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Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa obituaries
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Blair, Francis Wayne -

A little son, Francis. Wayne, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blair February 13, and departed this life February 14, leaving to mourn his going this parents, a little sister, Bernice, and many relatives and friends.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February 21, 1929

 

Caldwell, J. N. -

Mrs. Donna Runyan received a telegram advising her of the death of her oldest brother, J. N. Caldwell of Manhattan, Kansas. Mr  Caldwell was 84 years old and although he had not been well, his death was sudden. Mrs. Runyon

received a letter written by him after she had received the telegram telling of his death.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February 14, 1929

 

Colvin, Washington Irving –

Washington Irving Colvin was born at Columbus, Ohio, April 30, 1837 and died March 1, at his home in Sharpsburg.  He moved with his parents to Illinois in 1848.  He attended college in Bloomington, Illinois, and was married in 1860 to Margaret C. Wise, to which union seven children were born, of which five are living: Mrs. Jessie M. Cunningham, Mankato, Kan.; Ralph I. Colvin, Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. Mary B. Norris, Belleville, Kan.; John H. Colvin, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Margaret C. Townsley, Kansas City, Mo.

 

Mr. Colvin enlisted in the 88th Illinois infantry in August 1862  and served until the end of the war, having been engaged in 12 decisive battles.

 

He united with the Presbyterian church in 1861.  His wife died in Winfield in 1877, and he moved to Taylor county in 1882.  He was married in 1887 to Mrs. Amy E. Brewer to which union two children were born.  Mrs. Bessie E. Reed, Sharpsburg, and Mrs. Carrine W. Robinson, Conway.

 

Besides his children he leaves twenty-six grandchildren and five great grand-children to mourn his loss.  Funeral services were conducted from the Presbyterian church Saturday at 11a.m. by Rev. McVey and Rev. Whitmore.  Burial was at Windfield, conducted by his sons Ralph and John.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 7, 1929

 

Conaway, Margaret Kemple -

Mrs. Margaret Kemple Conaway, who was taken seriously ill two weeks ago, died Friday morning, April 26, at 1:25. Although it was known that she was very low, her death coming so suddenly was quite a shock to her friends. The

funeral was held at the home at 11a. m., Saturday, April 27, conducted by Rev. McCartney, of the M. E. church. The decorations included a beautiful floral star by the Eastern Star, and wreaths by the Masons and Clearfield businessmen. Mrs. Conaway was 36 years of age; was married to Arthur S. Conaway in 1915. They came to make their home at Clearfield in 1921, where Mr. Conaway has been the Burlington station agent. She leaves a husband and mother, two

brothers and three sisters. The body was taken Saturday to Corydon, where funeral services wore held and interment made. Mrs Conaway was born in Corydon and made that city her home until she came to Clearfield.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 2, 1929

 

Conwell, Mrs. James -

Mrs. James Conwell of Pequot died Friday at St. Joseph hospital Brainerd, Minn., Feb. 8th.  The funeral services were held Tuesday morning at St. Francis Catholic church and burial was made in Evergreen cemetery.  Mrs. Conwell was born at New Orleans, La. February 27th, 1867. The deceased was well known in Lenox as Mr. and Mrs. Conwell were residents of Lenox for many years. She was a woman of high Ideals and pleasing personality and her host of friends will learn of her death with sincere sorrow.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 21, 1929

 

Cox, Caroline Sturm -

Caroline Sturm, daughter of Andrew and Sarah Sturm, was born in Peoria county, Ill., April 3, 1856, and departed this life March 17, 1929, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Maud Dunn, near Conway, at the age of 72 years, 11 months and 14 days.

 

February 20, 1880, she was united in marriage to Frank Cox, of Peoria county, Ill. To this union were born four children, one child, Miss Grace, preceding her mother in death. In 1890 she, with her husband and family, came to Iowa,

settling near Sharpsburg, where they lived until about three years ago, when they moved into Conway. Shortly after coming to Iowa Mrs. Sturm united with the Blue Grove Christian church, where she continued a faithful member, as long as her health would permit.

 

She leaves to mourn her departure, her husband and three children, Mrs. Maud Dunn, Conway; Mrs. Blanche Johnson, Bedford;  and Roy Cox, Creston.  Four brothers, Jed Sturm, Sharpsburg;  Charley Sturm, Creston;  and Will and Eddie Sturm of Chillicothe, Ill., also survive her.  One brother and two sisters preceded her in death.  She also leaves three grandchildren besides a host of relatives and friends.

