Area Obituaries

Homer Case, son of Othanal and Barbara Case was born in Ringgold County, Iowa, July 15, 1870 and departed this life May 2, 1943 at his home near Ellston, Iowa. This community has been his home most all his life. He was married to Miss Nellie Arnold, December 7, 1895. To this union were born…

HATTIE MAY, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND EVELINE STACY, WAS BORN IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, APRIL 2, 1865 AND PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY AT THE HOME OF HER SON, CLYDE, EAST OF MOUNT AYR, APRIL 28, 1943, BEING 78 YEARS AND 26 DAYS OLD. SHE HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. DURING…

Martha Jane Bickett was born near Little York, IL., August 11, 1851 where she grew to young womanhood. On February 20, 1873, she was united in marriage to Arthur H. Bickett in Aledo, IL., where they established their first home. With her husband, she came to Mount Ayr in 1877 which has since been her…

John William Harris, son of James H. and Mary Kathryn Harris, was born September 22, 1877 and departed this life April 21, 1943 at Iowa City, Iowa at the age of 66 years, six months and 29 days. January 21, 1905, he was united in marriage to Bertha Schuster of Grant City, MO. To this…

Francis Drake, son of Charles and Minnie Shelden, was born near Diagonal, Iowa, April 27, 1889 and departed this life April 13, 1943 at his home in Diagonal, at the age of 53 years, 11 months and 14 days. He had been in failing health for the past two years. On January 12, 1910, he…

Fred M. Cain, son of Edward and Josephine Cain, was born at Indianapolis, IN., February 27, 1896 and died at the Veteran’s Hospital at Lincoln, NE., April 17, 1943 at the age of 47 years. Following the death of his father and a sister, Ruth, in 1899, the mother brought her family to Mount Ayr,…

Funeral services for Owen Lesan were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Rhoades Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. W. Harold Smith, pastor of the local Church of Christ. Mr. Lesan died Wednesday, April 21, at his home in Chanute, KS., at the age of 84 years. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon…

Mrs. Linnie Dowell passed away Saturday, April 24, at a Battle Creek, MI.  hospital after an illness of several months’ duration. Mrs. Dowell will be remembered as Miss Linnie Frank, school nurse in Mount Ayr about 15 years ago.  Later she served as school nurse at Bedford and in recent years she has been employed…

Joseph Hamilton, formerly of here, died March 21 at Breckenridge, MN., at the age of 75 years. He was born at Leroy, IL., and lived there until about 1898, when he came to Clearfield, living there until 1914. Then he moved to Breckenridge. In 1898 he married Miss Nora M. Conaway at Leroy who died…

Florence Elizabeth Beatty was born in Clarke County, near Murray, Iowa, January 24, 1881 and passed away at her home near Clearfield Sunday, April 11, 1943, after an illness of two and on-half months. She was married to Clarence Beatty of Clearfield, January 15, 1920. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, four sisters,…

Thomas Jefferson Forbes, son of James and Elizabeth Forbes, was born in DeWitt County, IL., January 27, 1859 and passed away at his home in Redding, Iowa, April 1, 1943, at the age of 84 years, two months and four days. He was the oldest of a family of five boys. His father died when…

Elnora Evans, daughter of Lewis C. and Nancy J. Knight, was born in Iowa, January 6, 1875 and passed away at the Batterson Rest Home near her home, March 17, 1943, at the age of 68 years, two months and 11 days. She had made her home in Iowa all her life until she went…