Linn County, Iowa Obituaries
Mary Haynes Buchanan Funeral services were held Friday morning from the Curtiss Congregation church, Rev. W. P. Powell officiating, for Mrs. Mary Haynes Buchanan who died of diabetes at the Chippewa Falls hospital. Internment was made in the family lot at Winterset, Iowa, on Saturday. The deceased was born in Illinois on November 17, 1862, and resided at Winterset, Iowa, before moving to Curtiss where she lived the past thirteen years and made her home with her son, Floyd. Surviving relatives are three sons and four daughters, namely: Floyd of Curtiss, Glen of Withee, Otis of Des Moines, Iowa, Mrs. Leon Smiley of Curtiss, Mrs. Lucy Hall of Medford, Mrs. May Grout of Winterset, Iowa, and Mrs. Besse Carlson of Pomery, Iowa. Also eighteen grand children, four brothers and five sisters. Her husband and one son, Carl, preceded her in death. [Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 26 July 1934; transcribed by Marla Zwakman]
Edward Burgraff Superior Man Dies of Injuries CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Edward Burgraff, 65, of Superior, Wis., died Monday of injuries suffered Sunday in a motorcycle accident south at nearby Marion. Authorities said Burgraff apparently lost control of the motorcycle and it flipped over on top of him. [Stevens Point Daily Journal (Stevens Point, Wis.) Tuesday, 12 Oct. 1965; transcribed by Marla Zwakman]
Ellen Brooks-Ewert Born 7 Apr. 1963 in Niles, Michigan Died: 4 Dec. 2002 at home Resided in Cedar Rapids, IA. Burial: South Bend, Indiana Survivors: husband Mark, a daughter Christine, her parents Allen and Barbara (Smith) Brooks, brothers Christopher, Dean and Keith Brooks; mother-in-law Marge Ewert, brother-in-law Maynard Ewert, and sisters-in-law, Starr Starbuck and Karla Batchelor . married Mark Ewert on September 7, 1985 in Niles, Michigan. Occupation: x-ray technologist [Obit Abstract, newspaper unknown, submitted by Marla Zwakman]
Darius F. Callender Darius F. Callender, a prominent Des Moines lawyer and one of the few men of Iowa who have had conferred upon them the highest rites of Masonry, died of Bright's disease at the age of 02 years Sunday morning in Mercy hospital, where he had been confined for two weeks. Mr. Callender had never married. Home life had been substituted by the lodge and club and he swas an earnest worker among both Masons and Elks. From boyhood he worked his way, teaching school to earn money with which to pay his way through college. Persistently he clung to his work until he was graduated. Once he had entered Masonry, he did not cease his study until he had entered the Scottish Rite and taken the thirty-third degree. The news of his death will be received with the deepest regret by the Masonic and other fraternities throughout the entire state. [Akron Register Tribune (Akron, Iowa) Thursday, June 18, 1903; transcribed by FoFG MZ]
Stella Childs Cedar Rapids, July 11. - Stella Childs, a 16-year-old girl, was fatally burned this morning by an explosion of gasoline, dying four hours afterward after great suffering. [Sioux City Journal (12 July 1895) transcribed by FoFG MZ]
Amy Creed Mrs. Amy Creed, the first white woman to live on the site of the village of Unity, died at her home in Unity at 8:00 o'clock Friday morning at the age of 92 years, a stroke being the cause of her death. Funeral services were held at the Unity M. E. church Sunday morning after which the body was taken to Plover for burial. The deceased was born in Marion, Iowa, and came to Wisconsin when she was five years of age. She was married at Stevens Point to Edmund Creed who was a merchant and postmaster at Nelsonville. Mr. Creed died in 1915. In the spring of 1872, Mrs. Creed went to Unity to live in a log cabin, the only dwelling in Unity at that time, which Mr. Creed had built the previous year. Before her marriage she had lived in Plover where Indians had been numerous. Mr. Creed had been in the lumbering business before he entered the store business at Nelsonville and he returned to lumbering after residing at Unity. Surviving are three sons - Charles, at home, William of Unity and Homer of Duluth, Minn. Also several grand children. [Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 27 Feb. 1941; transcribed by Marla Zwakman]
