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Moore,
Albert -
Burial
was here Wednesday for Albert Moore, 71, who died
at the Taylor County Home on Monday. Mr. Moore was a lifetime
resident of this county and was preceded in death in 1928
by his wife and by a son in 1921.
Surviving
are two daughters Jean Weingarth of Bedford and
Blanche
Bailey of Redding; three grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren;
a sister Mabel Horton of Shannon City
and three brothers, Fred Moore of Rathbun, Ed Moore of
Colorado
Springs,
Colo., and Tom Moore of Kellerton.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 27, 1952
Moore,
Albert -
Albert
Moore, son of Wm. and Mary Moore, died near Bedford, Monday at the age of 71 years.
He was married to Allie Waters and to this union were born two daughters, Jean Weingrath of Bedford and Blanche Bailey of Redding and one son who
died in 1921. The wife and mother passed away in 1926. He is survived by his
two daughters also one sister, Mable Horton of Shannon City, three brothers
Fred Moore of Rathbrun, Ida., Ed Moore of Colorado
Springs, Colo., and Tom Moore of Kellerton. Funeral
services were held Wednesday at the J. R. Crew funeral home with burial in the
Lenox cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 3,
1952
Nisely, Frank Thomas -
Frank
Thomas, son of Thomas and Emma Nisely was born near
Kent,
Iowa, May l6th, 1880, and departed this life at, a nursing
home in Villisca, April 20, 1952 at the age
of 71 years, 11 months
and 4 days. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister,
Cora
Peterson. Nov. 4, 1902, he was united in marriage to Addie Sarah Hewitt and to
this union one son, Everett, was born.
Frank
was engaged in farming until ill health forced him to retire and move to
Shannon City, where they resided until the fall of 1943 when they moved to the
home of their son in Villisca.
Surviving
are his invalid wife, son Everett and daughter-in-law
Edna;
two grandsons, Merrill of the armed forces and Tommy at
home;
two granddaughters, Mrs. Bill Dunn of Villisca and Mrs.
Keith
Moore of Emerson; one great-granddaughter and one
great-grandson;
one sister Myrtle of Seattle, Wash., besides a host of other relatives and
friends. He was a kind and loving husband and father and will be greatly missed
by all who knew him.
Funeral
services were held at Villisca with interment in the Morgan Cemetery.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, May 1, 1952
Orr,
James Leslie -
James Leslie
Orr, 56, passed away Saturday at his home near
Arispe. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Orr had been
cusodian of the Arispe school since moving there a year ago
and had resided on a. farm west of Arispe. He is survived
by
his widow, Elizabeth; his mother, Mrs. Mary Orr of Lenox; two brothers Charles and
William, both of Martinez, Calif.; three sisters
Mrs. Fronia Finn of Casper, Wyo., Mrs. Cora, Benedict of
Mountain Home, Ark. And Mrs. Edith
Miller of Martinez, Calif.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday at the Arnold Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev.
Willard Morris. Interment in the Lenox cemetery. Music
was furnished by Mmes. H. Roy Long and A. L. Roll, with Mrs. James Arneal at the piano. Pallbearers were Henry Leonard, Lloyd
Leonard, Lee Leonard, Homer Minnick, Cleo Sturm and Kenneth Bolttinghouse.
Military rites were conducted by Parkinson Post 250 of the American Legion.
Obituary
James
Leslie Orr, son of William E. and Mary E. Orr, was born March 26, 1896, in
Lenox Iowa; he passed from this life at his farm home northwest of Arispe, Iowa, March 8, 1952.
On
January 20, 1920, Mr. Orr was united in marriage with Elizabeth Leonard. They
made their home on a farm west of Lenox until the spring of 1936 when they
moved to Colorado Springs, Colo. Returning to Iowa in 1949, they lived on their
farm near Arispe.
He
served in the Army in World War I. When he returned home, he joined the
American Legion Parkinson Post No. 250, m which he has continually maintained
his membership.
