Muscatine County Iowa Obituary Archives

Elmer H. Pahl, a resident of Blue Grass, passed away at his home at 11:30 o'clock last evening. Surviving are his wife Emma, a daughter, Marjorie; and eight sisters: Mrs. Ed Fix of Illinois, Mrs. Gus Blank of Walcott, Mrs. Hugo Schroeder of Walcott, Mrs. Gus Schroeder of Blue Grass, Mrs. Carl Peterson of Davenport and Florence, Velma and Opal, at home. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Pahl, also survive.   Funeral services will be held from the home in Blue Grass at 1:30 and 2
o'clock from the church.

clippings from unidentified newspapers handwritten note: Sept. 6, 1921
Contributed by Dixie A. Laire

* is typed exactly as in newspaper article
Contributed by Dixie A. Laire

Henry C. Pahl, 63, a resident of Buffalo township for more than 60 years, died at 3:50 a.m. today at St. Luke's hospital after an illness of six months.
Mr. Pahl was born in Schleswig, Holstein, Germany May 12, 1865. He came to America when one year old, direct to Buffalo township, residing there on a farm one half mile south of Blue Grass since that time. He was married to Miss Rosa Cooper Aug. 2, 1886 at Buffalo. To this union were born 11 children. She preceded him in death Feb. 8, 1924. On Aug. 3, 1927 he was
married to Mrs. Lizzie January.
For many years Mr. Pahl served as trustee of Buffalo township.
Surviving besides the widow are eight daughters, Mrs. Ed Fix, Andalusia, IA; Mrs. Gus Blank, Mrs. Hugo Schroeder, Mrs. Roy Arp, and Mrs. Reily Dietz, all of Walcott; Mrs. Gus Schroeder, Blue Grass; Mrs. Carl Peterson, Davenport; and Mrs. Carl Bornholdt, Buffalo; two brothers, Will, Norwalk, IA; and Louis, Oneida, IA; two sisters, Mrs. Fritz Kautz, Blue Grass; and
Mrs. Ernest Jockheck, Durant; and 21 grandchildren. Three sons preceded him in death.
The body was removed to the Runge mortuary and will be returned to the home at 4 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Blue Grass church with burial in Blue Grass cemetery.

clipping from unidentified newspaper
Contributed by Dixie A. Laire

John Pahl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pahl, of Buffalo township, one mile south of Blue Grass, died yesterday at 6 o'clock after a year's illness, death being due to Bright's disease. He was a young man, only 18 years of
age.
He was born July 14, 1892, and has lived in this county practically all of his life. Besides his parents he is survived by the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Ivah Fix, and Pearl, May, Ruby, Garnet, Florence, Wilma,
Opal, Ray and Elmer. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. from the home of the parents.
Burial will be in Blue Grass cemetery.

clipping from unidentified newspaper handwritten note: Dec. 29, 1910
Contributed by Dixie A. Laire

Leroy A. Pahl, 20 years old, died at 8 o'clock this morning at Mercy hospital, after a lingering illness. He resided in Blue Grass.
He was born in that town on Dec. 13, 1895, and resided there all of his life. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pahl of Blue Grass.
One brother, Elmer Pahl, also survives and eight sisters and his grandfather, J.P. Cooper. The sisters are Mrs. Iva Fix of Buffalo township, Mrs. Pearl Blank of Walcott, Mrs. May Schroeder of Blue Grass, and the Misses Ruby, Garnet, Florence, Velma and Opal Pahl at home.
The funeral will take place at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Blue Grass church, with internment in Blue Grass cemetery.

clipping from unidentified newspaper handwritten note: Dec. 16, 1915
Contributed by Dixie A. Laire

The funeral for LeRoy Pahl was held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the home of his father about 3 quarters of a mile south of Blue Grass with services at 1:30 at the church in Blue Grass. Mary Parkhurst officiated at the home, church and grave, interment being made in the Blue Grass cemetery.

There was a large attendance of friends and there were many beautiful floral offerings. The pallbearers were Waldo McGarvey, Warren Burnside, Gus Schroeder, Harrison Rachow, Otto Schroeder and Claus Petersen.

handwritten note: Dec. 19, 1915
Contributed by Dixie A. Laire

Norma M. Pahl, 98, Wilton, formerly of Walcott, passed away Saturday,  Nov. 9, 2002, at the Wilton Care Center. Services will be 10 a.m.  Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2002, at Runge Mortuary Chapel. Burial will be in  Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation is one hour before the service at  the mortuary.

Norma Rathjen was born Nov. 5, 1904, in Walcott, to George and Alvena (Meyer) Rathjen. She married Wilbert Pahl on Dec.  7, 1927, in Davenport. He preceded her in death March 29, 1986.

Norma enjoyed her family, cooking, dancing, playing cards and music.   She was a member of Walcott Senior Citizens and Old Settlers Society.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Walcott Senior Citizens or Calvary United Methodist Church, Walcott.

Survivors include two sons  and daughters-in-law, Donald and Gayle Pahl, Walcott, and Richard and Lorna Pahl, Wilton; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a sister and brother-in-law, Edna (Mrs. Arnold) Suhr, Walcott; and  brothers-in-law, Ed Spickermann, Wilton, and Le Roy Pahl, Davenport. She was preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Verna Spickermann and Eleanor Suhr.

Quad-City Times 10 Nov 2002 

Muscatine, IA, Feb. 8 - Mrs. Henry Pahl, aged 52 years, a native and lifelong resident of this county died at 2 o'clock this morning in her home, a mile south of Blue Grass after a log illness. Mrs. Pahl who was formerly Miss Rose Cooper was born Sept. 14, 1871 in Muscatine Co. and married in Aug. 1888 to Henry Pahl. The widower and eight daughters survive.
The surviving children are Mrs. Ed Fix of Andalusia; Mrs. Gus Blank, Walcott; Mrs. Hugo Schroeder, Walcott; Mrs. Gus Schroeder, Blue Grass; Mrs. Carl Peterson, Davenport and the Misses Florence, Velma, and Opal at home. Three brothers, V.A. Cooper of Davenport, C.C. and J.P. Cooper of Blue Grass  and four sisters, Agnes of Philadelphia; Mrs. Belle Bohnsack of Stockton; Mrs. Maurice Stigers of Davenport and Mrs. Viola Eis of Montpelier, also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the home and at 1:30 o'clock in the Presbyterian church.

clipping from unidentified newspaper  - 1924
Contributed by Dixie A. Laire

Services for Mrs. Josephine Pallischeck, 84, were held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Riley Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Church.

Rev. William O. Meyer officiated.  Mrs. Beverly Weber was the organist and Mrs. Mary Lee Longhurst the vocalist.
Alter boys were Chris Longhurst, Jim Craig and Danny Yerington.
Jerrry Blaesing and Tom Noll were ushers.
Pallbearers were Wayne Fretueg, William Koester, Dave Lucas, Leonard Aull, Joseph Aull and John Weber Jr.
Burial was at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Pallischeck died Sunday at Muscatine General Hospital.

