Sometimes I'm just 'dumber than a box of rocks........ I meant BOUNCE (like Jackie said) dryer sheets... Sorry, Nancee

Jan: Bounty dryer sheets are good for mosquito repellant.. Just tuck them in the neck of your shirt, front pocket and sleeves.. We had them terribly in Indiana and the Bounty dryer sheets worked really well -- and not too expensive -- and smells good... Nancee -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Janice Lund Date: 05/23/10 16:16:33 To: iadecatu@rootsweb.com Subject: [IADECATU] OFF TOPIC = TICKS AND BUGS THAT BITE. I am a magnet for mosquitos or anything that bites. Has anyone any "remedies" that will repel bites? I've heard odor free garlic pills are supposed to discourage bites but would like some other opinions. Any help appreciated!!!! Jan www.iagenweb.org/Decatur

Hi All: I finished taking pictures at Elk Cemetery (Bloomington Township) the other day and decided to head over to the Catholic Cemetery (Woodland Township).. Again, I didn't have enough pic card to take all the pics in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, so today stopped there and took the remaining pics While there, Miles & Gladys Leeper came to mow and trim the cemetery.. We chatted for a while and had an enjoyable time. They also mow the Shields, Beavers & Lentz cemeteries - and have been doing these 4 cemeteries for many years.. My next excursion will be in that direction, so will contact them to get the directions.. Miles told me to get hold of the County Supervisors to report the cemeteries that are in disrepair and have something done with them. I headed on down south R52 to Morgan Township and found the White Oak Cemetery (after a couple of wrong turns.. duh..) May apples are still out and lots of Queen Anne's Lace along the roads -- and, remember those old, old fashioned light yellow iris that all our grandma's had growing everywhere -- well, they are very prolific in this area, and especially in the cemetery.. I do have to say that I've smelled enough "S"-manure to last me for a while... A farmer had taken his loader and spilled lots of it on the road.. Oh well, smells like 'money' to them... I then headed on down R52 to Elm Cemetery - about 15 miles south - and just a short stretch to Lineville. Years ago, we had been there on one of our trips from Indiana.. I don't remember the story about the 'wheel gate' there .. but it is still there and only opens a small way if you can't lift it. I still believe Joshua & Nancy McMurtrey are some of my ancestors - but haven t made the connection yet.. So, on to scope out Lineville! On the road into town, there is an old, shabby building with a sign that says 'Rooms' -- and another -- 'Maggie's tent down at the end'................. hmmm. I was chuckling when I went by the 'Steel Wheel Saloon', where the motorcycles were all parked.. Wish I was a man - I'd have stopped for something cool to drink... smile.. I settled for a bottle of sweet tea at the gas station. I have another recommendation for things you need if you're going to be visiting old cemeteries -- A TETANUS SHOT... for rusty gates, rusty wires.. Ticks not too bad today, just a few tried to hop a ride on me.. I don't, however, like the little red ants that live under the headstones that are laying on the ground -- had them running up my arms and swarming everywhere. . Got to remember to pack my Benadryl Stick for itch relief due to bug bites.. The mosquitoes aren't out yet, thank goodness!! But, alas, they will be later on - guaranteed! Just wanted you to know I had another great time locating and walking Decatur County cemeteries.. Forgot to mention that I also stopped at Gatliff Cemetery...... Nancee

I am a magnet for mosquitos or anything that bites. Has anyone any "remedies" that will repel bites? I've heard odor free garlic pills are supposed to discourage bites but would like some other opinions. Any help appreciated!!!! Jan

but there's nobody there named "wallac"......mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> To: <momdit@aol.com>; <iadecatu@rootsweb.com>; <iagenwebboards@iagenweb.org> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:30 AM Subject: [IADECATU] Fw: [Decatur Queries:] McKinney Graveyard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> > To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: [Decatur Queries:] McKinney Graveyard > > >> Here you go, Sheryll..........mac >> >> McKinney Cemetery is located in Marion Township, approximately nine miles >> north of Princeton in north-central Mercer County. From Mercer, Missouri, >> go north approximately one mile to Route BB and turn right (west). Follow >> BB to the first gravel road to the right (north) and follow it >> approximately 1/2 mile to where the road turns sharply to the left >> (west). >> There will be a gravel road to the right that goes up a fairly steep >> hill. >> Although the cemetery cannot be seen from this point, the road to the >> right is actually the access to the cemetery. Turn right, go up the hill, >> turn right with the road and the cemetery will be ahead of you at the end >> of this road. >> Even though McKinney Cemetery is in a fairly remote location and is at >> the >> end of a dead-end road, it is a beautiful little cemetery and is very >> well >> maintained. There are several stones in the older portion of the cemetery >> that can no longer be read, and several graves are marked with only field >> stones. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <iagenwebboards@iagenweb.org> >> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com>; <momdit@aol.com> >> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 9:53 AM >> Subject: [Decatur Queries:] McKinney Graveyard >> >> >>> This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking >>> on >>> the link below. >>> >>> *************************************************************************** >>> >>> MESSAGE: (#280789) McKinney Graveyard >>> >>> <http://iagenweb.org/boards/decatur/queries/index.cgi?rev=280789> >>> AUTHOR: Sherryll Wallac >>> DATE: 5/21/2010 at 09:53:27 >>> >>> Surnames: MCKINNEY >>> >>> I was wondering if anybody can tell me how to find the old McKinney >>> Graveyard >>> that is located south of the town of Lineville? All I know is a copy of >>> an >>> article I read posted from the Lineville Tribune. Thank you for any help >>> provided. >>> >> > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [Decatur Queries:] McKinney Graveyard > Here you go, Sheryll..........mac > > McKinney Cemetery is located in Marion Township, approximately nine miles > north of Princeton in north-central Mercer County. From Mercer, Missouri, > go north approximately one mile to Route BB and turn right (west). Follow > BB to the first gravel road to the right (north) and follow it > approximately 1/2 mile to where the road turns sharply to the left (west). > There will be a gravel road to the right that goes up a fairly steep hill. > Although the cemetery cannot be seen from this point, the road to the > right is actually the access to the cemetery. Turn right, go up the hill, > turn right with the road and the cemetery will be ahead of you at the end > of this road. > Even though McKinney Cemetery is in a fairly remote location and is at the > end of a dead-end road, it is a beautiful little cemetery and is very well > maintained. There are several stones in the older portion of the cemetery > that can no longer be read, and several graves are marked with only field > stones. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <iagenwebboards@iagenweb.org> > To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com>; <momdit@aol.com> > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 9:53 AM > Subject: [Decatur Queries:] McKinney Graveyard > > >> This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking >> on >> the link below. >> >> *************************************************************************** >> >> MESSAGE: (#280789) McKinney Graveyard >> >> <http://iagenweb.org/boards/decatur/queries/index.cgi?rev=280789> >> AUTHOR: Sherryll Wallac >> DATE: 5/21/2010 at 09:53:27 >> >> Surnames: MCKINNEY >> >> I was wondering if anybody can tell me how to find the old McKinney >> Graveyard >> that is located south of the town of Lineville? All I know is a copy of >> an >> article I read posted from the Lineville Tribune. Thank you for any help >> provided. >> >

Here you go, Sheryll..........mac McKinney Cemetery is located in Marion Township, approximately nine miles north of Princeton in north-central Mercer County. From Mercer, Missouri, go north approximately one mile to Route BB and turn right (west). Follow BB to the first gravel road to the right (north) and follow it approximately 1/2 mile to where the road turns sharply to the left (west). There will be a gravel road to the right that goes up a fairly steep hill. Although the cemetery cannot be seen from this point, the road to the right is actually the access to the cemetery. Turn right, go up the hill, turn right with the road and the cemetery will be ahead of you at the end of this road. Even though McKinney Cemetery is in a fairly remote location and is at the end of a dead-end road, it is a beautiful little cemetery and is very well maintained. There are several stones in the older portion of the cemetery that can no longer be read, and several graves are marked with only field stones. ----- Original Message ----- From: <iagenwebboards@iagenweb.org> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com>; <momdit@aol.com> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 9:53 AM Subject: [Decatur Queries:] McKinney Graveyard > This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking > on > the link below. > > *************************************************************************** > > MESSAGE: (#280789) McKinney Graveyard > > <http://iagenweb.org/boards/decatur/queries/index.cgi?rev=280789> > AUTHOR: Sherryll Wallac > DATE: 5/21/2010 at 09:53:27 > > Surnames: MCKINNEY > > I was wondering if anybody can tell me how to find the old McKinney > Graveyard > that is located south of the town of Lineville? All I know is a copy of an > article I read posted from the Lineville Tribune. Thank you for any help > provided. >

This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#280789) McKinney Graveyard <http://iagenweb.org/boards/decatur/queries/index.cgi?rev=280789> AUTHOR: Sherryll Wallac DATE: 5/21/2010 at 09:53:27 Surnames: MCKINNEY I was wondering if anybody can tell me how to find the old McKinney Graveyard that is located south of the town of Lineville? All I know is a copy of an article I read posted from the Lineville Tribune. Thank you for any help provided.

