Area Obituaries

James Glidden Liles, son of George and Hannah Liles, was born in Logan County, OH, July 18, 1855, and died at Ellston, IA, November 4, 1924, aged 69 years, three months and sixteen days.  Soon after his birth, his parents moved to Davis County, IA  where they made their home until 1865, when they came…

Friends of Ringgold County learn with profound sorrow of the death of Rev. William H. Calfee, who passed away at his home in Old Washington, OH, November 1.  His parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Calfee, moved only a few weeks ago received word that their son was critically ill. They left at once for…

Walter Dunning, whose boyhood and young manhood was spent in Mount Ayr and who moved forty years ago from this city to Denver, CO, passed away at his home in that city Monday night, November 10, of apoplexy. The following mention of his death is taken from the Rocky Mountain News.  Walter Dunning, 83 years…

Maxine Ruth Ross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Ross, was born, September 2, 1917, and passed away at the Greater Community Hospital in Creston, IA on November 13, 1924, at the age of 7 years, two months and  11 days.  She was taken ill on Friday October 31 and was taken to the hospital…

Carrie Michael Ryan, third son of John and Ellen Ryan, was born at St. Marys, OH, November 20, 1868, and died at Sioux City, IA  October 27, 1924, aged 55 years, eleven months and seven days.  He came with his parents to Decatur County, IA  when a lad of seven.  Later he moved with them…

A.H. Teale, son of Fredrick and Diana Charlotte Teale, was born in Cuyahoga County Ohio, January 22, 1852 and died at his home in Kellerton, IA, November 2, 1924, at the age of 72 years, nine months and ten days.  When two years of age his parents migrated to Joe Davis County, IL., where he…

James Steele, son of James and Margaret Hamilton Steele, was born August 1, 1843, at Birmingham, Van Buren County, Iowa and died November 3, 1924, at the home of his daughter in Clearfield, IA, aged 81 years, two months and twenty-nine days.  The father was born in Ohio and the mother at Tyronne County, Ireland,…

JESSIE VIOLA BARNHART WAS BORN IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, NEAR WATTERSON, IOWA, OCTOBER 9, 1911, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVEMBER 2, 1924, AT THE AGE OF THIRTEEN YEARS, AND FOUR DAYS.  SHE LEAVES TO MOURN HER DEATH, FATHER, MOTHER, THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS AND A GREAT MANY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO TRULY MISS HER.  SHE…

Joseph Miller was born in De Kalm County, Indiana, on March 20, 1854, and fell asleep in Worth County Missouri on October 17, 1924, being 70 years, five months, and twenty-six days old at the time of his death. He was the youngest child of Benjamin and Sarah Miller, who with their family of seven…

Lewis Theodore Myers was born September 7, 1864, near Burlington, Des Moines county Iowa and died at his home near Kellerton, IA, October 28, 1824, aged 60 years and one month and twenty-one days.  The many floral offerings bespoke the high esteem in which Mr. Myers was held by the people of the community in…

Alma Mary Primmer Nichols, was born in Ringgold County near Diagonal, IA, March 29, 1901, and died October 29, 1924, age 23 years and seven months.  She was the daughter of A.C. and Ida E. Primmer, now residing near Argile, MN.  She was united in marriage to C.C. Nichols February 7, 1918.  To them was…

John Edward Lowder was born in Wayne County, Iowa, September 13, 1873, and departed this life at his home near Allen, KS, October 9, 1924 aged 51 years and twenty-six days.  He was united in marriage to Clara Belle Nichols October 29, 1891, who preceded him in death February 19, 1911.  To this union were…