This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#594801) Ella Noble <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=594801> AUTHOR: Lynn McCleary DATE: 4/18/2016 at 15:49:40 Surnames: NOBLE,HILLER,SMITH Muscatine Journal & News Tribune Friday, 12 May 1922 pg 7 Mrs. Frank Noble, of Toolesboro, is Dead at Iowa City Oakville, Ia., May 12 The death of Mrs. Frank Noble, a prominent young woman of the Tooolesboro neighborhood, occurred Thursday evening at a hospital at Iowa City, following a critical operations. The body will be brought here and the funeral will be held from the Toolesboro church Saturday afternoon at 2 oclock. Burial will probably be in the Parsons cemetery. Mrs. Noble, whose maiden name was Ella Hiller, was born on a farm in Jefferson township May 15, 1888. She was married to Mr. Noble, June 3, 1912. The family lived here for awhile and then moved to Lansing, Ia., They returned to their farm home here in March of this year. Besides her husband, Mrs. Noble is survived by two children, Lavera, aged 6, and Martha aged 4; two brothers, Will and Lavern, both of Oakville, and a sister, Mrs. Grace Smith, of Lansing, Ia.
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#594187) Carma Jane Norton <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=594187> AUTHOR: Lynn McCleary DATE: 4/11/2016 at 15:28:04 Surnames: NORTON,JOHNSTON,DUNCAN Muscatine Journal Mon. 16 Nov 1981 pg 13 Columbus Junction Carma Jane Norton, 65, 1221 Ridge Dr., Columbus Junction, died Sunday at the Colonial Manor Care Center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. Rev. Denley Ganfield will officiate. Burial will be in the Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation is Tuesday and until service time on Wednesday. The daughter of George and Jessie Johnston, she was born Feb. 21, 1916. Her marriage to Clair Red Norton took place July 10, 1938, in Kahoka., Mo. She was a member of the Emma Beckman Chapter OES and the United Presbyterian Church. She had formerly owned and operated the Norton Gift Shop in Columbus Junction. Survivors include her husband and one brother, Dean Duncan of Grover City, Calif.
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#579231) Guy Swails <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=579231> AUTHOR: Lynn McCleary DATE: 12/11/2015 at 12:19:17 Surnames: SWAILS,ORR,RYAN,GRANT,SCHAER,BLAIR,CRIST Burlington Hawk Eye 2, Burlington, Iowa December 29, 1961 page 21 Guy Swails, 81, Wapello, died Friday morning at Mercy Hospital, where he had been a patient one week. The son of Frank and Mary Orr Swails, he was born Oct. 16, 1880 at Conesville, Iowa. He married Julia Ryan in St. Marys Church at Nichols, Iowa. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife; six children, Mrs. Geraldine Gerth, Wapello; Donald Swails, Wapello; Mrs. Dorothy Grant, Delmar; Paul Swails, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Alice Schaer, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Pauline Blair, Morning Sun; 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren; two brothers Vern Swailes 1316 Griswold, Burlington; Arthur Swails, Conesville; one sister, Mrs. Grace Crist, Conesville. The body is at the Dugeon McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello. Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa Sunday December 31, 1961 Services for Guy Swails, Wapello, who died Friday at Mercy hospital at Burlington will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Dudgeon-McCulley funeral home at Wapello. Burial will be at Wapello Cemetery.