thanx, bob........is that west of the court house?......first floor? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Bixby" <rjbixby@grm.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] LILLIE CEMETERY.. > Yes, she has an office accross from the Courthouse. > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> > To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 7:59 PM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] LILLIE CEMETERY.. > > >> bob: that va lady DOES still come to leon every week for a day or two, >> doesn't she?......mac >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bob Bixby" <rjbixby@grm.net> >> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:00 PM >> Subject: Re: [IADECATU] LILLIE CEMETERY.. >> >> >>> All Veterans in the Leon Cemetery now have Bronze markers due to the >>> work >>> of >>> Earl Hanthorn, the Lions Club, and the Leon Cemetery Assocation. >>> >>> Bob Bixby >>> Decatur Museum >>> Leon Lions Club >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <conestew@cox.net> >>> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:54 PM >>> Subject: Re: [IADECATU] LILLIE CEMETERY.. >>> >>> >>>> Thanks for the reminder Mac - does anyone know the name(s) of who to >>>> contact in Leon. I would like to get the said marker >>>> for a couple of my relatives in Oak Hill and Leon Cemetery - Mary >>>> Stewart >>> of the message >>> >>> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Sharon: No I've never met Mr. Hanthorn.....at least ways, not that I know of but I can tell already that he's someone who I'd greatly admire and enjoy making his acquaintance. I wish there were hundreds more like him doin' for the other cemeteries what he did for the leon cemetery. Wow!.....that would be absolutely spectacular. I don't think any community would be ticked off if the leon lyons club purchased and emplaced these lyons purchased markers.....good heavens, i can't hardly imagine that. i have several uncles in and around the decatur cemetery and i sure wouldn't be aggravated if the lyons did that for him/them. i just can't imagine that, sharon,.....but then i've been gone for close to 50 years now so i'm sure you have a better.......grasp of that than I do. Thanx for the heads up! You betcha! I definitely agree that takin' on the task of marking each and every veteran's grave in the leon cemetery would be "quite a task"! absolutely! it's kind of ,.,.......disparaging........or better yet disheartening to think about why it fell to the lyons to take this task on instead of an organization such as the American legion or veterans of foreign wars......but, in any case, he saw a need and hopped to it and the veterans there in leon all owe him a huge debt of gratitude. Naw, i really didn't know if they were plastic or not..........didn't mean it in a disparaging manner anyway. the one's i've seen were mass produced and made out of plastic or something similar......certainly not stone or bronze with inscriptions. that's not a slam! that's good that they stay out all the time in all kinds of weather etc. that would really be a job to replace every year for decorations day, veterans day, flag day and the like. i've been on that end of it.....not me personally, per se, but in charge of details who's job it was was to put the flag in the ground......we didn't have these holders we're talkin' 'bout.......just lined 'em up with the center of the stone or marker, put the toe of the boot against the marker, and stuck the flag into the ground as vertically as we could up against the heel of the boot and moved on to the next one. yep, that's true, Sharon, there's several kinds of markers that the va provides.....BUT none of them holds flags and none of them can be purchased......i should prob'ly put an "out" on that. I retired from the VA something like 5 years ago.....but would be real surprised if they did something like that........wouldn't mind it if they did, would just be s'prised is all. that's interesting about a union flag being placed on the grave of your CSA ancestor. there's several reasons how that could have happened, the most obvious being that the "emplacer" didn't have a clue........but of course, after the civil war, he may have joined with the bluebellies in fighting the indians. an awful lot of bushwhackers did that very thing. Hell, half of Custer's men, well not half but an awful lot of 'em, were former rebs. they were call "galvanized yankees" after they joined up with the U.S. Army.....same thing happened again during the 1st world war.....to a certain degree....but not nearly as much as joined up during the Indian Wars effort. Also, there were tons and tons of bushwhackers who decided they'd rather fight for the union than against it and joined the Union's forces or the GAR.....even more so after "bloody kansas". You may have a medallion instead of a marker bolted on the tomb stone, sharon. the va provides either a stone, marker or medallilon. I definitely believe you about Samantha. I mean, I don't know her but I know many like her.....many of her contemporaries and it takes a "special breed of cat" (that's not a slam) to do what these folks do and they're greatly undersung.......what's unfortunate is that most.....yes, that's right, MOST veterans don't even know that they're out there..........and they can be and most times are a great great help.......not to just veterans but to veteran's families too. OK, thanx sharon, for lettin' me blab on a bit......you take care up there.....mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Becker" <srbecker@iowatelecom.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com>; "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com>; <rjbixby@grm.net> Cc: <decctyva@grm.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Veterans > Denmark is a long ways from Leon, Mac. > You need to re-read what Samantha said via Bob's e-mail. > I didn't clip this response so you can scroll down and re-read it. > > Did you ever meet Earl Hanthorn? Personally? > > He was a wonderful, thoughtful, and caring person. I knew > him when we were both members of Loving Chapel's congregation. > > It is not uncommon for a Lions Club, boy scout troop, girl scout trooup, > 4-H club (the list is endless) to address a need for a local concern. I'm > sure the other Lions Clubs in Decatur Co. would have been ticked off > if Leon's Chapter came into cemeteries in their neck of the woods. > > BTW, taking on Leon's cemetery alone was quite a task. Don't you think? > > For the record, those markers Bob and Samantha are talking about are not > plastic. But I believe you already knew that. > > The markers (I call them flag holders) are out forever, too. They help > someone > like me who is looking for veteran gravestones. > > There's several types of markers through the VA. Since Mom & Dad already > had > their stone set years ago, we got a bronze plaque that is bolted into the > gravestone > for my Dad. > > Samantha is wonderful, too. My mother is deaf and she was a source of > information, > comfort, and care for my parents during my father's final days, and for my > mother > after my father died. She was very considerate toward my mother, knowing > she is > deaf and made sure Mom understood all of the complicated paperwork that > was > involved with my Dad's case. Samantha took a lot of that pain out during > my mother's > time of grief. > > I don't know how often this has happened - but it happened in Boone > County. My > gr-gr-grandfather was a bushwhacker in Missouri during the Civil War. > After the > war, he came to Boone County, thinking there was a bounty on his head for > being > a bushwhacker (a lot of the Confederate soldiers thought that, too). At > this gravesite > there's a G.A.R. flag holder and they put a flag on his grave when they > set them out > on the cemetery. We don't know how or why - because in the eyes of the > "Union" > folks, he wouldn't have been deserving of a flag. > > Sharon R. Becker > Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator > srbecker@iowatelecom.