Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa obituaries
transcribed by: Lorelei Rusco - lorerus@iowatelecom.net
 

Andrews, Lewis Hanson –

L. H. Andrews, 82, retired former publisher of the Clearfield

Enterprise, died at his home in Clearfield at 12:30 a. m. Saturday. He had suffered a stroke in 1948, the complications of which caused his death.

 

Funeral services for Mr. Andrews were held at the Methodist church at Clearfield at 2:30 p. m. Monday. Burial was in the Clearfield cemetery.

 

Mr. Andrews had the Clearfield weekly newspaper for 41 years before his retirement in 1948. He had previously published a newspaper in Sioux Center for three years and had spent nearly 50 years in the newspaper business.

 

Lewis Hanson Andrews was born in Marshall county, Indiana, in a log house on his grandfather's farm, July 29, 1867. He was the third of five children and the oldest son of Henry Hanson .and Hannah Landis Andrews. He moved with his parents and brothers and sisters to Anamosa, Iowa, in the fall of 1868, and they moved to Cedar county, near Mechanicsville in the spring of 1869. In March, 1870, they moved to a farm three miles south of Tipton.

 

Mr. Andrews attended the Rock Creek and Rochester rural schools and spent one year in the Tipton high school.  He later taught three years in Cedar and Madison counties and then attended the Iowa State Normal school, now Iowa State Teachers College, from 1890 to 1893. He returned to teaching and took up newspaper work in Sioux

Center, Lester, Polk City and Quasqueton, Iowa, until 1907.

He spent nine years in grad work and 14 years in teaching.

He spent one semester at the State University of Iowa in 1899.   Mr. Andrews held a five year state teaching certificates in Iowa for

20 years.

 

He was married in Polk City, July 17 1907, to Ella Anna Gall,

who survives him. They became the parents of twin daughters,

Marjorie and Margaret, born May 23, 1909.

 

Mr. Andrews served his community as a school director and as mayor of Clearfield from 1936 to 1940 and from 1944 to 1948

He joined the Methodist church at South Bethel in Cedar county, in 1886. He transferred to the Tipton church in 1887, to Cedar Falls m 1890 to Sioux Center Presbyterian church in 1894 and was a ruling

elder there. He Joined the American Reformed church in 1900 when the Sioux Center church joined it. He was an elder of that church known as the Central Reformed church of Sioux Center, Iowa. He transferred his membership to the Polk City Methodist church in  1904  and to the Clearfield Methodist church in 1907. He has been

Stewart, trustee and recording Stewart for 25 years. He was teacher of a Bible class from 1918 to 1944 and was a delegate to seven annual conferences.

 

Mr. Andrews was a member of the Modern Woodman Lodge from May, 1895, and an Odd Fellow from May, 1895.  In the later lodge he was a past noble grand, a delegate and a district deputy grand master.

 

Surviving in addition to his widow are his two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Schoenhair and Mrs. Margaret Hurley; two grandchildren, Marcella and Karl Schoenhair, and two sisters, Ida May Andrews and Maggie A. Andrews.  A sister, Effie Harriett Andrews Davis and a brother, Arthur Jacob Andrews preceded him in death.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday September 22, 1949

 

 

Barber, Mary –

Mrs. Mary Barber of Maryville, Mo., died on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at a hospital in Maryville, following a heart attack the preceding week.  She was 71 years of age.  Funeral services were held at Maryville at the Price Funeral Home with burial at Burlington Junction, Mrs. Barber’s former home.  She was a native of Ohio and had come to Missouri with her parents at an early age.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert N. Barber.

 

Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Wayne Nicholas of Maryville, Mo., a son, Norbert N. Barber, Jr. two grandchildren, and a niece, Mrs. R.E. Bender of Lenox.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, December 1, 1949

 

Beamer, Zedak B. -

Zedak B. Beamer was born on July 23, 1884, near Clearfield and died August 12, 1949, at Houston, Mo. He was the son of R. M. and Rebecca Beamer and for many years a former resident of Clearfield.

