Mendenhall, James Harland –
J. B.
Mendenhall, 54, died Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. at his home here after suffering
from leukemia. Born in Grant City, Mo.
he later moved to Maloy, then Delphos, moving to Lenox
in 1942, where he owned and operated a cleaning establishment “Mendy’s Cleaners”.
He was
serving his second term on the local Board of Education. He was a member of the Tremont Lodge 343 and
a member of the Methodist Church here.
Survivors: widow, Edna, 3 sons, Ivor,
Stockton, Calif. Victor, Sharpsburg, Elvis, Turlock, Calif. 2 daughters, Mrs.
Val Craft, Oakdale, Calif., Mrs. Loris Sheridan, Lenox, 7 grandchildren, 2
sisters, Mrs. Benson, West Plains, Mo. and Mrs. Hazel Davis, Mt. Ayr. Funeral services
will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church and burial in Lenox Cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October
23, 1952
Morris, Ezekiel Hubert –
Funeral
services for Ezekiel H. Morris, 80, who died at a Clarinda
hospital Saturday Feb 7 were at the Arnold Funeral home Tuesday, Feb. 10, conducted by
Rev. H. D. Butts. Interment was in Lenox cemetery.
Obituary
Ezekiel
Hubert Morris, son of Benitha Jane and David Morris
was born April 7, 1872 in Monongaha County, W.
Virginia. He was married to Myrtle Shively Oct. 26, 1893. To this union five
children were born: Blake Weller of Truro, Iowa; Claude of Lenox; Neva Anderson
of Bloomington, Ill. Benitha Bricker of Miami, Ariz.;
and Hazel who preceded her parents in death Dec. 8, 1901. Mrs.
Morris
died Sept. 2, 1950.
When a
young man Mr. Morris moved to Iowa where he and his
family resided on a farm near Kent. In 1942 he and his wife.
retired and moved to Lenox. He attended the Christian Church
in Kent and served on the school board there for many years. He
also served as township trustee. After
several years of failing
health he passed this life Feb. 7, 1953, leaving four surviving
children,
11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and their
many friends. All of the surviving children
listed above were at the funeral services, also two grandchildren from a
distance, Clarence Weller of Des Moines and Vivian Albaugh of Red Oak.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February
12, 1953
Nixon, Mart –
Mart Nixon,
70 of West Union, Ia. died Monday afternoon in a hospital there. He had been injured in an automobile accident
some time ago and hospitalized, but death came unexpectedly. Mr. Nixon formerly lived here and has six
brothers and sisters in this vicinity, namely Mrs. Floyd Boltinghouse,
Mrs. Amelia James, Emma Nixon and John, William and Henry Nixon. Funeral services were to be Wednesday, Dec.
23 at West Union with burial there. Those who went from Lenox were Mr. and Mrs. Boltinghouse,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Nixon, Rev. Ray Nixon, Miss Emma Nixon and Mrs. Lillian
Pullman.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, December
25, 1952
O’Doughtery,
Marvin Dean –
O’Doughtery,
Michael Gene -
Twins
sons, Michael Gene and Marvin Dean, were born Monday,
Nov.
17 to Pfc. and Mrs. Robert O'Dougherty, Brize-Norton,
England.
The babies lived only a few hours and their bodies are being sent to the United
States for burial in the Prescott cemetery. These were the first children of
the couple. The father of the babies,
Pfc. O'Dougherty, with the U. S. Air Force, sailed
for England June
4,
1952. The mother, the former Rosemary Hollingsworth of
Prescott, sailed Oct. 4 and arrived in the isles, Oct. 8. Grandparents of the babies are
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart O'Dougherty of Lenox and Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Hollingsworth of Prescott. The bodies will come in
care of the Roland Funeral home at Corning, but relatives do not know when they will
arrive.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, November 27, 1952
Poore,
Ralph –
Ralph Poore of Beaconsfield died Wednesday, Oct. 15 at the Mt. Ayr hospital. Funeral services were Saturday at Beaconsfield with burial at Grand
River Cemetery. His widow is the former
Mrs. Joanna Henry of Lenox.
