Brady, Abbott -

The following obituary was taken from a Monrovia, Calif., newspaper:

Abbott Brady was born Nov. 26, 1858 in Henry county, Iowa. He was the son of William and Ann Brady, both deceased. He was married Dec.. 17, 1884, at

Cromwell, Iowa, to Lina Cresswell, who preceded him in death about five years ago. To this union were born two daughters, Mrs. Ida Smith of Glendale and Mrs. Frances Hardman of Monrovia, and two grandchildren, Donald Smith of Glendale and Marilyn Hardman of Monrovia.

He was one of a family of five children and the first to pass away and is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ann Parvin of Springfield Mo.; George Brady of Spokane, Wash.; Milton Brady of Milton, Iowa, and James Brady of Farmington, Iowa.

In September, 1885, they moved by covered wagon to western Iowa where they broke the sod on a pioneer place and lived for about 25 years. From

there they spent five years near Kearney, Neb., before coming to Southern California where he has since resided. Fifteen years of that time was spent in Long Beach and the past six years in Monrovia.

This summer, accompanied by his younger daughter, he visited relatives and old haunts of childhood days in Iowa and Missouri, visiting two brothers

whom he had not seen for 20 years.

The funeral services were held Friday, December 10, at the Renaker chapel followed by interment in the family plot in San Gabriel cemetery. The services were conducted by his life-long friend, Rev. E. L. Gregory, pastor of the

Friends church, Oakland, assisted by Rev. Stanley N. Bond.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 30, 1937

Hale, Willa Marie “Billy” Reed -

Mrs. Lyle Hale, 27, passed away at the University hospital in Iowa City at 2:30 Monday morning, following a recent operation. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at the Methodist church in Lenox and burial will be made at Clearfield.

Mrs. Hale contracted tuberculosis and spent a year at the sanitarium at Oakdale in an effort to regain her health. She returned home a few months

ago and spent the summer here, expecting to return to Iowa City this fall and go through a series of operations which would permit her affected lung to heal.  Complications set in following the operation and her strength was not sufficient to permit her to survive the ordeal.

Mr. and Mrs. Hale were married May 27, 1933. Besides her husband she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Bertha Reed of Des Moines, and by two brothers and three sisters.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 25, 1937

Hale, Willa Marie “Billy” Reed -

Willa Marie Reed was born in St. Joseph, Mo., July 7, 1910, and died at Iowa City, Nov. 22, 1937. Her mother was Mrs. Bertha Reed, now of Des Moines,

and her father was Dr. D. W. Reed, who died April 16, 1929. She was the youngest member of a family of six children.

The family moved to Clearfield in 1913, where she attended grade school and two years of high school. In 1928 the family moved to Des Moines and she

graduated from North High in 1930.

On May 27, 1933, she was married to Lyle Hale of Lenox. On July 8, 1935, due to a tubercular infection, she entered Oakdale sanitarium, where she remained until June 7, 1936. She then returned home, knowing that she would have to return to the sanitarium and this she did on Oct. 14. She was taken to the Iowa City hospital where she submitted to the operation which proved to be more than her fighting courage and waning strength could endure.

Willa Marie was "Billie" [Billy on tombstone] to all who knew and loved her. Despite the dreaded disease which she knew would take her from her family, she did not complain and was always ready to offer words of encouragement and do her utmost to help make other lives brighter. Her sunny disposition and loving ways will be pleasant memories in the hearts of all who knew her.

She is survived by her husband, Lyle Hale, of Lenox, her mother, Mrs. Bertha Reed of Des Moines, two brothers, Harvey of California and D. W. of Des Moines and three sisters, Mrs. Ava Kline of Creston, Mrs. Veva Wilcox of Des Moines and Mrs. Agnes Clark of Des Moines.

Funeral services were held Thursday, November 25, at the Methodist church, in charge of the Rev. R. M. Fagan, and burial was made in the cemetery at Clearfield.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 2, 1937

Hall, George -

George Hall was born near Zanesville, Ohio, April 11, 1876 and died Nov. 1, 1937. He was the youngest child of A. L. and Elizabeth Hall, and was one of

a family of three boys and three girls.

He was educated in the Lenox schools and received his doctors degree in St. Joseph, Mo. From there he went to Nevada and for the last thirty years had been located at Winnemucca, Nevada where he was doctor and surgeon for the railroads. During the past year he developed cancer of the throat which caused his death.

In his profession career he made a legion of friends, who regret his passing.  He is survived by his wife, one daughter, three sisters and a brother.

