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Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday June 7, 1976
Glenn
Bloomfield
Clarindan's brother
Glenn Bloomfield, 72, formerly of Clarinda and College Springs,
died June 2 at the Memphis, Mo, Memorial Hospital. Services were held Friday
afternoon in Memphis with burial in Friendship Cemetery there.
Mr. Bloomfield was married to Anne Gundy who worked at Swift and Co. He
is survived by a son, Larry Bloomfield of South English, Ia, a daughter, Christie
McReynolds of
Omaha, and a sister, Mrs. Opal Bloomfield of Clarinda.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday
June 7, 1976
Services
pending for Hazel Hill
Funeral services for Mrs. Tom (Hazel) [Gell] Hill, 77, are being arranged by
Clarinda Memorial Chapel following her death before noon this Monday at a
hospital in Ames.
She had
gone Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs. Charles (Barbara) Richardson after the Ames
family had visited here and at the home Coin community
for Memorial Day. She was taken ill at Ames, her
response to treatment
seemingly satisfactory late
Sunday. She had an aneurysm at the aorta of the heart.
Mr.
Hill had died on
April 10, 1975. Their farm was in the Coin area and they moved to Clarinda
four years ago, living at 609 North 20th St.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday June 7, 1976
Della
Davis
former Clarindan
Mrs. Otto (Della) Davis, 87, of Maxwell, formerly of
Clarinda, died Sunday at the Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames. She had been ill
following a hip fracture and was in the hospital 11 days.
Services are to be Tuesday at 1:30 pm at the Cooper
Funeral Home in Maxwell and interment in the Maxwell cemetery.
She was the grandmother of Mrs. Robert (Nadine Davis)
Karg of
Clarinda. Her husband died in 1963. Her daughter, Fae Harrison, preceded her in death, but she
has a grandchild and four great-grandchildren as survivors. A brother is Joe
Halderman of
Maxwell and sister Minta Whitney of Des Moines. Guy Davis and Mrs. Fleta Coffer of Sacramento, Calif., are her
stepchildren.
She was born at Runnells, daughter of Nancy Belle
Jones and Chris
Halderman.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday June 7, 1976
Mrs.
Orval Allen
Taylor native
DALLAS TWP — Mrs. Orval (Ruby) [Pearl] Allen, 72, who has been living alone
northeast of New Market since her husband's death in 1963, was found dead in
her home May 29 by her daughter, Mrs. Clark (Lucille) Miller and husband of Red Oak. She was
born in Dallas Township, Taylor County, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward [James]
Glover [Iva Alice Stickelman]. Her mother died a few weeks ago and a son preceded her
in death in 1972.
Funeral services were at the Novinger Funeral home in
Bedford on Thursday with Carl Cummings officiating. Music was by Mrs. Mildred
Stacey and Rodney Gold. Pallbearers were John Dean
McNeese, Robert Strough, Roger Davison, Francis Henderson, George John and Harmon Mothershead.
[Swanson,
Mabel Elenora Gustafson]
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday June 28 1976
MRS
ALVIN SWANSON
Services for Mrs. Alvin (Mabel) Swanson were held Saturday, June 19 at
2:00 at the Walker Funeral Home with Rev. John Clark officiating. Mrs. Dorothy
Johnson and Mrs. Jessie Katharine Swanson of Bethesda were soloists.
Casket bearers were Clark Anderson, Warren Swanson,
Darwin Nelson, Marty Franks, Clifford Nelson and Lewis O'Neal. Burial was in
the Clarinda Cemetery.
Mabel [Elenora] was born in Page County on July 24, 1894 the daughter
of Andrew and Hannah Anderson Gustafson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Fremont
Mission Covenant Church near Essex. She was united in marriage to Alvin [Theodore]
Swanson February
27, 1918 and this union was blessed with two children. They farmed in the
Bethesda area later moving to Clarinda where she resided until the past three
years when she became a resident of Garden View Care Center in Shenandoah after
the death of her husband in 1973. She passed away at Hand Community Hospital in
Shenandoah Wednesday evening, June 16th, at the age of 81 years, 10 months and
23 days.
Those who will mourn her passing are her son Wayne
Swanson of
Maryville, Missouri, and her daughter Mrs. Stanley (Lois) Edgar of Shenandoah. Also her four
grandchildren Jim, Shirley and Susie Edgar and Sandy Franks and one great grandchild Nicki
Edgar. Two
sisters survive, Mrs. Jesse (Veda) Steeve and Mrs. Lillie Anderson of Clarinda. She was preceded in
death by her husband, one brother and four sisters
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday July 5, 1976
Robert
Fletcher died
in Arkansas
Robert L [owell] Fletcher, 71, of Rogers, Ark, died Friday
morning following a long illness.
