John McGrath |
| Source -Fonda Newspaper - 12 Oct 1893 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| John McGrath who has been making his home for some time past with his brother J.J. McGrath shot himself last Thursday evening. The family were seated at the supper table, when John who had only drank a cup of tea, arosed and went upstairs, and in a few minutes the report of a revolver reached those below. They hurried to him at once, but life was extinct when they reached him. He had spread his coat down on the carpet and lain down on it and fired the fatal shot, which took effect just back of the right ear, and death must have resulted instantly. He had been in poor health for some time and made the remark the day before that he was almost crazed with neurigia pains. Through constant suffering he had become discouraged and this supposed in a fit of despondency then decided to end it all. The funeral occurred Friday afternoon, the remains being laid to rest in the Lizard cemetery. The family have the sympathy of all. John McGrath was born in Ohio in 1853, and was 40 years of age. He leaves an aged mother and one brother to mourn his loss-Gilmore City Globe. |
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J. L. Hopkins |
| Source -Fonda Newspaper - 17 May 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| As stated last week J.L. Hopkins has departed and his whereabouts is unknown. He was the assignment, his bondesmen being E. D. Anderson, M. Hakes, N. Parker, C.S. Allen and L. F. Lange, to the amount of $7,000 and the indications at present are that they will be held good for about $1500. As justice of the peace he is also short and his bondsman may have to make up about $150 to $200, though the amounts are not certain.He also had large amounts for collection, some which have not been turned over, and with a few personal debts, his shortage and loss to all concerned will not be less than $2000. His mind has been falling the past six months and the last sixty days it was noticeable to all who read his rambling letters to the great bootleggers champion the Record. For Mr. Hopkins' family we feel sorry, and Mrs. Hopkins and children have our deepest sympathy as well as that of every family in this corner of the county. She would have done all in her power to prevent the matter had she known the real condition of affairs.No man in Pocahontas county has done more for Hopkins to help him into position and influence that the writer, yet he turned right around and since last January was our bitterest malinger without cause or provocation. Had he remained here and retained a sound mind we, of course would have throuroughly exposed the whole matter, but now that he is gone we feel like dropping the mantle of charity ever the whole matter,and chalking up our cash to meet our responsibility on his bond and vowing never again to sign the bond of any man who drinks and carouses. - Sun |
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Joseph C Schallan |
| source - Pocahontas County Democrat - June 1931 |
| Submitted by Joseph B. Schallan |
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| Joseph Schallen [Schallan] Funeral Largely Attended by Friends |
| Happenings in and around Havelock written for The Democrat |
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| Havelock, Ia., June 10 -- Joseph C. Schallan was born in Ferl [Verl], Westfalen, Germany, on May 16, 1881 and died at Mercy hospital in Fort
Dodge, May 30. His death occurred following an unsuccessful attempt to save his life by means of blood transfusions, for which seven Havelock youths volunteered. They were, his son, Chester, Clyde McVey, Roswald Hauswirth, Lyle Oberlin, Jesse Boysen, Merrit Brazier and Gale Cooksey. His death was caused by blood poisoning.
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| When [he was] one year old, Mr. Schallan's parents came to the United States and resided near Cedar Rapids. On November 6, 1907 he was united in marriage to Mary Wagner at Yankton, S.D. To this union were born
nine children, five of whom are living, Chester, Rose, Lillian, Opaline and Eugene. The Schallan family moved to Havelock in 1911 and Mr. Schallan has operated a blacksmith and machine shop. For the last few year[s] he has operated a manufacturing establishment. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Muscovites and Modern Woodmen of America. On the last election he was elected to the office of mayor of Havelock. |
| Besides his wife and five children, he is survived by four brothers and three sisters and a host of friends by whom he will be so sadly missed.
He was a kind and loving husband and father, a friend of all, ever ready to lend a helping hand. |
| The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist church at 2:30, Rev. C. L. Day officiating. This was one of the largest funerals ever held here. The members of the I. O. O. F. lodge formed in a body
and marched to the church. A quartette composed of Mrs. J. C. Barth, Mrs. John DeYoung, J. W. Loots and Olin Young with Mrs. Day at the piano furnished appropriate music. J. F. Carlson and C. G. James of Pocahontas were honorary pall bearers. Active pall bearers were: Dr. D. W. Glascock, Adolph Johnson, O. D. Van Horsen, Will Hilton, Sebo Classen and Frank Highee. Flowers were profuse and beautiful mute evidence of the esteem in which he was held. He was laid to rest in
Washington cemetery, the I. O. O. F. lodge having charge of the services there.
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Those attending the services from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wagner and son Will of Spencer, Neb., Mrs. Tim Classen and daughter Lenore and son Otto of Spencer, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schallan [Schallau] and son Ervin [Irvin] of Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schallan [Schallau] of Grinnell, Mrs. Ed. Kelley of Waterloo, Mrs. Joe Fitzgerald of Vinton, Con Schallan [Schallau] and Mrs. Tim [Tom] Nolan
of Van Horne, Otto Wagner and Mr. and Mrs. Will Johnson of Newell [Newhall], Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobsen of Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Derr and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lanus of Pocahontas and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wright of Curlew.
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Transcriber's notes:
- I have duplicated the original obituary's words, spellings, and
punctuation as they appear in an original newspaper clipping in my
possession. I have corrected several obvious errors by inserting the
corrections in brackets. Note that Joseph C. Schallan's original
surname was "Schallau." His brothers Henry, Charles, and Con, who
attended the funeral, never used anything but "Schallau." The local
newspaper writer must have used "Schallan" for them either through
ignorance or to lessen confusion over the surname.
- The obituary makes reference to a "manufacturing establishment." This
was the Jos. C. Schallan Mfg. Co., which produced "Schallan's Cow
Tamer," a milking hobble of unique design (patented by Joseph C.
Schallan on Aug. 11, 1925 as U.S. Patent No. 1,549,386). Schallan's Cow
Tamer was sold throughout the Midwest in the late 1920s.
Transcribed by Joseph B. Schallan grandson of Joseph C. Schallan
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Mrs. Joseph Hawkins |
| source - Fonda Newspaper - 2 Oct 1893 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
The deceased was born at Gait, Ontario 4 oct 1845 and died October 2, (or could be 20 not written real plainly) 1893 aged 48 years and 10 days. She was the daughter of Andrew Mercer and Euphemia Dalzielsh. Her father was a stone cutter or mason, a first-class workman and a contractor for the erection of culverts and bridges. Following his work, in the spring of 1852, with his family he removed to Cattaraugus County New York, and in the fall of the same year to La Fayette, Ind. and after brief intervals to Greecastle and Ettica, in the same state. In may 1855, when she was ten years of age the family moved to Cascade Iowa.
