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The
Iowa Press Association's
Who's Who in Iowa
Biographical Sketches
Iowa Press
Association, Des Moines, Iowa
1940
by J. R. Perkins
C - E
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CAMPBELL, CLIFFORD R
Farmer;
b Pottawattamie Co, Iowa July 28, 1897; s of W T Campbell-Mary Miller;
ed Council Bluffs HS 1914; m Alta Smith Nov 2 1918 Council Bluffs; s
Kenneth Winfred, Delman Emil, Wendell Melvin; d June Lorraine, Darlene
Caroline; 1915-22 road bldg. contr, Council Bluffs; 1920- farmer,
Pottawattamie Co; chmn Agrl Conservation Assn; 1930-38 dir Farm Bur
Service Co; 1922-34 Keg Creek twp clk, Pottawattamie Co; Pottawattami
e Co Farm Bur; AF&AM 569; Evang Ch; Rep; off 551-1/2 W Broadway;
res Route 2, Council B uffs.
CANON, EVA TOLMAN
Librarian; b Walsenburg, Colo Nov 22, 1880; d of Benton Canon-Evelyn
Tolman; ed Denver HS, Denver Colo 1899; Colo Coll, BA 1904; Simmons
Coll, lib sch, Boston Mass 1905; 1907-18 asst librarian Coburn Lib,
Colo Coll; 1918-19 cataloger U of Wyo; 1919-23 readers' adviser Detroit
Pub Lib; 1923- librarian, Council Bluffs; Iowa Lib Assn; ALA; father
(dec) banker & real est agt of Grand Junction Colo; off Library;
res 209 4th, Council Bluffs.
CAPEL, FRANK
DURWALD
Attorney; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Mar 21, 1902; s of Thomas Capel-Mary
Holder; ed Abraham Lincoln HS, Council Bluffs; Creighton U, Omaha Neb
1922-27; Iowa St Coll 1921; m Meryl Smith July 31, 1928 Council Bluffs;
s Earl Durwald, Allan Henry; d LaVerne Pearl; 1928 adm to Iowa bar;
1927-33 probate clk in off of dist clk, Council Bluffs; 1933-
prac law, Council Bluffs; atty for Underwood Savings Bank; mbr zoning
commission, Council Bluffs; mbr amateur baseball team several years;
Pottawattamie Co & Iowa St Bar Assns; AF&AM 631; Grace Presby
Ch; Rep; hobby: athletics; father (dec) florist &
horticulturist of Council Bluffs 64 years; off Park Bldg; res 742
Washington Ave, Council Bluffs.
CASH, W FRANK
Pharmacist; b Paris, Ill July 4, 1878; s of George W Cash-Nancy Ellen
Barr; ed Underwood; U of Iowa 1898-99; m Mary Ellen Aney Mar 22, 1905
Underwood; 1892-1900 emp by Dr A 0 Wyland; 1900- owner & opr
W F Cash
Pharm, Underwood; 1902-26 city treas; 1927 mbr city coun; 1927-34
mayor, Underwood, 1938- treas; AF&AM 423, Neola; Shrine; Chris Ch;
Dem; hobby: baseball; off & res Underwood.
CAUGHLAN, GERALD
VAUGHN
Physician & Surgeon; b Chappell, Neb Aug 29, 1886; s of Charles
Richard Coughlan-Mary Theressa Canty; ed Chappell & Creighton Prep
HSs; Creighton U, MD 1913, Omaha; Phi Beta Pi; m Ellen Corcoran Sept 3,
1917 Hamburg; s Richard Michael,
Eugene Creighton; d Geraldine Vaughn; prior to 1913 emp by
father in drug store; 1913-14 interne St Anthony's Hosp, Denver Colo;
1915-17 prac
med, Omaha Neb; 1920-26 prac med, Glenwood; 1926- prac
med, Council Bluff s; asst prof of neurology Creighton U, Omaha; staff
surg Mercy & St
Josephs Hosps, Council Bluffs; author articles Staphyloccic Inf
ection of the Kidneys, Management & Treatment of Prostate
Obstruction & Malformation of the
Urinary Tract; during World War lst It base hosp Chaumont & Suilly
France, evacuation hosp, 5th div AEF; Amer Legion post 3, comm 1928; 40
& 8; org l68th inf
Co I Glenwood, ING, capt until 1924, maj comm 3rd batt 1924-36, exec
ofcr l68th inf, It, col,
2nd in command; pres Mills Co Med Soc 1924; Iowa St Med Soc,
chmn urological section; Pottawattamie Co Med
Soc, pres 1929; AMA; Omaha Athletic Club; Council Bluffs Country Club;
Omaha Field Club; BPOE 531; hobbies: golf,
bowling; father (dec) druggist in Omaha over 30
years; off 404 Bennett Bldg; res 202 Euclid Ave, Council Bluffs.
CHERNIACK, JAY ARTHUR
President Finance Co; b Meriden, Conn Mar 15, 1899; s of Louis
Cherniack-Minnie Levitt; ed Council
Bluffs HS 1916; U of Iowa 1917-18; m Helen Wessel May 10, 1936 Nebraska
City
Neb; d Lisbeth; l919- pres Iowa Finance Co, Council Bluffs; Iowa Assn
Personal Finance Cos, dir exec com; C
of C; Hyland Country Club of Omaha; Temple Israel of Omaha; Rep; father
(dec) rg Iowa Finance Co l909; off Bennett Bldg; res l35 Park Ave,
Council Bluffs.
