Lenox, Iowa obituaries
transcribed by: Lorelei Rusco - lorerus@iowatelecom.net
 
Anderson, Fred Mead

Fred Mead Anderson, son of C. J. and Eliza Anderson, was born April 23, 1879 in Washington, Iowa and died January 17, 1944 in Hutchinson, Kansas after a brief illness at the age of 64 years, eight months and 24 days. 

He grew to manhood in Iowa where he was educated until he went to St. Louis where he was graduated from the Saint Louis University of Medicine.  He practiced first in Gravity, Iowa and in 1904 he came to Kansas and practiced at Saxman; in 1919 he went to Nickerman, Kansas where he has been the community doctor for 25 years.

At the age of 12 he was converted and united with the United Presbyterian church at Lenox, Iowa.  When he moved to to Saxman he transferred his membership and in 1916 he unified with the Methodist church at Nickerman, where he had maintained his membership until death.

He is survived by his widow Harriet Anderson; a son, Staff Sgt. C. J. Anderson, now overseas; one daughter, Mrs. Lucile Stiger of South Haven, Kans.; two grandchildren, Donna and Carol Williams; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Ferguson of Turon, Kans.; one brother, Dr. C. E. Anderson of Tacumcari, N. M. and one niece, Mrs. Simmons of Turon.

Lenox Time Table,  Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 23, 1944

Anderson, Ray V. –

Ray V. Anderson, son of James B. and Sarah Ellen Anderson, was born May 11, 1881 in Washington county, Iowa.  He died at the Greater Community Hospital, Creston, Iowa on March 31, 1944 at the age of 62 years, 10 months and 20 days.

At the age of five years, with his parents he moved to Lenox, Iowa which place has continued to be his home.  Following  graduation from Lenox High school in 1897, he was employed in the First National Bank, later serving from 1939 to 1943 as treasurer of Taylor county.

A lifelong member of the United Presbyterian church, he is survived by three brothers, Dixon and Wayne Anderson of Wilsonville, Nebr. and Dr. T. E. Anderson of Bedford; two sisters, Mable Anderson of Lenox and Mrs. Mary Napp, a missionary to India; five nephews and three nieces.

Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Earl Moneymaker, were Sunday afternoon from the Presbyterian Church United in Lenox.  Burial was at Lenox Cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, April 6, 1944

Bivens, Sarah Louisa Reynolds –

Sarah Louisa Reynolds, daughter of Henry and Susan Reynolds, was born in McLean county, Illinois, near LeRoy, on August 4, 1864 and moved to Adams county, Iowa in March 1892. 

When she was 27 years of age she was united in marriage to Joseph Leonard Bivens at the residents of her brother, John W. Reynolds, by the Justice of the Peace, Mr. George Tully, at 6 o’clock p.m. June 22, 1892.

She departed this life at the home of her son, Clyde Reynolds  in Villisca, Iowa at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 18, 1944. 

She united with the Methodist church in Lenox when the Rev. Joseph Goodsell was pastor and for 16 years was communion steward and was also chairman of the needle of the ladies  social legion.

She was preceded in death by her two sisters and four brothers who are all buried in Illinois, and two sisters and one brothers, buried in the Lenox cemetery.

She is survived by one brother, Henry Chauncey Reynolds of Lenox, also her husband, Joseph Leonard Bivens and two sons, Clyde of Villisca and Chauncey, now living in Omaha.  Also [can’t read] grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Mr. and Mrs. Bivens celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the home of her son in Villisca on June 22, 1942.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon, March 21, with the Rev. J. H. Machlan officiating.  [Remaining is not completely readable.]  Interment was at Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table,  Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 23, 1944

Boltinghouse, Chas. T. –

Chas. T. Boltinghouse, son of L. C. and Samantha Boltinghouse, was born in Blue Grove vicinity, Taylor county, Iowa September 24,, 1881, and passed away February 29, 1944, aged 62 years and 5 months.

