Corliss, John M. -
John M. Corliss, son of Calvin and Nancy Corliss was born at
Hollis, New Hampshire, November 23, 1873 and passed away at St. Louis, Mo.,
January 3, 1933 at the age of 59 years, 1 month and 11 days. He was united in
marriage to Miss Nettle Barnhisel at Peoria, III., on June 16,
1900. He is survived by his widow, one
son Walter, of Sharpsburg, two daughters, Lucille and Ruth at home, and three
little grandchildren besides many relatives and friends. Funeral services were
held Saturday afternoon at the Barber Funeral home.
Services were conducted by Mr. J. C. Harris of Bedford,
assisted by Mr. L. V. Freeman of Lenox. The two songs, "The Beautiful
Garden of Prayer' and "Going Down the Valley One by One", were
rendered very nicely by Mrs. Cash and Miss Haigler,
with Miss Butler at the piano. Burial was made in the west cemetery.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 12, 1933
Davenport,
Roy Nelson –
Roy N. Davenport passed away last Thursday, January 26, at
the home of his father, Nelson Davenport, nine miles east of Lenox, following a
period of poor health which had lasted for several years. He was 56 years of age.
Funeral services were held at the home Saturday, January 28,
conducted by Rev. F. L. Shepherd. Music
was furnished by a quartette composed of Miss Adah Butler, Miss Winnie Haigler, Wade Menoher and Rev. Shepherd.
Burial was made in the Lininger cemetery about two miles from the home. Services at the grave were in charge of the Masonic order.
Obituary
Roy Nelson Davenport, son of Nelson and Mary Ann Davenport,
was born April 25, 1876 and died at the home of his father January 26, 1933 age
the age of 56 years, 9 months and one day.
He attended county school at Lincoln, Nebr. and the
University Normal University of Iowa at Iowa City. For eighteen years he was in the drug
business in Dakota but a few years ago he retired because of his health. He was a member of the Tremont Lodge No 343
A.F. & A.M. of Lenox, and was a member of the Fairview Methodist church.
He is survived by his father, N.S. Davenport, three sisters,
Mrs. Charles Wolfe, Creston, Ia., Mrs. G. E. Condra,
Lincoln, Nebr., Mrs. Hannah L. Hayes, two brothers, J. S. and P. L., all of
Lenox. He was preceded in death by his mother and a
brother, Oscar.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February
2, 1933
Fleming, Elizabeth Anne Nixon -
Elizabeth Anne Nixon Fleming, daughter of Hugh and Mary was
born in Springfield, Illinois August 28, 1873. At the early age of three years
she moved
with her parents to a farm west of Lenox, Iowa. Here she grew to womanhood.
At the age of sixteen she gave heart to God uniting with the
Presbyterian church, later transferring her membership
to the Church of Christ at Gravity, which she cherished and held until the time
of her death. Four years of her life
were spent as a teacher in the public schools of Taylor county.
On March 30, 1893, she was united in marriage to Levi Archie
Fleming, making her home south of Gravity until the time of her death. To this union were born two children, Paul
and Mrs. Bertha Stafford, both residing at her home. After a brief illness she answered the
summons of the grim reaper and passed away to the great beyond on January 13,
1933 at the age of 59 years, 4 months and 15 days. She was the second child and the first to
break the family chain of twelve brothers and sisters.
She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband, two children,
Paul and Bertha, two grandchildren, Lorene and Thelma Stafford, six sisters and
five brothers, Jane, Emma, Amelia, Ruth Boltinghouse,
all of Lenox, Iowa, Lillie Pullman of Indianola, Ia., Isabel of Oakland,
California, John of Kent, Ia., Martin of Hawkeye, Ia., Thomas of South Dakota,
Henry and William of Lenox, Ia. all being present except Isabel and Thomas. She will be remembered by a host of friends
and relatives as a kind and loving wife, mother, sister and friend.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon January 16th at 3 o’clock at the Church of Christ at Gravity, Iowa, conducted by Rev. C. M. Eppart of Clarinda, Iowa. Burial was made in the Gravity cemetery.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa January 19, 1933
Harrison, Sarah Holgate -
Mrs. Sarah
Harrison died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ike Lucas Monday morning,
January 23, at the age of 85 years. Sarah Holgate Harrison was
born December 8,
1847 at Conely, England. She came to America with
.her parents when 17 years of age, residing at Henry county, Illinois. She was
married February 20, 1871 to Samuel Harrison. They later moved to Adams
Co. Iowa
where she made her home. To this union five daughters and one son were born.
