Baker, Sophia Strewe -
Relatives
here have received the following notice of the death of Mrs. S. R. Baker: Mrs.
S. R. Baker passed away Thursday morning at 5 o'clock after six months of
suffering.
Sophia Strewe was born May 14, 1884, in Cass Co. She moved to
Madison, S. D., at the age of 21 years, and was united in marriage to Schuyler
R. Baker. To this union were born five children. Mrs Baker
united with the church of
Christ in
1917, and had since been a faithful worker, acting as Sunday school secretary
for many years. Evidence of her Bible study is given by the many marked passages
in her much used Bible.
Mrs. Baker
is preceded in death by her son, John R., and her husband and one sister and
mother and father. She was 44 years, 1 month and 14 days old at the time of her
death.
She leaves
to mourn her loss four children, Wm. E., of Mitchell S. D., Chas. L., Grace M.,
and Clarence R. at home; two sisters Mrs. Mary Brooks, Mrs. Martha
Irving; five brothers, Glenn, Herbert, Sam, Charley and John, and a
large number of relatives and friends.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday July 12,
1928
Banks, Helen Levon -
The
10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Banks, Helen Levon,
who lives between New Market and Clarinda, was killed instantly
Sunday evening when
the Ford in which the parents and two daughters were riding caught the rear wheel
of another car on the highway No. 3 near New Market, and turned completely
over. The family had
been visiting at Kellerton that day with Mr. Banks
father, and were just west of New Market on the first hill when they had
the accident. An approaching car evidently blinded Mr. Banks, and he did not
see that ahead of him were two boys changing a tire. The Banks Ford caught the
rear wheel of the parked car and was turned one revolution to right
itself on its wheels.
Helen with her mother, who was also hurt, were taken to the
office of Dr. Mc -Colom in New Market, Mrs Banks later being taken to the O.E. Dougherty home, and
on to the Dave Todd home, with her parents to recuperate. She has internal injuries, but it is hoped
they will not prove serious. Mr. Banks
nor the younger sister were neither hurt.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 26, 1928
Cochrane, William H. -
William H. Cochrane, 72 years old mayor of Corning, died at
his home at I o’clock Monday evening from pneumonia. He was representative of Adams county in the thirty-fifth general assembly.
Surviving besides his widow are four children, Walter of
Corning, Mrs.
John Muhr, and Mrs. Lester Smith, both of Corning, and
William who lives in South Dakota.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday May 3, 1928
Dockstader,
Marietta Griffin
Death of Former Citizen
The following letter from H.
Lupton is self explanatory. Mr Lupton, early editor
and owner of The Time-Table, continues, after all of these years, his interest
in the old home town.
Marietta Guffin Dockstader, late of 1194 S. High St., mother of Mrs.
W. I. Fritz, Mrs. T. E. Shaw of Oakland, Calif., and George A. Dockstader of Sawtell, Calif.
Brother Gray:
I enclose clipping from a Denver
daily of June 1st, in regard to the death of Mrs. Dockstader,
and an explanation will say she was the wife of K. Dockstader,
who died several years ago. They were among the early settlers of Lenox. Mr. Dockstader built the elevator at Lenox and operated it,
buying
and shipping grain for many years.
The Dockstader home was just out of the city limits of the northwest section, on the farm
purchased of G. W. Cahill by Mr. Dockstader.
The W. G. Fritz spoken of was born
at the south end of Main street in Lenox; learned the
druggist business, working in Scroggs & Tyler's
drug store and set up in business in Clearfield, which he made a success
of. The Dockstader family were highly respected in Lenox and their
departure for Denver about
twenty years ago was regretted by all. H. Lupton, Fort
Morgan, Col
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa
Thursday June 7, 1928
Dockstader,
Marietta Griffin
Marietta Guffin was born in Gressnor’s Corner, N.Y., January 12, 1844 and died May 31, 1928 at Denver, Colo., aged 84
years, 4 months and 13 days. She was the
third of ten children born to Josiah and Sara Guffin.
In 1868 the family came from New York to make their home at Malaugin's Grove, Ill.
October 26th,
1869 she was married to Knelon Doekstader,
who passed to his reward June 1. 1922. In 1880, they came to Conway, and in September 1883, to Lenox, where
they lived until in 1908, when the moved to Colordado.
