Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, May 18, 1911 JENNIE ETTA ACTON was born in Pleasanton, Decatur County, Iowa April 19, 1868, and died at her home in Leon, Iowa, May 14, 1911 at the age of 43 years and 26 days. She was the eldest daughter of JAMES and MARTHA ACTON, of Leon, Iowa. At the age of 17 years she became a member of the Baptist Church and has always cherished belief in the power of Christ to save. On the 16th day of August, 188? she was united in marriage to Harvey Harp. To this union five daughters were born as follows: Mrs. ETHEL JOHNSON, Mrs. EDNA VAUGHN, Mrs. ESTHER WOOD, all of Leon, Iowa and AGNES and HELEN HARP, still with their father. Besides these daughters and her husband, she leaves to mourn her departure a father, mother and one brother, VERNE A. ACTON of Atlantic, Iowa In the death of Mrs. HARP, the husband has lost a faithful and a loving wife and the children a loving mother. The sympathy of the community is extended them in this their lonely hour of sorrow. Funeral services were held at the home, the Rebekkas attending in one body. Rev. I. ? Co??, pastor of the Christian Church spoke, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Leon Cemetery. --------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 5, 2009 [email protected] note: This was incredibly hard to read, as the microfilm was scratched and very light. I highlighted it in pink and used a magnifying glass to read the words.. If you find errors, let me know.
Nancy Thanks for submitting this obituary as it is for my Great Grandmother, I can see you have the same awful copy to work from that we found. However, in the Spring of this year we were so lucky to receive a copy of the Decatur County Journal's obit from Helen Harp Alley's grandson Marty. I would like to send the few corrections now. Oddly enough her name was really Junietta not Jennie Etta Acton her name is mispelled in the marriage records etc. Her name is Junietta because my Mother was named after her. As far as the obit goes: The date she was married to Harvey Harp was Aug 15 1885. "In the death of Mrs. Harp...and the daughters" (not children)"...in this their lonely hour of grief." "Funeral services were conducted at the home, the Park Hotel, Monday afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. J. S. Coffin, pastor of the Christian Church..." We are hoping to find an obituary for her father James Harrison Acton to determine just who his parents were. I have been in touch with Sherry Balow who is always a great one to help out and who has Acton relatives, we think our Actons are cousins. So far all we have found was a death notification of Sept 28, 1917 in the Journal. We have records from the Old Soldiers Home in Marshalltown but nothing saying who his father is. Again Nancy thanks for all you do, I wish I could help, but that darn full time job of mine takes too much time-Jo Achee, Louisiana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 4:28 PM Subject: [IADECATU] DEATH OF JENNIE ETTA (ACTON) HARP > Decatur County Journal > Leon, Iowa > Thursday, May 18, 1911 > > JENNIE ETTA ACTON was born in Pleasanton, Decatur County, Iowa April 19, > 1868, and died at her home in Leon, Iowa, May 14, 1911 at the age of 43 > years and 26 days. > > She was the eldest daughter of JAMES and MARTHA ACTON, of Leon, Iowa. At > the age of 17 years she became a member of the Baptist Church and has > always > cherished belief in the power of Christ to save. On the 16th day of > August, > 188? she was united in marriage to Harvey Harp. To this union five > daughters were born as follows: Mrs. ETHEL JOHNSON, Mrs. EDNA VAUGHN, Mrs. > ESTHER WOOD, all of Leon, Iowa and AGNES and HELEN HARP, still with their > father. Besides these daughters and her husband, she leaves to mourn her > departure a father, mother and one brother, VERNE A. ACTON of Atlantic, > Iowa > > > In the death of Mrs. HARP, the husband has lost a faithful and a loving > wife > and the children a loving mother. The sympathy of the community is > extended > them in this their lonely hour of sorrow. > > Funeral services were held at the home, the Rebekkas attending in one > body. > Rev. I. ? Co??, pastor of the Christian Church spoke, after which the > remains were laid to rest in the Leon Cemetery. > --------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > December 5, 2009 > [email protected] > > note: This was incredibly hard to read, as the microfilm was scratched and > very light. I highlighted it in pink and used a magnifying glass to read > the > words.. If you find errors, let me know. > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 270.14.96/2548 - Release Date: 12/05/09 19:41:00