When a
young man he united with the Presbyterian church in
Lenox where his membership has since remained.
Leslie
was one of 10 children. Preceding him in
death were his
father and four brothers. He was a devoted
husband giving much of his time to his home life. He found much enjoyment in
his nieces and nephews. He will be greatly missed by a host of relatives and
friends
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 13, 1952
Patterson,
Cora E. -
Mrs.
Cora E. Patterson, well known Guthrie, Okla., woman, passed away there Friday,
with services and burial held the following Sunday. Mrs. Patterson was a sister of Claude Peltier of Lenox, who survives, as do one daughter, Mrs.
Donald Melton of Guthrie, and two grandchildren.
Lenox
Times Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, June 26, 1952
Phillips,
Clara Bestor -
Clara Bestor, daughter of Anna Brown and Dryden Bestor
was born June 30, 1880, near Lenox, Iowa, and passed away
July
22, 1952 in a hospital at Seattle, Washington. Death was
due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Her parents
moved into Lenox when she was a baby, and it was here that she grew up and
graduated from Lenox schools in 1896. The family lived for awhile at Lone Tree. January 31, 1903, she was united in marriage
to Charles Phillips of Big Stone City, S. Dak. They established their home in that city, but
later homesteaded near Hettinger, N. Dak., moving a few years
later to Groten, S. Dak. In 1919 they moved to Seattle, Wash. Where they have since resided.
Surviving
are her husband; five daughters, Mrs. George-(Lois) Chadoe; Dorothy; Mrs. Ed (Mary) Lindholm; Mrs., Glen
(Ruth) Bailey; Mrs. Malcolm (Joyce) Barnes; one son, Alan and eight
grandchildren, all residing in Seattle.
Funeral
services were held July 26th at the Columbia Funeral
Home
with burial in Washington Memorial Park, Seattle,
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, July 31, 1952
Poe, Osa Wilson -
Mrs.
Ida Savage received word of the death of her niece, Mrs.
E. E.
La Poe (Osa Wilson) in
Portland, Ore. Mrs. La Poe will
be remembered here as she grew up in the Nelson Savage home.
She
came at the a.ge of four when her mother died. She had
been quite ill since the first of the year with heart trouble. She
was taken to the hospital May 19 and passed away May 25. She leaves to mourn her passing her husband,
one daughter, two sons and six grandchildren, all residing in Portland with the
exception of the youngest son, Wallace who is serving in the U.S. Navy
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, June 12, 1052
Price,
Prentice -
This
community was greatly shocked Friday evening to learn
of the tragic death by drowning of Prentice Price, farmer and
long time resident of this community. Mr.
Price and Clint Hill
had gone to the Lake of Three Fires to fish. The boat capsized
while trying to raise the anchor. Mr. Hill was able to swim to shore and call for
help but Mr. Price was not able to swim and help arrived too late to save him. Firemen from. Bedford were called
to the scene and the body was recovered about two hours later. Mr. Hill was
brought to his home suffering from shock and chills but is getting along
nicely. Mr. Price is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Elvin Savage
of Streeter, Ill. and Mrs. Maurice Mahill of Denver,
Colo.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon. Burial in the Gravity cemetery
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, May 15, 1952
Richard, Ernie William -
Funeral
services for W. E. Richard, 78, who died Monday in Excelsior Springs, Mo., will
be held Thursday at 2 p. m. at the Arnold Funeral Home. Interment will be in
the Lenox cemetery. Masonic services will be conducted at the grave.
Mr.
Richard was former owner and operator of the Gamble
Store
in Lenox, selling the business five years ago, and was also
an insurance agent at one time. He and his wife moved to Excelsior Springs nine
years ago. Survivors: his wife,
Florence; one brother, Arlo, of Lenox and one sister,
Mrs. Orval Jones, of Des Moines.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, July 3, 1952
Richard,
Ernie William -
Ernie
William Richard, son of William and Jennie Richard, was
born near Lenox, Iowa, May 11, 1874, and passed away at his
home in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, June 30, 1952, at the age
of 78 years.
