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Bowen, Flora Stell Bruner –
Flora Stell Bruner, daughter of
Joseph A. and Mary Susan Bruner, was born near North Henderson, Illinois,
October 26, 1878. She moved to Taylor Co.
Iowa, when a small child, where she has resided until her
death, December 30, 1935.
She was married to Edwin R. Bowen, December 7th, 1912. One son,
Frank Rae, was born. She also raised one step daughter, Pauline Bowen Sporn, to whom she was a real mother.
She is survived by her husband, Edwin R. Bowen, and one son,
Frank Rae, both of Conway, Iowa, her daughter, Pauline Sporn,
of Lincoln, Nebraska; and one granddaughter, Joyce Ann Sporn,
and her mother Mary Susan Bruner, and
one sister, Mrs. Minnie Polsley of Conway. Her father, two sisters and one brother have
preceded her in death.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. A. Walls of the
Conway M. E. Church, at the home at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday. Interment was made in the Clearfield
cemetery.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 9, 1936
Charles B. Caldwell died Saturday morning at the Veterans
hospital in Des Moines where he had been a patient for the past two months.
Previous to entering this hospital some two months ago he had been in the
hospital at Iowa City and once before in the Veterans hospital. The immediate
cause of his
death was thought to be a brain tumor.
The body was brought to Lenox Saturday afternoon and funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon at the Barber Funeral home in charge of the
Rev. Thomas Kelly. On Monday the body was taken to El Dorado Springs, Mo.,
where services were held and burial was made.
Charles Burton Caldwell, only son of R. P. and Martha Ann
Caldwell was born on a farm near El Dorado Springs, Mo., on June 16th, 1895,
and passed away in the Veterans hospital in Des Moines on January 11th, 1936.
His early boyhood days were spent in attendance at the
Forest Grove school near his home. In May 1918 he was
drafted for service, during the World War, in the United States Army. He
entered camp at Camp Dodge Iowa where he remained until the signing of the
Armistice.
He was married to Ruby Fay Hammett of El Dorado Springs in
October of 1919. Four children were born to this union, Maxine, Georgia, June,
and Raymond, all living at home.
Beside his wife and children he is survived by his mother
Mrs. Martha Caldwell of El Dorado Springs, and the following sisters, Mrs.
Charles Casey, Mrs Pearl Darnell and Mrs. L. O'Connor
all of El Dorado Springs, and Mrs. D. A. Campbell of Colorado Springs, Colo.
In the year 1924 he moved with his family, to Iowa and has
resided in the vicinity of Lenox since.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 16, 1936
Elmer
McKinley England, son of Joseph and Margaret England, was born at Tingley, Iowa August 23, 1896, and departed this life
December 29, 1935 at his home in Clearfield, Iowa, at the age of 39 years, 4
months and 6 days.
As a young
age he was baptized into the Methodist church at Tingley,
Iowa. At the age of 16 he moved with his parents to Clearfield where he spent
the remaining years of his life.
He served in
the World War and was an active member of the American Legion for several
years.
On November
15, 1924 he was united in marriage to Leona Christy of Lenox, Iowa. To this union were born seven children, Paul,
Dwight, Evelyn, Leroy, Maxine, Fern, and one who died in infancy.
He leaves to
mourn his death besides his devoted wife and six children, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe England, of Clearfield, Jerry and Ed of Marshalltown, Harry of
Creston, Sam and Walter of Clearfield, three sisters, Mary Huff, Pearl Routh and Gladys Routh, all of
Clearfield, besides nineteen nieces and ephews, and a
host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral
services were held at the Methodist Church Tuesday at 2 o’clock, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. W. C. Henn. This was a military funeral. Pall bearers were ex-service men. Interment
was made in the Clearfield cemetery.
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Merle Ferris, 29, died at Gilroy, Calif., Jan. 7, according
to word received by Ed Orr from Velman Ferris.
Pneumonia was the cause of his death. Mr. Ferris
lived in Lenox some 12 or 15 years ago before moving to California.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 16, 1936
Franklin Hume Fry, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fry, was born
June 12, 1908, in Benton county, Iowa, and died at the Greater Community
hospital at Creston, Iowa, Dec. 28, 1935, at the age of 27 years, 6 months and
16 days.
On March 31, 1934, he was married to Opal Louise Haas of
Lenox, Iowa. On March 22, 1935 a daughter was born and passed away at birth.
He is survived by his wife, mother and father, and 8 sisters
and 3 brothers
He came to this community with his parents in the spring of
1916 and graduated from the Kent high school in 1924, later attending high
school.