 

He is survived by his wife Ona and two sons, Lambert and Lauren

Beamer and three grandchildren.

 

Mrs. Bert Hufman and Wm. Wells of Clearfield were cousins of Mr. Beamer.  Funeral services and interment were at Houston, Mo.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, September 1, 1949

 

Brooks, Fred –

Fred Brooks, age about 70, passed away Aug. 1 at his home in Canada. His wife, the former Leslie Filbert, is a sister of Mrs. Mary Underwood of Sharpsburg and the late John Filbert.  Mr. Brooks was a resident of the Lenox community more than 30 years ago.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, September 15, 1949

 

Bryant, Clara Ellen Brown –

Mrs. Grant Bryant, age 77, passed away suddenly Tuesday night at her home in Lenox.  Funeral services in charge of the Barber Funeral Home, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Christian church, conducted by the Rev. E. F. Hagee, of St. Joseph.  Interment will be in Fairview cemetery.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Bryant had just recently moved into an apartment in the D. F. Ranck residence on Nebraska Avenue, having returned to Lenox from a year’s residence in Sheldon, Wash., and Clarinda.  Surviving are her husband, one son, Glenn of Des Moines, one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Mead, of Sheldon, Wash., a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Nellie Bryant of Lenox, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October 29, 1949

 

Bryant, Clara Ellen Brown –

Clara Ellen Brown was born near Alexis, Ill., April 25, 1872, the daughter of Walter and Emily Brown, and departed this life

October 25, 1949, at Lenox, aged 77 years and six months.

 

She grew to womanhood in Illinois, coming to the vicinity

of Lenox in 1889. She was married to Grant Bryant on February

25, 1892. To this union were born four children: Glen LeRoy

Emily Ann, Clarence Walter and Nellie Ruth. Those who

preceded her in death were her mother, father, Emily and Clarence.

 

Mother Bryant united with the Methodist church in 1888

then she and Grant placed their membership with the Christian

Church at Lenox in 1892 and have continued as members here

through the intervening fifty seven years. Active interest in the church and ladies’ groups provided her with much of her joy in living.  She was also a member of the Women’s Relief Corps and Royal Neighbors.

 

Those who mourn her passing are her husband, Grant, of Lenox;

son Glenn of Des Moines; daughter, Ruth Mead, of Sheldon,  Wash.; grandsons Robert  Bryant of Des Moines and Ernest Bryant of Red Oak; grandchildren James, Beverly and Billy Dean Mead of Sheldon, Wash.; great granddaughters Kathy Lou Bryant, Des Moines and Judith Ann and Sandra Kay Bryant of Red Oak, one son-in-law and two daughters-in-law, the wives of the two grandsons and friends.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, November 3, 1949

 

Cheese, Charles Bradburn -

Charles Cheese passed away Wednesday night at the Municipal

hospital at Clarinda, at the age of 88. Mr. Cheese had been ill for some time at the home of his son Harry, and wife, and had

been taken to the hospital last Sunday evening.

 

Funeral services will be held at the Barber Funeral Home at

2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon with Rev. Clarence Richardson in charge.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, September 15, 1949

 

Cheese, Charles Bradburn –

Charles Bradburn Cheese, son of Edward T. and Mary Jane Lyddon Cheese was born at Alexis, Ill., May 18, 1861, and departed from this life at the Municipal hospital at Clarinda, Iowa, Sept. 14, 1949, at the age of 88 years, 3 months and 26 days.

 

On Nov. 7, 1883, he was united in marriage to Harriett Loveridge

of Alexis, Ill. To this union were born three children, Harry Turley Cheese of Lenox, Iowa, James Elbert who died  in _infancy and Nona Fay Curphey of Onarga, Ill.

 

The family moved to Lenox in the spring of 1891 and he has been a resident of this community ever since. His wife passed away January 14, 1944 about two months after celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. He was a member of the Methodist church of Lenox and attended as long as health would permit.

