanita) Verbanaz of St Louis,
13 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren; three brothers, Mort
McClure of Zillah, Wash, Romaine
McClure of Bradenton, Fla, and Robert
McClure of Braddyville; three
sisters, Mrs. Mark (Ellen) Goodwin of
Braddyville, Mary Dean Jackson of
San Diego, Cal, Mrs. Joe
(Eva) Clymens of Hopkins, Mo.
Mr.
McClure was a member of the
United Methodist Church and a member of Plumb Lodge 285 AF-AM of Siam, Iowa.
Funeral
services were held this Thursday afternoon [October 11th] at the
United Methodist Church in Braddyville with Rev Clarence Landis officiating.
Maynard Burch was soloist and Joyce Burch organist. Mrs. Blanche Bales was at
the register.
Honorary
bearers were Claude Apple, George Yaple, Merlin Teuscher, John Richmond, Max
Garrett and Raymond Osborn. Casket bearers were: Harold Burch, Bobby Wilson,
Arlo Sunderman, Cliff Bales, Loren James and Orland Engstrand.
Burial
was in the Braddyville cemetery with graveside services being conducted by the
Siam Masonic Lodge, Plumb Lodge No 285, AF&AM. Walker Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday October 15, 1973
VIRGIL D McCLURE
Virgil
D [enver] McClure, son of the
late Frank and Carrie McClure
of Braddyville, Ia, was born Jan 8, 1895 at Galveston, Texas. He departed this
life Monday, Oct 8, 1973, age 78, in his home after an illness of about two
years, with a heart condition.
Virgil was one year old when his parents moved from
Texas, back to Braddyville. The rest of his early and adult life has been spent
in and around Braddyville. He was employed in earlier years in the coalmines at
Clarinda, government work at Wichita, Kansas, and with the Braddyville Oil
Company, McClure Gas Company and Union Gas Company from 1945 to 1970. He
retired from active work in the spring of 1970.
In
1916 he was married to Hattie Kellogg Graham to which three children were born, Jimmie,
Donald and Derald. In 1925 he was
married to Greeta Wells of
Clarinda to this union five children were born Jerry, Carl Robert, Junior,
Juanita and Franklin Leroy. He
was preceded in death by two sons Jerry, who died in 1947, and Franklin Leroy in infancy. Survivors: are the wife Greeta of the home, five sons: Jimmie of Los Angeles, Calif, Donald of Winslow, Ariz, Derald of Havana, III, Carl Robert of Underwood, Ia, Junior of St Louis, Mo: one daughter Mrs John
(Juanita) Verbanaz of St Louis;
13 grand children and 3 great grand children, 3 brothers: G Mort McClure of Zillah, Wash, Romaine McClure of Bradenton, Fla, Robert K McClure of Braddyville: 3 sisters: Mrs Mark (Ellen)
Goodwin of Braddyville, Mary
Dean Jackson of San Diego, Calif,
Mrs Joe (Eva) Clymens of
Hopkins, Mo. Virgil was a
member of the United Methodist Church and a member of Plumb Lodge 285 - AF - AM
of Siam, Ia.
Funeral
services were conducted Thursday, Oct 11 at 2 pm at the United Methodist Church
at Braddyville, with Rev Clarence Landis officiating. Music was furnished by
Maynard and Loma Burch.
Casket
bearers were Harold Burch, Bobby Wilson, Arlo Sunderman, Cliff Bales, Loren
James, and Orland Engstrand. Honorary bearers, Claude Apple, George Yaple,
Merlin Teuscher, John Richmond, Max Garrett, Raymond Osborn.
Interment
in the Braddyville Cemetery with graveside services being conducted by the Siam
Masonic Lodge, Plumb Lodge
No 285 - AF/AM. Walker's funeral home in charge.
We cannot say, and we will not say
That he is dead. He is just away.
With a cheery smile, and a wave of the
hand
He
has wandered
into an unknown
Land,
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since he lingers there.
And you-oh-you, who the wildest
yearn
For an old time step, and the glad
Return,
Think of him faring on, as dear
In the love of There as the love of Here.
Think of him still as the same. We say
He is not dead - He is just away.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
October 1973
Mrs. Oscar Koehler died at Tarkio, Mo
Mrs.
Oscar (Maud) [Squire] Koehler
died Wednesday at the Northview Rest Home at Tarkio, Mo, where she has lived
for several months after closing her home on West Garfield Street in Clarinda.
Her husband died Oct 5, 1972.
Services
are pending arrangements by the family with Walker Funeral Home here.
Her
survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Frank (Mary) Gay of Omaha, Mrs. James (Izetta) Costillo of Elmo, Mrs. James (Doris) Sheridan of Janesville, Wis, and Mrs. Patrick (Nancy)
Laflin of Redlands, Cal.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday March 1, 1973
Clarindan's brother
died here Monday
Earl
Brodrick, 66, died here Monday
[February 26, 1973] at the home of a sister.