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> > To: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com>; <rjbixby@grm.net>; > <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <decctyva@grm.net> > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:04 PM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Veterans > > >> ok gang, there's a bad mistake or mis-understandin' goin' on here. the >> lyons and earl hanthorn did not provide any, say again, any headstones to >> any veterans, anywhere. what they provided was these markers or flag >> holders that you see a lot of times beside the headstone. if the lions >> or >> earl hanthorn did not pay for them then it may have been the >> county......although i don't see how they could've gotten away with >> .........doin' that for one cemetery, for one veteran and not >> another........maybe a "squeaky wheel" thing. >> >> But, in any case, as i said earlier, the va will supply an appropriately >> engraved headstone (a real honest to goodness headstone) for any veteran >> who's headstone is missing or damaged.....regardless of how long ago the >> veteran passed away or is buried.....(I hope it goes without saying that >> the >> guy can't have a dishonorable discharge.......what? you say you don't >> know >> what kind of discharge he got?.....no sweat.....the va does.....just make >> the application and the rest of it will take care of it's self...... >> >> It requires paperwork, of course, but a call to your county VA rep will >> either process that for you or assist you in the application and >> expediting >> processing. i believe i put out earlier what her ph# and location >> are.....if not i can prob'ly find it again. >> >> remember, the markers are these small "plastic?" things meant to hold a >> flag >> or something that are generally put out on special days......that the >> county >> prob'ly paid for for occasions like decoration day ceremonies. the head >> stone is what stays out "forever" and has the soldier's name and other >> appropriate data engraved on or in it......mac >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> >> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> >> Cc: <decctyva@grm.net> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:38 AM >> Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Veterans >> >> >>> bob: i don't understand her clarification at all......is she saying >>> that >>> the va won't provide new stones, replacement stones, and/or initial >>> stones for unmarked or badly marked graves? >>> >>> is she saying that earl hanthorn through the leon lions paid for markers >>> for all veterans buried in leon cemetery?.....or is she saying that the >>> lions and hanthorn requested the va provided the markers and va then did >>> so? i find it exceedingly difficult to believe than anyone paid >>> anything >>> to the va for markers for veterans....... >>> >>> is the county board of supervisors saying they'll provide the markers >>> alluded to or are they saying the va will provide the marker......... >>> >>> and what's that business about "purchasing" markers from the VA all >>> about........can you confirm that with her......that she's gonna charge >>> 25 >>> bucks to provide a marker for anyone that died more'n 3 years ago? >>> >>> something stinks in denmark!.......mac >>> >>> cc: samantha schaff >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Bob Bixby" <rjbixby@grm.net> >>> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:52 PM >>> Subject: [IADECATU] Veterans >>> >>> >>>> Here is a clarification from Samatha in the Veteran's office here in >>>> Leon. >>>> Bob Bixby >>>> >>>> Bob, let me clarify what your messages say below. Earl Hanthorn, >>>> through >>>> Leon Lions, provided markers to all Veterans buried in the Leon >>>> Cemetery >>>> up >>>> to July 1, 2007. After July 1, 2007, the County Board of Supervisors >>>> said >>>> they would provide a bronze grave marker at any cemetery in Decatur >>>> County >>>> to any honorably discharged Veteran that died on or after July 1, 2007. >>>> However, if a Veteran that was buried in a cemetery other than the Leon >>>> Cemetery before July 1, 2007, the family of the deceased Veteran can >>>> purchase a bronze grave marker from the Decatur County Veterans Affairs >>>> office for $25. >>>> Thanks, Samantha Schaff, Decatur County VA Office, decctyva@grm.net, >>>> 641-446-7494 >>>> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >> >> >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2883 - Release Date: 05/19/10 > 06:26:00 > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1438 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > >

To once again clarify what Mac is saying below....The way Earl and the Lions got away with doing it for one cemetery and not another prior to July 1, 2007, was that it was a Leon City Cemetery and the Leon City Lion's Club project. Now, Decatur County sets out at the deceased Veteran's grave a SOLID BRONZE (not plastic) Service Grave Marker. These SOLID BRONZE Service Grave Markers are kept out all year long. The small American Flag that is placed in the grave marker is the only item that is put out on special days. The SOLID BRONZE Service Markers that Decatur County purchases says on the marker: "U.S. Veteran". Again, Mac, I encourage you to call my office so you have a better understanding as to how my County office operates. Samantha Schaff, Decatur County VA Office. 641-446-7494. -----Original Message----- From: Ronald M McClure [mailto:rmcclure@hot.rr.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:04 PM To: Ronald M McClure; rjbixby@grm.net; iadecatu@rootsweb.com Cc: decctyva@grm.net Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Veterans ok gang, there's a bad mistake or mis-understandin' goin' on here. the lyons and earl hanthorn did not provide any, say again, any headstones to any veterans, anywhere. what they provided was these markers or flag holders that you see a lot of times beside the headstone. if the lions or earl hanthorn did not pay for them then it may have been the county......although i don't see how they could've gotten away with .........doin' that for one cemetery, for one veteran and not another........maybe a "squeaky wheel" thing. But, in any case, as i said earlier, the va will supply an appropriately engraved headstone (a real honest to goodness headstone) for any veteran who's headstone is missing or damaged.....regardless of how long ago the veteran passed away or is buried.....