Among those
attending from here were Mr. and Mrs. Krohmer and Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Reynolds.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October
23, 1952
Randecker,
George –
George Randecker, 85 years old, died at St. Francis hospital,
Maryville, Mo. Wednesday. Graveside
services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Fairview cemetery. Mr. Randecker was
born in Illinois but lived in Lenox most of his life. He was never married. Surviving are two brothers, William and John,
both of Lenox.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, August 21, 1952
Rector, Charles –
Two
men died and third was injured in an automobile wreck
Thursday,
Oct. 16, at 5:50 p. m. on Highway 148, four and one half
miles north of Gravity. Henry Wiand, 47, farmer of near
Conway, was killed in a collision between his car and a truck driven by Henry Holker of Corning. Mr. Wiand died
within a few minutes of the crash.
Charles
Rector, 52, of Bedford who was riding with Wiand, was
taken to the Corning hospital where he died Friday night.
Charles Wiand, 45, brother of the deceased, was also a
passenger
in the car. He suffered a broken ankle and bruises. He was taken to the Corning
hospital where his leg was placed in a cast so that he could attend his
brother's funeral. He underwent surgery for his injury Tuesday morning.
Holker,
who was not injured, was driving a truck for the Corning
Rendering
Company.
Funeral
services for Wiand were held at St. Patrick's Church
in Lenox, Monday morning at 9:30, conducted by Father Adam
Reisz,
with burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
Services
were held for Charles Rector at the Shum Funeral Home in Bedford, Monday
afternoon. Burial was in Graceland cemetery.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October 23, 1952
Reimer, Alice O’Biern -
Funeral
services for Mrs. Alice O'Biern Reimer of Maryville,
Mo., who passed away Wednesday, Sept. 10, at St. Francis Hospital will be held at the Catholic church at Maryville, Saturday morning at 9
o'clock. Graveside services will be at St., Patrick’s Cemetery in Lenox
Saturday morning.
Mrs.
Reimer is survived by her husband Thomas, two sons, two daughters, 3
grandchildren, one sister, and several nieces and
nephews.
T. J. Reimer of Lenox is a brother-in-law and Robert Reimer is a nephew.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday September 4, 1952
Ridgeway, Harry -
Harry
Ridgeway, 66, a former resident of Lenox, died in a hospital
at Weslaco, Tex., Wednesday, Feb. 4. He was born and raised here.
Mr.
Ridgeway, whose home was in Donna, Tex., was head of the Donna Irrigation district No. 1, in the Rio Grande valley. Surviving are his
widow, Louise; a son, Phil, at Corpus Christi, Tex.; a daughter, Jeanne of
Chicago; and his mother, Mrs. Lulu Ridgeway of Lenox. Funeral services were at
Donna.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 12, 1953
Rogers, Albert William -
Albert
William Rogers, son of Samuel and Clara Rogers, was
born Aug. 4, 1895, on a farm northeast of Lenox, in Adams
County. He passed away at the age of 57 years, 6 months and 14
days.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, and
a sister who died in infancy. At an early
age he moved with
his family to Lenox where he attended the Lenox school and
graduated in the class of 1916.
He was
a member of the First Presbyterian Church. After
graduating from high school he was called into the service to
serve in World War I, and spent two years in service, including 1
year in France. He was a member of Company E. 313th Ammunition
Train
of the 88th Division. Mr. Rogers did not marry, and most of his life was spent in farming near
Lenox. He is survived by one brother, Harry of Lenox; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie
Hayes, of Lenox, and Mrs. Rose Bolte, of Council
Bluffs; five nephews, two nieces, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted from the Bender Funeral Home, Rev. Willard
Morris officiating, Feb 20.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 26, 1953
Rogers, Albert –
Albert
Rogers, 67, bachelor farmer living southwest of Lenox, died of a gunshot wound
Wednesday morning, Feb. 18., about [?] a. m. He was a veteran of World War I.
