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John COPLEY
Oct 24 1926
John Copley well known and highly popular citizen of Reinbeck passed away Friday afternoon, October 22 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo where he had been taken in a final futile to prolong his life. Mr. Copley has been a strong and robust man all his life until the last year when circulatory trouble caused a decline in his usual vigor. About a month ago heart trouble developed and since that time he was confined to bed suffering great pain gradually sinking in strength. Later the circulation in one limb stopped completely and Friday morning he was taken to the hospital where the limb was amputed in an effort to save his life. He failed to rally from the shock, however, and the end came at 3:15 that afternoon.
Mr. Copley was born near Toronto, Canada on October 24, 1851 and would have reached seventy-five years of age had he lived two more days. At the age of eighteen he moved to Davenport, Iowa with his parents. He was married at Eldridge, Iowa on March 11, 1879 to Agnes Miller and a few years later they came to Grundy County, which had been their home since, first on a farm near Morrison and later in Reinbeck. Mr. Copley was the father of eight children who with the wife survive him. There are four sons and four daughters, Miss Ida and Burtis Copley, Waterloo, Lawrence, Hudson, Willia, Morrison, Ellis, Reinbeck, Mrs. Anna Jackson, Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Rhoda Abel, Guttenberg, Iowa and Allene, Vinton. these with several grandchildren, brothers, sisters, and a host of friends mourn his passing.
Many years ago he expressed a hope he might live to see his family grown before he would be called from them, that wish gratified he was ready and willing to depart upon the last journey. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church and a faithful attendant at its services always. Words seem so futile to express a tribute worthy of Mr. Copley but these few tell it all--he was a gentleman; he played fair in the strenuous game of life; he was clean of body mind and soul and always full of consideration for others. His hopes and dreams were founded on the rock of determination. He looked you straight in the eye and he looked neither up to the rich or down to the poor -- too brave to lie, too generous to boasting, defeat without bitterness and all life with a smile. His firmness of character, good judgement and strict adherence to the highest standard of fairness and right won for him hosts of friends-- as evidenced by the throngs, many of whom had come long distances to attend the funeral services which were held in the Congregational Church on Monday afternoon by Rev. J.B. Pollock pastor of the U.P. Church, burial was made in the Reinbeck Cemetery, [Lot 18 per Grundy County, Iowa Grave Records.]
submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer
Eliza J. A. Landes
Died at her home in Whitten, Iowa, of pleurisy, April 22d, 1903, Mrs. Eliza J. A. Landes, wife of Henry Landes, in her 69th year. Eliza J. Z. Schryver, was born October 16th, 1834, in Andes, New York, she being the only daughter in a family of six children. Her parents moved first to southeastern Missouri, later to northern Illinois in 1839, and the further history of the family is there interwoven in the pioneer records of the hardy victors of the triumphant West. In this school of necessity she developed those sterling energies of body and mind that stood her in hand so well during an active life, so strenuously maintained to the close, - for, "she fell in the harness."
She was married to Henry Landes (who survives her) in Ogle county, Illinois, March 16th, 1854. To them were born eight children, William H., Elizabeth A., Julius A., George Walter, John S., Mary Ann, George E., and Jesse Landes, all of whom are living except baby Walter, who died at the age of two and a-half years. Mr. Landes moved from Illinois to Felix Township, Grundy county, Iowa, in the spring of 1873, where he has resided on his farm - or else in Whitten - continuously ever since.
[Undated Scrapbook Clipping - submitted by Karen Fyock]
FORMER REINBECK WOMAN IS DEAD IN CALIFORNIA
REINBECK -- Mrs. Guy Lauterback, 63, former resident of Reinbeck, died Feb. 23 of a cerebral hemorrhage at the home of her son in San Bernardino, Calif.
Surviving are her husband; two sons, Herman and Hoble, San Bernardino; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Mick, San Bernardino, and Mrs. Arelen Hartman, Weaverville, Calif.; six grandchildren; and her mother, Mrs. Henry Stange, San Bernardino.
They resided in Reinback until going to San Bernardnio in 1940. He was engaged in the automobile business in Reinbeck.
Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa
Monday, February 24, 1958
Submitted by: Karen Hammer
June I. RHOADS, 72, Kansas City, MO, in Platte County, passed away of cancer on Tuesday, October 20, 1998, at her daughter's home. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, October 24, at Engelkes/Abels Funeral Home, Grundy Center, IA; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center. Arrangements: Heritage Funeral Home, Parkville, MO.