Funeral services were held Monday morning at Walker
Funeral home with burial in the Clarinda cemetery. Mrs. Grace Perry was organist. Casket bearers were: Max Pulliam, Charles
Maley, Jack and Ronald Smith, Don Hughes and Mike Diehl.
He was born July 19, 1904, at Clarinda, the son of [Lewis] Everett and Emma [Christina]
Fry [Frey] Fletcher.
He was married to Gladys Davison, who died in 1957. In 1960 he was married to Nellie
Johnson who survives.
Mr. Fletcher left this area about 20 years ago and moved to Lincoln,
Neb, later to Colorado Springs, and retired at Rogers, Ark. He was employed by civil service.
Besides his wife of Rogers, he is survived by three
children: Richard Fletcher of Malvern, Ark, Mrs. Don (Donna) Hughes of Brighton, Colo., and Doris
Diehl of North
Platte, Neb. There are 13 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Wilma [Irene] Turpen of Rogers, Ark, is a sister.
[Freed,
Minnie Rachel Johnson]
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Thursday July 8, 1976
MRS.
CALEB FREED, 1891 - 1976
Minnie Rachel Johnson was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Johnson [Matilda Anderson], and was born January 1, 1891, in Tarkio Township of
Page County. She was baptized and confirmed in the Fremont Covenant Church. She
was married February 23, 1916 to Caleb [Edgar] Freed, and following that was received
into the Bethesda Lutheran Church with her husband. The couple farmed several
places in the county, for most of the years on Caleb's home place southwest of
Bethesda. They retired in 1951 to the home at 904 Nebraska Street, Essex. They
joined St. John's Lutheran Church in 1954. Caleb died in 1967, one year after the
couples Golden Wedding.
Three children were born to them, and they survive: Lorene,
Mrs. Bernard Nelson,
Stanton; Elaine, Mrs. Wayne Royer, Lincoln, Nebraska; and Leslie, of rural Clarinda, on the home
place. Minnie
is also survived by a sister in law, Mrs. Edwin Johnson, Essex; and by eight
grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her
husband and by two brothers, Edwin and Henry, and a foster sister, Karen, Mrs. Ivan Swanson.
Mrs. Freed was always active in church, as long as she was able to
attend. She died at Hand Community hospital Thursday, July 1, at age 85. Services from St John's Lutheran
Church, Essex, Monday, July 5, 10:30 am. Words of Comfort given by Rev Willard
R Garred. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Nelson and Miss Jane Anderson provided music. Casket bearers
Clifford Bowman, Uno Freed, Dennis Meenen, Bertil Engstrom, Wilbur Freed and
Randall Swanson. Interment was in Bethesda Cemetery, Bethesda.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
July
1973
Mrs.
Black
died after long illness
Mrs. Nellie Irene Black, 76, of Clarinda died Friday
morning at Municipal Hospital following a long illness. She was born Aug 12,
1896 at Quitman, Mo, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Jane Baker Bridges.
Mrs. Black had lived in Missouri before coming to Clarinda a few
years ago. Her home was at 301
East Logan.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Glen (Roberta Mae)
Young of
Shambaugh, three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Black were held Sunday at Barr-Merrick
Funeral Chapel at Burlington Jct., Mo, with Rev. Lewis Hunter officiating.
Burial
was in the Ohio Cemetery.
Casket bearers were Marvin Evans, Gary Crowdy, Richard Bix, Dean Young,
Jim McAlpin and Robert Black. Mrs.
Doug Hill was organist
and Nancy Fast soloist. Mrs. Emma Baves was at the register.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
May
1973
Glen
McMaster
died at Maryville
Glen Lewis McMaster, 77, owner and operator of a service station at
Clearmont, died Friday [May 25th] at the Maryville, Mo, Hospital,
where he had been a patient three months.
Born Dec 28, 1895, in Taylor County, he was married in
1919 at Savannah to Dorothy Corwin, who preceded him in death Nov 23, 1972.
He is survived by a son, Kenneth McMaster of Elizabethtown, Ky.; and
daughter, Mrs. Hubert Twaddle of Elmo.