He
had been living with the Charles O'Connells for the past three years, Wanda O'Connell being one of five sisters and a brother who
survive. Another sister is Elizabeth Stewart of Clarinda.
Mr
Brodrick was born in Missouri
April 19, 1906, and had lived at Burlington Junction and in Kansas before
coming to Clarinda.
Services
were held this Thursday at the Cochell Funeral Home in Stanberry, Mo, with
burial at the High Ridge Cemetery there.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday October 29, 1973
Mrs Milton Swanson died at Essex home
Mrs
Milton (Mildred) [Lee] Swanson,
60, died early Sunday morning [October 28, 1973] at her home in Essex where
they had lived for the past two years. They had operated the Black Cat Tavern
where she had been working Saturday evening and died in her sleep that night.
Services
for Mrs Swanson will be at 11
am Tuesday at Walker Funeral Home with Rev Melvin C Suhr officiating.
Aletha Hutchings will be organist. Casket bearers will be Clayton Johnson,
Bob Searl, Omar Swanson, Robert Swanson, Clifford Swanson, and Dale Combs.
Burial will be in the Bethesda Cemetery.
The family will meet
friends at the funeral home this Monday from 7 until 9 pm.
Mrs
Swanson was born Sept 15, 1913,
at Clarinda, the daughter of Levi and Mary [Ella] Lister Good. She was married to Milton Swanson March 15, 1940.
Mrs Swanson is survived by her husband of the home and two
children, Michael Lee Swanson
of Clarinda and Mrs Robert (Mary Ann) Milburn of Grandview, Mo. Brothers and sisters are Mrs
Netha Davison of Clarinda, Uril
Good of Braddyville, Mrs Dale
(Lucille) Combs of New Market, Mrs
Verla Heil of Clarinda, Eldon
Good of Charleston, N C and Max
Good of Seymour. Mo.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday November 1, 1973
Services for Mrs
Snyder
COIN
— Services were held this Thursday afternoon at the United Methodist
Church here for Mrs Neil [Neal] Snyder [Thelma Faye Gamble], 64, who died Tuesday [October 30, 1973] at the
Municipal Hospital after an illness of several months.
Rev
Lawrence P Fitzpatrick officiated at the services. Burial was in Polsley
cemetery near Yorktown.
She
was born on a farm west of Coin on Feb 8, 1909, one of five children of the Edwin
Gambles. She was graduated from
Coin schools in 1927 and attended Iowa State College at Ames, receiving degree
in home economics.
Her
marriage was March 4, 1934 to Neal Snyder, and they have a daughter, Mrs Richard (Helen) Howell of Omaha. A son, William, her parents and sister, Mrs Lawrence (Esther)
Liljedahl preceded her in death.
A
brother, Merle Gamble, of Coin
and two sisters, Mrs Del (Ruth) Anderson of Coin and Mrs Glenn (Ruby) Anderson of Hastings are among the survivors.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
November 1973
Guy Kerns was life-time farmer
Services
for Guy [Curtis] Kerns, 79, of
Clarinda will be held at 2 pm, Saturday at Lavelle Funeral Home, with Rev Cecil
Latta officiating. Burial will be in the Clarinda Cemetery.
Mr
Kerns died Tuesday night at the
home of Mrs Dessie Matthews
where Mr and Mrs Kerns had
been staying. He had been in failing health for eight years.
He
was born Nov 26, 1893 at Gravity, the son of Joseph [Spencer] and Carrie
[Adella] Barton Kerns. He was
reared in the Gravity area and moved to Clearfield as a young man with his
family. He was married to Pearl Faye McCowan Dec 30, 1918, at Bedford, and farmed in Page
County all his life.
Mr
Kerns was preceded in death by
his parents, one daughter in infancy, one brother and one sister.
He
is survived by his wife, Pearl Faye Kerns, three sisters, Mrs Ruby Atkins of Corning, Mrs Ernest (Nellie) Huber of Diagonal and Mrs Helen O'Neil of Yutan, Neb, three brothers, Walter Kerns of Creston, Roy Kerns of Lenox, and Harold Kerns of Clearfield.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
1973
Gerdts baby, 2, died at Red Oak
Angela
Kirsten Gerdts, 2-year-old
daughter of Roger [Ernest] and Susan [Knapp] Gerdts, died Saturday at the hospital in Red Oak. She
was born May 1,1971 and had not been in good health during those few months.
Services
were being held this Tuesday at Sellergren - Lindell Funeral Home at Red Oak,
the Rev John Hargreaves officiating. Burial was to be in Evergreen Cemetery at
Red Oak.
