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Obituaries of Lee CountyCharles H. Alford Charles H. Alford, an old resident of Buffalo, and lately of Davenport, died at 5:45 Tuesday afternoon, from cancer of the stomach. Mr. Alford was 56 years of age, and was born at Keokuk, Ia. In his early years his parents removed to Buffalo, where he spent about 30 years of his life, before the family moved to Worthington 20 years ago. From there Mr. Alford came to Jamestown about three years ago, to take charge of the store of his halfbrother E.T. Langwith, which he ran until illness compelled him to quit. He leaves a wife and two sons, Clarence at Minneapolis and Bena to home {?}. A brother, W.E. Alford, lives at St. Louis, and a half brother, H.J. Ladner, at Blue Grass, and half sister, Mrs. F.E. Frank, on Henry street in this city, besides E.T. Langwith a half brother, living at 760 East High street. The funeral will be held at 1:30 Thursday afternoon, from the home 514 West 16th st. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo Ia. Worthington Advance, Worthington Minnesota, Friday, July 28, 1905 Andrew Andernacht At St. Elizabeth hospital in Fort Madison, Iowa, at 1.15 a.m. Monday March 8,1909, of old age. Andrew Andernacht, aged 86 years. [Submitted by Ernst Andernacht, who adds this information: My GG uncle and his wife, Andreas and Anne Marie Andernacht with their son Wilhelm, immigrated to St Louis, Missouri in 1868 and then moved to Fort Madison, Iowa in 1870. We have also found the couple living at 1320 Front Street, Fort Madison in the City Directories in 1895 and also in the census for that year. After that Andreas, now known as Andrew,was living at the Front Street address on his own. We cannot find Annes' death, we know it must have been between 1895 and 1900...] Luzetta Bader The Rushville Times, December 8, 1926 Mrs. Bader is survived by her husband & the following children, Ruby Bader of Michigan, Mrs. Opal Terry, Cora, Garnet, & Clarence of Bader, Mrs. Grace Fagan of Frederick, Mrs. Blanche Dowling of Seattle, Washington, Mrs. Inez Stambaugh of Browning & Howard O. Bader of Browning, 12 grandchildren & many other relatives. One sister Mrs. Grace Herring of Ft. Madison, Iowa also survives. Mrs. Bader was an old time resident of Browning Township. She was a daughter of William & Josephine Saucer, was born near Fort Madison, Iowa, November 17, 1848 & passed away December 5, 1926, aged 78 years & 18 days. She married Henry Oscar Bader, January 23, 1868 after which she removed to Bader. They were the parents of 12 children 3 of who died in infancy. she was a member of the Christian Church at Bader. The Rushville Times & Herald, Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, Wednesday, December 15, 1926; page 6 column 2. The Rushville Times, Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, Wednesday, December 15, 1926; page 6 column 2. Ex-Judge Beck Keokuk, Ia., May 30 - In Fort Madison this morning ex-Judge Beck of the Iowa Supreme court was found dead in bed. Heart failure was the cause. [Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, Published May 31, 1893, transcribed by Dale Donlon] --------------- Judge J. M. Beck Judge J. M. Beck, late of the Supreme Court of Iowa, died suddenly at his home in Fort Madison on the 30th of May. He was born at Clermont, Ohio, April 2, 1823, and removed to Iowa in 1847. In 1867 he was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa, and repeatedly re-elected, serving twenty-four years. He was one of the ablest and most popular Judges the State has ever had. His decisions extended through forty-seven volumes of the Iowa Reports. Besides being an able lawyer and eminent Judge, he was a scholar of wide research and extensive reading, and there are few subjects upon which he could not converse with profit and pleasure to his listener. He was an especial friend of library development i in our State. We hope to be able to present his portrait, with a sketch of his life and public services, at some future time. [Annuals of Iowa, July 1893, submitted by Cathy Danielson] Gen. Wm. W. Belknap Death of General Wm. W. Belknap Gen. Wm. W. Belknap, formerly a resident of Keokuk, was found dead in his room in Washington, D. C., Sunday morning, October 12th, 1890. Gen. Belknap served as Secretary of War under President Grant, and by reason of certain scandals attaching to his office, gained unenviable fame. His age was 61 years. The coroner's inquest, held later, showed the immediate cause of his death, to be inflammation of the heart. [Jackson Sentinel, Published October 16, 1890--submitted by Ken Wright] Valentine Beuehel Valentine Beuehel, an old settler, died at Fort Madison, aged 73 years. [Clinton Mirror, Lyons P.O., Clinton, Iowa, Published Aug. 12, 1899, submitted by C. Danielson] Larry Gayle Brown Former Pirate Catcher Dies at Home in Iowa Fort Madison, Iowa. Dec. 23. - Larry Gayle Brown, 56, Fort Madison cigar store owner and