Alexander, Carmon E -

Carmon E. Alexander, 61, died Saturday, Feb. 2 in a hospital in Kansas City. He grew up here, graduating from the Lenox High School. He moved to Kansas City in 1941 and operated the Riverside Body Shop there.

He was married to Grace Roe and was a Navy Veteran of World War II.

Services were at Larkin-Bender Funeral Home in Lenox Tuesday, Feb. 5, the Rev. Wm. Trembly

officiating, with burial in West Fairview Cemetery.

He leaves his wife, Grace, and a brother, Richard E. Alexander of Seattle, Wash. His wife is a sister of Mrs. Reldon Key.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday February 6, 1980

Anderson, Lillian Gwen Pringey -

Services were held at Massena Funeral Chapel, Massena, Iowa, on Thursday, Dec. 6 for Lillian G. Anderson, 89, who died Dec. 4 at the Lenox Care Center. Rev. S.D. Walker of the Cumberland Baptist Church officiated. The music was by Mrs. Glen Spicker, organist.

Casket bearers were Dudley Dougherty, Arnold Edwards, James Mullen, Robert Mullen, Bruce Mullen and Dean Williams. Flower bearers were Mrs. Wayne Erickson and Mrs. Gilbert Schoenbolm. Interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery at Cumberland, Iowa.

Lillian Gwen Pringey Anderson, the daughter of Herman and Sarah Kirby Pringey, was born on March 9, 1890 at Cumberland, Iowa; and passed away at the Care Center in Lenox, on December 4, 1979 at the age of 89 years, 8 months, and 25 days. Mrs. Anderson had lived at the Lenox Care Center  for three weeks.

She was united in marriage with Ralph Anderson on February 10, 1921. She and Ralph made their home in the Cumberland community all of their lives. This marriage was blessed with the birth of one daughter, Helen.

Lillian was preceded in death by her husband; her mother and father; and by three brothers and three sisters.

She is survived by her daughter, Helen Mullen and her husband Carl of Corning, Iowa; three grandsons; five granddaughters; and 18 great grandchildren as well as by several nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday December 12, 1979

Archibald, Roy Raymond -

Funeral services for Roy Raymond Archibald were held at the First United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Iowa on April 9. He passed away at the Collins Memorial Hospital in Knoxville on Monday, April 7, at the age of 71. He had been in ill health since suffering a severe stroke November 12, 1972.

Roy was born November 14, 1908 near Clearfield in Taylor County, Iowa and attended the rural schools there. He graduated from the Lenox High School with the class of 1926.

On February 22, 1953 he was married to Ruth Swigart Dickson in the Methodist Church in Lenox. He farmed in the Lenox and Clearfield communities until health problems caused him to leave the farm. The family moved on February 5, 1964 to Knoxville where Ruth accepted a position with Extension Service, Iowa State University.

Besides his parents, Roy was preceded in death by his brother, Ralph.

Mourning his death are his wife, Ruth, of Knoxville; his stepdaughter and son-in-law, Annette and Scott Thomas of Springfield, Illinois; one sister, Bernice Plants of Lenox; his aunt, Ruth Lown of Des Moines; a nephew, Dean Plants of Denver, Iowa; a niece, Donna 0'Connell, Littleton, Colorado as well as other relatives and many friends.

Memorial services were conducted by Dr. Leonard E. Deaver with music by Anna Oscarson, organist and Dawn McKay, vocalist. The casketbearers were Howard Dop, Harland Chandler, Frank Dainty, Wendell Williams, Eves Cadwallader and John Patterson.

Interment was at Lincoln Cemetery near Knoxville. A memorial has been established for Nature Conservancy, a national organization for the preservation of prairies, native woodlands and wildlife habitat.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday April 16, 1980

Bentley, Archibald Maynard (Mac) -

Archibald Maynard (Mac) Bentley, 79, died March 19 at Rosary Hospital in Corning where he had been a patient for two weeks. He had been in failing health since he suffered a stroke in 1961.

Services were at the Larkin-Bender Funeral Home in Lenox on Friday, March 21, 1980, the Rev. W. C. Trembly officiating.

