Area Obituaries

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…

LOIS ISABELLA BUCHANAN, DAUGHTER OF ROBERT, JR., AND MARGARETTA LAWHEAD, WAS BORN DECEMBER 4, 1870, NEAR ALEXIS, IL., AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEBRUARY 5, 1944, IN STERLING, KANSAS.  EARLY IN LIFE, SHE GAVE HER HEART TO CHRIST, UNITING WITH THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, REAMAINING A FAITHFUL MEMBER HER ENTIRE LIFE. SEPTEMBER 10, 1891 SHE WAS…

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…