 

Funeral services were held Thursday, March 20, at the Conway M. E. church, conducted by Rev. James Wilkins.  Interment was in the Conway cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 4, 1929

 

Ellis, Olive Arnold -

Olive Arnold Ellis, wife of Dr. H. E. Ellis, was born in Olin, September 14, 1855, and departed this life at her home in Lenox April 16, 1929, at the age of 73 years, 7 months and 2 days. Most of her life was spent in Iowa. Dr. and Mrs. Ellis came to Lenox in 1901 and after a few years moved to Diagonal, finally returning to this city, January 1927.

 

On November 1, 1868 she was united in marriage to Dr. Herman E. Ellis at Wyoming, Iowa.  God blessed their union with six children, three boys and three girls, two of whom died in infancy and one daughter at 18 years of age.  Mrs. Ellis is survived by her devoted husband and life companion for more than sixty years, and the three children, Mrs. Bert Peacock, of Lenox; Roy H., of Los Angeles, Calif., and Wm. H., of Leander, Wyo. There are five grandchildren

and three great grandchildren, also one brother survives her, Ed Arnold, of Brock, Nebr.

 

Very early in life, Mrs. Ellis confessed Christ as her Saviour and united with the M. E. church, where she has been a devoted and active member during her lifetime. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

 

She has been constantly ill for two years.

 

For her in our hearts and enshrined in our very being, there has been but one sentiment, the sentiment that is born of a loyal Christian spirit, and a mother's

love and devotion that lives eternal in the soul.

 

The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the M. E. church, conducted by Rev. E. B.  Stroud. Interment will be in the Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 18, 1929

 

Flick, J. P. -

J. P. Flick, one of the best known attorneys in Taylor county, died at his home in Bedford Monday morning at the age of 84 years. For sixty eight years he has been a resident of Taylor county.

 

Mr. Flick was admitted to the bar in 1870 and at the time of his death was the senior member of the Flick & Lucas law firm of Bedford. In 1862 Mr. Flick enlisted in Company K, Fourth Iowa infantry. He was noncommissioned officer and took part in all of the engagements in which his regiment participated except the battles of Pea Ridge and Bentonville.  Returning home after the war, he was elected county recorder of Taylor county.

 

He was elected to the seventeenth general assembly of Iowa and served for one term. He succeeded Smith McPherson as district attorney of the third judicial district and served one year. He was then elected for the succeeding

term of four years, after which the office was abandoned by the legislature.

 

Mr.  Flick was elected in the eighth congressional district to the fifty-first and fifty-second congress.

 

Following his active work in politics, Mr. Flick devoted his time to the practice of law.

 

Surviving are his widow, four daughters, Mrs. Albert Cochrane, of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Cora Beall, of Bedford; Mrs. Ray Lucas, of Oelwein; and two sons, Neal Flick of Oelwein, and Bruce J. Flick, an attorney at Des Moines.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February 28, 1929

 

Graff, Margarette Scroggs

Lenox friends of Mrs. George L. Graff, of Des Moines, were greatly shocked to learn of her death last Saturday night.

 

Mrs. Graff underwent an operation in a Des Moines hospital on Thursday and every indication was that she was improving nicely, but the end came suddenly Saturday evening.

 

Mrs. Graff will be remembered as Margarette Scroggs, eldest child of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Scroggs, both deceased. She was born and raised in this city and lived here until her marriage to George L. Graff of Des Moines.

 

She united with the Methodist church when a child and for seven years was organist there.

 

The body will be brought here for burial on the afternoon train Thursday and will be taken immediately to the Methodist church, where short services will be held about 3:30 o’clock.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 28, 1929

 

Hamblin, Mary Catherine Mathers

Mary Catherine Mathers, daughter of James and Edie Mathers, was born near Willowcreek, Mo. December 9, 1853 and departed this life at her home in Sharpsburg Monday May 6, 1929 at the age of 75 years, four months and 27 days.

 

At an early age she moved with her parents to a farm near Honey Creek just east of Bedford, and grew to young womanhood.  Her common school education was gained in the country school of that community and she furthered her education in the Bedford public schools, attending there about

three years.

 

On November 25, 1880, she was united in marriage to Frank L. Hamblin. The marriage was performed in the Presbyterian manse in Bedford by the Rev. R. A. McKinley, who was a first cousin of President William McKinley. Mr.

and Mrs. Hamblin established their new home on their farm west of

Sharpsburg, where they lived until 10 years ago when they moved to

Sharpsburg.  To them were born three children—Chester F. who lives on a farm west of Sharpsburg; Jessie Pearl Cundy, who with her husband lives

on the old homestead; and Oma Vesta Hamblin, who preceded her mother, at the age of 18 years, while attending school at Howard Lake, Minn.