(I hope it goes without saying that the guy can't have a dishonorable discharge.......what? you say you don't know what kind of discharge he got?.....no sweat.....the va does.....just make the application and the rest of it will take care of it's self...... It requires paperwork, of course, but a call to your county VA rep will either process that for you or assist you in the application and expediting processing. i believe i put out earlier what her ph# and location are.....if not i can prob'ly find it again. remember, the markers are these small "plastic?" things meant to hold a flag or something that are generally put out on special days......that the county prob'ly paid for for occasions like decoration day ceremonies. the head stone is what stays out "forever" and has the soldier's name and other appropriate data engraved on or in it......mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Cc: <decctyva@grm.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Veterans > bob: i don't understand her clarification at all......is she saying that > the va won't provide new stones, replacement stones, and/or initial > stones for unmarked or badly marked graves? > > is she saying that earl hanthorn through the leon lions paid for markers > for all veterans buried in leon cemetery?.....or is she saying that the > lions and hanthorn requested the va provided the markers and va then did > so? i find it exceedingly difficult to believe than anyone paid anything > to the va for markers for veterans....... > > is the county board of supervisors saying they'll provide the markers > alluded to or are they saying the va will provide the marker......... > > and what's that business about "purchasing" markers from the VA all > about........can you confirm that with her......that she's gonna charge 25 > bucks to provide a marker for anyone that died more'n 3 years ago? > > something stinks in denmark!.......mac > > cc: samantha schaff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Bixby" <rjbixby@grm.net> > To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:52 PM > Subject: [IADECATU] Veterans > > >> Here is a clarification from Samatha in the Veteran's office here in >> Leon. >> Bob Bixby >> >> Bob, let me clarify what your messages say below. Earl Hanthorn, through >> Leon Lions, provided markers to all Veterans buried in the Leon Cemetery >> up >> to July 1, 2007. After July 1, 2007, the County Board of Supervisors >> said >> they would provide a bronze grave marker at any cemetery in Decatur >> County >> to any honorably discharged Veteran that died on or after July 1, 2007. >> However, if a Veteran that was buried in a cemetery other than the Leon >> Cemetery before July 1, 2007, the family of the deceased Veteran can >> purchase a bronze grave marker from the Decatur County Veterans Affairs >> office for $25. >> Thanks, Samantha Schaff, Decatur County VA Office, decctyva@grm.net, >> 641-446-7494 >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >

Denmark is a long ways from Leon, Mac. You need to re-read what Samantha said via Bob's e-mail. I didn't clip this response so you can scroll down and re-read it. Did you ever meet Earl Hanthorn? Personally? He was a wonderful, thoughtful, and caring person. I knew him when we were both members of Loving Chapel's congregation. It is not uncommon for a Lions Club, boy scout troop, girl scout trooup, 4-H club (the list is endless) to address a need for a local concern. I'm sure the other Lions Clubs in Decatur Co. would have been ticked off if Leon's Chapter came into cemeteries in their neck of the woods. BTW, taking on Leon's cemetery alone was quite a task. Don't you think? For the record, those markers Bob and Samantha are talking about are not plastic. But I believe you already knew that. The markers (I call them flag holders) are out forever, too. They help someone like me who is looking for veteran gravestones. There's several types of markers through the VA. Since Mom & Dad already had their stone set years ago, we got a bronze plaque that is bolted into the gravestone for my Dad. Samantha is wonderful, too. My mother is deaf and she was a source of information, comfort, and care for my parents during my father's final days, and for my mother after my father died. She was very considerate toward my mother, knowing she is deaf and made sure Mom understood all of the complicated paperwork that was involved with my Dad's case. Samantha took a lot of that pain out during my mother's time of grief. I don't know how often this has happened - but it happened in Boone County. My gr-gr-grandfather was a bushwhacker in Missouri during the Civil War. After the war, he came to Boone County, thinking there was a bounty on his head for being a bushwhacker (a lot of the Confederate soldiers thought that, too). At this gravesite there's a G.A.R. flag holder and they put a flag on his grave when they set them out on the cemetery. We don't know how or why - because in the eyes of the "Union" folks, he wouldn't have been deserving of a flag. Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> To: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com>; <rjbixby@grm.net>; <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Cc: <decctyva@grm.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Veterans > ok gang, there's a bad mistake or mis-understandin' goin' on here. the > lyons and earl hanthorn did not provide any, say again, any headstones to > any veterans, anywhere. what they provided was these markers or flag > holders that you see a lot of times beside the headstone. if the lions > or > earl hanthorn did not pay for them then it may have been the > county......although i don't see how they could've gotten away with > .........doin' that for one cemetery, for one veteran and not > another........maybe a "squeaky wheel" thing. > > But, in any case, as i said earlier, the va will supply an appropriately > engraved headstone (a real honest to goodness headstone) for any veteran > who's headstone is missing or damaged.....regardless of how long ago the > veteran passed away or is buried.....