At the time of his death he was employed on the Phillip Beck
farm 3½ miles west of Lenox.
The funeral service was conducted by Rev. I. G. Randels in the Christian church Dec. 30, at 2 p.m. His body
was laid to rest in Fairview cemetery.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 9, 1936
A copy of the El Dorado, Mo. Sun, dated Dec. 26, has been handed
us as it contains the obituary of H. T. Hammett who died near Pomerine, Ariz., Nov.
30. Mr. Hammett, who was well known in Lenox, had spent the
past year in Arizona and had enjoyed good health until about 30 minutes before
his death
when he was stricken with acute indigestion.
He was born Feb. 28, 1873. On August 26, 1894, he was
married to Miss Aura Burchett and to them were born 9
children, Mrs. Hammett died 19 years ago.
Mr. Hammett is survived by his mother, Mrs. John Carpenter,
of Collins, Mo., four sisters and one brother and the following children: Mrs.
Fay Caldwell,
Lenox, la., Mrs. Nellie Wood of Topeka, Kans., Mrs. Jewel
Thompson, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Flora McClure, Pomerine,
Ariz., Mrs. Ida Anderson, Lincoln, Nebraska, R. Merl Hammett, Point of Rocks, Wyo., Mrs. Emma Braun, Nevada, Mo., and Mrs Effie Hartwig, Seward, Nebr.
Funeral services were held December 4 in Bisbee, Ariz., and
burial was made at Bisbee.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 16, 1936
John William
Horton was born in Buffalo, New York, April 21, 1860 and passed away at his
home one mile east of Clearfield December 20, 1935 at the age of 75 years, 3
months and 4 days.
When a lad
of 11 years, he came with his parents to Adams county,
near Cromwell, where he grew to manhood.
He was
united in marriage to Miss Carrie May Cunningham, June 1880, Several children
were born to them. Grace Schroder, of
Barrington, Illinois; Harry Horton of Bothe, Canada; Bess Fisher of Gardner,
Mont.; Clyde Horton of Conway; Madge Reynard of Van Wert; Floyd Horton of Blockton; Guy Horton of Diagonal; fourteen grandchildren
and four great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Crawford of Creston and
Mrs. J. M. Williams, of Des Moines, other relatives and a host of friends
survive.
At the age of 54 he united with the Methodist Church at
Clearfield, during the pastorate of Rev. D. S. B. Prather. He became very active in all church
activities, and in his early Christian life was appointed as a trustee, and
faithfully performed the duties entrusted to his care.
Over forty years he lived in the vicinity of Lenox and
Clearfield, He was conscientious in all his dealings with his fellow men. He was a kind and loving father, brother,
grandfather and friend to all who knew him.
Mrs. Horton died several years ago while they were living in
Clearfield. After her death he returned
to the farm where he died last Thursday morning after an illness of about a
week. He was tenderly cared for by his
children and Mr. and Mrs. Jae. Tindle, who resided on
the farm.
Funeral services were
held in the Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 1:30 conducted by the
pastor, Rev. W. C. Henn. Interment was made in the Clearfield cemetery
beside his wife.
Music was furnished by Misses Helen Abarr and Mary Swan, Messers E. C. Heaton and Donald Green,
accompanied by Mrs. Belle Anderson. Mr.
Heaton sang a solo, “There Is No Night There”.
Pallbearers were old neighbors of Mr. Horton, Ed Lourde, Orlando Calkins, Robert Berg, Clarence Frame, L. H.
Andrews and Will Johns.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 2, 1936
Robert Jeanes, son of James and Ann Squires Jeanes,
was born in Sommersetshire, England, April 1, 1850,
and died at the home of his son, J. E. Jeanes, South
of Mt. Ayr, Iowa Jan. 3, 1936 at the age of 85 years,
9 months and 2 days.
Mr. Jeanes came to America when 14 years of age and went to
live at the home of his brother James at Shanghia,
Warren county, Illinois where he followed the pursuit of farming and grew to
manhood.
On August
10, 1870 he was married to Emeline House of Shanghia and to them were born
four children. One died in infancy. The three living are: J. E. Jeanes of Mount Ayr, Annie
McGuire of Osceola, and Maggie House of Clearfield.
The family
resided in Warren county, Illinois, until 1901, when they moved to Taylor
county, Iowa, locating south of Clearfield. In 1904 they moved to
Clearfield, where Mr. Jeanes lived the
remainder of his life, with the exception of occasional visits to the home of
his children.