Here the deceased grew to womanhood. Here she served as a dupty in the postoffice several years and taught school nearly seven years. Here May 5 1873 she became the wife of Joseph Hawkins, who together with four daughters survive her. After their marriage they settled on a farm near Cascade, and there remained until the spring of 1878, when they moved to the quarter section of land, south of Fonda still ocupied by the family. Here fifteen years of her life were spent in an humble and ernest endeavor to surrond with the conforts of life a new home on the prairie. Here her family was growing up around her and to secure for her daughters a liberal education and a good training for the actuve duties of life she put forth her best endeavors. This interest in the education of her children was frequently manifested even as she lay prostrated on her dying bed. About the 15th of July, last, she was the subject of a stroke of paralysis that deprived her of the use of lower limbs, and now after an illness of nearly three months she has passed to her eternal home and reward, and with softened hearts we say, Blessed are the dead who died in Christ, yes saith the Spirit for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them. When a child she was taken to church and Sunday school ans as she advanced during the years of youth she manifested unusual interest in the latter, putting forth an efforts to attend every Sabbath during each year. She early discovered the possession of a good memory and she filled that treasure house, not with idle stories from the popular story books, but with verses from the Bible. Her parents and friends were Presbyterian and with them she worshipped in childhood. When they came to Cascade where there was no Presbyterian Church while her friends worshipped with other denominations she soon manifested a preference for church, and professing her faith in Christ about the age of sixteen, presented herself to received the ordinance of baptism and was recived into the communion of the Baptist Church. She remained in this communion until a short time after the orgainzation of the Presbyterian church in Fonda. seven years ago, when accompanied by her husband they presented their letter of recommendation and were received into membership. As a mother and wife she was faithful, affectionate, and beloved.She leaves to mourn her loss one sister Mrs. Mary Hawkins of Cascade who was present at the funeral on brother Hon. James Mercer, of Fonda, her husband and family consisting of daughters Viz?, Effie, Ada, Myrtle, and Mary.The funeral services were held at her late residence, Sat. afternoon, 21 Oct 1893, and were conducted by her pastor, Rev. R. E. Flickinger.
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Mary Alice Willis |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 21 Dec. 1893 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| Mary Alice Willis-Granddaughter of Mrs. Mary Dorton, died Sunday evening 17 Dec. 1893 at 6 o'clock after an illness of two weeks of bronchitis, aged 1year 1month and 8 days. he little one has been a continnous sufferer since birth from dyspepsia. Funeral services conducted at the home of Mrs. Dorton, Tuesday 19 Dec 1893 at 10 a.m. by H.M. Elliott of the Christian Church. The many friends of the family manifested their sympathy in this hour of sadness. |
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Phillip Morrison |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 21 Dec. 1893 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| Phillip Morrison was born in Burke Idaho, 10 Feb. 1889 of cellulitis of the right leg. Little Phil, as he was familiarly called, had been a great suffer during his entire sickness, which was caused from la grippe. The funeral took place from the home of his parents, this afternoon, Thursday 21 Dec. 1893. The sympathy of the entire community goes out in the afflicted parents. |
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Bollard Twins |
| Source - Fonda and Pocahontas Newspaper - 11 Oct 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| A pair of twins were born to Mr and Mrs. W.A. Bollard on Saturday last, one however, living but a short time after birth. |
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C J Harvey |
| Source - Pocahontas IA, Democrat - June 28, 1906 |
| Submitted by C Kemp |
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| C. L. Harvey died at his home in Havelock, Wednesday afternoon, about one o'clock, and the funeral will be held Friday afternoon. Deceased was about 48 years old and leaves a son, Howard Harvey, and two daughters, Mrs. John Dunlap and Mrs. Will Webster, all residents of Havelock. |
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| Source - Pocahontas IA, Democrat - Thursday July 5, 1906 |
| Submitted by C Kemp |
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| C. J. Harvey was born in Colden, Erie county, New York, September 16, 1847; died in Havelock, June 27, 1906. At the age of 11 years he came with his grandfather to Iowa, where he has spent the greater part of his life. He was married to Mary Mickey, Nov. 2nd, 1870, at Aplington, Iowa. In 1886 he came to Havelock, where he has since lived. He leaves three children, two brothers and two sisters to mourn his death. Mr. Harvey has been identified in business ways in Havelock. At one time he had a general hardware and implement store, also blacksmith and woodwork shop. He held many responsible offices of the town and served all well. He was a kind neighbor. His wife preceded him over three years ago. We shall all mourn his death yet it must come to all. His sufferings for eight months were severe. From the first of his illness there was every effort put forth by physician and nurses to relieve him, all to no avail. The funeral of Mr. Harvey was held at the M. E. church, last Friday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, conducted by the Odd Fellows of this place, and neighboring lodges. J. C. Potter acted as funeral director. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Tompkins of Primgher, formerly pastor here, assisted by Rev. Clifton and Reb. Wilson. After which J. C. Harvey , familiarly called Joe, was laid in tomb, mourned by all, as his general temperment made hosts of friends. |
| Among a number of others who attended the funeral of Mr. Harvey were: Chas. Pattee, Jake Winegarden, Art Terry and C. C. Povee from Pocahontas. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harvey, who has been here some two weeks helping care for Mr. Harvey, returned to their home at Sherman, New York. |
| Charles Joseph Harvey was my g-g-g-uncle |
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Alexander F Hubbel |
| Source - Fonda and Pocahontas Newspaper - 8 March 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| Alexander F. Hubbel and family left Monday for their new home at Cedar Falls. He is one of the oldest settlers of this section, having come here from Champlain N.Y. twenty-three years ago, and he has proved himself an honest, energetic and successful pioneer. When he first came to this section he purchased a section of land in Dover Township known as the LARGE PASTURE. A few months later his brother Charles joined him, now deceased, and they took up two adjoining soldier's claims of 100 acres each that consitutes the farm on which the large mansion house was subsequently erected. His mother and sister Frances arrived two years later and some time thereafter another quarter section was purchased making him the happy possessor of 1,120 acres of as good lands are to be found in Dover Township. He has an excellent record as a soldier of the late war. At the early age of seventeen he and three other brothers enlisted at Champlain N.Y. and when his first term of service was ended he enlisted for the war, and participated in the conflict at ntietam, where he lost a brother, Lookout Mountain. Gettysburg and amany other important battles. In 1886 when the Presbyterian church of Fonda Iowa, was organized not withstanding his residence was eight miles from town he gave it his hearty support. A few months later he was chosen superintendent of the Sunday school, a positon he has continued to fill with great acceptance until the time of his removal. The encouraging growth that has attended this organization enabling it to secure so soon its fine church edifice and parsonage is largely due to his continued fidelity, energy and liberality. His presence and helpfulness in the church and Sunday School, and of his sister Frances, who was accustomed to acompany him, will be greatly missed. The people of this community very much regret the loss of a family that has taken so hearty interest in those things which tend most to promote the public welfare. |