CHILDREN, WILLIAM
CARTER
Manager Insurance Co; b East Dubuque, Ill Dec l0, l876; s of Edwin
Children-Sarah Elizabeth Carter; ed East Dubuque 111 HS; m Bessie
Carter June l0, l902 Lancaster Wis; s Edwin William; d Lois
Mabel; m Gertrude,Green Apr 16, l 919 Council Bl uffs; l892-1909 emp by
father in impl factory co, Council Bluffs; l909-29 farmer,
Pottawattamie Ca; l916-29 dir & pres Pottawattamie Mutual Ins Assn,
Council Bluffs, l929- secy-treas; l919-20 & 1921-22, 39th &
40th gen assemblies Iowa legislature; 1911-14 mbr bd of co supvrs,
Pottawattamie; l917-23 pres Pottawattamie Co
Farm Bur; AF&AM 569; BPOE 53; Swedenburg; Episc Ch; Rep; hobby:
fishing; father (dec) mfr, res of Ill 50 years, later res of Council
Bluffs; off l27 Pearl; res 127-1/2 Pearl, Council Bluffs.
CHILDS, MERLE WILLARD
Owner Dental Laboratory; b Wakefield, Neb Dec 3, 1893; s of Joseph
Willard Childs-Musa Hooker; ed Sioux City; m Esther Rude Feb 7, 1918
Omaha Neb; s Gordon Franklin, Donald Carlton; l9l l -14 mgr Patterson
Dental Lab, Sioux City; l914-2l technician Billings Dental Supply Co,
Omaha Neb; 1921-29 technician Jerry W Peters Dental Lab, Des Moines;
1929-33 gold technician Rock Island Dental Lab, Rock Island Ill;
1933- owner dental lab, Council Bluffs;
Iowa Dental Lab Assn; org BSA troop, Rock Island Ill;
scoutmaster BSA troop 66, Omaha Neb;
asst scoutmaster BSA
troop 27, Des Moines; BPOE 531 ;
Presby Ch; Dem; hobbies: hunting, fishing, archery;
father (dec) res of Sioux City 15 years, Omaha 14 years; off 322
Bennett Bldg; res 2511
Ave F, Council Bluffs.
CHURCHMAN,
CLARENCE
Attorney & United States Commissioner; b Des Moines, Iowa Dec 29,
1895; s of Michael William Churchman-Cecelia Ryan; ed
West Des Moines HS l915; George Washington U, BA 1921;
Georgetown U, LLB 1923; Delta Chi; m Teresa Kinney Apr 14, 1925 Des
Moines; s Michael Arthur, John Paul Jones;
l923 prac law, Des Moines, 1924- Council Bluffs; 1935- US Commr for S
dist of
Iowa, W div; capt field arty 70th inactive regiment; during World War
sgt AS, Kelly Field Tex, Camp Taylor Ky, recd
comm 1918, 2nd It field arty; ROA, 1937 pres, 1938-39 VP Iowa dept;
Pottawattamie Co Bar Assn, 1930-34 secy; chmn exec com Hoover Curtis
Club
l928; BPOE 531; KC l045; hobby: military affairs; father (dec) res of
Des Moines, farmer Warren Co 50 years; off Wickham Bldg; res 6 Gould
Ave, Council Bluffs.
CLAY, ROY STANLEY
Real Estate Agent; b Princeton, Ill Apr 12, 1886; s of Walter
S Clay-Flora Downing; ed Abraham Lincoln HS; U of Neb, 1908; m Agnes
Hart June 16, 1923 Council Bluffs; s Roy Stanley, Holbrook Hart, Gordon
Dean; pres McGee Real Est Co; mbr Iowa St & Natl Real Est Bds;
Council Bluffs Real Est Bel, pres 1939-40; mbr Council Bluffs
Ins Assn; Amer Legion; C of C; Grace Presby Ch, elder; Rep; hobbies:
scout work, flowers; off 105 Pearl; res 206 Locust Lodge, Council
Bluffs.
COE, EDWARD
EVERETT
Clerk of District Court; b Griswold, Iowa May 13, l889; s of Daniel A
Coe-Flora Winsby;
ed Oakland HS l907; ISTC, BA 1911; U of Neb, MA 1925; Phi Delta Kappa;
m Olive C Olsen Aug 20, 1913 Carson; d Nancy E (Mrs Frank N Phelps);
l911-13 supt of schs, Carson, 1913-l5 Shelby, l915-20
Emerson; l920-2 l farmer near Hancock; l92l-25
supt of schs, Modale, l925-27 Mondamin; l927-30
sales mgr Bowen Shields Chemical Co, Council Bluffs; 1930-33 real est
agt, Council Bluffs; l933- clk of dist court, Council Bluffs; SW
Assn of Tchrs,
VP 1925-26; BPOE 53l; Lazor Grotto;
AF&AM 71, sr warden l925; RAM; First Presby Ch; Dem; off
Courthouse; res 538 Voorhis, Council Bluffs.
COFFIN, OWEN W
Superintendent of Schools; b Pleasant Plain, Iowa Dec 16, 1898; s of
Elmer Coffin-Ida Mae Watters; ed Pleasant Plain HS l919; Penn
Coll, BA 1927; Thelma G Ward Aug 14, 1928 Manson; s
Don Owen, Joe Alden; d Joyce
Colleen; l919-23 farmer, Jefferson Co; l 925-26 tchr
& coach, Lacy; l927-29 tchr, New Providence; l929-30
supt of schs, Linden; l930-32 coach, LeRoy; l932-36 supt
of schs, Truro, l936-37 Nodaway, l937- Carson; ISTA; Pottawattamie Co
Tchrs Assn; Pottawattamie Co Schoolmasters Club; Comml Club; Meth Ch,
steward; Rep; off & res
Carson.
COGLEY, JOHN PHILIP
Surgeon;
b Council Bluffs, Iowa Mar 22, l899; s of Edward F Cogley-Elizabeth G
Stambach; ed
Creighton Prep; Creighton U, MD l92l; U of Penn, grad work l924; Phi
Delta; Phi Beta Pi; m Helen
Gauld Sprague Aug 17, 1917 Great Falls Mont (dec); d Char lotte
Ann; 1924- surg, Council Bluffs;
192 l - asst prof of surgery, Creighton U, Coll of Med; 1934- chmn exec
com of staff Mercy Hosp; surgical dir for Creighton Sch of Med at Mercy
Hosp, Council Bluffs; 1939- mgr Cogley Clinic, Council Bluffs, with Drs
Edwards, Floersch & Brown; author of numerous surgical articles;
during World War 1918 inf priv; Amer Legion post
2; Pottawattamie Co & Iowa St Med Socs;
AMA; Amer Assn of Ra lroad Surgs; KC; Cath Ch; Dem; hobbies: teachi ng
surgery, fishing, golf; off
Bennett Bldg; res 537 Forest Drive, Council Bluffs.
