This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Douglass Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2277 Message Board Post: >From the Feb 1897 Postville paper: Mr. E. Douglass, the old gentleman, received word on Monday that his wife was steadily failing and could not live much longer. He took the evening train for Belvidere, where Mrs. Douglass is staying with a daughter. Our sympathy goes out to the old gentleman in his affliction. Later: - R. N. Douglass received a telegram yesterday stating that his mother was dead, and left on the afternoon train for Belvidere. The remains will be brought to McGregor for interment. Submitter's note: R.N. Douglass is believed to be Reuben Nobel Douglass of Postville.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Abernathy Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2276 Message Board Post: Obituary - Alexander Abernathy The deceased, Alexander Abernathy, was born in the state of Vermont on Christmas day, 1837. In his boyhood days at the age of 12 he left Vermont, living for a time in San Francisco, Calif., and later on other parts of the country. At the time of his country's peril, as a young man he enlisted at Madison, Wis., and served his country for three years in the great Civil War. In 1879 he came to Postville where for a number of years he owned and conducted the Commercial Hotel. He later lived on a farm southeast of Postville until 18 years ago, when he removed to Postville and has resided here ever since. We look back today upon a life that was long and an active one. Though his many travels, his education was liberal. Later experiences taught him many things. Through his long residence and business activities he was well and favorably known in this vicinity. All who knew him spoke well of him. Many years ago he joined the Masonic fraternity and he was an active and honored member of that organization until the time of his death. He passed away on Friday, January 13, 1922, at the ripe age of a little more than 84 years. He leaves to mourn his loss a devoted wife, two sons, Fred Abernathy of Minneapolis and Earl Abernathy of Postville, and one grandson, besides other relatives and numerous friends. The funeral was held from the Postville Community church at 2:30 Monday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J.A. Santhoff and the Masonic fraternity. Brother Chas. E. Scholz of Guttenberg officiating for the local lodge. Interment in the Postville cemetery. The following from out-of-town were present at the funeral - Fred Abernathy of Minneapolis, Charles Rush of Mason City and Mrs. Dan O'Halleran of West Union. In this connection the family wish to extend their heartfelt thanks to the many friends and neighbors for their assistance and sympathy during the illness and burial of their beloved husband and father.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Waters Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2275.1.1 Message Board Post: This is the death notice that preceded the obituary posted here. SAMUEL WATERS PASSES AT HOME IN DECORAH The people of Postville were shocked and grieved on Tuesday forenoon (20 Apr 1926) when the news came in by phone from Decorah that Sam Waters had just passed away at his home in Decorah, his death following a paralytic stroke. Mr. Waters was well and widely known throughout this section and was well advanced in years and his passing removes one of the old land marks. We hope to give a more detailed notice of his death in our next issue.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Waters, Lyons, Overholt Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2275.1 Message Board Post: OBITUARY Samuel Waters, Sr., was born at Arklow county, Wicklow, Ireland, May 26, 1833. When 18 years of age he came to the United States, and with his father, mother, and two brothers, lived in Pennsylvania, where he worked in the coal mines till April 1856 he came to Iowa and located on the farm in Ludlow township, Allamakee, where he resided with the exception of nine years spent in Clayton County, till he removed to Frankville in the spring of 1908. In the fall of 1920 he came to Decorah and for the past five years he has lived with his daughter, Mrs. J.A. Peck at 712 Washington St. On February 3rd this year, Mr. Waters fell ill but after several weeks recovered and had been quite well till Sunday afternoon April 18th he was stricken while sleeping in his chair and without regaining consciousness he passed away at 4:30 p.m., April 20, 1926. Soon after coming to Iowa, Mr. Waters was married to Sarah Ann Overholt and to this union were born George, Elizabeth, William, and Thomas. His wife died leaving the babe Thomas, but