Area Obituaries

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…

W.H. LONG RECEIVED A MESSAGE MONDAY MORNING CONVEYING THE SAD NEWS THAT HIS BROTHER, ED M. LONG, OF LOS ANGELES, CA., HAD PASSED AWAY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1:25. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD TUESDAY IN LOS ANGELES. MRS. LONG DIED MARCH 15 IN THE ANGELUS MANOR HOSPITAL IN LOS ANGELES, DEATH BEING CAUSED FROM HEART ATTACKS.…

WILLIS DIX WAS BORN IN OTTAWA, KS., APRIL 7, 1878 AND DIED IN A CRESTON HOSPITAL MAY 10, 1943, AT THE AGE  OF 65 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND THREE DAYS. FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS HE HAS MADE HIS HOME WITH MR. AND MRS. R. E. HUNT AND FAMILY. MR. DIX HAD NO KNOWN IMMEDIATE…

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…