Area Obituaries

MICHAEL E. DINKEL, SON OF HARRY AND JESSIE DINKEL, WAS BORN IN BRIDGEWATER, VIRGINIA, JUNE 8, 1849, AND DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER IN BENTON, IOWA, OCTOBER 14, 1924 AGED 75 YEARS, FOUR MONTHS, AND SIX DAYS.  IN EARLY CHILDHOOD HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA, WHERE HE GREW TO…

SARAH ADA FERTIG, DAUGHTER OF GEORGE A. AND MARY L. FERTIG, WAS BORN IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, MARCH 19, 1871, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER 15, 1924, AGED 53 YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND TWENTY-ONE DAYS.  IN 1893 SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO F.E. KEITH.  TO THIS UNION WERE BORN TWO CHILDREN, CHESTER, OF DES…

CYRUS JACKSON, SON OF JAMES M. AND ELIZABETH JACKSON, WAS BORN AT ELMIRA, STARK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 2, 1847 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME IN KELLERTON, IA, ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 6, 1924.  HIS BOYHOOD WAS SPENT AT THE HOME OF HIS BIRTH.  HE CAME TO IOWA WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN JACKSON,…

MELINDA NANCY LEWIS WAS BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1859, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER 8, 1924, AGED 65 YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS.  SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF A FAMILY OF NINE CHILDREN, AND WAS LEFT MOTHERLESS AT THE TENDER AGE OF TWO YEARS.  HER FATHER, MOTHER, THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS PRECEDED HER IN…

MATILDA KRAMER WAS BORN IN UNION COUNTY, PA, APRIL 3, 1838, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT TEN O’CLOCK FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1924, AGE 86 YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND SEVEN DAYS.  SHE WAS LEFT AN ORPHAN IN EARLY CHILDHOOD AND WAS RAISED TO YOUNG WOMANHOOD BY ANOTHER FAMILY.  SHE WENT TO FAIRFIELD, OH IN  1865…

GEORGE MCCONNELL WAS BORN AT BROWNSVILLE, IN., MAY 1, 1855, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME NEAR BEACONSFIELD, IA, SEPTEMBER 25, 1924 BEING AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH 69 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS OF AGE.  HE CAME TO IOWA WITH HIS PARENTS AT THE AGE OF FOUR MONTHS AND HAS LIVED…

AFTER AN ILLNESS OF THREE YEARS DURATION, MRS. JOHN BRADLEY PASSED AWAY MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 AT 10:15 P.M. AT HER HOME IN NORTH MOUNT AYR.  THE FUNERAL WAS HELD THIS AFTERNOON AT 1 O’CLOCK FROM THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, CONDUCTED BY THE PASTOR, REV. ROSS WILLIAMS, AND THE BODY WAS LAID TO REST IN MOUNT…

MILLARD MCKINLEY HOLDEN, ELDEST CHILD AND ONLY SON OF JOHN C. AND PEARL FRY HOLDEN, WAS BORN IN LOTTS CREEK TOWNSHIP, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, NOVEMBER 23, 1896 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN ST. IGNATIUS, MONTANA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1924, AGED 27 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS.  THE DECEASED GREW TO MANHOOD ON THE FARM. …

MARY E. DICKERSON WAS BORN JULY 11, 1861, AT NASHVILLE, IN., AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 28, 1924, AGED 63 YEARS, 2 MONTHS, AND 17 DAYS. IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO MISSOURI WHERE SHE GREW TO YOUNG WOMANHOOD.  SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO V.M. KNIGHT OCTOBER 21, 1880, TO THIS…

Alden Isaac Bennett, second child of Joseph and Lydia Birdsall Bennett, was born in Otsego County, NY, December 25, 1834.  During his boyhood years the family made several overland trips by wagon to and from New York state to Knox County, Illinois.  When he reached manhood he decided to remain in Illinois and on September…