Bernard Routh was the organist. Casket bearers were J. B. Routh, Mervin Walter, Reldon Boltinghouse, William Bentley, Allan Bentley, and Merle Brown. Interment was in the Clearfield Cemetery.

Archibald Maynard Bentley Jr. was born to Archibald and Martha Bell Bentley Oct. 15, 1900 at Clearfield. November 28, 1917 he was united in marriage to Mary E. Wood at Spencer, Iowa. They lived for a while in Clearfield, then moved to Clarinda where Mac was a clerk in a drug store. In 1939, he was employed by O.T.C. Tool Company of Owatohna, Minn., and moved to Charlotte, N. Car. After World War II he was promoted to district manager, with his location at Atlanta, Ga., where he and Mrs. Bentley lived until they came to Lenox in 1968.

Survivors include his wife, Mary of Lenox, a sister-in-law, Bernice Bentley of Des Moines, several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Grover, two half sisters and three half brothers.

Mr. Bentley was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday April 2, 1980

Bradley, Bertha Marie Kruger -

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 22, for Bertha Marie Bradley, 92, at St. Patrick's Church in Lenox. Mary Halligan was soloist, singing "In the Garden." Casket bearers were Danny, David and Roger Reed, H. Brown, Richard Reason and Larry Bradley, Jr. Interment was in Graceland Cemetery at Creston.

The daughter of Frederick and Marie Rosenthal Kruger, Bertha Marie was born Jan. 17, 1888 at Creston, Iowa. In May of 1909 she was married to Emmett Bradley at Creston. They were parents of eight children.

She was preceded in death by her husband, one grandson, her parents and eight brothers and sisters.

She leaves four sons, Larry Bradley of Lenox, Robert of Montclair, Calif., Bernard of Jeffers, Minn., and Felix of Spokane, Wash.; also four daughters, Lucille Reason of Lenox, Theresa Wheeler, Ruth Ruberit and Virginia Rembold, all of Renton, Wash.; one sister, Edna Grant of Lenox; 16 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday January 23, 1980

Carruthers, Leo Bernard -

Leo Bernard Carruthers, 85, of La Plata, Mo., died December 23, 1979 at a Kirksville hospital where he had been a patient since December 17.

Born August 9, 1894 near Clearfield, Iowa, he was the son of William and Sarah Hayes Carruthers. On February 28, 1922 in Des Moines, Iowa he married Rena Hamilton who preceded him in death on October 16, 1972. Also preceding him in death were his parents, three brothers and one sister.

Surviving are one brother, Frank Carruthers of Lenox, two sisters-in-law, Mae Carruthers of Lenox and Elsie Carruthers of Cypress, California, and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Carruthers had been a construction and sanitary engineer for water treatment plants throughout the United States. After his retirement in 1959 he moved to LaPlata. During World War I, he served with the United States Army. During his military career he served for 18 months overseas.

He was a member of Reynolds-Martin American Legion Post No. 282 of LaPlata. He was also a member of the Catholic Church.

Funeral services were held December 27 in the Pollack Funeral Chapel in LaPlata, with the Rev. Stanley East Jr. conducting the services. Pallbearers were members of the Reynolds-Martin Post.

Interment was at LaPlata.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday January 2, 1980

Childs, Hal Frederick -

Hal Frederick Childs, 72, of 2815 S. 126th Plaza, Omaha, died Saturday, Jan. 19. Graveside services were held at the Lenox Cemetery Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 1 p.m., the Rev Trembly officiating.

The son of the late Fred and Bernice Childs, Hal was born in Lenox and graduated from the high school here in 1925. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and was a veteran of World War II.

He was vice president of the Chils-Heider Investment Company of Omaha, and had been with the firm since it started in 1960. He was a member of the George Linninger Masonic Lodge and director of greeters for the Tangier Shrine Temple, also a past president of the Nebraska Investment Bankers Association.

He leaves in his immediate family his wife, Jeanne. Mrs. Imogene McCullough of Des Moines, formerly of Lenox, is his cousin and an aunt lives at Creston.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday January 23, 1980

Davis, Pearl L Shotwell -

Pearl L. Shotwell was born on April 30, 1883 at Brainard, Nebraska, to Benjamin Heaton and Melissa Lowes Shotwell. At

the age of 5 she watched the blizzard of 1888 from a window of her home.

