Area Obituaries

Carrie Michael Ryan, third son of John and Ellen Ryan, was born at St. Marys, OH, November 20, 1868, and died at Sioux City, IA  October 27, 1924, aged 55 years, eleven months and seven days.  He came with his parents to Decatur County, IA  when a lad of seven.  Later he moved with them…

A.H. Teale, son of Fredrick and Diana Charlotte Teale, was born in Cuyahoga County Ohio, January 22, 1852 and died at his home in Kellerton, IA, November 2, 1924, at the age of 72 years, nine months and ten days.  When two years of age his parents migrated to Joe Davis County, IL., where he…

James Steele, son of James and Margaret Hamilton Steele, was born August 1, 1843, at Birmingham, Van Buren County, Iowa and died November 3, 1924, at the home of his daughter in Clearfield, IA, aged 81 years, two months and twenty-nine days.  The father was born in Ohio and the mother at Tyronne County, Ireland,…

JESSIE VIOLA BARNHART WAS BORN IN RINGGOLD COUNTY, NEAR WATTERSON, IOWA, OCTOBER 9, 1911, AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVEMBER 2, 1924, AT THE AGE OF THIRTEEN YEARS, AND FOUR DAYS.  SHE LEAVES TO MOURN HER DEATH, FATHER, MOTHER, THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS AND A GREAT MANY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO TRULY MISS HER.  SHE…

Joseph Miller was born in De Kalm County, Indiana, on March 20, 1854, and fell asleep in Worth County Missouri on October 17, 1924, being 70 years, five months, and twenty-six days old at the time of his death. He was the youngest child of Benjamin and Sarah Miller, who with their family of seven…

Lewis Theodore Myers was born September 7, 1864, near Burlington, Des Moines county Iowa and died at his home near Kellerton, IA, October 28, 1824, aged 60 years and one month and twenty-one days.  The many floral offerings bespoke the high esteem in which Mr. Myers was held by the people of the community in…

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…