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Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday October 22, 1973
Former area minister
died
The
Rev Edward Tan, 61, minister
of the Northboro-Blanchard United Methodist Church until his retirement 18
months ago, died at a Council Bluffs hospital Monday. He had been ill only a
short time. Services were held Wednesday in Council Bluffs.
Rev
Tan was a native of Indonesia.
His wife and son, Robert,
survive him.
Clarinda Herald Journal
Monday October 22, 1973
Howard VanFosson active in farm work
Howard
L [eroy] VanFosson, 68, of rural
College Springs died early Sunday morning at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha where
he had been a patient for a month. Mr. VanFosson had heart surgery earlier this year and had been
in poor health since.
Funeral
services for Mr. VanFosson
will be at 2 pm Tuesday at the United Presbyterian Church at College Springs
with burial in the Maple Hill Cemetery. The family will meet friends at Walker
Funeral Home this Monday from 7:30 until 9 pm.
Mrs.
Bessie Whigham will be organist and Joe McKinley and Ruth Anderson singers.
Ushers will be Bill Whipp and John Kenagy. Flowers will be in charge of Mary
Whipp and Alma Mitchell. Casket bearers will be Larry Ecker, Gary Ecker,
Charles Pruitt, John VanFosson, Paul Blair and William Caskey. Hope Tompkins,
and Myrene Whipp will be at the register.
Mr.
VanFosson was born May 24, 1905,
near College Springs on the same farm that was recently his home. He was the
son of John Henry and Rosa Blake VanFosson. On Dec 8, 1926, he was married to [Jane] Isabell Caskey who survives.
Mr.
VanFosson was a well-known farmer
of this area, active in farm organizations, and was a member of the College
Springs United Presbyterian Church.
Besides
his wife of the home he is survived by three children: Mrs. Frank (Mary
Jean) Murch and Mrs. Joseph
(Marjorie Irene) Virgillito, both of Omaha, and Kenneth VanFosson of rural Braddyville. There are nine
grandchildren. Brothers are Joseph of Shenandoah, Carl
and Paul of Braddyville and
Leo of Glenwood. His mother, Mrs.
Rosa VanFosson, is of College
Springs. He was preceded in death by a brother, Ray VanFosson.
Memorials
may be made to the heart fund.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday October 22, 1973
Services held for Mrs.
Irvin
Mrs.
Joe (Essie B) Irvin, 82, of
Clarinda died Thursday afternoon [October 18, 1973] at Municipal Hospital where
she had been for three weeks.
She
was born Oct 10, 1891, at Blanchard, the daughter of John and Anna Perrigo
George. She died on the 63rd
wedding anniversary of her marriage, she and her husband living at 518 E
Washington for the past 23 years. Mrs. Irvin is survived by her husband of the home and one
son, Cecil, of Whittier, Cal.
A brother is Weldon George of
Clarinda and a sister is Verne Davis of Blanchard. Mrs. James (JoEllen) Snodderly of Corpus Christi, Tex, is a granddaughter. There
are four great - grandchildren.
Services for Mrs.
Irvin were held this Monday at
Walker Funeral Home with Rev Lester Greenwood in charge. Miss Aletha Hutchings
was organist. Casket bearers were Carl Davis, James Martin, O K Brewer. Harold
Brooks, Dale Bellairs and Ed Nordland. Burial was in the Clarinda Cemetery,
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday October 22, 1973
Harvey McMillen died during visit
Brothers Harvey and
Clarence McMillen had come to
Clarinda to visit their boyhood friends and locations, but Harvey did not get to complete the plans.
Harvey, 89, was taken suddenly ill Sunday [October 21,
1973] while having his evening meal at the Truck Haven Cafe, just across from Baker
Court where he and Clarence,
83, had been staying. He was dead on arrival at the Municipal Hospital three
blocks away.
The
body has been taken to Lavelle Funeral Home from where it will be taken Tuesday
to Meadville, Mo. Those who remember the James McMillen family of near Braddyville may wish to call at
the local home Monday evening. Services are to be at Meadville, where Wright
Funeral Home is making arrangements for burial Thursday.