Funeral services were Sunday at Maryville and burial in
the Hopkins Cemetery.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
May 1973
Glen
McMaster
Funeral services for Glen Lewis McMaster, 77, of Clearmont. Mo., formerly
of Bedford, were held May 27 in Maryville, Mo. Mr. McMaster died May 25 at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, where
he had been a patient three months. Interment was at the Hopkins Cemetery.
Born December 28, 1895, in Taylor County, he was the son
of William D. [aniel] and Olive [Mariah Lewis] McMaster; his sisters were [Sarah] Ruth McMaster Lewis and Mrs. Mary [Esther] Dowell.
He was married in 1919 at Savannah to Dorothy Corwin, who preceded him in death
November 23, 1972.
He was owner and operator of a service station in
Clearmont.
He is survived by a son, Kenneth McMaster, of Elizabethtown, Ky.; and a
daughter, Mrs. Hubert Twaddle of Elmo, Mo.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
November
1973
Mrs.
Glen King's
brother died
Walter L. Cooper, 71, died Nov 5 in General Hospital in Kansas
City, Mo. He was born in
Oskaloosa, Kan, to John Adam and Anna Mae Cooper and moved to Red Oak when a
young man. After several years, he moved to Kansas City.
His mother, father, sister and three brothers preceded
him in death.
Survivors include a son, Larry, of Omaha; two sisters, Mrs.
Verna Moore of
Red Oak, and Mrs. Glen (Katherine) King of Clarinda, two brothers, Theodore Cooper of Los Angeles, Cal, and William
Cooper of Omaha.
Funeral
services were held
Nov 8 at Meeks' Funeral Home in Kansas City, with burial in the Saint Mary's
Cemetery in Kansas City.
Larry and Mrs. Glen King attended the funeral services.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
May
1973
Williams burial at Braddyville
[Francis] Byron Williams, 82, of Clarinda, died Friday
evening at Municipal Hospital following a long illness.
He was born April 23, 1891, at Elmo, Mo, the son of J.
[ob] E. [lias] and Clara Carver Williams.
On Jan 30,1918 he was married to Pauline Smith at Clarinda. Mr. Williams was a farmer and had worked for
telephone exchanges. Before moving
to Clarinda a few years ago they had lived at Conception Jct., Mo. Prior to that they had lived at New
Market.
Funeral services were held this Monday afternoon at
Walker Funeral Home with Rev Ray Forsyth officiating. Burial was at Braddyville
cemetery. Mrs. Irene Forsyth was
organist. Casket bearers were Raymond Holtman, Tom Riley, F. E. Auffert, Dick Henry, William Ross and Truman
McCurdy.
Mr. Williams is survived by his wife of Clarinda and nieces and
nephews.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Thursday January 18, 1973
ClarindanÕs
brother died in St. Joseph
Ivo L. [eslie] Perrigo, 82, died in his sleep Jan. 10
at his home in St. Joseph, Mo.
Funeral service and burial were in St. Joseph on Jan. 13. He has a brother, Herman Perrigo of Clarinda and sister, Blanche
Rucker of
Portland, Ore.
[Moritz,
Sandra Lee "Sandy" Campbell]
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday January 15, 1973
Mrs. Moritz died after long illness
Mrs. Clark (Sandra Lee) Moritz, 24, of Cedar Rapids, whose
critical illness from cancer led
to surgery at Nebraska Methodist
Hospital in Omaha, died Sunday about noon and services are to be Tuesday.
Mrs. Moritz was formerly "Sandy" Campbell. She was a beautician with Town
& Country Beauty Salon in Clarinda, living with her aunt, Mrs. Darwin
Buch, and
family. She was married Oct 11,1969, and their home has since been at Cedar
Falls. They have a son, Corey, who will soon be three years old.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Campbell of Red Oak, born at Red Oak
March 9, 1948. Her sisters are Miss Sharon Campbell of Denver, Colo., and Mrs.
Quentin (Shirley) Hughes of Omaha. Her grandmothers are both of Villisca, Mrs. Arthur
Bergren and Mrs.
Bertha Campbell.
Sandy was quite active in 4-H while in Montgomery County.
At Cedar Falls, the family have been members of Pilot Grove United Methodist
Church. She was graduated from Red
Oak High School and Stewart Beauty School at Council Bluffs. The Rev. David
Wendell will officiate at
the services. The funeral will be
at 1:30 pm Tuesday at the Villisca United
Methodist Church. Burial will be in Clarinda Cemetery, arrangements in charge
of Sellergren-Lindell Funeral Home at Red Oak.
She had been in ill health for about a year. At her request, memorials in her name
will be given to American Cancer Society.