He moved to Edgeley, North Dakota in 1902 and was there united in marriage to Sophia A. Bethke on January 18, 1906.  Two children were born from this union, Evelyn Merle and Thelma Fern.  The family moved to Lenox, Iowa in 1913 where was engaged in farming in this community.

He was united with the Christian Church of Lenox and was serving as a Deacon at the time of his death.  He leaves to mourn his death, his wife and his two daughters, Evelyn (Mrs. Herman Caskey, Omaha) and Thelma (Mrs. Frank Davis, Minneapolis, Minn.), his father, L.C. Boltinghouse and five brothers and 4 sisters, Joe of Ellston,  Bertha Carter of Sharpsburg, Ethel Bryant, Clarinda, May Murray, Edgeley, N. D.; Eva Armstrong, Orville, Lou, Floyd and Walter all of Lenox.  His mother and brother, James, preceded him in death.

Those left to mourn besides the immediate family are nineteen nieces and nephews and friends who will greatly miss him.

The five brothers, a brother-in-law of Edgeley, N.D. were pallbearers.  Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, March 3, at 2 o’clock  p.m. at the Church of Christ, conducted by the Rev. E. F. Hagee.  Burial was made in Fairview.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 9, 1944

Buxton, Mary Jane –

Mary Jane, daughter of  Absolom and Nancy Shaw Buxton, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania on November 17, 1849 and died February 4, 1944 at the age of 94 years, two months and 18 days.

The family moved to Washington, Ia. in 1852.  Her father died in the service of the Civil War in 1864.    She, with her mother and brother came to Adams county to a farm north of Lenox, in March 1881 and in March 1893 she and her mother moved to Lenox to the home where she lived for more than 50 years north of the park.

Her mother died in 1911 and her brother, Robert Buxton, on February 20, 1926.

She was a member of the Adams United Presbyterian church at Stringtown until they moved to Lenox when she transferred her membership  to the Lenox church.  There she has been a faithful member and worker in the Sunday School and Missionary Society as long as her health permitted.  She was a kind and sympathetic friend and neighbor. 

She was taken to the home of her nephew, Alfred Buxton, December 1, where loving care was given her by the nieces and nephews.  She was a patient sufferer, grateful for their care but longing for her Heavenly Home.

She leaves seven nieces and nephews and 16 grand nieces and nephews.

Funeral services from the Arnold Funeral Home were Sunday with the Rev. Earl Moneymaker in charge.  Burial was in Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 10, 1944

Cheese, Harriett Mary Lovaridge -

Harriett Mary Lovaridge, daughter of James and Harriett Lovaridge, was born in Alexis, Ill. on February 3, 1864, and died January 12, 1944 at the age of 79 years, 11 months and nine days.

She has been a faithful member of the Methodist church  since childhood and always took an active part in church work, as long as her health would permit.

One of a family of ten children, four sisters and one brother preceded  her in death. 

On November 7, 1883, she was united in marriage to C. R. Cheese of Alexis, Ill., and to them were born three children.

Mr. and Mrs. Cheese resided on a farm near Alexis, Ill., for seven years then moved to Lenox where they made their home until the present time.  They celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on November  7, 1943.

Mrs. Cheese, with her cheerful disposition, has made many friends and will be greatly missed by them as by her husband.

She is survived by her husband; one son, Harry of Lenox, a daughter, Mrs. Nona Curphy of Onargo, Ill., one son, Elbert, died in infancy.  She also is survived by one son-in-law and a daughter-in-law; six grandchildren, Lola Martindale of Clarinda, Marion Shaw of Denver, T. Sgt. Ray Cheese of Camp Carson, Colo., Sgt. Hal Cheese of Hobbs, N. Mex., Pvt. Robert Curphy of Camp Concomb, Calif., and Jean Curphy of Onargo, Ill., and one great granddaughter, Mary Kay Martindale of Clarinda.  She also leaves one brother, Hamen Lovaridge of LaPlata, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. J. L. Cheese of Evanston, Wyo., Mrs. Ora Snell and Mrs. Alice Stone of Galesburg, Ill. together with a number of nieces and nephews and many friends.