Her
mother is of the home at 302 3rd Ave in Red Oak and the father at Ben Wheeler,
Tex. Two sisters are Malissa
and Christie, and grandparents
Mrs Virginia Knapp of Nebraska
City, Neb, Mr and Mrs Rudy Gerdts
of Clarinda, Mrs Fern Carlson
and Mrs Albert Knapp of Red
Oak.
She had been baptized in
the Lutheran Church.
Clarinda Herald Journal
Monday August 13, 1973
ROBERT COULTER JR
Robert Coulter Jr was born April 26, 1894 at Roberts, Ill the son
of Robert and Mary Patton Coulter.
When 9 mos old, his family moved to the Blairstown, Mo area where he was raised
to manhood. On Feb 22, 1922 he was married to Inez V[eralena] Hargis and they had one daughter. They then moved to New
Market, Ia in 1935. Mr Coulter
had farmed and been the drayman at New Market. He also was Marshall from
1948-1952 and had done concrete work for many years and had been a member of
the New Market fire department for over 30 yrs and had been active as long as
his health had permitted. He had been a resident of West Heights Manor the past
2 months. Besides his wife of the home, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs
Charles (Maxine) Thacker of
Clarinda, 3 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren, 1 brother Chester (Jack)
Coulter of Kansas City, Mo. He
was preceded in death by his parents, 2 sisters, 4 brothers, and 1 grandson.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday June 18, 1973
William Hemphill services Tuesday
Funeral
services for William C [rozier] Hemphill, 62, of Clarinda will be held at 10 am Tuesday at the Westminster
United Presbyterian Church, with Rev D C Davis and Dr J D Almes officiating.
Mr
Hemphill died early Sunday
morning [June 17, 1973] at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha after being hospitalized
for the past 13 days.
Honorary
casket bearers will be Dr Eldon Breazier, president of Tarkio College, Paul
Issacson, Port Stitt, and judges of 4th Judicial District, members of the Bar
Association of Page County, Southwest Iowa and State of Iowa.
Active
bearers will be Richard Davidson, James Millhone, Ken Heiliger, Wesley Shutt,
Donald Borthwick and Darrel Davison.
Vocalist
at the service will be Mrs Clyde Campbell, with Mrs William Lisle organist. In
charge of the register books will be Mrs Harriett Davidson and Dorla Marsh. Ushers
will be Fiddle Miller, Dr James Campbell, Ken Cassat and Joe Tunnicliff. Burial
will be in the Clarinda Cemetery.
Mr
Hemphill, born Dec 10, 1910 at
Duncanville, Ill., was the son of Rev and Mrs William H [unter] Hemphill
[Iva May Crozier]. Graduating from
high school at Stanwood, Iowa, in 1928, he attended Monmouth College in
Monmouth, Ill., graduating in 1932. He attended Western Reserve Law School in
Cleveland, and graduated in 1936.
He
was married to Margaret Jean Loehr
on Dec 20, 1937, at Greenville, Ill., and practiced law at Cleveland until
1942, when they moved to Tulsa, Okla. They moved to Clarinda in 1945. He was
associated with William F Stipe, and later with Richard Davidson.
Mr
Hemphill was a member of the
Westminster Presbyterian Church, a member of the College Visitation Committee
Synod of Iowa, board of directors of Tarkio College, past moderator of the
Synod of Iowa and of the Southwest Iowa Presbytery, and a church elder. He also
was on the board of trustees of the Southwest Iowa Presbytery.
He
had served on the Page County Conservation Board, and was a member of the
county, southwest Iowa and state bar associations. He had been Page County
attorney, and past president of the Clarinda Industrial Board. He also was
instrumental in starting the Easter Sunrise service in Clarinda.
He
was a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court, and locally was a
member of the Clarinda Chamber of Commerce and of Nodaway Lodge No 140, A F
& A M, and was a past member of the Kiwanis Club. He served as Clarinda
mayor from 1954-56.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.
Mr
Hemphill is survived by his wife,
two daughters, Jeanne and Ruth
of the home; five sons, William
L of Washington, D C, James of Burlington, John of Columbus, Ohio, Thomas of New Delhi, India and Robert of the home; two sisters, Mrs Martha Cox of Tucson, Ariz, and Mrs Stanley Shutt of Oakville, Iowa, and three grandchildren.
Memorials may be directed
to the Westminster United Presbyterian Church.
The family will receive relatives and friends from 7:30
to 9 this Monday evening at
the Lavelle Funeral Home.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
June 1973
Local residents attend
services
Funeral
services for Leonard Paul George,
47, son of Mr and Mrs R Elton George
of Coin, were held Thursday at Dworak Mortuary at Omaha following his death
June 11. He had been under care three weeks and died at Douglas County
Hospital. He had been able to continue his sales work with Omaha Furniture for
12 years until his final illness.