Mrs. Darwin Buch and Bonnie of Clarinda, Mrs. A. F.
Bergren, Mrs. Duane Bergren, Lori and Linda of Villisca drove to Omaha Saturday
to visit Sandra
in the hospital.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Thursday January 18, 1973
Mrs.
Gillmore
was teacher in area
Funeral services for Mrs. Vona Gillmore, 88, of Clarinda, will be held
at 2:30 pm, Friday at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, with Rev D. C. Davis
officiating. Burial will be in the Clarinda cemetery.
She died Wednesday afternoon at the Gillespie Nursing
Home, after being there for two weeks.
She was born Dec 1,1884, at Mt. Hamill, Ia, the daughter
of C. [harles] O. and Margaret Dinsmore Clark, she moved with her parents to
Clarinda at the age of nine. She attended school in Clarinda being graduated
from high school in 1904. She taught in rural and Clarinda schools.
She was married to Will Millen in Clarinda and was later married
to Hal Gillmore.
They lived in Iowa until moving to California, where Mr. Gillmore died in March of 1962. She had
been making her home since with her sister, Mrs. Belle Sperry, in Clarinda. She was preceded
in death also by a daughter, Ruth Millen Olsan, and a sister.
She is survived by a granddaughter, Mrs. David (Joyce)
Riser of
Lakewood, Colo., a sister, Mrs. Sperry, and two great grandchildren.
Casket bearers for the services will include Ben, Fred
and Charles Tomlinson, John Sperry, Kenneth Cassat and G. W. Richardson.
Organist will be Mrs. John Sperry, at the register Mrs. Earl Williams and
ushers George Segrist and Clark McKeown.
Lavelle Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday January 8, 1973
Mrs.
Scoles
died after brief illness
Mrs. Pearl Faye Scoles, 68, died Friday at the Hospital
in Red Oak after a brief illness. She had moved to Red Oak from Clarinda in
1968 after previously living in Glenwood and Malvern.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm Tuesday at the
Nelson-Boylen Funeral Home in Red Oak with the Rev Everett Burham officiating.
Burial will be at the Evergreen Cemetery at Red Oak. A memorial is being
established with the First United Methodist Church in Red Oak.
A daughter, Mrs. Robert McNees, lives in Clarinda, and son, Ronald in Council Bluffs. She has six
grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, five sisters and three brothers.
Mrs. Scoles was reared in the Blakesburg area, the daughter of Minor
and Mary Ann [Smith] Barnes. She was married to Orie E. [arling] Scoles on Feb 15, 1922, who survives.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Red Oak, the WSCS and
Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday January 29 1973
Former
resident died in car crash
A former Clarinda and Shambaugh resident, John Beattie, 64, was killed last Wednesday
when the car in which he was riding struck another car and a truck on a state
highway just south of Maitland, Mo.
Beattie's son, Keith, 22, of Skidmore, Mo, and his son-in-law, Donald
Wardlow, 23, of
Maitland, were injured in the crash. Wardlow was driving the car carrying
the two Beatties, Also killed in the accident was Lyle Yeager, 51, of Maitland.
The Missouri Patrol said Yeager's truck had slid off into
a ditch and Terry Bowland of Maitland had stopped to offer assistance when the
southbound Wardlow
car came upon the scene and struck the left rear of the parked Bowland auto.
Yeager, who was out of his truck, was running across the highway
when he was hit by the Wardlow car, which then continued on, striking the bed
of the truck and coming to rest underneath it.
The elder Beattie had lived in Shambaugh six years and in Clarinda
three years when he worked at the Pearson Coal Mine here. He moved from the
area in the early 1940's. He was born at Barnard, Mo. and lived around the
Maryville area, just recently moving to Skidmore.
Services were held at 2 pm Sunday at Johnson's Funeral
Home in Maryville.