Funeral services were Friday afternoon at two o’clock from the Lenox Methodist  church with the Rev. J. H. Machlan in charge of the rites.  Burial was in Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, January 20, 1944

Cipra, John –

John Cipra, son of Joseph and Mary Cipra, was born in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia  on June 18, 1858, and passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jess Roe in Lenox, on Thursday morning, March 16, 1944, at the age of 85 years, 9 months and 28 days.

At the age of 20 years he came to America with his parents, two brothers and two sisters, and settled in a coal mining village near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  There he was united in marriage to Mary  Hoseck.  Following their marriage they continued to reside in that village where Mr. Cipra worked a number of years as a coal miner.

To this union were born two children, Joe Cipra of Meadville, Pa. and Mary of Lenox, Ia. with whom he made his home for the past 22 years.

In 1894 the family moved to Canby, Minn. Where he was engaged  in farming for about 20 years.  Then they spent a short time in Austin, Minn. Before returning to Pennsylvania in 1914 where they purchased  an acreage and resided until 1920.

In the spring of that year they came to Lenox to make their home with their daughter and family, who were living on a farm two miles northeast of Lenox and where his wife passed away on August 25, 1922.

Besides his two children he is survived by four granddaughters, Marjory, Bonnie and Doris Roe of Lenox and Mrs. Karmon Alexander of Kansas City, four grandsons, Leonard Cipra of Meadville, Pa., John Roe, serving with the U. S. Navy and stationed at Boston, Mass., Dean and Gene Roe of Lenox, and two great grandchildren, Leonard Robert and Lorena Mae Cipra of Meadville.  Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock p.m., Sunday March 19, from the Barber Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. E. F. Hagee.  Burial was made in the Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 23, 1944

Dennis, Margaret B. Stephens –

Margaret B., daughter of Mary and Vincent Stephens, was born near Guss, Iowa October 6, 1880 and died at her home near Lenox, Iowa on Thursday evening, March 23 at the age of 63 years, five months and 17 days.

She grew to womanhood in the Guss community and, on January 29, 1902, was united in marriage to George Harvey Dennis.  To them were born two children, Pauline Elizabeth and George Lester.

Her entire life was spent in Taylor county, the past 25 years being spent in her home near Lenox.  She professed her faith at an early age, remaining steadfast throughout her entire lifetime.  Despite her suffering, she displayed great courage and patience.

She leaves to cherish her loving memory, her husband; her children; three grandchildren, two brothers and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. E. F. Hagee were Sunday afternoon at two o’clock from the Arnold Funeral Home.  Burial was at Guss cemetery.

Lenox Time Table,  Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 30, 1944

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Eckels, Jennie Hunter –

Jennie Hunter, daughter of David and Lissey Hunter, was born July 25, 1862 in Des Moines county, Iowa and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mel Tully, in Lenox, Iowa on Friday, January 7, 1944 at the age of 81 years, five months and 15 days.

She spent most of her early life in Ringgold and Adams counties.  At the age of 20 she was united with the Baptist church of Prescott, Ia.  In 1909 she became a member of the Presbyterian Church United in Lenox.

On May 6, 1880, she was united in marriage to George W. Eckels at Corning, Iowa.  To this union four children were born, a son, Clarence and three daughters, Bertha Mae, Carrie Malissa and Emma Kathryn, the latter who died in infancy.  Her husband died December 21, 1915.  Since that time she has made her home with her two daughters, Mrs. Mel Tully and Mrs. Sam Stuwe.

She is survived by her two daughters and one son, Clarence; two brothers, Bert Hunter of Winfield, Ia., and Will Hunter of Galesburg; five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren, together with several nephews and nieces.

Mrs. Eckels found great comfort in Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar”

[poem followed].

Funeral services were from the Presbyterian Church United on Sunday, January 9 at two o’clock p.m. with the Rev. Earl Moneymaker officiating.  Burial was in the Lenox cemetery.