The body was brought to Lenox and funeral services were held here last week.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 11, 1937

Hay, A. R. -

A. R. Hay, former resident of the Kent neighborhood, died Jan. 1, at the Longmont hospital in Longmont, Colo. He had been in poor health for the past

two months.

Mr. Hay was born March 23, 1861. For the past 19 years he has been a resident of Longmont.  In October he and Mrs. Hay celebrated their golden

wedding anniversary.

Mr. Hay is survived by his wife, two sons, George and Frank, and two daughters, Mrs. Blanche Olander of Longmont and Mrs. Bertha McAuley of

Kent. Mr. Hay was a member of the Christian church at Longmont.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 6, 1938

Hough, Dora Hartzell -

Dora Hartzell was born near Monticello, Illinois, September 12, 1874. When a child, she moved with her parents to Lenox, Iowa, where she resided for

twenty-three years. From Lenox, she moved to Newkirk, Oklahoma, where she was married to C. C. Hough, December 28, 1898.

To this union, one child was born, Winnifredde Bunnell, who now lives at Arkansas City, Kansas.

Mrs. Hough was converted in childhood and joined the Methodist church at Lenox, Iowa, and on moving to Newkirk, her letter was put in at the Newkirk

Methodist church where she has been a very active member ever since.  She was president of the Bible Study club at the time of her death.

She was a member of the Order of the Eastern star at Newkirk, being a Past Matron, and was also a member of the White Shrine at Ponca City, Oklahoma.

She departed this life at Newark, Oklahoma, December 17, 1937, and leaves to mourn her loss, her husband, daughter, two grandchildren, Doris Mae and Charles Arthur Bunnell, of Arkansas City, Kansas; one brother, Melvin C. Hartzell, of Hutchinson, Kansas, and a host of friends.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 23, 1937

Leckliter, Mary Ellen Mercer –

The community was shocked, Thursday, when it was learned that Mrs. Mary Leckliter had died suddenly that noon. She had just finished eating dinner

and, as she arose from the table, she fell to the floor and died instantly. It is thought a blood clot affecting the heart, was the cause of her death.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in charge of the Rev. R.. M. Fagan. Pall bearers were George Cheese, Fred Holben,

Frank McGregor, Alfred Gavin, Chas. Gustin and Arlo Richard, all old friends of the family. Burial was made in Walnut Grove cemetery at Corning, in the Mercer family plot.

Obituary

Mary Ellen Mercer Leckliter was the daughter of the late John Cochran Mercer and Mary Ann Murfin Mercer, who were natives of Highland county, Ohio, and pioneers of Lucas county, la. Her father was a resident of Corning and Adams

county for many years before his death, which occurred July 20, 1921. Mrs. Leckliter was born in Lucas county, la., March 18, 1873. There she spent her childhood, joining her father and family at Prescott In 1886 where she resided until 1913 at which time she, and family moved to Lenox.

She was married to Oliver L. Leckliter July 2, 1897 and to them were born three children, Horace Mercer Leckliter of York, Pa., John Glen Leckliter and

Helen Leckliter Sluss, both of Lenox.

In 1912 the family moved to Des Moines where they remained seven years and where the husband and father passed away Sept. 3, 1929.  In 1932 she again became a resident of Lenox and made her home in the homes of her son, Glen, and daughter, Helen.

At an early age, and while a resident of Prescott, she united with the Methodist church, under the pastorate of the late Rev. Chas. L. Baxter, in which church she has been a faithful and active member through the years, always willing and ready to serve in any capacity. She was also an active member of the M. F. Club of Lenox.

She is survived by her three children, a granddaughter, Mary Ann Sluss and three adopted grandchildren, Mary Magdaline Leckliter, of York, Pa., George

Page Leckliter and John Mark Sluss of Lenox; one brother, David N. Mercer of Steamboat Springs, Colo.; and five sisters, Mrs. Horace Carpenter of LaJunta Colo; Mrs. Brightwell, Omaha; Mrs. Chas. A. Baker of Grand Junction, Colo..; Mrs Fred C. Strand of San Gabriel, Calif.; and Mrs. John L. McCarty of Culver City, Calif. A. brother, William W. Mercer, died Jan. 2$,, 1935.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 11, 1937

Madden, Millard Fillmore -

Millard Fillmore Madden, died at his home in Omaha on Christmas day. He was 60 years old on December 15. Funeral services were held at Omaha

Monday afternoon and the body was then brought to Lenox where burial was made Tuesday morning.