 

He is survived by the son and daughter, six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and three brothers, John L. of Evanston, Wyo., George F. of Lenox and Edward T. of Los Angeles, Calif. He was preceded in death by his wife and son, his parents, three sisters and one half-brother.

 

Funeral services were held on Friday, Sept. 16th, at the Barber

Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Clarence Richardson. Music

was furnished by Mrs. Norma Paymal and Mrs. Marcia Bender.

Pallbearers were Dick Dunbar, Roy Nelson, Jess Smith, Charlie Rupf, Ben Walter and Glen Leckliter. Interment in Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, September 22, 1949

 

Conner, Clyde Patterson –

Clyde Patterson Conner, more familiarly know to his Lenox friends as “Pat” passed away Sept. 24th at Sedalia, Mo.  He was born at Adair, Ill. Nov. 25, 1895.  Three years ago the family left Lenox to make their home near Florence, Mo.  Survivors include his wife and three sons, Pat, Kenneth and Jerry.  Funeral services were held on Sept. 27th with burial in Mo.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October 6, 1949

 

Eckler, Ward B.–

Ward Eckler, 48-year-old Lenox farmer, died at the Methodist

hospital in Des Moines at 3 p.m. Saturday. He had been seriously

ill for several weeks with leukemia, a blood disease.

 

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday at the Christian

church here, Rev. Merwin Coad officiating. Rolland Buxton sang a solo. Pallbearers were Clyde Shelman, Floyd Wall, Raymond Dill, Andrew Stoaks, Clifford Wurster and Otto Hayes. Interment In Falrview cemetery, Lenox.

 

OBITUARY

Ward B. Eckler was born near Conway, Iowa, on October 6, 1900, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eckler. In early boyhood the family moved to the Eckler home place about two miles west of Lenox.

 

The education of Ward Eckler was received in the public schools of Lenox after which he entered the farming business, which he continued until the time of his death.

 

He entered the Christian church of Lenox, making the confession and being baptized during March, 1915.

 

On June 24, 1928, Mr. Eckler and Miss Mildred Morley were united

in marriage at Madison, Wisconsin. To this union two children were born, Billy and Mary Ellen.

 

Those surviving the deceased besides the widow and two children

include his mother, Mrs. Mary Eckler of Lenox, a brother, Merrill Eckler, of Albert Lea, Minn., and three sisters, Mrs. Lois Young of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Bertha Beckwith, of Des Moines, and Mrs. Hazel Deurmyer of Inglewood, Calif. Also a number of nieces and nephews and a great host of friends and neighbors.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October 6, 1949

 

Gibson, Ben J. –

Ben J. Gibson, 66, native of Adams county and resident here for many years, died at 11 p.m. Friday, July 8  [1949] at Rochester, Minn.  He was a prominent attorney and former attorney general of Iowa.  The family has lived in Des Moines since 1920.

 

Mr. Gibson had been suffering for several years from a stomach ailment for which he underwent an extensive operation on June 29 at Rochester.

 

Mr. Gibson was born, one of six children, in Adams county, Nov. 13, 1882 and had his early education in the public schools in Corning.  He finished his preliminary schooling and received his law degree at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.  He worked his way through college.

 

After he obtained his law degree in 1906, Mr. Gibson began the practice of law in his home county.  He was county attorney from 1907-1912.

 

He was elected state senator for Adams and Taylor counties in 1916, but did not finish his term.  He resigned in 1917 to volunteer in World War I.  He became  an  infantry Captain, but had not yet been sent overseas when the war ended. He returned  in 1919 to his law practice at Corning.

 

An active Republican throughout his life, Gibson ran for the

party's nomination for attorney general in 1920. It was a three-man race in which the primary election vote was divided almost equally

with the result that no candidate received the 35 percent of the vote necessary for nomination; in the party convention which followed,

Gibson won his first nomination and went on to be elected to the office three times, retiring from office in 1927.

 

He immediately went into the practice of law in Des Moines

in association with W. L. Stewart.  They later were joined by Neill Garret, who had worked as an assistant to Gibson in the attorney general's office. The law firm represented a number of important clients and Gibson served by appointment as attorney for the receiver for Des Moines' closed banks during  the late twenties,

 

One of  his most recent activities was the successful advocating without fee of the 1949 laws establishing a retirement system for state supreme and district court judges and increasing salaries of the district court judges.