The
McMillen brothers had visited
with Mrs. Lydia Hamm in
Clarinda and with Mrs. Lulu Overholt in Shambaugh, Butler schoolmates prior to 1903 when the family
moved. They were to go to Shearer Cemetery this Monday to visit their grandparents'
graves. The family had moved to Meadville, Mo, area when Harvey was 19 years of age. His wife preceded him in
death and he went to Phoenix, Ariz, five years ago to be near his son.
Clarence [Walter] McMillen lives at Marysville, Wash, where the brother had
been visiting for about a month before making the trip to Iowa.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday April 9, 1973
Mrs. Ayres
was CHS graduate
Fire at her Red Oak home Friday [April 6, 1973] was fatal to Mrs. Leroy (Leah) Ayres, 50, sister of Mrs. Kenneth (Georgia) Smalley of Clarinda.
Firemen
answered a call to the home Friday at about 9:15 pm and found the body of Mrs.
Ayres on the floor of her living
room. She was alone and the fire had gained headway to burn the living room area and do extensive smoke damage
to the entire house.
Death was due to smoke
inhalation, the medical examiner of Montgomery County decided. The fire had
been discovered by a neighbor, post-fire investigation resulting in a decision
that it was caused by a cigarette igniting a chair.
Services
were held in Red Oak, the funeral Monday at Nelson -Boylan Chapel with burial
in Evergreen Cemetery.
Leah
LaVohn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Cook, was born Oct 14,
1922, at Shenandoah. She was graduated from Clarinda High School in 1940 and
was married in 1944 to LeRoy Ayres.
They lived in the Shenandoah and Clarinda communities before moving to Red Oak
in 1955. She aided her husband in operation of A & W Drive-in, which he
owns.
Surviving in addition to
her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Richard Woods of Red Oak; sons, Larry, 20, and Lynn, 16, both at home; two grandsons.
Her
mother is Mrs. Laura Cook of
West Heights Manor in Clarinda; four sisters, Mrs. Burl Davison of Wenatchee, Wash, Mrs. Erma Steuert of Denver; Mrs. Kenneth Smalley of Clarinda; Mrs. Duane Modrow of Shenandoah.
Mrs.
Ayres was a member of First
Christian Church.
The family has suggested
memorials to Red Oak Fire Department.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday April 9, 1973
Wilbur Bennett died after surgery
Wilbur
M Bennett, 63, died Monday
afternoon at University Hospital in Omaha where he had been for a week. He had
had open-heart surgery. Mr. Bennett
had lived in Bedford since last April, moving there from Stark City, Mo.
He
was born Aug 26, 1909, at Leon, the son of Earl C [Clarence] and Daisy
Stanford Bennett. He had lived in
the Page and Taylor county areas before going to Missouri. Mr. Bennett was a retired farmer.
He
is survived by his wife Berniece
of the home and six children: Mrs. Robert (Betty) Williamson of Littleton, Colo; Willis Bennett of Monett, Mo; Mrs. John (Dorothy) Miller of Shenandoah; Mrs. Herb (Elaine) Bourks of Littleton, Colo; Charles Bennett of Colorado Springs, Colo, Robert Bennett of Littleton, Colo, and two step-sons, Loren Peyton, Sacramento, Calif, and Marvin Peyton of Denver, Colo. There are 24 grandchildren and
nine great - grandchildren.
One
brother is Ellary Bennett of
St Joseph, Mo, and two sisters Louise Johnson of El Paso, Tex, and Audrey Hayes of New Market. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Bennett, live at New Market.
Funeral services for Mr.
Bennett were held this Thursday
afternoon at Walker Funeral Home with Pastor Carl Lueker officiating. Rosevelyn
Bashor was soloist and Grace Perry organist. Casket bearers were Raymond Snead,
Elvin Wells, Robert Bonar, Paul Depew, Franklin Chase and Marvin Henshaw.
Burial was in Memory Cemetery at New Market.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday March 1, 1973
Services held for Mrs.