In November of 1903 she was united in marriage to Oren L. Davis of Grimes, Okla. To this union were born five children,

RobBen Evan, Thelma Estelle, Oren Edward, H. Nadine, and Warren Eugene. They lived on a claim at Grimes, Okla.,

where the first three children were born. The family moved to Iowa in 1915.

She passed away at the Bethesda Care Center in Ashland, Nebr., on April 3, 1980 at the age of 96 years, 11 months and 4 days. She was preceded in death by husband, Oren L., two sons, RobBen E. and Oren E., daughter, Thelma Pennebaker, four brothers, and two sisters.

She leaves to mourn her passing her son, Gene of Phoenix, Arizona, daughter, Nadine Wilcox, Ceresco, Nebraska, eight grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren, and fifteen great great grandchildren.

She was a kind and loving mother and devoted her life to her family. She was a member of the Christian church in Lenox, Iowa at the time or her death. She had "True Grit."

Services were Monday, April 7, at 10:00 a.m. at the Ceresco United Methodist Church in Ceresco, Nebr., with the Rev Michael Conner officiating. Interment was in the West Fairview Cemetery in Lenox, on Monday, April 7.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday April 9, 1980

Dunbar, Ethel Beadel -

Mrs. Dick (Ethel Beadel) Dunbar was born March 14, 1883 at Lenox, Iowa and passed away February 13, 1980 at the Lenox Care Center where she had resided the past month. She was the daughter of Walter and Ida Beadel.

She was married to Dick Dunbar at the home of her parents. The marriage was blessed with five daughters and four sons.

Mrs. Dunbar lived in the Lenox vicinity most of her life.

Survivors include two sons, George of Lenox and Dick of Phoenix, Arizona, three daughters, Lenore Bailie of Lenox, Olive Sutton of Phoenix, Arizona, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She was proceeded in death by her husband in June of 1957, one daughter, Dorothy in infancy, one daughter, Maxine in 1976, two sons, Donald in 1976 and Lyle in 1960, her mother and father, four sisters, one brother and one grandson.

Mrs. Dunbar was a member of the Lenox Christian Church. She enjoyed good health with the exception of a broken hip in 1974 and her few weeks of sickness before her death. After the confinement to her home, due to a broken hip, life was made enjoyable by her children, grand children, relatives, friends and neighbors.

Funeral services were held at the Lenox Christian Church February 15 at 2 p.m. with Pastor Jack Cutbirth officiating.

Organ music was furnished by Mrs. Ruth Boltinghouse. Casket bearers were Kevin Dunbar, Terry Sutton, Michael Sertterh, Michael Bose, Richard Lang and Richard Bailie.

Interment was at Memory Garden Cemetery at Lenox, Iowa.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday February 20, 1980

Mohler, Mary Margaret -

Funeral services for Mary Margaret Mohler, 29, of Bedford, were held January 21 in the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford. Rev. Carl Cummings officiated. Miss Mohler died January 17, 1980 in the Clarinda Municipal Hospital. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

Miss Mohler was found by her mother at the family farm shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday night. She was found in a lane near the barn with a shotgun wound of the head. She was taken to the Clarinda Municipal Hospital, where she died minutes after arrival.

Mary Margaret Mohler, daughter of Charles W. Mohler and Monica Cullen Mohler, was born at Creston in Union County, Iowa on June 17, 1950.

She grew to maturity on the farm northeast of Bedford, where she attended her first year of school at the Hess School in Clayton Township. She was graduated from the Bedford Community School District in 1968. She then attended the Commercial Extension College in Omaha, Neb., and after graduation was employed in Omaha until March, 1971. She then returned home to assist with the farm operation and was employed by O'Bryan Brothers, Inc. in Bedford.

Left to cherish her memory are her parents, Charles and Monica Mohler of the home, uncles, aunts, cousins, other relatives and many friends.