One daughter, Kate, preceded her in death at the age of 17. The other children
are Mrs. Lizzie Brokaw and Mrs. Rilla Riley both of
Corning;
Mrs. Maggie McIlravy of Prescott, Mrs. Isabel Lucas of Lenox and John
Harrison of Portland, Oregon, she also has ten grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. Since the death of her husband in 1903 she has made her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Lucas. The services were held from the Lucas home
three miles west
of Lenox Wednesday, January 25, conducted by the Rev. Homer Caskey,
pastor of the First Church of the Brethren at Omaha. Music by
Mrs. Harry Preston and Mrs. Leo Caskey. Interment in
the Walnut Grove cemetery at Corning.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
29, 1933
Hurley, Sarah Emma Knobbs -
Sarah Emma Knobbs was born in
Dewitt county, Illinois, August 24, 1848. She was
united in marriage to R. Dennis Hurley, September 3, 1872 at Nauvoo, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Hurley came to Lenox in 1883 and resided on a
farm northeast of town for a number of years but later moved to the home in
town where she has lived continuously for forty-one years.
On December 22, 1932, Mrs Hurley
received a bad fall in her home and suffered a broken hip. From this injury she never recovered and
passed away January 5, 1933, at the age of 84 years, 4 months and 11 days.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hurley were born four children, Mrs. Clara
Haley, with whom she made her home since the death of her husband in 1911; Mrs.
Ethel McLaury of Bedford, Otto Hurley of Lenox,
Walter Hurley of Osceola. These with 14 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren
and other close relatives, survive her.
Funeral services were held at St. Patrick’s church in Lenox,
Saturday morning, January 7, with Father Pouget in
charge. Her body was laid to rest in
Fairview cemetery, being borne by six grandchildren.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 12, 1933
Johnson,
Edwin -
Edwin
Johnson, aged about 50, only son of Mrs. S. B. Overmire,
died at his home at Grand Island, Nebr., Saturday. His death came suddenly and
no
particulars have been received about it. He was a graduate of the Lenox high school and was
engaged in the wholesale fruit business in Grand Island. Mrs. Maggie Overmire left Sunday for Grand Island to attend the
funeral.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February
16, 1933
Kunze,
Bernhardt Frederick “Ben” –
Bernhardt Frederick Kunze, better known
as Ben Kunze, and well known in the southwestern part
of the state as a Burlington employee, died at the St. Francis hospital in
Maryville, Mo., Saturday noon, February 18. Mr. Kunze was taken ill about 3 o'clock
Saturday morning and at ten o'clock was taken to the
hospital where he passed away about two hours later. His death was thought to be due to
heart disease. He had been feeling ill for several days.
Mr. Kunze was employed at the Burlington station in Lenox for a
little over a year in 1930 and 1931. For the past several months he had charge
of the
Burlington station at Arkoe, Mo. Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at Albany, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Poindexter and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Haynes drove to Albany and attended the
services.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February
23, 1933
Matzen, Mary Christina Von de Wale -
Mrs. Mary Matzen, 83, died at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, February 21, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Vena Jones, at Creston. She was a pioneer of
Taylor county. For the past six weeks she had been living with her
daughter in Creston.
Mrs. Matzen was born October 12, 1849 in Schleswig
Holstein, Germany. She is survived by three daughters and one son, Mrs. Jones
of Creston, Mrs. Mary Chenowith of Lenox, Mrs Anna Harris of Mt. Olive, Ill., and William H. Matzen of Valley Junction.
Funeral
services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Lenox and will be conducted by Rev. F. L.
Shepherd. Music will be furnished by a quartette from the Presbyterian church.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February
23, 1933
Matzen,
Mary Christina Von de Wale -
Mary
Christina Von de Wale, daughter of Christian and Hannah was born October 12,
1849 in Schleswig Holestein Germany. She departed this life February 21, 1933 at
the age of 83 years, 4 months and 9 clays. She spent the early part of her life in
Germany, coming to America when 24 years of age.
Always of an
adventurous nature, she made her long tedious journey alone, across the ocean
and half across the continent, to meet the fiancé who had come to America a few
years before her to prepare a home.
On November
4, 1879 in Coal Valley, Illinois, she was united in marriage to Peter Matzen and began the building of a home in a new land.
Her
adaptability to surroundings made it a joy to her to learn the language and
customs of the land of her adoption. Having mastered three languages in her native land, one more was not
difficult and she was able to aid children to become good Americans.
Her children
were, Fred who died in 1925, William. H. of Valley Junction, Albert who died at
the age of six, Mrs. Vena Jones of Creston, Mrs. Mary Chenowith of Lenox, Mrs. Anna Harris of Mt. Olive, Ill. and Harry who died in 1918.
Her husband
preceded her in death 30 years ago.
The family
lived in Illinois until 1879, when they moved to a farm east of Lenox in
Iowa. Here the family was reared.
After her
husband's death Mrs. Matzen made her home with
one and another of her children. For the
past 3 years, she has been residing on her farm home with her daughter, Mary.
Six weeks
before her death she went for a visit with her daughter Vena, and in this home
her last illness took place.