Cowan
NORTHBORO - Funeral
services for Mrs. Fred (Alice) Cowan, 93, are to be held at 2 pm Friday at Hackett Funeral Home in
Shenandoah. She died Tuesday at the Shenandoah hospital where she has been
under care since a fall on Feb 10. She was formerly Alice Darby.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday April 9, 1973
Mrs. Leila Webb died at hospital
Mrs.
Leila V [esta] Webb, 79, of rural
New Market, died Friday morning [April 6th] at Municipal Hospital
where she had been admitted Thursday.
She
was born June 27, 1893 near Clarinda, the daughter of Curry [Jeremiah] and
Anna [Bridget] Shum Muckey. Her
husband, [Stephen] Frank
Webb, died May 20,1969. The
family home is five miles northeast of New Market.
Mrs.
Webb is survived by her
granddaughter, Mrs. Leo (Normalee) Miller of New Market and three great - grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. E [stley] W[illie] (Ione) [Rae] Werner, of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Funeral
services were held this Monday morning at Walker Funeral Home with Rev Ed
Osburn officiating. Bonnie Brown was soloist and Pat Larson organist. Casket
bearers were Paul Shaffer, Wesley Glassgow, Seldon Hicks, Donald Lister,
Merrill Webb and Drexel Gold.
Burial was in
the Guss cemetery.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday June 18, 1973
Mrs. Bossingham, 94, died at West Heights
Mrs.
Margaret Bossingham, 94, died
Sunday [June 17th] at West Heights Manor where she had resided since
1969. She was born July 12, 1878, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Sunn
[Dunn].
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm
Tuesday [June 19th] at Walker Funeral Home with Rev D C Davis in
charge. Mrs. Ronald Perry will be organist. Casket bearers will be Al Pfander,
Dr C E Nichols, Orville Thompson, Marvin Woldruff, W B Cundiff and Dr R J
Haxby. Burial will be in the Clarinda Cemetery.
Mrs.
Bossingham is survived by one son
and daughter-in-law, Dr and Mrs. Earl [Nathan] Bossingham
of Clarinda. There are two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Besides
her husband, she was preceded in death by a son Don, who died in 1964.
She was the widow of Dr
Ottmer N [athaniel] Bossingham,
who died in [May 28] 1951. She had been a Clarinda resident for about 30 years.
[Williams, Jaymes
Leslie] [Carroll, Beverly Ann
Field] [Marsh, Jeanette Loraine Luncsford]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday April 9, 1973
Services held for
victims of accident
Funeral
services for the three who died as result of Wednesday nights crash [April 4,
1973] near Shambaugh were held Saturday.
Double
services for Mrs. Robert (Beverly Ann) Carroll and daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Marsh, were at the Walker Funeral Home in Clarinda in
the morning and service for Jaymes Leslie Williams at Clarinda Christian Church in the afternoon.
Graveside services for the women was at Laurel Hills Cemetery in Des Moines and
for Williams at Shearer
Cemetery southeast of Shambaugh.
Loren
Daly of the New Market Church of Christ officiated for the Carroll - Marsh services. Mrs. Bill (Norma) Kramer was organist.
Bearers were Howard Field, James Field, Duane Field, Van Field, Don Harshaw,
and Leroy Luncsford.
At
the funeral service for Williams,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Williams,
Lynn Bridie was soloist and Mrs. Kramer organist. The South Page high school
choir gave a special number.
Honorary
bearers were Arnold Davison, Lyle Davison, Tarol Stone, James Moses, Bob
Scroggs, and Ed Desch. Casket bearers were: Gary Tritsch, Danny Ellison, Bob
Riddle, Bob Gilespie, Keith Sunderman and Mark Meskimen. Charles Reynolds and
Homer Reeves were ushers. Mrs. Robert Scroggs and Mrs. Janess Warren were in
charge of registers.
Walker Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday May 14, 1973
Service conducted for Mrs.
Davison
Funeral
service for Mrs. Archie
(Marguerite) Davison, 60, of
Bedford, sister of Mrs. Pearl Ailshie and Mrs. Florence Cahill
of Clarinda, was held May 11 at Bedford.
The
death occurred three days earlier at the Clarinda Municipal Hospital. Burial
was in Fairview cemetery at Bedford.