Pallbearers were L. A. Whipp, Warren Eckels, John Brown, Abe Beck, Roy Noerrlinger, and Frank Boltinghouse.  Musicians were Oliver Turner, Mrs. Roy Long, Mrs. Rollie Bender and Floyd Boltinghouse.  Don Tyler was accompanist.

Lenox Time Table,  Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, January 20, 1944

Elliot, Fortner –

Mrs. Jud Grimm received word Saturday that her brother, Portner Elliot, had died  suddenly at his home in London Mills, Ill.  Funeral services were held in Farnham, Monday afternoon.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 2, 1944

Ferguson, Janet Frew

Janet Frew, daughter of Mary and Archie Frew, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, October 8, 1888 and died January 20, 1944 at her home southeast of Lenox where she had resided the past 45 years.  Her age was 77 years, three months and 12 days.

At an early age she united with the Presbyterian church in Ayrshire, and when she came to this country her membership was transferred to the Presbyterian church in Lenox, where she was an active member until failing health prevented her attending.

On July 2, 1889 at Lenox, was united in marriage to George Ferguson, also a native of Scotland, who preceded her in death 17 years ago.  To this union were born eight children: Hamilton, George, Flora, Mabel and Tom, all of Lenox; Stella Stoner of Creston; Margaret Duncan of Columbus Junction, Ia. and one daughter, Mary, who died 23 years ago.  She also leaves 15 grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends.

She was ever a faithful wife, loving mother and a good neighbor.  Through all her years of failing health she remained a true Christian and during her last days often expressed a desire to depart and be with her Lord.

Funeral services were Sunday from the Presbyterian Church United with the Rev. Earl Moneymaker in charge of the rites.  Burial was in Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, January 27, 1944

Graff, George L. –

Commitment rites were held Saturday afternoon at Fairview cemetery for George L. Graff, the son-in-law of the late Dr. J. P. Scroggs, formerly of Lenox.  Mr. Graff died early last week at his home in Jacksonville, Fla.

The body was returned to Lenox by a daughter.  Services were in charge of the Arnold Funeral Home.  Rites at the grave were conducted by the Rev. J. H. Machlan.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, April 13, 1944

Grant, Mrs. Forest -

Mrs. Forrest Grant of east of town, passed away at an Iowa City hospital last week.  Funeral services were at Tingley and interment at that place.

Lenox Time Table,  Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, January 20, 1944

Gray, Earl E. –

Funeral services for Earl E. Gray, were held Sunday at the Methodist church, conducted by Rev. Chambers.  Interment was in Rosehill cemetery.  Mr. Gray passed away at a Des Moines hospital last Thursday night, where he was taken, after being hit by an automobile.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 3, 1944

Grim, F. F. –

F. F. Grim, son of Alfred and Elizabeth Grim, was born in Antona, Ill. January 11, 1872 and died in Albuquerque, N.M. on February 23, 1944 at the age of 72 years, one month and two days.

When Mr. Grim was about six years of age the family moved to Eureka, Ill. where they resided for seven years before moving to a farm west of Creston.  Their residence there continued until after the father died in January 1892 when the mother and two sister, Ida and Emma located in Lenox.

Mr. Grim became a member of the Christian church in Creston at the age of 18 years.  He was graduated from Creston High school and after teaching a year in Orient, Ia. he entered Drake University in 1894.  Mr. Grimm was graduated from that institution and took his first pastorate at Glenwood, Ia., later serving in churches in Montana.  He then spent some time at Chicago University, teaching

Filling the pulpit in Beckley, W. Va.  It was during his pastorate there he met Miss Ethel McDermiad whom he married in 1915 in Vermont.  After their marriage they served the church in Lawrenceburg, Ky. for some time, later moving to Wilson, N.C. where they both were on the faculty of the college there.

On February 25, 1925 his wife died but Mr. Grim remained with the faculty until the spring of 1943.  After visiting with relatives in Iowa and Nebraska he located in Albuquerque, N.M.