 

His work in the legislature for these acts was recognized by

the justices of the supreme court in a letter which said: "You have taught us (what we should perhaps already have known) that there are things in this world; which cannot be bought and paid for in

any coin except that of deep appreciation and thankfulness.

A tall man with a lively sense of humor and a voice like a pipe organ, Mr. Gibson was an active member of the national and local bar association branches, the Republican party and a number of fraternal organizations.

 

He was a frequent speaker in Political campaigns. He was a

member of the Des Moines club, the Wakonda club, the IOOF. the Elks, the Knights of Pythias and various Masonic orders in which he held a number of offices. He was a member of Central Presbyterian

church.

 

Surviving are his widow, Anna, of Des Moines; two sons, Wendell B. and Ben J. both of Des Moines; his mother, Virginia, of Nodaway; two brothers. James P. of Des Moines and William of Waterloo; a sis- ,

t«, Mrs. Gwendolin Katz of Grand Island, Nebr., and five grandchildren.

 

Funeral services were held at the  Dunn funeral home in Des

Moines Tuesday July 12, at 1:30 p.m.  A number of relatives

and friends from Adams county attended the funeral, among

them being Mr. and Mrs. Clarence  Ruben, the latter’s mother

being a sister of Mrs. Gibson.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, July 29, 1949

 

Haynes, Luther Elmer -

Luther Elmer Haynes, 70, owner of the Haynes grocery at Newkirk, Okla., died at 11:55 a.m., Sunday at the Ponca City hospital, where he was taken on Saturday after being in failing health several months.

 

Services were at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the First Methodist church in Newkirk with the Rev. Gilbert S. Peters conducting the services. Burial at Newkirk cemetery.

 

Haynes came to Newkirk as a young man with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. M. Haynes, who settled there at the opening of the

Cherokee Strip. The J. M. Haynes, Sr. family left Lenox In the fall of 1893.

 

Born in Lenox, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1879, Haynes attended school in Newkirk and had resided in that community 55 years. His wife,

Mrs. Lillian Haynes, died July 31, 1946.  Haynes Is survived by a son,

David; a sister, Miss Nell Haynes of Newkirk; and a brother, Charles of Oklahoma City. J. M. Haynes, Jr. and Eva Haynes Cassith both passed away in 1946.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, September 29, 1949

 

Henderson, Jesse Farman -

Jesse Farman Henderson, son of Joseph and Laura Henderson,

was born Sept. 29, 1877 in Page county, Iowa and passed away

at his home in Lenox, Iowa, on Sept. 2, 1949, at the age of 71

years, 11 months and three days

 

He was united in marriage to Ida Marie Wernstrom, Dec. 25,

1902. Born to this union were four sons, Myrle, Glen and Carroll

of Lenox and Raymond of Bakersfield, Calif., and one daughter, Mrs. Irene Gillespie of Kansas City, Mo.

 

He joined the Methodist church at Sharpsburg, Iowa, in 1916 and transferred his membership to the Lenox Methodist church in 1947.

He was a member of the I. O.O. F. and Rebekah Lodges of Lenox.

 

Surviving besides his wife and children, are five grandchildren, five sisters, Mrs. Emma Marley, of Denver Colo., Mrs. Wilma Dugan of Longmont, Colo., Mrs. June Chitty of Newton, Iowa, Mrs. Mary Newman of Imogene Iowa, and Mrs. Viola Short of Lenox; three brothers, Walter of Creston, Clark and Earl of Lenox, a host of nieces, nephew and friends.

 

He was preceded in death by his mother, father and three brothers.