He
attended the country school, Lenox high school, and finished a commercial
course at Tarkio college, Tarkio, Missouri, where he
remained for two years as an assistant in the commercial department. His business career took him into various
kinds of work, beginning in Lenox, Iowa, in 1896 in the grocery business. He
was in commission work for a short time; and three years with the
Immigration
Department. He was representative for J. H. Merril company of Ottumwa, Iowa; also for the J. C. Lysle Milling Company, Leavenworth, Kansas, for a time,
after which he returned to Lenox where he remained in business until six years
ago, when he retired from business and moved to Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
On
July 3, 1918, he was united in marriage to Florence Johnson
of Brookfield, Missouri. He is survived 'by
his wife Mrs. Florence Richard,
Excelsior Springs, Missouri; one brother, Arlo E.
Richard, Lenox; one sister, Mrs. Olive Jones, Des Moines; one nephew, W. G.
Richard,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; two nieces, Mrs. Bernice McCarroll,
Wickenburg,
Ariz., and Helen Jones, Des Moines; also two great nieces, Virginia Lee Richard
and Don Carter Richard of Pittsburgh, Pa.
He was
a member of Tremont Lodge No. 343 A. F. & A. M. at Lenox and of Eastern
Star Chapter R. A. M. at Corning. He was
a member of the Woods Memorial Christian church at Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Funeral
services, conducted by the Rev. Claude Risinger, were
held July 3rd at the Arnold Funeral Home, with music furnished
by Rolland Buxton and Ruth Boltinghouse. Pallbearers
were Orval Walter, John Drain, Chester Boyer, Floyd Boltinghouse, Harold Welch, Fred Barrans,
Harry Walter and Max Hockett. Masonic services were
held at the grave. Interment in the Lenox cemetery.
Lenox Time Table,
Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, July 10, 1952
Robinson,
Melvin -
Word
has been received here of the death of Melvin Robinson,
75 at
his home in El Reno, Okla., April 5th, Surviving are two daughters, both of
Tulsa, and a son who lives in Montana. Mr. Robinson was an uncle of Mrs. Frank Carruthers and a cousin of Mrs. Marge Barrans.
The
Robinsons were old-time residents of Lenox, leaving here
about 45 years ago. Mr. Robinson was a farmer until his health no longer permitted
such work. Before his death he had been in ill health and a patient at a
veterans' hospital. He was a veteran of the Spanish American War..
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, April 24, 1952
Rowe,
Roy -
Roy
Rowe, 63, farmer living west of Clearfield, was killed on
Wednesday
of last week when his tractor was struck by a Burlington
freight as he was pulling a load of hay across a private crossing on the Geo. Swanson
farm. He had been helping his neighbor put up hay. Glen White, riding on the
tractor, saw the train in time to jump, receiving only slight injuries when he
hit the hay rack. The low
crossing of the track at the point of the accident resulted in poor vision of an
approaching train. Surviving are his wife and a
daughter,
Mrs. Nellie Jackson of Clearfield.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, July 31, 1952
Sawvell, Loda –
Loda Sawvell, 70, died Saturday at 9:30 p.m. at the St.
Joseph hospital in Omaha. He had
submitted to surgery and later complications and a heart attack caused his
death. Survivors: his widow, Katie and
one daughter, Mrs. George Thompson of Lenox; a daughter Mrs. Clifford Jeppersen and one son, Floyd, both of Wall, S. Dak., eight grandchildren, one great grandchild; one
sister, Mrs. Henry Junge of Redding, Calif., and one
brother, Charles of Prairie du Chlen, Wics.
Mr. Sawvell was born at McGregor, Iowa, April 10, 1881. He had lived in Lenox eight years.
Funeral
services were held on Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church with the Rev.