a week old and George and Thomas preceded him in death seven years ago. December 5, 1866, he married Mary Catherine Lyons, who died February 7, 1910. To this union were born Mrs. Susan Marston of Earlham, R. B. of Postville, Mrs. Jennie McKinley of Iowa City, Mrs. Kate Peck and Wallace of Decorah, Samuel, Chris and Calvin H. of Frankville. Mr. Waters was proud of his family, taking great pleasure in counting the number of grand children of whom there were thirty-seven, and great grand children, numbering twenty-five. Few men burdened with the care of motherless babes and aged mother, kept pace with the times through the meager means of outside communication available in those early days, as did this man, storing up for future use a fund of useful knowledge we rarely find in the more modernly educated. Charitable in his views, he made many friends who will miss him greatly. About two years after coming to Frankville he united with the Presbyterian church which especially in later years became of deep interest to him and from this church home, by his request, his mortal remains were borne by his six stalwart sons to the little cemetery nearby on Tuesday afternoon April 22, 1926. Funeral services were held in the home at Decorah conducted by Rev. Burling at 12:30 and at the Community church at Frankville at 2 o'clock where Rev. J. C. B. Peck preached from Job 5-26. "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved ones in the loss of their beloved father and grandfather.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Waters, Lyons, Taylor Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2275 Message Board Post: Mary Catherine Lyons was born in Morgan County, Ohio, August 4, 1842. In the fall of 1854, she came with her parents to Allamakee county, Iowa. Early in life she united with the Presbyterian church, and remained a faithful member until her death. She was married December 5, 1866, to Samuel Waters, and to them were born eight children - R.B., Samuel, Wallace J., Chris C., Calvin H., and Mrs. Katie Peck, all residing near the old home, and Mrs. J.E. Marston, of Earlham, Iowa, and Mrs. Jennie McKinely, of Iowa City, Iowa. Besides these were four step-children - George E., William J., Elizabeth and Thomas E., all of whom survive her and who never knew any other mother, and who were to her dear as her own. Nearly two years ago, after the death of her brother Worley, she with her husband came to reside with her sister, Miss Jennie Lyons, in Frankville, where every care that loving hands and medical research could give were hers, and where she died in the morning of February 7, 1910. A beautiful life is ended and the loving spirit whose life was her home, husband and children is at rest. All through her long illness no complaint was uttered, and truly may it be said of her. "We thought her dying when she slept and sleeping when she died." The funeral was held from the Presbyterian Church in Frankville, Thursday morning, February 10, at eleven o'c1ock, with Rev. Van Nice of Waukon in charge. Submitter's note: She was the daughter of Thomas Lyons and Susanna Taylor.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCHROEDER, OVERBECK Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2274 Message Board Post: Rites Saturday For Louise Schroeder Final rites were conducted Saturday, Feb. 12, (1972) at 1:30 p.m. in St. Paul's Lutheran church for Louise Schroeder, who died Wednesday, Feb. 9, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. The Rev. Norman Ullestad officiated. Burial was in Postville cemetery with Schutte Funeral Home in charge. Louise Schroeder, daughter of Fred Schroeder and Louise Overbeck Schroeder, was born Sept. 30, 1892 in Grand Meadow Township, Clayton County. She was baptized Dec. 18, 1892 and confirmed April 8, 1906, in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Postville. Miss Schroeder worked in a millinery store in Postville until the early 1930's, at which time she moved to Cedar Rapids where she managed millinery and ready-to-wear stores. She was a member of First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids, BPW and Rebecca Lodge. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and three sisters. She is survived by two sisters, Maggie (Mrs. Ed Knodt) Rosemont, Minnesota; Alma (Mrs. Albert Gulsvig) Postville; and nieces and nephews.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HEIN Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2273 Message Board Post: Harlan Hein Passes On At Veteran's Hospital Harlan C. Hein, 33, passed away at the Veteran's hospital in Minneapolis, Minn., Monday (14 Jan 1946). He had been a patient there for some time, with a lingering ailment and his wife, mother and brother visited him there over the weekend. The remains arrived here (Postville, Iowa) this morning and the funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock in the Schutte Funeral Home, and at two o'clock in St. Paul's Lutheran church. Obituary next week.