Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/128 Surname: Hogan ------------------------- Looking for obit for Robert Hogan who died in 1984 in Keokuk, IA. Desperately needing information for verification, but unable to travel to the area and haven't had any luck anywhere else. Can anyone help? Sent email to Keokuk paper, but not getting anything back. Thank you for any help in advance.
Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/127 Surname: BURKE, FANNING ------------------------- Keokuk Iowa Daily Gate City Newspaper Tuesday Jan. 3 1905 page 7 MRS. FANNING PASSED AWAY. Deceased Was Respected by a Large Acquaintance. Mrs. Bridget BURKE FANNING passed away at her home at No. 23 North Twelfth Street at 6 o'clock Sunday evening, he demise resulting from the effect of injuries received in a fall which occurred on December 27. The decreased was a consistent member of Saint Francis de Sales church and was a woman for whom the highest respect was entertained by her acquaintances and friends. Mrs. FANNING was possessed of many admirable traits of character and was one of the most devoted of mothers. Her death will produce sorrow in many circles. Mrs. FANNING was born in Birr, now Parsonstown, Kings County, Ireland, on July 15, 1830, and was therefore seventy-four years, five months, and eighteen days of age at the time of her death, having been blessed to reach a ripe old age before departing this world the results of an accident. The family came to America in 1839 and located a Marietta, Ohio. She was married in 1849 to John FANNING, the ceremony taking place in the Cathedral at Cincinnati and they resided in the city until 1853 when they came to Keokuk, this city having been her residence ever since. Three children are left to mourn the loss of a good mother and grandmother. They are: C. E. FANNING and four children of Davenport, G. W. FANNING and five children of the city and Miss Helen M. FANNING also of Keokuk.
Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/125 Surname: BURKE, McCUNE, LYNCH, TORPEY, DOLAN, FANNING ------------------------- Keokuk Iowa Daily Gate City Newspaper Tuesday Morning September 6, 1887 page 7 CAPTAIN JAMES E. BURKE An old and generally respected resident of Keokuk died at 7:45 o'clock Sunday evening, Capt. James E. BURKE passed away at his residence, No. 704 Orleans Street. He was seized with a fatal illness two weeks ago, since which time he has continued to fail in strength. General debility and old are assigned as the causes of his death. Captain BURKE was in the seventy-third year of his age and was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1815. In 1836 he came to the United States and located in Williamsport, Va., where he remained until 1849, when he became a resident of Keokuk, He conducted a mercantile business and previous to the southern waters. He married Margaret McCUNE, who died in 1871, in Ohio, and his second wife, who survives him, was a Miss LYNCH, of Carthage, ILL. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. TORPEY, of Marietta, Ohio; Mrs. P. G. DOLAN, of Raymond, Mississippi, and Mrs. John FANNING, of Keokuk. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning from St. Francis de Sales church.
Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/123 Surname: FANNING, BRUKE, WOOD ------------------------- The Daily Gate City & Constitution Democrat Newspaper Wednesday March 24, 1920, page 10 Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa G. W. FANNING DIES SUDDENLY He Was Stricken While at Work in His Cigar Store, 301 Main Street Yesterday Afternoon at 4:20 O'clock. WAS A NATIVE OF KEOKUK For Thirty-Five Years Mr. FANNING Had Been Engaged in Cigar Business in This City. George Willis FANNING died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock at his store, 302 Main Street. His death was due to an attack of heart trouble with which he was stricken without warning. Mr. FANNING had not been ill and when he left his home earlier in the afternoon appeared to be in the best of health. His sudden death comes as a shock both to his family and to his many friends in Keokuk. For thirty-five years Mr. FANNING has engaged in the cigar business at the present location if his store. The place is a landmark in the city, and always popular with its many patrons who frequently it often. During the past thirty-five years, Mr. FANNING had devoted practically all of his time to making his business a success and was duly rewarded. His integrity as a business man and citizen of Keokuk has never been doubted. He was a member of the St. Francis de Sales church and of the Knights of Columbus. George Willis FANNING was born in this city, February 1, 1861. He was the son of John and Bridget BURKE FANNING who came to Keokuk from Cincinnati early in the year 1854. Practically all of his life was lived in this community. It was in this place that he received his early education and later began his business career. On September 17, 1891, he married Miss Ida May WOOD of Canton, Mo., who survives him. Mr. and Mrs. FANNING were the parents of five children, three of whom were home yesterday at the time of their father's death, Miss Isabelle. John and Francis, and Miss Elizabeth who is attending school at Lewis Institute, Chicago, and Willis, who is at Washington University, St. Louis. The family residence is 618 Franklin Street. The survivors are his wife, the five children and one sister, Miss Ella FANNING. The funeral will be held form St. Francis de Sales church Friday morning, the hour to be announced later.