Funeral services were held on September 4th    at the Arnold Funeral Home in Lenox with Rev. C. W. Richardson in charge. Music was furnished by Roland and Garland Buxton. Pallbearers were Lester Johnson, Harley Gravett, Ray Hayes, James Lillie, W. H. Dill and Carl Spring. Interment was in Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday September 8, 1949

Hurley, Edwin Otto –

Edwin Otto Hurley, son of Dennis and Emma Hurley was born in Dewitt, county, Ill. on May 27, 1879.  He came to Lenox with his parents in the spring of 1882, and had spent his entire life here.  He passed away on Monday, Nov. 21, 1949.

 

He was married on June 12, 1901 to Marie Klarner.  Eight children were born to this union, sons Donald and Richard preceding their father in death.  Surviving besides the widow are six children.  Esther Ryan, Helen Ahse, Betty Elliott, Roberta Fox, and Edwin and David Hurley; also three grandson, one great granddaughter, two sisters Mrs. Clara Haley and Mrs. Ethel McLaury, and one brother, Walker Hurley.

 

Funeral services were held on Friday morning at St. Patrick’s church, with burial in St. Patrick’s cemetery, Lenox.  Msgr. W. J. McMahon conducted last rites.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, December 1, 1949

 

Jones, Charles W. –

Charles W. Jones, son of Ellas and Ruth C. Jones, was born near Iowa City, Johnson county, Iowa, on January 27, 1864.  He departed this life October 19, 1949, at the age of 85 years, 8 months and 23 days, at his home in Conway, Iowa.

 

In the spring of 1876, he, with the family moved to Taylor County, Iowa and located on a farm two miles east of what is now the town of Sharpsburg.

 

After teaching several terms of school, he heded the call of the West, locating on a claim in Southwestern Nebraska near Trenton.  Land was fertile and productive.  However, lack of enough moisture caused many a crop failure, and so again he took up the responsibility of teaching school.  One year, the dry hot winds completely destroyed all the crops.  Not daunted, he went to Manitou, Colorado, where he was employed until the next spring, when he came to  the life on the claim again.

 

While in Nebraska he met Miss Fannie Gray to whom he was married March 24, 1894.  To this union five children were born: G. R. Jones of Stutgart, Ark.; Adah Allison of Sheldon, Neb.; Belle Eyers, who preceded him in death, Constance Stewart of Bedford, Iowa and Chas. W. of Sharpsburg, Iowa.

 

In the fall of 1900, he with his family decided to move back to Iowa, where he remained until the time of his death.

 

In youth he was baptized in Scott Presbyterian church in Johnson county, Iowa, later uniting with the Sharpsburg Presbyterian church.

 

He is survived by his wife, four children, thirteen grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren and one sister, Maud G. Marshall of Hastings, Neb.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October 27, 1949

 

 

King, Marion –

Marion King, age 76, passed away at 4 p.m. Wednesday at his home in Lenox.  He had been a brick mason and had done fancy masonry work as his profession.

 

Surviving are his wife, Laura and one son, Byron of Phoenix, Arizona, and one daughter, Cleo Roberts of Des Moines.  Nine grandchildren also survive.

 

Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 11 o’clock at the Arnold Funeral Home.  Burial will be at Highland Memory Garden, Des Moines.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, September 29, 1949

 

King, Marion Clark –

Marion Clark King, son of Rufus and Nannie King, was  born in Wythe county, Virginia, on April 10, 1873.  He passed away at his home in Lenox on Wednesday morning, September 28, 1949, at the age of 76 years, five months and 18 days. He suffered a stroke on the Saturday before and death followed a cerebral hemorrhage.

 

Funeral services were held on Friday morning at 11:00 at the Arnold Funeral Home in Lenox. Burial was in the Sermon on the Mount Garden of the Highland Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines.

 

Mr. King became a member of the Church of God some 60 years ago, and was a lover of the great truth. He was united in marriage with Laura C. Umberger on September 10, 1896, in Virginia, and a short time later they moved to Missouri. After spending several years in Missouri and Colorado, Mr. and Mrs. King moved with their family to Lenox, where they have made their home for the past 40 years. He was a professional brick mason in and around Lenox until his death. He made fancy rock and cement work as a favorite pastime. Many

friends will remember Mr. King by his beautiful rock bird baths and vases.