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRANDT Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2272 Message Board Post: Lee Brandt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Brandt of Fort Atkinson, was born August 9, 1903, at Postville, Iowa, and died at Buffalo, S.D., on November 26, 1928, after a two days illness from pneumonia. His body was shipped to Fort Atkinson, Iowa, his brother Richard accompanying the remains, and here the funeral was held on Wednesday, Nov. 28th, at two o'clock p.m., Rev. Eisenberger conducting the service. He leaves to mourn, his parents and five brothers, Roy of Fort Atkinson, Helmuth of Decorah, Richard of Buffalo, S.D., Verni and Harry at home. Oh dear we miss you sadly Since you left us here alone, But we know that you are happy In that bright eternal home. Though our tears are softly falling And our hearts are filled with pain, We take pleasure in God's promise We shall someday meet again.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EGGERT, MEIER, SCHROEDER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2271 Message Board Post: Rites Held For Mrs. C. F. Meier Emma Maria (nee Eggert) Meier, the daughter of Henry Eggert and Maria Schroeder, was born March 16, 1876, in Clayton county, near Postville, and died on December 8, 1965, at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, at the age of 89 years, eight months and 22 days. She was baptized in St. Paul Lutheran Church on July 16, 1876, confirmed on March 30, 1890, and was married to Carl F. Meier on December 21, 1898. To this union were born two daughters, Pearl (Mrs. H. F. Eberling) of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Helene (Mrs. Kenneth Ottsen) of Cedar Rapids. She is survived by her daughters; seven grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; two brothers Henry and William Eggert; five sisters, Bertha and Matilda, Mary (Mrs. Henry Knodt), Sophia (Mrs. Fred Eberling) and Anna (Mrs. William Weihe). She was a lifetime member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville, and was an honor roll member of the Lutheran Church Women. Funeral services were held Friday, December 10, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, the Rev. Ray Holmquist in charge. Burial was in the Postville cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fischer, Nuehring, Heins Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2270 Message Board Post: Postville Herald newspaper of Oct. 28, 1953 Rites Held For Mrs. Nuehring Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at 2:00 p.m. for Mrs. Louisa Nuehring, 93, who passed away last Thursday following a heart attack. Rev. Charles E. Witt, pastor of St. Paul's, officiated. Burial was in the Postville Cemetery. Mrs. Dietrich (Lousia) Nuehring, age 93, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 1953, of a heart attack. She was born May 26, 1860 in Germany and was baptized and confirmed in Germany, in the Lutheran church. She was married to Dietrich Nuehring on February 14, 1882. Soon afterwards they traveled to the United States to settle with their family. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and six children: Mandy, Frederick, William, Rudolph, Arthur and Anna (Mrs. Fred Heins). She is survived by three sons, Edward, of Postville, John of Monona and Alvin of Nora Springs, Iowa, as well as 24 grandchildren, and one great grandson. Mrs. Nuehring was a life-long member of the Lutheran Church, being very active and regular in her attendance and participation in its activities. She is an honorary member of the Women of the Church of St. Paul's. February 15, 1932 Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal, Dubuque, Iowa Page 5 Column 7 GOLDEN WEDDING Postville, Ia. Feb. 15 ---Special: Fifty years ago Sunday, Feb. 14, 1882, Mr. and Mrs. Diedrich Nuehring of Postville, Ia. were married at Husum, Germany, and in the same year emigrated to the United States. After farming for 30 years in the neighborhood of Postville, they retired and moved to town. The Lutheran Ladies' Aid Society presented the bridal couple with a nicely framed golden wreath and wedding poetry, fitting the occasion. In the forenoon Mr. and Mrs. Diedrich Nuehring were taken to the home of their son, Edward Nuehring, in Grand Meadow township, and there they found all their children and grandchildren assembled to participate in a wedding dinner.

