Bleeg,
Clara –
Miss Etta Shafer received word last week of the death of
Miss Clara Bleeg, who will be remembered by some of
the older residents of Lenox, as it has been
some thirty or thirty-five years since she left here. Her father was employed as a tinner by the L. B. Wilson company and her brother, John, was employed
by the McKinzie firm.
Miss Bleeg died at West Liberty
early Tuesday morning June 12, and funeral services were held that evening at 7 o'clock. Members of the Eastern Star chapter attended the service in a
body. Miss Bleeg had been an invalid for 37 years.
News of the death was sent to Miss Shafer by Mrs. Mary
Brandt of West Liberty, a former Lenox resident.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 22, 1933
Boylen, Mary Ellen –
Mary Ellen
Boyden, 19 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Boyden, died early Monday
morning from injuries when a car in which she was riding turned over in a ditch
on the county line road, about six miles west of Lenox, Sunday evening.
The accident
happened directly in front of the Joe Schaffroth,
about 8 o’clock, according to Mrs. Schaffroth, who
saw the accident.
Miss Boyden
was riding with Oscar Lynam. They were only about two miles from her home
and were traveling west to Corning to attend a show. There is a steep hill in front of the Schaffroth home and just over the brow of the hill the car
driven by Lynam met a car driven by Dick Farmer who
was accompanied by his wife.
The Schaffroth family was sitting on the porch and as the cars
came along neither driver saw the other, as both were looking toward the Schaffroth home and waving at the Schaffroth family.
The cars
were not going fast but when the cars struck the Lynam car was pushed off the road into the deep ditch. It fell over on the right side and Miss
Boyden’s head was crushed between the car and the ground. It was thought she must have been part of the
way out of the window and that the shock of the two cars meeting through her
further out.
Miss
Boyden’s condition was so critical that no attempt was made to move her at
first. Then an ambulance was called from
Corning and she was taken to Greater Community hospital in Creston where she
died about 3 o’clock, shortly after she arrived.
Mr. Farmer,
it is reported, suffered a broken rib because of the accident, but neither Mrs. Farmer or Lynam were
injured.
The Lynam car was brought to Lenox Monday to be repaired. It is not badly torn up which would indicate that
the cars were not traveling fast at the time they met.
This was a
very distressing accident as all of the families are well=known in the Mercer
Center neighborhood.
Funeral
services for Miss Boyden were held Wednesday morning at Corning,
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 22,
1933
Boylen,
Mary Ellen -
Mary Ellen Boylen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee P. Boylen was born in Montgomery county, Iowa, February 11,
1914, and died June 18, 1933, at the age of 19 years, 4 months and 7 days.
She was a
graduate of the Corning high school having finished
with the class
of 1931. She bad taken a business course at Boyles college,
in Omaha, and had successfully filled a position in the Hayden Store in Omaha
since her graduation. This position was being held for her while she was
convalescing from a recent illness and she had expected to go back the latter
part of the month.
She was a
member of the St. Patrick's Catholic church and was a
girl of sweet disposition and one who made friends wherever she went. Everyone in the neighborhood and all who knew
her loved her for her many fine qualities.
Mary Ellen
is survived by her broken hearted parents and two sisters, Rose Anna and
Evelyn, both of whom were devoted to their older sister. Other relatives and a host
of friends mingle their tears with this sorrowing family.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday morning at the §t. Patrick's Catholic church at
10:00 o'clock with Rev. Fr. M. J. Powers in charge. Interment was made in the
Calvary cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 29,
1933
Day, Mary E. Cochran -
Mrs. J. L.
Hurley received word Monday of the death of her sister, Mrs. Mary E. Day or
Eugene, Oregon, which occurred June 18. Mrs. Day will be remembered by many as Mary Cochran, who formerly lived
northwest of Lenox.
Funeral
services for Mrs. Day were held Thursday June 22.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 29,
1933
Denton, Modjeska Osa Johnson -
Modjeska Osa Johnson, daughter of Albert and Cora Johnson, was born July 1st 1895. She
departed this life June 8, 1933, following an extended illness, aged
37 years, 11 months and 1 day. She had spent her whole life in Taylor county.
At the age of sixteen she united with the Christian church
of Blockton, Iowa, and since that time was very
faithful in all her religious life.
She was united in marriage on December 19, 1917 to Mr. Wayne
Denton at Clearfield, la. To this union, two children were born—Iris aged 14,
and Allan aged 11. Following
her marriage. Mrs Denton moved her church
membership
to the Clearfield Christian church.