Source: Muscatine Journal, Thursday 19 Apr 1979

He was born in Germany on Dec. 5, 1856, the son of John and Marie Smith Pantel but came here with his parents when he was two years old.  His marriage to Lizzie R. Holtz occurred March 21, 1883, in Muscatine and seven children were born to the couple, including three sets of twins.  Mr. Pantel was a retired farmer.

Surviving are three sons, Edward J., Frank L., and Leigh A. Pantel; three daughters, Mrs. Edith Fitchner, Mrs. Lillian G. Sywassink and Myrtle Pantel, all of this vicinity; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.  He was the last of a family of six children.

Preceding him in death were his wife, on July 28, 1928, his parents, one daughter, Frances in infancy, two sisters and three brothers.

The body is at the George M. Wittich Funeral home where it will remain for services to be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday by the Rev. C. B. Rayhill, pastor of the Park Avenue Methodist church.  Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery.

Source: Muscatine IA, Journal March 21, 1946
Research Source June Welsch
Notes:

Muscatine County, Iowa m/record; PANTEL, AUGUST  HOLTZ, LIZZIE R.  Marriage Date: 16 Mar 1883	1900 Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, IA August Pantel 43 born Germany married 17 years Elizabeth 39 born IA, had 7 children born and 6 living Edward son 16 born IA Edith L. daughter 16 born IA Frank L. 10 born IA Leigh A. son 4 born IA Lillian G. 3 born IA Myrtle 1 born IA
1920 Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, IA, page 1A August Pantel 65 born Germany Lizzie R. wife 58 born IA Frank L. son 29 born IA Leigh A. son 24 born IA Myrtle M. daughter 20 born IA	1930 District 16 page 20, Muscatine, Muscatine County, IA August Pantel 73 widow born Germany, age 24 at first marriage Frank son 40 born IA Lee son 34 born IA Myrtle daughter 31 born IA
Note from Susie Martin-Rott     I am also researching this family.  August's daughter Myrtle May Pantel married 15 Jan 1949 to Earnest Raymond BREI.

Roxa Parker, wife of Walter Parker, died September 10th in Center Grove, Muscatine Co., Iowa, aged 62 years.
(Rock Island Advertiser, Wednesday 21 Sep 1853)

Source:  Hawkeye Heritage, Fall 1978, Vol XIII #4, abstracted by Janet K. Pease of Arvada Colorado

Died.  In Bloomington, on the morning of the 7th inst., Elizabeth Allison, daughter of J.A. and H.D. Parvin-aged 4 years and 11 months.

Davenport Gazette Davenport, Scott, Iowa Thursday, Nov 4, 1841
Contributed by Elaine Rathmann of Scott Co IAGenWeb Project

WAPELLO -- Mildred Patrick, 73, of Burlington, formerly of Wapello, died Thursday at the Burlington Medical Center.
Services are at 11 a.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church. The Rev. George Yetter will officiate. Burial will be at the Wapello Cemetery.

The family will meet with friends until 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home. The Order of Eastern Star will conduct a service at 7. A memorial fund has been established.

Mrs. Patrick was born June 29, 1916 in Burke County, North Dakota, a daughter of Peter and Minnie Madsen. She married Joseph P. Patrick Nov. 21, 1933 at Crown Point, Ind.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women and Chapter 257 of Order of Eastern Star. She was active in the Republican Party. She organized a Girl Scout Troop in Wapello. She operated Patrick's Homecrest Store in Wapello, the Fair Store and opened the first coin-operated laundry in Wapello.

Survivors include two sons, Josepth R. of Wapello and Thomas C. of La Crosse, Wis.; one daughter, Mrs. James (Sharon) Eng- berg of Burlington; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Ann Oenes of Ogden, Utah; May Dieu of Cape Coral, Fla.; Alice Whitbeck of Kenosha, Wis.; and Grace Mitchell of Livonia, Mich. She is preceded in death by her husband in November of 1980, her parents, one sister and one brother.

Muscatine Journal : November 17, 1989
Contributed by:  [email protected]

Mrs. Arizona G. Patterson, 72, of 702 Spruce St. died at 5:40 a.m. today at Muscatine General hospital.
Mrs. Patterson was a life resident of Muscatine. She was born here Dec. 12, 1894, the daughter of Henry and Margaret Baker Fuller.
She was married in Muscatine, May 10, 1913, to Earl Patterson. She was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren church, American Legion Auxiliary and the V. F. W. Auxiliary.
She is survived by her husband, Earl Patterson; two sons, Warren Patterson of Bettendorf and Clayton Patterson of Solon; two daughters, Mrs. Sheryl (Fern) Edwards and Mrs. R. George (Thera) Shields, both of Muscatine: 10 grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son, one daughter, and her father.
The body is at the George M. Wittich funeral home, where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Rev. J. Paul Stevens will officiate. Interment will be at Greenwood cemetery.

Muscatine Journal Monday June 19, 1967 page 8
Submitted by Carolyn Hidlebaugh 

Last evening about 9 o'clock at her home 1216 East Second street, occurred the death of Mrs. Laura L. Patterson, after a brief illness.  Although Mrs. Patterson was a lady 75 years of age she was quite active, and only for the past week has she complained of not being well and was on her feet a little over an hour before her death.  She had been living alone but of late years a daughter has been here and taken care of her.

Mrs. Patterson was an early settler in this vicinity having belonged to the first white family to locate in Muscatine county.  She was born in 1827 at Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio, and in 1834, when she was at the age of seven years she, with her parents, came to what was then known as Wisconsin territory.  Her father was Benjamin Nye, the first white man to settle in this county.  He with his family came to the mouth of Pine creek at Montpelier in 1834.  He built a store and carried on a trade with the Indians, exchanging goods for furs.  Mr. Nye laid out the town of Montpelier, naming it in honor of his birthplace, Montpelier, Vermont.

In 1845 Laura Lavinia Nyne (sic) was united in marriage to Robert H. Patterson, who ran a mill for a short time at the mouth of Pine creek, his father-in-law, Mr. Nye, having run both a saw mill before that time.  Later Mr. and Mrs. Patterson moved to a farm near Moscow, at which place Mrs. Patterson lived up to seven years ago, when she moved to Muscatine.  Mrs. Patterson lost her husband, Dec. 3, 1863.

Eight children were born to them, four of whom are now living and mourn the loss of their mother.  They are Charles M. E. Patterson of this county, B. F. Patterson of Los Angeles, California, Mrs. Belle Moore of Muscatine, and Mrs. Piney Gardner of Audubon Iowa.  Mrs. Patterson was one of the 50 year subscriber to the Journal, her husband having subscribed for the paper 57 years ago.  She was during her life had the opportunity of seeing many wonderful changes.  A tangled wilderness invested with roving tribes of Indians was here when she arrived.  She has had occasion to watch the development of the country and see the many advances made by civilization.  Religiously Mrs. Patterson has been a faithful member of the Presbyterian church for over 40 years.

