Area Obituaries

HARRY OVERHOLSER, 52, DIED AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN KANSAS CITY, MO., MONDAY, JANUARY 24. HE ENTERED THE HOSPITAL ON JANUARY 9 AND LATER UNDERWENT A MAJOR SURGICAL OPERATION. HE SEEMED TO BE DOING WELL, BUT A QUICK TURN CAME THE DAY BEFORE HIS DEATH. HE WAS BORN AT CLEARFIELD, IOWA, AUGUST 26, 1891 AND…

Eva Woods was born in Aledo, IL., July 16, 1862 and died at her home in Mount Ayr, Iowa, Sunday, February 6 at the age of 81 years, six months and 20 days. The family came to Iowa where in 1886 she was united in marriage to L. Ogden, of Van Wert, who preceded her…

EARL ELWOOD GRAY, SON OF JAMES AND SARAH GRAY, WAS BORN NEAR BLOCKTON, IOWA, SEPTEMBER 3, 1873, AND DIED AT THE BROADLAWNS GENERAL HOSPITAL, DES MOINES, IOWA, JANUARY 27, 1944, AGED 70 YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND 24 DAYS, HE GREW TO MANHOOD IN THE BLOCKTON VICINITY AND EARLY IN LIFE UNITED WITH THE METHODIST CHURCH.…

ON FEBRUARY 18, 1865, MOTHER MORRISON WAS BORN IN PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY, IOWA AND WAS CHRISTENED HANNAH IOWA CLOUGH. SHE WAS THE SIXTH CHILD OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN BORN TO SAMUEL AND MARY CLOUGH. UNTIL ABOUT TWENTY YEARS OF AGE SHE RESIDED A THE FAMILY HOME IN PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. SHE THEN WENT TO AFTON WHERE…

LAURA BELLE BAIRD, DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL AND ELISABETH BAIRD WAS BORN AT REDDING, IOWA, DECEMBER 19, 1865 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER HOME IN BRUSH, CO., JANUARY 12, 1944, AT THE AGE OF 78 YEARS AND 24 DAYS. AFTER HER MARRIAGE TO MYERS JUDY, OF BLOCKTON, ON FEBRUARY 27, 1889, THEY MADE THEIR HOME…

JOHN FRANKLIN McGEHEE, SON OF WALTER W. McGEHEE, WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON, IN., JUNE 25, 1870, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE HOME OF HIS SON, KENNETH, JANUARY 22, 1944 AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MYRTLE E. WHEELER ON FEBRUARY 22, 1894. SHE…

LUCY B., DAUGHTER OF JAMES AND AGNES DANIELS, WAS BORN JUNE 24, 1875, IN HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. DEATH CAME AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS ON JANUARY 20, 1944. WHILE IN FALLING HEALTH FOR OVER A YEAR, HER ILLNESS WAS NOT CONSIDERED SERIOUS UNTIL IN SEPTEMBER WHEN AMPUTATION OF HER RIGHT LIMB BECAME NECESSARY. FOR THE PAST…

ELLA E. SOLES, DAUGHTER OF F.B. AND ALICE SOLES, WAS BORN AT MOUNT AYR, IOWA, ON NOVEMBER 3, 1867 AND DIED AT ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN., ON JANUARY 12, 1944 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS. SHE WAS THE ELDEST OF A FAMILY OF FIVE CHILDREN, OF WHOM IVA M. SHROYER OF PAWNEE…

DAVID EGLY, SON OF JOSEPH AND MARY ANN EGLY, WAS BORN DECEMBER 17, 1873 IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, ON THE SAME FARM WHERE HE LIVED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL HE WAS FOUND DEAD WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, BY A NEIGHBOR, W. L. SURFACE. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, SEVEN BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE IS…

ELIZABETH ANN, DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND MARY BLADON, WAS BORN DECEMBER 6, 1866, IN HENDERSON COUNTY, IL., AND PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME IN CLEARFIELD JANUARY 3, 1944, AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. WITH HER PARENTS SHE CAME TO IOWA IN 1893 AND SETTLED ON A FARM NORTHEAST OF CLEARFIELD, WHERE THEY MADE THEIR HOME FOR…

VIOLA, DAUGHTER OF RICHARD AND ELIZABETH SHAWLER, WAS BORN OCTOBER 21, 1866, NEAR ROSEVILLE, IL., AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE HOME IN CLEARFIELD JANUARY 10, 1944, AT THE AGE OF 77 YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. AT THE AGE OF FOUR YEARS SHE WITH HER PARENTS AND TWO SISTERS CAME FROM ILLINOIS TO…

WILLIAM DANIEL LINK, SON OF JAMES AND MARTHA ELLEN LINK, WAS BORN NEAR NATURAL BRIDGE, VA., SEPTEMBER 27, 1854 AND PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1944, AGED 89 YEAFS, THREE MONTHS AND 14 DAYS.  HE HAD NOT BEEN WELL, BUT NO ONE THOUGHT THE END WAS SO NEAR.  HIS EARLY LIFE…