(I hope it goes without saying that > the > guy can't have a dishonorable discharge.......what? you say you don't > know > what kind of discharge he got?.....no sweat.....the va does.....just make > the application and the rest of it will take care of it's self...... > > It requires paperwork, of course, but a call to your county VA rep will > either process that for you or assist you in the application and > expediting > processing. i believe i put out earlier what her ph# and location > are.....if not i can prob'ly find it again. > > remember, the markers are these small "plastic?" things meant to hold a > flag > or something that are generally put out on special days......that the > county > prob'ly paid for for occasions like decoration day ceremonies. the head > stone is what stays out "forever" and has the soldier's name and other > appropriate data engraved on or in it......mac > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> > To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <decctyva@grm.net> > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:38 AM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Veterans > > >> bob: i don't understand her clarification at all......is she saying >> that >> the va won't provide new stones, replacement stones, and/or initial >> stones for unmarked or badly marked graves? >> >> is she saying that earl hanthorn through the leon lions paid for markers >> for all veterans buried in leon cemetery?.....or is she saying that the >> lions and hanthorn requested the va provided the markers and va then did >> so? i find it exceedingly difficult to believe than anyone paid anything >> to the va for markers for veterans....... >> >> is the county board of supervisors saying they'll provide the markers >> alluded to or are they saying the va will provide the marker......... >> >> and what's that business about "purchasing" markers from the VA all >> about........can you confirm that with her......that she's gonna charge >> 25 >> bucks to provide a marker for anyone that died more'n 3 years ago? >> >> something stinks in denmark!.......mac >> >> cc: samantha schaff >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bob Bixby" <rjbixby@grm.net> >> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:52 PM >> Subject: [IADECATU] Veterans >> >> >>> Here is a clarification from Samatha in the Veteran's office here in >>> Leon. >>> Bob Bixby >>> >>> Bob, let me clarify what your messages say below. Earl Hanthorn, >>> through >>> Leon Lions, provided markers to all Veterans buried in the Leon Cemetery >>> up >>> to July 1, 2007. 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ok gang, there's a bad mistake or mis-understandin' goin' on here. the lyons and earl hanthorn did not provide any, say again, any headstones to any veterans, anywhere. what they provided was these markers or flag holders that you see a lot of times beside the headstone. if the lions or earl hanthorn did not pay for them then it may have been the county......although i don't see how they could've gotten away with .........doin' that for one cemetery, for one veteran and not another........maybe a "squeaky wheel" thing. But, in any case, as i said earlier, the va will supply an appropriately engraved headstone (a real honest to goodness headstone) for any veteran who's headstone is missing or damaged.....regardless of how long ago the veteran passed away or is buried.....(I hope it goes without saying that the guy can't have a dishonorable discharge.......what? you say you don't know what kind of discharge he got?.....no sweat.....the va does.....just make the application and the rest of it will take care of it's self...... It requires paperwork, of course, but a call to your county VA rep will either process that for you or assist you in the application and expediting processing. i believe i put out earlier what her ph# and location are.....if not i can prob'ly find it again. remember, the markers are these small "plastic?" things meant to hold a flag or something that are generally put out on special days......that the county prob'ly paid for for occasions like decoration day ceremonies. the head stone is what stays out "forever" and has the soldier's name and other appropriate data engraved on or in it......mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald M McClure" <rmcclure@hot.rr.com> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Cc: <decctyva@grm.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Veterans > bob: i don't understand her clarification at all......is she saying that > the va won't provide new stones, replacement stones, and/or initial > stones for unmarked or badly marked graves? > > is she saying that earl hanthorn through the leon lions paid for markers > for all veterans buried in leon cemetery?.....or is she saying that the > lions and hanthorn requested the va provided the markers and va then did > so? i find it exceedingly difficult to believe than anyone paid anything > to the va for markers for veterans....... > > is the county board of supervisors saying they'll provide the markers > alluded to or are they saying the va will provide the marker......... > > and what's that business about "purchasing" markers from the VA all > about........can you confirm that with her......that she's gonna charge 25 > bucks to provide a marker for anyone that died more'n 3 years ago? > > something stinks in denmark!.......mac > > cc: samantha schaff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Bixby" <rjbixby@grm.net> > To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:52 PM > Subject: [IADECATU] Veterans > > >> Here is a clarification from Samatha in the Veteran's office here in >> Leon. >> Bob Bixby >> >> Bob, let me clarify what your messages say below. Earl Hanthorn, through >> Leon Lions, provided markers to all Veterans buried in the Leon Cemetery >> up >> to July 1, 2007. After July 1, 2007, the County Board of Supervisors >> said >> they would provide a bronze grave marker at any cemetery in Decatur >> County >> to any honorably discharged Veteran that died on or after July 1, 2007. >> However, if a Veteran that was buried in a cemetery other than the Leon >> Cemetery before July 1, 2007, the family of the deceased Veteran can >> purchase a bronze grave marker from the Decatur County Veterans Affairs >> office for $25. >> Thanks, Samantha Schaff, Decatur County VA Office, decctyva@grm.net, >> 641-446-7494 >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >

-----Original Message----- From: Samantha Schaff [mailto:decctyva@grm.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:56 AM To: 'Ronald M McClure' Subject: RE: [IADECATU] Veterans Ron: It is best that you call me to discuss this matter. 641-446-7494. You are confusing the county funded bronze grave marker (that holds a small American flag) with the federally given headstone. Completely different!! Samantha Schaff, Decatur County VA. -----Original Message----- From: Ronald M McClure [mailto:rmcclure@hot.rr.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:39 AM To: iadecatu@rootsweb.com Cc: decctyva@grm.net Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Veterans bob: i don't understand her clarification at all......is she saying that the va won't provide new stones, replacement stones, and/or initial stones for unmarked or badly marked graves? is she saying that earl hanthorn through the leon lions paid for markers for all veterans buried in leon cemetery?.....or is she saying that the lions and hanthorn requested the va provided the markers and va then did so? i find it exceedingly difficult to believe than anyone paid anything to the va for markers for veterans....... is the county board of supervisors saying they'll provide the markers alluded to or are they saying the va will provide the marker......... and what's that business about "purchasing" markers from the VA all about........can you confirm that with her......that she's gonna charge 25 bucks to provide a marker for anyone that died more'n 3 years ago? something stinks in denmark!.......mac cc: samantha schaff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Bixby" <rjbixby@grm.