COLE, JAMES EUGENE
Insurance Agent; b Thurman, Iowa June 30, 1900; s of James Harvey
Cole-Grace M Duncan; ed Abraham Lincoln HS, Council Bluffs 192l; U of
Iowa, l92l -33; Chi Phi; m Helen Naylor June 20, l928 Columbia Mo; l924
emp by J F Wilcox & Sons, Council Bluffs; 1926- ins agt, Council
Bluffs; l934- treas, Council Bluffs sch bd; during World War mbr ARC
ambulance corps; Amer Legion post 2, adjt l93l;
Jr C of C, state dir 1936-37; BPOE 53l; AF&AM 7; Episc Ch; Rep;
hobby: gardening; off Bennett Bldg; res 295 Oakland Ave, Council Bluffs.
COLEY, FRED
Clergyman; b Whitaker, Penn Oct 28, l89l; s of William Coley Helen
Henson; ed Whitaker Penn; Eugene Bible U; U of Ore, BA l920; grad
work U of Chicago; m Emma Henrietta Bockhahn Sept 27, 1919 La Grande
Ore; s Frederick William; d Jean Elizabeth; l907-l 3 steel worker,
Pittsburgh Penn; 1919-21 pastor, Chris Ch, Perrydale Ore, 1922-23
Florence Ariz, 1928- Broadway Chris Ch; Council Bluffs; 1936- supvr WPA
recrea tion, SW Iowa Dist; Council Bluffs Ministerial Assn, pres l932;
IOOF; AF&AM 47; RAM
l5; hobby: amateur
photography; off Federal Building; res 3440 venue B, Council Bluffs.
COLGAN, MARGARET
Supervisor
of Nurses; b Wyoming, Ill; d of Thomas
Colgan-Ann _____; ed Glenwood; Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hosp, RN 1913;
1913-20 priv nurse, Council Bluffs; 1920- supvr of nurses Visiting
Nurse Assn; 1938 pres Jennie Edmundson Alumni Assn; Altrusa, pres 1939
& l940; Holy Family Cath Ch, in chg of Sodality; off Courthouse;
res
3325 Ave A, Council Bluffs.
COLLINS, ROBERT
MARSHALL
Obstetrician & Gynecologist; b Oelwein, Iowa Feb
8, 1907; s of Albert Roy Collins-Lida Schmelzer; ed Coleridge Neb 1924;
Yankton Coll; U of N, BSc 1929, MD 1931; Delta Upsilon; Phi Rho
Sigma; m Ruhammah Moore Sept 16, l933 Cedar Rapids; s Robert Moore
born 1936; d Martha;
1939- prac obstetrics & gynecology, Council Bluffs; 1936- instr in
obstetrics U of N; staff mbr Jennie Edmundson Hosp,
Council Bluffs; Pottawattamie Co Med Soc, VP 1939; Iowa St Med Soc;
AMA; Amer Bd of Obstetrics; Central Assn of Obstet rics
& Gynecology; C of C; Rotary; AF&AM 71; father (dec)
banker, res of Neb l0 years; off Clinic Bldg; res 405 Oakland Ave,
Council Bluffs.
CONLON, BERNARD JAMES
Division Maintenance Engineer for State Highway Com mission; Indianola,
Neb Dec 22, l892;
s of James T Conlon-Mary
McDonald; ed Red Oak HS 1910; m Lucille Brackett June 14, 1917 Council
Bluffs; s James Brackett, Richard Lewis; d Kathleen, Mary Anita;
1910-13 RR survey work, Red Oak & Northern Rwy; 1913-15 asst co
engr for
Montgomery Co, Red Oak; l915-17 asst Pottawattamie Co engr, Council
Bluffs; 1918-19 Montgomery Co engr, Red Oak; 1919-22 res engr for Iowa
St Highway Commission, Red Oak &
Sidney; 1922-24 Keokuk Co engr, Sigourney; 1924-26 Pottawattamie Co
engr & resident engr for Pottawattamie Co & Iowa St Highway
Commission, Council Bluffs; 1926-27 maintenance supt for Iowa St
Highway Commis sion, 1927-32 asst dist engr, 1932- div maintenance
engr, Pottawattamie, Harrison
& Shelby Cos for Iowa St Highway Commission; during World War enl
US army, Council Bluffs l09th field engrs Camp Cody,
Deming N Mex, lst sgt, disch Dec 1917; Amer Legion
post 2; SW Iowa Engrs Club; St Francis Cath Ch; Dem;
hobbies: hunting, baseball; father resident of Cedar Falls & past
resident Red Oak 40 years; off Nonpareil Court
Bldg; res 815 6th Ave, Council Bluffs.
CONNOLLY, J LEO
Attorney; b Bayard, Iowa Oct l3, 1901; s of Timothy J
Connolly-Catherine Donovan; ed Creighton Prep, Omaha; Creighton U, LLB
l926; Gamma Eta Gamma; m Ceclia Swassing May l, 1929 Council Bluffs; s
Leo
Francis, Timothy William; d Rita Ann, Cecelia Mary, Janice Elaine,
Nancy Theresa;
1926 adm to prac law in Iowa & Neb; 1926- prac law, Council Bluffs;
Pottawattamie Co & Iowa
St Bar Assns; Creighton Alumni Assn, pres Council Bluffs Club; KC 4°,
grand knight 1930; Holy Family Cath Ch; Dem; father (dec) supt of
Council Bl uffs water dept 10 years, resident 30 years; off
Wickham Bldg; res 2401 Ave D, Council Bluffs.
