Bengard, Juhl -
Juhl Bengard of Ames died December 17 at the Mary Greeley
Hospital in. Ames. He was fifty-two years of age.
Survivors
include his wife, Lucille, three sons, Mike of Lenox; Mitchell of Orange City
and Randy of Clarinda; and two
daughters,
Annette Herrington of Clarinda and Roberta Preissler of St. Louis, Missouri.
Services
were held Saturday, December 20 at the Exira Funeral Home.
Mike Bengard is the physical education instructor at Lenox
elementary school, teaches junior high social studies and is
also the high school football coach.
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Bolinger, Christine Sue -
Christine
Sue Bolinger, daughter of Loren Darrell and Dorothy Mae Holland Bolinger was born November 24, 1960 at
Corning,
Iowa. She died Monday, November 10 at her rural home near Conway at the age of
nineteen years, eleven
months
and fourteen days,
Christine's
first three years were spent southwest of Lenox prior to the family moving to
the farm where they now reside.
She
attended Clearfield Community School graduating as the salutatorian of the
class of 1979.
The
summer following graduation was spent working before Christine began classes at
Drake University in Des Moines
where
she was studying journalism and English.
She
was a member of the United Methodist Church in Bedford.
Christine's
crocheting, needlework and ceramics were among the hobbies that helped fill her
leisure time as she
always
wanted to be busy. Her disability could not curb her enthusiasm for life.
Preceding
her in death were her grandparents, an aunt, two uncles, and two cousins.
Survivors
include her parents, Loren and Dorothy; three brothers, Rodney, his wife Sarah
and their children, Shalen
and
Christopher of Prescott, and Gary and Virgil of the home, several aunts,
uncles, and cousins.
Services
were held Thursday November 13 at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in
Bedford with Reverend Jim
Dale
officiating. Organist was Mrs. Robert Stacy. Freida Howe and Ruth Wambold were the vocalists. "How
Great Thou
Art"
and "In The Garden" were the chosen selections.
Casket
bearers were Marty Cameron, Kenny Siverly, Mark Thorton, Robert "Doc" Bolinger,
Layne Thorton, and Patrick
Bolinger.
Interment
was in the North Fairview Cemetery at Lenox.
Larkin-Bender
Funeral Home of Lenox was in charge of arrangements.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday November 19, 1980
Bricker,
John -
John
Bricker, brother of Orville Bricker, died Saturday afternoon. His home was at
Greenfield.
Services
will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home in Greenfield.
Survivors
include his wife, Bess and children, a brother, Orville of Lenox and a sister,
Mrs.
Melba Coburn of Des Moines.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday December 24, 1980
Dotson, Harvey Lester -
Harvey
Lester Dotson, the son of Melvin and Cyrene Grandstaff Dotson, was born November 5, 1902 near Beatrice,
Nebraska
at the age of seventy-seven years, eleven months and twenty-four days. [?]
He
had been a resident of Adams County for more than fifty years.
Lester
lived in Beatrice and McPheron, Nebraska before
moving to Lenox with his parents.
He
was united in marriage with Ruth Morley in 1931.
Lester
farmed near Stringtown for six years before moving to
Corning where he and Ruth operated the Quality Dairy for
several
years. After selling the dairy cattle and equipment, he was employed at Hill's
Locker plant and later at the Corning
High
School. Following retirement, he worked part time on the Corning Police Force
and at the National Farmer's Organization.
He
was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Corning as long as his
health permitted. He was an elder,
served
on the Board of Trustees and sang in the church choir. He was also active in
the Boy Scout organization for several years as
well
as other community projects.
Survivors
include his wife, Ruth; a son, Lee Roy, his wife Kay and their family, Janet,
David and Anne Dotson of Phoenix, Arizona; a daughter, Karen Byrne, her husband
Ronald and their family, Shayron, Sherry and Todd of
Omaha; a brother, Roy of Citrus Heights, California: two sisters, Cecile West
and husband Lester of Prescott and Mary Jarboe of
Lincoln, Nebraska; as well as other relatives.
Services
were held Saturday, November 1 at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Corning
with Reverend Kenneth D. Rummer
officiating.
Donna Peckham was the organist and sang "How
Great Thou Art".
Casket
bearers were Ron Davis, James Hoffman, Vaughn Tindall,
Carl Zimmerman, John Nevius, and Harold Campbell.
Interment
was in the West Fairview Cemetery at Lenox.