The funeral arrangements are not quite complete as yet, owing to the fact family is waiting for some kind of word from the son in California.  It is probable however that the funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the Melpine
Presbyterian church.  The funeral party will leave the house in Muscatine at 12:30 that afternoon.

Muscatine Journal July 30, 1902
Contributed by June Brewer Welsch
Notes: Laura Nye Patterson was also married to Julius Welsch (08 Feb 1875, Scott Co. IA) but this is not mentioned in the obituary

Cecil Paul of West Liberty met death in a hunting expedition last Sunday afternoon, when he was accidentally shot in
the head. He died enroute to the Iowa City hospital. He was twenty-three years of age.

Paul and Vernon Werling were together, and Werling’s gun, carried in the crook of his left arm, exploded, according to
statements made by him, hitting Paul, who was climbing the hill ahead of him. Coroner A. M. McCormick was called and
pronounced death accidental. Paul is survived by a widow and small child.

Cecil Henry Paul, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Paul was born near Ferris, Ill., June 26, 1910 and met death accidentally
Sunday afternoon, Sept. 24, while hunting, at the age of 23 years, 2 months and 23 days.

Cecil’s infancy was spent in Illinois, but when he was five years old the family moved to Cedar county. He grew to
manhood in the Rochester community, and on January 14, 1931 he was united in marriage too Miss Irene Schact of
Tipton, Iowa. To this union was born one son, Donald Henry Paul, aged 4 months. Cecil Paul is survived by his wife and
baby, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Paul, one brother Raymond at home, two sisters, Bernice, now Mrs. Abner
Peterson, and Mildred, now Mrs. Charles Reinhardt, both of Atalissa, two sisters Mabel and Frances died in infancy. He
also is survived by two nieces and two nephews, Dewey and Henrietta Peterson, Shirley Ann and Billy Reinhardt.

Cecil was deeply interested in farming and had his plans all made for starting out for himself this spring. A strong and
dependable young man, industrious and fine spirited. Cecil will be greatly missed, not alone by the dear ones of the
family but also by many friends in Rochester, Atalissa, Springdale and other neighboring communities.

I singeth low in every heart
A song of those who answer not
However we may call
They throng the silence of the heart
We see them as of yore
The kind, the true, the brave, the strong
Who walk with us no more
It is hard to take the burden up
When he has laid it down
He brightened all the joy of life
He softened many a frown
But it will be good to think of him
When we are troubled sore
Thanks be to God that he has been
Although he is no more
More homelike seems the waste unknown
Since he has entered there
To follow him when not so hard
Wherever he may fare
In spite of burden, sorrow, care
Whatever betide thy love abides
O God forever more

The funeral services were held in the Rochester church on Wednesday, September 27 with Rev. Otis Moore in charge.
Internment was in the Rochester cemetery.

We wish to thank our many friends for the kind things and sympathy they gave us in the loss of our dear one.

Mrs. Cecil Paul and baby, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Paul and son, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reinhardt, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Peterson.

Source and Date Unknown

West Liberty—Mrs. Fannie Paul, 73, died Saturday at her home in West Liberty following a long illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Rochester church with burial in the Rochester cemetery.

Mrs. Paul was born in Hamilton, Ill., Sept. 10, 1877, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Davis. She was a member of the Mt. Zion church, Tipton.

Survivors include a son, Raymond, West Liberty; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Reinhardt, West Liberty, and Mrs. A. A. Peterson, Tipton; a sister, Mrs. Henry Repplinger, Hamilton, Ill.; 13 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Her husband, Henry, three children and seven brothers and sisters preceded he in death.

Source and Date Unknown

Memorial services will be held Saturday for Capt. Laurence E. Paul, first Iowa Citian to be killed in the Korean theater of war.

The body is scheduled to arrive in Iowa City early Saturday morning, escorted by Maj. John Howell, a member of Captain Paul's squadron.

Funeral services will be held at St. Mary's church at 9 a.m. Saturday with burial in St. Joseph's cemetery.  Military rites will be conducted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3949.

Captain Paul, pilot of a four engine C-54 transport plane, died when the plane he was flying crashed during a combat mission near Taejon, Korea, on January 14,1951.  He was 29 at the time of his death.

Born in Muscatine county, October 4, 1921, he was the son of Elmer and Catherine Paul.  He was graduated from Iowa City high school and the University of Iowa in 1942 where he received a B.A. degree.

Captain Paul was on the all-city high school football team, and played on the university varsity squad.

After graduation from the university, he joined the service as a second lieutenant in the infantry.  He later transferred to the air-force where he won his pilots wings in 1944.

He flew in the United States, Panama and in Alaska from 1948 to 1950, and later was stationed at McChord airforce base, Tacoma, Wash.  captain Paul joined U.S. forces in Korea in November, 1950, with the 62nd troop carrier group based in Japan.  The group carried supplies and cargo to the Korean front.

Col. Leo F. Paul, a brother of Captain Paul, flew to Iowa City from Paris, arriving here Tuesday night.  He is stationed with General Eisenhower's headquarters in Paris.

In addition to his brother, Captain Paul is survived by his widow, Marcella, of Tacoma, Wash.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Paul, 410 Iowa avenue, and a sister, Mrs. J.D. Conderman, Iola, Kan.

The Hohenschuh mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Iowa Press Citizen 24 Jan 1952
photo accompanies obituary.

Mrs. Rosea A. Paulz, 94, mother of Mrs. Lloyd M. Perkins of Chillicothe, died Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at her home, 1802 East Forty-seventh terrace in Kansas City.

She was born in Muscatine, Ia. and has resided in Kansas City 48 years.  She was a member of the Belton Methodist Church.

In addition to Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Paulz is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Eva Bane, Kansas City; four sons, Elmer A. Pautz, Mountain View, Mo; Victor M. Pautz, Lander, Wyo.; Harvey W. Pautz and Dr. Albert G. Pautz, Kansas City.  She is also survived by three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the chapel of the George Funeral Home in Belton at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Interment will be in the family lot in the Belton cemetery.

Chillicothe MO Constitution Tribune 12 Jan 1962

An illness of barely four days with black diphtheria, caused the death of Irvin Pearlman, the six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Pearlman, 813 East Seventh street, yesterday afternoon.  the case is the first brought to the attention of the health officers in a long time.

The child, who was a pupil of the Jefferson school complained of illness Friday but it was not until Saturday that evidences of the dreaded disease were manifested.  Medical attention was subsequently called in and yesterday morning the residence was placed under quarantine by direction of the city health officer.