He was found
wounded beside his car on a road about a mile south of town, by a cross-country
truck driver, who drove to Wilson’s Standard Station on Highway 49 for help.
Mayor Blair
was called and he in turn sent for Dr. Boulden and an
ambulance. When the doctor arrived, Mr.
Rogers was dead, and Coroner Earl Stone was called. After he gave a verdict of suicide the body
was removed to Bender Funeral Home.
Neighbors
saw Mr. Rogers leave home about 5:45 a.m. He was driving north on Highway 49, coming toward Lenox and apparently
turned off on the road going east, got out of his car, pointed a 410 shot gun
at the center of his forehead and fired.
Relatives
said he had been in poor health and had appeared nervous.
Funeral
services are to be Friday, Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Bender Funeral Home,
conducted by Rev. W. M. Morris with burial in Fairview cemetery.
The son of
Samuel J. and Clara May Rogers, Albert was born on a farm northwest of Lenox,
Aug. 4, 1895. At the time of his death he lived on the Jim Boyer farm southwest of Lenox.
Surviving
are a brother, Harry Rogers and a sister, Jennie Hayes, both of Lenox and a
sister, Rose Bolte of Council Bluffs, 5 nephews and 2
nieces.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February
26, 1953
Rogers, Jacob Ellsworth -
Jacob
E. Rogers, 89, former and publisher of the Time Table, died Friday, Feb. 6
after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted
Sunday
morning, Feb. 9, 1953, at 10 o'clock at the Bender Funeral
Home
in Lenox by Rev. Willard M. Morris, with burial the same
day at Battle Creek cemetery near Holstein, Iowa.
Obituary
Jacob
Ellsworth Rogers, son of John Joseph and Agnes Miller
Rogers,
was born at Rogers Grove in Linn County, Iowa, Aug. 23 1863, and passed away
Feb. 6, 1953 at the Lenox Rest Home,
at the age of 89 years, 5 months and 14 days.
In
1884 he moved with his family to Ida County, la.,
where
engaged in teaching and farming for 16 years. Nov. 11, 1890 he was united in marriage
to Jean Gibson Johnston, at Stanwood, la. His wife preceded him in death Aug.. 4, 1942. Before settling in
Lenox in 1902, he lived for two years near Villisca, Iowa.
In
1909 Mr. Rogers purchased and became editor and publisher
of the New Times. Two years later he acquired the Time Table
and consolidated the two papers under the present name of the
Lenox
Time Table. During these years he was active in civic affairs
including membership on the local school board. From 1923 until 1932 he served as Lenox
postmaster. After his retirement from active business and at the age of 85 he
wrote and published a 'book, "The Rogers Family—Pioneers," a story of
five generations of the Rogers family.
Mr.
Rogers was a member of the Lenox United Presbyterian
Church
for fifty years and was a teacher of an adult Sabbath
School
class for much of that time. Survivors include one
brother, Henry C. Rogers, Emmetsburg, la.; Two daughters, Miss Winifrede Rogers, Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Harlan A.
Pratt, Arlington, Virginia: and two grandchildren, Alan Rogers and Eleanor Jean
Pratt, also of Arlington, Va. There are also a number of nieces and
nephews. One nephew, Bruce A. Rogers of
Ames, Iowa, will be remembered as a former Lenox resident Mr. Rogers' daughter,
Mrs.
Harlan,
A. Pratt had been here for some time helping to care for him. Mr. Pratt, the
son-in-law, came from Arlington for the services. They left for their home
Thursday of this week. Miss Winifrede Rogers who was
here previously, was unable to come for the funeral because of illness. A
nephew, Bruce A. Rogers of Ames, who was vacationing in Austin, Texas, was here
for the services.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 12, 1953
Stottlemyer,
Atlee Burpee -
Atlee Burpee Stottlemyer, son of Denton
L. and Margaret Stottlemyer, was born March 19, 1880,
near Hagerstown, Md., and
passed away Nov. 29, 1952, at the age of 72 years. He suffered
a stroke on October 22 of this year and was tenderly cared for
by his children until he passed away.