CONNOLLY, TIMOTHY
ALOYSIUS
Druggist; b Baird, Iowa Jan 6, 1904; s of Timothy J Connolly-Catherine
Donovan; ed
Creighton Prep HS l922; Creighton U, PhG 1926; Kappa Psi; m Anna M
White May
31, l928 Council Bluffs; s Gerald John, William Phillip; d Patricia
Lucille; l918-22 emp by Eagle
Drug Co, Council Bluffs; 1922-26 emp by Carmichael Drug Co, Council
Bluffs; l926 emp as pharm by John O'Brien druggist, Omaha Neb; 1927-29
pharm Hawkeye Drug Co, Council Bluffs; 1929-31 pharm for A W Oard
Drug Store, Council Bluffs; 1931- owner & opr Connolly Drug Stores,
Council Bluffs; 1935-36 pres Dist Pharms of Iowa Pharm Assn; NARD; Amer
Pharm Assn;
Council Bluffs Retail Mchts Assn; C of C; KC, coun l045; Cath Ch;
hobbies: coin collecting, fishing; father (dec) supt of grounds for
Council Bluffs water dist, res 30 years; off 2400 W Broadway, 500 S
21st, & 3200 W
Broadway; res 2406 Ave B, Council Bluffs.
CONZEMIUS, VERNON
Druggist; b Devon, Iowa Sept 16, 1901; s of N L Conzemius-Linna
F Ehke; ed Manilla HS 1920; U of Iowa, PhG 1922; m Irene Petteys Nov
23,
1929 Harlan; 1923-29 pharm for Sherman McConnell Co,
Omaha Neb, 1930-31 Taffe Drug Co; 1931- owner & opr drug
store,
Council Bluffs; Iowa St Pharm Assn; Council Bluffs Philatelic Soc; Holy
Family Ch; Dem; hobby: philately; off
3149 W Broadway; res 2615 Ave F, Council Bluffs.
COONEY, CECIL EVERTT
Owner
& Operator Upholstery Shop; b Carson, Iowa Aug 3,
1896; s of William Cooney-Eliza Rhodes; ed Council Bluffs; m Vera
Williams Jan 3, 1920 Council Bluffs; s Lloyd Evertt, Ronald William,
Cecil Evertt Jr; d Myrtle Eleanor; 1910-16 upholsterer Keyes Brothers
Mfg Co, Council Bluffs, 1916-17 Ford Motor Co, Omaha Neb; 1919 mgr
upholstery Standard Body Co,
Council Bluffs; 1920-21
mgr Blackstone Garage Co, Norfolk Neb; 1921-23 & 1925-
owner upholstery shop, Council Bluffs; 1923-25 supt
upholstering dept Weir Body Co, Omaha Neb; during World War enl 1917
QMC at large, O/S June 1918-July 1919, disch sgt; Amer Legion
post 2; Epworth Meth Ch; Rep; hobby: gardening; off 912 W Broadway;
res 3315 W Broadway, Council Bluffs.
COSTELLO, JEREMIAH F
Clergyman; b County Kerry, Ireland Jan 21, 1883; s of
Thomas Costello-Mary O'Connor; ordained June 24, 1910 Dublin Ireland;
1910-14 asst pastor St Francis Ch, CounciI Bluffs; 1914-18 pastor
Sacred Heart Ch, Mondamin; 1918-27 pastor St Patrick's Ch, Audubon;
1927- pastor
St Patrick's Ch, Council Bluffs; Rotary; KC 1945; off & res 223
Harmony, Council Bluffs.
COUGHLAN, WILLIAM
Clergyman; b Clashmore, Ireland Jan 15, 1885; s of James Coughlan-Mary
Whalan; ed Castle Knock Dublin HS; Castle Knock Dublin Ireland, BA
1900; St John's Seminary,
Waterford Ireland, PhD 1909; ordained in Mynooth Ireland June 21,
1910; 1910-14
asst pastor St Ambrose Ch, Des Moines; 1914-18 pastor St Patrick's Ch,
Bayard; 1918- pastor Holy Name Cath Ch, Council Bluffs; instr Holy
Name HS; Lions; Council Bluffs Dodge Park Golf Course; KC l045; Dem;
hobby: golf; res
2217 Ave B, Council Bluffs.
CRAWFORD, EZEKIEL
Owner Lumber Co; b Oxford, Wis Aug 21, 1868; s of John
Crawford-Isabel Stewart; ed Holt Co Neb; m Elizabeth Brnaman Apr 3,
1890 Traer Iowa;
d Alice Gretchen (Mrs E E Evans); l888-99 mgr Edwards & Bradford
Lbr Co South Sioux City Neb;
1899-1929 supt of Fullerton Lbr Co, Atlantic; 1929- owner Crawford Lbr
Co, CounciI Bluffs, yards at Bellevue & Elk Creek Neb, Buck Grove
Anita & Glenwood; Northwest Lbrmen Assn; Iowa Lbrmens Assn;
C of C; AF&AM 71; BPOE 531; First Congl Ch, past
trustee; Rep; hobbies: singing, leads club & choir singing; father
(dec) past sen of Neb legislature & cattle man; off 12th &
Ave B; res 333 Woodland Drive, Council Bluffs.
CRINK, NEWELL P
Superintendent of Schools; b Murdock, Neb Sept 13, 1905; s of Phillip S
Crink-Cecil Wheeler; ed Malvern HS 1923; U of Iowa 1925-26; Midland
Coll, Fremont Neb, BSc 1928; U of N Lincoln, MA 1934; Theta Xi; m
Lucille
Knott June 5, 1930 Ames; d
Sylvia; 1928-30 coach & prin, Utica Neb; 1931-32 supt of schs,
Glenvil; 1933-34 supt of schs Defiance; 1934- supt of schs, Minden;
Pottawattamie Schoolmasters Assn; ISTA; AF&AM 441, Defiance; Meth
Ch;
Rep; hobby: stamp collecting; off & res Minden.