She attended the high schools at Blockton and Bedford, Iowa, and taught for five years in the schools of Taylor county. Mrs. Denton
was a loving wife
and mother, and was loved by all who knew her. She leaves to mourn her passing—her
husband daughter, and son; her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs William Hughes; three sisters, Mrs. Inez Wheeler, Mrs.
Bessie Reynolds, Mrs. Doris O’Dell, two brothers, Jay Hughes of Winston,
Montana, and Dale Hughes at home. There is one uncle, Abe Landis of Bedford,
and his wife.
Funeral services were held on the afternoon of Saturday,
June 10th at the late home of the deceased southwest of Lenox, Rev.
La Vern Freeman officiating. Interment followed in the cemetery at Clearfield.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 15, 1933
Elliott, Harry -
Claud Ridout, 38, Creston liquor dealer, killed Harry
Elliott, federal prohibition agent in a gun battle near Oskaloosa Thursday
night and a few hours later took his own life in a hay field four miles north
of Creston.
The killing of Elliott occurred when Elliott and A. A.
Murphy, another agent, stopped Ridout on highway 2,
five miles west of Oskaloosa. The agents had been watching for him and as he
drove past them they recognized him and took up the chase. Overhauling him they
pulled their car in ahead of him, forcing him to stop. Elliott was standing on the running
board of the car. As he stepped to the
ground, Ridout jumped from his car and began
shooting. Elliott was killed and Murphy was seriously injured.
Ridout who was accompanied by his wife then drove away, leaving the two agents lying
on the pavement. A truck driver picked
them up and drove them to town.
Ridout was identified by Murphy and a search was started for him. At Creston his
sister, Mrs.
Maud Louden, gave officers information about Ridout's
hiding place and told them he would surrender.
A posse was organized and went out to the hay field where it was believed Ridout was hiding.
Ridout was located by Ed Campbell and Harry Cruzen. When he was ordered to throw up his hands and
surrender, he rolled over on his side and shot himself in the head.
Mrs. Ridout is being held under
bond, and charges will probably be filed against her.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 29, 1933
Fleming, William C. -
William C. Fleming, son of Samuel C. and Rebecca Bonsall Fleming, was born May 22, 1849 at Luthersburg, Clearfield county,
Pennsylvania and died in
the hospital at Kewanee, Illinois June 5, 1933 at the age of 84 years, 14 days.
When five years old he moved with the family to Ohio, living
there 1 year, then moving to Stark county Illinois, where he grew to manhood . In the spring
of 1874 he came with his brother Amos, to Iowa and bought raw prairie land three
miles west of where Clearfield now stands and so being among the pioneer
settlers of that neighborhood. .
On October 16, 1879 he married Amy Chittenden who proceeded him in death, July 20, 1929. He was the last of a
family of 9 brothers and sister to grow to manhood and womanhood, one brother
dying in infancy. His
only near relatives are his nephews and nieces who are scattered from Pennsylvania
to Oregon and California. Since the death of his 'wife he has spent a good deal
of his time in Illinois helping care for his brothers and sisters in their last
sicknesses
He was the last of the settlers in the old Greenwood
neighborhood where he lived.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 8, 1933
Henry, Albert A. –
Albert A.
Henry was born at Salem Center, Ind., April 24, 1849 and passed away May 27,
1933 at the age of 84 years, 1 month and three days.
Mr. Henry,
when only a boy moved with his parents to Liberty Pole, Wisc., where he grew to
manhood and where he married Miss Dorothy Ingraham on
July 4,
1872.
They moved
to Lenox, Iowa to begin their journey through life together. To this happy
union nine children were born of whom seven still survive their parents. Mrs.
Henry passed away nearly four years ago at the home of their eldest daughter,
Mrs. W. R. Winslow, Salem, Oregon, where Mr. Henry has continued to make his
home since. At the time of his death he
was visiting his youngest daughter, Mrs. A, H. Frank
at Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Mr. Henry continued
to be a very energetic and active man until within the last three months of his
life, when his heart began to fail him. He passed away peacefully, having lived
a good Christian life and to a ripe old age. He leaves a host of friends in
both the United States and Canada besides his children who are:
Mrs. W. R.
Winslow; Jefferson, Oregon; Mrs. F. H. Duckett,
Everett, Washington; Mrs. W. O. Lyddon, Menlo, Iowa;
Mrs. N, A. Fawcett, Castor, Alberta, Canada; Mrs. J. Graydon,
Lacombe, Alberta Canada; Mrs. A. H. Frank, Lethbridge,
Alberta, Canada; Mt . C. E. Henry, Lacombe, Canada.
Also thirty-four grand children and seventeen great grandchildren
to survive him.