I am looking for a copy of the obit for a Robert Joseph Hogan who died in 1984 in Keokuk, IA. I have no way of visiting there and have had no luck in my search so far. Thank you in advance for any help. D. Samway
Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/120 Surname: HIGGINS, FANNING ------------------------- The Gate City Newspaper Saturday Morning March 29, 1902, Keokuk, Iowa GEORGE T. HIGGINS DIED LAST EVENING AT HIS HOME IN CHICAGO. He was a Prominent Citizen of Lee County in Early Days. SHERIFF AND CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE. He Was Connected with Many Early Business Enterprises and Was One of the Organizers of the Old Volunteer Fire Department, George T. HIGGINS died at his home in Chicago at 6:40 o'clock last evening. He was one of the most prominent of the old time citizens of Keokuk and Lee county. He came here from Cincinnati in 1853, having been born in Wheeling, Virginia, seventy-eight years ago. After his arrival he was extensively engaged in business in Keokuk in a number of lines of trade, including groceries, hardware, tinware and others. He was sheriff of Lee County from 1876 to 1880 and was well known to everybody in the county. AN ACTIVE MAN. He was the chief organizer of the old volunteer fire department of Keokuk and was the chief of that department for years. He left here in 1887 and moved to Chicago, where he has resided since. His son of the same name is the cashier of the Wabash railroad office here and left for Chicago yesterday afternoon, too late to arrive before the death of his father. Mr. HIGGINS is survived by his wife,Isabelle "Elizabeth FANNING HIGGINS three sons and three daughters. The sons are J.E. HIGGINS, also once sheriff here now of Chicago; John W. HIGGINS, who lives Chicago and is in the government work at Rock Island; and George T. HIGGINS, Jr. of this city. The daughters are Miss M. E. HIGGINS and Miss Rosa HIGGINS, of Chicago. George W. FANNING is a nephew of Mr. HIGGINS.
Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/118 Surname: HIGGINS, FANNING, LAUBERSHEIMER ------------------------- The Gate City Newspaper, Keokuk, Iowa GEORGE THOMAS HIGGINS, JR. died January 18, 1951 Geroge Thomas HIGGINS of 625 Franklin street, retired freight agent for the C.B. & Q. railroad, died at 5:15 o'clock this morning in St. Joseph hospital where he been a patient since December 16. He had been in falling heath since last August and had resigned the position of constable which he had held for several years since his retirement from the railroad. Mr. HIGGINS devoted 52 years of his life to the C. B. &Q., starting his career as a young man and was highly regarded in railroad circles. Just 10 days ago he received a letter from W. R. ELBE, general superintendent of the Burlington, saying that he had been informed that it was necessary for him "to go over the repair Track." That is a railroad expression for illness. Member of a pioneer Lee County family, he was born in Keokuk September 15, 1867, the son of George T. and Elizabeth HIGGINS (Isabelle FANNING) and spent all of his life here. His father was sheriff of Lee County for eight years. On September 18, 1890 he married Wilhelmina LAUBERSHEIMER here. He was a member of the St Francis de sales church, a charter member of DeLaSalle council, Knights of Columbus, of the Modern Woodmen and the Elks. He wife preceded him in death as did a son in infancy. Surviving are three children, Miss Cathryn at home, and Girard C. and George V. HIGGINS of Keokuk. The body is at the Greaves Mortuary where the Rosary will be recited Friday night at 8:30 o'clock. The funeral will be held Saturday at 10 a. m. in St Francis church.