Harold Butts officiating. Music was
furnished by the men’s quartet: Erskine Blair, James Arneal,
Paul Davis and Guy Henderson with Mrs. Norma Paymal at the organ. Interment
at Fairview cemetery.
Loda Sawvell, son of Hiram and Emily Sawvell was born April 10, 1881 in McGregor, Iowa, in Clayton county and passed away at Omaha, Neb. Saturday, Feb. 16 at the age of 70 years, 10
months and six days. He was one of eleven
children.
He was
united in marriage to Katie Ait at McGregor, Iowa on
June 27, 1906. To this union were born 2
daughters and one son, Pearl Thompson of Lenox, Iowa, Sylvia Jeppesen and Floyd Sawvell, both
of Wall, S. Dak.
He
homesteaded in Wall in 1907, where he lived most of his married life. He retired and moved to Lenox eight years
ago. He was a devoted husband and loving
father.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 21, 1952
Scott,
Vivian Knott -
Mrs.
Walter (Vivian) Scott, 65, died Sunday evening at .10:15
at the Creston hospital. Her home was in Sharpsburg, where
she and her husband had lived since retiring from the farm.
Survivors:
her husband, two daughters, Hazel and Faye; two
sons, Donald and
William; four grandchildren, all of Shanpsburg;
two
brothers, Charles Knott of Sharpsburg and Bert Knott of Oklahoma; five sisters,
Mrs. Jessie Hyatt and Mrs. Oma Eno, both of Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Maude Weller and Mrs. Isla
Smith of Sharpsburg and Miss Elva Knott of Fort Collins, Colo. Services were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the
Sharpsburg Methodist church with interment in the Lenox cemetery.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, July 3, 1952
Shafer. Etta -
Miss
Etta Shafer, 82, died Thursday at 6:30 p. m. at the Lenox Rest Home here. She had been ill
with an intestinal disorder and virus infection. Survivors: Two brothers, Harry
of Augusta, Kansas, and Wilbur of Omaha, Nebraska, and a number of nieces and
nephews.
She
had lived in Lenox most of her life, coming here in the early eighties. She was
president of the Women's Missionary Society
of the Christian church at the time of her death. She was a former teacher in the
Lenox public schools, and had spent a few years in missionary work in the
mountain schools in Kentucky.
Among
her possessions was a valuable antique, an old melodeon, one of the very early
American organs, which had been used to campaign for "Abe" Lincoln.
Services
were held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the Christian church with Rev. Claude W. Risinger officiating. Interment in the
Lenox cemetery.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, June 26, 1952
Stalker,
Charles E. -
Charles
E. Stalker, 73, lifelong resident of Union county died Sunday. He had retired
from farming eight years ago, moving to Kent. Funeral services conducted by the
Rev. C. E McPherson, were held Wednesday in the Kent
Methodist church with interment in the Cromwell cemetery. Surviving are his
wife one son, one sister and three brothers,
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, July 17, 1952
Stewart,
John H. -
The
Lenox community was saddened to learn this week of by the death of Dr. John H. Stewart, 68, on
Wednesday morning, when his car skidded into a truck on a highway near Rockport,
Mo. Dr. Stewart was a retired United Presbyterian church minister and a
missionary to India for 38 years.
Raised
in Lenox, Dr. Stewart has made his home in Tarkio, Mo. where funeral services
will be held at 2:30 Friday afternoon.
Following
the Rev. Moneymaker's departure from Lenox last
July,
Dr. Stewart had filled the local U. P. pulpit on several occasions.
He is
survived toy his wife, a daughter, Dr. Genevieve Stewart
of San Francisco, Calif., psychiatrist, a son, Paul Stewart, of
Radford,
Va., and two grandchildren.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 6, 1952
Straight,
Marvin -
Marvin
Straight, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Straight of Clearfield, passed away
Wednesday at Maryville hospital at the age of 6 years and 6 days. He is survived by his parents, brother Raymond, sister Virginia and twin sisters Marianne and
Suzanne.