S. L. Dows, Jr. DIED FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING S. L. Dows, Jr., of Cedar Rapids, son of one of the wealthiest men in Iowa and brother of Col. W. G. Dows, late of the 49th Infantry, died Wednesday from the effects of the excessive use of liquor. Monday afternoon he came to the office where his father and brother were sitting, and his condition was at once apparent to them. Several times he has threatened to shoot when under the influence of liquor and a policeman was called in to help take care of him. As the officer came, young Dows made a dive for his office desk and grabbed a revolver. During a struggle that followed the revolver was discharged, the bullet taking off the little finger on Col. Dows’ right hand and grazing his leg. The unfortunate young man died from the effects of his spree a few hours later. [Jackson Sentinel, Published July 13, 1899, submitted by Ken Wright]
Mrs. Joel Ellis Cedar Rapids, Dec. 21. - Mrs. Joel Ellis, of Coggon, died last night, the result of eating canned tomatoes, containing poison. Several other members of the family are ill and it is feared they will die. [Sioux City Journal (22 Dec. 1895) transcribed by FoFG MZ ]
Mary Erwin Mary Erwin, who recently died in Linn County, was 103 years old. She enjoyed good health up to three years ago. [Sioux City Journal (28 Oct. 1874) transcribed by FoFG MZ]
James Harris At Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec. 29, James Harris, an early settler of Hopefully township. [Henry Republican, Henry, IL, Published February 19, 1874]
Contributed by Nancy Piper
Henry Clarence Herriot Worker Found Dead on Farm Henry Clarence Herriot, 53, a worker on the George Carey farm, Route 2, Brookfield, was found dead about 8:30 this morning near a tenant house he had occupied for the past year, according to Linn County Coroner James B. McCleland. McCleland attributed Herriot's death to a heart attack and said there would be no inquest. He said Herriot evidently collapsed and died about 6 or 6:30 last night. A flashlight was found still clasped in the dead man's hand. Mr. Carey told McCleland that it was the custom of Herriot to change wearing apparel before eating supper and pointed out that Herriot was still wearing the clothes he had on while working in the timber (with Carey) yesterday. Carey surmised that Herriot had gone out to inspect a nearby windmill. The body was brought to the Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Newspaper Unknown, December 1958
Submitted by Kathie Marynik
Major M. A. Higley Dead War Veteran and Representative Citizen of Iowa Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct. 31 Major M. A. Higley, a prominent resident, died yesterday. He had been a resident of the city since 1842. For the civil war he raised forty men, took them to Lyons and received a commission as first lieutenant of the Fifteenth Iowa volunteer infantry. He served throughout the civil war and participated in the battle of Shiloh and the siege and battle of Corinth. After the war he returned to this city and engaged in the hardware business until 1885, when he was elected president of the Merchants National bank. He took much in educational matters and for twenty-one was a member of the school board. For the past two years he has been a regent of the state university at Iowa City and was chairman of the building committee. He leaves three daughters, Mrs. Malsch of Minneapolis, Mrs. McIntosh of Seattle, and Mrs. Draper of Boston, who survives him. Public funeral services will be held at the residence Thursday at 4 p.m. [Minneapolis Journal, October 31, 1900 Transcribed by AFOFG]
B. F. Jacobs ANOTHER GONE We are sorry to learn that our friend, B. F. Jacobs, of Shueyville, is no more. He was killed in the battle at Pittsburg Landing. B. F. Jacobs was a good citizen and a brave soldier, he fought valiantly in the battle at Ft. Donelson and came off unhurt, but fell at the battle of Pittsburgh, and now fills a hero's grave. Our heart sickens when we think of the sorrow his untimely death brings upon the lonely wife and dear little children. We know what our heart has suffered for the loss of a dear son, and we think we can sympathize with those afflicted friends, but yet we suppose it is impossible for us to enter fully into the feelings of his dear companion. God sustain and bless her, and bless her little children. [Western College Reporter, published April 1, 1862, submitted by Ken Wright]
