Area Obituaries

E.P. BENTLEY WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, IOWA, OCTOBER 11, 1870 AND DIED NOVEMBER 29, 1900 AT GRAINFIELD, KS, AFTER AN ILLNESS OF TEN DAYS.  HE WAS CONFINED TO HIS BED BUT TWO DAYS, DEATH RESULTING FROM MALARIAL FEVER.  THE DECEASED CAME TO RINGGOLD COUNTY WITH HIS PARENTS, MR. AND MRS. A. M. BENTLEY IN…

RALPH KEATING, SON OF MR. AND MRS. W. M. JOHNSTON, DIED AT THE HOME IN MOUNT AYR ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, AGED SEVEN.  HE HAD BEEN SICK BUT A SHORT TIME, DEATH BEING DUE TO PNEUMONIA. HE WAS A BRIGHT LITTLE FELLOW, APT IN HIS STUDIES, A REGULAR ATTENDANT AT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WELL LIKED…

MRS. SARAH THRIFT, WIFE OF W.D. THIRFT OF GRANT TOWNSHIP, DIED AT HER HOME AT 10 O’CLOCK A. M. SUNDAY AFTER A PROLONGED ILLNESS.  SHE WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA IN 1832, HER MAIDEN NAME BEING SARAH DODD. SHE CAME WITH HER HUSBAND IN 1855 TO RINGGOLD COUNTY, AND SETTLED ON THEIR PRESENT FARM IN GRANT…

WILLIAM H. MILLER, THE SON OF MR. AND MRS. J. O. MILLER WAS BORN IN MONROE TOWNSHIP, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, FEBRUARY 3, 1874. HE GREW TO MANHOOD IN THE HOME WHERE HIS PARENTS NOW RESIDE. WILL WAS A SCHOLAR.  HE COMPLETED THE COMMERCIAL COURSE AT THE HUMESTON NORMAL. AFTER ATTENDING SIMPSON COLLEGE AT INDIANOLA FOR…

ELIZABETH KELLER EVERLY WAS BORN DECEMBER 9, 1824 IN GUERNSEY COUNTY, OHIO AND DIED AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER, MRS. J. L. WOODS OF DIAGONAL MAY 25, 1900. FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS HER HEALTH HAS BEEN POOR AND FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS SHE WAS CONFINED TO HER BED. SHE WAS MARRIED TO…

IVA TRUE LEE WAS BORN MARCH 8, 1900 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 2, AGED 1 MONTH AND 25 DAYS. THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTD FROM THE FAMILY RESIDENCE BY REV. C. KNOLL. INTERMENT WAS MADE IN THE LASIMORE CEMETERY.

MRS. GEORGE FERBER OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, DIED SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. SHE WAS BORN IN WOODFORD COUNTY , ILLINOIS SEPTEMBER 1872, AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. J.A. CARR.  IN 1880 SHE CAME WITH HER PARENTS TO RINGGOLD COUNTY AND WAS MARRIED GEORGE FERBER IN 1893.   TWO GIRLS WERE…

MRS. JOHN SHROYER DIED MONDAY NIGHT, APRIL 23 AT HER HOME IN THIS CITY AFTER A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS. HER MAIDEN NAME WAS MARGARET A. STEWART AND SHE WAS BORN IN GUERNSEY COUNTY OHIO, MAY 9, 1836. HERE HER GIRLHOOD DAYS WERE SPENT AND SHE WAS MARRIED IN 1858 TO JOHN SHROYER, REMOVING SOON…

SAMUEL STEVENS WAS BORN IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK IN 1811. WHEN HE WAS OF AGE HE MOVED INTO OHIO AND FROM THERE INTO ILLINOIS IN 1865. THERE HE REMAINED UNTIL INCREASING YEARS MADE IT DESIREABLE THAT HE CEASE FROM ACTIVE WORK AND IN 1878 HE MOVED TO IOWA TO BE WITH HIS SON, RALPH…

JAMES H. BRAMAN WAS BORN IN DUCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 19, 1832, AND DIED AT HIS HOME NEAR DELPHOS APRIL 19, 1900. HE DIED THE VICTIM OF PARALYSIS, HAVING RECEIVED FIVE STROKES. HE HAS BEEN NEARLY HELPLESS FOR SIX YEARS AND ENDURED HIS PAIN WITH PATIENCE AND CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE. THE FUNERAL WAS CONDUCTED AT…

EDWIN BENNETT WAS BORN IN FREEPORT, MAINE, AUGUST 8, 1844, AND DIED AT HIS HOME IN BENTON TOWNSHIP, APRIL 6, 1900, AGED 55 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. FOR YEARS HE HAD BEEN A SUFFERER FROM CANCER OF THE STOMACH, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.  MR. BENNETT WAS MARRIED MARCH 6, 1870,…