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Bricker, David E -
David
E. Bricker 63, who had operated a dry cleaning business in Greenfield for many
years, died suddenly at the Adair County Memorial Hospital Tuesday
afternoon,
November 22nd. He had been admitted to the hospital for treatment the previous
Saturday.
Funeral
services were held at 2:00 p. m. Friday at the Greenfield Methodist Church.
Rev. Anthony Blankers officiated. Burial was in the
Greenfield Cemetery.
Mr.
Bricker is survived by his widow, Irene; a daughter, Mrs. Franklin Carlson; and
four grandchildren, all of Greenfield; a sister Mrs. Melba Coburn of
Des
Moines; and three brothers, John and Glenn Bricker of Greenfield and Orville
Bricker of Lenox.
Those
attending the services other than Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Bricker were Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Thomas,
Mrs. Don Tyler and Mrs Francis Folcey.
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December 1, 1966
John
Fitzgerald, 58, of Grand River, died Thursday, January 5th of a sudden heart
attack. Mr. Fitzgerald was doing chores on his farm at the time.
He
leaves his wife and six children, two brothers, Orville Fitzgerald of Conway
and Roy of Omaha, and a sister, Mrs. Edna Leighton of Lenox.
Services
were held Sunday at the Methodist Church at Grand River with burial in that
town.
Mrs.
Leighton and son Dale of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Orville Fitzgerald of
Conway attended the services.
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Cora
Isabel Gordon was born March 31, 1873, in Peoria, Illinois, and passed away at
the Rosary Hospital, Coming, Iowa, Jan. 1, 1967.
Her
early years were spent on a farm in the Peoria area, where she attended school.
When she was sixteen, the family came to Iowa, and settled in Taylor
County,
in what was known as the Blue Grove area. Cora and her family were active in
the Church there.
On
Oct. 19, 1904, she was united in marriage to William A. Godden, at Creston,
Iowa. To this union was born three children, Theron Livingston, Stanley
Eugene
Godden, and Hazel Verlee Godden. They lived in the
Lenox area on the farm until 1948, when they moved to Rock Island, Illinois.
Cora
devoted her life to her family. She was also active in the Lenox Christian
Church.
She
is survived by one daughter, Hazel Verlee Greenhagen, of Rock Island, Illinois; two granddaughters,
Virginia B. Bance, Milan, Illinois, Lynn K. Calvin,
Iowa
City, Iowa; one great grandson, Todd Douglas Calvin, Iowa City, Iowa; two
sisters, Marian Josephine Hegwood, of Lenox, Essie L.
Gordon, Oakland,
California;
two daughters-in-law, Arlene Godden, Chicago, Illinois, Velma Godden, Lenox;
two grandsons-in-law, James L. Bance of Milan,
Illinois, Douglas
Calvin,
Iowa City; numerous nieces and nephews and many friends.
She
was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, and one grandson, Paul Gordon
Anderson.
Services
were held Tuesday, January 3 at Bender Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor
David A. Shaeffer of the Lenox Christian Church
officiating.
Interment
was at the Lenox Fairview Cemetery. Organist was Mrs. Ruth Boltingohuse and soloist was Roland Buxton.
Bearers
were Wes Crouch, Don Barker, Jesse Barker, Wayne McFee,
James Calvin, and Leland Hegwood.
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Elizabeth Haering, daughter of Christopher and Katherine Wurster, was born at Lenox, la., on April 15, 1880 and
passed away at the Rosary Hospital in Corning on Nov. 15, 1966 at the age of 86
years and 7 months.
At an
early age she united with the Christian Church of Lenox. On May 25, 1904 she
was married to Samuel Haering of Lenox who preceded
her in death in 1963.
She
is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Bryan (Pearl) Eberle,
Mrs. Keith (Martha) Hamilton; one son, Herman Haering;
five grandchildren; two step-grandchildren;
four
great grandchildren, one sister, Lena Stamets; and
two brothers, George Wurster of Roundup, Montana, and
Fred Wurster of Lenox.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter, Leona, two sisters, Amelia Basler and Kate Eberle; two
brothers, Jack Wurster
and
Harry Wurster.