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:52 PM Subject: [IADECATU] Veterans > Here is a clarification from Samatha in the Veteran's office here in Leon. > Bob Bixby > > Bob, let me clarify what your messages say below. Earl Hanthorn, through > Leon Lions, provided markers to all Veterans buried in the Leon Cemetery > up > to July 1, 2007. After July 1, 2007, the County Board of Supervisors said > they would provide a bronze grave marker at any cemetery in Decatur County > to any honorably discharged Veteran that died on or after July 1, 2007. > However, if a Veteran that was buried in a cemetery other than the Leon > Cemetery before July 1, 2007, the family of the deceased Veteran can > purchase a bronze grave marker from the Decatur County Veterans Affairs > office for $25. > Thanks, Samantha Schaff, Decatur County VA Office, decctyva@grm.net, > 641-446-7494 > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Our total is now 3,131 photos of stones. Great job Nancee and Connie McDaniel Hall! Stacey

bob: i don't understand her clarification at all......is she saying that the va won't provide new stones, replacement stones, and/or initial stones for unmarked or badly marked graves? is she saying that earl hanthorn through the leon lions paid for markers for all veterans buried in leon cemetery?.....or is she saying that the lions and hanthorn requested the va provided the markers and va then did so? i find it exceedingly difficult to believe than anyone paid anything to the va for markers for veterans....... is the county board of supervisors saying they'll provide the markers alluded to or are they saying the va will provide the marker......... and what's that business about "purchasing" markers from the VA all about........can you confirm that with her......that she's gonna charge 25 bucks to provide a marker for anyone that died more'n 3 years ago? something stinks in denmark!.......mac cc: samantha schaff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Bixby" <rjbixby@grm.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:52 PM Subject: [IADECATU] Veterans > Here is a clarification from Samatha in the Veteran's office here in Leon. > Bob Bixby > > Bob, let me clarify what your messages say below. Earl Hanthorn, through > Leon Lions, provided markers to all Veterans buried in the Leon Cemetery > up > to July 1, 2007. After July 1, 2007, the County Board of Supervisors said > they would provide a bronze grave marker at any cemetery in Decatur County > to any honorably discharged Veteran that died on or after July 1, 2007. > However, if a Veteran that was buried in a cemetery other than the Leon > Cemetery before July 1, 2007, the family of the deceased Veteran can > purchase a bronze grave marker from the Decatur County Veterans Affairs > office for $25. > Thanks, Samantha Schaff, Decatur County VA Office, decctyva@grm.net, > 641-446-7494 > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I'm not sure about Elijah Bohannon Ryan being related, but I will check into it. I have not heard that name, but my son has been working with ancestory.com on our family tree and I will research it. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cp41877@aol.com> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] BAKER/MCGAHUEY/RAUCH > Elijah Bohannon Ryan, born 22 June 1863, died 11 Sep 1932. > > > In a message dated 5/18/2010 11:43:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > slsmith@grm.net writes: > > Wanda do you have an Elijah Bohannon Ryan in your tree? He married > Malissa > Ellen Mclaughlin. Thier newborn daughter is burried with her mother, > Malissa. If I remember correctly, I have their wedding/engagement photo > from 1885. I was wondering on Elijah's birth/death date. > My grandma said that 99% of the people in Elk are related by blood or > marriage... > Stacy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee and Wanda Rauch" <lrwr@sbcglobal.net> > To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 12:14 PM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] BAKER/MCGAHUEY/RAUCH > > >> Nancee - I just had to reply to your e-mail about all the Rauch's in Elk >> Cemetery. I am married to a Rauch, but a different family than is > buried >> at >> Elk. My husband's family is from Missouri and Illinois. BUT, if you > were >> at the Elk Cemetery, you had to observe all the Akers' and Ryan's buried >> there. All of those are my dad's family. My Grandmother and >> Grandfather >> Akers (Thomas and Clara Akers), my great grandparents (Matthew Ryan) and >> numerous aunts, uncles, great aunts and great uncles and a bunch of >> cousins >> are buried there. I think half of the cemetery is my family in one way > or >> the other. My husband laughs when we go there because he says there are >> more Rauch tombstones than Akers or Ryan but not a one is related to >> him. >> Wanda >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> >> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:43 AM >> Subject: [IADECATU] BAKER/MCGAHUEY/RAUCH >> >> >>>I was at Elk Cemetery yesterday (my first time there) and saw ALL the >>>large >>> & beautiful headstones for RAUCH families. >>> >>> My step-uncle, WILLARD CARVER BAKER, married LOUISE MAXINE MCGAHUEY >>> and >>> they >>> lived in the Denver/Aurora area all their adult lives. Actually, I >>> only >>> met >>> them once when my Dad came from California and we all went to Denver to >>> visit with them. Ted and I were living in Longmont, Colorado at that >>> time. >>> Growing up, I only knew them as Willard & Louise.... WILLARD was a >>> manager >>> for Nabisco Co. and I believe LOUISE taught music at Colorado >>> University.. >>> >>> A friend, some years ago, sent the family info. on LOUISE.. Her parents >>> were >>> MAHLON BASSEL MCGAHUEY and FLORENCE FRANCES RAUCH - both buried in the >>> Elk >>> Cemetery. >>> Were JOHN ANTON RAUCH and ELIZABETH MONROE ROBERTS - FLORENCE's > parents? >>> >>> WILLARD passed away in 1983 and LOUISE in 1995.. They had no children.. >>> I've >>> always wondered where their estate went after their deaths.. >>> >>> I'm interested in knowing more about them if anyone has any >>> information. >>> Thanks, Nancee >>> >>> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I had several ancestors and their siblings go to South Dakota from Crawford County, Iowa around this time period. Most of them came back or died there very young. My Grandmother's family went to Montana for about a year in 1918 looking for better land. They came right back. Stacey Dietiker In a message dated 5/18/2010 12:16:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time, slsmith@grm.net writes: Ok, I wonder....did any of our grandparents/great aunts/uncles.....go? and did they have any luck? or did they come back broken hearted? Anyone have any stories to this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 12:01 PM Subject: [IADECATU] 'WANTED'........