Funeral
services will be held Friday at, 2 o. m. at the Clearfield
Methodist
church. Interment in Plattevilie cemetery.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, July 31, 1952
Sundell, John A. -
Services
were held Monday at the Sharpsburg Presbyterian
church for John A. Sundell, 84, who passed away Saturday. The
Rev.
Donald Watkins officiated with music furnished by Mmes.
Bessie
Underwood, Jennie Evans and Donald Watkins and Messrs.
Underwdod and Watkins. Pallbearers were Chas. Jones, Gerald
Boydston,
Merle Moore, George Trost, Fred Bruner and Dale
Ingram.
Interment
in Conway cemetery.
Obituary
John
Anders Sundell was born July 19, 1867, in West
Jutland,
Sweden,
and died at his home east of Sharpsburg Iowa, after
a short illness on April 27, 1952 at the age of 84 years, 9 months
and 8 days.
In
1886, at the age of 19, he left his native land and came to America. His first
home in the United States was in Escanaba, Mich., and in 1901 he came to Taylor county, Iowa. A short time later he urchased the farm near Sharpsburg, Iowa where he lived
throughout the rest of his life.
In
1899 he was united in marriage with Wilhelmina Biad,
his
companion for over 50 years. They are the parents
of three
children,
one daughter and two sons. The daughter, Mrs. Agnes
Bashor,
employed by the U. S. Census Bureau, Washington. D. C., secured a leave of absence from her position to
come home and care for her parents. The sons are Karl Sundell of Conway, Iowa and John Albert Sundell of Western
Springs, Ill.
During
the early years of his life John was confirmed in the Swedish Lutheran church.
He leaves to mourn his passing his wife, his three children, six grandchildren,
one great grandchild, and a brother and
sister,
who live in Sweden, as well as many other relatives and friends. A grandson, Lowell Allan Bashor,
made his home with his
grandparents after the death of his father in 1934.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, May 1, 1952
Tindle, Lois G. Routh –
Funeral
services and burial were at Clearfield Thursday for Mrs. Ralph Tindle, 59, who died April 1, at her home 5 miles south of
Clearfield. Surviving are her husband,
two sons, James of near Lorimor and Dr. Cletus Tindle of Osceola, a daughter, Mrs. Guy Michels of Los Angeles, four brothers, Frank Routh of Lenox,
Fred Routh of St. Petersburg, Fla., Bert and Glen Routh, both of Clearfield and one sister, Mrs. Nettie Tindle, also of Clearfield.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, April 10, 1952
Toland, Willie –
Word
has been received of the death of Willie Toland at
Industry, Ill. He was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Toland, who lived in the Lenox
vicinity. Two sisters and two brothers
survive besides his wife, Edna. One son,
Lewis, his parents and three brothers, Jesse, Leslie and Vern preceded him in
death. His surviving sisters are Mrs. Huldah Person of Lenox, Mrs. Ruth Moore of Des Moines and
two brothers, Walter of Des Moines and Branch of Lenox, Mr. and Mrs. Byron
Brown, Mrs. Chet Pearson and Mrs. Gertrude Toland attended the funeral at Industry on Friday.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, May 22, 1952
VanWinkle, Vetha LaBelle -
Mrs. Vetha LaBelle Van Winkle, 78,
passed away Thursday at the home of a daughter Mrs. Ellsworth White, of Conway.
Services and burial were at Conway Saturday. Born in Newton, Mrs. VanWinkle had lived in Conway most of her life.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, April 10, 1952
West, Orren Cleaver -
Orren Cleaver West, 75, passed away Sunday at his home near Gravity. He was a nephew of Lillie Menoher of Lenox.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Oak Hill church with the Rev V.B.
Willey officiating. Interment at Prairie Rose cemetery. Surviving are his aged mother Mrs. Sarah E.
West of Corning; his wife; and six children.