CROWE, JOHN VINCENT
City Assessor; b Westside, Iowa May 21, 1885; s of John Crowe-Ellen
Waldron; ed Council Bluffs
HS; m Anne Young Sept 2, 1910
Papillion Neb; d Harriet Jane (Mrs Kent Dawson) Marjorie Ann; 1906-10
with father in gro business, Council Bluffs; 1910-13 Pottawattamie Co
dep recorder,
Council Bluffs; 1914-28 assoc with Benjamin Real Est Co, Council
Bluffs; 1928-38 real est agt, Council Bluffs; 1932- city assessor,
Council Bluffs; played semi-pro baseball 4 years; secy SW
Iowa Baseball Tournament 3 years; Dodge Park Golf Course;
Dem; hobbies: golf, baseball; off Courthouse; res 3620
W Broadway, Council Bluffs.
CROWL, HARRY CHARLES
Real Estate Broker; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Mar 26, 1895; s of Henry
Clinton Crowl-Dora Jurgens; ed Council Bluffs HS 1913; Grinnell Coll; m
Minnie Jensen Sept 22, 1917 St
Paul Minn; s Harry Charles Jr, Richard Dean; d Virginia E, Doris
Jeanne; 1913-15 secy Council Bluffs Retail Mchts Assn,
secy Council Bluffs Auto Club; 1916-17 secy C of C; 1919-23 secy for
Robert B Wallace Co, Council Bluffs; 1923- owner & opr
Harry C Crowl Co, real est co,
Council Bluffs; during World War in FortSnelling, Fort Sheridan,
special training
Fort Sill, Camp Custer, 40th inf & l0th reg army inf, 1st It &
acting capt; org hdqrs co 168th inf Council Bluffs ING,
capt 1921-22, chmn 1935; chmn bd of
BSA troop; orgr & lst pres Execs Assn; C of C, dir; secy Dodge
Light Guard Army;
AF&AM 71; RAM; R&SM; KT; York Rite, chmn bd of govs, Lazor
Grotto; Grace Presby Ch, chmn bd of trustees; Rep; hobby: athletics;
off Broadway Theater
Bldg; res 421 S lst, Council Bluffs.
CURRAN, JOHN JAMES
Dentist; b Wilkes-Barre, Penn June 10, 1882; s of William F
Curran-Augusta May Miller; ed Red Oak; Northwestern U, DDS 1905; Delta
Sigma Delta; m Jessie W Woods Feb
3, 1914 Chicago; 1907-09 dentist, Red Oak, 1909-13 Chicago, 1914-
Oakland; Iowa St Dental Soc;
Oakland Comml Club; KP, chancellor comm, Henderson; AF&AM
335; Scot Rite 32°; Abu Bekr Shrine; Congl Ch; Rep; hobby: reading; off
& res Oakland.
CURRIE, ERNEST L
Owner Theater Sign Co; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Jan 19, 1902; s of John
Currie-Mary Heaston; ed Council Bluffs HS 1920, mbr football team 2
years, mbr
basketball team 3 years; m
Margaret Green July 2, 1921 Papillion Neb; s
Ernest Robert; d Dorothy Margaret; 1920-22 sign painter Gen
Outdoor Advertising Co, Omaha Neb,1923 Council Bluffs Sign Co;
1923-26 publicity service Tidewater Oil Co,
out of Chicago Ill; 1926- owner & opr Theater Sign Co, Council
Bluffs; 1937 mbr Iowa St legislature 47th gen assembly; during World
War ent US army l0th ammunition train, sgt 30th field arty, Camp Taylor
Ky, Camp Fort Logan Colo, Camp
Funston Fort Riley KS; Amer Legion post 2; 40 & 8; Last Man's Club;
BPOE 531, exalted ruler 1939; AF&AM 631; Dodge Memorial CongI Ch;
Dem; hobby: golf;
father was a res of Council Bluffs 60 years; off
100 S 24th; res 3028 Ave C, Council Bluffs.
CURTIS, BURTEN LEON
Merchant; b Hyrum, Utah Feb 12, 1906; s of Henry W
Curtis-Nancy Parker; ed Pocatello Idaho 1923; m Velma Halt June 15,
1929 Salt Lake City; s Jack Leon,
Burton Lee; Donna Jean; 1923-35 clk & mgr Shaggs United Stores,
Pocatello Idaho, Omaha Neb, Norfolk, Missouri Valley & Salt Lake
City Utah; 1935- owner & opr C & H Food Stores, CounciI Bluffs;
C of C; Kiwanis; BPOE 531; FOE 104; Latter Day Saints, 1st counselor;
Rep; hobby: horseback rid ing; father resident of Downey Idaho,
farmer; off & res Council Bluffs.
DAVIS, JOSEPH WALTER
Bank President; b Avoca, Iowa Mar 15, 1886; s of Joseph Wilson
Davis-Sarah Elizabeth Chamberlain; ed Avoca; Capital City Camml Coll;
U of Iowa, BSc 1909; Sigma Nu; m Olga Frost
Sept 14, 1914 Avoca; s Joseph Wolter Jr; 1910-13 farmer, Kittson Co
Minn, 1913- Shelby Co; 1925-27 VP Citizens State Bank, Avoca, 1927-
pres; 1917-23 dir & pres Tennant consolidated
sch bd; 1926-35 mbr sch bd, Avoca; treas Pottawattamie Co Bankers Assn;
Iowa St Bankers Assn; 1st pres Shelby Co Farm Bur; mbr Pottawattamie Co
Fair Bd; Kiwanis, Harlan; Congl Ch; Rep; hobby: farming; off & res
Avoca.
DAVIS, LESLIE EARLE
Publisher; b Manchester, Iowa Oct 4, 1909; s of Earl A
Davis-Maizie Pentony; ed Glenwood HS 1927; m Bernice Nelson Apr _____
1937 _____ Ill; s Allan Leslie; 1927-30 Indian trading for C G Newcomb,
Crystal Ariz; 1930-36 printer Harlan News Advertiser;
1937 in printing business, Centerville; 1937 printer, Odebolt
Chronicle; 1938- publisher Carson
Critic, Carson; Comml Club, dir; AF&AM 43; father res of Harlan 15
years, past newspaper publisher; off & res Carson.