 

Mrs. Hamblin united with the Presbyterian church in the spring of 1881 and remained a faithful adherent to the end of her life. Four years ago the latter part of February, Mrs. Mary Hamblin fell at her home, sustaining injuries to

her hip from which she never fully recovered, and she has been confined

to a wheel chair since that time. She suffered a great deal but was always ready to greet her many friends with a happy smile and pleasant words. The home has lost a loving wife and mother and the community one of its finest

Christian pioneers.

 

She is survived by her husband two children Chester F. and Mrs. Jessie Cundy, seven grand children, one sister and five half sisters besides a host of other relatives and friends who mourn her passing. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Sharpsburg Wednesday afternoon, May 8, at

two o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Roy L. Whitmore, and burial given in the cemetery at Gravity, Iowa. Beautiful floral offerings and a large gathering of relatives and friends bespoke the high esteem in which she was held.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 19, 1929

 

Johnson, Andrew Scott -

Andrew Scott Johnson, aged 84 years, died at his home in Clearfield Saturday, March 9th. Funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday, March 12, at

10:30, Interment at Gravity cemetery. Mr. Johnson has been in poor health for some time. He was a veteran of the Civil war and with his passing J. D, Noble is the only one of the G. A. R post living in Clearfield. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson lived in Gravity for many years, moving to Clearfield several years ago to be near their daughter, Mrs. Sylvester Mann. He was a man with many friends and

old comrades who mourn his loss.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 14, 1929

 

Lynam, Nellie Agnes Cain -

Mrs. Nellie Agnes Lynam, 50, wife of Joe Lynam of Corning, died at 2:30 Monday morning at the hospital in Creston. The body was taken to Corning and funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the Catholic church in Corning with Father Powers officiating. Interment was in the Calvary cemetery there.

 

Mrs. Lynam is survived by her husband and a daughter, Gladys, two sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Mary O'Connell, of Corning; Mrs. Liney Cain and Cyrus Cain, of this city; Joe Cain, of Kent, and Ed Cain, of Corning.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 4, 1929

 

Maloney, Emma -

Emma Maloney was born March 4, 1874 and departed this life on March 2, 1929, age 55 years. Since the death of her mother seven years ago, she has made her home with her sister, Mrs. Earl Smith, who lives seven miles east of Lenox.  She leaves to mourn her loss three sisters, Mrs. Earl E. Smith, Mrs. Steve Nicola, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Mrs. Clara McGrath, of Corning, Iowa and one brother Will Maloney, of Corning, Iowa.

 

All was done that loving hands and tender care could do to make her burden light in her last days on earth and now she sleeps that sleep that knows no awakening.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 14, 1929

 

Overmire, Marl Marvin -

Marl Marvin Overmire was born December 18, 1868, in Tama county, Iowa, and died at his home southeast of Lenox April 12, 1929, at the age of 60 years, 3 months and 25 days.

 

He came to this locality with his parents November 22, 1871. Their first home was on the Ferguson farm, where Marl grew to manhood and continued to live for a time after his marriage.

 

He was married to Maggie Amanda Henderson on July 1, 1891  To this union four children were born: Mrs. Carl M. Laxson, of Boyne City, Mich.; Mrs. Marc B. Earlville ;Mrs. William L. Fuehrer Wilkin of Indio, Calif. and Harold.

 

He united with the Presbyterian church of Lenox on February 22, 1890 and was ordained an elder.  He was Sunday school superintendent in 1910.  All who came in contact with his life recognized in him a commanding example of steadfast devotion and loyalty to his Christ.

 

He was preceded in death by his mother in 1911. He is survived by his devoted wife; four children, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Overmire, of Lenox; 12 grandchildren; 3 sisters, Mrs. Mary Hewitt, of West Chester, and Mrs Frame, of Clearfield, Mrs. Lewis Nellie Crittenden, of Downey, Cal.; and an only brother, Mr. E. B. Johnston, of Grand Island, Nebr.

 

Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with the pastor,

Rev. Arthur Mortenson, officiating. Interment was at Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 18, 1929

 

Reed, D. W. -

Word has been received of the death of Dr. D. W. Reed in the hospital in Des Moines. Dr. Reed, who was for years a practicing physician in Clearfield, is well known throughout this section of the county.

 

Mrs. Lee Wilcox, his daughter, left last week for Des Moines to be with her father.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 18, 1929

 

Rodenbaugh, Hannah -

Mrs. Hannah Rodenbaugh, who for the past eleven years has cared for her brother-in-law, E. E. Rodenbaugh, died at his home Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock.  Mrs. Rodenbaugh had been ill only since Friday.