one-time catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, died unexpectedly at his home here Friday. He once played in the Southern Association and later umpired in the Western League. [Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, Published December 24, 1938] Jane Clemens Mrs. Jane Clemens, mother of Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died at Keokuk, Ia., aged eighty-seven years. [Kansas Sunflower, November 7, 1890, page 3, submitted by Peggy Thompson] Florence E. Slover Cunningham Mrs. Florence E. Cunningham, 68, of 2701 Avenue O, died in Sacred Heart hospital at 12:45 p.m. today. Born Feb. 4, 1874, at Eldora, Ill., she had been a resident of Fort Madison for 35 years, and was a member of the Santa Fe Methodist church. She is survived by one son, Sergeant Kenneth B. Huntley, of Camp Callen, San Diego, Calif; five daughters, Mrs. Marvin Brain of Newport, Ore.; Mrs. Louis Dentoni of Stockton, Calif.; Mrs. Roland Stack of Pensacola, Fla.; Mrs. William Andrews and Mrs. Jacques Duvaleaux of Fort Madison; three sisters, Mrs. Virgil Durkin of Anamosa, Ia., Mrs. Rosa Lyons of Bloomington, Ill., and Mrs. Gladys Bradford of the Des Moines, Ia.; and one brother, Glenn Cochran of Mt. Sterling, Ill. Six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survives. Funeral Saturday Funeral services will be held from the Sante Fe Methodist church at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20, with the Rev. Paul Hann officiating. Burial will be in Oakland cemetery. The body will be at the Hall Funeral Home until time for the services. [Paper Unknown, Grandmother's death date, June 18, 1942] Axel Julius Kontan Forslund Death Certificate Full Name: Axel Julius Kontan Forslund From the certificate, forwarded by Tonya at the Keokuk Public Library. Sarah Louise Franks Hold Funeral Services for Mrs. Franks [Daily Gate City [Keokuk, Iowa], Friday, January 11, 1929, page 7 - submitted by Kristin Vaughn] Donald Joseph Karczmarczyk Sr. FORT MADISON, Iowa -- Donald Joseph Karczmarczyk Sr., 51, of 1215 32nd St., Fort Madison, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003, at Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison. Memorial services at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fort Madison. The Rev. Willa Goodfellow will officiate. His body was cremated. A memorial has been established for Narcotics Anonymous. Barr Memorial Chapel, Fort Madison, is handling the arrangements. Mr. Karczmarczyk was born on Feb. 8, 1951, in Fort Madison, the son of Peter Paul and Stella Josephine Giemec Karczmarczyk. He married Phyllis Stoops. He then married Donni Sue Sylvester on Aug. 7, 1993, in Fort Madison. After his mother died he was raised by his aunt, Helen Lyttaker, of Fort Madison. He was a lifelong resident of Fort Madison and an a member of the Christian faith. He did automotive body repair work, retiring in 1990. He was a sponsor of the Fort Madison Narcotics Anonymous program and was affiliated with the programs in Muscatine, Burlington and Keokuk. He was a self taught computer enthusiast and maintained several Web sites on recovery and spirituality. He loved his animals and cooking. Survivors include his wife, Donni; three sons, Donald Karczmarczyk Jr. and his wife, Kara, of Peoria, Ill., Anthony Huber and his wife, Rachel, of Ames and Jamie Gravett and his wife, Jessica, of Fort Sill, Okla.; two daughters, Kristy Karczmarczyk of Peoria and Rosie Griffith of Fort Madison; a brother, Peter Karczmarczyk and his wife, Marty, of Arkansas; three brothers-in-law, Edwin Day of Missouri, Donald Sylvester and his wife, Debra, of Wever and Pat Roxlau of Montrose; a father-in-law, Bill Roxlau of Donnellson; a granddaughter, Deanna; an uncle, Walter Karczmarczyk of Chicago, Ill.; two nieces; and four nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Anna Day; and a sister-in-law, Mary Ann Roxlau. Submitted by June Welsch Martin Kern Martin Kern, who was a resident of Keokuk, Ia., for many years up to three years ago, when he removed to this city, died last night at 9:20. He was 77 years old, and the cause of his death was old age and complications due to advanced years. He was a native of Ireland. His death occurred at St. Mary's hospital, and burial will take place at Keokuk, to which place the remains will be taken at 6 o'clock this evening. The Quincy Daily Journal, Quincy, Illinois; Published, Monday, Apr. 1, 1912, Page 7 Ida Leslie [Note from contributor Sara Hemp: Ida is the half sister of Lusetta Sarah Saucer Bader, wife of Henry Oscar Bader, through mother's second marriage. More About IDA LESLIE: Laura B. Mapes Dies Today Mrs. Laura B. Mapes, 77, a lifelong resident of Lee county, died Monday at 3:45 a.m. at Sacred Heart hospital. She had been ill eight weeks, following a stroke suffered in her home at West Point. She was born Aug. 16, 1868 at Denmark, Ia., and was married there Oct. 10, 1886, to Charles Mapes, who died 14 years ago. Two sons, three