DEAN, ABBOTT MESTON
Physician;
b Council Bluffs, Iowa July 19, 1900; s of Dr Frank Wilson Dean-Sarah
Ann Meston; ed Council Bluffs HS 1917; Carleton Coll, Northfield Minn
1917-18; U of Iowa, 1919-20; Harvard U, BA 1922, MD 1926; Kappa Sigma;
m
Elizabeth Baker July 6, 1923 Farmington Me; s Abbott Wilson;
1927 interne Newton Mass Hosp; 1928-29 house ofcr Moss Eye &
Ear Infirmary, Boston Mass; 1929- eye specialist, Council Bluffs;
staff Jennie Edmundson Hosp, Council Bluffs; Pottawattamie Co &
Iowa St Med Socs; AMA; Sioux
Valley Eye & Ear Assn; C of C; Rotary, 1935 pres; BPOE 531;
First CongI Ch; Rep; hobby: irises; off
22 S 6th; res 231 Park Ave, Council Bluffs.
DEAN, FRANK WILSON
Physician; b Setaro, East India Feb 9, 1863; s of Rev S C Dean-Augusta
Elizabeth Abbott; ed Doane Coll, Crete Neb, BSc 1886; U of Minn, MD
1890; grad work Vienna & London; m Sarah Ann Meston June 10, 1897
Hastings Neb; s
Dr Abbott Meston; 1890 interne Anchor Hosp, St Paul Minn;
1891-92 prac med, Mineola, 1893-95 Omaha Neb; 1895- prac med, eye
specialist, Council Bluffs;
staff mbr Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hosp; 1904-28 mbr lib bd; Amer Coll
at Ophthalmology, life mbr; life
mbr ACS; Pottawattamie Co Med Soc, past pres, life mbr;
life mbr Iowa St Med Soc; C of C; Rotary Book Fellows Club; BPOE
531; AF&AM 71, past sr deacon; First Congl Ch; Rep; hobby: fishing;
off 22 S 6th; res
540 Washington Ave, Council Bluffs.
DEAN, RICHARD WYATT
Manager Tire Co; b Caldwell, Tex Mar 6, 1899; s of William Bryan
Dean-Winifred Grant; ed Kansas City Mo HS 1917; m Edythe Dove
Apr 18, 1922 Kansas City Mo; s Richard
Wyatt Jr; 1917-27 off mgr Moline Plow
Co, Kansas City Mo; 1927-31 off mgr Firestone Tire Co, Sioux City;
1931-34 salesman for Firestone Tire Co, Cherokee; 1934- store mgr
Firestone Tire Co, Council Bluffs; Retail Mchts Assn, dir; C of C;
Rotary; Council Bluffs Country Club; AF&AM 340, Kansas City; First
Presby Ch; Dem;
hobbies: golf, bowling; off Broadway at 7th; res 119 S 8th, Council
Bluffs.
DeGROAT, FRED O
Railway Express Agent; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Dec 29, 1897; s of Thomas
F DeGroat-Margaret
Linebarger; ed Council Bluffs HS;
m Melissa Schoening July 21, 1931, Council
Bluffs; 1915-19 driver for Rwy Express Agcy; 1919-25 clk & cash Rwy
Express Agcy, 1925- agt, Council Bluffs; Assn of
RR Agts; Chris Ch; hobby: baseball; off 652 W Broadway; res 3558 W
Broadway
Council Bluffs.
DELANEY, THOMAS
MICHAEL
Real Estate & Insurance Agent; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Feb 1, 1885;
s of Patrick Delaney-Mary Hughes; ed
Council Bluffs HS 1905; m Anne Murphy Jan 21, 1939 Council Bluffs;
1905-12 clk CRI&P RR, Council Bluffs; 1912-17 chief clk gen freight
& passenger off C&NW RR, Omaha Neb; 1918 ARC
secy; 1918-25 secy Hannan Est, Council Bluffs; 1925-35 ptr of H B
Het
rick Ins Co, Council Bluffs; 1935- owner & opr ins agcy, Council
Bluffs; Council Bluffs Real Est Bd, pres 1937; Council Bluffs Assn of
Ins Agts; C of C; BPOE 531; KC 1045, grand knight 1916, dist dep
1930-36; St Francis Cath Ch; father (dec) RR man, res of Council Bluffs
30 years;
off 13 Scott; res 428 Glen Ave, Council Bluffs.
DeWITT, CHARLES
HERMAN JR
Physician & Surgeon; b Lucas, Iowa June 30, 1886; s of Dr Charles
Herman DeWitt-Eleanor Shields; ed Glenwood HS; Creighton Med Sch,
Omaha, MD 1910; Phi Beta Pi; m Julia S
Johnson Dec 12, 1910 Oakland Neb; s Herman W; d Gertrude E (dec); m
Esther A Nyquist Dec 21, 1929 Wahoo Neb; d Beverley
Jane, Julia Ruth; 1910 interne Covenant Hosp, Omaha Neb; 1911-21 prac
med, Tacoma Wash, 1922-30
.Malmo Neb, 1930- Macedonia; 12 years mbr Covenant Hosp Staff,
Omaha Neb; 1935- mbr town coun; during World War O/S June
1918-June 1919, 1st lt, Dr Rinto operating team 13, Camp hosp 48 under
evacuation hosp 3, ARC evacuation army
8; Amer Legion post 648, comm 1933; Pottawattamie Co & Iowa St Med
Socs; AMA; OES; AF&AM 415, 1936 master; RAM,
Glenwood; off & res Macedonia.