The wife and
mother died March 11, 1906. On August 15, 1917, he was
married to Nancy Welliver, who died August 15, 1934. He is
survived by the one son and two daughters, one brother, Richard Jeanes. of Alexia, Ill., one sister, Polly Coate of England, thirteen grandchildren, seventeen
great-grand- children, and two great-great grandchildren, besides other
relatives and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Christian
Church in Clearfield, Iowa, Rev. P. O. Nystrand, the
pastor, conducting the service, assisted by Rev. H. B. Hutchman,
pastor of the United Presbyterian church. Interment was made in the Clearfield
cemetery beside his wife.
Pall bearers were grandsons of Mr. Jeanes, and
are as follows: Lloyd Jeanes, Robert Jeanes, Donald Jeanes, Harlan Freeman, Lyle Nelson and Paul Greeley.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 9, 1936
W. C. Van Houten, Lenox attorney, and Jane Jostes,
7, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ben H. Jostes of Chicago,
are dead as a result of an automobile accident that occurred on Highway 148,
north of Bedford, about 9 o'clock Wednesday morning.
The accident
happened when a car driven by B. F. Wurster of Lenox skidded
on the slippery way of the road in time to be hit by the Jostes car. Mr. Van Houten was thrown from the front seat of
the Wurster car and landed about thirty feet away
along the fence. He lived only a few minutes and it is probable he did not know
what happened. Jane Jostes died within a few minutes
after
the accident.
The Injured
All others
in the accident were injured, some severely. Judy Jostes,
daughter of Dr. Jostes, is thought to be near death
as it is thought her neck is broken.
Mrs. Jostes received a badly fractured leg.
Dr. Jostes was badly bruised about the chest and shoulders.
B. F. Wurster was bruised and shaken up.
Mrs. B. F. Wurster received a bad bruise on one eye.
Margaret Wurster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wurster,
was badly bruised.
South of Tuck Corner
Dr. and Mrs. Jostes and the two girls had been visiting at the
home of Mrs. Jostes' parents in Bedford, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Thompson, and were on their way to Corning. The accident happened just
north of the first bridge south of the Tuck corner on No. 148.
Mr. Wurster and Mr. Van Houten were
going to Bedford to attend court where they were interested in the Rhodenbaugh will case. Reports we have received about the
accident are that Mr. Wurster saw the other car
approaching and figured that the two cars would meet on the bridge. He slowed
up, intending
to allow the
other car to cross the bridge first. Just as the two cars approached each other
the Wurster car skidded and swung across the road and
the Jostes car struck it on the right side. The Wurster car remained in the road but the Jostes car left the road and came to rest in the east
ditch, headed west.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 2,
1936
Mrs. Ben Jostes of Chicago and her daughter, Judy, who were injured
in the automobile crash that cost the life of their daughter Jane and of W. C.
Van
Houten of Lenox, are now on the road to recovery, it is reported from Bedford. They
were taken to a hospital in St. Joseph and it was at first feared that the
little girl would die and that Mrs. Jostes would lose
her leg which was badly fractured. Dr. Jostes was cut
and bruised but not seriously so The B. F. Wurster family, riding in the other car with Mr. Van Houten,
were bruised but not seriously injured.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 9,
1936
Rachel
Johnson Mann, wife of Thomas Calvin Mann, was born near Athens, Ohio, March 15,
1843, and died at her home in Gravity, Iowa, at 3:10 o'clock,
on the morning
of Saturday, January 11, 1930, aged 92 years 9 months and 26 days.
She enjoyed
unusually good health for one of her age, and since the death of her husband on
September 27, 1915, she has retained her home in Gravity, living alone most of
the time rather than give it up and live with her children as they had often
urged her to do.
During the
past few months her health seemed to fail but it was only a few days before her
death that she was forced to lay aside entirely the duties of life.
In 1863 at
her home in Ohio, she was married to Thomas Calvin Mann, Civil War veteran. To
them were born four children, three sons and one daughter They are: Marcellus and Sylvester of Clearfield, Iowa, Mrs. Iva Miller of Perry,
Iowa, who passed away December 13, 1935, and Fred Mann of Lincoln, Neb.
The family
came to Iowa in 1875 and located near Kent, la., in
Union County. After five years residence on a farm there, they moved to
Clearfield, Iowa
where they lived
until March of 1896, when they moved to Gravity where she continued to make her
home until her death.
Besides the
three sons, she is survived by a, brother, William Johnson, 95, who
makes his home with a son in the state of Washington.