Larkin-Bender
Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday November 5, 1980
Duncan,
Lloyd C -
Lloyd
C. Duncan of rural Corning, son of Lemuel and Flora Richardson
Duncan, was born March 11, 1898 at Corning,
Iowa.
He died Saturday, November 15 at the Rosary Hospital in Corning at the age of
eighty-two.
Mr.
Duncan was a farmer and had spent his entire life in the Corning area.
He
was married June 8, 1921 at Mt. Etna to
Ruby E. Hickman. He was a member of the Mercer Center United
Methodist
Church.
Preceding
him in death were his parents, one sister and one brother.
Survivors
include his wife, a son, Edwin Duncan of Hiawatha, Kansas; a daughter, Mrs.
Joseph (Carolee) Olds of Grant,
Nebraska;
two granddaughters, two great grandchildren; a sister. Mrs. Bessie Lynam of Corning, and two brothers,
Leslie
Duncan of Corning and Ralph Duncan of Seattle, Washington.
Services
were held at the Goodwin-l.indsay Funeral Home in
Corning November 18 at 2 p.m. with Reverend W.C.
Trembly officiating.
Pallbearers
were Charles Roland, John Moore, Jim Hoffman, Ralph Hickman, Jr., Ricardo Sauro, and Glenn Scott.
Honorary
bearers were Harold Riley, Wayne Bunting, Albert Fudge, Clark Carmichael, Jean
Brown and Fred Parcher.
Interment
was in the Quincy Cemetery at Quincy, Iowa. A memorial was established to the
Rosary Hospital in Corning.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday November 26, 1980
Ferguson,
Starr -
A
1945 graduate of Lenox High School, Starr Ferguson, died September 25 at the
age of fifty-three years. His home was
in
the Chicago area and survivors include his wife and two daughters.
Mr.
Ferguson's mother, Mrs. Lela Ferguson, was a teacher in the Lenox elementary
school for a number of years.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday December 24, 1980
Hanes,
Anthony L (Tony) -
Anthony
L. "Tony" Hanes, grandson of Wilma Brannon of Lenox, died following a
one ear accident November 20 near
Peabody,
Kansas. He had been employed as a welder in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma.
Tony,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hanes of Marion, Kansas, was born October 26,
1956 at El Dorado, Kansas.
Services
were held November 22 at the Florence United Methodist Church in Florence,
Kansas with Reverend Freda
Steele
officiating. Interment was in the Hillcrest Cemetery near Florence.
Preceding
him in death were 1 sister, Donna, and grandparents, Evan Brannon of Lenox, and
Velma Hanes of Florence,
Kansas.
Survivors
include his parents, Kenneth and Beverly Hanes, a sister, Penny of the home,
grandparents Wilma Brannon of
Lenox
and Mr. and Mrs. Milliard Hanes of Florence, Kansas; as well as many other
relatives.
Family
members from Lenox attending services were Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Barker, Todd and
Lisa and Mrs Pat Robinson.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday November 26, 1980
Johnston,
James Mannis (Mannie) -
James Mannis "Mannie"
Johnston, the son of Emerson Jefferson and Mary Richardson Johnston, was born
March 29,
1894.
He died at the Afton Care Center December 8 at the age of eighty-six years,
eight months and nine days.
He
was united in marriage with Dolly Straight September 15, 1915 at the Oak Hill
Church north of Gravity.
Mannie farmed until 1913 when he moved to an acreage in Lenox. During World War II, he
lived in Meade, Nebraska where
he
worked at an ordinance plant. Following the war, he returned to Lenox and was
employed at Davis' Elevator for
several
years and then at the Clarinda Mental Health Institute in Clarinda for ten
years.
Upon
his retirement, he was engaged in painting and carpenter work with his sons.
Preceding
him in death was his wife, Dolly; his parents; two sons, Kenneth and Bernard;
one great granddaughter, Kristine
Ahnen:
three sisters, and one brother.
Survivors
include two sons, Kermit of Lenox and Emerson of Haslinger.
Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Orval (Alma) Smith of
Creston
and Mrs. Cal (Grace) Weese of Avinger. Texas.,
fourteen grandchildren, forty one great grandchildren, one
great great grandson. and one sister, Emma Downey of
Clarinda.
Mannie was a devoted husband, father and grandfather and will be missed by his family,
and all those who knew him.