Besides his son Keith, Beattie is survived by his wife Audrey and son Robert of the home, and sons Marvin of Shambaugh, Wayne of Dallas, Tex, and Leonard of McConnell AFB in Wichita,
Kans.; three daughters, Mrs. Pat Spencer of Kansas City, Kans., Mrs. Carol Martin of Wichita and Mrs. Alice
Wardlow of
Maitland; one brother, Tom and 17 grandchildren.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Thursday January 4, 1973
Dickerson infant burial in Clarinda
Graveside
services for the infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Dickerson
of Omaha were held at Clarinda cemetery Tuesday. The daughter, Pamela Anne, was stillborn at the St Joseph Hospital in Omaha. Mrs. Dickerson was the former Shirley
McElroy,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McElroy of Council Bluffs. The other grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Dickerson of Conehatta, Miss. Arrangements for the service were in charge of
Walker Funeral Home.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Thursday February 8, 1973
Clarindan's
father died in Colorado
Pearl Henry Mackrill, 76, father of Mrs. Charles (Phyllis) Kent of Clarinda, died Sunday at
Castle Rock, Colo., the body being brought to Iowa for services held Wednesday
at Griswold. He was born at Griswold. Six children survive him, Robert
Mackrill of
Castle Rock; Mrs. Betty Hillhouse of Denison, Mrs. Phyllis Kent of Clarinda, Mrs. Gail
(Nadene) Hoyman
of Aurora, Colo., Mrs. Ramona Euans of Griswold and Mrs. Helen Simms of Nashville, Tenn. He has 19
grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Monday February 12, 1973
Coin
area native died in Arizona
Word was received this Monday morning by relatives of the
death of Russell Anderson of Mesa, Ariz. He was a native of the Coin area and was
retired in Mesa. He lived in Des Moines for many years prior to his retirement.
He was married to the former Eva Huddle. The body is being brought back to Des Moines for
burial, the time pending.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Thursday February 8, 1973
Mrs.
Vera Fuller
died at hospital
Mrs. Vera Fuller, 80, of Burlington Junction, Mo, died this
Thursday morning at the Municipal Hospital where she had been a patient for a
month. Her husband Moses Fuller died in 1966. They had farmed northwest of Clearmont
before his death, then Mrs. Fuller moved to Burlington Junction.
She is survived by five sons: Paul of Maryville, Mo, Merlin and Ralph of Burlington Junction, Marvin
and Lyle of Clearmont. A son Keith died in August of 1971. There
are 10 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A brother is John Harper, state of Washington and three
sisters: Phoebe Clayton and Beulah Gorrell of Clarinda and Ina Jones, state of Maryland.
Burial will be in the Clearmont cemetery. Other
arrangements are pending at Barr-Merrick Funeral Chapel at Burlington Junction.
Clarinda Herald Journal
Thursday February 8, 1973
Services
planned for Mrs. Hawthorne
Mrs. George (Irene B) Hawthorne, 81, died Monday evening at Ft
Wayne, Ind, where she had been since July of 1971. Poor health made it
impossible for her to stay alone and she went to be near her daughter, Mrs.
William (Helen) Kleifgen.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hawthorne will be at 10 am Saturday at
Trinity United Presbyterian Church with Dr. J. D. Almes officiating. Helen Hall
Hoskinson will be organist. Casket bearers will be Wendell Beery, Beryl Beery,
Robert Beery, Lowell Bair, Perry Griffith and Leo Humphrey.
Burial will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery at College
Springs with Walker Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be given to the Trinity Presbyterian
Church.
Survivors include the daughter, Ms William (Helen)
Kleifgen of Ft
Wayne, and two grandchildren. Mrs. Netha Beery and Arthur Bair of College Springs are sister
and brother.
Mrs. Hawthorne was born Feb 14, 1891 in Page County, the daughter of Allen
and Mary Irvin Bair.
She was married to Dr George A. Hawthorne, a prominent veterinarian of this area, who died
in 1955. Both were especially active in their church and veteran organizations.
Their family home was at 707 W Main St.
Clarinda
Herald Journal
Thursday February 12, 1973
Mrs.
Johnson
native Clarindan
Mrs.
George (Grace M) Johnson, 67, 321 North 6th St, died Sunday afternoon at municipal
hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at Walker
Funeral Home with Rev Dean Gillespie officiating. Burial will be in the
Clarinda Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband of the home and two
children: Wayne Johnson and Mrs.
Cedric (Delores) Clary, both of Clarinda There are four grandchildren and two sisters: Maud
Seibert of
Clarinda and Mabel Baker of Council Bluffs. A son Cecil Eugene died in childhood.
She was born Dec 22, 1905, near Clarinda, the daughter of
William and Sara Jane [King] Morris. On May 24, 1922, she was married to George A Johnson. They spent all of their lives
here in Clarinda. Mrs. Johnson had been employed at Berry Seed Co.
At the service, Mrs. Grace Perry and Mrs. Joan Archer
will be in charge of music. Casket bearers will be Richard Graham, Ferrell
Stewart, Ralph Barrows, Estle Glassgow, Grant Maranville and Archie Higgins.