 

Surviving are his wife, Laura, one son, Byrum F. King, of  Albuquerque, N. Mex., one daughter, Mrs. Cleo Robertson, of Des

Moines, Iowa, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren

Also two sisters, Viola Umberger and Kate Bumgardner and one brother, Hoyte King, all in Virginia.

 

He will long be remembered by his wife and family and the

multitude of friends he has made in the community of Lenox

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October 6, 1949

 

Landes, Ellen Hourland -

Mrs F. H. Landes, age 76, passed away in her sleep at the home of her daughter Mrs. August Luiben at Philadelphia, Pa.   Monday evening. She was the wife of the late Dr. Landes, a Ringgold county doctor for more than 50 years, who had passed away in March of 1948.

 

Since that time Mrs. Landes had made her home in Philadelphia.

Surviving are another daughter Louise Landes, commercial teacher at Roosevelt high school in Des Moines, three grandchildren, and several sisters and brothers.

 

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock

at Mount Ayr, witb burial there

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October 20, 1949

 

Morley, Edith Elese Beadle-

Mrs. Edith Morley, 69, died at the Greater Community hospital at Creston on Monday at 9 a.m.  She had been seriously ill for several months.

 

She had been a member of Salome Chapter, OES, Lenox, for many years. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ward Eckler, and two

grandchildren. Her husband preceded her in death five years

ago.  Services were held Thursday at 2:30 p. m. at the Barber Funeral Home with Rev. Earl Moneymaker officiating. Interment

in Fairvlew cemetery at Lenox. The sympathy of the community is extended to Mrs. Ward Eckler, with the loss of her husband

on Saturday and her mother on Monday.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October 6, 1949

 

 

Morley, Edith Elese Beadle -

Edith Elese Beadle, daughter of Edward N. and Jennie Beadel,

was born Feb. 17, 1880 on a farm southwest of Lenox, Iowa, and

departed this life at the Community hospital in Creston, on

Monday, Oct. 3, 1949, at the age of 69 years, 7 months and 16

days.

 

On Feb. 14, 1906, she was married to Wm. N. Morley, who preceded her in death 10, 1944 of March.  She is survived by one daughter,

Mildred Eckler, two grandchildren, Billy W. and Mary Ellen Eckler, and one brother, Walter Beadel, all of Lenox vicinity, also several nieces and nephews.  A sister, Edna, and a brother, Willard Edward, preceded her in death.

 

Her early married life was spent in Adams county, later moving to Madison, Wisc., returning to Lenox in 1935, where she has since lived. 

 

At an early age she united with the First Presbyterian church in Lenox.  Mrs. Morley was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star of Lenox.

 

For several years she has been a patient sufferer and for the last two months was a patient in the Creston hospital.

 

She will be greatly missed by her family and the friends and neighbors who were always welcome in her home.

 

Funeral services were held at the Barber parlors Thursday afternoon, Oct. 6th at 2:30 with the Rev. Earl Moneymaker in charge.  Interment in the Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October 13, 1949

 

Palmer, Marion W. –

Marion W. Palmer, 60, postmaster at Clearfield since 1944,

died suddenly at his home there at 1:30 a. m. Sunday. He had not

been ill.

 

Obituary

Marion W. Palmer was born Dec. 29, 1888 in Chicago, Ill., and died at his home in Clearfield Aug. 28th, 1949, age 60 years, seven months and 29 days.

 

He was the son of Frank and Emma Palmer.  The family came to Clearfield in 1896, but later moved to Louisiana, Mo., where they lived until the death of the mother. Marion then made his home with his sister, Mrs. J. W. Beatty at Diagonal.

He chose interior decorating or an occupation following a year's service in the Navy. This he followed until 1944. On January 19, 1916 he was married to Myrtle J. Clayton and to this union one  son,

Charles Jackson, was born. With the exception of one year, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have made Clearfield their home. In 1913 they lived in Des Moines.  He was a member of the Methodist Church, also of the Masonic Order 458 and the Royal Arch.