Besides her
children she leaves to mourn her passing, her 13 grandchildren, 11 great
grandchildren and her friends.
She was
united with the Lutheran church of Germany when she was 14 years of age.
After coming
to Iowa she became a member of the Prairie Star church, later affiliating with
the First Presbyterian church of Lenox, to which she remained a faithful member
until her death.
Funeral
services were held at the Lenox Presbyterian church Thursday afternoon,
February 23rd. A quartette
consisting of Mrs. Walter Lewis, Mrs. Ben Wurster,
Warren Eckles and Paul Davis furnished the music.
Rev. Floyd Shepherd of the local Methodist church gave the sermon. Interment was made in the Morgan cemetery
east of Lenox.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 2,
1933
McFee,
J. A. -
J. A. McFee, well known Creston resident, died about 9 o'clock
Monday morning at the Greater Community hospital in Creston following an
illness of about 3 years. He was 70 years, 5 months and 11 days old. He is
survived by his widow and two sons, George A. of Chappell, Nebr., and Lewis W.
of Lenox,
besides a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral
services were held at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Creston with Rev. Fred E. Robb officiating. Burial was made in Graceland cemetery.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday March 2,
1933
McGee,
Dwight –
Dwight
McGee, brother of Ralph K. McGee, Lenox School Superintendent, died at the
Mercy hospital at Iowa City Friday morning from pneumonia. He
had been ill
about four weeks. Funeral services were held at the home of his parents, Mrs.
R. K. McGee of Indianola, Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
Mr. McGee
was not married. He is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. McGee and two brothers, Ralph of Lenox and Harold
of Hampton, Iowa. He was employed by the
Russell-Miller Milling Company of Minneapolis, Minn.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February
16, 1933
Moffitt, D. W. –
Ed Gordon and Mrs. D. R. Drain received word Tuesday of the
death of their brother-in-law, D. W. Moffitt, who passed away December 26 at
his home
in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Moffitt was a former Lenox citizen and at one time was
station agent here. He left here about 45 years ago. At the time of his death
he was about 70 years of age. He was manager of an oil refining plant in Tulsa.
Lenox
Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 29, 1932
Noble,
John -
John Noble
died at his home about 1 o'clock Saturday morning of last week. It was not
generally known that his health was poor as he spoke very little
about his own
condition and the announcement of his death came as a shock to all who knew
him.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon, January 9, 2:30 at the Church of Christ,
conducted by Rev. L. V. Freeman, assisted by Rev. F. C. McCallon of Osceola, a former pastor of the Lenox church. A male quartet composed of Will Bryant, Floyd Boltinghouse, Leo Caskey and O. P. Arnold, sang “Jesus Savior Pilot Me””Lead Kindly Light” and “Peace
Perfect Peace” accompanied by Mrs. Floyd Boltinghouse. Burial was made in the east cemetery.
Obituary
John Noble,
son of George and Ellen Noble, was born on a farm near Chariton, Iowa, June 5,
1863 and died at Lenox, Iowa, January 7, 1933, at the age of
69 years, 7
months, and 2 days. He made his home at
Chariton for forty years except for brief periods spent in business away from
there. It was at Chariton
that he met Dora
Neff and they were married September 11, 1883. To them were born three children, Myrtle, Charles and Sevy.
As a boy of
13 Mr Noble united with the Christian church at
Chariton in which communion he took a very active part, being superintendent
for a little over 20 years and was a member of the official board during his
entire membership. He was appointed the only life time elder the Chariton
Christian church ever had. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge and was a
past Noble Grand.
Mr. Noble
moved his family to Lenox in 1904 and this has been his home since with the
exception of 12 years spent at Tarkio, Mo. While in Tarkio, he placed his membership in the church there and was
active on all the church work there.
In October
of 1928 Mr. Noble again returned to Lenox and went into business for himself,
operated a harness and shoe repair shop on the east side of Main Street. About
a year ago Mr.
Noble completed his fiftieth year as a harness maker.
As a member
of the local church Mr. Noble was numbered among the most faithful. He seldom
missed a service of the church except during the recent illness of his wife.
Mr. Noble is
survived by his wife, who was unable to attend the funeral because of illness,
three children, Mrs. Myrtle Paymal of Omaha, Charles
and Sevy Noble of Kansas City, Mo., three sisters and
four grandchildren.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January
12, 1933
Peterson,
Peter, wife & daughter -
A story in the Chicago Herald Examiner of December 30
attracted considerable attention among the older residents of the town as it
told of a tragedy in which a former Lenox man took part.
Peter
Peterson, who lived for several years in Lenox about thirty years ago, shot his
wife and daughter and then killed himself. The tragedy occurred
December 29,
and was brought about by financial worries
Peterson
came to this county from Sweden when a child and while a young man came to
Lenox. He worked for Wm. Barrans at one time and was
a great friend of Dr. Readhead and Dr. Readhead remembers that he and Peterson went to Bedford at
the same time to take out naturalization papers. While here, Peterson worked with horses.