Elijah Bohannon Ryan, born 22 June 1863, died 11 Sep 1932. In a message dated 5/18/2010 11:43:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, slsmith@grm.net writes: Wanda do you have an Elijah Bohannon Ryan in your tree? He married Malissa Ellen Mclaughlin. Thier newborn daughter is burried with her mother, Malissa. If I remember correctly, I have their wedding/engagement photo from 1885. I was wondering on Elijah's birth/death date. My grandma said that 99% of the people in Elk are related by blood or marriage... Stacy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee and Wanda Rauch" <lrwr@sbcglobal.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] BAKER/MCGAHUEY/RAUCH > Nancee - I just had to reply to your e-mail about all the Rauch's in Elk > Cemetery. I am married to a Rauch, but a different family than is buried > at > Elk. My husband's family is from Missouri and Illinois. BUT, if you were > at the Elk Cemetery, you had to observe all the Akers' and Ryan's buried > there. All of those are my dad's family. My Grandmother and Grandfather > Akers (Thomas and Clara Akers), my great grandparents (Matthew Ryan) and > numerous aunts, uncles, great aunts and great uncles and a bunch of > cousins > are buried there. I think half of the cemetery is my family in one way or > the other. My husband laughs when we go there because he says there are > more Rauch tombstones than Akers or Ryan but not a one is related to him. > Wanda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancee Seifert" <iggy29@grm.net> > To: <IADECATU@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 10:43 AM > Subject: [IADECATU] BAKER/MCGAHUEY/RAUCH > > >>I was at Elk Cemetery yesterday (my first time there) and saw ALL the >>large >> & beautiful headstones for RAUCH families. >> >> My step-uncle, WILLARD CARVER BAKER, married LOUISE MAXINE MCGAHUEY and >> they >> lived in the Denver/Aurora area all their adult lives. Actually, I only >> met >> them once when my Dad came from California and we all went to Denver to >> visit with them. Ted and I were living in Longmont, Colorado at that >> time. >> Growing up, I only knew them as Willard & Louise.... WILLARD was a >> manager >> for Nabisco Co. and I believe LOUISE taught music at Colorado >> University.. >> >> A friend, some years ago, sent the family info. on LOUISE.. Her parents >> were >> MAHLON BASSEL MCGAHUEY and FLORENCE FRANCES RAUCH - both buried in the >> Elk >> Cemetery. >> Were JOHN ANTON RAUCH and ELIZABETH MONROE ROBERTS - FLORENCE's parents? >> >> WILLARD passed away in 1983 and LOUISE in 1995.. They had no children.. >> I've >> always wondered where their estate went after their deaths.. >> >> I'm interested in knowing more about them if anyone has any information. >> Thanks, Nancee >> >> www.iagenweb.org/decatur >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

NANCEE, thanks. Didn't have their marriage date. This is our Aunt Laura Sellers McLaughlin. I spell her married name as Mammen, but, not written in stone. marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: iadecatu-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iadecatu-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancee Seifert Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:49 AM To: IADECATU@rootsweb.com Subject: [IADECATU] MARMMEN - MCLAUGHLIN MARRIAGE Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, March 25, 1920 Mr. LOUIE O. MARMMEN of Lake City, Iowa, and Mrs. LAURA E. MCLAUGHLIN, formerly of Decatur City, were united in marriage at the Presbyterian Church in Des Moines Wednesday, March 10th at 4 p.m., Rev. F.C. McKean officiating. Mrs. MCLAUGHLIN was reared in Decatur County and is a highly accomplished lady and is held in the highest esteem by her many friends and is worthy and most deserving of the man she has chosen for her companion. Mr. MARMMEN has been a prosperous farmer in Calhoun County and has lived on his own farm until March 1st. He has now retired and moved into his modern home at Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. MARMMEN left today for a short trip to Morrison, Ill. They will be at their new home in Lake City after March 15th. We wish them much happiness and prosperity and extend our most hearty congratulations to them in their new home. ----------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert May 18, 2010 iggy29@grm.net www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message