Mr. Madden, who had been engaged in railroad work until his health failed, had lived in Omaha off and on for the past several years. He is survived by

his wife and 5 children; his mother, Mrs. Alice Madden of Lenox, two sisters, Mrs. Jay Hughes of Lenox and Mrs. J. R, Locke of Bedford, and a brother,

John Madden of Lenox.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 30, 1937

Moser, Cora Ethel Johnson –

Cora Ethel Moser, daughter of Francis and Hannah Johnson, was born Sept. 23, 1875, at Masontown, Penn., and died at the Greater Community hospital in

Creston, Dec. 6, at the age of 62 years, 2 months and 28 days. She had been taken to the hospital a week prior to her death.

She was the 5th child of a family of 8. Mrs. Moser was left motherless at the age of 12 and was cared for by her father and mothered her younger brothers and sisters for several years.

She was married to Chas. E. Moser June 1, 1898 at Masontown, Pa., and to them were born two children, Curtis A. of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Florence

Wray of this vicinity.

Mr. and Mrs. Moser spent the first years of their married life at Masontown. Later they lived at various other places but in 1933 came to Iowa and made their home with their daughter and husband until last spring when they moved to their present home.

Mrs. Moser united with the Church of the Brethern, by baptism, 29 years ago, at the Fairview church at Masontown.

She was stricken in health Nov. 30 and was taken to the hospital.

Mrs. Moser is survived by her husband and two children, three grandchildren, one sister and three brothers. She was a quiet woman, very kind and always

helpful. She was fond of young people and devoted to her church.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 16, 1947

Peak, John D. -

John D. Peak was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, May 31, 1869, and died Oct. 20, 1937, at the age of 68 years, 4 months and 20 days.

In 1870 he moved with his parents, Mordica and Margaret Peak, to Adams county, Iowa, since which time he has resided continuously either in Adams or

Union county until his death.

In 1915 he united with the Christian church in Kent. On May 29, 1894, he was married to Josephine Toland, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Toland, pioneers of this community. To them were born 4 children, one son Lee, of Kent, and two daughters, Bessie Noerrlinger of Shannon City, and Darlene Joneson, of Creston. There are also four grandchildren, Lucile and Wanda Peak and Robert Allen and Phillis Joneson. Also two brothers, Ben of Kent and Will of Pocatella, Ida., and two sisters, Eva Petrie of Arispe and Luella Blosser of

Cromwell, while two brothers and three sister preceded him in death.

More than a year ago his health began to fail him and for the past few months he has been confined to his room much of the time, a severe yet patient sufferer.

John Peak spent practically his entire life in this community, where he has gathered around him a numberless group of true and warm friends. Honesty and integrity were traits of his character that formed a part of his very being. He chose to see some good with all he come in daily contact.  A good citizen, a splendid neighbor, a kind husband, John Peak has gone to his reward.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Methodist in Kent in charge of the Rev. E. F. Hagee of Lenox.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday October 28, 1937

Richardson, Walter –

Walter Richardson died at the home of his son in California, Oct. 29, according to word received here the first of the week. Funeral services will be held at Oilman, la., Friday. Mr. Richardson formerly operated a pool hall in Lenox.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 4, 1937

Shafer, Irving -

Irving Shafer died at his home in Lenox at 6:15 Wednesday morning at the age of 92 years, 9 months and 13 days. He had been in good health until just a few days before his death. Death was caused by a stroke of paralysis and he never

completely recovered consciousness after he became ill.

Mr. Shafer's two sons, Wilber of Omaha, and Harry J. of Augusta, Kans., and his daughter, Etta, survive him. All were present during his last hours.

Funeral services will be held at the Christian church Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 6, 1938

Shafer, Irving -

Irving Shafer, son of Peter M. and Lydia Shafer, was born at Warnerville, N. Y., March 22, 1845, and died at Lenox, la., Jan. 5, 1938, aged 92 years, 9 months and 13 days. He was married, March 11, 1868, to Elizabeth Griffin of Warnerville, N. Y., and they moved to Malugen Grove, Ill., the following summer.

After living in this vicinity for 15 years they moved to Sheffield, la. and then came to Lenox in 1886 where Mr. Shafer has resided ever since.

Mr. Shafer is survived by his daughter Etta of Lenox, and sons Harry of Augusta, Kans., and Wilbur of Bellevue, Nebr., two grandsons, Irving and Wilbur Jr., of Bellevue, two granddaughters Helen and CorEtta of Augusta, four grandchildren and one brother, Stillman Shafer of Richmondville, N. Y.