Services
were held at the Bender Funeral home in Lenox on Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. with Rev.
James Eddy officiating. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery in Lenox.
Pall
bearers were Gene Paymal, Harvey Wurster,
Kenneth Eberle, Bill Eberle,
Bob Basler and Gordon Jackson.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 1, 1966
Hattie
Henderson, daughter of Robert and Francis Brown Henderson, was born on August
17, 1879. She died on Monday afternoon, November 29th, 1966
at
the age of 87 at the Rosary Hospital in Corning. She was a lifetime resident of
Lenox vicinity having lived on a farm east of Lenox until 1950 when she
moved
into town. She had also lived at the Clearview Rest
Home in Clearfield for several years. She was preceded in death by her brother,
Fred and her father and mother. Her only survivors are cousins.
Hattie
enjoyed the fellowship of her friends in the United Presbyterian Church and the
community.
Funeral
services for Miss Henderson were held on Wednesday, November 30th at 2:00 p. m.
at the United Presbyterian Church in Lenox with the Bender Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Rev. James E. Eddy conducted the service.
Bearers
were Don Bennett, Ben Wurster, Harold Carey, Forrest Whipp, Walter Wurster and George
Ferguson.
Burial was in the Fairview cemetery at
Lenox.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 1, 1966
Jay
R. Henderson, 75, prominent resident of the Lenox community, died Wednesday
evening, December 28th at the Greater Community Hospital in Creston, Iowa. Mr.
Henderson had been a patient in the hospital since Friday, Dec. 23rd.
He
had been in the downtown area of Lenox Friday afternoon and suffered a coronary
attack. He was taken immediately to the hospital in Creston.
Mr Henderson had retired from active work following a career which found him
serving as treasurer of Taylor County and later as owner of the Gamble store in
Lenox for fifteen years, retiring in August, 1939.
Earlier
in life he served as a school teacher in the Clearfield school. He was an
elder, choir member and active in the United Presbyterian Church in Lenox.
He
leaves to mourn his passing his wife, Bessie, and a host of friends in Lenox
and the surrounding community.
Funeral services were pending at this
writing.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 19,
1966
Mrs.
John Kimsey, 79, a former resident of Lenox, died at
Chariton Monday morning, Jan. 9th. Death
came at the Yocom hospital in Chariton where she
had
been a patient six months.
Mrs. Kimsiey lived in Lenox from 1916-1922, during which
time her husband operated the Fair store. She had resided in Chariton since
1945.
Survivors
include her husband John of Chariton, three daughters, Mrs. Louise Dwyer of
Chariton, Mrs. Georgetta Brown of Decatur, Ill., and
Mrs. Alice Erixson
of
Chesterfield, Missouri.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday at the Beardsley-Fielding funeral home in Chariton
at 1:30 with Rev. John Bauserman officiating.
Interment was in the cemetery at Russell, Iowa
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 12, 1967
Mrs.
Caroline Magrath, 77, of Lenox died at the Rosary
Hospital in Corning, Tuesday night, Dec 27.th. Services will be held Friday,
Dec. 30, at 10:00 a. m.
at
St. Patrick's Church in Lenox. Rosary will be at 8:00 p. m. Thursday, Dec. 29
at the Bender Funeral Home. Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery in Lenox.
Her
only immediate survivor is Mrs. Esther Smith of Lenox. The late Mrs. Harry
Cheese was a cousin.
She
was preceded in death by her husband about twenty years ago while they were
residents of Chicago.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 29,
1966
Funeral
services were held Thursday, February 16th at 2:00 o'clock at the Methodist
Church in Clearfield, Iowa for Addis Milo Reed, who passed away
at
the Rosary Hospital in Corning, Iowa Monday, February 13, 1987, at the age of
64.
Addis,
son of the late John and Lenora Reed, was born June 18, 1902. He was united in
marriage to Ann Daniel June 27, 1956.