The father of the boy has not yet been apprised of the death of his son.  He is a peddler by trade and left Monday on a trip though the country, his whereabouts being unknown.  Burial was made this morning in the Jewish Cemetery.

Muscatine Journal Wednesday January 22, 1913
Submitted by Eleanor B. McCleary

PENNISTON, Nancy L., 59, formerly of Dayton, Sunday in Wilton, Iowa. Services 2 p.m. CST Wednesday, Wilton Presbyerian Church. (Lacock-Bentley, Wilton)

Source: Dayton (Ohio) Daily News  p. 3B : November 23, 1993

After lying in an unconscious condition for the last three days, B.F. Perry, an aged veteran of the civil war, succumbed at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alda Caudle, 119 Chestnut street, at 4 o'clock this morning. Death was directly due to a stroke of spinal apoplexy suffered last Friday. Since that time he had been in a precarious condition and death had been anticipated almost hourly the past week. Prior to that time the old soldier was considered in good health.

Mr. Perry had been a resident of Muscatine for a period exceeding sixty years. He was a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Venango county on July 17, 1834. During the civil war he served with Company B., Thirty-fifth Iowa regiment. He was a member of Shelby Norman Post. Grand Army of the Republic. His old comrades will have charge of the funeral services, planned to be held from the family residence on Chestnut street Sunday afternoon. The Rev. R. V. Meigs, pastor of the First
Baptist church, will conduct the obsequies.

Five daughters, twenty-one grandchildren and six great-grandchildren survive him. His wife died in 1880. The surviving daughters are the following; Mrs. Alda Caudle, Mrs. Bertha Kile and Mrs. Luella Cramer, of this city; Mrs. Mary Brown of Bloomington township, and Mrs. Clara Waterman of Oakhill, Kan.

Muscatine Journal, 29 Nov 1912
Contributed by Rachelle Curtis

WAPELLO, Iowa -- Memorial services for Laurie A. Perryman, of Las Vegas, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, Wapello. There is no visitation. Burial will be in Parsons Cemetery.

Miss Perryman died May 2, 1998, at her home in Las Vegas. She was born Nov. 30, 1961, in Burlington.

Survivors include sisters, Joan Sloat, Las Vegas, and Jane Perryman, Chicago.

Source and date not known

ABINGDON -- R. Lewis Peters, 65, of 400 N. Knox St. died at 4:23 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, 1996, at St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg.

Born Sept. 7, 1931, in Cotter, Iowa, to Jarrett and Alice Isom Peters, he married Janet Coffin on July 15, 1953, in Muscatine, Iowa. She survives.

Also surviving are his mother of Columbus Junction, Iowa; one son, Phil of Flower Mound, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Mike (Kim) Gordon and Mrs. Stan (Jill) Froelich, both of Abingdon; five grandchildren; one brother, Dan of Winfield, Iowa; and four sisters, Pat Niece of Weatherford, Texas, Sadie Gevock of Washington, Iowa, Karen Pierce of Moline and Sharon Maple of Columbus Junction, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his father and one brother.

He was a division manager for Walnut Grove Feeds for 28 years, retiring in 1992.
He was a member of the Tuesday Golf League at Laurel Greens in Knoxville.
He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. He was a member of Abingdon American Legion Post 381.
An Abingdon resident since 1971, he was a member of Abingdon United Methodist Church.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at his church. The Rev. Eugene Ramsey II will officiate.  Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at Hinchliff-Pearson-West Abingdon chapel. Burial will be in  Abingdon Cemetery, with military rites accorded by American Legion Post 381.  Memorials may be made to the Abingdon Banty League Association or his church.

Peoria IL Journal Star Page: D6 : November 06, 1996

Floyd "A" Petersen, 79, of rural Muscatine, died Friday, Nov. 8, 2002, at Lutheran Homes, Muscatine. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at  Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church, New Era. Burial will be in Durant Cemetery. Visitation is 2-6 p.m. Sunday at Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home, Muscatine.

Mr. Petersen had farmed in Muscatine County. He raised beef cattle, hogs and quarter horses. He was born  July 26, 1923, in Muscatine County. He married Mardelle Paulsen in 1945  in Davenport.

Memorials may be made to the church or the American Diabetes Association.

Survivors include his wife, Mardelle; daughters,  Jane Davis, Canton, Mich., Connie Von Behren, Wyoming, Iowa, and  Karen Beatty, Muscatine; sons, Dan, Bill and Gary, all of Muscatine; 16 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and sisters, Eunice Fahy, Bettendorf, Grace Wathan, Durant, and Janet Duncan, Muscatine.

Quad-City Times  09 Nov 2002. 

Mr. Peterson, a Stuart resident for the past year, died Saturday at National Health Care.
Born in Britt, Iowa, Mr. Peterson was an assistant professor of agricultural research at Iowa State University in Ames before retirement. He came to Stuart from Milwaukee.

Mr. Peterson was a past mayor of Fruitland, Iowa. He was a member of the Whitefish Bay Men's Club in Whitefish, Wis.; the Rotary Club in Muscatine, Iowa; Senior Citizens Club of Glendale, Wis.; and the Spanish Club of Milwaukee.

Survivors include a son, Dana W. Peterson of Palm City; two brothers; three sisters; four grandchildren; and five great- grandchildren.

Local arrangements are by Aycock Funeral Home in Stuart.

The Palm Beach (FL) Post : October 12, 1998

Romona Harriet Peterson, 18, died at 5:30 a.m. today at University hospital, Iowa City following internal injuries suffered in an automobile accident May 20, on Highway 1, eight miles south of Iowa City.

She was born August 13, 1948, at Muscatine, the daughter of Leonard Charles Peterson Sr. and Helen Roberta Fisher Peterson. She had been a resident of Nichols the past nine years.

Romona would have been a senior at the Lone Tree High school next fall. She had attended the grade school in Nichols as well as the first, second, and third grades at Madison and Grant schools in Muscatine. She was a member of the Nichols Christian church.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Peterson Sr. of Nichols; two brothers, Leonard Jr.., 14 and Steven, 12; three sisters, Mrs. Moris (Barbara) Martz, Route 5, Muscatine, Carol 20, and Cherry, 17; and the maternal grandfather, Clarence E. Fisher of Muscatine.  Her paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Nichols Christian church.   Friends may begin calling at the Riley Funeral Home Tuesday morning where the body will remain until it is moved Wednesday noon to the Nichols Christian church for the 2 o'clock service.   Interment will be at the Nichols cemetery.

Muscatine Journal Monday June 19, 1967 page 8
Submitted by Carolyn Hidlebaugh

WEST BRANCH--W.C. Phelps, 82, retired farmer and former operator of the West Branch creamery, died suddenly this morning at Mercy hospital in Iowa City.

Mr. Phelps was born June 19, 1867, at Springdale, and was married September 10, 1890, at Muscatine to Eva Fitzsimmons.

The couple lived in the West Branch area the last 48 years.