Mrs. Doekstader is survived by three children. Mrs. Eula Fritz,
of Denver, Colo.: Mrs. Gracia Shaw, of Berkley.
Calif.: and George A., of Los Angeles, Calif.; two brothers. Chas. T., of West
Brooklyn, Ill., and Chester A., of Minneapolis, Minn., two granddaughters, two
great grandsons, one brother-in-law, I. Shafer, and a number of nieces and
nephews. Nieces Mary Bradshaw of
Chicago, and Etta Shafer were present.
When 16
years old she united with the Baptist church and in later years with the
Christian church at Lenox, in which she was an active worker and will be
remembered by many for the messages which she brought to them in song.
For the last
eight months of her life she was nearly helpless, but was very sweet and
patient while waiting for the summons over there.
Services
were held at the Christian church in this city Wednesday afternoon, June 6,
conducted by Rev. Miller. Interment was in the Lenox cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 14,
1928
Elliott, Mary E. -
Mrs. Mary E.
Elliott, wife of Joseph Elliott, pioneers of the Kent neighborhood, died Friday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cora Hovious of
Creston. Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Platte Center church with Rev. C. W.
Graham officiating. Burial took place in
the Grove Chapel cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 17,
1928
Eschle,
Ellen Davies –
Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Recknor of New Richland, Minn., were visiting
at the J. P. Recknor home last week. They had been called to Creston by the death
of Mrs. Recknor’s mother, Mrs. Ellen Eschle.
Mrs. Eschle , who
was 71 years old, came from Wales when she was 18 years old. She is survived by nine children, Mrs.
Minnie Seeberger, Mrs. Anna Voiling,
Mrs. Bessie Recknor, Mrs. Bernice Skelton, Harry and
Ray Eschle, all of
New Richland, Minn.; J. C. Eschle,
of Groom, Texas, and Mrs. George Mullin and Mrs. Nora Looney, of Cromwell; and
by two brothers and two sisters, John Davies, of Cresbard,
S. D.; Mrs. Lizzie Johnson, of Creston, and Levi Davies and Mary Davies, both
of whom live in Wales.
Funeral services were held at the home at 2:30 Wednesday
afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. Owen Thomas, of Fontanelle. Interment was in the Graceland Cemetery.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 19, 1928
Gibson,
Chester –
Chester
Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gibson, Corning, was one of three men killed
at Meadow, S. D., Monday afternoon when the airplane
in which they were riding caught fire while in the air and crashed to the
ground. His body was badly burned. Ralph Gibson, the father, accompanied by Roy
Hilliard, have gone to Meadow to return his body for
burial.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday July 5,
1928
Harvey,
Amanda J. Kindig -
Amanda J. Kindig-Harvey was born near Dayton, Ohio, September 13th,
1844, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. J. Howland, in Lake Park,
Iowa, on May 31, 1928, at the age of 83 years, 8 months and 18 days.
She lived at
the home of her childhood until twelve years old, when she came with her
parents to Mahaska county, Iowa, living there until
her marriage to Isaac Newton Harvey, on September 3, 1867. In 1868 she came
with her
husband to Taylor county, where for many years they made their home on a farm near
Calvary M. E. church, six miles southeast of Lenox. In 1912 they moved to Des
Moines, residing there until the death of Mr. Harvey June 25,1925.
Since then Mrs. Harvey has lived with her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Reed, of
Marshalltown, and Mrs. Howland, of Lake Park.
Mrs. Harvey
leaves three daughters and two sons: Mrs. J. C. Reed, of Marshalltown; Mrs. B.
J. Howland, of Lake Park; Mrs. B. R. Vardaman, of
Evanston, Ill.; and Frank W., of Portland, Oregon, and Harlan H., of
Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Another son, Delbert C., died October 31, 1893. There are eight grandchildren.
At the age
of twelve years she united with the Methodist Episcopal church and has lived a beautifully consistent Christian life. Those who knew her best
loved her most. She was a great lover and constant reader of the Bible. After
the death of her beloved companion her daily prayer and oft expressed desire
was that she might depart and be with him.
Funeral
services were conducted at Lake Park on Sunday by the Methodist pastor there.
