Area Obituaries

CLARISSA REBECCA, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF ALPHA T. AND MARY J. BUTLER, WAS BORN NEAR REDDING, IOWA, JUNE 17, 1887 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE ST. CATHERINE’S HOSPITAL IN OMAHA, NE., ABOUT 3:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JANUYARY 19, 1930, AGE 42 YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND TWO DAYS. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ROY ADAIR AT…

WILLIAM LOWERY JACKSON, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO MANY RESIDENTS OF RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, AS ” UNCLE BILLY JACKSON,” WAS BORN IN ILLINOIS ON JANUARY 24, 1849 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT 5:30 P.M. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1930 BEING 81 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS OLD. FOR THE GREATER PART OF HIS LIFE HE WAS IN…

HARRIET AGNES DANT, SECOND CHILD IN THE FAMILY OF TWELVE CHILDREN OF ROBERT E. AND ADELINE GATES DANT, WAS BORN IN DAVIS COUNTY, INDIANA, JULY 17, 1860. IN 1881 THE FAMILY CAME TO RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, AND ON FEBRUARY 7, 1883, SHE WAS MARRIED TO CASSIUS H. WHEELER, AND ESTABLISHED THEIR HOME IN MALOY, IOWA.…

M. SNEDEKER, DIED FRIDAY AFTER AN ILLNESS OF TWO YEARS DURATION AT THE HOME OF HIS SON, CLEO, NEAR CHICKASHA, OK. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE WAS 75 YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND 29 DAYS OLD. UNTIL ABOUT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO, WHEN HE MOVED TO OKLAHOMA, MR. SNEDEKER HAD MADE HIS HOME ON A…

MATTHEW LOURIE, 86, DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. A.I. SMITH, IN MOUNT AYR, WHERE HE HAD MADE HIS HOME FOR THE PAST YEAR, ABOUT SEVEN O’CLOCK MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23. WHEN HE RETIRED SUNDAY EVENING HE WAS FEELING HIS USUAL SELF, BUT IN THE EARLY MORNING SUFFERED A SEVERE HEART ATTACK, FROM…

RACHEL JANE ATKIN, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES B. AND NANCY J. ATKIN, WAS BORN NEAR LONE TREE, JOHNSON COUNTY, IOWA, ON FEBRUARY 13, 1878, BEING THE OLDEST OF A FAMILY OF ELEVEN CHILDREN, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON DECEMBER 6, 1929, AT THE GREATER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN CRESTON, IOWA, AFTER  AN ILLNESS OF THREE WEEKS, ALTHOUGH…

EDD LONG, SON OF J.C. AND MARY LONG, WAS BORN IN DECATUR COUNTY, IOWA, FEBRUARY 28, 1869 AND PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME NEAR BEACONSFIELD, IOWA, NOVEMBER 28TH, 1929. HE GREW TO MANHOOD NEAR BEACONSFIELD. IN THE YEAR OF 1898 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MAE SCOTHORN. TO THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN,…

EUGENE J. FARRABEE, SON OF GEORGE AND MARGARET FARRABEE, WAS BORN IN OHIO, JUNE 12, 1866 AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN MOUNT AYR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1929, AFTER AN ILLNESS OF SEVERAL MONTHS’ DURATION. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE WAS 63 YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND 11 DAYS OLD. IN  1917 HE CAME…

CLARISSA AMANDA REYNOLDS WAS BORN IN WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA, APRIL 15, 1849 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVEMBER 23, 1929, AGED 80 YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND EIGHT DAYS. SHE WAS ONE OF A FAMILY OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN. SHE CAME WITH HER PARENTS WHILE QUITE YOUNG TO IOWA, LOCATING IN MUSCATINE COUNTY. IN SEPTEMBER, 1867, SHE WAS…

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR EVERETT V. DRAPER, BRIEF MENTION OF WHOSE DEATH AT HIS HOME IN LONG BEACH, CALIF., WAS MADE IN THE RECORD NEWS LAST WEEK, WERE HELD AT THE B.W. COON FUNERAL HOME IN LONG BEACH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 20. MANY OLD FRIENDS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND THE FLORAL TRIBUTES WERE PROFUSE AND BEAUTIFUL.…

FRANCIS RAMON JENNINGS, SON OF MRS. MARY JENNINGS CAMPBELL AND THE LATE EMMETT FANEL JENNINGS, WAS BORN AT REDDING, IOWA, ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1897 AND PASSED AWAY AT THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL AT BOISE CITY, IDAHO, AT 1 A.M. NOVEMBER 11 (ARMISTICE DAY), 1929, AGED 32 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND 13 DAYS. HE GREW TO MANHOOD…

A.W. GEORGE, FOR MANY YEARS A RESIDENT OF MOUNT AYR UNTIL FIFTEEN YEARS AGO WHEN HE MOVED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, DIED NOVEMBER 5 AT HIS HOME IN LOS ANGELES, CALIF. HE WILL BE KINDLY REMEMBERED BY THE OLDER RESIDENTS OF MOUNT AYR. ABEL WILBUR GEORGE WAS BORN MARCH 11, 1846, AT FINLEY, OHIO, AND DIED…