Clayton County
Obituaries
Gottfried Bandow Elkader, Iowa, March 1, Special
Gottfried Bandow passed away at his home here at 12:45 a.m. Sunday, at the age of 66 years, 11 months and 27 days. Deceased was born February 26, 1856, in Seehausen, Germany, coming to this country with his parents in 1865, and located on a farm in Wagner township, Clayton county. He received his education in the rural schools. On April 7, 1891 he was united in marriage to Louisa Carolina Radloff and to this union six children were born, all of whom are living at the present time. The couple continued on the farm until 1903, at which time they moved to Elkader, which was to be his home the rest of his life. Several years later he engaged in the machine business, but after a few years he retired. For a number of years he suffered with ulcers, which at times caused him great distress, but after submitting to several operations, he was greatly relieved. On February 9th he took sick and was subject to the hiccough almost constantly. On February 24th pneumonia set in, which resulted in his death February 25th. All that loving care and medical skill could do was done to prolong the life of the beloved, but it was all in vain. He is survived by the widow and six children, Elmer of Intake, Mont., Mrs. Grace Orvis of St. Olaf, Iowa, Mrs. Lucy Moellering of Garnavillo, Iowa, Raymond of Newport, Wash., LeRoy and Alice at home. He also leaves three grandchildren, one brother, Carl, and a sister, Mrs. George Munger, both of Elkaderm other relatives and a host of friends to mourn his death. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. H. Franke, on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 at the home and at 2 o'clock at the Evangelical church, of which the deceased was a member. Burial was made in the East Side cemetery. [Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, Published March 01, 1923, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
Norphie Ernest Bottom Volga, IA -- Norphie Ernest Bottom, son of Henry S. and Adeline Spence Bottom, was born near Anna, Ill., November 14, 1869 and died at Volga City, Iowa September 19, 1928; aged 58 years, 10 months and 10 days. He was united in marriage to Martha Bell Johnson, October 12, 1898. To this union six children were born, all of whom with the mother, survive to mourn this first break in the family ties. They are: Myron C., Knoxville, TN; Merrill D. of Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Merida Oliver of Willow Springs, MO.; Morris E. of Wilcox, Ariz.; Mildred R. of Knoxville, TN; Milton F. of Lansing, Iowa. When a small child his parents emigrated to Neb. and homesteaded on land in Thair (Thayer) County. Owing to the newness of this country many hardships were undergone by the people of that time. From his early youth, he had been a sufferer from heart disease and this malady greatly interfered with his plans and aims in life. Taking advantages of the meager school facilities, he secured a common school education and attended State Teachers College at Superior, Neb. When a young man he returned to Illinois and for a time was engaged in newspaper work and school teaching. After his marriage he returned to Neb. and bought a newspaper, later selling this and again teaching school. Always being a devoted Christian, he answered the call and entered the ministry. Being a great student and firm in his convictions, he attained remarkable success in his Master's work. Owing to failing health he retired from the ministry in 1915, and for a short time was engaged in selling religious books of his own authorship. With his family growing up, he again entered the newspaper field and taught three of his children that trade. Feeling the call he again entered the ministry and continued in that work until his death. Being a great reader and taking special instructions under some of the world's foremost Bible scholars, he gained considerable reputation for his intimate knowledge of the great religious questions. He was a devoted fundamentalist and prepared several special lectures upon this issue. He was especially interested in the question of Christ's second coming and devoted much time and study to the subject. His clear and concise interpretation of this little understood question brought him commendation from many students. At the suggestion of some of the great Bible teachers he was preparing a book upon this subject at the time of his death. While engaged in newspaper work he had many opportunities to obtain introductory copies of some of the world's greatest books and at the time of his death had one of the largest private libraries in the state. These books consisted chiefly of religious, oratorical and historical works. A few days before his death he was suddenly stricken and owing to the weakened condition of his heart he was unable to rally. He grew gradually weaker and on Wednesday morning, September 19, he passed quietly away. During his last illness he realized he could not recover and told his devoted wife his only regrets at going were leaving her and his unfinished work. The night before his death, while in a semi-conscious state, he delivered one of his sermons and shortly before his death told his wife that it would soon be over and that it was only a matter of faith. Short funeral services were conducted at the home in Iowa by Dr. Hinkhouse, of Mason City and the body was taken to Anna, Illinois for burial Thursday, September 20th. The funeral at the grave in Ebenezer cemetery was conducted by Rev. Chas. Johnson. (Note: Norphie was taken by train after his death in Iowa to Illinois in a sealed casket. He had died from diptheria, complicated by his weak heart. His wife, Martha and son Milton were quarantined.) Contributed by granddaughter, Anna Bottom Newell
Patrick Donohue Monona, Ia., March 1, Special
Patrick Donohue died Tuesday night at the Postville hospital after an illness of four days with pneumonia. Mr. Donohue was taken to the hospital last Friday in order to receive the best possible attention. Mr. Donohue was a man of middle age, a life long resident of Monona and highly respected by all who knew him. His mother and two brothers mourn his untimely ending. Interment will be in the Catholic cemetery, Monona, Thursday morning after services at St. Patrick's church. [Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, Published March 01, 1923, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
Homer B. Drake In Volga City, Iowa, April 10th of Consumption, Homer B., son of C. L. and Orpha Drake, formerly of Milton, VT, age 29 years. (Source: St. Albans (VT) Daily Messenger, Apr 21, 1871; contributed by A. Newell.)