DICK, LEO GIDEON
Dentist; b Stanhope, lowa Sept 6, 1890; s of G H Dick-Nora
Branch; ed Stanhope HS; Leander Clark Coll; U of Iowa,
DDS 1914; Xi Psi Phi; m Ethel C Davis Mar 6, 1915 Des Moines; d Shirley
Beth; 1914-
dentist, Oakland; 1920-22 mbr Oakland sch bd; 1924-29 mbr town coun,
Oakland; Oakland fire dept, 10
years; during World War 1st lt dental res
corps; Iowa St Dental Soc; Comml Club; U of Iowa Alumni Assn;
AF&AM 335; OES 425; Rep;
hobbies: big game hunting & fishing; off & res Oakland.
DOOLITTLE, ELMER
HIRAM
Lumber Dealer; b Manchester, Iowa Mar 3, 1867; s of William J
Doolittle-Marguerite Gillespie; ed
Manchester HS; m Elizabeth Cook _____ 1894 Kearney Neb; 1890-98 mgr
Gilchrist Lbr Co,
Callaway & Gothenburg Neb;
1898- owner Bluff City Lbr &
Coal Co, Council Bluffs; treas & dir Auditorium
Co since orgn; dir City Natl Bank of Council Bluffs; Iowa Retail Lbr
Dlrs Assn; SW Iowa Lbr Dlrs
Assn; C of C, past pres & secy; Rotary, ch
mbr, past dir; BPOE 531; AF&AM 71; past sr warden; York Rite;
KT; Abu Bekr Shrine; St Paul's Episc Ch, vestry-man; off 901 4th; res
Clark & 5th Ave Council
Bluffs.
DRANEY,
CHARLES ERVAN
Chiropractor; b Seneca, KS Oct 2, 1884; s of John Draney-Ellen
Murphy; ed Seneca KS; St Joseph Mo; Lincoln Chiropractic Sch; Nashville
Sch of Naturopathy, DC 1927, MD 1938; St J oseph Veterinarian Coll, DVM
1915;
m Lola Shaffer Oct 4, 1905 Kansas City, St Paul & South Omaha;
1925- chiropractor, Council Bluffs; UCT; Natl Chiropractic Assn, ch
mbr; KC 1045; Dem; hobbies: farming,
colon therapy; father (dec) was a farmer in Nemaha
Co KS for 50 years; off 29 N 6th; res 314 Wickham Blvd, Council
Bluffs.
DRENNAN, VERN CARLTON
Business Manager School for the Deaf; b Corning, Iowa July 6, 1898;
s of William J Drennan-Julia Beath; ed Corning HS 1918; Iowa St
Coll, BSc 1923; Theta Delta Chi; m Ruth Meyerhott Sept 8, 1925 Corning;
s Robert H; d Doris; 1923-26 asst
sales mgr Louden Mfg Co, Fairfield; 1926-37 ins agt,
Council Bluffs; 1937- business mgr Iowa Sch for the Deaf, Council
Bluffs; during World War mbr SATC
at Iowa St Coll; Amer Legion, Fairfield; Kiwanis; AF&AM, Fairfield;
BPOE, Fairfield; Broadway Meth Ch; hobbies:
reading, baseball; off Iowa School for the Deaf; res 312
Lafayette Ave, Council Bluffs.
DROGE, HENRY FRANK
Partner & Manager Elevator Co; b Pottawattamie Co, Iowa Sept 15,
1875; s of Herman Droge-Wilhelmina Schaffer; ed Council Bluffs;
m Marjorie Darnell Mar, 1923 Council Bluffs;
s Douglas; d Geraldi ne (Mrs Dean Jen nings); 1895-1914 farmer,
Pottawattamie Co; 1895-1922 ptr in Droge Brothers Ice & Coal Co,
Council Bluffs; 1922- mgr
Droge Elevator Co, Council Bluffs; Salem Evang Ch; Rep; hobby:
gardening; father (dec) res Pottawattamie Co 65 years, Civil War
veteran, in 1st Iowa inf; off 10th St & 9 Ave; res 140 Woodbury
Ave, Council Bluffs.
DYE, HARRY KIRK
Treasurer & Manager Mercantile Co; b Lee Co, Iowa Sept
15, 1879; s of George S Dye-Juliet Kirk; ed Carson HS; Iowa Business
Coll, Des Moines; m Emma Eolean Beezley J une 1 0,
1902 Des Moines ; s Harold B, G Willard, Charles
Stanley, Lloyd K; d
Dorothy (Mrs C L Rath),
Barbara (Mrs Marion Plumb) ; 1
899-1903 el k Dye Brothers Co, Macedonia;
1 903-35 treas Dye Brothers Co, Macedonio;
1935- treas &
mgr Dye Mere Co,
Macedonia; 19 l 0-
mbr town coun; 191 2- 1
ambr sch bd , Macedonia ; OES 476 , worthy patron; AF&AM 415, past
master ; Presby Ch, trustee; Dem; off & res Carson.
DYE, WILLOUGHBY
President Mercantile Co; b Lee Co, Iowa Apr 14, 1852; s of Henry
Dye-Jane Mickelwaite;
ed Fort Madison; Fort Madison Acad; m
Margaret R _____ Oct l, 1879 Macedonia; s Charles (dec), Willoughby Jr
(dec), Harvey LeRoy, Elmer (dec); d Iroline (Mrs John
McKenzie), Luella (Mrs Samuel Litton); 1876- pres Dye Brothers Co,
Macedonia; past mbr town
coun; 4 years mbr Iowa St legislature, representative;
10 years pres Macedonia State Bank; pres & dir Harle-Haas Drug
Co, Council Bluffs; BPOE 531; AF&AM 415, past worshipful
master, has 50 year mbrship certificate; IOOF, past noble grand;
Rep; hobby: golf; off & res Macedonia.