Mrs. Mann
was intensely devoted to a religious life and loved the services of the church. She was a
member of the Baptist church in early life but after
the disorganization of the church in Gravity, she joined the Methodist Episcopal
church and remained a faithful member until her death.
Funeral
services were held in the home in Gravity, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
conducted by her pastor, Rev. Nixon. Interment was in the Gravity
cemetery beside her husband.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
16, 1936
Hattie L. Hansell, daughter of
Charles and Laura Hansell was born August 28, 1893,
near Clearfield, Iowa and died January 10, 1936 at her home in Shannon
City, Iowa, at the age of
42 years, 4 months and 13 days.
She was married to Robert Millikan Feb. 11, 1920. January 1, 1921 they took into their home a
little daughter, Vera Marie.
In 1903 Hattie was converted and joined the Calvary
Methodist church.
In the year of 1930, she, her husband and little daughter
became members of the Methodist church in Shannon City.
She is survived by her husband, daughter, mother, Mrs.
Charles Hansell, of Diagonal, one sister, Mrs. Ruth
Horton, two brothers, Harry and Bert all of Diagonal.
Her father, Charles Hansell, died
a few weeks ago.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist church in
Shannon City, Sunday afternoon, Rev. Hawn of Luther, officiating, assisted by
Rev. A. J. Matthews,
pastor of the Methodist church in Shannon City. She was laid to rest in the Oakland
cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
16, 1936
M. J.
Perham, employed at the Time Table office, was called to his home at Maquoketa, la., Monday by the
serious illness of his grandmother, Mrs.
George B.
Perham. Wednesday evening's Tribune carried a story of her death which occurred
Tuesday morning. She was the daughter of the founder of
town of
Maquoketa. Mrs. Perham has been ill for several weeks.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
16, 1936
William.
Samples was the second child of James and Mary Belle Samples, born Dec. 8,
1861, in Batavia, Iowa, in Jefferson county, Iowa and died at his home near
Kent, Iowa, Thursday morning, Jan. 16, 1936, age 74 years, 1 month and 8 days.
At the age
of 4 years, in March, 1865 he came with his parents in a covered wagon from
Batavia, Iowa, to Platte township, Union county, Iowa, and the family settled
in a log cabin on the farm where he lived until the time of his
death.
An older
sister, Mary, preceded him in death Sept. 12, 1914; two years later, Sept. 15,
1916, his father died. His mother died April 22, 1930.
He enjoyed
very good health until the last two and one half years, when his health began
to fail due to kidney trouble. The last six months he failed fast, other troubles
set in and the last two weeks he declined very rapidly, but not until the
morning before his death did he give up to go to bed.
He is
survived by his wife, a brother, James; a niece, Vera Christiansen and family;
a host of relatives and friends. To them, his death will be a personal
loss, as he was
loved and respected by all who knew him.
Funeral
services were held at his home Saturday, Jan. 18, at two o'clock, conducted by
Rev Franks of Kent. He was laid to rest in the Morgan cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 23,
1936
Eupha Lenora Hegwood, was born Dec. 10, 1859, at Alta, Peoria county, Ill. and died at her home near
Sharpsburg Jan. 2, 1935, at the age of 76 years. Her
mother died when she was 13 years old and she at once took over the home and served in
that capacity until her marriage
She was
married Sept. 1, 1881 to Thomas Jefferson Sturm, of Dunlap, Ill., and to them
were born four daughters and three sons, Ethel, Irvin, Pearl, Archie,
Olive, Harlie and Lula, all of whom live in Iowa except Mrs. Ethel
Key of Saskatchewan,
Canada, and Irvin of Standford, Mont.
Mrs. Sturm
is survived by her husband and her seven children, seven grandchildren and two
great grandchildren. One grandson, Orlo Leonard Sturm died July 16, 1928. A sister,
Mrs. Jessie Earnest, Winnebago, Minn., and a brother, Charles Hegwood, Toulan, Illinois
also survive.
She came with her family to Iowa in February, 1893, and
located on the farm northwest of Sharpsburg where they continued to make their
home. She
was a loyal member of the Methodist church of which she became a member in 1914.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in
Sharpsburg Sunday afternoon Jan. 5 at 1:30, in charge of the pastor the Rev.
Jas. Walls. Mrs. Taylor sang a
solo arid and quartet sang "Lead Kindly Light", "God Will Take
Care of
You" and "There Will Be No Night There."
Interment was made in the Lenox cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 9,
1936
W. C. Van
H9uten, Lenox attorney, and Jane Jostes, 7, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Ben H. Jostes of Chicago, are dead as
a result of an automobile accident that occurred on Highway 148, north of
Bedford, about 9 o'clock Wednesday morning.