She
was formerly Marguerite Douglas,
born Dec 24, 1912, in Taylor County to Clarence and Minnie Douglas. She was married to Archie Davison on Aug 11,1932, who survives her.
The couple had 10
children, four daughters and five sons surviving her. Included are: Patsy
McCown of Covina, Calif;
Donnabelle Park of Irving, Texas; Wanda Woldruff of Minden, Neb; Linda Beason of Conway; Ronald, Raymond and Roger of Bedford and Russell and Richard of Conway.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday August 2, 1973
Hayes' infant son died at hospital
Graveside
services were held Wednesday for Ronnie Hayes, infant son of Danny and Judy Hayes of Clarinda. The baby was born at the Municipal
Hospital Tuesday morning and lived but a few minutes.
The Rev Charles Bissinger
of New Market United Methodist Church officiated with burial at Old Memory
Cemetery at New Market. The body was at the Walker Funeral Home prior to
service. Grandparents include Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hayes and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sharpe of Clarinda. Great grandparents are Mrs. Nora
Savage, Mrs. Floy Sharpe, Mr.
and Mrs. Max Crabs of Clarinda
and Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Mick
of Hopkins.
[Note: The baby was born July 30, 1973 and
burial was Tuesday, July 31st, according to correction notice in
separate entry.]
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday August 6, 1973
Infant services
Ronnie Hayes, infant of Mr and Mrs Danny Hayes, was born July 30 and services at the grave in
Memory cemetery were Tuesday, contrary to the report in Thursday's issue.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Oct 1973
Mrs. Mary Picken was missionary
Mrs.
Mary Picken, 88, wife of the late
Rev Samuel Picken, died at
Washington, Iowa, Wednesday with funeral services to be at the Sherman-Eden
Funeral Home at 2 pm Friday.
She
and her husband had served in this area and had been missionaries before their
retirement. He preceded her in death and she had been living at the United
Presbyterian Home in Washington.
Survivors include a son, Lt
Col James Picken of Rantoul, Ill;
two daughters, Kathryn Picken
of Stony Point, N Y, and Mrs. Arthur (Arline) Lincoln of Montpelier, Vt; four grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday October 25, 1973
Virgil
[Beryl] McAlpin, 72, of Clarinda,
formerly of the Oak Hill area growing up there and later farming the home
place, died suddenly Tues., Oct. 23 at Corning while working at the building
site of his son's new home. They moved to Clarinda in 1936. He is survived by
his wife, Marie, son. Dr.
George McAlpin, of Corning and a
daughter, Mrs. Bob (Mariann) Grimm
of Scottsdale, Ariz, and their families.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Thursday October 25, 1973
Virgil McAlpin died at Corning
Virgil B [eryl]
McAlpin, 72, of Clarinda died
Tuesday afternoon [October 23rd] at Corning where he was working at
the building site of his son's new home.
The
son had recently purchased a church from which a group were salvaging lumber
for storage in George's airplane hangar.
Services for Mr.
McAlpin will be at 2 pm, Friday
at Walker Funeral Home with Rev Cecil Latta officiating. Grace Perry will be
organist. Casket bearers will be George Hall, Forrest Wynn, Harold Siedenburg,
George Pfander, George Woolson and Lewis Wells. Burial will be in Clarinda
cemetery with Masonic
services
at the graveside.
Besides
his wife of the home he is survived by a son George of Corning, and a daughter, Mrs. Bob (MaryAnn)
Grimm of Scottsdale, Ariz. There
are six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Charles
[Oliver].
The
Grimms arrived Wednesday from
Scottsdale, and Mrs. Charles McAlpin of Jamestown, S D, and her three children are expected. Charles
McAlpin Jr has recently returned
from service in Thailand.
Mr.
McAlpin was born October 8, 1901,
in Taylor County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George McAlpin [Elfie Kelso]. He had been a resident of Taylor and Page
Counties all his life, living in Clarinda since 1936. He was a graduate of
Clarinda High School in 1920, active in football and music. He attended Iowa
State University for two years.
He
was employed by Berry Poultry Farm, Berry Seed Co, and was a partner in the
ownership of Berry's Farm and Home store for a number of years.