Pat, Just an idea!!! Many of the Irish immigrants landing in Boston or New York ---including my GGF and GGM---were located in upstate New York, specifically the Montgomery County area, for a year or two, and then encouraged to head to the new West---Iowa at that time. Good Luck!! Gary Nicholson Key

Does anyone have an ancestral line that includes the names of John Bryan (surname changed to John O'Brien somewhere between Ireland and the USA) and Mary Bulger (possibly Bolger)? Those names are of my great-grandparents who arrived in Allamakee County, possibly shortly after the census of mid-1854. They show as having lived in French Creek, Allamakee for two-years at the time of the June/July census of 1856. The following is a summary of what I think that I know. John was born about 1807; Mary about 1810. The exact dates and places of Baptism and marriage are unknown. Four children (Anty, Thomas, Patrick and Margaret) were born at the Townland of Viper-Kells, and were Baptized at St. Michael's Church at Danesfort; Kilkenny, Ireland, between 1842 and 1850. I believe that the entire family emigrated, via Liverpool, during 1853 and lived in New York (state or city?) for about one year before moving to Iowa. How they got to New York is not yet known. Neither is it known how they got to Allamakee County, but one (unproven) family story says, "They travelled up the Mississippi on a barge and lived in a cave (along the Mississippi?) during their first winter in Iowa". Those "unknowns" are frustrating! John (and two possible brothers, James and Denis) are listed in the Griffith Valuation of 1850 as leasing a total of about 100 acres of land in both the Townlands of Viper-Kells and Coalsfarm. Not much is known about Mary Bolger (possibly "Bolger") other than her mother was a "Downey". Any information about that family would be appreciated. I do have a lengthy list of their descendants. Thank you, .......Pat Utecht (mother was a daughter of above PatrickO'Brien).

--part1_fc.185aaf49.2a1ce0a5_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit These are the corrections to the Allamakee1850 census as we perceive it. Patrick your e mail does go through so trust this will reach you. TCS --part1_fc.185aaf49.2a1ce0a5_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <[email protected]> From: [email protected] Full-name: TCS150 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 19:54:03 EDT Subject: Allamakee Census To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10500 Sorry for the delay but I had two other persons familiar with those names look over the list as well. We all agree that Svend Enderson should be Svend Anderson----Telverson is correct on the second page and Ibey should be Smeby. Hope this helps Tom Slattery --part1_fc.185aaf49.2a1ce0a5_boundary--

just thought I'd share, I have been browsing ebay tonight, and there are 15 different auctions of photos from Lansing, Iowa from the 1860s and 1870s. No names identifying the people. Apparently the seller bought an album and took it apart, and is selling it. Worth a look! For those not familiar with Ebay, go to www.ebay.com then in the search box, type in Lansing Iowa. That's how I found the CDVs. It would be great if these photos could find their family! Jolynne

Letter from J. W. Foster to Alfred B. Foster Jolynne Bockman [email protected] Direct to Lansing Center Township Allamakee County Iowa Jan 16th (before 1879) Dear Son & Daughter A.B. Foster & L Foster I have been sick since I received your last letter. have been confined to the house four weeks am last able to be out again the ballence of the Family have been well we have verry cold weather here snow 18 inches Deep you spoake of your Crops as being good Mine was verry light in consequence of the heavy July raines and hot Sun right after that scolded it I only had 253 bushels from 50 acre I did not rais enoughf to pay my expences the cold has been in tens the first of the month the stood at 24 below zero. I lost my best horse. Died with inflamation of the Bowels which will make Bad for me in the Spring. I bought a thrushing Machine last winter and we last summer made enoughf to pay for it I am getting Feable so you must excuse my not writing sooner. Henry is get wood up for summer at presant as we have fine Sleighing Snow rather Deep on the timbers Wheat sells for .40 to .60 cts per B. Pork as low as $2.10 to 2.70. per ham? ? 15 corn 18 potatoes 40 times Dul money scarce Where is Wesley write if you know have you heard from Uoz for the last three years if so write if you exspect to see me in the flesh againe you will have to come and see me Your Loveing Father J.W. Foster

