Area Obituaries

Little Wilma Goldie Lantz passed away March 12, aged one month and twelve days. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lantz.

Mrs. Myra Reeves Ware was born in Taylor county, April 10, 1876, and died March 7, 1919, aged 42 years, ten months and twenty-nine days. She was very active in both church and Red Cross work.  She was the mother of two children, Nadine and Floyd, both dying in infancy. Her husband, father and mother…

JEREMIAH SHAY, SECOND SON OF LUKE AND JULIA SHAY, PIONEER RESIDENTS OF RINGGOLD COUNTY, WAS BORN NEAR OLDENVERY, KY., DECEMBER 15, 1850.  HE DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS SON, CHAS. SHAY, NEAR DELPHOS, MARCH 3, 1919, AGED 68 YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND EIGHTEEN DAYS. WHILE HE WAS STILL A LITTLE CHILD HIS PARENTS MOVED…

JAMES JASPER SEEVERS, SON OF DANIEL AND MARY C. SEEVERS, WAS BORN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 21, 1850.  HE DIED AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO., MARCH 21, 1919, AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-EIGHT YEARS, AND SEVEN MONTHS. HE COME TO IOWA IN THE FALL OF 1881. AT MOUNT AYR, IOWA, ON DECEMBER 14, 1882, HE…

Lola Myrtle Mastin, Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. John Mastin, was born at Princeton, MO., March 6, 1889. At the age of 11 years she moved with her parents to St. Joseph, MO.  Here she was married May 28, 1907 to Andrew N. Morris.  She accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal Savior in…

CLAIR EDWARD PERRY, THE INFANT SON OF MR. AND MRS. SHERDY PERRY, WAS BORN AT BENTON, IOWA, DECEMBER 25, 1918, AND PASSED AWAY, MARCH 5, 1919 AT THEIR HOME AT 204 1/2 WEST MISSOURI AVE., ST. JOSEPH, MO., AGED TWO MONTHS AND EIGHT DAYS.  HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS LOSS, FATHER AND MOTHER AND HIS…

REECE W. ELLIOTT, SON OF A. W. AND EMMA ELLIOTT, WAS BORN IN RICE TOWNSHIP, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA ON FEBRUARY 3, 1893.  HE DIED AT MOUNT AYR, IOWA, ON MARCH 13, 1919 AT THE AGE OF 26 YEARS, TWO MONTHS, AND TEN DAYS. HE SPENT HIS BOYHOOD ON THE PARENTAL FARM AND IN COUNTRY SCHOOL.…

LUCETTA CRENSHAW, DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND MARTHA CRENSHAW, WAS BORN IN HANCOCK COUNTY, IL., APRIL 27, 1846.  SHE DIED AT MOUNT AYR, IOWA, MARCH 5, 1919 AT THE AGE OF 76 YEARS, NINE MONTHS AND TEN DAYS. SHE CAME TO IOWA WITH HER PARENTS WHEN IOWA WAS YET A TERRITORY.  THEY SETTLED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY…

LAST WEEK THUESDAY, BURTON TRIMBLE WAS TAKEN ILL WITH THE INFLUENZA WHICH RAPIDLY DEVELOPED INTO PNEUMONIA, AND IN SPITE OF ALL THAT MEDICAL SKILL AND GOOD NURSING COULD DO, HE PASSED AWAY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 O’CLOCK AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH CONDUCTED BY HIS PASTOR, REV. CHARLES G.…

JOHN T.E. SIMPSON, SON OF MR. AND MRS. AUSTIN SIMPSON WAS BORN AT MOUNT AYR, IOWA, AUGUST 8, 1881 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 16, 1919, AGE 37 YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND 8 DAYS.  HIS EARLY LIFE WAS SPENT WITH HIS PARENTS IN IOWA AND NEBRASKA.  AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE HE CAME TO GREELEY…

EDNA EARL MA LOTTE KELLEY WAS BORN MARCH 13, 1887, AT EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO., AND PASSED AWAY AT HER HOME IN KANSAS CITY, MO., FEBRUARY 10, 1919, AGED 41 YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND EIGHTEEN DAYS. THE MOTHER PASSED AWAY WHEN EDNA WAS ABOUT A YEAR OLD AND SHE WAS TAKEN INTO THE HOME OF MR.…

MRS. J. L. QUILLIN, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. A. R. SHRIMPLIN OF THIS CITY, PASSED AWAY MONDAY EVENING AT SIX O’CLOCK AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO. SHE HAD BEEN ILL WITH A COLD FOR A FEW DAYS AND ON SUNDAY MORNING PNEUMONIA DEVELOPED AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELATIVES NOTIFIED.…