Linda, Thanks for the additional info. I am assuming that Dr. HUGHS and Dr. HUGHES are one and the same. Evelyn
Go to LeeCoGenWeb site where you will find Lee county information including the names, address and telephone numbers of of the libraries. Donnellson or Keokuk would be the best to ask for informnation about Argyle http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialee Sally - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo" <jwestfal@hiwaay.net> To: <IALEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 11:58 AM Subject: [IALEE] Daniel Westfall > I am in desparate need of help! Need a list of newspapers that were published in 1911 that served Argyle in Lee County. Also need a phone number to local libraries in that area. I'm trying to find an obit on Daniel David Westfall, son of Frederick and Jemima Decker Westfall, who died in September 1911. Daniel was married to Highland Ferguson (died in Henry Co. IA in either Nov. 1894 or 1899), Nancy Williamson (died 1904) and Melvina Fickle Moore. I'm in a bind due to location and I could use a little help. Thanks so much! > > JoAnn Westfall > jwestfal@hiwaay.net > > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/ >
I am in desparate need of help! Need a list of newspapers that were published in 1911 that served Argyle in Lee County. Also need a phone number to local libraries in that area. I'm trying to find an obit on Daniel David Westfall, son of Frederick and Jemima Decker Westfall, who died in September 1911. Daniel was married to Highland Ferguson (died in Henry Co. IA in either Nov. 1894 or 1899), Nancy Williamson (died 1904) and Melvina Fickle Moore. I'm in a bind due to location and I could use a little help. Thanks so much! JoAnn Westfall jwestfal@hiwaay.net
DR. ALONZO B. HUGHES, who has been engaged in the general practice of medicine at Keokuk since 1897, was a prominent factor in educational circles of Nebraska for a number of years prior to 1894, when he came to Keokuk as professor of the chair of chemistry in the College of Physicians and Surgeons. After the consolidation of the Keokuk and the Physicians and Surgeons Colleges he became professor of materia medica and therapeutics. Dr. Hughes was born in Scotland county, Missouri, on the 9th of August, 1856, his parents being W.P. and Elizabeth Ann (Holland) Hughes, who took up their abode in Ottumwa, Wapello county, Iowa, when our subject was a small boy and subsequently removed to Des Moines, Polk county. In those two cities Alonzo B. Hughes acquired his literary training, and subsequently he followed the proffession of teaching for a period of twenty years. He also served as city superintendent of schools at Villisca, Montgomery county, this state, and at Schuyler, Nebraska. Prior to this time he acted as ward superintendent for the schools at Atlantic, Cass county, Iowa. During a period of four years he was the editor of the Nebraska School Journal. When thirty-six years of age he read medicine and after coming to Keokuk as professor of chemistry also attended lectures. At the age of forty he was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons and had the unusual distinction of signing his own diploma. In 1897 he embarked in the general practice of medicine at Keokuk and has since been accorded an extensive and gratifying patronage. Dr. Hughes was president of the State Association of Superintendents and Principals of the State of Nebraska in 1888; president of the North Nebraska Teachers' Association in 1889; president of the State Teachers' Association of Nebraska in 1890; delegate to the National Teachers' Association from Nebraska in 1890; and a member of the educational council of Nebraska in 1893 and 1894. In 1899 he was elected a member of the board of education of the city of Keokuk and has continued to serve in that capacity to the present time with the exception of one year, acting for six years as president of the body. In 1913 he was sent as a delegate from the city of Keokuk to the International Congress of School Hygiene at Buffalo, which was the first convention of its kind in the United States and the fourth to be held in any country. In 1881 Dr. Hughes was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Anderson, of Atlantic, Iowa, by whom he has two children: Gertrude, who is now Mrs. George S. Yant; and Horace C. he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and other social and Benevolent organizations. In his life are the elements of greatness because of the use he has made of his talents and his opportunities, because his thoughts are not self-centered but are given to the mastery of life problems and the fulfillment of his duty as a man in his relations to his fellowmen and as a citizen in his relations to his city, state and country. Story of Lee County, Iowa Volume II, Chicago The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company 1914 Pages 389, 390 Linda