Surviving Mr. Phelps are his widow; three daughters, Mrs. Lela Stoecker, of East St. Louis, Ill., Mrs. Edith Anderson and Mrs. Mabel Rummells, both of West Branch; two sons, Charles of Sigourney and Vernon of West Branch; two brothers, R.J. Phelps, Iowa City, and Walter Phelps of Muscatine; three sisters, Mrs. Lida Connor, Mrs. Addie Rockafellow and Mrs. Lila Rockafellow, all of West Liberty.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Springdale Methodist chruch, with burial in the West Branch cemetery.

Iowa City Press Citizen 11 Jan 1950

Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Armilda Phillips, former local resident, at Mt. Pleasant Iowa, Tuesday morning.

Mrs. Phillips was born 7 May 1840, in Virginia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Brewer.  She was married to William Royer in 1864 and 23 years ago married to Samuel Phillips. He died a number of  years ago.  Surviving are one sister and 4 step-children.

Funeral services and burial will be at Mt. Pleasant.  While in Muscatine Mrs. Phillips resided at 607 Evans street.

Taken from the Muscatine Iowa Journal May 1930
Research Source June Brewer Welsch
My (June Welsch) father (Archie Brewer ) lived with Armilda for awhile.
 In 1900 Muscatine County, Iowa, Census;Armilda Royer wd. 56, born Mar. 1845 in Indiana she had 1 child and 0 living both parents born VA.
 In 1910 Muscatine County, Iowa, census; Armilda Phillips 66 born Indiana, both parents born Virginia. Widow and had 1 child and none living.
 In 1915 Muscatine County, Iowa, census it said she was wd. 71 born Indiana, parents born Virginia. 

Clarence P. Phillips, 97, died Wednesday, April 6, 1994, at Lutheran Homes where he resided.

Services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home, with the Rev. Allan Simms of Zion Lutheran Church officiating. Florence Hetzler will be the organist.  Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers are Byron Phillips, David Baker, Richard Phillips, Jeffrey Baker, Craig Phillips, and Scott Baker.  Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Muscatine General Hospital or to Lutheran Homes of Muscatine.

He was born Nov., 15, 1896, in Mason City, Iowa to Lambert Whitney and Alice Amelia Payn Phillips.  On Dec. 27, 1922, he married Anna Ferne Shinabarger who died in 1970. In 1972 he married Lurline Eldred Abbott who died in 1981. He married Verna Ager on May 22, 1982. She died in 1992.

Dr. Phillips graduated from the Mason City High School, then attended Grinnell College in Grinnell. He graduated from the State University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1922.

He completed his internship at the Norwegian-American Hospital in Chicago, then continued his post-graduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
He began his practice at Clear Lake in 1923 later moving to Alexander. He came to Muscatine in 1927, retiring in 1970.
He was a member of Muscatine Co. Medical Society, Iowa State Medical Society, 33 Club, Muscatine Club, B.P.O. Elks Lodge No. 304, Triune Lodge No. 641 and KAABA Shrine.

Survivors include two sons, Robert Frank Phillips of Muscatine and John Lambert Phillips of Dunlap, Ill; two daughters, Ann (Mrs. Leo) Baker of Sun City, Arizona, and Mary (Mrs. Kenneth) Arnold, Rock Island, Ill; 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wives, and five brothers and sisters.

Source: Muscatine Journal : April 7, 1994
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LETTS--- Ernest Phillips Sr., 74, of 1433 231st St., Letts, died Tuesday night, Oct. 14, 1997, at the veterans Administration Medical Center in Iowa City.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. The Rev. Sharon Phillips will officiate. Pallbearers will be Chad Johnson, Jason Johnson, John Brinson, Ernie Phillips and Mike Phillips. Burial will be at the Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery.Visitation will be from 4 to  7 p.m. Friday, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Ernest Phillips Memorial Fund.

Mr. Phillips was born, Jan. 20, 1923, in Muscatine, a son of Herbert and Clara Adams Phillips. He was a life resident of the area. He married Louise L. Hubbs on Nov. 9, 1949, in Muscatine.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Eagles Lodge.He retired from employment at International Harvester, in 1975.

Survivors include his wife, Louise; two sons, Ernest Phillips  and mike Phillips, both of Muscatine, three daughters, Bonnie Hartnell of International Falls, Minn.,  and Sarah Buckley and Lydia Brinson, both of Muscatine; 22 grandchidlren, 16 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Corrine Tetmeyer of Chicago, Ill.   He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, David, and two grandchildren, Faith and Michael Phillips.

Muscatine Journal Thursday Oct 16, 1997
Submitted by Carolyn Hidlebaugh
He is related to me.

Mr. Harlan S. “Skeeter” Phillips, 84, of 114 Railroad Street, Atalissa, died Friday, April 30, 1999, at the Veterans Medical Center in Iowa City, following a brief illness.

Memorial services were held Sunday, May 16, at the Church of Christ in Atalissa, with Rev. John McCrory officiating. Burial will be at the Klein Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be given to Harlan S. Phillips Memorial Fund.

Mr. Phillips was born February 8, 1915, in Muscatine, the son of Samuel and Mammie (Adder) Phillips. Skeeter was a union painter for 45 years. He was in the United States  Marine Corps during World War II. He married June Marion Sisk on October 6, 1937, in Muscatine.  He was a lifetime resident of the Muscatine area.

Survivors include a son, David Phillips of Atalissa; two daughters, Scherry Haines of Davenport and Delores Sivia of Atalissa; two brothers, John Phillips of Moscow and  Larry Phillips of California; four sisters, Betty Rennert of  Muscatine, Peg Moore of Moline, Cleo Moore of Muscatine and Cecil Atkins of Atalissa; ten grandchildren; 24  great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his  parents, wife, a brother, three sisters, and a great-grandson.

George L. Gay Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

West Liberty Index Thursday, May 20, 1999

COLUMBUS JCT., Iowa -- Services for Lloyd V. Phillips, of rural Columbus Junction, will be 10 a.m. Monday at Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, Wapello. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery, Wapello, with military services by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5166, Wapello. Visitation is after noon Sunday at the funeral home, with the family present 6-8 p.m.

Mr. Phillips died Thursday, Sept. 10, 1998, at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Centerville. He had worked at Roche and Musser Co., Muscatine, and later was employed as a mechanic at Tillman Motor Co., Wapello.

He was born Aug. 5, 1927, in Grandview. He married Mary Lamb in 1950 in Wapello.

During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps.
Memorials may be made to Columbus City United Methodist Church and Boy Scout Troop 54.

Survivors include his wife; daughters, Deborah Burke, Aurora, Ill., Patricia LaRue and Lorraine Orr, both of
Muscatine, and Linda Krenz, Grandview; a son, Jeffrey L., Muscatine; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Ruth Anthony, Grandview.