January 8,
1899, Mr. Stottlemeyer was married to Della June
Majors, who died December 13, 1948, only a short time before they would have
been privileged to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.
The
family home has been near Lenox, Osceola and Mt. Ayr,
where Mr. Stottlemyer was a farmer. Early in life he
united with the Methodist Church. He was a devoted father and a good neighbor
and will be greatly missed by his family and many friends.
He is
survived by one son and six daughters: Mrs. Florence Wall, Shenandoah; Mrs.
Elva Davis, Diagonal; Mrs. Helen Lawrence, Des Moines; Donald Stottlemyer, Council Bluffs; Mrs. Faye Zea,
Ames; Mrs. Frances Fulfs, Underwood; and Mrs. Thelma Stoaks, Diagonal,
There
are eleven grandchildren. Also, two brothers, Harry of Van
Wert and Robert of Flint, Mich.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, December 11, 1952
Thomas, Alice -
Mrs.
Alice Thomas, 79, mother of C. E. Thomas of Lenox, died
last Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sylvia Searls,
at
San
Jose, Calif., according to word received here. Mrs. Thomas
died in her sleep and her body was found by her daughter.
Funeral
services were held at 2 p. m Friday at the Christian
church at Nemaha, Neb., with Rev. Merwin Goad of Boone,
formerly of Lenox, officiating. Burial was in the Nemaha cemetery.
Surviving
are two sons, C. E. Thomas of Lenox and Glen Thomas of Morro Bay, Calif.; a
daughter, Mrs. Searls; and two grandsons.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox,
Iowa, Thursday, February 19, 1953
Turner, R. A. -
R. A.
Turner, 77, died Saturday morning at his home in Hopkins, Mo. The funeral
services were Monday at 2:30 p. m. at the Methodist church in Hopkins. Six
grandsons were pallbearers. Burial was in Hopkins cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Abernathy of Lenox attended
the services. The latter is a sister-in-law of the deceased. Mr. Turner was a
retired farmer and stockman. Survivors: his wife, Bertha; 2 sons; 3 daughters
and 6 grandsons.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox,
Iowa, Thursday, September 18, 1952
Tuttle, Glenn O. -
Glenn
O. Tuttle, former resident, of Lenox, who has lived in
Castleton,
Ill., the last 14 years died Sunday, Nov. 23. Funeral
services were Wednesday, Nov. 26 at the Cox Memorial home in Wyoming, Ill. with burial
at Stringtown, Ill.
Mr.
Tuttle was born Aug. 17, 1888 at Harvard, Nebr., the son of Marion F. and May
Oliver Tuttle. He was educated in the Lenox schools and married Lois Grave,
Sept. 17, 1928.
He is
survived by his wife; two sons, Glenn Jr. and Willis; two
sisters,
Jean Reed, Salem, Ore., and Ruth of Des Moines and a
brother Frank of Cassopolis, Mich. He was
preceded in death by first wife, Mary.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, December 11, 1952
Wax, Mrs. Geo. O. (Gray) Finch -
Mrs.
Geo. O. Wax, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gray, was born Aug. 19, 1870 at North
Henderson, Ill. In 1873 the family moved to Decatur County, la.,
where she grew to womanhood. On Aug. 14, 1893 she was married to Albert E.
Finch of Leon, Ia. He died Jan. 1, 1911.
On May
29, 1912 she was again married to Geo. O. Wax of Clearfield. In 1923 they moved
to Clearfield where they have lived the past thirty years. She united with the Methodist Church in Leon.
She had been a faithful member for many years of the Royal Neighbor Lodge and
Woman's Relief Corps 343. Her father was a soldier in Civil War. She has been
an invalid since 1938. She passed away Jan. 25, 1953 at the age of 82 years.