According to my gg-grandfather's journal, there was a Dr. HUGHS in Keokuk in Nov 1857. Dr. Hughs had been recommended by the family doctor, a Dr. WALKER of Libertyville, to treat an eye ailment for my g-grandfather, then 7 years old. I wonder if Dr. Hughs taught at "the Medical Department of the University of Iowa." Funding had been arranged for this medical college with "a group of medical doctors at Keokuk" in 1848. ("A History of Iowa" by Leland L Sage, Iowa State Univ Press, 1974.) (My gg-grandfather was James H. McCUTCHEN, an ordained Methodist Episcopal minister, at that time assigned to the Libertyville circuit.) Evelyn
DR. J.C. HUGHES, of Keokuk, Iowa, occupies a prominent position in the medical fraternity of this section, begin a skilled surgeon and a valued citizen. His birthplace was Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and the date thereof March 4, 1849. He is the son of Dr. J. C. and Amanda T. (McGugin) Hughes, natives of Washington County, Pa. The former was born in April, 1821, and removed to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, twenty-four years later, where he was married in 1848. After this event he removed to Iowa, and settled in Keokuk in 1850. He received his medical education at Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Pa., and afterward graduated at the University of Maryland, in Baltimore. After coming to Keokuk Dr. Hughes associated himself with the Faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, then the medical department of the Iowa State University, and was Demonstrator of Anatomy and afterward Professor of Anatomy, following which he became Professor of Surgery and Dean of the Faculty, in which position he remained until his decease, which occurred in 1881. He was twice President of the State Medical Society, was Associate Editor of the Iowa Medical Journal, and one of the representatives of the American Medical Association to the international meeting of that body in Europe in 1866. He was also Surgeon-General of the State of Iowa, and President of the Board of Medical Examiners of the State during the war. His widow is still living in Keokuk. Their household included four children. Dr. J.C. Hughes, Jr., was the oldest child of his father's family; he received his primary education in the public schools, and in later years attended the State University at Iowa City. He entered upon the study of medicine in 1868, and graduated in 1871, receiving his diploma in that year from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Hughes was elected Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1871, and occupied that position for the four years following. He then succeeded to the Professorship of Anatomy, and during one year of this time attended the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, serving under Lister and Spencer, two of the most prominent surgeons of Scotland, and was also one of the House Surgeons in the Royal Infirmary. Upon his return to Keokuk he resumed the chair which had been filled while he was absent by Dr. North. He continued to hold this position until 1881, when he was elected Surgeon to fill the place made vacant by his father's death. The following year he was made Dean of the College and Secretary and Treasurer of the Faculty. He makes a specialty of surgery, and is considered one of the most skillful young surgeons of the Mississippi Valley. In 1880 Dr. Hughes was united in marriage with Miss Lillie Withrow, of Midway, Ky., and daughter of John S. Withrow. Of this union there has been born one son, Joseph C. Their residence is located on Seventh street, adjacent to the college, and they are the center of a large circle of warm friends and acquaintances. Politically Dr. H. affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of the State Medical, and the Keokuk Medical Societies, also the American Medical Association. Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and I.O.O.F. Portrait and Biographical Album of Lee Co., Iowa Chapman Brothers, Chicago 1887 Pages 365, 366 I hope this is of some help to you. Linda -----Original Message----- From: IowaHitch@aol.com [SMTP:IowaHitch@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 5:02 PM To: IALEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IALEE] Weismann in Wallis obit According to my gg-grandfather's journal, there was a Dr. HUGHS in Keokuk in Nov 1857. Dr. Hughs had been recommended by the family doctor, a Dr. WALKER of Libertyville, to treat an eye ailment for my g-grandfather, then 7 years old. I wonder if Dr. Hughs taught at "the Medical Department of the University of Iowa." Funding had been arranged for this medical college with "a group of medical doctors at Keokuk" in 1848. ("A History of Iowa" by Leland L Sage, Iowa State Univ Press, 1974.) (My gg-grandfather was James H. McCUTCHEN, an ordained Methodist Episcopal minister, at that time assigned to the Libertyville circuit.) Evelyn ============================== Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. http://pml.rootsweb.com/ Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.