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J B Davis Jr |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 7 Dec 1893 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| A fatal accident happened near Panora, Saturday afternoon on the line of the D.M.N.& W road. Between 3 and 4 o'clock, J.B.Davis Jr, one of the brakeman of the Fonda branch, was killed and his head terribly crushed. No one saw the accident as far as is known. Mr. Davis had been in the caboose and left to set brakes on the box car next ahead. When the train reached Panora Conductor Overton asked another trainman where Davis was, and finding that on one knew what had become of him, went into the office and telegraphed back to Yale that he feared Davis had fallen from the train. The engine was then sent back up the track and the men found the body of the poor man a mile west of the town, lying in the snow, the neck broken and head crushed. It was placed on the engine and brought to Panora, and later sent to Des Moines. It is supposed that Mr. Davis had slipped on the icy top of the car and fell to the track, to be run over by the caboose. Deceased was 34 years old and leaves a wife and a child, and a sister, Mrs. Jennie Winters living in Minneapolis, He belonged to the order of Railway Conductors, the Knights of Pythias and Masons-Des Moines News. |
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Miss Martha McGregory |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 7 Dec 1893 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| Miss Martha McGregory was born in the state of New York 17 June 1817 and in childhood came with her parents to Iowa, and settled in Clinton County, died at her home in Fonda Iowa 4 December 1893. The decease was married to Jacob Stutteman in Maquoketa Iowa, 9 August 1875. The funeral was held from the M.E. church in the next day after her death.Rev Z. C. Bradshaw officiating. It will not be regarded by anyone that there was undue haste in having the funeral the day following her death, when it is kown that it was out of the question to keep the remains longer.Mrs. Stutteman was out sleighriding with her daughter and friend on the afternoon of the evening of her death. How quick the thread of life may be snapped! Thus ends the life of an abiding friend and neighbors a loving and indigent mother and a true and faithful wife. The deceased leaves a husband and four children two boys and two girls, to mourn he loss. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire community. |
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Mrs. William E Kelly |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 22 Mar 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
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| Died-Mrs. William E. Kelly, in Dover Township, Pocahontas County Iowa, died on 12 March 1894.Mrs Kelly, was born in Henningford lower Canada. In 1848 came west with her husband to Iowa Pocahontas county, and
settled in Dover Township in 1872. She was one of the pioneer settlers and was a great favorite with all her acquaintances.She was a good wife and kind mother, and leaves a husband and three children to mourn her loss. May she rest in peace. |
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Hannah C Potter |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 13 Sept 1894 |
| Shirley |
| DIED-Mrs Hannah C. Potter-Deceased was born in Riga, Monroe County New York, Nov.19 1816 and died at her home at Fonda Iowa Sunday Morning, 12 Nov 1893. Had she lived till the following Sunday she would have comopleted her seventy-seventh year. The deceased was married to Rufus C. Potter 22 September 1830. The greater portion of their married life was spent in the state of Illinois. They came to Fonda in July 1881 and engaged in business with his son-in-law Mr. J.N. McKee. Mr Potter died 22 December 1889. Since that time Mrs. Potter has occupied her home with her daughter Mrs.A.F. De Graffe of this city.Mrs Potter was converted and united with the Methodist Episcopal church over fifty years ago.She grew in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, seeking opportunity to serve the Master and rejoicing. when such opportunity was ound.The funeral services were conducted at her late home by her pastor Rev Z.C. Bradshaw |
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Stephen Patrick Bell |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 2 Aug 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| BELL Stephan Patrick INFANT died at Norwalk Iowa, Friday July 27 1894 of convulsions of the brain, Stephen Patrick Cyril Bell,infant son of J.W. Bell and Katie Bell(deceased) aged three months and four days old. This little babe was taken shortly after the death of its mother by its grandmother Bell, at Norwalk in Warren County Iowa. who has always cared for it most affectionately, watching over it lovingly. It has alway een considered healthy until a few hours before its death. It was an exceptionally bright little babe and its sweet face will be greatly missed in the household circle. |
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Samuel Hughes |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 13 Sept 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| Friday, September 7 1894 of heart failure, Samuel Hughes at the age of 71 years. The death of Mr Hughes was a severe shock to his friends, havingexpired sitting in his chair in the store, where he was found soon after by one of the clerks. His death was evidently painless, though none the less a sorrowful blow to his friends who have the sympathy of all. Samuel Huges was born in the Dominion of Canada in 1823. He came to Fonda in the spring of 1871, where he has made his home since that time. For years past he has had a quiet and pleasant home with his son George. While he took a lively interest, in business and was never so happy and contented as when he was in some way connected therein, yet he had years ago dismissed from his mind all responsibility of a business life, and died in the happy knowledge that George was successful and prosperous business man. The remains were interred in the Fond Cemetery, Sat. afternoon and followed to their last resting place by a large concourse of friends. |
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Herman Barnes |
| source - Fonda Newspaper - 8 Aug 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| On Monday July 30th some parties living near Rolfe were threshing, and at the noon hour had to go some distance to water their horses. One man somewhat behind in unhitching his team from the horse power rode on one horse and allowed the other to follow, This mans passed the other teams on the way and reached the watering place first. His horse following overtook those which had started first and in a spirit of fun one of the men caught the horse and tied it to the fence. Mr Shackelford was wrathy and wanted to know who had tied his horse. Mr Barnes steps up to him and said I am the man who did it. During the afternoon there was considerable joking about the matter, which was participated in by a man named Wiley. On the morrow Mr. Barnes seeing the joke was going to far,wentto Shackelford and Apologized for the act of tying his horse, and said in substance that if Joe Wiley had not wanted to embroil them in a fight that it would haved ended as it began Shuckelford and Barnes were reconciled, but Mr Wiley, hearing that Barnes had charged him with urging on the contention, swore Barnes would either take this statement back or take a licking.A few words as to the truth struck Barnes on the nose drawing blood. Barnes had in his hands a heavy wrench and a tooth straightener and raised the wrench above his head as if to strike Wiley, who cried out. Throw that wrench down. and stepped out. Wiley struck him repeatedly knocked hm down and literally beat his face to a jelly, and then kicked hm in the side. Barnes manged to cry out faintly, enough and Wiley desised. Barnes lay some time in a stupor and Dr Beam of Rolfe, was sent for, who dressed the wounds which were visible and expressed fears of internal injury. Willey was arrested for assault and battery, taken before M. Whitman Esq. before whom he had been tried and fined a few weeks before for the assult and batteryof a harmless Norwegian. A change of venue was taken to Honorable Roberts Struthers J.P. who after hearing theevidence and plea of counsel, imposed a fine of $10 and costs. Barnes was at this trial as a witness the day he was beaten but was taken home