Besides her husband she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ida McPherson of Kansas
City, Kan., and Mrs. Mary Quick of Leon. Funeral services were held Jan. 27 in
J. R.
Crew
Funeral Home, Clearfield, with burial at Leon.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 5, 1953
Westlake,
John –
The body
of John Westlake, 68, a farmer living on the Adams
Taylor
County line northwest of Lenox, was found hanging in
an upstairs room at his home Tuesday morning, August 5. His
brother,
Jesse, of Corning discovered the body about 10 a. m. A note in the room was
dated 6:30, August 5. Authorities believe, however that the note was misdated.
Its contents were not made public.
Mr.
Westlake had never married and lived along on the farm. Besides his brother Jesse
he is survived by a nephew Bill Westlake of near Lenox. The body was taken to
the Roland Funeral Home at Corning, Iowa, where services will be conducted
today, Thursday,
by Rev. Charles Colyn of Lenox Interment will be in
Fairview
Cemetery. Friends are asked to not send flowers.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, August 7, 1952
Westlake,
John -
John
Westlake, son of Jefferson and Grace Hancy Westlake,
was born Oct. 11, 1883, in Montgomery County, Iowa. He departed
this life Aug. 4, 1952, at the age of 68 years, 9 months and 24 days.
He
spent most of his life in Adams County until 1941, when
he moved to Taylor County. He is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Ben Hardisty of Corning; two brothers, Jesse of Lenox and
Arthur of Coming. He was preceded in death by his twin sister, Lucy, who with
her son, William, made their home with him until her death in 1948. A nephew, Olin Westlake also preceded him in
death.
Funeral
services were at the Roland Funeral home in Corning,
conducted by Rev. Charles Colyn, with burial in Fairview
cemetery.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, August 14, 1952
White,
James –
James White, 80, of Frankfort, Kans. father of Mrs.
Fred Strunce of Lenox died Monday night. Funeral services were planned for Wednesday.
Lenox, Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, August 7, 1952
Wiand, Frank Henry -
Frank Wiand, 70, retired farmer, died at
6:15 a. m., Friday, Feb. 13, at Clarinda Municipal hospital, as the result of a
heart attack.
Funeral
services were Monday afternoon at the United
Presbyterian
Church, conducted by the minister, Rev. W. M. Morris.
Burial
was in Lenox cemetery.
Frank
Henry Wiand was born March 13, 1882, the son of
Valentine and Martha Wiand, who lived in a farm
southwest of Lenox. He attended school
in Taylor County and lived all of his life here.
March
9, 1904, Mr. Wiand was married to Lulu Colegrove. They
are parents of three sons and two daughters. Mr. Wiand lived and worked on the same farm most of his life. For 25 years he owned a
threshing outfit and worked with many of his neighbors at
harvest time, year after year.
He
joined the Odd Fellows when a young man and was a very active member the rest
of his life. He passed away Feb. 13, 1953 at the age of 70 years, 11 months I
day. One son, Henry, died Oct. 16, 1952.
Surviving are his widow, Lulu, two sons, Charles of Sharpsburg and Francis of
Lenox; two daughters, Martha Normile of Mt. Clemens,
Mich., and Luetta Leckleitner of Seattle, Wash.; five grandchildren; a
sister,
Mrs. Dolly Dill of Lenox, and many nephews, nieces and other relatives. He will
be greatly missed by neighbors and friends with whom he worked.
Relatives
who came from a distance to attend the funeral were a daughter, Mrs. James Normile, and her daughters, Louise, Sharon and Mickey, from
Mt. Clemens, Mich.; a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Leckleitner of Seattle; Everett Colegrove of Dallas,
Tex
; Mr. .and Mrs. Merritt Colegrove,
Marilyn, Margaret and
Marvin
of Girard, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Colegroce, Pawnee,
Neb.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 19, 1953
Wiand,
Henry -
Two
men died and third was injured in an automobile wreck
Thursday,
Oct. 16, at 5:50 p. m. on Highway 148, four and one half
miles north of Gravity. Henry Wiand, 47, farmer of near
Conway, was killed in a collision between his car and a truck driven by Henry Holker of Corning. Mr. Wiand died
within a few minutes of the crash.