The accident
happened when a car driven by B. F. Wurster of Lenox
skidded on the slippery way of the road in time to be hit by the Jostes car. Mr. Van Houten was
thrown from the front seat of the Wurster car and
landed about thirty feet away along the fence. He lived only a few minutes and
it is probable he did not know what happened. Jane Jostes died within a few minutes after
the accident.
The Injured
All others
in the accident were injured, some severely. Judy Jostes,
daughter of Dr. Jostes, is thought to be near death
as it is thought her neck is broken.
Mrs. Jostes received a badly fractured leg.
Dr. Jostes was badly bruised about the chest and shoulders.
B. F. Wurster was bruised and shaken up.
Mrs. B. F. Wurster received a bad bruise on one eye.
Margaret Wurster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wurster,
was badly bruised.
South of Tuck Corner
Dr. and Mrs. Jostes and the two girls had been visiting at the
home of Mrs. Jostes' parents in Bedford, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Thompson, and were on their way to Corning. The accident happened just
north of the first bridge south of the Tuck corner on No. 148.
Mr. Wurster and Mr. Van Houten were
going to Bedford to attend court where they were interested in the Rhodenbaugh will case. Reports we have received about the
accident are that Mr. Wurster saw the other car
approaching and figured that the two cars would meet on the bridge. He slowed
up, intending
to allow the
other car to cross the bridge first. Just as the two cars approached each other
the Wurster car skidded and swung across the road and
the Jostes car struck it on the right side. The Wurster car remained in the road but the Jostes car left the road and came to rest in the east ditch,
headed west.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 2,
1936
Van Houten, Walter C. -
Funeral
services for W. C. Van Houten, victim of a New Year
day accident, were held Friday afternoon, Jan. 3, at the Barber funeral home
and were in charge of the Rev. F. L. Shepherd of Maxwell, la.,
assisted by the Rev. Thomas Kelly
of Lenox. The
services were simple but impressive and the funeral was largely attended not
only by local friends, but by others of far parts of the county.
Obituary
W C Van Houten was born on August 14, 1878 in a pioneer country, of
pioneer parents, on what is now known as the Harold Hoover farm. He was a son
of Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Van Houten and was the sixth child of a
family of twelve children.
The family
left the farm and came to Lenox in 1889. In 1899, Walter was graduated from the
Lenox High school.
He was in
Des Moines for several years, part of the time as janitor in the State House,
part of the time as assistant to his father who was Secretary of the
State
Horticultural Society, and Secretary of the Iowa State
Fair Association.
He taught in
a rural school in the vicinity of Stringtown, often
walking six miles to and from school each day.
In another
period, about 1904 he spent considerable time in Canada with his father breaking
prairie.
When Walter
finally decided to study law at the State University of Iowa, at Iowa City, it
was with the intention of becoming an abstractor, but not of
actually practicing law. He found the study of law so fascinating and so thoroughly to his
liking that he devoted himself enthusiastically and whole-heartedly to its
study, and continued this study and enthusiasm through the years of his
practice.
Part of his
law study and credit for the same was received from work done with J. B Dunn in
his law office at Lenox. Walter was graduated from the State University with
the law class of 1908. After graduation
he returned to Des Moines and taught commercial law at the Capital City
Commercial College.
He began the
practice of law as a junior partner with Frank Wisdom of Bedford, After dissolving
the partnership with Mr. Wisdom he established an
office at Lenox, and, for a time maintained a branch office in Corning.
In 1926 he
married Katharine Findley of Indianapolis, Ind. In 1927, Helen Julia was born
to them; in 1929 John and Mary, twins, were born.
On Oct. 17,
1930, his father died, and on November 29, 1934 his mother died. Walter gave
generously of his energies and devotion in caring for his parents.
While born
in this community, and an active member of it during
most of his life, an innate reserve made him a stranger to many. Few suspected the depth of his spiritual life nor recognized
his outstanding native ability, though his high sense of honor and his loyalty
and devotion to friends and family were readily recognized by his associates.
Surviving
are his widow, three children, three brothers, and five sisters. Two sisters
and one brother preceded him in death.
Funeral
services were held at the Barber funeral home Friday at 2:00 o’clock, in charge
of Rev. F. L. Shepherd and Rev. T. Kelly.
Mrs. Walter
Lewis sang "Lead Kindly Light" and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis sang "Bock
of Ages." Honorary pall bearers were chosen from the Bar of .Taylor county.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 9,
1935
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