He
was married February 22, 1923, to Marie McClelland of Corning, who survives at the home at 123 West
Boundary St.
Mr. McAlpin was a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic
Lodge and the Eastern Star,
Clarinda Herald
Journal
October 1973
Heart attack fatal to
man at jail
Wayne
Kellgren, 62, died Monday evening
of an apparent heart attack in the Page County jail.
Sheriff Dick Hunt said Kellgren had been brought into the jail around 5 pm for
apparent intoxication and was released later in the evening following recovery.
He was in
the jail complex watching television when he
suffered the apparent attack.
Graveside
services were held this Thursday afternoon at the Clarinda Cemetery with Pastor
Carl Lueker officiating. Mr. Kellgren was born in Chamberlain, S D, and had lived in Shenandoah before
coming to Clarinda.
He
is survived by a son, Gary Kellgren
of Los Angeles, Cal, a daughter Aleda Kellgren of New York, N Y and a brother, Leonard
Kellgren of Sioux Falls, S D.
Walker Funeral Home was
in charge of services.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
Monday September 10, 1973
GOLDA ANNA GRAY
CLAYTON
Golda
Anna Gray Clayton, daughter of George
Walton and Rosa Zella Gray, was
born in Hopkins, Missouri on May 3, 1915 and passed away at the home of her son
on September 3,1973 at the age of 58 years 4 months.
On
June 4, 1938 she was united in marriage to Ellis Vernon Clayton in Glenwood, Iowa, and to this union two children
were born, Lowell Dean Clayton
of Braddyville, Iowa and Mrs. Dixie Jean Baker of Clarinda, Iowa.
She
is survived by her 2 children, daughter-in-law, Joyce Clayton, granddaughters, Rhonda Kay and Karen Renae Clayton, Donielle Ann and Danielle Merle Baker and grandson, Chris Danny Baker, brothers James of Shelbina, Mo., Ernest of Siam, Ia, John of Kansas City, Mo and Charles
of Clearmont, Mo, sisters Lillie Peterson, of Jetmore, Kan, Mary Manuel and Nellie Shaw of
Trenton, Mo, half-brother Dale of
Shambaugh, Ia and half-sister Dorothy Arthur of Clarinda, Ia.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, parents and a sister Ida Swain.
She
was a member of the First Christian Church of Clarinda.
She
will be greatly missed by her loved ones and by all who knew her.
Funeral
services were conducted at the Walker Funeral Home Thursday September 6, with
Rev John Clark officiating. Jack Bridie and Norma Kramer provided the music.
Gilbert Burch sang at graveside services. Casket bearers were Lloyd Cavner,
Clark Crawford, Byron Scotton, Orville Preeo, Marvin Woldruff and Thomas L
Harris.
Burial
was in the Clarinda Cemetery
Clarinda Herald Journal
May 1973
Sister killed in crash
with brother
An
18-year-old Red Oak High School student was killed last week when the car she
was driving collided with one driven by her brother.
Denise
Ann Laire died about an hour
after the mishap on the crest of a country road
6 1/2 miles northeast
of Red Oak. Her brother Douglas, 19, suffered a broken leg and lacerations.
Authorities said Miss Laire, alone in her car, was going to Red Oak and her brother was returning from town
when their autos collided nearly head-on.
Adding
to the bizarre nature of the mishap was the fact that their father was the
first person to reach the scene of the crash. He was doing field work nearby at
the time and apparently didnŐt see or hear the accident, but noticed a heavy
cloud of dust, then saw his children's
auto sitting in an unusual position on the road.
Clarinda Herald
Journal
October 1973
Local residents attend
services
Ray J [oseph] Paxton, who was a Clarinda resident until about a year
ago, died Oct 17 at Winterset, with services held there Saturday and burial at
Peru, Iowa. Attending the services from the local area were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Steeve, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Herzberg, Mrs. Darlene
Wagoner and Mrs. Pauline Wagoner, all of Clarinda, Mrs. John Bengtson and
daughters of Essex, Mrs. Eilts of Yorktown and Mr. and Mrs. Verlin Wetfall of
Anita.