Area Obituaries

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…

SARAH JOSEPHINE NEEDHAM WAS BORN FEBRUARY 15, 1857, ON A  FARM IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INDIANA. SHE WAS NEXT TO THE YOUNGEST OF A FAMILY OF TWELVE CHILDREN OF DAVID AND NANCY E. PEUGH. WHEN A BABY SHE  WAS BROUGHT TO APANOOSE COUNTY IOWA BY HER PARENTS. ON FEBRUARY 6, 1884, SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE…

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…