Letter from J. W. FOSTER to Alfred Foster LL Lansing Iowa Dec 17th 77 (1877) A. B. Foster & Wife Dear Children I received your letter dated Oct 19th Last Saturday the 9 of Dec. it appears you directed it rong. I live at Rosehill Center Township but my address is still Lansing. This will account for its delay. My helth is good with the exception of my left eye which is blind. The familey is well at present----Frank's Picture I got. But would like to have it large Size to Frame. I am glad you sent your Childrens names and ages so as I can record them. I am verry glad your crops are good. Ours are tolerable. It appears you raised 85 bushel ? wheat than I did. I had 274 bus of Oats & 163 of Rye & Stalk ? over one thousand bushels of corn. I have got 200 stocks to husk yet. we have had 2 weeks good sunshiney weather But muddy. Now Dear Daughter I will answer your epistol by saying that it is impossible at present grant your request at present we owe some on our farm yet that must be paid before pleasure, as soon as I can see any way clear I shall if alive and well make you a visite. I have got from the New York home ade cociety a smart boy 15 years Old that saves me many a weary step. He is able to handle a team well which will be a great help in seeding time next spring. Now Alfred dont wate for me to write as I am old and feable and so Dear Children, with ? I must leave you in the Loveing hands of the Lord. Your Affectionate Father J.W. Foster p.s. I have 20 hogs ? this fall

Letter to Mr. Alfred Foster, Riverdale, Clay County, Kansas from Florence Ida Foster, Lansing, Iowa describing the death of their father, JOHN W. FOSTER. John W. Foster was my 3great-grandfather, and Alfred Foster was my 2great-grandfather. Jolynne Bockman [email protected] Lansing, Iowa February 16, 1879 Dear Brother and Sister We received your welcome letter last night but it came to late for our poor Father to read for Father departed from this world of pain and trouble on Tuesday the 11th of Feb at three oclock in the afternoon after a sickness of 10 days during which time no one can imagine how hard the pain was that he suffered. he was taken sick on sunday the 2 of Feb. but he sit up most of the day except by spells he would lie down for a little while at a time and Monday morning when we were eating Breakfast he got up and went out on the porch and that was the last time he was out, and it was the last time that he was up from his bed, after Tuesday the 4 he could not turn in bed without help and on Wednesday morning his stomach swelled about 9 inches above his breast and it was very hard. it stayed just so untill Monday evening the 10th when there came a change and the swelling all went down and he became soft. and from 5 oclock when the change untill 3 oclock when he died our poor Father c! ould not say anything that anyone could understand he would talk most of the time when he was awake but no one could tell what he said. on Friday night before he died he thought he was dying about 12 oclock and bid us all goodby, and oh how hard it was to think that he was going to leave us, he told us we must not grieve for he said he had to die and he wanted to die. the doctor was with us all that night we had two Doctors called the best in Lansing and Waukon but neither of them could do any good. his sickness was strangulated Hernia and it turned to inflamation of the bowels. He has talked so much for the last 4 months about coming out to see you, he would say that if we could only sell here the first thing he would do would be to go and visit you. we should have telegraphed to you but for the rain hope we had that he would get well untill it was to late to do so. we held the Funeral on Thursday the 15th at 10 oclock in the morning and buried him about six miles from here! in the nearest Methodist graveyard it was a very cold day. the thermometer stood 10 degrees below zero which caused the Funeral to be small. We had to stop at a house by the graveyard to get warm before we could come home again. Oh how lonely it is here now for we miss Father so much he was in the house most all the time this winter but we have to submit. we deeply feel our loss but do not mourn without hope for we fully believe he died a christian he was often heard to praise God and prayed for the end to come quickly. Alfred will you please write and tell Wesley as I do not know where he is. the last letter we got from him he said he was going to the city but did not tell what city. Tell him that I have written to him and my letters come back to me again. we would be very glad if you would come out and see us. I hope you are all well. Mother says she would like so much to have you all come and see us. Kiss little Frank and Hattie for Mother and for us girls. I hope that we may see them sometime. I will have to close now as I have several other letters to write this evening. Please write soon and tell Wesley to write. we all send our love to you all, I remain your sister Florence Ida Foster p.s. Here is a lock of father's hair we cut it of after he was dead his hair was so thin we could not get a bigger lock.