Surviving
are his wife, Ann, a step son Larry, several step-grandchildren, four brothers:
Ralph of Indianola, Iowa; Glenn of Ellston, Iowa;
Harley of Condo, North Dakota; and Johnny of Lenox; two sisters, Mary Ferris of
Des Moines and Helen Ferris of Osceola, Iowa besides nieces and nephews and a
host of friends
and
neighbors.
He
was proceeded in death by his parents and a brother Harry.
Rev.
Edward Tshetter officiated at the services. Burial
was in the Clearfield cemetery.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February 23,
1967
Zola
Norwood Rubin, the daughter of Oscar W. and Lela Ralston Starr was born on a
farm near Villisca, Iowa Nov. 11, 1895 and passed away from a sudden heart
attack at her home hear Lenox, Dec. 11, 1966 at the age of 71 years and 1
month.
She
received her education in the Nodaway schools and was graduated from Des Moines
University in Des Moines. She taught school in the Elementary grades in Ames,
Creston, Rural Taylor County and later in the Sharpsburg schools.
She
was married to Clarence Rubin, Sept. 18, 1926 at The Little Brown Church in the
Vale at Nashua, Iowa and they made their home in Corning where Mr. Rubin was
sheriff of Adams Co. In 1934 they moved to their present farm home 5 miles west
of Lenox.
Mrs.
Rubin was a member of the Methodist Church in Lenox and a member of the WSCS, a
past Worthy Matron of the Corning chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, and
a member of the Sunshine Sisters Neighborhood club.
She
is survived by her husband, Clarence Rubin, one sister, Marie Repass, a brother-in-law, William Repass of Villisca, Iowa, brothers-in-law Fred Rubin of Corning and Lonnie Rubin of
Denver, Colo., two half brothers-in-law, five half sisters-in-law; one aunt,
Mrs. Ben J. Gibson of Des Moines, and a number of cousins.
Funeral
services were held from the Methodist Church at Lenox by the Rev, Floyd Newbrough on December 14, 1966 with the Bender Funeral home
in charge. Pall Bearers were William Wurster, William
Paul, Orval May, Ernest Nook, Duane Dougherty and
John Cade.
The
flowers were cared for by Miss Mary Maloney and Mrs. Agnes Paul. Music was by
Mrs. Lonnie Barker and Mrs. James Beck accompanied by Mrs. Eugene Paymal.
Burial
was in the Methodist Grove Cemetery south of Brooks.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 15,
1966
Clifford
Smith, a former resident of Lenox, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith,
passed away at his home Tuesday in Omaha, Nebraska. Funeral services will be
held Friday, December 2nd at 1:00 p. m. at the Crosby Knold Funeral Home at 32nd and Farnam, in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 1, 1966
Mrs.
John (Cora) Spring, 76, of Villisca, Iowa, died Monday afternoon, Nov. 28th at
the Rosary Hospital in Coming. She is survived by her husband, John
of
Villisca, two sons Clyde of Prescott and Roy of Brooks, Iowa, one daughter Mrs.
Ed Naven of Brooks, and a number of grand and
great-grand children
including
a granddaughter Mrs. Kenneth Black of Lenox.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. at the Central Funeral
Home in Villisca.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 1, 1966
Mrs.
Evelyn Knox Stephens, resident of Taylor County was born July 19, 1903 at
Clearfield, Iowa. She passed away at the Rosary Hospital in Corning on
February
12, 1967 at the age of 63 years, 6 months and 24 days.
She was
the daughter of Howard and Mary Knox. After graduating from Clearfield High
School she attended Iowa State University at Ames for two
years.
She was married to Wilson Stephens on January 30, 1927. Two children were born
to this union. Surviving are her husband, a daughter Enid and
her
husband Robert J. Huegel of Denver, Colorado; a son
Ivan Stephens of Clearfield, his wife Shirley and two grandchildren, Shanda and Sherry; also one
sister
Miss Winifred Knox of Lenox. Her parents and two brothers have proceeded her in
death.