 

In 1944 he received the appointment as acting postmaster at Clearfield and this was made permanent March 26, 1949.  Mr. Palmer took much interest in the civic affairs of his community and held a number of offices.

 

He is survived by his wife, the son, Charles J. Palmer and his

wife Barbara, and three grandchildren, Claudia, Kathryn and

Marion J. Palmer, one sister, Mrs. J. W. Beatty, Des Moines;

one brother, Fred Palmer of Forsythe, Mont.; other relatives and friends.

Funeral was held Aug. 29, at the Christian Church and burial was in the Clearfield cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, September 1, 1949

Richey, Ison Edward –

Ed Richey, a resident of Sharpsburg community for many years, died at his home Thursday, November 17.

 

The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. Gordon F. MacLean.  Burial was in the Lenox cemetery.

 

Ison Edward Richey, son of Isaac and Abigale Richey, was born on a farm near Birmingham, Iowa, June 11, 1870, being aged 79 years, 5 months and 6 days at the time of death.

 

Mr. Richey moved with his parents to Taylor county at the age of 13 years where he resided most of the remainder of his life.

 

On October 21, 1891, he was married to Margaret Ann Cochran, and to them were born six children, two of whom died in infancy.  Those remaining to mourn his loss are his wife, Margaret and brother Shannon, both of whom cared for him during his last illness; a sister, Mrs. Mary Brown of Lenox, four sons, Perley of Cherokee, Lawrence of Shenandoah, Edwin of Clearfield, Howard of Carroll, seven grandchildren, one great grandchild.

 

A brother, Dallas, preceded him in death in March of this year.

Mr. Richey united with the Presbyterian church at the age of 23 years and remained a faithful member and worker in the church all through the years.  He served as an elder for 35 years, several years as Sunday School Superintendent, as well as county Sunday School Superintendent.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, December 1, 1949

 

Robison, Sarah Elizabeth Morley –

Sarah Elizabeth Morley Robinson, of Boulder, Colo., passed away at her home there Oct. 16, 1949, after an illness of several months.

 

Born in Clayton, county, Iowa, on Feb. 27, 1873, she moved with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Morley, to Adams county in 1880, where she grew to womanhood.

 

Her husband, James Elder Robison preceded her in death on July 4, 1937.  A son, Harry and two daughters, Eulalia and Reva, a grandson, Alan E. Robison, and a great granddaughter, Leslie Rae Robison survive to mourn her loss.

 

Services were conducted Tuesday Oct. 18 at the Howe Mortuary in Boulder with Rev. Raymond Brahams of the First Presbyterian church officiating.

 

Mrs. Robison was an aunt of Harley Morley and Mrs. Ward Eckler of Lenox vicinity.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, November 3, 1949

 

Spring, John Henry -

John Henry Spring was born on December 5, 1875, in Grant

township in Adams county, just west of Stringtown in a log cabin

and died at his home in Lenox, Iowa, October 31,1949, at the age of 73 years, 10 months and 26 days.

 

He was the second child of five children born to Gottlieb and Elizabeth Spring. He was united in marriage to Anna Minnie Ritter on Sept. 30, 1908. To this union were born four children: Ernest H. of Corning, Ruth E. Young, Harry M. and Carl F., all of Lenox.

 

He was a member of the Methodist church and was faithful in attendance until failing health prevented his going.  His entire life was spent in Adams and Taylor counties, where he farmed until he moved to Lenox.

 

He was preceded in death by his wife in 1932, his parents, two

brothers and one sister and one granddaughter.

 

He leaves to mourn his passing his four children, three daughters-in-law, one son-in-law, six grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Joe Gruff of Nodaway, Iowa, one half-brother, Raymond of Nodaway, several nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.

 

The funeral was held at the Methodist church at two o'clock

Wednesday, Nov. 2. The service was in charge of his pastor, Rev.

