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CEMETERY OBITUARIES
CHARLESTON CEMETERY
Jennie Andrews 1890-1987
ANDREWS, ALSTON, LAWSON
The Burlington Hawkeye, Sunday April 12, 1987, page 10B
Jennie Andrews
Former Argyle resident, Jennie Andrews, 97, died Saturday, April 11 at
the West
Point Care Center.
She was born Feb. 9, 1890, at Charleston to Lewis and Isadora Alston
Lawson.
She married Reuben Andrews, June 11, 1909, at Fort Madison.
Mrs. Andrews spent most of her life in the Charleston and Argyle
communities.
She was a member of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints.
She is survived by a son, Lowell E. Andrews of Fort Madison; four
grandchildren; and 10 great-granchildren.
A funeral for Mrs. Andrews will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Hofbauer Funeral Home in Donnellson with the
Rev. Wilber
Tripp officiating. Burial will be in Charleston cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral
home.
Posted by Debbie, volunteer
Jacob Schwarsentruber
SCHWARSENTRUBER, SCHOENE, WAHRER, HIRSCHLER, MARKS, HEAFFNER, WOODSON,
ALLEN,
RENZ
At an early hour Tuesday morning Feb. 1,1916 death claimed our beloved
pioneer,
Jacob Schwarzentruber. He passed away at
1:30 a.m. at
the age of 75 years, 7 months and 11days. Deceased was born in Ohio the
21st
day of June 1840. He came to Iowa, with his parents when he was 4 years
old and
has been a resident of Lee County ever since. He was united in marriage
to
Christina Schoene (her maiden name
Christina Wahrer), June 2nd 1878. He was
the father of eight children, one son
Joseph preceded the father to the grave.
Deceased is survived by his widow, two sons and five daughters, Charles
Schwarzentruber at home, Daniel of Cedar
Rapids, Mrs. Emma Hirschler of California,
Mrs. Mollie Marks of Keokuk, Mrs.
Bertha Heaffner of Jefferson township,
Mrs. Clara
Woodson of Mt. Hamill and Miss Dora Schwarzentruber at home, and two step children,
Wm. Schoene of Donnellson and Mrs. Louise
Allen of Stronghurst, Ill. Also five brothers, two
sisters and eight grandchildren, besides hosts of friends.
Funeral services were held from the Baptist church Thursday afternoon
at 2
o'clock, Rev. Kreiss of Donnellson
officiating.
Inturment
in the Charleston Cemetery.
The pall bearers were George Renz, Jacob Wahrer and his four brothers, John Schwarzentruber
of Neb. and Daniel, Chris and Peter of Illinois.
(This obituary is on file at the Donnellson Public Library Genealogy
section. Name of newspaper unknown.)
Posted By: Connie Street,
volunteer
SWINDERMAN, MRS.
AMANDA
Swinderman, Bossler, McChord,
Swayer, Griswold, Pezley
23 February 1922 "Montrose Journal"
Mrs. Amanda SWINDERMAN
died at the
home of her niece, Mrs. O. A. BOSSLER. Amanda MCCHORD was the daughter
of
Joseph S. and Margaret SAWYER MCCHORD, natives of Oh.,
came to Iowa in 1853, settled on a farm near Montrose, where she was
born 3 May
1854. She married Casper SWINDERMAN 3 March 18?(1875)
And had nine?, children. All living; Mrs. Simson
(Simeon)GRISWOLD, Mrs. Harry PEZLEY, of Ft.
Madison,
Lawrence, William, I cant make out any more, go back to his obit for
the
rest of it.
(Parenthesis- my
corrections-Carol
Griswold Salli)
Buried
Charleston cemetery in a metallic vault.
SWINDERMAN,
CASPER
Names:
Swinderman, McChord,Griswold, Pezley,
Smith
19 Jan 1922
Montrose Journal
Casper SWINDERMAN died at his home in Charleston, 12 January. He was
born in
St. Louis, Missouri and as a child, moved with his parents to LaSalle
Co.
Illinois. Came to Iowa in 1870 and located at Sandusky. In 1877, he
moved to
Charleston Twp. He married Amanda MCCHORD in 1875, a native of Lee Co.
She
survives as well as the following children, Lawrence J., WIlliam,
Walter, Frank, and Edward of Charleston, Joseph and Charles of
Carthage, S. D.
and Mrs. Sim GRISWOLD and Mrs. Harry
PEZLEY of Ft.
Madison, 26 grandchildren, two brothers, Wm. of Maryville, Kansas,
George of
Boise, Id., Mrs. John SMITH of Bellingham, Wa. Buried in the
Charleston
cemetery in a metallic vault.