Christmas time is near and what a great time it is to consider giving back to others in the form of some of your time, as others have given to you along your genealogical path. Have you ever thought about becoming a volunteer county coordinator? IAGenWeb is one of the best genealogy groups to be a part of. We strive to provide the best research assistance possible. Everyone helps each other with web skills, data sources for transcribing records, suggestions for answering researchers' questions, etc. If you would like to know more about what's needed, visit the Volunteer Primer page at [1]http://iagenweb.org/state/primer.htm . But don't stop there! Visit a variety of the web sites that have active county coordinators and look over those needing someone permanent. The links are available at [2]http://iagenweb.org/state/cc_coun.php . They will give you a great idea of what's involved in being a county coordinator. Then, when you've decided which available county you would like to coordinate, send us an email designating the county of your choice and asking any questions you may have at [3]welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org . Join Our Team! Constance and Kris IAGenWeb Welcome Hostesses References 1. http://iagenweb.org/state/primer.htm 2. http://iagenweb.org/state/cc_coun.php 3. mailto:3]3]welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#575639) Fred Wagner 1866 - 1936 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=575639> AUTHOR: Phyllis Hazen DATE: 11/8/2015 at 14:45:43 Surnames: WAGNER,MCNAMER,BARNARD,GAGE FRED WAGNER, 70, DIES IN JUNCTION FORMER BUSINESS MAN SUCCUMBS AFTER SHORT ILLNESS FUNERAL THURS. COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Sept.-1 Fred Wagner, 70, died this morning at 12:30 following an illness of several days at his home here. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two oclock at the Fredonia Methodist church in charge of Rev. V. A. Bloomquist. Burial will be in the Cedar Bethel church northeast of here. Mr. Wagner was born in this vicinity May 13, 1866, and had spent his entire life here. He was in the grocery business here for a period of years. The survivors are his widow who was formerly Miss Lilly McNamer of Columbus Junction, a daughter, Mrs. Arthur Barnard, a grandson, Howard Barnard, and a sister, Mrs. Noah Gage of Letts. The Washington Democrat Independent Thursday, 3 September 1936, page 1
Have you ever thought about becoming a volunteer county coordinator? IAGenWeb is one of the best genealogy groups to be a part of. We strive to provide the best research assistance possible. Everyone helps each other with web skills, data sources for transcribing records, suggestions for answering researchers’ questions, etc. If you would like to know more about what’s needed, visit the Volunteer Primer page at [1]http://iagenweb.org/state/primer.htm . But don’t stop there! Visit a variety of the web sites that have active county coordinators and look over those needing someone permanent. The links are available at [2]http://iagenweb.org/state/cc_coun.php . They will give you a great idea of what’s involved in being a county coordinator. Then, when you’ve decided which available county you would like to coordinate, send us an email designating the county of your choice and asking any questions you may have at [3]welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org . Join Our Team! Constance Diamond and Kris Meyer IAGenWeb Welcome Hostesses References Visible links 1. http://iagenweb.org/state/primer.htm 2. http://iagenweb.org/state/cc_coun.php 3. mailto:welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org Hidden links: 4. http://iagenweb.org/state/primer.htm
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#571895) WILLIAM STROUSE <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=571895> AUTHOR: Judy Kelley DATE: 10/4/2015 at 16:59:35 Surnames: STROUSE Source: LCHS scrapbook; newspaper clipping Word was received this morning (Wednesday) of th e death of Wm. Strouse, who died at his home on Muscatine Island, at 1 o'clock a.m., cause of his death being a cancer. Funeral occurred Thursday at 2 p.m. from the family residence. Rev. Hummel pastor of the M. E. church will conduct the funeral services.
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#571888) WILLIAM H. ELLIS <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=571888> AUTHOR: Judy Kelley DATE: 10/4/2015 at 16:20:51 Surnames: ELLIS WILLIAM H. ELLIS COMMITS SUICIDE WELL KNOWN FORMER RESIDENT OF LETTS SUICIDES. Despondency Over Family Troubles Causes William H. Ellis to Blow Out His Brain in Moline. Lying faced downwards with his head in a pool of blood and a revolver tightly clasped in his hand, W. H. Ellis, a former resident of Letts, was found dead in a Moline hotel by one of the chamber maids. Mr. Ellis moved from Letts about a year ago to Watertown, where he was residing at the time of his death. On Friday afternoon he left his home, saying that he was going to Silvis to see a man on business and that he would not be gone longer than two hours. Sunday afternoon he rented a room at the Arlington hotel in Moline about 4 o'clock. He was not seen again until Monday morning when one of the chamber maids went into the room to change the linen. He was found lying dead on the floor, and in the room was a new package of envelopes and paper and a box of cartridges, which indicate that he had prepared everything for committing suicide. No one heard the shot fired, as there were only two rooms on the same floor that were occupied at that time. LEFT HOME FRIDAY. It was learned yesterday that he had stayed all of Saturday night at the St. James hotel in Davenport, but his whereabouts the rest of the time cannot be ascertained. His son, Bruce testified that his father had no business troubles that he knew of and that his father had never said anything about committing suicide. Mr. Ellis went to Watertown a year ago last August and in the time had built up a large trade in the grocery line and had made many friends who are deeply shocked at this occurrence. Source: Newspaper clipping with handwritten date of March 1, 1908
