Area Obituaries

Milo George McQuigg, son of Blanche and William McQuigg, was born June 23, 1911, in Redding, Iowa, and passed away June 25, 1960 at the age of 49 years and two days. On September 2, 1939 he was united in marriage to Hazel Fern Davis, and to this union a daughter, Karen Sue, was born.…

Hazel Ferne Davis, third daughter of Grace and Ora Davis, was born June 12, 1916, near Hatfield, MO., and passed away March 29, 1950, at the age of 33 years, 10 months and 14 days. When she was two years old her mother passed away and her father took his family of four little ones…

Second Lieu. Robert A. Dulany, son of Harry and Ferne Dulany, of Longmont, CO., was born September 28, 1920, near Maloy, in Ringgold County. At an early age he and his parents moved to the Mount Ayr vicinity. He received his elementary education at a rural school in Rice township and attended the Mount Ayr…

SECOND LIEUTENANT ROBERT A. DULANY, SON OF HARRY & FERNE DULANY, OF LONGMONT, CO., WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 28, 1920, NEAR MALOY, IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA. AT AN EARLY AGE HE AND HIS PARENTS MOVED TO MOUNT AYR VICINITY. HE RECEIVED HIS ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AT A RURAL SCHOOL IN RICE TOWNSHIP & ATTENDED THE MOUNT AYR…

WILLIAM N. HANKS, SON OF IRA AND MARY JANE HANKS, WAS BORN IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, INDIANA, MARCH 15, 1864 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 20, 1947 AT 5:45 P.M., IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AT CRESTON, AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS AND FIVE DAYS. HE CAME TO RINGGOLD COUNTY WHEN HE WAS TWO YEARS…

MARY REBECCA, DAUGHTER OF STEPHEN AND SARAH DAVIS, WAS BORN IN BAGLEY, IOWA, OCTOBER 2, 1888.  MAY 19, 1934, SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO R. A. HOLLAND, OF BEACONSFIELD. IN EARLY LIFE SHE UNITED WITH THE METHODIST CHURCH AND WAS ACTIVE IN ITS WORK AS LONG AS HEALTH PERMITTED. THE PAST NINE YEARS HAS…

SETH HARDING FOSMIRE, SON OF EZRA AND ELLEN RANDALL FOSMIRE, WAS BORN AT KNOXVILLE, IL., SEPTEMBER 26, 1861 AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN CLEARFIELD, IOWA, FEBRUARY 15, 1944, AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS FOUR MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. WHEN BUT A LAD OF FOURTEEN HIS FAMILY MOVED TO UNION COUNTY, IOWA, WHERE HE…

JOHN THOMAS GOLLIDAY WAS BORN AT BLOCKTON, IOWA, JANUARY 1, 1878, AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN MOUNT AYR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1944, AT THE AGE OF 66 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND 15 DAYS. ON MARCH 30, 1920 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MAE M. SMITH. TO THIS UNION WERE BORN TWO CHILDREN, HAROLD…

CHESTER RAY LESAN, SON OF DAVID MARTIN AND SYBIL PRATT LESAN, WAS BORN AT LESANVILLE ON JUNE 6, 1868 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME IN MOUNT AYR, FEBRUARY 19, 1944 AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS. HE GREW TO YOUNG MANHOOD AT LESANVILLE AND MARRIED LAURA ELLEN SHORT ON APRIL 14, 1889. TO…

LILLE A. SLAUGHTER, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM CLEMENCY SLAUGHTER, WAS BORN DECEMBER 10, 1850 IN INDIANA AND DIED FEBRUARY 6, 1944, AT A HOSPITAL IN VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND 27 DAYS. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JOHN W. ATHEY MAY 1, 1873. TO THIS UNION WERE BORN…

DORA LUCILLE BARTLETT, OLDEST DAUGHTER OF HERBERT AND RACHEL BARTLETT, WAS BORN DECEMBER 3, 1896, NEAR LAMONI, IOWA, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE IOWA METHODIST HOSPITAL IN DES MOINES FEBRUARY 6, 1944. AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING SHE WAS 47 YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND THREE DAYS OF AGE. SHE SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE,…

WILLIAM RILEY GILLILAND, A SON OF HUGH AND MARTHA GILLILAND, WAS BORN IN HARRISON COUNTY, MO., ON FEBRUARY 7, 1863 AND PASSED AWAY IN HIS HOME IN KELLERTON, IOWA AT 6:30 P.M. ON FEBRUARY 6, 1944. ON FEBRUARY 24, 1886, HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE WITH ARDELLA MARTHA PAYNE. TO THIS UNION WERE BORN NINE…