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Word was received in the city yesterday afternoon announcing the death of August Pieper, a well known former Scott county resident, which occurred at his home in Stockton Monday evening.

The deceased was born in Hamburg in 1813 and before leaving the Fatherland, he joined the Icarian community which settled near Nauvoo, Ill., but a couple of years later he left the settlement because of some dissensions and after a short stay at St.Charles, Mo., he came to Davenport in company with his wife.

While here he was connected with the Washburne hardware store for a time and later with the Beiderbecke-Miller establishment. Mr. Pieper was one of the founders of the Davenport Maennorchor and an active member of the Turner Society.

During the civil war Mr. Pieper enlisted in the "gray beard" regiment but never saw active service as they were not sent to the front on account of the advanced years of some of its members.

For several years past he has resided in Stockton where his death occurred. In 1858 his first wife died but he remarried and the present Mrs. Pieper survives him with two children, Mrs. Charles Beiderbecke of this city and a son, Adolph Pieper.

The remains will be brought to Davenport for incineration in accordance with the expressed wish of the deceased, and the funeral will take place from the B.C.R. & N. depot Thursday morning going directly to the crematorium.

Davenport Daily Times 18 Dec 1895
Note: The "Graybeard" unit was the Iowa 37th Infantry.

Columbus Junction-------Dale Franklin Pierce, 69, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and a former Columbus Junction resident, died Thursday at the Veterans Hospital in Oklahoma City following an illness of several weeks.

The son of Frank and Lucinda Bliven Pierce, he was born Sept. 24, 1895, in Columbus Junction.  He married Vivian Mae Griffith on Dec. 24, 1917, at Muscatine.

Survivors include his wife, one son Dale of Oklahoma City ; one brother Charles E. of Columbus Junction; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Aringdale of Columbus Junction; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday in Oklahoma City with burial also in Oklahoma City.

Taken from the Muscatine Journal Dec. 1964.
Contributed by June Brewer Welsch

Columbus Junction-- Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth McCoy Pierce, lifelong resident of the Columbus Junction community, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Stacy Funeral Home.  The Rev. George Pennington, pastor of the Methodist church officiate.

Mrs. Pierce died at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Restopia Nursing home.

She was born Feb. 14, 1878 near Cairo, Ill., the daughter of Francis M. and Lydia Hawes McCoy.  She married Elton Pierce, Sept. 21, 1911.  He preceded her in death.

Survivors include one brother, Robert McCoy of Davenport, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Burial will be in Columbus City cemetery with the Stacy Funeral Home in charge.

Taken from Muscatine Journal Oct. 1953.
Contributed by June Brewer Welsch
Notes from June Brewer Welsch: I'm sure she was born in Cairo IA.  She was my husband's (Ralph Robert Welsch) grandmother.

Mary Elizabeth McCoy, daughter of Francis Marion and Lyda Hawes McCoy, was born near Cairo, Illinois, February 14, 1878, and was aged 75 years, 7 months and 21 days.  She came to Columbus City, Iowa, with her parents in childhood and grew to womanhood there.

She was united in marriage to Elton H. Pierce, September 21, 1911.  They established their home in Columbus Junction and continued to live here until his death August 7, 1953.

Mrs. Pierce is survived by one brother Robert McCoy of Davenport, six grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
One daughter, Mrs. Gladys Welsch, her parents, one brother and two sisters preceded her in death.

Mrs. Pierce was interested in her home and for some years has cared for several of her grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Stacy Funeral Home at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon and were conducted by the Rev. George C. Pennington.
Music was by Mrs. B. O. Roundy.
Flower attendants were; Mrs. Cornelia Hanft and Mrs. Carma Norton.
Casket bearers were; William Welsch, M. E. Diveney, Lester Ohlsen, Charles Jennings, Walter Jennings and F. G. McCullough.
 Burial in Columbus City cemetery.

Columbus Junction Iowa paper Oct. 1953
Contributed by June Brewer Welsch

Mr. Pierce was born Feb. 9, 1887, near Morning Sun, the son of Frank and Lucinda Bliven Pierce.  He had been a residence of Columbus Junction most of his life.

His marriage to Elizabeth McCoy took place Sept. 21, 1911.  She survives, along with one sister, Mrs. Nellie Aringdale of Columbus Junction, and two brothers, Chester E. of Columbus Junction and Dale of Oklahoma City, Okla.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister Mrs. Myrtle Jennings.

Taken from The Columbus Junction Paper Aug. 1953.
Contributed by June Brewer Welsch

Mr. Pierce was born in Cochoston county, Ohio, May 3 1854.  His mother died when he was a few days old and he was raised by W. B. Davis, who moved when he was 6 years old in a covered wagon from Ohio to Oakland Township in Louisa county.

He was married March 18, 1880 to Miss Lucinda Bliven, by the Rev. J. A. Robbins pastor of the Congregational church at Muscatine.  She died Jan. 15, 1930.  Surviving are five children Elton H. Pierce, Chester E. Pierce, Mrs. Arista Jennings, and Mrs. Roy Aringdale of Columbus Junction and Dale Pierce of Oklahoma City, Okla.,  A. foster brother G. W. Davis of Woodward, Okla., also survives.

He also lived for a short time in Morning Sun.  He served as janitor of the Columbus Junction grade school building for a number of years and was recently chosen by the board of education to serve the coming year.

He spent Friday and Saturday at the Alex McCullough home at Muscatine and was down town Tuesday afternoon joking with his friends.  Owing to the intense heat he was out in the yard under a tree a greater part of Wednesday and when he arouse to go into the house he fell on the steps.  He was assisted indoors and death followed in a short time due to heart failure.

Taken from the Muscatine Journal July 1930.
Contributed by June Brewer Welsch
Notes from June Brewer Welsch W. B. Davis wife was Charlotte Clark. They moved here around 1860. His birth mother was Catherine Grounheizer.
1880 Census; Fremont, Johnson County, Iowa, Page 274A
Franklin PIERCE, Self, 26 born OH, Farmer, Fa: OH, Mo: OH
Lucinda PIERCE, Wife, 22 born IA, Keeps House,  Fa: NY, Mo: ENG

Among those from a distance in attendance were Mrs. W. B. Gelatt of Iowa City; Mr. and Mrs. Alex McCullough, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. McCullough and C. Hawley of Muscatine; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Schlichting of Cranston; Mrs. Robert Carey of New Boston, Ill.; and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bliven of Morning Sun; Mrs. Charles Jennings of Mt. Union and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Abbott of Conesville.

In charge of the flowers were Mrs. Genevieve Fedderson and Mrs. J. E. Bell.

The pallbearers were Cord McDaniel, W. D. Lewis, R. J. Reaney, B. H. Shearer, J. M. Norris and G. W. Weber.  Burial was made in the Columbus City cemetery.