At the time of his death he was teaching in the University at Albuquerque and ministries.  He leaves three sisters, Ida and Emma of Lenox and Mrs. Maggie McHargue of Ogden, Ia. together with several nephews and a host of friends.

Funeral services were Monday February 28 in Lenox, Iowa from the Arnold Funeral Chapel.  The rites were conducted by the Rev. E. F. Hagee of Lenox.  Burial was in Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 2, 1944

Jones, Frances Alene

Frances Alene Jones, daughter of Mrs. And Mrs. Harry Jones, was born February 22, 1924 and died January 21, 1944 at the age of 19 years, 11 months and one day.

Frances leaves to mourn, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jones of Sharpsburg, a brother, Cpl. Arthur H. Jones of the United States Army; two sisters, Mary Margaret of Omaha, Nebr., and Mildred Lucille of Lenox, Ia. together with several aunts, uncles and cousins and a host of friends.

Although she had much suffering during her short life, she always had a smile and that smile will long be remembered by all who knew her.

Final rites were held at ten o’clock Monday morning, January 24, from Saint Patrick’s church in Lenox with the Rev. Fr. Gerald G. Walker conducting the services.  Burial was at Corning, Ia.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, January 27, 1944

Link, W. D. –

Funeral services were held last Thursday for W. D. Link at the Christian church, conducted by Rev. Waterson and Interment in Rosehill cemetery.  Mr. Link died at his home, early Tuesday.  He was 69 years of age.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, January 20, 1944

Morley, William

Funeral services, conducted jointly by the Reverend Earl Moneymaker and E. F. Hagee, were Sunday afternoon from the Barker funeral home for William Morley, 62, who died March 10 [1944] at the Ward Eckley home.

A former resident of this community, Mr. Morley had been employed at the Burlington (Ia.) ordnance plant for the past 10 months.  Failing health forced him to abandon war work.

Surviving are his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Ward Eckler; two grandchildren, Billie Ward and Mary Ellen Eckler; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson of Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Ida Francis of Creston.

Masonic rites were conducted by Brothers of Tremont Lodge at the grave in Fairview cemetery where interment was made. 

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 16, 1944

Reynolds, John William –

John William Reynolds, son of Henry and Susan Reynolds, was born in Ford county, Illinois October 6, 1856.  On his twenty-fourth birthday he was united in marriage to Marcena Dicena Hurley and after two years they moved from Illinois to Iowa where they purchased a farm three miles northeast of Lenox, where they resided until 1916 when they moved to Lenox.

To them were born five children – Elsie, Elmo, Susie, Eliphalet, and Cora.  Mrs. Reynolds, Cora and Elsie have preceded him in death.

Surviving  are his daughter, Mrs. Max Evans of Hastings, Nebr.; two sons, Dr. Elmo Reynolds of Osseo, Minn., and E. E. Reynolds of Lenox; six grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren; a brother Chancey Reynolds of Lenox; one sister, Mrs. Leonard Bivens of Villisca, together with a host of friends in and near Lenox.

In 1921 Mr. Reynolds accepted Christ as his Saviour and he became affiliated with the Methodist church in Lenox.  His death, at the age of 87 years, and three months on January 5, 1944, came after a prolonged illness of nine months.  He had made his home for the past two years with his son in Lenox.

Funeral service were Friday, January 7 at 2:00 p.m. from the Barber Funeral Home with the Reverends E. F. Hagee and J. H. Machlan in charge.  Mr. Reynolds, at his own request, was buried in the same suit of clothes he wore on his wedding day 63 years before.  Interment was in the Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, January 20, 1944

Shafer, Samuel –

Funeral services were held in Diagonal January 31 ]1944] for Samuel Shafer, 86, who died here the preceding Friday.  Surviving are his widow;  his children, Orville and Florence of Lenox, Opal and Myrtle of Omaha, Marie of Creston and Harold of West Des Moines, and a foster son, Chester Keller, also of Des Moines.  Interment was in Bethel cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, February 10, 1944

Stoaks, Glenna G. Haas –

Glenna G., daughter of Fred and Bertha Haas, was born near Lenox, Iowa March 9, 1906 and died Thursday, April 13, at the age of 38 years, at Oakdale Sanitarium near Iowa City after a lingering illness since May 18, 1943.