Rev. E. R. Stroud, pastor of the local M. E. church, conducted the services
here from the Arnold funeral parlors. Interment was in the Fairview
cemetery beside the husband and son whose departing preceded her.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 7,
1928
Heckman,
Herman –
Herman
Heckman, 51, a well known farmer, died at his home near Adair about noon
Saturday after taking sodium flouride by mistake.
Heckman had not been feeling well for several days and went to the pantry of
the home before beginning the day's work and took down a package he believed to
contain epsom salts, but which proved to be sodium flouride, a deadly insecticide. Heckman became ill
immediately after taking a spoonful of the powder
and the family
physician was summoned, but nothing could be done to save the man. He died
about four and one-half hours after taking the sodium flouride.—Adair
County Free Press
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 17,
a928
Hindman,
Hubert -
Returning to
his home at Bedford, following a visit with his wife at Glenwood, Hubert Hindman, 24, was killed on the highway a mile north of
Malvern on
Monday night by a hit-and-run motorist.
Hindman’s body was found near his demolished car by Everett Pontow and Glen Burchfield, of Hastings. He
apparently had been at the rear of his car changing a flat tire when struck His head was
crushed. A farmer told of seeing a big
Sedan stopped by Hindman’s car. Someone got out and then jumped back in the
car and sped away, he said.
Mrs. Hindman was visiting the home of her father, Rev. Fletcher,
Baptist preacher in Glenwood. A letter
from her to Mr. Hindman identified the body.
Mr. Hindman was a barber in Bedford, and is survived by his
wife. He was married about six months
ago.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday July 26,
1928
Hockabout, Mary Jane Hornby Clouse -
It was with sadness
that a large circle of friends learned of the death of Mrs. L. K. Hockabout, on Saturday, April 21. She was one of the
pioneer settlers of Taylor county and has watched
Lenox grow from infancy.
Mary Jane Hornby, daughter of George and Mary Hornby,
was born February 22, 1842, in New London, Canada. While a small child she
moved with her parents to Indiana. In 1847 her mother died and she went to live
with Mr. and Mrs. Howe. In 1849 she moved with her eldest sister and her
husband to Liberty Pole, Wis.
She was
united in marriage to Charlie Clouse in the year 1859. To this union was born
one child, Delbert M. Clouse. In 1861 her husband enlisted in the Union army of
the Civil war. After being wounded in battle Shilo and
imprisoned,
he was granted a furlough and started on his journey homeward, but he was
overcome with joy in the thought of reunion with his family and passed away
before he reached home.
On September
20, 1863, she was united in marriage to Lorenzo K. Hockabout and moved to Iowa with him in 1873. To this union were born seven children,
four boys and three girls. George C. and Minnie A. died in infancy. On March 7,
1919,. her husband died
leaving her to miss his companionship.
In 1869 she
united with the Church of Christ at Liberty Pole, Wisconsin. Later, in
1890, she became a charter member of the Lenox church and was a faithful
worker in the church until old age would not permit her to do active work. She was a
loving mother and a loyal friend. She was the last of her family of 12
brothers and
sisters to pass away She leaves to mourn her loss her children, Dell Clouse,
Benjamin J., of Denver, Colo.; William R., of Gravity; Samuel J., of Ft.
Morgan, Colo.; Frances L. Kilby, of Lenox, and Eva S.
Rupert, of Clearfield; also fourteen grandchildren and thirteen great
grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held at the Church of Christ, Tuesday, April 24, at 2 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. E. C, Miller. Interment was made in the Fairview cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 26,
1928
Hoover, John Stuart -
John Stuart
Hoover was born at Middlebourne, Guernsey county, Ohio,
November 9, 1850, and passed away at his home in Lenox, on July 9, 1928, after
an illness of three days.
He was the
eldest son of Wm. H. and Eliza Moore. Of six sisters and two brothers, only one
sister, Mrs. Ella Griffers, of Fairview, Ohio, and
one brother, Jas. C. Hoover, of Huron, S. D., survive him.
At an early
age he united with the United Presbyterian church at Fairview, Ohio. On October
2, 1881, he was united in marriage with Miss Alice M. Clark, of Washington, Ohio.
To this union were born four children, one of whom
passed away in infancy.
In 1886 he
moved to Wilsonville, Nebr., where he was one of the charter members of the
United Presbyterian church of that place He became a member of the session at
Wilsonville, Nebr., and has served in that office in the congregations of Page
Center, College Springs and Lenox. In 1901 he
moved to his farm
south of Lenox, where he has resided except for three years in Lenox and three years
in Clearfield.