After
leaving Lenox he went to Chicago where he became coachman for a prominent
Chicago horseman. Later he went to South Bend, Ind., where he
became coachman for Clement Studebaker. He then became chauffeur for Studebaker and
held the position as Studebaker's chauffeur at the time of his
death. Mr. Peterson had worked for the elder
Studebaker for 29 years and upon the death of Mr. Studebaker a short time ago
he became despondent.
After
shooting his wife and daughter Peterson called Clement Studebaker III and told
him what he had done, and that he intended to kill himself also. He then called the police and reported his
actions. Mr. Studebaker went at once to
the Peterson apartment but when he got there he found the police already on
hand.
A note left
by Peterson said "I see nothing to live for since Mr. Studebaker died. I
have not had any sleep for I do not know how long as I have lost my life's
savings and have nothing to look forward to but poverty and I am afraid of
going insane.
I have
always loved my family and wanted them to have and enjoy things. Now that I am
not able to give them that, I would rather see them dead and out of misery.”
The note
said that he had $100 in a bank, $6,000 life insurance, 150 shares of various
stocks and a month's salary due. It
asked "please give us a good
funeral.”
Studebaker
could not explain how Peterson had lost his savings and pointed out that his
job was secure. He said that Peterson had worked for his father since
pre-automobile days.
“I’m sure my
dad’s death caused this,” he said. Peter
went all to pieces when he died . He had always gone
to dad for advice. We always looked on Peter as one of the family." A will
which the elder Studebaker had made in which he bequeathed $5,000 to Peterson
was superseded by another which left him nothing but the younger Studebaker
could not believe that this would make Peterson do this deed.
Peterson was
60 years old; his wife was 40 and the daughter was 20. She was a junior at Northwestern University
and had a high scholastic standing.
Peterson’s body
was found in freshly laundered blue pajamas. Apparently he killed the sleeping daughter first. His wife evidently had not heard the first
shot as there was no evidence of struggle having taken place. After shooting his wife Peterson lay down on
the bed beside her and killed himself.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 5,
1933
Waffle, Thos. S. -
Thos. S. Waffle, publisher of the Diagonal Reporter, died at the home of
his brother-in-law, B. H. Carruthers, at Clarinda
Monday evening. Mr. Waffle
was about 57
years of age. He had been visiting in Clarinda for several days, having been
taken ill there. His death was due to acute dilation of the heart.
Funeral
services will be held at Diagonal Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Mr. Waffle
is survived by his wife, and two sisters and a brother who live in
California.
Mr. Waffle
had been publisher of the Reporter for the past eleven years. Previous to
taking over the paper he had worked as a printer in Diagonal and
in other shops
in this section of the state and was quite well known.
Mr. Waffle
was a cousin of Earl Smith of Lenox.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday February
16, 1933
Wilt, Nora Anna Jones -
Mrs. Harry
Wilt died Sunday, December 18, at her home five miles east of Lenox. She was stricken
with paralysis about 11:30 Friday morning and grew
steadily worse until her death Sunday evening. Mrs. Wilt was 64 years, 7 months and 9
days of age. She was one of the oldest settlers in the community.
She is
survived by her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Ben Reimer.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon, December 20 at 1:30 at Calvary church
conducted by Rev. Turner of Clearfield assisted by Rev. Freeman of Lenox.
Burial was made at Lenox. An obituary will be printed next week.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December
22, 1932
Wilt, Nora
Anna Jones -
Nora Ann Jones, daughter of D. D. Jones and Luella Evans,
was born near Canton, Illinois, May 9, 1868. Died December 18, 1932, aged 64
years, 7
months,
and 9 days.
She moved with her parents to a farm one and one half miles
west of Calvary Church in 1877, where she grew to womanhood. In the fall of 1887 the family moved to
Creston, Iowa, where she lived until her marriage to Harry Wilt on March 6.
1889. To this union was born one daughter,
Leo Odessa, now Mrs
Ben Reimer.
At the age of 15, she united with the Methodist Church, which was being held at that time at
the Caplinger Schoolhouse.
She was preceded in death by her mother, father, and her one
brother. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband; her daughter and husband;
two grandchildren, Loretta and Herman Reimer; her sister and husband, Mr
and Mrs. James Delaney, of Spokane, Wash.; her brother's 3 children, and a
multitude of friends.
Funeral services were held at Calvary Church, on Tuesday at
1:30 p. m., conducted by her pastor, Rev. John, C. Turner of Clearfield,
assisted by Rev. Freeman of Lenox, Iowa. Interment was in Lenox Cemetery.
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Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 29, 1932
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