At the age of 20 she was united in marriage to Raymond L. Stoaks and to this union were born seven children: Eugene, Phyllis, Helen, Marian, Larry and the infant twins, Margie and Max, aged 13 months.

She grew to womanhood on a farm near Lenox and the first several years of her married life were also spent in the Lenox community.  Later she moved with her family to Ames, Iowa where she spent the remaining eight years of her life.

Besides her husband and children of Ames, she leaves to mourn:  her mother Mrs. Bertha Haas, who has made her home with her daughter the past two years; two sisters, Mrs. Velma Godden of Moline, Ill. and Mrs. Bernice Stoaks of Lenox, together with a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Sunday, April 15 [1944] from the Methodist church in Ames with the Rev. A. H. Parker in charge.  Burial was in Memorial cemetery in Ames.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, April 20, 1944

Wilson, Emmert

Emmert Wilson, a former Lenox resident, died April 16 [1944] at Chippewa Falls, Wisc.  old family friends learned here last week.  Mr. Wilson, a resident of Holcombe, Wisc. was a charter member of the Masonic  Lodge at Lenox.  Born in Washington county, Iowa he resided there until he had reached young manhood when he moved to Lenox with his parents to assist his father in the operation of a hardware business.  Later he went into the furniture business in which he remained until 1908.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, May 11, 1944

Wilson, Mary Matilda Dillman

Mary Matilda Dillman was born near Wenona, Ill. on January 6, 1853 and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed Nelson in Lenox, Iowa on April 24, 1944 at the age of 91 years, three months and 18 days.

Her marriage to Thomas Corwin Wilson  took place at Wenona on January 26, 1871 and they were privileged to live together until June 28, 1930 when Mr. Wilson passed away.  Since then she has been living with her three daughters with the exception of one year she spent in California.

They came to Corning, Ia. in the spring of 1875 and purchased a farm south of town on Highway 148, now known as the Anderson farm. 

Mrs. Wilson was the mother of eight children: Mrs. Cora Nelson of Lenox;  Mrs. Winifred Gentle of Corning; Clarence Wilson, Elliott, Ia.; Mrs. Hazel  Scharf, Griswold, Ia.; Harry Wilson, Arroyo, Calif., and Burdette Wilson of San Pedro, Calif.  Two children, Lottie Mary and

Perry Oscar, preceded their mother in death.

She leaves 16 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, three great great  grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Maren Dillman of Curtis, Nebr. and Mrs. Rosella Stranad of Corning. 

She was a member of the Federated church, although her hearing made it hard for her to enjoy the services.  She has lived a full life of service and has an Eternal Home of Rest.

Funeral services were Wednesday April 26, at the Roland Funeral Home in Corning, Ia. conducted by the Rev. A. E. Nelson of the Federated church.  Interment was in Walnut Grove cemetery.

Pallbearers were Dr. John McGrath, Fay Stranad, E. D. Fees, Fred Shaw, Lavern Smith, all of Corning, and Roy Nelson of Lenox.  Music was furnished by Beverly Watts, accompanied at the piano by Marion Hill.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, May 4, 1944

Young, Harold H. –

Harold H. Young, the son of the late Henry and Jennie Young, was born at Lenox, Iowa on August 1, 1900 and died after six weeks illness at his home in Chicago on Wednesday, March 22 [1944].

His age was 43 years, seven months and 21 days.  He was married to the former Miss Vera Davis of Creston on May 28, 1926 and to them were born three children, Robert, Marilyn Jean and Nancy Jane. 

Surviving are his widow and three children, two brothers, Lyndon and Robert.

Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Earl Moneymaker, were Monday, March 27 from the Barber Funeral Home in Lenox, Iowa.  Burial was at Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 30, 1944