 

Her two daughters, Mrs. Kittie Mohler and Mrs. Margaret Beemer, both of Dixon, Ill. are here and will take their mother’s body back to Dixon, Ill. for burial.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 14, 1929

 

Shoenhair, Irma May –

Irma May Shoenhair was born near Kent February 25, 1913, and died at Creston Monday, February 18, at the age of 15 years, 11 months and 25 days. She was raised on the farm, where she lived until two years ago, she moved from Brooks to Creston.  She finished seventh and eighth grade in Creston Junior high school.  The past year  she was a freshman in the Creston high school, until three weeks preceding her death.

 

She leaves to mourn her loss, her parents, an older sister, Fern; a sister June and two brothers, Russell and Kenneth, besides a host of relatives and friends.

Interment was in the Fairview cemetery at Lenox.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February 28, 1929

 

Weingart, Nathan -

The Rev. Nathan Weingart, 79, father of Dr. Julius S. Weingart, died at his home ,1043 Twenty-first street, at noon Monday. He was a minister of the United Presbyterian church but retired several years ago.

 

Pneumonia and a general breakdown due to his advanced age caused his death.  The Rev. Mr. Weingart  was born in  Germany but came to this country

when 16. He had served Iowa churches at Carlisle, Clearfield and Vinton.  He went to Des Moines after he resigned from the pastorate at Vinton.

 

His wife, the son, Dr. Weingart and two daughters, Mrs. Edna Easter of Newton and Mrs. Gladys Thomas of Burlington survive him.

 

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Dunn’s funeral home in charge of the Rev. E. Francis Hall of Deaver Avenue United Presbyterian church.  –Des Moines Register.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 2, 1929

 

West, Elba Bryan -

The following notice of the death of a former Taylor county boy is from the Loveland. Colo., paper.

Many friends gathered at the M. E. church in Loveland. Colo., Monday afternoon to pay their last tribute of respect to the late Bryan West, who died Thursday in a Denver hospital. The Rev. C. E. Albertson brought a message of comfort to the bereaved family and beautiful vocal selections were rendered by a quartet composed of Mrs. O. J. Vandeventer, Miss Rosalind Huchendorf, Arthur Armstrong and E. J. Anderson.

 

Mr. West gave his life to Christ when a small boy and has always steadfastly followed the teachings of the Christian religion.

 

Elba Bryan West was born in Sharpsburg, Iowa, October 17, 1896 and died in Loveland, Colo., January 10, 1929. He leaves a wife and two children, La Von and Cleo June; father mother and two sisters.

 

He was an honorable and progressive citizen and was known to his neighbors and friends as having a kind word for everyone.

 

His death came as a distinct shock to the community.  His father and mother were unable to attend the funeral, but a sister, Mrs. Geo Rutlege of Sharpsburg was there.

 

Interment  was made in Loveland Burial Park and the following were pall bearers:  C.B. Friday, George Milligan, V. V. Hartman, Claud Peak, J. Cagg, Ross Bromfield.

 

The following was read at the funeral services.  His household was his realm and gild of service. His wife and two children cherish his devotion and

sacrifice in making possible their education and other preparations for life.  We quote the words of the poet He with his companion, “Lived in the house by the side of the road and was a friend of man.”

[Poem]

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February 7, 1929

 

White, Grace Marie Eyre -

Grace Marie Eyre-White, daughter of F. W. and Mary Eyre, was born May 9th, 1888, near Lenox, la., and departed this life, May 10th, 1929, being 41 years and 1 day of age at the time of her passing away at the Community hospital

in Creston, Iowa. Her Illness and suffering was of short duration, having been seriously ill only a few days. All that loving friends could do, was done, but without avail-God knows best.

 

Her untimely death comes as a severe blow to her relatives and friends. When but a small child, she was converted and with her parents, joined the Morning Star Church near Bedford.

 

She was married to Robert Newton White at New Market, la., January 14, 1912, where they lived until 1919, when they moved to a farm near Lenox and 7 years ago they moved into Lenox where they have since lived.

 

Grace, as she was known to her friends and neighbors, was a good woman, ever thoughtful of her friends and ready to lend a helping hand where she could. She was especially devoted to her husband and the interests of her home.

 

Besides her husband, she is survived by two brothers, Wilse and Charles Eyre of Richey, Montana, and three sisters, Mrs. Susie Arthur of New Market, Mrs. Ina Wise of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Ester Clayton of Sharpsburg. .

 

Her parents and one sister, Carrie, preceded her in death.

 

Brief services were held at the home conducted by Rev. Stroud and burial was made in the Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 16, 1929