[Kansas City Star, The (MO) - October 23, 1998, contributed by A. Newell. ]

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Grundy County, Iowa Obituaries John COPLEY Oct 24 1926 John Copley well known and highly popular citizen of Reinbeck passed away Friday afternoon, October 22 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo where he had been taken in a final futile to prolong his life. Mr. Copley has been a strong and robust man all his life until the last year when circulatory trouble caused a decline in his usual vigor. About a month ago heart trouble developed and since that time he was confined to bed suffering great pain gradually sinking in strength. Later the circulation in one limb stopped completely and Friday morning he was taken to the hospital where the limb was amputed in an effort to save his life. He failed to rally from the shock, however, and the end came at 3:15 that afternoon. Mr. Copley was born near Toronto, Canada on October 24, 1851 and would have reached seventy-five years of age had he lived two more days. At the age of eighteen he moved to Davenport, Iowa with his parents. He was married at Eldridge, Iowa on March 11, 1879 to Agnes Miller and a few years later they came to Grundy County, which had been their home since, first on a farm near Morrison and later in Reinbeck. Mr. Copley was the father of eight children who with the wife survive him. There are four sons and four daughters, Miss Ida and Burtis Copley, Waterloo, Lawrence, Hudson, Willia, Morrison, Ellis, Reinbeck, Mrs. Anna Jackson, Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Rhoda Abel, Guttenberg, Iowa and Allene, Vinton. these with several grandchildren, brothers, sisters, and a host of friends mourn his passing. Many years ago he expressed a hope he might live to see his family grown before he would be called from them, that wish gratified he was ready and willing to depart upon the last journey. He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church and a faithful attendant at its services always. Words seem so futile to express a tribute worthy of Mr. Copley but these few tell it all--he was a gentleman; he played fair in the strenuous game of life; he was clean of body mind and soul and always full of consideration for others. His hopes and dreams were founded on the rock of determination. He looked you straight in the eye and he looked neither up to the rich or down to the poor -- too brave to lie, too generous to boasting, defeat without bitterness and all life with a smile. His firmness of character, good judgement and strict adherence to the highest standard of fairness and right won for him hosts of friends-- as evidenced by the throngs, many of whom had come long distances to attend the funeral services which were held in the Congregational Church on Monday afternoon by Rev. J.B. Pollock pastor of the U.P. Church, burial was made in the Reinbeck Cemetery, [Lot 18 per Grundy County, Iowa Grave Records.] submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer Eliza J. A. Landes Died at her home in Whitten, Iowa, of pleurisy, April 22d, 1903, Mrs. Eliza J. A. Landes, wife of Henry Landes, in her 69th year. Eliza J. Z. Schryver, was born October 16th, 1834, in Andes, New York, she being the only daughter in a family of six children. Her parents moved first to southeastern Missouri, later to northern Illinois in 1839, and the further history of the family is there interwoven in the pioneer records of the hardy victors of the triumphant West. In this school of necessity she developed those sterling energies of body and mind that stood her in hand so well during an active life, so strenuously maintained to the close, - for, "she fell in the harness." She was married to Henry Landes (who survives her) in Ogle county, Illinois, March 16th, 1854. To them were born eight children, William H., Elizabeth A., Julius A., George Walter, John S., Mary Ann, George E., and Jesse Landes, all of whom are living except baby Walter, who died at the age of two and a-half years. Mr. Landes moved from Illinois to Felix Township, Grundy county, Iowa, in the spring of 1873, where he has resided on his farm - or else in Whitten - continuously ever since. [Undated Scrapbook Clipping - submitted by Karen Fyock] FORMER REINBECK WOMAN IS DEAD IN CALIFORNIA REINBECK -- Mrs. Guy Lauterback, 63, former resident of Reinbeck, died Feb. 23 of a cerebral hemorrhage at the home of her son in San Bernardino, Calif. Surviving are her husband; two sons, Herman and Hoble, San Bernardino; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Mick, San Bernardino, and Mrs. Arelen Hartman, Weaverville, Calif.; six grandchildren; and her mother, Mrs. Henry Stange, San Bernardino. They resided in Reinback until going to San Bernardnio in 1940. He was engaged in the automobile business in Reinbeck. Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa Monday, February 24, 1958 Submitted by: Karen Hammer June I. RHOADS, 72, Kansas City, MO, in Platte County, passed away of cancer on Tuesday, October 20, 1998, at her daughter's home. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, October 24, at Engelkes/Abels Funeral Home, Grundy Center, IA; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center. Arrangements: Heritage Funeral Home, Parkville, MO. [Kansas City Star, The (MO) - October 23, 1998, contributed by A. Newell. ] Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.