From the Muscatine IA, Journal Jan. 18, 1930 page 8..
Contributed by June Brewer Welsch

ROCHESTER, Iowa - Margaret Lucille Pierce, 78, Rochester, died Tuesday, June 18, 2002,  at her home.

Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. The Rev. Ron Lashmit will officiate. Burial will be at Rochester Cemetery, Rochester.   Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

 Mrs. Pierce was born April 18, 1924, in Conesville, the daughter of Alfred and Lillian Burr  Morgan. She married Robert Pierce June 18, 1942, in Tipton.

She attended Cedar County schools.
She was employed as a nurses' aid.
She was a member of Rochester United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Deanna Gritton and husband Darrell of Rochester; three  grandchildren, Roger Gritton and wife Carolyn of Rochester and Crystal Harden and husband  Henry and Rick Gritton and wife Joanne, all of Tipton; four great-grandchildren, Morgan and Chandler Harden and Taylor and Spencer Gritton; and a sister, Silvia McQuillin of Tipton.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a brother, James Morgan; sisters,  Elsie Lange, Viola Albin, Ruby Christian, Ruth Motz and Orf Maurer and two infant sisters

Muscatine Journal June 19, 2002
contributed by webmaster-I am not related to this person 

Occasionally when two people have been privileged to share each others joys and sorrows for nearly fifty years, they are permitted to enter into the Heavenly rest with only a short separation. Such was the passing of our friends, Levi and Mary Pilkington. He was the only son of Joseph and Sarah Pilkington, and was born in Columbia county, Pa., April 24, 1840, and passed away at the home in West Liberty, Iowa, January 16, 1914, aged 73 years, 7 months and 22 days.

After his death, the wife was taken to the home of the son, at Centerdale, Iowa, where she answered the call to come up higher, on January 28, 1914, just twelve days after her husband. She was born in Columbia county, Pa., on June 6, 1841 being at the time of her death 72 years, 7 months and 22 days old.

She was the daughter of Reuben and Sarah Eves Wilson, and was married to Levi Pilkington, at her father's home, and according to the order of Friends, on the 17th of December, 1868, and two months later they came west locating in Illinois near East Jordan Meeting which was nine miles north of Sterling in Whiteside county. At the time of their arrival and for sometime after the meeting was held at the home of one of the members. The change from Eastern Pennsylvania to the prairies of Illinois was rather startling to persons who had grown up amongst the hills. The rigors of the western winters and the occasional poor crops did not discourage them.

During the eight years of their residence in Illinois, three children came to gladden their home - the daughter Ann and the two sons Alfred and Wilson. When the latter was one year old - in 1876 - they came to Iowa, living for six years on a farm three miles north of West Liberty. Their son Clark was born there. During the winter of 1882-3 they removed to Springdale, where the husband engaged in business. The youngest son, Arthur, was born there. The son, Wilson, having gone to Mobile, Alabama, in 1894, the parents and two younger sons followed in 1897. During their stay there ….. death in their …..February, 1899, the day before his 21st birthday. After spending four years in Alabama they returned to Iowa, locating in West Liberty ….. continued to be their home, with the exception of a few months spent at the home of the son at Centerdale, Iowa during the year 1908. That year their son Wilson died. They bore the weight of these sorrows with great fortitude, accepting what came in a spirit of resignation.

Both were birthright members of the Society of Friends and endeavored to live according to its teachings. They were constant in their attendance at the Meetings so long as health and strength permitted.

They were very deeply attached to their friends, who were sure of a cordial greeting whenever they visited their home. She had been an invalid for several years, but had kept about the house long after her disability had prevented her mingling with her friends outside her home. He was of an active temperament, and his life had been a busy one too busy for the frail health that had been his portion for a number of years - yet when the wife's physical disability increased he took upon himself the additional duties of nurse and housekeeper, until himself stricken with a fatal illness.

He is the last of his family, with the exception of a nephew, J.W. Eves, of Springdale. She leaves a brother and two sisters in Pennsylvania. Of their five children three are left, viz: Anna Branson, Montour Iowa; Alfred Pilkington, Centerdale Iowa and Arthur of Mobile, Alabama. All were present when the father was laid to rest. The daughter and oldest son were with the mother to the last.

Beside the relatives mentioned above they leave eight grandchildren and many other relatives and hosts of friends to treasurer their memories.

His funeral service was held at the Friends Meeting House in West Liberty at 10:30 a.m. on January 19th, Re… F.M. Dowlin of the Presbyterian church preaching the sermon.

The services for the wife were held at the home of the son at 1:00 p.m. on January 30th, Rev. Ross of the Centerdale church in charge. Burial in Oakridge.

Source: Not Known : February, 1914
Contributed by:  Richard Neumann

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa - Harold L. Pine, 94, died Monday, Feb. 7, 2000, at the Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Stacy Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. Burial will be at the Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. A memorial has been established in his memory and may be left at the funeral home.

Mr. Pine was born on Oct. 17, 1906, in Louisa County, the son of Alexander and Mary Pine. He married Nola Birk on March 23, 1929, in Toledo, Ohio. He farmed for 35 years on the Pine family farm on the edge of Columbus City and worked for the Iowa Department of Transportation. He was greens keeper for the Cedar Crest Country Club for 7 years.   He was a member of the Columbus City United Methodist Church, Muscatine Moose Band and the Columbus Junction Band.

He is survived by his wife, Nola of Columbus Junction; a son, Dan Pine of Tucson, Ariz.; three daughters, Jeanette Stapp and her husband, Everette, of  Chariton, Elaine Nicholson and her husband, Harold, of Ainsworth and Nancy Stewart and her husband,   Gary, of Ainsworth; 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great great-grandchildren.   He was  preceded in death by his parents, seven brothers, five sisters and a granddaughter.

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LETTS, Iowa -- Services for Donald A. Pittman, of Letts, will be 10:30 a.m. today at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home, Columbus Junction.  Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery near Cranston. Visitation is 9:30 a.m. until the time of services today at the funeral home.

Mr. Pittman died Friday, Oct. 9, 1998, at his home. He was a farmer until 1969. He also had worked at Thermogas Co., Fruitland, retiring in 1979.

Mr. Pittman was born Aug. 19, 1918, in Cass County, Brighton Township. He married Betty Hunter in 1940 in Cranston.

He served in the military during World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operations.

Memorials may be made to the Iowa City Hospice.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Dona Pearce, San Diego, Calif.; sons, Dana Pittman, Letts, and Kent Pittman, Kewanee, Ill.; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; a great-grandson; and a brother, Jack Pittman, Atlantic.

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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Marguerite Fern (Hill) Pollard, 87, Independence, formerly of Braymer, Mo., died Sunday, Feb. 28, 1999, at a hospital in Independence.

Mrs. Pollard, born in Conesville, Iowa, on Jan. 22, 1912, had been employed as a nurse's aide at several health-care centers.   On Sept. 27, 1934, she married Milton L. Pollard in Carrollton, Mo. He is deceased.