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#569719) Richard Woodington Enlow <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=569719> AUTHOR: Lynn McCleary DATE: 9/13/2015 at 09:39:44 Surnames: ENLOW RICHARD WOODINGTON ENLOW Richard "Rick" Enlow passed peacefully September 14, 2014, surrounded by his family. A devoted family man, Richard was moved to help those in need through his service to God. Born August 27, 1953, he was a graduate of Shawnee Mission North. He is survived by wife Nancy, mother Virginia Enlow, sister Vicki and brother Chris, children Whitney, Nathan and Brett, grandchildren Beckett and Beritt. Memorial service will be Saturday, September 20th, at 3PM, at The Journey West County, 625 Meramec Station Road, Manchester, MO 63021. In lieu of flowers, family requests donations to The Journey's Benevolence Fund whose support and generosity through Richard's health battle sustained and blessed our family. Note: Burial was made in Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun, Iowa. Published in Kansas City Star on Sept. 20, 2014
Fall's cool temperatures and beautiful colors, football and genealogy! What more can you ask for at this time of the year!?! Here at IAGenWeb [1]http://iagenweb.org/ we have a great "team" of orphan counties just waiting for someone to help them cross that goal line for a touch down! Our "team" (Adams, Clinton, Greene, Guthrie, Ida, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Lyon, Mahaska, Poweshiek and Sac) comes in all sizes, strengths and they cross the State of Iowa. They all want and need a new 'coach' with that Iowa winning attitude. So if you have a connection to Iowa and want to be a part of a winning team, check out our "special team" and chose the member you feel you can be the big winner with, that you can bring across the goal line. Once you decide on that 'member' then contact the Welcome Hostess at [2]welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org and let us know you are interested and would like more information on what it takes to become a CC of this IAGenWeb great team. We will be happy to send you the information and answer your questions. We look forward to hearing from you! Constance & Kris Welcome Hostess [3]welcome_to@iagenweb@iagenweb.org References 1. http://iagenweb.org/ 2. mailto:welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org 3. mailto:welcome_to@iagenweb@iagenweb.org
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#566597) John Clement <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=566597> AUTHOR: Lynn McCleary DATE: 8/17/2015 at 10:18:31 Surnames: CLEMENT Muscatine Journal Tuesday, March 27, 1900 pg 4 Dead Body Found Supposed to Be That of John Clement Who Disappeared from Wapello. Oakville, Iowa, March 26 The body of an unknown man was discovered by Jim Ricer, of this city, about one-half mile east of the Iowa river bridge. The man was apparently 5œ feet in height. The body was badly decomposed. It wore brown clothes, one gold filled tooth above, one tooth gone below: wore a white shirt; black four-in-hand necktie, no shoes, red silk handkerchief in one pocket, white handkerchief in the other pocket. It is thought by some to be the body of John Clement, who wandered away from Wapello, February 8, 1899.
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#565534) Thomas Robert Jones <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=565534> AUTHOR: Lynn McCleary DATE: 8/3/2015 at 12:35:16 Surnames: JONES Muscatine Journal, Monday Jan. 31, 1977 page 5 Columbus. Jct. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Stacy Lewis Funeral Home for Thomas Robert Jones, 85, who died at 2:50 p.m. Sunday at University Hospital, Iowa City. Burial will be in the Cambrian Cemetery. Mr. Jones was born May 28, 1891, at Penarbrymian, Wales, the son of Thomas and Jane (Jones) Jones. He was a retired farmer, veteran of World War II, 50 year member of the Allen Wright Hanft American Legion Post 100 and a member of the Central Welsh Choir, Chicago, and the Salem United Presbyterian church. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and one brother
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#565533) Russell George "Bub" Mellinger <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=565533> AUTHOR: Lynn McCleary DATE: 8/3/2015 at 12:33:50 Surnames: MELLINGER,INGERSOLL,SWAFFORD HAYES,REYNOLDS Muscatine Journal, Monday Jan. 31, 1977 page 5 Oakville - Russell George Bub Mellinger, 84, Oakville, died Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the Burlington Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Oakville United Methodist Church. Rev. Clarence Burns will officiate. Burial will be in the Edwards Cemetery near Oakville under the direction of Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, Wapello. Bub Melinger was born Dec. 18, 1892 in Louisa County, the son of Frank and Mary Ingersoll Melinger. He married Grace Swafford Sept. 2, 1923, at Burlington. For 35 years postmaster and a rural mail carrier at Oakville. He was a veteran of World War I having served in the Navy, was a member of the Oakville American Legion and World War I Barracks. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Jane) Hayes of Oakville two grandchildren a brother, Perry of Davenport; a sister Mrs. Bessie Reynolds of Ottumwa. He was preceded in death by a brother.