Regarding the Keokuk College of Physicians & Surgeons, my wife's great grandfather, Dr. William Medill BAIR, b. 1856, d. 5 July 1936 in Des Moines, IA, attended a medical school in Keokuk, IA, in the late 1800s but graduated from Ensworth Medical College, St. Joseph, MO, in 1886. According to family lore, he was "fired" from the first medical school for "saving the leg of a man that he was told to amputate". I presume then, that Dr. BAIR attended Keokuk College of P&S, probably earlier in the 1880s. Does anyone know what happened to the records of students, etc., from that medical school? Did it just close or did it merge with another institution? Was it a forerunner of the University of Iowa Medial School? Bailey Francis bfran02@learnlink.emory.edu
Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/116 Surname: Weismann, Hubinger, Girard ------------------------- A recent obit posted on this site for Henry D. Wallis, who d. in 1914, mentioned that one of his daughters was Mrs. H. C. Weismann. It also mentioned that Mr. Wallis's father was "one of [the] first physicians in the area." While I can't identify Mrs. Weismann's husband, I can tell you that another of the area's early physicians was Adolph Weismann, M. D., who was first a pharmacist in the area, beginning in 1856, and then became a physician in 1863. Dr. Weismann graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Keokuk, was the Examining Surgeon for Pensions, and between 1875 and 1880, was the vice president of the Medical Society of Keokuk. A transcript of one of his reports as the examining surgeon for pensions is posted at: C:\My Documents\Genealogy\Surnames\Weismann\Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site User Home Page Genealogy Report Descendants of Louis Springer.htm. Adolph Weismann b. 1833 Germany m. Jacobina Stuckert b. c. 1835 Germany in 1855. They had eight children, one of whom died young. The surviving children were: Adolph, Jacobina, Charles, George, Mary, Ida and Anna.
Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/115 Surname: Wallis, Trebelcock, Archer, Wiesmann ------------------------- HENRY DICKENSON WALLIS Henry D. Wallis Dies in This City Today Settled in Milton Father was one of First Physicians in Vicinity Many Past Eighty years old Answers Summons at Daughters HomeFuneral Saturday Once more the hand of death has entered the ranks of the older generation of Keokuks residents who have stood among the pioneers of southeastern Iowa, and this time Henry D. Wallis for nearly a quarter of a century a resident of Keokuk and, for seventy years a resident of Iowa has answered the summons. Death was caused by a complication of diseased induced by old age and came at 4 oclock this morning at the home of Mr. Wallis daughter Mrs. H.C. Wiesmann, 1599 Exchange Street. A native of eastern Virginia, Henry Wallis came to Iowa, with his parents and settled in the vicinity of the later town of Milton. His father, Dr. Logan Wallis, was one of the earliest practicing physicians in Van Buren County and probably in southeastern Iowa. When Henry Wallis was still a youth of 19 he became a postmaster of Milton, and it was in that capacity that he met a young girl who rode to town on horseback for the mail. Courtship and marriage followed and Mr. and Mrs. Wallis made their home in Milton. Later Mr. Wallis was elected sheriff of Van Buren County and removed with his family to Keosauqua, where he is remembered by many of the older inhabitants. For many years he was in business in Keosauqua subsequent to his official service. It was about twenty-two years ago that Mr. and Mrs. Wallis came to Keokuk to make their home. They had lived for many years at 729 Carroll Street, and it was only four weeks ago that they left their own home to make their home with their daughter Mrs. Wiesmann. The aged wife Mrs. Catherine Wallis survives together with five children: Mrs. Alice Trebilcock of Ford Kansas, Mrs. Laura Archer of Seattle Washington, John C. and Delbert Wallis of Burlington Iowa and Mrs. H.C. Wiesmann of this city. The funeral will be held Saturday morning from the residence. (The Daily Constitution Democrat, Thursday Evening, July 30, 1914)
Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/114 Surname: Wallis, Martin, Triblecock, Archer, McIntosh, Wiley ------------------------- DELBERT WALLIS Delbert Wallis Dies Suddenly This Morning He was Found Dead in Bed by His Wife Who Went to Call Him at 6:30 oclock Today Delbert Wallis of 727 Bank Street was found dead in his bed this morning at 6:30 oclock, by his wife. His health had been failing for several months, but his death was sudden and unexpected. Coroner E.E. Hawks viewed the body and pronounced heart trouble the cause of Mr. Wallis death, so no inquest will be held. Mr. Wallis was fifty-nine years old at the time of his death. He was married for the second time to Katharine Martin in 1902 and is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Catherine Wallis, and one brother John C. Wallis all of this city. Two sisters, Mrs. Alice Triblecock of Kansas and Mrs. Laura Archer of Seattle Washington, and four children by a previous marriage: Mrs. Laura Mc Intosh of Wayland Missouri, Mrs. Cleva Wiley of Keosauqua Iowa, Nellie and Star Wallis both of Minnesota. Fourteen grandchildren also survive him. Arrangements for the funeral will be announced later. (From Daily Gate City Keokuk Iowa, April 1, 1924)
Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/113 Surname: Wallis, Brooks, Trebelcock, ARcher ------------------------- CATHERINE L. WALLIS Mrs. C. Wallis Dies on Thanksgiving Day The death of Mrs. Catherine L. Wallis occurred Thursday morning at four oclock at Graham hospital, where she has been a patient since July 21 of this year. Death finally resulted from pneumonia, from which Mrs. Wallis was unable to recover, owing to her advanced age. Catherine L. Brooks was born February 17, 1838, and died November 27, 1924, at the age of eighty-six years, nine months and ten days. She was united in marriage to H.D. Wallis at Milton Iowa in 1854. Mr. Wallis preceded his wife in death in July 1914. The family came to Keokuk in 1890, in which city Mrs. Wallis lived until her death. Her home was at 727 Carroll Street for a number of years. She was affiliated with the Methodist Protestant Church. Mrs. Wallis is survived by the following children: Mrs. Alice Trebelcock of Dodge City Kansas, Mrs. I.F. Archer of Seattle Washington and J.C. Wallis of Keokuk Iowa. Seventeen grandchildren and several great grandchildren also survive. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at ten oclock from the residence of J.C. Wallis 1126 Blondeau Street. (From The Daily Gate City and Constitutional Democrat November 28, 1924)
Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeObits/112 Surname: Wallis, Matheney ------------------------- J.C. Wallis Dies at Home Last Evening His Death was Sudden and was Due to an Attack of Heart Trouble, Which Occurred after He Retired J.C. Wallis, local manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Companys Shop and the Art Shop died at his home, 1124 Blondeau Street, last night at 11:50 oclock. His death was due to an attack of heart trouble, and his illness was of brief duration. He had been at his shop as usual yesterday, and felt as well as usual when he retired. John Carr Wallis was born July 24, 1871 in Milton Iowa, and was the son of Henry D. and Catherine L. Wallis. He came to Keokuk when he was twenty-two years old, and had made his home here since. He was married in 1893 to in Dumas Missouri to Carrie Matheney, who survives him together with one son, Harry A. Wallis of Long Beach California and two grandchildren. Mr. Wallis has been associated with business interests of Keokuk since he came here, and within the last few years opened an art shop in addition to his other interests. Mr. Wallis was kind and affectionate and he made many friends, who will regret to learn of his passing. He was friendly and jolly in his nature and as a businessman was well known and respected. In his church affiliations Mr. Wallis was a Methodist, and belonged to Trinity Church. Fraternally he was a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Modern Woodmen. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made as Mrs. Wallis is awaiting the arrival of her son from Long Beach before making any arrangements, The body will remain at the Keokuk Funeral Home until Tuesday, when further arrangements will be made. (From the Daily Gate City Paper November 1, 1929)
Searching for descendants of Anna Maria Theresia Rempe-(Sygemeyer) born January 28, 1822 in Anreppen Westphalia. Married Stephen Hermesmeier 1844, in Anreppen, Children Franz Herrman b. 1844(?) and Anna Maria b. 1846. Theresia was a sister of Herman REMPE, and Frederick Wilhlem REMPE, and Catharia REMPE ,m Heinrich Wibelor, C. 1851. All four of the Rempe's emigrated, and lived in Fort Madison, Lee Iowa, around 1852. Any information appreciated. Ruby C Rempe