Services
were held Thursday. December 11 at 1:30 p.m. at the Larkin-Bender Funeral Home
with Reverend W.C. Trembly
officiating.
Music was provided by organist, Norma Paymal. and
vocalists, Marilyn Beck and Billie Jean Barker. Selections
were
"Beyond The Sunset" and "Good Night-Good Morning".
Casket
hearers were Orval Williams, Keith James, Dick Brammer, Wayne McFee, Kenneth McFee and Richard Gray.
Honorary
casket bearers were Carl Ambrose, Myrle Henderson, Myrle Swank, Pat Hill, Gail Matheny, and Jack Camden.
Interment was in Washington Cemetery at
Gravity.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday December 17, 1980
Kinser, Enola Hunter -
Graveside
services for Mrs. Enola Kinser of Rock Island,
Illinois were held Wednesday, November 5 at the West
Fairview
Cemetery in Lenox at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Kinser died November 3 in Rock Island on her eighty
sixth birthday. She was born in Lenox November 3, 1894 to
George
and Dora Hunter.
Survivors
include a son, Lonnie, a grandson and daughter-in-law, Ann, of Rock Island,
Illinois, three grandchildren,
Phil,
Robert and Wenda Lou and families of Des Moines, two
sisters and their families, Mrs. Stella Andrews and Mrs.
Margaret Wurster,
both of Lenox.
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Luxford, Brice -
Brice Luxford, age sixty of Oakland, the father of Miss
Gail Luxford, vocal music instructor at Lenox High
School, died
December
17 at an Omaha Hospital. Survivors include his wife and two daughters, Gail of
Lenox and Renee of Council
Bluffs.
Services
were held Friday, December 19 at the Oakland Methodist Church.
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24, 1980
Moneymaker, Laura -
Mrs.
Laura Moneymaker, the wife of Reverend Earl Moneymaker, a former pastor at the
Lenox Presbyterian Church,
died
November 18 in Seattle, Washington. She was ninety years of age.
Survivors
include five sons and three daughters. Reverend Moneymaker preceded his wife in
death in 1967.
The family had moved to Seattle in
1951.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday December 24, 1980
Orr,
Alma Gertrude -
Alma
Gertrude Orr, daughter .of Simeon B. and Alice Dunn Orr, was born June 13, 1890
in
Minden,
Nebraska. She died November 3 in Los Angeles, California.
At
an early age she professed her faith in Christ and became a member of the
United Presbyterian
Church
in Minden. In 1899, she moved with her
parents to Iowa and transferred her membership
to
the Lenox United Presbyterian Church.
Alma
had many interests and a varied life. She graduated from Monmouth
College in Illinois, majoring
in
music, and later taught piano. She then graduated from Capital City Commercial
College in Des
Moines,
Iowa, making business her career for many years.
Nursing
was also close to her heart, and she later followed that profession until her
retirement.
For
the past fifty years she has made her home in Los Angeles, California.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Mae Orr and Ethel Kreiger, and a
brother,
Elmer A. Orr.
She
is survived by three sisters, Myrtle I. Orr of Los Angeles, Florence Orr and
Bernice
Clawson of Palm Desert, California; a niece, Leila Gormley,
a nephew, Harold E.
Orr,
three great nieces, Linda Brubakcr, Suzanne Butler
and Cheryl Mather, and two great
nephews, Linsey and Jon Orr.
She
was loved by all and will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
Services
were held November 6, 1980 at the Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn
Memorial
Park,
Glendale, California, officiating was Dr. Jack F. Heinsohn of Immanuel Presbyterian
Church
of Los Angeles.
Jonathan Osbrink sang "Beyond the Sunset" and "How
Great Thou Art."
Pallbearers
were nephews, Harold E. Orr, Linsey Orr, Jon Orr,
Christopher Brubaker, Gregg Butler and Richard Mather.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday December 10, 1980
Pollard,
Robert Otto -
Robert
Otto Pollard, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith Pollard, was born May 22, 1922
near Elymra, Missouri. He died
at
the Rosary Hospital in Corning Sunday, December 14 at the age of fifty-eight
years, six months and twenty-two days.
Robert
and his twin sister, Roberta, were the youngest of twelve children.
Robert
received his schooling in Missouri and was baptized into the Baptist faith at
an early age.
He
enlisted in the United States Air Force at the age of seventeen and was
stationed in England for twenty-nine
months.
Following his honorable discharge, he re-enlisted and served in the Air Force
until 1949. He received several
medals
for bravery during World War II.
