Area Obituaries

Mrs. Rachel Burke, widow of the late James H. Burke and for many years a resident of Mount Ayr until twenty-one years ago, died at her home in Long Beach, CA., April 22, 1929. The following announcement of her death is copied from the Long Beach Press-Telegram of April 23: Mrs. Rachel Ann Burke, 72,…

AGNES REBECCA MOSER, DAUGHTER OF JAMES AND LUCETTA MOSER, WAS BORN IN CLOVERDALE, PUTNAM COUNTY, INDIANA, MARCH 18, 1848 AND PASSED FROM THIS LIFE AT HER HOME IN CLEARFIELD, IOWA, APRIL 12, 1929, AGED 81 YEARS AND 24 DAYS. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE ON FEBRUARY 17, 1867, AT CLOVERDALE, IN., TO WILLIAM SHERRILL. TO…

AFTER A PROLONGED ILLNESS H. M. MILLER, 73 YEARS OF AGE AND ONE OF RINGGOLD COUNTY’S BEST KNOWN AND MOST HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZENS, DIED AT HIS HOME IN SOUTH MOUNT AYR, THURSDAY MORNING. DEATH WAS NOT UNEXPECTED. MR. MILLER HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, DURING WHICH TIME HE SPENT SEVERAL WEEKS AT…

WILLIAM ERNEST GRAY WAS BORN JANUARY 22, 1868 AT CHILHOWEE, JOHNSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN CHICAGO, IL., APRIL 18, 1929, AT THE AGE OF 61 YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. AT THE AGE OF SEVEN HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO MOUNT AYR WHERE HE GREW TO MANHOOD. AS A…

Thomas Albert Rice, son of L. J. and E.M. Rice, was born near Waverly, IL., August 4, 1855. He came with his parents to Ringgold County, Iowa, in May 1869, where he has made his home ever since. On the evening of April 7, he suffered a stroke of apoplexy from which he died April…

NANCY HOCKETT, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF JESSE AND JULIA ANN HOCKETT, WAS BORN IN SALEM, HENRY COUNTY, IOWA, JANUARY 21, 1852 AND DIED APRIL 11, 1929 AGED 77 YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND 29 DAYS. SHE WAS MARRIED TO THOMAS ARNETT IN THE YEAR 1861. TO THIS UNION ONE CHILD WAS BORN. HE DIED AT THE AGE…

Mrs. Amelia Hull Wheeler was born in New York state October 2, 1836, and died at her home in Mount Ayr, Iowa, April 13, 1929, aged 92 years, six months and 11 days. When a child she moved with her parents to Illinois, near Naperville, and later to Benton County, Iowa. When 20 years of…

Samantha Jane Jarvis, daughter of Philip and Anna Jarvis, was born near Benton, Iowa, January 26, 1874, and departed this life at her home northwest of Benton, March 30, 1929, at the age of 55 years, two months and four days. She was united in marriage to John C. Uglow January 26, 1893 and to…

Elsie M. Taylor Armstrong was born August 30, 1882 in Harrison Township, Delaware County, Indiana, and departed this life February 21, 1929, at the age of 46 years, five months  and 22 days. She was the daughter of Henry H. and Lillie Minton Taylor. In 1900 she was united in marriage to Charles C. Armstrong.…

John Otto Fry, the second son of William S. and Marinda Smith Fry, was born April 5, 1852, near Jeffersonville, Clarke County, IN., and departed this life March 27, 1929 at his home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. Until the age of twenty-one, his life was spent on the home farm of his parents, where his…

Miss Lula A. Schooch was born at Blackmore in Ringgold County, Iowa January 27, 1869 and passed into the Great Beyond March 22, 1929, at seven o’clock p.m. at St. Luke’s Hospital, Aberdeen, S.D., aged 60 years, one month and 23 days. She was married to Samuel A. Taylor, September 26, 1881. To this union…

Marietta Sanders was born in Benton County, Iowa,  November 30, 1853, and passed away at her home in Mount Ayr March 27, 1929 aged 75 years, three months and 27 days. At the age of 14 years the family  moved to Adair County, where she grew to womanhood. She was united in marriage to Charles…