He has
always been interested in all that was good and upright and was greatly devoted
to his church and home, where he will be greatly missed.
Beside his
brother and sister, he leaves to mourn his loss his wife and two sons, Fred C.,
of Tingley, and Harold H., of Lenox; one daughter,
Mrs. Mary E. Moyle, of Lenox, and four grandchildren, Kenneth and Rex Hoover
and Hal
Deane and Maxine Moyle.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday July 12,
1928
Humphrey, Henrietta -
Mrs.
Wilkinson Humphrey, who died in Paola, Kansas, June 21st, formerly lived in this
city, while Mr. Humphrey conducted a drug business. Her daughter, Mrs. Lillian Freeman,
was the fist girl baby born in Lenox, according to relatives. Mrs. Jane Lemon
and son, Clyde, of Creston, attended the funeral, returned last week.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday July 6,
1928
Humphrey,
Hugh -
Hugh
Humphrey was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, on
September 23, 1845, and died at his home in Lenox, at 12:30 a. m., June 24,
1928. His parents were Joseph Humphrey and Margaret Gill Humphrey. He was the third child in the family of
eleven children.
In 1855 the
family came to Iowa settling in Benton county, where
he grew to manhood.
On June 1,
1867 he was married to Martha Jeannette Leslie. They set up their home on a farm near the family homestead. They remained on this farm for 44 years,
until 1911, when the farm was sold and he moved to Lenox.
To this
union were born three children, Lottie A. Lust, Joseph L. Humphrey of Lenox,
and Benton W. Humphrey of Hopkinton. Surviving him are the widowed mother, the three children, two
grandchildren, Dorothy Lust and De Etta Humphrey, and two brothers, J. H.
Humphrey of Bedford, and Wilkinson Humphrey of Paola, Kansas.
During the
Civil war he entered the service of his county and was a member of Company D,
44th Iowa Infantry.
Throughout
his life he was interested in the better things of life. When a young man he
was elected as one of the ruling elders of the Fairfax United Presbyterian
congregation, and upon coming to Lenox he was chosen as an elder of the United
Presbyterian church here. Church work was both a duty and a pleasure for him.
His presence at services was so regular that his absence was a cause of
comment.
Before
coming to Lenox he lived five miles from church, but every Sabbath
found his and the
members of his family in their accustomed place at the morning service,
regardless of mud or snow, weather or roads.
For a number
of years, besides his regular and faithful attendance at the Fairfax church, he
conducted and was superintendent of a Sabbath school held every Sabbath
afternoon in a school house near his home. His talents and abilities were recognized and sought in other fields,
both political and civil. He
served on the board of county supervisors in Benton county for six years.
Those who
knew him best admired him most.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday June 28,
1928
Johnson, Roy -
Roy Johnson,
for many years a resident of Lenox, died in a hospital at San Francisco on
Thursday, May 24, of ulcers of the lungs. The body was brought to Lenox on Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs. Electa Boyle, mother-in-law of his
brother,
Ed. Short services were held at Arnold's undertaking parlors and at the grave,
conducted by Rev. E. C. Miller, pastor of the Christian church.
Mr. Johnson
was fifty-five years old May 20. He is
survived by his brother Ed, editor of the paper at Clovis, Calif. and a nephew Calvin
Johnson. Interment was made at the Lenox
cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 31,
1928
Kellogg, Ida Bushnell -
Mrs. Ida Kellogg, mother of Mrs. Fred Childs, died at her home in Corning
on Saturday, April 14th. Mrs. Kellogg
had not been strong for several months and had spent most of that time in Lenox
at the Childs home, but seemed so much
stronger that
she felt she must be home, and only a week before her death she returned to
Corning. The end came suddenly.
Mrs. Kellogg
for several years has assisted in the care of an invalid sister, Mrs. Julia
Cody, of Corning, always putting duty ahead of self. She will be greatly
missed in Corning where she is so well known.