Robert
was engaged in farming near Polo, Missouri for a time and was also employed as
a bus driver in Washington,
D.C.
He worked at various occupations as long as his health would permit. He was
employed by Hale's Shows of Tomorrow
for
a number of years.
He
was united in marriage with Vivian Butler on June 2, 1972 in Kansas City. They
resided in Kansas City until moving
to
Lenox in 1976.
Preceding
him in death were his parents, eight brothers and sisters and a niece, Mrs.
Bonnie Parrack McQueen.
Survivors
include his wife, Vivian; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Davis of Auburn, California
and Mrs. Fannie Mae Parrack of
Excelsior
Springs, Missouri; a brother, Cecil Pollard of Excelsior Springs, Missouri; a
sister-in-law, Zelma Pollard of
Excelsior
Springs; a brother-in-law, George Barnett also of Excelsior Springs; five
children, Tommy, George, Rickey, Michael,
and
Linda, all of near Dodge City, Kansas; several grandchildren; a niece, AnnLee (Mrs. Paul) Gebhart of
Auburn,
California,
and a nephew, Richard Pollard of Pharr, Texas.
He
made many friends during his lifetime and was always "Uncle Bob" to
his friends' children.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday, December 16 at the Larkin-Bender Funeral Home at 2
p.m. with Reverend Father
Timothy
Fitzgerald of St. Patrick's Catholic Church officiating.
Reverend
Father Thomas Coenen conducted a prayer service
Monday evening, December 15 at the funeral home.
Music
was provided by Mrs. Terry Hanzlik, organist, and
Mrs. James Rychnovsky singing "My Soul Is
Longing For Your Peace".
The
United States flag was presented to Mrs. Pollard by Legion members, Howard
Elder and Kenneth Brand. Mr.
Pollard
had been a member of Parkinson Post #250 of the Lenox American Legion for four
years.
Casket
bearers were John E. (Jack) Jones, Art Schweers, Gail
Mains, Ron Fulk, Tom Lynam,
and Darrel! Huber.
Interment
was in the North Fairview Cemetery in Lenox.
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Richard,
Opal Carter -
Opal
Carter Richard, daughter of Etta and Darwin Carter, was born in 1903. She died
November 22 in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Richard was raised in Lenox and had lived in Pittsburgh for the past
forty-one years.
She
attended Drake University and was united in marriage with W. Gail Richard
February 25, 1925. He preceded her in
death
July 19, 1973.
Survivors
include a daughter, Mrs. George (Virginia) Plavetich of Pittsburgh, Penn., a son, Don C. Richard of Boston,
Mass.,
four grandchildren, and a cousin, Bird Drain of the Lenox Care Center.
Memorial
services were held at the Mt. Lebanon Christian Church in Pittsburgh November 25.
Graveside services were
conducted
December 5 at 10:30 a.m. with Reverend Don Jensen officiating. Burial was in
West Fairview Cemetery in Lenox.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday December 10, 1980
Uehling, Joseph J -
Joseph
J. Uehling of Stillwater, Minnesota, passed away
December 5, 1980 at his home, of heart failure. He was 54 years
old.
He had lived in Stillwater for 16 years where he worked for Burlington Northern
Railroad as communication engineer.
As a
young man, he lived in the Lenox and Corning area. He attended the Corning High
School and then served four
years
in the U.S. Navy.
He
was marred to Joyce Bladen of Lenox, Iowa. Three children were born to this
union, two daughters, Julie and
Jeanene and one son, Jay.
Survivors
include his wife and children; five sisters and two brothers, Hattie Schafroth and husband of Corning, la., Delmar
Uehling and wife of Prescott, la., Charlotte Hollinger of Centralia, Wash., Marie Ramacher and husband, Leland
Uehling and wife, Eilene Crisp, Mable Young and husband, all
of Chehalis, Wash., a brother-in-law, Dick Miller of Corning,
la.;
his mother-in-law, Alice Bladen of Lenox, la.; a son-in-law in Maine, many
nieces, nephews and friends.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Bertha Uehling;
two sisters and one brother, Bernadean Miller of
Corning,
la.; Irma Voss of Chehalis, Wash, and Ernest Uehling of Lenox, Iowa.
He
was a kind and gentle man and had love and respect for everyone who knew him.
Burial
was in the Fort Snelling Military Cemetery in
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Wednesday December 24, 1980
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