and never rallied from the shock. He was delirious most of the time until his death Sunday morning at 8. The post mortem was made by Dr. Beam of Rolfe, Barthol of Pocahontas, and Wallace of Plover, and the coroner's inquest is being held at this time. The medical testimony will be to the effect that Barnes died from concussion of the brain caused by blows on the head and vertebral column, and altogether likely the coroner's jury will hold Wiley to answer the charge of murder in the second degree. Herman Barnes, the victim of Joseph Wileys brutal attack, was not a quarrelsome man, but of a mirthful dispositon. He came to Rolfe from near Attica, Wisconsin, in the spring of 1893 and lived on a rented farm a half mile west of town. He leaves a wife and a year old babe. Those who knew him boy and man, in his Wisconsin home speak highly of his manly qualties. Joe Wiley came from Polk County Iowa, about three years ago and rented a farm. He was know as a great talker with a somewhat aggresive way but not considered dangerous. Last winter he ordered his daughter away from the altar at a revival meeting, later tried to get a position as saloon keeper in Rolfe that he might educate his family. Rolfe doesn't take to the saloon kindly and Mr. Wiley rented the farm another year. In the spring his neighbor bothered him and he knocked him down and then threw him through a barbed wire fence, for which he paid $15 and costs. Wiley is now in the hands of the sheriff and the people are deeply indigant, not only at him but at those who permitted a man to be killed in such a brutal manner for such a trifiling cause, Several who were at the machine spoke in favor of parting them but one of Wileys associates for bade it. It is rumored that Wiley was under the influence of liquor at the time. Since this unfortunate affair it has leaked out that Joe Willeys temper in inherited. He claims he is a democrat because a republican killed his father in an election fight, but politics has nothing to do in this case. |
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Mrs M. A. Hogan |
| source - Fonda Newspaper - 12 July 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| Mrs M.A. Hogan died on Saturday night last at the family residence in Dover township, from a diesease that has been troubling her for sometime past. The funeral was held on Tuesday last at the North Catholic Church. The esteem in which she was held by her neighbors and acquaintances is attested by the immense concoruse which followed her remains to their last resting place.127 teams by acutal count being in the procession. Mrs Hogan was an expemplary wife, a true follower in the Christian belief. Her death has shed a gloom over the entire community. She leaves a family the babe of which will be cared for by that good woman, Mrs. McCatan Sr. and the next younger by Mr. Hogans sister at Colesburg. |
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Mrs. Eva Mae Legg |
| source - Fonda Newspaper - 10 May 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| Mrs Eva May Legg at her home in Grant Township, Pochaontas Co. Ia 2 May 1894 died. Mrs Legg, second daughter of Mr John Reamer, formerly of Pocahontas Co, now of Perry, Iowa was born in Jones Co. and moved with her parents to Poc. Co. about eleven years ago.She was married in 1891 to Mr Robt. Legg was well known in this county, and to know her was to honor her. She has been a great sufferer for many years, but has borne it patiently, never losing her trust and confidence in God. Her end was a glad joyful victory over the fear of death and the grave, seeing beyond both a Heavenly home and a blessed savior waiting to recieve her into evertlastin inadsions. She rejoiced in the hope of a speedy release from eaths sufferings. Often it seemed as if she saw the glories beyond and so she fell asleep in Jesus with a peaceful smile. The funeral service was conducted in the M.E. church, Pomeroy, by Rev. W. T. McDonald, the church being filled with sympathizing friends and relatives, and her body was laid away in the
Pomeroy cemetery waiting for the day when the voice of God shall bid the sleeping dust to rise. |
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Viola Allen |
| Submitted by Sue Rezek |
| The remains of Mrs. Viola Allen, mother of Mrs. R. C. Brogmus of Fonda, who passed away at the home of her daughter here last week Wednesday, were taken to Manchester, Iowa, on Friday morning for burial. Funeral services took place from the home of the deceased's sister, Mrs. D. W. Ryan, and the body laid to rest In Oakland cemetery, where other deceased members of her family are buried. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Brogmus and family, accompanied the remains to Manchester and attended the services. Mrs. Allen's death was caused by a cerebral hoemorhage [sic]. Viola Adel, eldest daughter of Theodore and Melinda Holmes, pioneer residents of Deleware [sic] county, Iowa, was born August 25, 1863. She received her early education in the old Red School House, six miles north of Manchester. Later, she attended the academy in Manchester. Following her school days she taught school for two years, when she was married to Willis R. Knight, Dec. 18, 1884. To this marriage was born Maud E., wife of R. C. Brogmus, of Fonda, Iowa; Melvin, of Omaha [NE] and Merl of Webster City, Iowa. March 16, 1896, Mr. Knight was taken in death. On Dec. 23, 1899 she was united in marriage to Henry S. Allen. They continued their residence in Delaware county until 1906, when they moved to Alta, Iowa, where they lived until Mr. Allen's death, in 1923. The following year, due to iII health, she made her home with her daughter, which she continued to do until the time of her death. Besides her children, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. H. M. Crocker, Lake Crystal, Minn., one foster sister, Mrs. Belle Perry, of Albuquerque, N. M., and eight grandchildren. Mrs. Allen was a member of the Rebecca and Star Lodges, and a faithful attendant of the Methodist church, but in early girlhood was taken into the Christian church, of Greely, Iowa, of which church she was still a member. |
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| Ida L. Bailey |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 19 Apr 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| Ida L. Bailey was born June 28th 1867 in Crawford County Wisconsin. At 8 years of age moved with her perents to Fonda Iowa, where she grew to womanhood. April 13th 1886 was married to Frank L. Niece, of Fonda. To them was born three children, two daughters and one son. Died at 11:15 p.m. Saturday April 14th 1894 at her home in South Fonda. The funeral services were conducted in the M.E. Church Monday April 16th at 10 a.m. Rev H.M. Ellott, of the Christian Church officiating. Plus a Thank-you from Frank Niece beneath it. |
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Mrs. James Bell |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 26 Apr 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| In this city on Wednesday morning at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs. John Dooley, of whom she was the eldest daughter, of puerperal fever and convulsions, Mrs James Bell. Mrs Bell had been an invaild for several weeks and confined to the bed. She had sometime ago received treatment in Chicago for cancer. She has indeed been asufferer and has during all her troubles had the constant care of her father, mother, brothers and sisters. She leaves a family consisting of husband and three children. The little babe of but a few days old is strong and healthy. The funeral will take place tomorrow. |
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William Allen Metcalf |
| Source - Fonda Newspaper - 20 Dec 1894 |
| Submitted by Shirley |
| At Mercy Hospital Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Dec. 19 1894, Mr William Allen Metcalf aged 41 years. Mr Metcalf was born in Lenawee County Michigan, Feb.7 1853 was married to Miss Parie Watt, August 26 1878 at Moreuci, Michigan and came to Iowa an settled in Pocahontas County in 1882.His wife and two sons, Herman and Odell, with many friends and neighbors mourn this untimely death of a devoted husband, Indulgent father, and a kind and faithful friend. We do not know that Mr Metcalf had an enemy- it would be strang if he had none-in the world, and it can be said by all who knew him best that he was a man whom all would honor for his many virtues. He was first taken Feburary last, making almost a year of intense suffering which was borne with great courage. His remains were brought to Fonda and buried by the Odd Fellows, Thursday December 20 1894.