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#565532) Lester Edwin "Ted" Arnold <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=565532> AUTHOR: Lynn McCleary DATE: 8/3/2015 at 12:32:11 Surnames: ARNOLD,BURTON,IVINS,ATKINS,LONG,TEBBS Muscatine Journal, Monday Jan. 31, 1977 page 5 Wapello - Lester Edwin Ted Arnold, 66 Wapello, died at 8:40 p.m. Saturday at the University Hospital, Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Dugeon-McCulley Funeral Home, Wapello. Burial will be in the Wapello Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight. Ted Arnold was born June 7, 1910 at Denmark, Iowa, the son of Lester and Lydia Burton Arnold. He married Myrtle Ivins Oct. 5 1935 at For Madison. He was a retired Wapello City Marshal. Surviving are his wife; a son, Lester f Wapello; a daughter, Levira Atkins of Atalissa; nine grandchildren; a brother, Robert of Galesburg, Ill.; and two sisters Mrs. Helen Long of Carthage, Ill., and Mrs. Edna Tebbs of Jefferson City, Mo. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and one sister.
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#565531) Thomas Russell Weiser <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=565531> AUTHOR: Lynn McCleary DATE: 8/3/2015 at 12:29:49 Surnames: WEISER,BUTLER Muscatine Journal, Monday Jan. 31, 1977 page 5 Wapello Thomas Russell Weiser, 82, Wapello, died Sunday at the Burlington Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Dugeon McCulley Funeral Home, Wapello. Rev. Jerold Swinton will officiate and burial will be in the Wapello Cemetery. Thomas Weiser was born Feb. 14, 1894, at Wapello, the son of Zacharius and Elizabeth Harris Weiser. He married Ethel Butler April 10, 1924, at Burlington. A retired printer, he was a veteran of World War 1 having served in the Army. Surviving are his wife; a son Robert of Burlington; and two grandchildren.
August is that time of the year for our great county fairs and community festivals! County fairs bring us a fun time for cotton candy, carnival games, carnival rides and country rodeos. Community country festivals bring us hand made quilts, tatting, home made jams, jellies and pies and more games and country fun. And we at IAGenWeb have a great county genealogy 'festival' to enjoy and you wont want to miss! If you have a connection to Iowa come to our 'festival'. Our festival is a celebration of our 'orphan counties' all waiting for that special new coordinator and becoming that big 'Blue Ribbon' winner. Wont you check out our 'festival celebration' of our orphan counties: Adams, Greene, Guthrie, Ida, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Lyon, Mahaska, Poweshiek and Sac Counties, see which one fits you best, they all want and need a CC to lead them. Do you have the country pioneer spirit as our ancestors did when they celebrated Iowa? If you see a county that fits for you and you would like to be that "Blue Ribbon Winner CC" contact the Welcome Hostesses [1]welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org and request more information about adopting one of our counties and request an application. We look forward to hearing from you soon! IAGenWeb Welcome Hostesses Constance & Kris [2]welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org References 1. mailto:welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org 2. mailto:welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#564881) KELLER, Elsie V.: Died 1984 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=564881> AUTHOR: Volunteer: Sher DATE: 7/28/2015 at 12:17:53 Surnames: KELLER,FOX,CHARBONNEAUX,HAINES,WIX,ASCHE,BECKER,FULLER The Fairfield Ledger Saturday, June 30, 1984 Elsie Keller rites Tuesday Elsie V. Keller, 78, died Friday at 4:15 p.m. at the Jefferson County Hospital where she had been a resident of Parkview Care Center. Services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Behner Funeral Home with the Rev. Ed. Parker officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Family visitation will be held Monday evening from 7 to 8 at the funeral home. Mrs. Keller was a 40-year resident of Jefferson County. She was born July 22, 1905 in Oakville, Iowa, the daughter of Louis N. and Carrie Fox Charbonneaux. She was married to George Keller July 25, 1923 in Mount Pleasant. He died June 13, 1969. Mrs. Keller was a member of the Suburban Heights Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Carrie Haines, Fairfield, and Betty Wix, Shirley, Ark.; and one son, Mark Keller, Fairfield. Also surviving are 19 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and the following sisters and brother: Helen Asche, Garner, Iowa; Mary Becker, Utica, Ill.; Edna Fuller, Ottawa, Ill.; and George Charbonneaux, Utica, ill. One son, five brothers and two sisters are deceased. (Transcribed for genealogy purposes only. I am of no relation.)