Mr. Henry
was the last survivor of his parents' family of five. He spent twenty-nine
years of his life together with his wife in Lenox Iowa. They moved to Lacombe,
Alberta in the year 1901 where they lived on their well improved farm, four
miles north of town. In the year 1923 they moved to Salem, Oregon, where he
made his home. On April 2nd he went to visit his daughter, Mrs. F. H.
Duckett,
Everett, Washington, and on May 2nd he and Mrs, Duckett departed for Alberta, Canada where he expected to
spent the summer, at least, on the old homestead with his son Carmon .
He stopped
at Lethbridge to visit Mrs. Frank where he died not
completing the journey to Lacombe .
Funeral
services were held at Lethbridge and his son and
daughter near there came to view the remains; the body was then taken by train
to Salem, Oregon where his many friends and remaining relatives received and
laid it to rest in Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem,
beside the body of his beloved wife.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 22,
1933
Hiley, Mrs. John –
Mrs. John Hiley, mother of Mr. Wilda Hiley, was buried at Kent Tuesday. She was 61 yrs old and
had been in failing health for two years. She passed away at the home of her
son Nelson, in Maryville, Mo. The funeral was held in the M. E. church in Kent
Tuesday afternoon. Burial was made in
the Morgan cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 8,
1933
Kirkman,
Robert –
Robert Kirkman died at a hospital in Omaha Monday morning, June
26, following an illness of several months. Mr. Kirkman was taken to Omaha by his daughter last week. He was aged 81 years, 2 months
and 29 days.
Funeral
services were held at the home five miles southwest of Lenox, in charge of Rev.
F L. Shepherd, Wednesday morning, June 28, at 10:30. Burial
will be made at
Peoria, Ill.
Mr. Kirkman is survived by his wife, six sons and three
daughters.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 29,
1933
Kirkman,
Robert -
Following a
short funeral service at the home about five miles from Lenox last Wednesday
morning, the body of Robert Kirkman was taken to
Peoria, Ill, where funeral services were held at the home of a relative,
Thursday morning. Burial was made at Peoria. Four sons, Sam, Dewey, Floyd and William accompanied the body of their
father to Peoria.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday July 6,
1933
Lininger,
Matilda Parsons -
Mrs. J. P. Linlnger died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. A.
Wareham, in Creston, about 5:30 Saturday morning. Funeral services were held
Monday
at the home of
the daughter at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Lininger, who is well known in Lenox, is survived by seven
children, five sons and two daughters. They are Frank, Walter, Ralph, Leonard, Auston, Mrs. Bertha Wareham and Mrs. B. A. Wareham.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday July 6,
1933
Lininger,
Matilda Parsons –
Matilda
Parsons, daughter of James Minus Parsons and Jane Dyar Parsons, was born in Marion county, Iowa, Feb. 29,
1856, and died at the age of 77 years, 4 months and 2 days at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Bertha Wareham, 409 North Maple street, Creston. Her home has
been with her daughter for the
last six years.
She was
united in marriage to James Power Lininger at Mount Ayr, February 2, 1876. She and her husband moved to a farm
in Ringgold county where they
lived for many
years.
Mrs. Lininger and her husband were pioneer settlers in Ringgold county. They
lived on a farm and went through the struggle and hardships of those early
days, but were successful in meeting the problems that came their way. They
established a beautiful warm home and it could well lave been called the
"house by the side of the road", because a welcome reached out to
friend and stranger pass their way.
Her eldest
son, Frank, died Aug, 1, 1915, and her husband died Oct. 29, 1919.
Those who
survive are six children: Walter of Ringgold county,
Ralph of Westby, Mont.; Austin of Simpson, Colo.; Leonard, Mrs. D. A. Wareham
and Mrs. Bertha Wareham of Creston. There are also three brothers and three
sisters. They are: S. S. Parsons, George Parsons, James Parsons, Mrs. Ida
Wilson, Mary Parsons, all of Nebraska, and Mrs. J. B. Fell of Creston.
Mrs. Lininger was ever a patient mother, and she led a Christian
life, having joined the Fairview Methodist church in Ringgold county early in her married life.
Funeral
services were held at the home of her daughter Mrs. Bertha Wareham, 409 North
Maple street, Creston. at 2 o
clock July 3, with Rev. Fred Robb officiating. Burial was in Graceland cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday July 20,
1933
Maloney, Charlotte Elizabeth Huber
–
The
community was saddened on learning of the death of Mrs. Maloney who passed away
at her home west of Lenox Friday morning at 2 o'clock. She was one of the last
of the old settlers having lived in the home in which she died for 40 years.