Lenox
Time Tale, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, June 12, 1952
Wilson,
Gerald T. -
Gerald
(Jerry) Wilson, 52 succumbed at the Creston hospital
Wednesday
at 10:30 p m where he had been a patient for several days following a worsening
in the poor condition of his health the past few years.
Funeral
arrangements in charge of Benders’ Funeral Home are not definite at this
writing.
Born
at Greenfield, Mr. Wilson had been a resident of Iowa all his life with the
exception of three years spent, in Missouri. He had been an employee of the
Lenox Municipal Light Plant for a number of years, and was a member .of Tremont
Lodge A. F. & A. M. of the Masonic
Order,
and of the Methodist church.
Surviving
are his wife, Berdiece: two brothers, Fred Wilson of
Lake Crystal, Minn., and Bert Wilson of Hopkins, Mo.; and three sisters, Mabel Rupe, Bertha Mahaxry and Nelle Butler all of Lenox.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, April 3, 1952
Wilson,
Gerald T. –
Gerald
T. Wilson, son of Frank and Bessie Wilson was born at Greenfield, Iowa on March
29, 1899 and passed away on April 2, 1952 at the age of 53 years and 4
days. He moved to Taylor county with his parents at the age of nine years and resided
here until his death. He united with the
Methodist church at the age of 12 years. He was graduated from the Lenox high school in the Class of 1920 and was
also a member of Tremont Lodge A. F. & A. M.
On September
l, 1926 he was united in marriage to Berdiece Manroe. He had been employed at the Lenox Municipal Light
Plant during the last ten years.
He was
preceded in death by his parents, and one brother Dick Wilson, Surviving are his wife, Berdiece Wilson, Lenox two brothers, Bert Wilson
of Hopkins MO, and Fred Wilson of Lake Crystal, Minn.; three sisters, Mrs.
Mabel Rupe,
Mrs. Nellie Butler
and Mrs. Bertha Maharry, all of Lenox. Also a number of nieces and
nephews and many friends.
Funeral
services were conducted from the Barber Funeral home in Lenox on Saturday,
April 5, at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Claude W. Risinger and Rev. H. D. Butts officiated. Interment in the Lenox
Cemetery. Pallbearers were James
E. Hughes, Carl Rupe, Bill Harcher, Wendal Nelson, Ronald Olmsted and Virgil Brown. Music was furnished by Mrs. Marcia Bender and
Rolland Buxton.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, April 10, 1952
Wilson,
Letha Belle Myers –
Letha
Belle Wilson, 80, died Wednesday at her home in the town of Willard, Wisconsin. Her death was due to a heart ailment. She had been under a doctor’s care for three
days.
Last
rites were held at the Church of Christ in Sheldon, Wis. Saturday at 2 p.m.
with the body in state at the Church prior to the services. Rev. Howard Baughman and Rev. A. McEathren were the officiating pastors, with burial made in
the Sheldon cemetery.
Letha
Belle Myers was born in Washington county, Iowa, Nov.
13, 1871. She moved with her parents to
Lenox, Iowa in 1892. Her marriage to
Emmet Wilson took place in Lenox Nov. 20, 1895. They moved to a farm three miles east of Sheldon, Wis. In April 1917. They
retired from the farm in May, 1939, and lived at Holcombe, Wis. Until Mr. Wilson’s death in 1944, when Mrs. Wilson moved to the Conrath, Wis. Vicinity.
She
was a member of the Methodist Church and Eastern Star Lodge at Lenox, Iowa.
Surviving
are two sons, Marlin and Harold, town of Willard, Wis. Two grandchildren, Doris
Wilson Haase, town of Marshall and Lyle H. Wilson,
Milwaukee, and three great-grandchildren, Karen and Billy Haase and Michael Wilson. Also surviving are
two sisters, Mrs. Faye Defee and Mrs. Norma Cochran,
both of Los Angeles, Calif. Two brothers
and 2 sister preceded her in death.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, July 17, 1952
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