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Jane Metcalf Jolliffe |
| Source - The Rolfe Arrow - 17 Jan 1926 |
| Submitted by Roger Tansey |
Jane Ett Metcalf, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Frederick Metcalf, was born at Toland, Conn., Mar. 6, 1848, and died at her home in Rolfe, Iowa, June 14, 1926, aged seventy-eight years, three months, and eight days.
The family came to Clayton, county, Iowa and in 1862 moved to the vicinity of Plover, Iowa.
On the 14th day of October 1867, she was married to J.B. Jolliffe. They made their home on the farm near Plover until 1913, when they came to Rolfe. This has been the family home since that time. From the age of six years, Mrs. Jolliffe's life has been identified with the state of Iowa.
Mrs. Jolliffe was the mother of twelve children, namely: Rosella, Mary, Albert, Sarah, Cerinda, Emma, Ida, Ina, Hattie, Clara, Will and George. Cerinda, Ida, Emma and Sarah preceded their mother in death. All the others were present at her bedside when she passed away.
Mrs. Jolliffe joined the Methodist church when she was a child. She was thruout her life a consistent Christian character. She was a woman whom you liked better the better you knew her. Quiet and unassuming, one needed to know her well to appreciate her fully. She was a faithful and devoted wife and mother, bearing the burdens and enduring the hardships of pioneer life, bringing up her family in the best way afforded by opportunity.
During the last few years of her life she has been unable to go about from home. Most of this time she was a great sufferer. But her Christian faith and patience never failed her. Even thru the last few weeks of intense pain she was uncomplaining and patient.She leaves to mourn her passing her husband; three sons, Albert of Mallard, Will of Spencer; and George of Havelock; and five daughters, Mrs. Rosella Kinsey of Des Moines, Mrs. Nancy Tansey of Alden, Minn., Mrs. Hattie McNabb of Britt, Mrs. W.P. Bryant of Plover, and Miss Ina, at home. |
| Funeral services were held from the Rolfe Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon of this week, Rev. S. T. Grove of Plover preaching the sermon, and Rev. J.H. Walker assisting in the service. Internment was in Powhatan Township Cemetery. |
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Anthony "Tony" Geary |
| Submitted by Esse |
| Anthony "Tony" Geary , 72, of Loveland, formerly of Boulder, died May 29, 2000, at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. Born Nov. 2, 1927, in Varina, Iowa, to Okley and Catherine Schnetter Geary, he married Velma M. Stewart on Aug. 1, 1950, in Sutherland, Iowa. They moved to Boulder in 1957 from Spencer, Iowa. Mr. Geary worked as a mechanic at Arnold Brothers Ford and later as a vacuum technician in the Apollo Aerospace Program at Beech Aircraft. He also worked at IBM as a machinist before retiring in 1983. The couple then spent four years in Spencer, Iowa, before moving to Loveland in 1987.Mr. Geary was a former member of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Boulder from 1957 to 1983 and the Wickenburg, Ariz., Elks Lodge No. 2160 B.P.O.E. He was an associate member of the Loveland Elks Lodge No. 1051 B.P.O.E. and belonged to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Loveland. He always was available to help others fix things and enjoyed finishing and working on old cars.
Survivors include his wife, of Loveland; two daughters, Terry of Longmont, and Dixie of Loveland; grandchildren Kathy of Westminster, and Bryan of Fort Collins; great-grandson Andrew of Westminster; brothers William of Spencer, Iowa, and ConleyJackson, Wyo.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter, Maranda Jaschke, on April 19, 2000. Cremation has been conducted, with memorial services at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Joseph Hartmann officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery, Boulder
Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Catholic Church or Poudre Valley Hospital Coronary Care Unit in care of Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home. |
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Walter Ford |
| Submitted by Constance Nash Nelson |
| Death of Walter Ford |
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| Grand Old Pioneer of the Lizard died in his seventy-seventh year - Death came after a lingering illness of nearly three years. The Funeral, May 9, 1909. |
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| After an illness of nearly three years, Walter Ford, pioneer of Pocahontas county, honored citizen of Webster county, and one of the best known and most highly respected men of the two counties, passed peacefully away at his home in Clare, shortly after midnight last Sunday morning. For months he had lingered between life and death, suffering considerable pain nearly all the time and gradually wasting away in answer to the inexorable calls of nature. Old age and a gradual wearing out of the splendid, sturdy frame finally conquered in a gallant battle and the good old man passed on into the great beyond to join the loved and honored wife who died in 1882. |
| All of his children had been at his bedside to receive a last good-bye in the days preceding his death. It was a sad parting, indeed, for the devoted children when the time came to press the hand of such a good, kind, indulgent father and kiss his pale cheek for the last time. Early Saturday evening he asked his daughter, Mrs. Cody, who has been at his bedside constantly during all of his illness, if she thought he would "go tonight." She assured him that she thought he would not die, but he told her that the morning would see him gone. About eight o'clock he became very restless and soon he told the watchers that his death hour was at hand. Until almost the last moment he was conscious and his last words were a prayer for help. |
| It is a far cry back to the time when Walter Ford came to the wilderness along Lizard creek, ten miles northeast of Manson ad took up land along its banks. That was away back in 1856 and Walter Ford was then a tall, handsome, strong young man of twenty-three years. he was born in County Galway, Ireland, three miles from the city of Galway, and there he lived until he was seventeen years old. For five or six years he lived in Maine and early in 1856 he came to what was then the frontier of civilization. At Dubuque he took a stage for Fort Dodge, paying $14 for his passage. When they arrived at Iowa Falls the river was so high that the stage could not cross over. |
| His life was an example of unselfish devotion to the woman whom he took to the wilderness to be his bride and to the rearing and care of the family of children she bore him, all of whom were mere children (when she died). He gathered them about him after her death and advised them to remain together and with him and then he set a t work to care for them, to teach them and to lead them in ways that were right. That he succeeded is evidenced by the splendid men and women which his sons and daughters have made. The Walter Ford home on the Lizard was long known as one of the most hospitable in that settlement. The stranger within the gates was welcomed and made to feel at home and the neighbors for miles around were wont to gather there in happy visiting and merrymaking. And among all the young people there Mr. Ford was a a boy, making his guests feel more than welcome and endearing himself to all who came within his doors. To know Walter Ford was to love and admire him. He was one of the cleanest of men in all his habits and language. His life was a upright and just as it is possible for any man's life to be. It is doubtful if he had an enemy. He was the friend and kindly advisor to all his neighbors and never tired of ministering to the sick and helping the needy. In the death of Walter Ford we personally feel the loss of one of the dearest and best friends of a lifetime. He has been more than good to us in every way possible and none but a father in fact could be more greatly mourned than he. |
