Area Obituaries

Dennis Max Combs, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Combs, was born at Allendale, MO., October 25, 1914 and departed this life at Mount Ayr April 20, 1919. Those who remain to mourn his early departure father, mother, two sisters and one brother. Dennis will be sadly missed by those in the home as…

Lovina Goon was born February 27, 1840, in Starke County Ohio, and died at her home in Tingley, Iowa, March 28, 1919, aged 79 years, one month and one day. She grew to womanhood in Starke and Ashland Counties, Ohio. At Davis, Richland County, on January 30, 1866, she was united in marriage to Jacob…

Word has been received by relatives of the death of William E. Armstrong, of Bakerfield, California. Mr. Armstrong was born in Liberty Township in this county May 1875, being nearly forty four years old at the time of his death which occoured March 14, 1919, caused by influenza and pneumonia. He, with his wife, went…

GEORGE WILLIAM COVERDELL WAS BORN JANUARY 22, 1887, IN WORTH COUNTY MISSOURI, AND DIED AT HIS HOME NEAR BEACONSFIELD, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, MARCH 29, 1919, AT THE AGE OF 32 YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND SEVEN DAYS. HE SPENT HIS BOYHOOD DAYS IN WORTH COUNTY, MOVING TO RINGGOLD COUNTY, WHERE HE HAS SINCE RESIDED, WHEN A…

A SHADOW OF DEEP SORROW WAS CAST OVER THE COMMUNITY LAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE WORD WAS RECEIVED THAT GEORGE EIGHME, THE SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD SON OF MR. AND MRS. ALFRED EIGHME OF TINGLEY TOWNSHIP, HAD BEEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY THE DISCHARGE OF A 22-CALIBRE RIFLE. GEORGE FRANKLIN EIGHME WAS BORN MAY 20, 1901, IN…

SYBIL PRATT LESAN, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES I. AND MEHITABLE S. LESAN, WAS BORN AT SEBEC, MAINE, FEBRUARY 28, 1835. IN 1852,  SOON AFTER THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER, SHE CAME WITH HER FATHER AND FAMILY TO STARK COUNTY, IL. HERE SHE WAS MARRIED JUNE 30, 1854 TO DAVID M. LESAN. IN THE SPRING OF 1855…

FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH TUESDAY MORNING FOR MR. JOHN A. UNDERHILL WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN BED SUNDAY MORNING BY HIS WIFE. MR. UNDERHILL WAS DOWN TOWN SATURDAY NIGHT VISITING WITH FRIENDS AND FEELING FINE AND THE REPORT OF HIS DEATH WAS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.  REV. WEBB OF THE M.E. CHURCH REVIEWED…

MARY ELVINA, DAUGHTER OF G. W. AND ABAGAIL JARRED, BOTH DECEASED, WAS BORN DECEMBER 1, 1867, IN RINGGOLD COUNTY IOWA, WHERE SHE GREW TO WOMANHOOD AND LIVED, WITH SLIGHT EXCEPTIONS, UNTIL HER DEATH. SHE WAS CONVERTED AND JOINED THE UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH AT RINGGOLD DURING A REVIVAL HELD IN THE SCHOOL HOUSE BY HER PASTOR,…

LOVINA GOON WAS BORN FEBRUARY 27, 1840, IN STARKE COUNTY, OHIO AND DIED AT HER HOME IN TINGLEY, IOWA, MARCH 28, 1919, AGED 79 YEARS, ONE MONTH AND ONE DAY. SHE GREW TO WOMANHOOD IN STARKE AND ASHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO. AT DAVIS, RICHLAND COUNTY, ON JANUARY 30, 1866, SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JACOB…

MARY JANE POLLOCK, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN POLLOCK, WAS BORN IN OHIO ON MARCH 3, 1832 AND DIED AT HER HOME IN MOUNT AYR MARCH 23, 1919, AGED 87 YEARS AND 20 DAYS. WHEN SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD HER PARENTS MOVED TO WARREN COUNTY, IL., MAKING THEIR HOME NEAR MONMOUTH.  HERE MRS.…

EDITH BARNES TUCKER WAS BORN AT THE HOME OF HER GRANDFATHER, REV. S. A. ELLIOTT, IN RICE TOWNHSHIP, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, MARCH 5, 1883, WHERE SHE GREW TO WOMANHOOD.  ON JANUARY 9, 1901, SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HENRY TUCKER.  THEY MADE THEIR NEW HOME IN NEBRASKA, WHERE THEY HAVE SINCE RESIDED. TO THIS…

Paulina Jane Payne, daughter of Squire and Susan Payne, was born in Harrison County, Mo., July 10, 1859. She passed away at her home in Kellerton March 13, 1919. aged 59 years, three months and three days.  She grew to womanhood in Harrison County and was united in marriage to Welford Dennis, December 28, 1879. …