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#564879) SPATES, Charels D.: Died 1984 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=564879> AUTHOR: Volunteer: Sher DATE: 7/28/2015 at 12:10:22 Surnames: SPATES The Fairfield Ledger Thursday, July 26, 1984 Friday rites for C. Spates Services for Charles D. Spates, 68, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church with the Rev. Clair Odell officiating. Burial will be in the Letts Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. this evening at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Church or the Heart Fund. Spates died Tuesday morning at University Hospitals in Iowa City where he had been a patient over two weeks. (Transcribed for genealogy purposes only. I am of no relation.)
What a great time it is ... we are about to celebrate the Independence of our county! And there is no better way to remember our ancestors who gave us our Independence than by celebrating and recording their lives as best we can. What better place to begin that preservation of history than at IAGenWeb! If you have a connection to Iowa, you are invited to join our Independence Day Celebration at IAGenWeb! Don't forget to visit our 'orphan' counties (Adams, Boone, Butler, Greene, Guthrie, Ida, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Lyon, Mahaska and Sac) when you stop by! See which one fits you best, they all want and need a CC to lead them, one who has the pioneer spirit as our ancestors did when they came to Iowa. If you see a county that fits for you and you would like to be that "new CC" contact the Welcome Hostesses [1]welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org and request more information about adopting one of our counties and an application. Help us Honor your Iowa ancestors, become a member of our team! IAGenWeb Welcome Hostesses Constance & Kris [2]welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org References Visible links 1. mailto:welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org 2. mailto:welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org Hidden links: 3. mailto:welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org 4. mailto:welcome_to_iagenweb@iagenweb.org
This is a Message Board Post. Reply to the message or author by clicking on the link below. *************************************************************************** MESSAGE: (#561624) James Wesley Hammond 1890 - 1939 <http://iagenweb.org/boards/louisa/obituaries/index.cgi?rev=561624> AUTHOR: Phyllis Hazen DATE: 6/25/2015 at 11:10:48 Surnames: HAMMOND,CARPENTER,GENTZLER,BLIVEN,JONES J. W. Hammond, Louisa Resident Called in Death Columbus Junction J. W. Hammond, 48, died at 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon at his home eight miles southwest of Columbus Junction. He had been in failing health the last two years. James Wesley Hammond was born at Hutchison, Kans., June 12, 1890, and came when a baby with his parents, Fenton and Clara Carpenter Hammond, to Columbus Junction. His home has since been in this community. On Sept. 29, 1913, he married miss Matie Gentzler, who survives him. Surviving also are two sons, Robert and Donald, at home, and two brothers, Albert Hammond of Columbus Junction; Calvin Hammond, of Stuart, and two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Bliven and Mrs. Violet Jones, of Columbus Junction. Short funeral services will be held at 1:15 Thursday afternoon at the Richie Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, and at two oclock at the Cotter Presbyterian church, where he was a member. The Rev. M. a. Robeson will be in charge of the services. Burial will be in the Columbus City cemetery. The Muscatine Journal and News Tribune Wednesday, 29 March 1939, page 7