| The funeral was held yesterday morning from the late home to St. Matthew's Catholic church in Clare, thence to the Lizard Catholic cemetery, where all that was mortal of one of the founders of that historical old parish was consigned to earth beside his wife and son and daughter. In the old churchyard he sleeps, near the church which his own hands helped to erect, and which he manfully and loyally supported for so many years. And among all the stones that mark the many green graves there, none will inspire more loftier reverence and kindly feeling than that of honest, noble old Walter Ford. Life and humanity always stand silent, with bowed heads in the presence of the majesty and wonder of that greater mystery, Death, and in sorrow are hearts and lives shadowed when Death takes a loved one. |
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After locating his claim on the Lizard, Mr. Ford lived at Fort Dodge until 1859, when he went to Louisiana and in 1860 he went to Philadelphia, where he was married to Mary Garvey. Their first child, Walter, was born in Philadelphia. In 1861 they came to Fort Dodge, where Mr. Ford found employment as a teamster and contractor until the spring of 1870, when the family moved to the farm on the Lizard. While Mr. Ford lived in Fort Dodge his farm was occupied by Michael O'Shea, now a resident of Manson. Mrs. Ford died in 1882 and Mr. Ford and the children continued to live on the farm until all the children were raised and most of them married. He moved to Clare in 1894 and it has been his home ever since. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ford and all are living with the exception of Edward, who died in 1890, and Mary who died in 1900. Those surviving are Walter Ford of Clare, John F. Ford of Fort Dodge, Joseph Ford of Gowrie, Mrs. James Cody of Clare, Mrs. John F. Dalton of Manson, Mrs. Maurice O'Hearn of Clare, and Mrs. W. J. Hood of Fort Dodge. Twenty-four grandchildren also survive to revere the memory of one of the best and kindest "grandpas" that ever lived. |
| Walter Ford was one of the most widely known men in this section of Iowa. His long residence in Lizard township and his close connection with township and county affairs brought him in touch with a great many people. He was closely associated with the very earliest history of Pocahontas county, and the men who mad that history, like Walter Ford, have nearly all been gathered to their fathers. Mr. Ford was a county supervisor of Pocahontas county from 1872 to 1874. He was a justice of the peace in Lizard township for years and years and his record of lawsuits is a very small one, for he always advised arbitration and peaceful settlement of difficulties, quite often at a loss of comfortable fees for himself. |
| When yesterday the little word of Walter Ford stood still to mourn over the silence and calm peacefulness that had come to him and wrapped him in such quiet rest, it mourned a man such as it does not often know. He lived a long, long life among the people who have come so closely into his life that they have become his own, as neighbors, friends, and associates all banded together in the great human kindnesses of a man's life which gave every man and woman the longing to call him a 'friend.' They laid Walter Ford away within the quiet confines of the little Lizard cemetery on Tuesday morning, while the friends who had gathered to do him honor, looked on with sorrow laden hearts and tear dimmed eyes, but although they buried all that was mortal of the grand old man, the life he has lived still remains and in the sons and daughters he leaves, the friends and the deed credited up to him, he has left a legacy that is priceless to the loved ones, who have with them today the memory of a father, a friend, and a real man. |
| When Walter Ford breathed the last gentle, sighing breath at the call of the great recording angel,which came to him last Saturday in the quiet midnight hour, the world lost a great man - great in himself and in the life hi lived. The work will go on today in its even, careless way, and he will be sleeping his quiet sleep among the flowers in the narrow bed that is no his in "that tent of silent green, whose curtain never outward swings," while his little world of loved ones shall mourn for him, but he has won the perfect peace and beauty of the hereafter that shall come only to those who serve well on earth. For they are promised that when the great day of Resurrection shall come it shall find them amongst the white robed throng which shall stand before their Maker and their God and tell of the deeds of earth. God rest good old Walter Ford. And may the peace that passeth understanding be his in that land where sorrow and trials are unknown and where the shadows never come. |
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Daniel Chris Wolter |
| Submitted by Jackie Woodard |
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| This community was saddened when it lost another one of its well known and highly respected residents, when Daniel Wolter was called in final sleep. Mr Wolter passed away peacefully in the Lutheran hospital in Ft. Dodge, Friday evening, November 19, at 8:20 o'clock, at the age of 81 years, 2 months and 17 days. |
| He was in fairly good health until a few weeks ago. Monday morning of last week he was taken to the Lutheran hospital and he underwent as operation on Friday. He passed through the operation, but a few hours later he slept away peacefully, in spite of everything that loving hands could do. But it was God's will to call him home, there to await the coming of his loved ones. Daniel Wolter, son of Goddfried and Gergane Wolter, was born Sept 12, 1854 in Germany. He came to America during they year 1874. In August 1880, he was united in marriage to Fredericka Schossow, in Winslow, Ill. A few years later they came to Iowa and engaged in farming. Later they moved to the home northeast of Fonda, where they labored and suffered all the hardships of pioneer life. In 1913 they moved to Fonda to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Their union was blessed with fourteen children, seven on whom preceeded their father in death, five passing away in infancy. He is survived by his loving wife, five daughters and two sons, Barney and Roy Walters and Cora Martin of Fonda; Mary Hout of Pomeroy; Anna Waldron and Agnes Carlson of Pocahontas; and Dora Hatton of Sac City. One brother, Chris Wolter of Bellingham, Washington; and 26 grandchildren and 5 great granchildren, also survive him. |
| In August 1930, Mr and Mrs Wolter celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. At the age of 14 years he was confirmed in the Lutheran Church, and later, after moving to Iowa, he became a member of the Evangelical church. |
| Funeral services were held in the Congregational church in Fonda, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. McMican having charge. Internment was in Cedar Cemetery. The pall bearers were his six grandsons, Lloyd Martin and John Downing of Fonda; Lorn and Vern Hout of Pomeroy; Eric Carlson and Ted Johnson of Pocahontas. Those from out of town who came to attend the funeral services were Chris Wolter of Bellingham, Washington; Mr and Mrs Kortimeir and son Dan of Freeport, Ill; Mr and Mrs Will Wolter, Mr and Mrs Rudy Wolter, Mr and Mrs Fred Wolter all of Jolley, Iowa; Mrs Edna Goetschius and two daughters of Newell; Ernest Hout, Mathilda Flohr of Storm Lake; Mr and Mrs Arthur Schossow and daughter, Mr Minter of Varina. Mr Wolter, during his years as a resident of this community, earned respect and esteem of a large circle of acquaintances and friends, by whom he was regarded as a good neighbor and true friend. The family have the sympathy of all in their loss. |
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Raymond L McCullum |
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Submitted by Becky Jo Smith |
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The Hammond Times News
February 27, 1963
Page B-3
Raymond L. McCullum
Dyer Indiana:
Raymond L. McCullum 73 of 2033 Hart Street, Dyer died early today in Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, Dyer.
