Area Obituaries

     Jennie Clark Callen was born near Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa, April 16, 1857, and died on March 3, 1918, at the age of 60 years, ten months and seventeen days. She was the fourth child born to William and Elizabeth Clark. Her parents and three sisters have preceded her to the home beyond. She…

     Louis B. Stewart was born in Warren County, IL., April 8, 1867, and died of acute diabetes at his home in Omaha, NE., February 5, 1918, aged 50 years, ten months and twenty-two days. He is survived by his wife and four children.      The funeral of the father and son was largely attended,…

     Funeral services for Frank Stewart, one of the old and highly respected citizens of Tingley Township, and his son, Louis B. Stewart, of Omaha, NE., were held from the M.E. Church in Tingley Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.      Frank Stewart was born in Pennsylvania December 29, 1829, and died Wednesday, March 13, 1918,…

     Henrietta Gale McCall, daughter of Milligan McCall and Martha White McCall, was born April 3, 1855, near Flushing, OH., and died March 15, 1918,      She married December 4, 1901 to Mr. R. M. Buck and has resided continually at the home where she died after a long illness and much suffering.      Mrs.…

     John Milton Hartley, son of Josephus and Sarah Hartley was born at Carmichaels, PA., May 28, 1840. He enlisted in the Union Army in  1862, serving in 15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry until the close of the war. On October 17, 1869, he was united in marriage with Hannah Jane Keenan. There were born into this…

Daniel Wendell, a former pioneer resident of Logan County, IL., died at home of his son Joseph H. Wendell of Kellerton, Iowa, on Thursday February 28, 1918. He had been an invalid for the past year, suffering from hardening of the arteries and old age. But his demise came with little warning after he had…

     Retha Geneva Simpson was born August 29, 1908 and left this pilgrimage March 2,1918 at age of nine year, six month and three days. She was the oldest daughter of Jesse and Ida Simpson. Retha leaves to mourn her absence a father, mother and one brother Wayne besides a host of friends and relatives.…

     Lucy, daughter of Christian and Barbara Mosier, was born May 5, 1882, at the old Christian Mosier homestead near the Oakland Church, in Ringgold County, Iowa. There her early life was spent, with the exception of a short time in Dakota. She attended college at Indianola.      She was the youngest of eleven children, four…

     A telegram last Saturday brought the sad news of the death in Colorado of Little Golda Fay Higgins, only daughter of Marion A. Higgins, formerly of Mount Ayr. The brokenhearted father brought the child back and she was laid to rest Sunday afternoon by the side of her mother whose death occurred May 26th…

Wylene Marie (Shipley) Stewart was born in Stanton, Nebraska on September 19, 1938, the daughter of Frederick and Ruth Shipley, and passed away peacefully with her family by her side on January 15, 2010 in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 71. Wylene grew up living throughout Nebraska during her childhood. She graduated from…

MRS. EDWARD BIXLER, WHO WITH HER HUSBAND CAME LAST WEEK FOR A VISIT WITH GEORGE HASS AND FAMILY, DIED VERY SUDDENLY YESTERDAY MORNING.  SHE HAD NOT BEEN FEELING WELL FOR SOME TIME, BUT NO SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS WERE FEARED, AND HER DEATH IS A SEVERE SHOCK TO THE RELATIVES.  MR. AND MRS. BIXLER WERE MARRIED THE…

THE DEATH OF WILLIAM H. SKINNER, CAUSED BY AN OVERDOSE OF MORPHINE, OCCURRED MONDAY MORNING AT HIS HOME IN KELLERTON.  IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT MR. SKINNER TOOK THE MORPHINE WITH SUICIDAL INTENT.  FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS HE HAD NOT BEEN FEELING WELL AND WAS SUFFERING SEVERE PAIN FROM AN ULCERATED TOOTH.  HE TOOK…