Dr. George Lone Everall In Memoriam Doctor George Lone Everall was born in Farmersburg township, Clayton county, Iowa, June 10, 1873, and died at the home of his father in Farmersburg, Iowa, December 10, 1909. Doctor Everall was graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1896, and at the time of his death was oculist and aurist to the Chicago and Northwestern R. R. at Clinton, where he was established as a practitioner in the special lines of our section. Dr. Fairchild, with whom he was associated, has kindly responded to a request to give us some account of the life of our late colleague. What he writes is as follows: Dr. Geo. L. Everall entered my office in 1902 to engage as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He had previously been engaged in general country practice but the hardships incident to such practice were beyond his strength and endurance and he was obliged to give it up and take some post-graduate study preparatory to entering upon this special branch of medicine. A year or two after entering my office, or in about 1904, he took up the work of anesthetist and was employed by our office from that time up to the time of his death in that special capacity. Dr. Everall acquired great skill in giving anesthetics and during this period of six or seven years, he performed a little more than three thousand anesthesias. His skill was so great in this direction that no one could feel the least degree of anxiety in relation to the anesthetic and would be able to go on with the operative undertaking with full confidence that the anesthesia would be continued to the end with complete safety. Dr. Everall had the rare faculty of inspiring his patients with entire confidence in his skill, honesty and fairness, and many people came to him because of this fact. Probably no one in the practice of medicine in Clinton had a closer following of sincere friends than Dr. Everall. He was clean in his professional methods, clean morally and clean in person, just the type of man that right feeling people would desire to employ as their medical adviser. Dr. Everall's health was not robust and even in the practice of his specialty, he often became physically exhausted before the close of his office hours. The Doctor was not inclined to speak of his physical ailments and no one would know of his feelings except by the appearance of weariness in his movements about the office. In December, 1908, he developed a growth in the right scapular region. When it was removed, it manifested the clinical appearance of a sarcoma. Two or three months later, a growth was found in the axilla which on removal proved to be of the same nature as that removed at the first operation. In June following, another growth in the neighborhood of the first was removed and found to be like the others, a round celled sarcoma, and soon after this, a considerable number of growths of similar character were found in various parts of the body. The general dissemination of the disease indicated that if any benefit was to be derived from treatment, it must be derived from the Coley method. To get the best effects of such serum treatment, the Doctor went directly to New York and placed himself under Dr. Coley's treatment. No benefit was derived from this and he returned to his home in Farmersburg, Iowa. The disease gradually extended involving more and more until at last on December 10, 1909, he died exhausted. "Everyone must realize the feelings of a man familiar with the nature of such growths watching the progress from day to day and measuring its encroachment knowing of the inevitable results. Dr. Everall bore this patiently. During the later months of his life, his sufferings were very severe." [Iowa Medical Journal, 1911, submitted by Cathy Danielson]
Hon. Maturin L. Fisher Hon. Maturin L. Fisher, father of Mrs. L. M. Fisher, of Maquoketa, died at his home in Farmersburg, Clayton County, on Wednesday, and was buried today. Mr. Fisher had been ill for several weeks. He leaves two children. The deceased was one of the pioneers of Clayton County and northern Iowa. From 1840 to 1860 he was one of the most prominent men in the State, and served terms in the General Assembly, and filled other positions of trust and honor. He ever had been an earnest friend of popular education: In 1858 he was elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and was the last Democratic State official elected in Iowa. Since the commencement of the Insane asylum at Independence, he has been one of the Commissioners of that institution. The Dubuque Herald says, "He was a man of broad and liberal views, which with his scholarly attainments, made him a man to be admired and looked up to by the great masses of people, his private library is said to have been the largest and choicest of any in the State. His death was not unlooked for, he having passed the allotted period of life, and for the last two or three years he had become quite feeble physically." - Davenport Democrat. [Jackson Sentinel, Published February 13, 1879, submitted by Ken Wright]
Mrs. Myrtle Harbaugh Mrs. Myrtle Harbaugh, daughter of Charles and Estelle Thorpe Harbaugh, was born April 20, 1900, at Cassville, Wis. May 1, 1918, she was united in marriage to Ezra Harbaugh at Elkport. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1968. They lived in the Elkport, Edgewood, Wadena area, later moving to Strawberry Point where her husband died in 1971. They were the parents of a daughter, Ivanelle (Mrs. Robert Palmer), Strawberry Point; four sons, A. Keith, Strawberry Point, Ernest, Ivan and Robert, all of Edgewood. Her death occurred Wednesday, Aug. 18, at the Delaware County Memorial Hospital at Manchester. Funeral services were held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church at Strawberry Point, with burial at the Hansel Cemetery near Garber. Surviving are the above named children; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; a sister, Eva Harbaugh, Strawberry Point; two brothers, Ora Chase, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Milo Chase, Rockford, Ill. [The Clayton County Register, Abt. Aug 1976, submitted by Pat Esterday]
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