Survivors are his wife Coletta, a Daughter, Mrs. Madeline Hamlin of Calumet city: a son William of Munster; a brother, Frank McCullum of St. Peter Minn. and a sister, Mrs. Susan Roush of Emmetsburg Iowa.
Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday in St Joseph Church, Dyer, with the Reverend Ambrose Switzer singing the mass. Arrangements are being completetd by Fagen Funeral Gardens, 1920 Hart Street, Dyer.
Mr. McCullum was an employee for 30 years of thte Clark Transport Co., Dyer, Glenwood Road Illinois.
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Fredericka Schossow Wolter |
| Submitted byJackie Woodard |
| Funeral Services For Mrs Wolter Held Thursday |
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| A large number of relatives and friends attended the funeral services held last Saturday afternoon for Mrs Daniel Wolter, who passed was last week Tuesday. Mrs Wolter was one of the pioneer residents of this community, where she was held in high esteem. |
| Fredericka Schossow was born February 8, 1861 in Germany and came to America during the year 1879. She was confirmed in the Luthern Church at the age of 12 years and joined the Evangelical church after coming to Iowa. In August of 1881, she was united in marriage to Daniel Wolter at Winslow, ILL. This union was blessed with 14 children. Her husand and seven children passed away about 11 months ago. A few years after her marriage Mrs Wolter came to Iowa with her husband, where they engaged in farming. Later they moved to their farm northwest of Fonda, where they labored and suffered their hardships of pioneer life. In 1912 they moved to Fonda to enjoy the fruits of their labor. In August 1930, Mr and Mrs Wolter celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Mrs Wolter peacefully passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs Fred Hout, Tuesday afternoon, November 3, at 2:30 o'clock at the age of 75 years, 8 months and 25 days. Her death came as a shock to her relatives and friends. She was in fairly good health until about a month ago, when she was threatened with pneumonia and was very sick for two weeks. But she rallied from that and was up and around until Saturday morning, when she became critically ill. All that loving hands and medicine skill could do was done, but to no avail. God knew best and called her home to be with her loved ones. She is survied by two sons, Barney and Roy Wolter, of Fonda; and five daughters, Cora Martin of Fonda; Mary Hout of Pomeroy; Anna Waldron and Agnes Carlson of Pocahontas; Dora Hatton of Sac City; twenty-six grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and a half brother, William Gesy of Fonda. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church in Fonda on Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. Rev. McMican and Rev. Faust had charge of the services. Internment was in Cedar Cemetery. Pall bearers wer her six grandson, Eric Carlson and Ted Johnson of Pocahontas; Vern Hout of Pomeroy; Lloyd Martin and John Downing fo Fonda; Merle Botz of Lytton. |
| Precious darling she has left us Left us, for ever more, But we hope to meet our loved one On that bright and happy shore. Lonely the house, and sad the hours Since our dear one has gone. But Oh! A brighter home than ours In Heaven is now her own. |
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Mary Counsel-Coles-Durston |
| Submitted by Nadine Coles |
| source - Obituary March 4, 1897 The Rolfe Reveille |
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| On the 4th day of March, A.D. 1807, at Lympsham, Somerset, England, Mary Counsel, the subject of this notice, was born. On March 31, 1829, she was married to John Coles, who died in 1835. To Coles she bore three sons, two of whom survive her, James and Percy Coles of Williams, Iowa. On Jan. 10, 1837 she married Robert Durston, to whom she bore seven children, five of whom preceded her to the other land and two survive her. With the surviving children, Mrs. Wm. Sandy of Rolfe and Mrs.David Greer or Curlew, she has lived the last quarter of a century. She died at the home of William Sandy on Wednesday, February 24, 1897, within eight days of 90 years. For the last year she has been confined to her bed almost continuously. She came to America about the year 1857 and then moved about 1865 tothis locality, where she has ministered to the sick with constant care for many years. Few have been the births in any of the Somersetshire families in this locality where Grandma Durston did not care for motherand child, and few the cases of juvenile ailments that she did not treat in these families. She was a true woman, about whom or from no one ever heard a reproachful story. Her life was full of helpfulness and her end peaceful. She was a mother to more than could possibly meet to pay their last respects to her memory. There were present at the funeral all her living children and many of her grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren, beside a large a number of the neighbors as could gather at the home of William Sandy. Rev. McCaffree preached a very acceptable sermon at the home, then followed the closing of the services at the house and later the interment of the remains at the Parvin cemetery. The deceased was a member of the established church of England, a lover of bible truth, and trusted in Christ for salvation. It was like the burial of Rebecca of old. She leaves behind her so many tender memories of helpful service that gratitude would enumerate but cannot in this short obituary. |
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William Sandy |
| Submitted byNadine Coles |
| Source - Obituary March 24, 1910 The Rolfe Reveille |
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| Another Old Settler Has Gone |
| Wm. Sandy Was a Resident of This County Nearly Half a Century |
| William Sandy was born in South Brent, England, April 14, 1834 and departed this life at this home in Rolfe, Iowa, March 16, 1910, in his 76th year, leaving a widow and five grown children to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father. In the spring of 1856 deceased came to the United States with his sister, the late Mrs. William Jarvis, and her husband. After remaining about a year in America he returned to England and came back to America in 1858. In company with Jack Stebbins, now of Curlew, Palo Alto County, he crossed the plains to California, making the trip there on horseback, which took some four months in 1859. Returning to this state he on August 11, 1863, was united in marriage with Charlotte Durston, then of Dubuque, Iowa, but also of South Brent, Eng. About a year after this marriage they came to this county and bought the northwest quarter section 1, 92, 31, and built thereon. This place has been the birthplace of their children, and is owned by the deceased. To this union seven children were born; the first and fifth died in infancy, but here are five surviving. In order of birth, Minnie M. Sherman, born in 1865, and now wife of F. H. Sherman of Rolfe; Mary Alice, James W., single; George H., married and has wife and one child;Frank A., wife and one child. All these reside in or near Rolfe and were often present during the last sickness and at funeral of deceased. Many years ago deceased was overcome by heat whilst shocking grain after a selfbinder driven by the writer and owned by us as partners. This so impaired his health this it compelled him to buy a house and move to town in 1890. Many of the early settlers who knew the deceased for almost half a century were at the funeral. His brother-in-law, David Greer, of Curlew and wife were at the funeral, as was his old California partner, John Stebbins. |
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Charlotte Durston |