Charles
Rector, 52, of Bedford who was riding with Wiand, was
taken to the Corning hospital where he died Friday night.
Charles Wiand, 45, brother of the deceased, was also a
passenger
in the car. He suffered a broken ankle and bruises. He was taken to the Corning
hospital where his leg was placed in a cast so that he could attend his
brother's funeral. He underwent surgery for his injury Tuesday morning.
Holker,
who was not injured, was driving a truck for the Corning
Rendering
Company.
Funeral
services for Wiand were held at St. Patrick's Church
in Lenox, Monday morning at 9:30, conducted by Father Adam
Reisz,
with burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery.
Services
were held for Charles Rector at the Shum Funeral Home in Bedford, Monday
afternoon. Burial was in Graceland cemetery.
Those from a
distance who came to the Wiand services were
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller,
Mrs. Curt Peterson and Mr. and Mrs.
Drexel
Miller of Galesburg, James Wiand, nephew who is in
the service and stationed at San Diego, Cali.; Everett Colgrove,
Dallas
Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Colgrove and son, Francis,
Girard,
Kan.; Mrs. Ray McCracken, Pittsburg, Kan.; Mrs. Jim Normile and son Mickey, Mt. Clemens, Mich.; Mrs. Lyle Lechleitner of Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Colgrove, Pawnee City,
Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Selders, Des Moines.
OBITUARY—WIAND
Henry
Frank Wiand, son of Frank and Lulu Wiand was born April 9, 1905, on a farm south west of Lenox
and passed away October 16, 1952 at the age of 47 years, 6 months and 1 days.
He
obtained his education at Lenox, Iowa. Upon reaching manhood he chose f arming
as his work. February 5, 1930, he was united in marriage to Pauline McManus.
Those
left to mourn his loss are his wife, Pauline; his parents
Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Wiand; two brothers and two sisters,
Charles
of
Sharpsburg,; Francis of Lenox; Martha Normile of Mt.
Clemens, Mich.; and Luetta Lechleitner of Seattle, Washington; several other relatives and a host of friends.
Pall
Bearers at the funeral were Donavon McManus, Paul Vanderplum,
Charley Jones, Chester Shimer, Paul Chitty and Robert
Thompson.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa,
Thursday, October 23, 1952
Wilson,
Burdette -
Burdette
Wilson of San Pedro, Calif., died Sunday morning of
a heart attack. He had not been ill and death came suddenly as
a shock to his relatives. Besides his family he leaves two sister,
Mrs.
Ed Nelson of Lenox and Mrs. Al Gentle of Corning; also
two brothers, Clarence Wilson of Griswold and Harry Wilson of
California. Burial was in California. Mr. Wilson was a
former resident of this community.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, January 29, 1953
Wood, George William -
George
William Wood, 72, of Blockton, former resident of
Clearfield, died at the Ringgold County hospital at Mt. Ayr at 9:30 p. m. Sunday. Mr. Wood was a retired farmer. Funeral services were at
the
Methodist
Church at Clearfield Tuesday afternoon with burial
in the cemetery there.
Surviving
are his widow, Minnie; three sons, Harold and Stanley of Blockton and Leonard Wood of Clearfield; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Jenkins of Clearfield,
Mrs. Ora Stevenson of Tacoma, Wash.; and Mrs.
Blanche
Phelan of Lincoln, Neb., and two brothers, Frank Wood
of Kent and T. D. Wood of Bedford
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, January 15, 1953
Wurster,
Eva Schmauder -
Mrs.
Eva Wurster, 92, former resident of Lenox, died at
the Creston hospital Monday. Funeral services were at Creston Wednesday with
burial in Lenox cemetery. Eva Schmauder was born in Germany July 3, 1860 and came to this
country when a child. She was married at
Lenox Nov. 29, 1879, to Christian Wurster, who died
in 1938. They lived in Lenox 22 years before moving to Creston.