Her maiden
name was Charlotte Elizabeth Huber and she was born in Coal Valley Illinois in
1861, coming to Lenox with her parents in 1881, where she met and married James
W. Maloney in 1888. Mr. Maloney preceded her in death seven years ago. She
leaves to mourn her loss three children, Ray of
Peoria,
Illinois, Charles of Carl, Iowa and Mary at home, also a little grandson,
Charles James, one brother, Bruno Huber, one sister, Mrs. Mary Christy, both
of Lenox,
besides other relatives and friends.
For almost
the last three years Mrs. Maloney had been an invalid. In spite of her
helplessness, she was always patient, loving and kind and was blessed
by the
companionship of her daughter, Mary who administered so faithfully to her care
and comfort.
To
appreciate the goodness of Mrs. Maloney one had only to listen to the storys told by friends and
neighbors who gathered at their home, of the help
and hospitality
she extended to them in early days. In sickness or health, in riches or poverty
she was a friend to all.
Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Father Pouget Monday
morning at 9:30 o'clock in 3t. Patrick's church. Interment in
Catholic cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 15,
1933
Mason,
John -
John Mason
of Corning died Sunday afternoon and four others who were with him, are in
serious condition as a result of an automobile accident at the
intersection of No. 34 and No. 71, west of Corning last Thursday. The car was making the turn west at the
intersection when it was struck by a rapidly moving gravel truck coming from
the north. The driver of the truck was also injured.
Other
passengers in the car were Mrs. Mason, Len Burris, his sister, Miss Spicy
Burris and Mrs. Cummings.
Mrs.
Cummings suffered a broken back and was taken to he hospital in Creston for
treatment but was later taken to i hospital in
Council Bluffs where her condition is said to be serious.
Len Burris,
a mail carrier, received severe scalp wounds and injury to his skull. He is at
his home where no one is allowed to see him but his chances for recovery are
said to be good.
Miss Burris,
a former Corning teacher, received severe scalp wounds and a crushed
shoulder. She is in a hospital at Red
Oak where it is said she has a chance of recovery,
Mr. Mason
was an uncle of Mr. and Miss Burris. Mrs. Mason was least injured
of any in the
party. She was severely bruised but is able to up and around.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 8,
1933
Ridout, Claud –
Claud Ridout, 38, Creston liquor dealer, killed Harry Elliott,
federal prohibition agent in a gun battle near Oskaloosa Thursday night and a
few hours later took his own life in a hay field four miles north of Creston.
The killing of Elliott occurred when Elliott and A. A.
Murphy, another agent, stopped Ridout on highway 2,
five miles west of Oskaloosa. The agents had been watching for him and as he
drove past them they recognized him and took up the chase. Overhauling him they
pulled their car in ahead of him, forcing him to stop. Elliott was standing on the running
board of the car. As he stepped to the
ground, Ridout jumped from his car and began
shooting. Elliott was killed and Murphy was seriously injured.
Ridout who was accompanied by his wife then drove away, leaving the two agents lying
on the pavement. A truck driver picked
them up and drove them to town.
Ridout was identified by Murphy and a search was started for him. At Creston his
sister, Mrs.
Maud Louden, gave officers information about Ridout's
hiding place and told them he would surrender.
A posse was organized and went out to the hay field where it was believed Ridout was hiding.
Ridout was located by Ed Campbell and Harry Cruzen. When he was ordered to throw up his hands and
surrender, he rolled over on his side and shot himself in the head.
Mrs. Ridout is being held under
bond, and charges will probably be filed against her.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 29, 1933
Tintze,
Minnie -
Mrs. Minnie Titze was called to her reward June 7, 1933. She died in
the Clarinda hospital after an Illness of more than 25 years. Mrs. Titze was born in
Germany
October 14,1863, at the age of fourteen years she
proposed her faith as a Christian and united with the German Lutheran church of
Germany. Before coming to this country
she was united in marriage to Mr. Titze of Germany,
on June 28, 1888. Two years later they came to America to make their home. To this union was born one son, Alfred,, who with his father mourns the loss of a wife and mother.
The burial
service was held in the Lenox cemetery. Mrs. Titze was a member of the United Presbyterian church. The services were in charge of the Rev. W. A. Thompson of the United
Presbyterian church.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 15,
1933
Toland,
Mrs. Harvey –
Mrs. Harvey Toland of Kent died early Tuesday morning at her home in
Kent at the age of 32 years, 28 days. She is survived by her husband and three children.
Mrs. Toland was taken ill about 7 o’clock Monday evening and immediately
lost consciousness and remained this way until her death. Physicians who were called were unable to
determine her cause of death.
Funeral
services were held at 2 o’clock at the Methodist church in Kent.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 22,
1933
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