brothers and five sisters also preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian church at West Point, with the Rev. C. F. McMican officiating. Burial will be in Williamson cemetery. The body will be in the Link Funeral home until time for the services. (Submitted by: Bonnie Wilson, source unknown)(Note: Possible newspaper published in Fort Madison, about 1945) Franklin Marshall F. Marshall taken by Death Montrose, Iowa--Frank Marshall, 82, died at his home at 8:50 this morning following an illness of several months. For many years he was a resident of Montrose and engaged as an engineer on U.S. government boats. After retiring as a government engineer, he was engineer on the ferry operating between here and Montrose. Mr. Marshall is survived by his wife, one son, Oscar Marshall of Montrose, two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Hancock and Mrs. William Shaw of Montrose, and one brother, William Marshall of Fort Madison. [Daily Democrat, Fort Madison, Iowa, Published May 16, 1939, submitted by Cindy Fisher] Daniel F. Miller The veteran lawmaker, Daniel F. Miller, of Lee County, who died December 9th at the home of his daughter in Omaha, had long been known as one of the most notable of our pioneers. Tall and commanding in figure, with white hair falling nearly to his shoulders, a massive forehead and eagle eye, walking erect as in his youthful days, his keen intellect well preserved at eighty years of age. He was a stalwart representative of the founders of this great State. He was born in Maryland, October 4th. 1814. At an early age he began the study of law, and in April, l839, came to the newly organized Territory of Iowa. In politics he was a Whig, and soon made his mark as a lawyer and public speaker. In 1840 he was elected representative in the third territorial Legislature, and fifty-four years later was again chosen to represent his county in the House, he was nominated in 1848 by the Whigs of the first district for Member of Congress. His Democratic competitor was Col. Wm. Thompson, familiarly known as "Black Bill Thompson."" He entered into the contest with great vigor, reducing Thompson's majority from 544 of the year before to 386. Mr. Miller contested the election, and upon investigation Congress decided that Thompson was not elected, but refused to award the seat to Mr. Miller, whereupon a special election was held to fill the vacancy. Thompson and Miller were again nominated by their respective parties, and after an exciting contest Miller was elected by a majority of 632, and became the first Whig Congressman from Iowa. He had done an act of charity to an old and destitute Mormon which so pleased that people that they voted for him to a man. Although born and raised in a slave state, he was an antislavery man, and when the Republican party was organized was chosen by its first State Convention held at Iowa City in 1856, as one of the candidates for presidential elector. He was one of those who cast the vote of Iowa for Fremont for President. In 1860 he became an independent candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court, receiving the support of the Democrats, but was defeated by Judge Wright, the Republican candidate. From this time to the close of his life he acted with the Democratic party. He was always an able and independent advocate of most of the reform measures of his times. He had in early life worked for the abolition of slavery and imprisonment for debt and later for prohibition of the liquor traffic, the granting of suffrage to women, and pensions to all union soldiers who served through the war. He was actively engaged in the practice of law for more than half a century, and a lawyer of unusual ability. It is stated that he was employed as counsel in no less than forty-five murder trials, winning all but two of them. He found time to write a work on rhetoric which became a school textbook, and did a large amount of literary work at various times. Daniel F. Miller was among the last of our pioneer statesmen whose residence and services dated back to early territorial days. The work of a long and useful life was given to the up-building of the State which he loved so well. He was in public life with Webster, Clay, Calhoun and Benton, with Jones and Dodge of our own State, and lived in Iowa from the administration of its first territorial Governor, Robert Lucas, up to that of the present Governor, Frank D. Jackson. During his life within its borders Iowa grew from a frontier wilderness to one of the most progressive, productive, and influential members of the Union, and it owes not a little of its wonderful development to the untiring labor, wisdom, and influence for good of such honored pioneers as Daniel F. Miller and his co-workers. [Annals of Iowa, Volume 2, 1895, Submitted by Cathy Danielson] Samuel Freeman Miller Chief Justice Samuel Freeman Miller Dies in Washington, D. C. Chief Justice Samuel Freeman Miller senior member