Mrs. Pollard also was preceded in death by her parents, Daniel F. and Bessie L. Hill; a brother, Eddie Hill; three sisters, Lorena R. Evans, Dorothy M. Braymer and Viola M. Hill; and a brother, Robert L. Hill.

Surviving: two daughters, Carol J. Frazier, Independence, and Vera M. Garraway, Huntsville, Ala.;  two sisters, Bertha I. Gibson and Mary J. Null, both of Braymer, Mo.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Service: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Lindley Funeral Home, Braymer. Burial: New Hope Cemetery, Stet, Mo.
Visitation: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight. Memorials may be made to the New Hope Cemetery in care of the other branch of the funeral home, P.O. Box 47, Chillicothe, MO 64601.

Source: St Joseph (Mo) News-Express Date: 03-02-99

WEST LIBERTY--John Ponce, 79, of West Liberty, died Wednesday at his home.

The funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in West Liberty.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the West Liberty Chapel of the Barker Funeral Home.  There will be a Christian Wake service at 7:30 p.m.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret; three daughters, Mary Lou James of Kansas City, Mo; Barbara A. Calvin of Davenport and Marcy J. Ponce-Tutwiler of West Liberty; and one son Charles John Ponce, of Omaha, Neb.

Muscatine Journal 11 Jun 1992
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 Last services for Rigney Amos Predmore, 708 West Eighth Street, who died at Pine Knoll sanitarium, Davenport, Friday, were conducted at 2:30 p.m. today at the Fairbanks Home for Funerals by the Rev.Vernon L. Shontz, pastor of the First Baptist church. Burial was in Greenwood cemetary.

Pallbearers were Ray Church,William Forbes, Abe Rosenburg,Elmer Wilson, C.G. Ryan and W.H. Deutschman. Flower attendants were Margaret Lang, Margie Zoug and Beatrice Thompson.

Source: Muscatine Journal: Mon., Dec.11,1933
Contributed by:  Lynne Wright

Rites are planned at 2 p.m. Monday at the George M. Wittich Funeral Home for Mrs. Lula Belle Puckett, 79, who died at 9:45 p.m. Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dale Johnson, 206 Phillips Street. The Rev. Ned Gillum, pastor of the First Christian Church, will have charge. Burial will be at Memorial Park cemetery.

Mrs. Puckett was born May 9, 1876 in Harrison county, MO the daughter of Oscar and Sarah Craig McLey. Her marriage to Henry Puckett took place in April 1894 at Pattonsburg, MO. Mrs. Puckett had been a resident here since 1926. She was a member of the First Christian church at Gilman City, Missouri.

Surviving are two sons, John I. Puckett, Kirkwood, IL and Russell V. Puckett Owuawka, IL; five daughters, Mrs. J. E. Pliley, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs. C. L. Beverlin, Wapello, Mrs. Jess Perrin, Williamsburg, Iowa, Mrs. Dale Johnson and Mrs. Walter W. Knox, Muscatine; three brothers, Frank McLey, Kansas City, Kansas, Matthew McLey, Sedalia, Ms, and Oscar McLey, Trenton, MO; and one sister, Mrs. Linda Bryant, Independence, MO; 28 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, two daughters, three sisters and one brother.

Muscatine Journal: January 1956
Contributed by  Marcia Fiedler

Mrs. Virginia S. Pugh, 59, Walcott, died Monday at St. Luke's Hospital, Davenport, following an extended illness.

Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary United Methodist Church, Walcott. Rev. Peter Siemens will officiate. Burial will be in the Walcott Cemetery under the directions of the Runge Mortuary, Davenport. Visitation began this afternoon.

Virginia Pugh was born July 4, 1918, in Melcher, Iowa the daughter of Oscar and Mildred Willey Strum.  She married Earl Pugh on April 17, 1943, in New York City. In 1949 they moved to Davenport and have resided in Walcott for the past five years.

Mrs. Pugh graduated from the Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa and Smith College in Massachusetts. She had served as a Lieutenant in the WAVES in World War II. She had been employed as a second grade teacher in the Davenport School System teaching in Buffalo.

Survivors include her husband; three sons. Dennis of New Liberty, Tom of Cedar Rapids and Jim of Council Bluffs; one daughter, Mrs. Roger Hungerford of Ames; four grandchildren; and one brother, Phillip of Stuart, Iowa.

Muscatine Journal
Submitted by Carolyn Hidlebaugh

 Miss Grace, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Purcell, living on the Burlington Road, passed away yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at her home after a brief illness. The cause of death was a severe attack to appendicitis which she contracted about a week ago. It was not thought that her condition was serious and the announcement of her untimely demise will be a shock to her large circle of friends. Miss Purcell was one of Muscatine County's most efficient school teachers and in the recent examinations received the only first class certificate issued. She was a member of the Methodist church and a faithful attendant at the Spangler Chapel. She was a cheerful worker and took active part in all the duties of the church.

 Miss Grace Purcell was born on Muscatine Island in 1882 and spent her youth in the vicinity of Spangler Chapel. Later the family moved to Burlington, but they soon returned to Muscatine and since that time Miss Purcell has made her home here. She is survived by her parents, one brother Louis of this city, and two sisters, Blanche, at home, and Mrs. Charles Roberts, of the Burlington Road. No funeral arrangements have been made yet.

Muscatine Journal 8/16/1907
Contributed by:   [email protected]
NOTES of CONTRIBUTOR: Elvea "Grace" Purcell, my grand aunt, sister of my grandfather Aden Louis Purcell

After an illness of two years of cancer of the stomach John M. PURVIS passed away at his home on West Fourth street, West Liberty at 6 o'clock Sunday evening, Sept. 6. Deceased was born in Seneca county, New York, in 1827. He emigrated with his family to Morrow county, Ohio, at the age of ten and came to Iowa in 1853, settling on a farm on South Prairie. For twenty-two years West Liberty has been his home. Mr Purvis was twice married. First to Adaline WHITE in 1852 who was the mother of his six children four of whom are living. His wife died in 1876 and in 1877 he was married to Mary J. LATHROP who survives him. She has been a sufferer from inflammatory rhematism for ten years and entirely helpless for three years. The four living children are Chester of Truro (Ia); Richard, of Cripple Creek, Colo., Mrs. May PHILLIPS of West Liberty and Mrs. Harriet ATKINSON of Truro (Ia). There are also eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Religiously Mr. Purvis was a Protestant Methodist until moving to West Liberty twenty-two years ago at which time he united with the Presbyterian Church and was made an elder the same year holding the office until the day of his death. He was a man very much respected for his uprightness and integrity, a useful citizen and consistant Christian. The funeral took place from his late home at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.

Muscatine Journal, last page: 08 Sep 1903 listed under "West Liberty - Interesting News Items"
Contributed by:   Linda Noel Slycord

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