She
was a member of the Greenwood Church, transferring her membership to Clearfield
Methodist Church when the Greenwood congregation disbanded.
She
was an active member of Greenwood Ladies' Society and the Prairie Gem Club. For
several years she served as a member of the Taylor County Family Living
Committee. She was also an assistant 4-H Club Leader and Committee woman. She
will be greatly missed by a host of relatives and friends.
Services
were held February 15, 1967 at the Clearfield Methodist Church, Rev. Edward Tschetter officiating. Music was furnished by Mrs. Jane
Whitmore, accompanied by Mrs. Viva Mahoney.
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1967
Rosa
Maude Scott, daughter of Charles A. Scott and Mary Adeline Miller Scott was
born in Lincoln Township, Adams County, Iowa, August 14, 1882.
She
departed this life February 2, 1967 at Lincoln Center at the age of 84 years, 5
months, and 18 days.
She
was united in marriage Jan. 31, 1906 to William E. Vogel in Lincoln Township at
the home of her parents. To this union ten children were born: six sons, Earl,
Russell, Glen, Don, Ralph and Ray; four daughters, Mrs. Verle (Helen) Mosman, Mrs. Boyd (Wilma) Schafer, Mrs. Leo
(Alice) Johnston, and Mrs. Rex (Beulah) Bissell. She is survived by five sons,
three daughters, six daughters-in-law, three sons-in-law, one sister, Mrs.
Lillie Miller of Lenox, 29 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and many
other relatives and friends.
She
was preceded in death by her husband William in March, 1954, one daughter, Mrs.
Alice Johnston, and her husband Leo in January, 1952, one son Earl in
May,
1957, one grandson Robert Bissell in July, 1962, three sisters Mrs. Florence Kimpson, Mabel Kemp, and Daisy Mae Scott and five
grandchildren who died in infancy.
She
became a member of the Potter Chapel Church at an early age, and when it closed
she transferred her membership to the Lincoln Center Church where she worked
untiringly until the time of her death.
Her
entire life was spent within four miles of her birthplace.
Services
were held Sunday, Feb. 5, 1967 from the Lincoln Center Methodist Church with
Rev. Edward L. Sullivan officiating. Music was furnished by Donald Drennan, Dale Calkins, Stanley Evans and Roy Penfold. Mrs. Beryl Roberts was pianist.
Russell,
Glen, Don, Ralph and Ray, her five surviving sons, and a grandson, Donald Vogel
served as pallbearers.
Mr.
and Mrs. John Cimock and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Schafer
served as flower bearers.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February 16,
1967
Memorial
services were held at the Lenox Christian Church on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2:00
p.m. 1967 for Harold Wurster.
Rev.
David A. Shaeffer, minister of the Church,
officiated. Mrs. Ruth Boltinghouse was organist; and
Mr. Roland Buxton was soloist. Interment was in the Lenox Fairview Cemetery.
Harold
Dean Wurster, son of Mary and Clifford Wurster, was born on the family farm west of Lenox, Iowa on
Sept. 6, 1946, and passed away at the Veterans
Administration
hospital in Des Moines on Jan. 22, 1967, at the age of 20 years, 4 months and
16 days, after a prolonged illness of several months.
Harold
was a member of the Christian Church of Lenox, la., having taken membership in the
church by confession of faith and baptism on March 22, 1959;
He
was a sometime member of the Church's Youth Gospel Team. All of his schooling
was received in the Lenox community schools.
As a
member of the U. S. Navy he served his country one and one-half years.
Harold
was of a quiet disposition and most happy in the great out-of-doors. He
received a personal satisfaction from such sports as hunting, fishing, and
trapping. His was also a great lover of horses and he seemed most happy in
handling and riding his horse.
He
is survived by his parents, one brother, Gary, a sister-in-law Marilyn, a
nephew, Scot, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs John Wurster of Lenox and Mary Holmes and a host of relatives
and friends.
Paul
Bearers were Dick Walter, James Rusco, Leo Hingeley, Mick Bennett, Howard
Rogers and LaRell Wilkinson.
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Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 26, 1967
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