of the Supreme Court of the United States, passed away at his home in Washington, D. C., without a struggle and without pain, Monday evening , October 13, 1890, at the advanced age of 74 years. Justice Miller, a former resident of Keokuk, Iowa, was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Lincoln in 1862 and was a member for over twenty-eight years. Chief Justice Miller will be buried in Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk. [Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, Published October 16, 1890] Bertha O. Paul A memorial service for Bertha O. Paul, 79, of 706 High St., who died Monday in Keokuk Area Hospital East, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Westminster United Presbyterian Church with the Rev. William Laws officiating. The body has been donated to the University of Iowa Medical School and burial will be at a later date. DeJong Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorial may be made to the Cancer Fund or Westminster United Presbyterian Church. Miss Paul was born Feb. 2, 1900 in Carroll Co., Ill., daughter of the late George D.H. and Katherine Lawfer Paul. After training at National College of Kindergarten in Chicago, she taught kindergarten for four years in Fairfield and then at Wells-Carey in Keokuk for 41 years. She was a member of Westminster Church, the Women's Organization, Chapter IG of PEO, AARP, and the Retired Iowa State Teachers' Association. Survivors include several cousins. [No published date available; submitted by I. Ronald Lawfer] William Skinner SKINNER, Wm., died at home of son, John in St Charles, Iowa, 1 September 1899. He left Montrose four months ago and nothing was heard of his death until a telephone message was received last Saturday. He leaves the following children: John of St.Charles, Mrs. Charles Speak, Mrs. F.P. Barber, William and David Skinner of Montrose, Mrs. Mark Wilson of Peoria [Montrose Journal, Published 12 Jan 1900, submitted by Cindy Fisher] Mrs. James D. Thomas Mrs. James D. Thomas, former Keokuk (Iowa) resident died Tuesday in Kansas City MO. Her husband, a former Keokuk business man, died in 1928. Mrs. Thomas made her home in Kansas City with her daughter, Nadia Thomas, who will accompany the body to Keokuk. Also coming for the funeral service is her son-in-law, James Boyce of Muncie, Ind. Other survivors include five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Thomas was a member of St. John's Episcopal church. Funeral services were held in Kansas City yesterday afternoon. Committal services will be held this afternoon at 4 at the grave in Oakland cemetery here with the Rev. G.E. Graham in charge [The Day In Keokuk (Iowa;The Quincy Herald-Whig Thursday February 14, 1946 Pg 3;Transcribed by Christine Walters] Jane VanAntwerp Obituary - Mrs. General Van Antwerp - Mrs. Jane Van Antwerp, wife of General Verplanck Van Antwerp, of Iowa, and one of the Regents of the Mount Vernon Association, died on Sunday, last at Wistern, in Prince George county, Maryland, after a long illness. Mrs. Van Antwerp was the eldest daughter of the late John Van Ness Yates, a distinguished lawyer of Albany, and the grand-daughter of Robert Yates, Chief Justice of New York, whose wife was a Miss Van Ness, of Columbia county. Soon after their marriage, her husband, Verplanck Van Antwerp, of Albany, then a young lawyer, removed to Keokuk, in Iowa, where he resided until the breaking out of the rebellion; when, having been educated at West Point, he entered the army as a Colonel of volunteers, and soon after received an appointment on the staff of General Blunt, in which post he was distinguished for his intelligence and gallantry during the Missouri and Arkansas campaign. In 1867 he received the appointment of Military store-keeper, United States Quartermaster's Department, and was ordered to San Antonio, where until recently Mrs. Van Antwerp resided with her family. Her eldest daughter, now deceased, was the wife of Hon. Geo. Williams, United States Senator from Oregon. Her youngest daughter married a son of Thomas Clagett, Esq., of Prince George county Maryland. Mrs. Van Antwerp was a lady of great intelligence and genial manners, and in her youth was one of the reigning belles of the brilliant and refined society of Albany. Mrs. Van Antwerp was one of the most efficient Regents of the Mount Vernon Association, and was only prevented by illness from attending its last meeting. The winter of 1866 and 1867 was passed by her in Washington, where, as elsewhere, she will be long remembered for her agreeable conversational powers and her many admirable traits of character. [San Antonio Daily Express, Published July 12, 1870, transcribed by Dale Donlon] Eliza Woldridge Mrs. Woldridge Succumbs Here After Sickness [Daily Gate City [Keokuk, Iowa], Wednesday, January 9, 1929, page 8 - submitted by Kristin Vaughn] Last Rites For Mrs. Woldridge Held Yesterday
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