Clarence Richardson. Music was furnished by Mrs. Eugene Paymal

and Mrs. Rollie Bender.   They were accompanied by Mrs. Grace Peacock.  Burial was in the Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, November 3, 1949

Stremmel, Mary Agnes Schoenhair –

Mary Agnes Schoenhalr, daughter of Conrad and Barbara Schoenhair, was born in Germany, March 18, 1869, and passed away at her home in Lenox, September 3, 1949, at the age of 80 years, five months and 12 days.

 

She came to the United States as a girl in 1881. On December 23, 1915, she was united in marriage to Nathan Stremmel in Lenox, Iowa, where she has since resided.

 

She became a member of the old Presbyterian church and never changed her membership.

 

Preceding her in death were her parents, one sister, Mary Wurster, and a step-daughter, Berniece Stremmel. She is survived by her husband, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Dora Frederich, two step-sons, Harvey Stremmel of Colchester, Illinois, and Floyd Stremmel of Lewlston, Illinois, and a foster daughter, Julia, of Lenox, and two brothers, John Schoenhair of Lenox and Chas Schoenhalr cf Creston, Iowa, a number of nieces and nephews and a host of friends. She is also survived by six grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren.

 

Funeral services were held from the Arnold Funeral Home in Lenox on Monday afternoon September 5th at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Earl Moneymaker in charge.  Burial in the Lenox cemetery

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday September 8, 1949

 

Sullivan, Henry -

Henry Sullivan, a former resident of Creston and Lenox, was

killed in Las Vegas, Nev., Sunday morning, according to word

received here. No details of the death were received. Mr. Sullivan

had lived here about 30 years ago but was a resident of Los Angeles.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, October 27, 1949

 

 

Tarman, Ella F. –

Mrs. Ella F. Tarman, 97-year old former Clearfield resident died at her home in Oklahoma City, Okla., Monday according to word received by relatives.  Mrs. Tarman had lived in Clearfield many years ago but had moved to Oklahoma 30 or more years ago. She has been buried at Norman, Okla.

 

Mrs. Tarman was the mother of 14 children, eight of whom

survive her. She has two nieces who live in Creston, Mrs. John Clem, and Mrs. B. B. Hartman Her husband preceded her in death.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, September 22, 1949

 

 

Trost, John J. -

John J. Trost, 79, Aurora, Ill. former Rock Island contractor, died Nov. 24, in an Aurora hospital following an illness of several months.  He formerly resided at Sharpsburg and later at Rock Island, Ill. 

 

Mr. Trost moved to Aurora from Rock Island two years ago. He went to Rock Island about1933 and built many houses in that city. He was born Oct. 24, 1870. Surviving are the widow, the former Ida Mae Watts; a son, Reldon Trost of Rock Island; a daughter Mrs. Claude Webb of Aurora; five grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and three sisters, Mesdames Dora Schmidt, Mary Scott, and Pauline Nagle all of Lenox, Iowa. .

 

Funeral services were held in Aurora, Saturday. Burial was at

2:30 p.m. in Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock, Island.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, December 1, 1949

 

 

 

Underwood, Clarence Mark –

Clarence Mark, son of Richard and Sarah Underwood was born

in Bedford, Iowa, Dec. 17, 1889, and died September 7, 1949 at

the St. Francis hospital in Maryville, Mo., at the age of 79 years,

9 months and 20 days. His entire life was spent in Taylor county, with the exception of one year in Minnesota.

 

On January 13, 1892, he was married to Hannah Caroline

Swanson. To them were born five children: Mabel C. Knott

and Myrna M. Bush of Sharpsburg, Gladys H. Elder of Lenox. Glade Underwood and Lyle W. Underwood, both of whom with their mother, preceded him in death.

 

He had enjoyed good health until Sunday, when he suffered a stroke, from which he never regained consciousness.

 

He leaves to mourn his passing his three daughters, one brother, Harry W. Underwood of Regina, Sask., Canada, 10 grandchildren and seven great-grand children.

 

The funeral services were held at the Shum Funeral Home in Bedford, Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Gordon F. MacLean.  Burial was in the Gravity cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, September 22, 1949