Funeral
services were held in the Federated church at Corning on Monday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. Schroeder, and she was laid at rest beside the husband, who
preceded her in death several years. Several from here drove over to attend the
funeral.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday April 19,
1928
Palmer, Mit –
Mit Palmer, a
former resident of this city, was killed last week in Fresno, Calif., when the
car he was driving was struck by a fast train. Mr. Palmer was horribly mangled, his back and both legs broken, his head
crushed, one eye being torn completely out.
Mr. Palmer
is a brother-in-law to Grant and Will Bryant, and it will be remembered that he
visited here last summer. He is survived by his wife and three children.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 27,
2938
Pugh, Ed -
Ed Pugh
committed suicide at his home in this city between 11 o clock and noon today
(Thursday), by hanging himself in the barn. Mr. Pugh, who has been in ill
health for a long time, was a bachelor about sixty years of age, and for many years has lived alone. Neighbors have been caring for him as best
they could and although he was financially well fixed he refused to either go to
a hospital or have someone in the home to properly look after his needs. Only
this morning Mayor Black and others had been in the home urging him to either go
to a hospital or have a man in the home to stay with him. He spurned the
suggestions, but evidently brooded over his condition and later went to the
barn and hung himself.
Claude
Carter and J. E. Cameron, neighbors, went over to carry his dinner and not
finding him in the house, went to the barn, where they found the lifeless
body.
Mr. Pugh has
no close relatives in this section, but has a brother living in Spartansburg, S. C., a professor in a college there, who has
been notified of the tragedy.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday July 5,
1928
Schaub,
Peter William -
The
community was shocked Friday morning to hear of the sudden passing of Peter W. Schaub, at his home west of the Catholic church. Mr. Schaub had been
about as usual up until the time of his retiring, and when Mrs. Schwab wakened
in the morning, she supposed he was sleeping. When he did not rouse at the usual time she went to him and found that life
was extinct. He had died sometime
between midnight and early morning.
Peter
William Schaub was born in Peoria county,
Illinois, May 30, 1855, and died May 25, 1928. He married in Illinois to Miss
Margaret Schmitt, April 13, 1880. They
came to Adair county, Iowa, in 1886, and moved to a
farm near
Lenox five years later. The family has lived here in the same vicinity continuously ever
since.
Mr. Schaub is survived by his, wife and ten children, six
daughters and four sons, Frank, Sister M. Ambrose, Amelia, Bertha, John, Lavina, Joe, Katherine, Elizabeth and George.
The funeral
services were conducted from the Catholic church Monday morning at 9:00 o'clock by Father Pouget, and
were largely attended. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery.
Those
attending from out of town were a brother, Nicholas Schaub and a daughter from Oak Hill, Ill., Lawrence Schmitt, from Peoria, Ill., Joe,
Tony and Will Schmitt, of Des Moines; Mrs Katherine Schaub, Omaha, Nebr.: Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shook and son,
Warren, Cromwell; Mrs A B Hawkins, Red Oak; Sister
Mary Bonaventure and Sister Mary Ambrose, Council Bluffs, the latter a
daughter of
the deceased; and the following other children: Joe, of Chicago; George, from
Greeley, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yatker, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe H. Bruce and baby and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Bruce, all of Red Oak; Mr and
Mrs. Joe Schaub, Corning; One daughter, Mrs. Haney, being unable to
come on account of the illness of one of her children; and many other friends
and
acquaintances from the surrounding country.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday May 31,
1928
Sturm, Orlo Leonard –
A
particularly sad death occurred on Monday, July 16th, when little Orlo Sturm, eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sturm
died of blood poisoning at the Methodist hospital in St. Joseph.
The little
fellow had been helping cultivate corn and in some way bruised his leg with the
handle of the cultivator. The injury was but slight and little was thought of
it by child or parents. However blood poisoning developed and although
everything was done that medical science could do the lad died.
Orlo Leonard
Sturm was born June 29, 1927, near Lenox, and passed away July 16, 1928, at the
Methodist hospital, St. Joseph, Mo., at the age of 11 years and 17 days.
He leaves to
mourn his departure his parents, Mr. and Mrs Arthur
Sturm, one brother, Cleo Leon, and one sister Leona Maxine. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sturm
and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Leonard, six aunts and five uncles and nine cousins,
besides a host of friends will miss his sunny smile.
He was a boy
of a loving, kind disposition, loved by all who knew him. While suffering
intense pain, he never gave up but fought bravely on and kept his courage until
the end.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday July 26,
1928
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