Mr. Shafer was a member of the Church of Christ and was ever ready to lend a helping hand to those in sorrow and distress. He was proud of his age and of the fact that he co.uld work to help maintain the home he lived to well. He left to those who survive him a heritage of more value than worldly possessions.

Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ, Friday afternoon, Jan. 7, in charge of the Rev. E. F. Hagee, who was assisted by Dr. A. L. Davidson. Burial was made in the Lenox cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 13, 1948

Thompson, Ralph W. –

The body of a man, dead of a fractured skull, and with both his hands thrust into his overcoat pockets, was found in a downtown alley in Chicago, early Sunday. He was identified as Ralph W. Thompson, 31, editor of the Public Safety magazine, publication of the National Safety Council, and formerly of Bedford, la.

The theory that Thompson was slugged in a holdup is discontinued by Chicago police because more than ten dollars was found in his pockets.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 6, 1938

Watkins, Sadie Margaret Gordon Hamilton –

Sadie Margaret Gordon Watkins was born at Knoxville, la., and was the daughter of John and Martha Gordon, early setters of Lenox, who came here

from Scotland. She was one of eight children, four boys and four girls. She was next to the youngest, who is Edward Gordon, well known locally. Another

brother, Charlie, now resides in California.

Sadie Gordon, as she was known to all, was educated in Lenox where she was graduated from the Lenox high school at the age of 17. A little later she left Lenox and became the wife of Harold Hamilton and made her home in Omaha. Two children were born: Gordon Harold Hamilton and Frances Margaret Hamilton.

After the death of Mr. Hamilton, she became the wife of Robert E. Watkins and has lived in Kansas City for several years where she was active in the hotel

business.  In her business contacts she made a legion of friends who will regret her passing.

Funeral services were held at the Arnold Funeral Home in Lenox, Saturday, Oct. 30, at 2:30 o'clock, in charge of the Rev. L. T. Knotter. Burial was made in Fairview cemetery.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 4, 1947

Towner, Horace M. -

Horace M. Towner, 82, died at his home at Corning Tuesday evening, following an illness of something over a week. He fell at his home a week ago Sunday

ad did not recover from the shock.

Mr. Towner served for many years as a district court judge, represented his district in the congress of the United States and from 1923 to 1929 served as governor of Puerto Rico.

He is survived by his wife and three children.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 25, 1937

Wilson, Samuel Thompson “Tom” -

Samuel Thompson Wilson, son of John Byerly and Ellen Hamilton Wilson, was born in Crawfordsville, Iowa, April 6, 1871; died at his home near Lenox, Iowa, October 28, 1937, following an illness of but a few days.

Funeral services were held from the United Presbyterian church at 2:30 p. m., Thursday, October 30, conducted by the pastor, Dr. A. L Davidson. The basis of Dr. Davidson's inspiring and comforting message was a passage of Scripture selected from the Book of Amos, fifth chapter and eighth verse: "And turneth the shadow of death into the morning." Burial was made in Fairview cemetery where Mr. Wilson's parents were laid to rest a generation past. Acting as pallbearers were six men, nephews of the deceased.

Early in life, Mr. Wilson identified himself with the United Presbyterian church of Lenox. He remained a member of that church, in loyal observance of its teaching, ever guided by the precepts of the Master, until the end of life.

When "Tom" was eight years of age, the Wilson family moved from the eastern Iowa home to a farm a few miles southeast of Lenox. With the exception of a few years, when incapacitated from farm work by illness, he resided continuously in the old neighborhood until the time of his death.

June 18, 1919, the subject of this sketch, was united in marriage with Miss Hester Tuggle, of Parkville, Mo., who with four brothers and one sister mourn

his passing. The brothers are: David, Robert, Edward and Harvey; the sister, Mrs. John Wilcox, all of whom; reside in Lenox and vicinity. One brother and

one sister preceded him in death.

To those who have long known Mr. Wilson, little need be said of his life and character. His ideas and ideals of life as it should be lived, found expression

rather in deeds than in words.  In him was found a dignified and quiet reserve that did not admit of multiplying words to express the labor of his mind As son, as brother, as husband, as friend, as neighbor, as citizen he was not found wanting in cardinal principles. A sturdy pioneer he was, his growth toward

manhood paralleling the growth of the new country toward full development. Naturally the character of the man found color in the rugged newness of

boyhood home environment. While men subdue and make a country, the country makes men. So it was with "Tom" Wilson. He has a definite place in the history of the community in which he lived for so many years. His presence will be sadly missed.

Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 4, 1937