Area Obituaries

Alma Mary Primmer Nichols, was born in Ringgold County near Diagonal, IA, March 29, 1901, and died October 29, 1924, age 23 years and seven months.  She was the daughter of A.C. and Ida E. Primmer, now residing near Argile, MN.  She was united in marriage to C.C. Nichols February 7, 1918.  To them was…

John Edward Lowder was born in Wayne County, Iowa, September 13, 1873, and departed this life at his home near Allen, KS, October 9, 1924 aged 51 years and twenty-six days.  He was united in marriage to Clara Belle Nichols October 29, 1891, who preceded him in death February 19, 1911.  To this union were…

Guy P. Still was born at Davis City, IA, June 15, 1915 and died in the Methodist Hospital in St. Joseph, MO, Sunday, October 19, 1924, age 8 years, four months and twenty days.  Guy, in playing at school last Wednesday was accidently hurt which resulted in the bursting of the appendix.  He was taken…

Virgil B. Waers was born in Ohio, August 3, 1856 and passed away at his home in Kellerton, IA, October 24, 1924, at the age of 68 years, two months and twenty-one days.  At the age of two years the family moved to Caldwell County, MO., later living for a time in Clay County.  He…

ANNA WEBB. DAUGHTER OF HENRY AND ELIZA WEBB, WAS BORN NEAR FAIRFIELD, IA , SEPTEMBER 12, 1863 AND PASSED AWAY FROM THIS LIFE IN THE LUTHERN HOSPITAL  IN DES MOINES, OCTOBER 11, 1924, AGE 61 YEARS AND TWENTY-NINE DAYS.  SHE GREW TO WOMANHOOD IN JEFFERSON COUNTY MOVING TO RINGGOLD COUNTY WITH HER PARENTS IN 1882. …

MICHAEL E. DINKEL, SON OF HARRY AND JESSIE DINKEL, WAS BORN IN BRIDGEWATER, VIRGINIA, JUNE 8, 1849, AND DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER IN BENTON, IOWA, OCTOBER 14, 1924 AGED 75 YEARS, FOUR MONTHS, AND SIX DAYS.  IN EARLY CHILDHOOD HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA, WHERE HE GREW TO…

SARAH ADA FERTIG, DAUGHTER OF GEORGE A. AND MARY L. FERTIG, WAS BORN IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, MARCH 19, 1871, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER 15, 1924, AGED 53 YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND TWENTY-ONE DAYS.  IN 1893 SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO F.E. KEITH.  TO THIS UNION WERE BORN TWO CHILDREN, CHESTER, OF DES…

CYRUS JACKSON, SON OF JAMES M. AND ELIZABETH JACKSON, WAS BORN AT ELMIRA, STARK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 2, 1847 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME IN KELLERTON, IA, ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 6, 1924.  HIS BOYHOOD WAS SPENT AT THE HOME OF HIS BIRTH.  HE CAME TO IOWA WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN JACKSON,…

MELINDA NANCY LEWIS WAS BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1859, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER 8, 1924, AGED 65 YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS.  SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF A FAMILY OF NINE CHILDREN, AND WAS LEFT MOTHERLESS AT THE TENDER AGE OF TWO YEARS.  HER FATHER, MOTHER, THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS PRECEDED HER IN…

MATILDA KRAMER WAS BORN IN UNION COUNTY, PA, APRIL 3, 1838, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT TEN O’CLOCK FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1924, AGE 86 YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND SEVEN DAYS.  SHE WAS LEFT AN ORPHAN IN EARLY CHILDHOOD AND WAS RAISED TO YOUNG WOMANHOOD BY ANOTHER FAMILY.  SHE WENT TO FAIRFIELD, OH IN  1865…

GEORGE MCCONNELL WAS BORN AT BROWNSVILLE, IN., MAY 1, 1855, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME NEAR BEACONSFIELD, IA, SEPTEMBER 25, 1924 BEING AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH 69 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS OF AGE.  HE CAME TO IOWA WITH HIS PARENTS AT THE AGE OF FOUR MONTHS AND HAS LIVED…

AFTER AN ILLNESS OF THREE YEARS DURATION, MRS. JOHN BRADLEY PASSED AWAY MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 AT 10:15 P.M. AT HER HOME IN NORTH MOUNT AYR.  THE FUNERAL WAS HELD THIS AFTERNOON AT 1 O’CLOCK FROM THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, CONDUCTED BY THE PASTOR, REV. ROSS WILLIAMS, AND THE BODY WAS LAID TO REST IN MOUNT…