| Submitted by Nadine Coles |
| ANOTHER PIONEER GONE - May 20, 1920 |
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| Word was passed around Wednesday morning that Mrs. Wm. Sandy, another of the early pioneers of this locality, had been called to the Great Beyond. |
| Charlotte Durston was born in England on July 25, 1839, and died atRolfe, Iowa on May 19, 1920, lacking bur a few weeks of reaching her eighty-first year. In 1847 her parents removed from England to America, settling in the city of Dubuque, Iowa, where the deceased grew to young womanhood. There, too, she was married Aug. 11, 1863, to William Sandy, whose death occurred ten years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Sandy moved to the vicinity of Old Rolfe in 1864. In that same year they purchased the farm which is still in the family. On this farm they lived until 1900, when they removed to town into the home on east Elm street, in which home Mrs. Sandy passed away.Mrs. Sandy was the mother of seven children, two of whom died in childhood. Those living are Mrs. F. H. Sherman of Fort Dodge; Mary, James, George B. and Frank A., all of Rolfe. Besides these, Mrs. Sandy leaves one sister, Mrs. David Greer of Elmore,Minn., three grandchildren and eight nieces and nephews, besides a host of friends. Mrs. Sandy has been a member of the Methodist church since childhood. She was an original member of the local church, uniting when the class was organized at Old Rolfe over a half-century ago, bringing her certificate from Dubuque. She was faithfully attendant upon its services until a few weeks ago, when an increasing weakness and failing eyesight kept her from going about. But in her home she observed the hour of worship. She always asked those returning from church what the text had been. She loved the Bible and when she could no longer read it, asked others to read it for her. She had hidden some of God's Word in her heart, as was evidenced by quotations from that Book in the years when she could no longer see to read. She was ready to go when the Master called, and realized that the call might come at any moment. For five years her eyesight and strength have been failing, but she kept up until last Saturday morning, when she took to her bed, and from then she failed gradually until Wednesday morning at seven o'clock, when her spirit took flight. Funeral services will be held from the Methodist church on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, in charge of the pastor, Rev. A. H. Bryan. Interment will be made in Clinton cemetery. |
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Frank Chris Wolter |
| Submitted by Jackie Woodard |
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| Frank Chris Wolter, a janitor in the Shell Building, dropped dead in one of the doctor's offices at noon today. Heart failure was the cause of his death. Mr. Wolter who was thirty-five years of age had suffered for some time from leakage of the heart. He had a bad spell last evening and was picked up by the ambulance when he was prostrated on south Seventh Street. He felt well enough this morning to be about his duties and he worked until noon. At noon he went into one of the physician's office while the doctor was at lunch. He lay down on the lounge and was found there dead, at 1 p.m. Mr Wolter was born and reared at Fonda. He lived there until he came to Fort Dodge two years ago. He made his home at 1100 south Seventeenth street. He leaves a wife and two children, Elsie nine years of age and Melvin, four years. His mother and father, Mr and Mrs Daniel Wolter of Fonda, five sisters and two brothers living. |
| No arrangements for funeral have been made as of yet. He was buried in the Cedar Cemetery in Fonda, Pochahontas County, Iowa. |
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Helen Harrold
| Submitted by Tonia |
| source - Printed on Dec 25, 1996 in the MESSENGER News Paper, Fort Dodge, Iowa |
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| Helen Harrold, 86, 2400 6th Avenue N., died Dec. 23, 1996, at the Marion Home. Services will be 10 a.m. Friday in the chapel of Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home and 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church with the Rev. Brian Danner officiating at the Mass of Christian burial. Burial will be held in Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday where there will be a vigil for the deceased at 7 p.m. Thursday. Survivors include her husband, Vincent; son Dennis; and daughter Beverly Rochon. |
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Vincent Harrold |
| Submitted by Tonia |
| Source - Printed on Aug. 7, 1997 in the MESSENGER News Paper, Fort Dodge, Iowa |
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| Vincent E. (Red) HARROLD, 85, 2400 Sixth Avenue North, died Aug, 6, 1997, at the Marion Home. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Lauferweilers-Sievers Funeral Home, and 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church with the Rev. Donald Ries officiating at the Mass of Christian burial. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Pocahontas. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, where there will be a vigil for the deceased at 7:30 p.m. Survivors include sons Dennis, Brunswick, MD., and Jerry, Willow Grove, PA; daughter Beverly Maignan, Dallas, Texas; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers Dale, Omaha, NEB., and Raymond, Pocahontas; sisters Mary McLaughlin, Fort Dodge, and Martha Krebs, Pomeroy. He was preceded in death by his parents, Patrick and Katherine (Forey) Harrold, wife Helen in 1996, and brothers Clem, Adrian, Dan, and Francis. Vincent E. (Red) Harrold was born April 22, 1912, in Pocahontas. He attended rural schools. Following his education, he worked with his father in farming and carpentry. He served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II. Following the war, he moved to Fort Dodge and was employed as a carpenter for various contractors. Later he worked as a self-employed carpenter until his retirement. In 1955, he married Helen Butler in South Dakota. The couple lived in Fort Dodge. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. Memorials may be left to Corpus Christi Church. |
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Hamilton McCollum |
| From the Rolfe Arrow Newspaper, Laurens Iowa February 18, 1937 |
| FUNERAL SERVICES FOR HAMILTON McCOLLUM HELD MONDAY |
| Submitted by Becky jo Smith |
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Funeral services for Hamilton McCollum 77, who died at his home in Laurens Saturday February 13th were held at the Methodist Church Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The internment was in Laurens Cemetery.
Hamilton McCollum was born March 9th 1859 near Syracuse, New York and died in Laurens February 13 1937 at the age of 77 years
11 months and 4 days. He moved with his family to Bradgate Iowa in early youth he was united in Marriage to Miss Susie Ludington in 1886. To this union were born three sons and one daughter. His Wife died in 1896.
He was married a second time to Mrs. Sadie Stile of Laurens December 25th 1906 He leaves to mourn in death a daughter, Mrs. Susie Rouse of Curlew, and two sons, Frank McCullum of St. Peter Minnesota and Ray McCullum of Emmetsburg. Three sisters, Susie Wyman of Miles City, Montana, Daisy Alexander of Rolfe, Mrs. Ella Beebe of Humboldt, and two brothers, James of Syracuse New York, and Thomas Of Rolfe, Iowa.
Mr. McCollum was a member of the Methodist church and while to ill to attend church, he listened regularly to services over the radio. He was a kind and loving husband. |
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