She will be remembered as a kind and pleasant loved one and she will be sadly missed by all those who knew and loved her.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday January 23, 1980

Nicholson, Lulu May Bivens -

Lulu May Nicholson, daughter of Sidney Grant and Myrtle Watson Bivens, was born Aug. 16, 1896 on a farm near Lenox, Iowa, and passed away Jan. 15,

1980 at Rosary Hospital in Corning at the age of 83 years, 4 months and 29 days.

While a teenager she became a member of the Methodist Church in Lenox, and later transferred to Maize, Kan. Nov. 26, 1919 at Wichita, Kan., she

was married to Albert Lee Nicholson of Maize.

There were parents of two children, Alford Louis and Marcile Ardella.

In 1936 the couple moved to Lulu's birth place, on the home farm near Lenox that was settled by her grandfather in 1876.

Lulu took a stenographic course at Boyles Business College in Omaha and was employed by the Cerney Cement Company there.

After they came to Lenox, she and Albert transferred their church membership to the Federated Church at Stringtown where she has been an active

and faithful member. She served as a Sunday School and Bible School teacher for many years.

She also gave of her time to volunteer community service. She was president of the Lenox Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary for two years and

served a term as county secretary of the Auxiliary. She worked as a Lady in Blue at the Clarinda Mental Health Institute, and at Glenwood State

School, and with visits of the bloodmobile.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter, Marcile, her brother Arthur and his wife, Eva.

She leaves to mourn her passing her loving husband Albert L. Nicholson of Lenox, her two sons, Mervyn Belding of Lenoir, N. Car., and Alford

Nicholson and his wife June of Lenox; three grandchildren, Clyde Belding, and his wife Helen of Lenox, Kristina Harvey and husband, Dr. Michael of

Canton, Ohio, and Darla Nicholson of Ames; four great grandchildren, Rodney Belding and wife Joan of Lenox, Denise Reynolds and husband Dave of

Hampton, Jan Reed and husband Tom of Lenox and Jolene Gourley and husband Dave of Maryville, Mo.; as well as three great great grandchildren,

Shilo Belding, Cory Reed and Justin Gourley, many friends and neighbors.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday January 23, 1980

Parker, Paul Lawrence -

Services were held Monday, Feb. 25 for Paul L. Parker, 74, at Larkin-Bender Funeral Home in Lenox, the Rev. W.C. Trembly officiating. Music was by Norma Paymal, organist, Fran Trembly and Billie Jean Barker, vocalists.

Casket bearers were Louis Votava, Jim Votava, Bill Clayton, Myron Smith, Dick Longfellow and Gaylan Bell. Interment was in Graceland Cemetery at Creston.

Paul Lawrence Parker, the son of James and Delia Oliver Parker, was born September 10, 1905 near Redding, Iowa; and passed away at the Rosary Hospital in Corning, February 22, 1980 at the age of 74 years, 4 months, and 12 days.

With the exception of fourteen years during which he resided in southern Missouri, Paul spent all of his life in Ringgold and Taylor counties.

On September 1, 1928 he was united in marriage with Mary Catherine Olney at Mt. Ayr. Eight children were born to bless this union. Paul and Mary spent most of their lives farming near Clearfield until he retired and moved to Lenox in 1973.

Paul was preceded in death by his daughter, Linda Lee Smith in 1977; a grandson, Mark James; his parents; two brothers, Sam and Elvin and by one sister, Martha.

He leaves to cherish his memory; his wife, Mary of Lenox; four sons; Harold of Diagonal; Paul Jr. of Council Bluffs; Jim of Mingo; and Jerry of Clearfield; three daughters; Mary Alice (Mrs. Delmar) Hardisty of Corning; Hazel (Mrs. Elvis) Riedesel of Altoona, and Ardella (Mrs. Charles) Jones of Ankeny; also 23 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; two brothers; Frank Parker of Shannon City; and Oliver Parker of Diagonal; and five sisters; Frances (Mrs. William) Bullock of Creston; Mary (Mrs. Glen) Fox of Ft. Collins, Colo.; Ruth (Mrs. Manson) Amick of Cabool, Mo.; Florence (Mrs. Homer) Vandinvort of Houston, Mo.; and Thelma (Mrs. James) Moore of Riverside, Cal.; as well as by a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday February 27, 1980

Roberts, Ruth Hamilton -

Mrs. Ruth Roberts, 72, of rural Corning died Wednesday, March 5, 1980 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Omaha. The funeral was Friday at the Stringtown

Church, the Rev. Lowell Dickinson and Rev. Gerald Rogers officiating. Burial was in the Stringtown Cemetery.