EDWARDS, CHARLES
Physician & Surgeon in Obstetrics; b
Council Bluffs, Iowa Nov 6, 1902; s of Thaddeus V Edwards-Katherine
Hughes; ed Creighton HS 1920; Creighton U, Omaha Neb BSc 1924, MD 1926;
Phi Rho; m Kathleen O'Hara Oct 9, 1926 Cleveland Ohio; s Charles Vernon
Jr, John Phillip; d Mary Kathleen, Patrician
Joan; 1925-26 interne Mercy Hosp,
Council Bluffs, 1926-27 St Alexis Hosp, Cleveland Ohio; 1927-28 grad
work in obstetrics St Anne's Hosp, Cleveland Ohio; 1928-30
prac med, Glenwood; 1930- assoc with Dr Cogley in Cogley Clinic,
Council Bluffs; staff surg Mercy Hosp, Council Bluffs; asst staff surg
Jennie Edmundson Hosp, Council
Bluffs; asst prof in obstetrics Creighton U, Omaha Neb;
Pottawattamie Co & Iowa St Med Socs; AMA; Central States
Obstetrical Soc; C of C; Council Bluffs Country Club; BPOE 53l; KC
1045; hobbies: golf, photography;
father (dec) res of CounciI Bluffs 50 years; off Bennett Bldg; res 420
Oakland Ave, Council Bluffs.
ELLIS, FRANK LEROY
Income Tax Adviser; b Harrison Co, Iowa May 4, 1868; s of Andrew Moore
Ellis-Alice
Bonny; ed Little Sioux; m Gertrude Pusey
Dec 24, 1894 Council Bluffs; d Loraine (Mrs L F Drake), Mary (Mrs John
Rasmussen); 1885-87 asst cash, Little Sioux State Bank; 1888-1901
secy-treas, Haile-Haas Drug Co, Council Bluffs; 1902-17
off mgr & secy, John Beno Co; 1917-19 internal revenue agt for US
Govt, Council Bluffs; 1920- income tax
adviser, Council Bluffs; C of C; Congl Ch, pres
bd of trustees 1926-35; Rep; hobby: travel; off 213 Wickham Building;
res 113 Frank, Council Bluffs.
ELSWICK, RAY CARLOS
Farmer; b Wheelers Grove, Iowa Aug 13, 1888; s of Marion
Elswich-Mayrilla Needham; ed Car son HS; m Ada A Killion Sept 9,
1914 Oakland; s Harold, Kenneth Evan; d Dorothy Aileen, Betty
Maxine; 1909-1914 & 1919- farmer, Pottawattamie Co; 1915-19 farmer,
Ringgold Co; 1935- dir Carson consolidated sch bd; Pottawattamie Co
Farm Bur; Latter Day Saints
Ch; hobby: horses, athletics; res Carson.
EMARINE, CHARLES POOL
Printer; b Council Bluffs, Iowa Dec 1892; s of William A Emarine-Anna
Pool; ed Council Bluffs HS; m Grace I Oblinger Mar 18, 1914 Omaha; s
Charles William, Jack LeRoy; 1907-19 emp by Klopp Bartlett Co, Omaha;
1919-36 ptr of Lewis & Emari ne Co, Council Bluffs; 1936- owner
printing &
stationery shop; C of C, dir; Council Bluffs Country Club; Rotary, chmn
mbrship comm
1938; BPOE 53l ; FOE 104; AF&AM 631; CongI Ch; Rep; hobbies:
fishing, travel; off Broadway at Scott; res 733 Ave G, Council Bluffs.
EVE, CHARLES B
Owner Bakery; b Hull, England Nov 16, 1872; s of Rogers Eve-Emma
Johnson; ed England & Otoe Co Neb; m
Florence Siddenf _____ Lincoln Neb; m Rosella Porterfield _____ 1922
Jacksonville Fla; 1903- owner Eve's Bakery, Council
Bluffs; C of C; Iowa Bakers Assn; Council Bluffs Retail Mchts Assn;
Dodge Park Club; AF&AM 71; York Rite; Abu Bekr Shrine; Second
Presby Ch;
Rep; hobbies: golf, travel; off & res 534 W Broadway,
Council Bluffs.
EVEREST, FOLSOM
Attorney ; b Grinnell , Iowa Nov 21 , 1894; s of Frank F Everest
Florence Folsom ; ed Peddie Sch, Hights town N J ; N
J Prep Sch; Creighton U ,
Omaha, LLB 1 921 ;
m Elsi e Ti nley J une 1 4 ,
1921 Council Bl uffs; s Emmet Ti nley;
d Mary Rose, Frances; 1
921 - mbr law f irm Ti nley
Mitchell, Ross, Everest & Geis ler, Counci
l Bl uffs; dir
First Natl Bank, Council Bluffs; mbr air port
commission, Counci l Bl uffs; comm l 68th inf I NG , 1936- adjt 34th
div, Nov 1 924-36; during World War 34th & 84th d
iv AEF, air squadron comm 807th, 0/
S Aug 1 918-Mar 191 9; Amer Legion post 2, past
comm, past serv ice ofcr; Pottawattamie
Co, Iowa St & Amer Bar Assns; C of C; pres 1936-38
Southwest Iowa coun BSA; Rotary, past treas;
Omaha Club; Des Moines Cl ub; BPOE 53 l ; First
Cong I Ch; Rep; hobbies : hunting , National
Guard; off Park Bldg; res 28
l High School Ave, Counci l Bl uffs.
EWOLDT,
HENRY FERDINAND
Railroad Station Agent; b Shelby
Co, Iowa Mar 22, 1 877; s of Henry
Ewoldt-Dora Vi nke; ed Arcadia; Denison Normal & Business Coll;
Highland Park Coll, Des Moines; m Augusta Georgi ns Oct 17, 1900
Denison; d Wynona (Mrs
Max Thompson ), A
lberta Henrietta ; 1 899-1901 helper CRl
&P RR, Carson , 1 901 -04 station agt, Bevington ,
1904-08 Kei logg, l 908-
Oakland; 1928- mbr sch bd, Oakland
, 1932- pres; 1 922-28 city coun, Oakland ; mbr bldg
comm Oakland HS; ORT; Oakland Comml Club; AF&AM 335; Congl Ch,
deacon; Rep; hobby: read ing, int i n edn; off
& res Oakland.
Contributed by
Cheryl Siebrass
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