I recently came into possession of 2 obituaries clipped from newspapers with no headings of my 3g-grandfather, John W. Foster. I believe the obits are from Galena, Illinois, as that is where he lived most his life. Now I have a question for all you experienced genealogists out there. The rootsweb Allemakee County website has a listing of cemeteries. There are 2 listings for John Foster. One is May's Prairie Cemetery: Foster, John 1807 Jul 21 1879 Feb 11 Ae 71y 06m 20d. The second is Old West Paint Creek: Foster, J. W. ? 1879 Feb 10 Obit In all correspondence, Foster signed his name J. W. Foster. How do I find which cemetery is the correct one? The dates in the obits are feb 11 and feb 10. I do have a clue in a letter from his daughter: "We held the funeral on Thursday the 15th at 10 oclock in the morning and buried him about six miles from here in the nearest Methodist graveyard." In the beginning of the letter, she writes "Lansing, Iowa" Are there any Methodist churches in the Lansing area that would have old records? Thanks, Jolynne Obituary #1 "An Old Settler Gone. John W. Foster, for fifty years a resident of this city and county, died on February 10th, at his home in Center, near Lansing, Iowa, where he settled six years ago. His age was about 75 years, and he was a native of New Jersey." Obituary #2 Died on Tuesday, the 11th of February, 1879, of strangulated hernia, after a sickness of ten days, at his home in Centre Township, Allemakee county, Iowa, John W. Foster, aged 74 years, 6 months and 20 days. He was well known in this city and county, where he resided for 47 years. He held the office of Magistrate for several years in Thompson. He was a native of New Jersey and settled in Galena in the year 1825, where his children were all born. The deceased wife of Mr. Samuel Taylor, of this city, was one of them. He leaves a widow, four sons and two daughters. He removed from Warren, in this county, to Lansing, Iowa, in the year 1872. He was a kind husband and father, and a good neighbor."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tk.2ADE/1160.1250.1203.1316.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Debra, I don't think the Frank Steele that attended funeral in Allamakee is my Frank Steele. Although my Frank did live in Marengo at one time, his main place of residence was Marshalltown, IA. where he and wife Martha (at least his 2nd wife) are buried. Thanks for the response.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fitzgerald, Clark, Steele, Bernhardt, Harris, Goodyear Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2269 Message Board Post: A funeral mass for Mrs. Ethel Steele was conducted Friday, May 6, 1983 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Postville, by the Reverend A. A. McAvoy and concelebrated by the Reverend Dennis Juhl. The Schutte Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery in Clermont. Ethel Steele, daughter of Will F. and Anna (Fitzgerald) Clark, was born October 14, 1895 at Postville, Iowa. She passed away May 3, 1983 at Community Memorial Hospital in Postville. She was graduated from the Postville School in 1913 and taught school in this area for three years. On November 7, 1916 she was married to Henry V. Steele. They lived their entire life in the Postville area. She is survived by a brother, Dr. Thomas D. Clark of Hills, Iowa, two nephews, Thomas B. Clark of Iowa City, and Robert Bernhardt of Everly, IA, two nieces, Marjory Harris of Long Lake, MN and Mrs. David (Mary Sue) Goodyear of Buffalo, MN, seven great-nephews and nieces and four great-great-nephews and nieces. Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband, Henry, who died January 22, 1955 and a sister, Irene. Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.