Mr and Mrs Dale Crawford
of Clarinda and Mrs
Maymie Manley of New Market
were among those attending the service. Burial was in
Hillcrest Cemetery at Omaha.
The family home is at 3624
Ohio St in Omaha for the
wife, the former Dorothy
Alderson of Viola, Ark,
and three children. They had
lost a son, Charles, 14, four
years ago in a gun tragedy.
A sister, Mrs Margie
Penry, is of Council Bluffs.
[Wilson, Mary] [Wilson,
Troy] [Wilson,
Michelle]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
November 1973
Wilson children killed in mishap
Death
of three children of the Norman Wilson family of Rapid City, S D, with relatives in the Bedford area,
occurred Nov 6 in an accident near Castle Rock, S D.
Victims
are Mary, 8, Troy, 6, and Michelle, 4, children of Mr and Mrs Norman Wilson of Rapid City, S D.
According
to the Bedford Times Press Mrs
Wilson is the former Sharon
Beery, daughter of Mr and Mrs
Harold Beery of Richey, Mont,
former Bedford residents. Their great grandmothers are Mrs Jessie Beery of Bedford and Mrs Rosa McNees of Corning.
Mrs
Wilson and son, Tracy, 10, were seriously injured in the car-truck
accident in the fog and are hospitalized in Rapid City. The family reports they
are improving.
George E McNees, Gravity, and Mrs Galen Spencer, brother and sister of Mrs Beery, flew to Rapid City to be with the family and to
attend the Nov 9 services at Canyon Lake Methodist Church with interment at
Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, S D.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
December 1973
Charles Williams lifelong barber
Funeral
services for Charles [A.] Williams,
85, of Burlington Jct, Mo, were held this Monday afternoon at Barr-Merrick
Chapel in Burlington Jct. Mr Williams died Saturday at the hospital in Maryville following a long illness.
He had been a barber in Burlington Jct for over 50 years.
He is survived by two
daughters: Mrs Darrell Grace
and Mrs Doug Hill both of
Burlington Jct.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
November 1973
Services held for Mrs
Ora Noble
BLANCHARD
— Memorial services for Mrs Ora (Emily) Noble, 87, were held in the United Methodist Church
Friday conducted by Rev Robert Collins, a Baptist minister, assisted by Rev
Richard Russell.
She
was born in Atchison County, Mo, Sept 7, 1886, daughter of William and Alice
Robinson and died at the Fairfax
Hospital Nov 28.
She had lived all her
life in Atchison County, spending about 60 years on their farm between
Blanchard and Westboro. She was married to Ora Noble, Jan
21,
1914. For 2 1/2 years she had made her home in the
Northview Manor at Tarkio.
She
had attended Northwest Missouri University at Maryville and the Fairfax Public
Schools and was a member of the Walkups Grove Baptist Church. She belonged to
the Rebeccas and the Twin Naughts Chapter 275 OES.
Surviving
are her husband, and a brother, Robert Robinson of Denver, Colo. She was preceded in death by a
son, a sister and six brothers.
Flower
ladies were Mrs Kyle Green, Mrs Olin Barnes, Mrs N J Russell, Mrs Vern
Henderson. At the register, Mrs Byron Scotton, organist, Mrs Glen Vogel,
soloist, Mrs Thurlow Herrick. Bearers were Dale Hull, Wilbur Hannah, Fred
Andrews, Harold Clement, Gerald and Derald McEnaney.
Interment
Blanchard cemetery, Davis Funeral Home in charge.
American Legion Auxiliary
took food to the home of Mrs Elizabeth Rice, a sister of Ora Noble and friends and relatives were invited to the
church basement for coffee and cake after the burial.
Relatives of Mrs Rice had been home for Thanksgiving and weekend. Dr
Melvin Nuckolls came from
Oskaloosa this Friday to attend the funeral. M / M Denver Nuckolls came from Paton, Thursday, to be with his mother,
Mrs Elizabeth Rice.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday December 3, 1973
Del Holbrook's brother died
Bert
Nelson Holbrook, son of Isaac
and Etta Holbrook, died Nov 28 at
Columbia, Mo, after an extended illness.
He
was born Dec 18, 1895, in Braddyville where he spent most of his life until a
few years ago. He lived in Clarinda a few years where he painted, then moved to
Portland, Ore, where he worked in shipyards, retiring in Columbia, Mo.
He
was married to Dolly Bancroft
in 1943. She survives him, as does one stepson, Blaine Bancroft and one brother, Del Holbrook of Clarinda.
Graveside
services were held Saturday at 2 pm at the Clearmont Cemetery.