Lash, Isaac Jefferson - 1859-1921

HODGES, LASH, MCCURDY, PEARSON, REDDING, SHIP, SWEEM, WARD

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 3/21/2026 at 14:23:02

Bellefountaine News
Isaac Lash died Nov. 16, 1921, and was laid to rest in Bellefountaine cemetery Friday afternoon, Nov. 18. Besides all the members of his immediate family being present, relatives from out of town were Mrs. Jane Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCurdy and son, Mrs. J. B. Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ship, all of Oskaloosa; Mrs. Redding and sister, of Harvey; Frank Sweem, of Knoxville, and Will Hodges, of Oskaloosa.
Source: Oskaloosa, Iowa Saturday Globe, 26 Nov 1921

Isaac Lash was taken with a hemorrhage of the nose last Friday night, which was so severe he was thought to be dead at one time. Mr. Lash had quite a time last year with cancer on his face, which had given him no bother since he was operated on. Bellefountain Correspondence.
Source: Oskaloosa Daily Herald; August 25, 1921, page 6

Evans McCleery FH record book 6 pg 174
Marion Co. Death Book 3, page 312:
Lash, Isaac J., male, 62y, d. 16 Nov 1921, b. at -, d. at Tracy, COD: nephritis, bur: -

Marion County Death Cert. #63-0109: (from State Historical Library)
d. Nov. 16, 1921 at Tracy, Marion Co, IA. Age at death was 62y9m16d. Born Feb. 22, 1859 at Keokuk, Iowa to J.G.B. Lash (b. IN) and Egindom (b. IN) Informant was Roy Lash of Tracy, Iowa Cause of death was chronic nephritis and Oedema of lungs. Occupation: Section Foreman
Buried at Bellfountain Cem on Nov. 18, 1921 - Robert H. Evans, Undertaker of Knoxville, IA