Mrs. Roberts was born Jan. 3, 1908 in South Haven, Kan., to James Theodore and Anna Hamilton. She was married to Earl Roberts June 1, 1937 in

Atlantic, Iowa. She was a retired school teacher.

Survivors include her husband, Earl of Corning; a daughter, Janis Miller of Wellman; a son, Jim Roberts of Lincoln, Neb., and a granddaughter, Rachel Miller.

Mrs. Roberts taught Math in the Lenox Community High School from the fall of 1958 until the spring of 1966, according to the school records.

Ruth's mother died when she was seven years old, and she with her two brothers came to live with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Greeley of

Gravity. She graduated from the Bedford High School, and from the University of Northern Iowa.

She and her husband lived on a farm north of Stringtown for thirty years, then moved to Corning in 1970.

She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, and of the Stringtown Federated Church.

After she moved to Corning, she became active in the Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church and was especially helpful in the White

Cross work.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday March 12, 1980

Traves, Marie M Shoenhair -

Marie M. Traves, who was born October 8, 1905 at Lenox, Iowa passed away on January 14, 1980 at Imperial, Nebraska.

Her funeral services were January 17 at the United Methodist Church in Imperial, with burial there.

She was married in 1927 to Dewey Traves, who survives, and they had lived in Imperial since their marriage.

She is survived by sisters, Mrs. Dora Harper of Imperial and Mrs. Irene Gardner of Creston, and brothers. John Schoenhair

of Mason City, Harry and Raymond Schoenhair of Creston, and Clarence Schoenhair of Omaha, Nebraska.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday January 23, 1980

Voss, Irma Uehling -

Relatives here received word of the death of Irma (Uehling) Voss, 58, of Chehalis, Wash. She passed away suddenly Jan. 9 after a heart attack.

She is survived by her four children, Brian, Kenneth, Sally and Charla, all of Washington.

Relatives here are a brother, Delmar Uehling of Prescott, and two sisters of Corning, Mrs. Owen (Hattie) Schafroth and Mrs. Dick (Bernadean) Miller,

also four sisters and a brother in Washington and another brother in Stillwater, Minn.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leslie Voss in 1952, and a brother, Ernest in 1961. Funeral services were pending. Because of the unusual

severe snow storm on the west coast, the families here did not attend the funeral.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday January 16, 1980

Wilhite, Cecil L -

Cecil L. Wilhite, 61, a prominent area farmer, died suddenly Monday evening, March 10, 1980 at Renwick, Iowa. He had driven the Corwith-Wesley

band students, with their instructor, Linda Cutshall, to the school at Renwick for a band clinic when he was stricken by an apparent heart attack and

passed away instantly.

Funeral services were March 13 at the Corwith School Auditorium, Rev. Bernard Tucker of the Grace Baptist Church officiating.

Mrs. Ed Gourley was the organist, accompanying Mrs. Dave Nail, soloist.

Burial was in the Corwith Cemetery.

Cecil L. Wilhite was born July 6, 1918 to Earl and Carrie Wilhite at Corwith, Iowa. He graduated from the Corwith school in 1937.

On Jan. 22, 1978, he was married to Margery M. Curtis, the wedding taking place at Corwith.

He is survived by his wife, Margery; three sons, David of Bowling Green, Ky.; Paul of Traverse City, Mich.; and Mark of Charlevoix, Mich.; a daughter,

Mrs. George Parcher of Springfield, Ohio; one stepson, Stan Curtis of Lenox and one stepdaughter, Carolyn Stream, both of Lenox.

He is also survived by ten grandchildren and six brothers.

Cecil was a member of the Grace Baptist Church of Corwith, Corwith Community Club, and the Corwith-Wesley Booster Club.

He was interested and active in all that happened in the community, especially young people and the sports of the school.

He had driven a school bus on a daily route and to sporting events for 16 years. In that time he acquired many young friends.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday March 26, 1980