Area Obituaries

FLORENCE ELIZABETH CHRISTOPHER, DAUGHTER OF JAMES AND HARRIETT CHRISTOPHER, WAS BORN AUGUST 27, 1905,AT TINGLEY, IOWA, AND PASSED AWAY AT THE IOWA CITY HOSPITAL ON JANUARY 11, 1944, AFTER A YEAR’S ILLNESS, AT THE AGE OF 38 YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. SHE UNITED WITH THE METHODIST CHURCH AT TINGLEY AT AN EARLY AGE.…

GEORGE E WRIGHT WAS BORN MARCH 31, 1864, IN HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND DIED JANUARY 9, 1944 AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS. HE WAS THE SON OF C. L. AND LYDIA WRIGHT AND ONE OF A FAMILY OF SEVEN CHILDREN, ALL OF WHOM HAVE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH EXCEPT TWO BROTHERS, LLOYD H.…

J.E. CLARK, 93, AND DAUGHTER, MISS MARGARET RUTH, 43, JAMESTOWN, N.D., AT A DOUBLE FUNERAL DECEMBER 24, WERE LAID TO REST IN THAT CITY. FOR THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS BOTH HAD MADE THEIR HOME WITH MR. CLARK’S DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, MR. AND MRS. DALLAS L. DRAPER. ANOTHER DAUGHTER, GENEVA (MRS. DAY) TERWILLIGER, OF MOUNT…

J.E. CLARK, 93, AND DAUGHTER, MISS MARGARET RUTH, 43, JAMESTOWN, N.D., AT A DOUBLE FUNERAL DECEMBER 24, WERE LAID TO REST IN THAT CITY. FOR THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS BOTH HAD MADE THEIR HOME WITH MR. CLARK’S DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, MR. AND MRS. DALLAS L. DRAPER. ANOTHER DAUGHTER, GENEVA (MRS. DAY) TERWILLIGER, OF MOUNT…

WILLIAM FLOYD, YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM AND CHARLOTTE DEIBERT, WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 1, 1882, IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 5, 1943, AT PORTLAND, OR., AGED 61 YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND FIVE DAYS. HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO SHERIDAN COUNTY, KANSAS, IN MARCH, 1901, WHERE HE GREW TO MANHOOD. ON MAY…

MARY ELLEN OWEN, DAUGHTER OF OWEN AND ANN OWEN, WAS BORN AUGUST 31, 1858, ON A FARM NEAR LONE TREE. SEVERAL YEARS LATER SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS AND TWO BROTHERS TO WEST LIBERTY. WHEN SHE WAS 16 YEARS OF AGE SHE UNITED WITH THE METHODIST CHURCH. ON FEBRUARY 15, 1882, SHE WAS MARRIED TO…

FRANK EDWARD SUMMERS WAS BORN MAY 10, 1903, IN MOUNT AYR, IOWA, AND PASSED AWAY AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, AT 12:25 P.M. AT THE AGE OF 40 YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND 23 DAYS. HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS PASSING HIS FAITHFUL WIFE, WHO WAS IN CONSTANT ATTENDANCE AT HIS…

IVY E. MENDENHALL, DAUGHTER OF JAMES E. AND RACHEL JANE SHORT, WAS BORN JANUARY 8, 1872 AT REDFIELD, IOWA AND PASSED AWAY AT THE HOME OF HER SON, HALLARD , IN LENOX, IOWA , AFTER A SERIOUS ILLNESS OF ONLY A FEW DAYS. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO CHARLES H. MENDENHALL OCTOBER 31, 1890,…

JOHN EDWIN POLLEY, SON OF WILLIAM AND LIZZIE POLLEY, WAS BORN JANUARY 3, 1912 IN TAYLOR COUNTY, NEAR BLOCKTON, IOWA, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 28, 1943, IN IOWA CITY AFTER FOURTEEN WEEKS ILLNESS OF A HEART ALIMENT. AT THE AGE OF THREE MONTHS HE WITH HIS PARENTS MOVED OT RINGGOLD COUNTY, RESIDING IN DELPHOS…

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. N. O. HICKENLOOPER, MOTHER OF GOV. BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, WERE HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT TWO O’CLOCK FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH IN BLOCKTON. MRS. HICKENLOOPER, WHO HAD BEEN ILL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS  WITH A HEART  AILMENT DIED SUNDAY AT THE IOWA METHODIST HOSPITAL IN DES MOINES AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.…

PHILA NAOMA VARDAMAN, DAUGHTER OF B.W. AND LAVINA RANDALL VARDAMAN, WAS BORN IN BEDFORD, TAYLOR COUNTY, IOWA, OCTOBER 30, 1859 AND DIED IN TINGLEY, MAY 17, 1943, AT THE AGE  OF 83 YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. IN 1867 THE FAMILY MOVED TO MOUNT AYR WHERE HER FATHER PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ON APRIL…

CLYDE COURTLAND SKINNER, SON OF WILLIS AN PHEBE SKINNER, WAS BORN IN TAYLOR COUNTY NEAR BLOCKTON, IOWA, FEBRUARY 7, 1881, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 13, 1943 AT AGE 62YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND SIX DAYS. HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE WITH LULA E. POLLEY FEBRUARY 8, 1905. TO THIS UNION WAS BORN ONE DAUGHTER. WITH…