Seven
daughters survive. Relatives in this community include
the following nieces and nephews: Mrs. Tony Smith, Mrs.
Pauline
Nagel, Mrs. Mary Scott, Carrie Thompson, Charley Wurster,
Kate Eberle and Lizzie Hearing.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, September 18, 1952
Wurster,
Eva Schmauder -
Eva Schmauder was born in Glems, o|a Urach, "Konigreich, Wurtemberg",
Germany July 3, 1860, and passed away September 15, 1952 in the Greater
Community Hospital in Creston, Iowa, at the age of 92 years, 2 months and 12
days.
She came to
the United States February 14, 1879 and settled in Lenox, Iowa, where she met
and married Christian Wurster on November 29, 1879, moving
to Creston in 1901. To this union was born three sons and nine daughters. Mr. Wurster passed away February 26, 1931. Also preceding her
in death were three sons and two daughters, John, William, Oscar, Ida and Dora.
Surviving
are seven daughters, Mrs. Nina Alloway, Mrs. Emma
Swanson and Mrs. Lucille Allen of Creston, Mrs. Matilda Foster of Des Moines,
Mrs. Lillian Means of Lorimor, Mrs. Eva Woosley of Davenport, and Mrs. Elvira Dolezal of Omaha. Also, eleven grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
She was a
member of the St. Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church, from which services
were held Thursday, September 18, 1952, Reverend G. G. Bratzel officiating Music was furnished by Geraldine Heessel,
organist, Mrs. Gene Edwards and Mrs. Carl Adams. Burial was in Fairview
Cemetery in Lenox, Iowa. The grandsons of Mrs. Wurster served
as pallbearers, Kenneth J. Swanson, Donald Means, John O. Means, Robert W. Woosley, Thomas Allen, and George H. Dixon.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday October 2,
1952
Wynn, Sherman L. –
Funeral
services were from the Bender Funeral Home Sunday,
Feb.
8, for Sherman L. Wynn, 85, native of Ohio and long-time
resident of Lenox, who died Thursday, Feb. 5. The funeral
was conducted by C. W. Risinger, Christian minister, with
music
by Norma Paymal and Rolland Buxton. Burial was in
Fairview
cemetery.
Obituary
Sherman
L. Wynn, son of Robert and Elizabeth Wynn, was
born Oct. 9, 1867, in Ohio and passed from this life Thursday
evening,
Feb. 5, 1953, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dow
Keever,
in Corning, Iowa. He was 85 years, 3 months and 28
days old.
He was
united in marriage to Edna Wilson Nov. 20, 1894. They
were the parents of five children: Jesse Wynn of Council Bluffs; Mrs. Dow L. Keever of Corning; Mrs. Orval C.
Walter and Harold Wynn of Lenox; Juanita Grouse of Washington, D. C.
His
wife preceded him in death June 13, 1934. Survivors include the five children,
10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
Mr.
Wynn practiced barbering for forty years, twenty-five years
of the time in Lenox. He became a member of the Christian Church when a child and
served as deacon for many years. He also served on the Lenox school board for a
number of years. He was always interested in the young people of the community
and enjoyed sports until the time of his death. He was a kind and loving father
and his children, their husbands and their wives were always of first
importance in his mind.
Pall
bearers at the funeral were Joe Brown, Erskine Blair, T. J. Reimer, Paul Davis,
John Porter and Ben Wurster. Relatives attending from
out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wynn of Council Bluffs; Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Carlson, Essex; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fort, Red Oak; Richard Walter, DeWitt; Mary
Jo Walter, Indianola; Phil Hall,
Indianola;
George and Lester Moon, Knoxville; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Law, Des Moines; Mr. and
Mrs. John Wilson and Horace, Prescott; Mrs. Iva Bohanan,
of Corning; Mrs. Juanita Waters, Corning; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stevens, Creston;
Clarence Stevens and son Donald Jack of Cromwell, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wynn of
Creston.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 12, 1953
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