Charles G. Jones INDIAN FIGHTER DIES Charles G. Jones, Cedar Rapids resident and one of three remaining soldiers who fought rebellious Indians after the Civil War, died Monday. Jones, 94, who was born in Iron Hill, Jackson County, Iowa, lived in Cedar Rapids for the last 50 years where he was a motel manager. Services are pending at the Hesser Chapel, Cedar Rapids. He is survived by his wife, Fleta and a stepson, Charles W. Burton, Davenport, Iowa. [Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Published January 3, 1967, submitted by Ken Wright]
Maynard Lindsay Maynard Lindsay, a resident of the Canyon View Center [Tucson, AZ], passed away on Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Maynard was born in Lanark, Illinois on August 25, 1910. He recently celebrated his 100th birthday. Maynard was born to James Monroe Lindsay and Emma (Tallman) Lindsay. Maynard married Vera B. Grisso on August 10, 1945 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa after being honorably discharged from the Army after serving in World War II as a Technical Sergeant. Maynard worked in Cedar Rapids as a welding foreman at Barnard and Leas Manufacturing Company for 33 years, retiring in 1978 to Tucson with his wife. Maynard is survived by his son, Darrell (Debbie) of Colfax, Iowa; two nieces, Linda (Jack) Minder of Cedar Rapids, Lisa (Mike) Dobson of Granger, Indiana; two grandchildren, Jeff Lindsay and Jenifer Pearson of Prairie City, Iowa and five great-grandchildren, Trey, Cade and Tori Lindsay and Kaleigh and Tiernan Pearson. He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, a brother, Marvin Lindsay and a nephew, Jim Lindsay. Maynard is also survived by all his friends that met morning[s] at McDonald's at Swan/Sunrise, including but not limited to: Old Joe, Hayley, Delores and Winston, Howie and Patty, the Deacon, the Preacher, the Millionaire, FedEx, the Sailor, the Sheriff, Jim, Ray, Lavonne, Betty, Tim and Art. A graveside service will be held at 9:30 a.m., Friday, October 1, 2010 at East Lawn Palms Cemetery in Tucson. Arrangements by East Lawn Palms Mortuary. [Arizona Daily Star, Published 26 Sep 2010, submitted by Sheila Hughes]
Petrolus Mamois Laborer Shot To Death
Petrolus Mamois Believed To Have Been Slain By Nephew Cedar Rapids, Iowa-August 10, 1909--The police are searching for Frank Gight, accused of murdering his uncle, Petrolus Mamois, and robbing the body of $100. The men were section hands and were seen walking out of town, shooting at telephone poles. Mamois' body was found with three bullet holes through the abdomen, his pockets turned inside out and his money missing. [Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, Published August 12, 1909, submitted by Ken Wright]
Chris John Miller Chris John Miller, 68, 2412 B Avenue, N.E., a resident of Cedar Rapids for 48 years, and retired millwright foreman for Quaker Oats Company for 32 years, died at his home at 12:45 p.m., Sunday after a brief illness. Mr. Miller was born in Lyons, Clinton County. He moved to Cedar Rapids from Clinton. He was affiliated with the Lutheran Church at Lyons. Mr. Miller was a member of the Crescent Lodge No. 25, A. F. and A. M., Iowa consistory, Ambar Grotto and Cedar Chapter No. 184, O. E. S. Mr. Miller was married in Cedar Rapids on February 27, 1907, to Anna Paulson, who survives. Also surviving are a brother, Emil Burmeister of Cedar Rapids, and a sister Elizabeth Huenger of Clinton. Services will be conducted in the Barta-Hesser Chapel at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by Rev. H. G. Schwegler of First Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the Chapel. [Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Published June 1, 1952]
Published by Ken Wright
Bartholomew Moody Corinth, Mississippi
November 13, 1862 Bartholomew Moody, who was a student of Western College, at the time of his enlistment in Company F, 14th Regiment of Iowa Volunteers on the 2nd of October, 1861, died on the 12th of November, 1862. His age was 23 years. Up till the time of his brief illness, which was Lung Fever, he had enjoyed good health and was always able to discharge his full share of the arduous duties of the soldier. He was with his regiment in the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh, and it was side by side, in the ranks, that we met the terrible charges of the enemy at the battle of Corinth, on the 3rd and 4th of October, 1862. Unlike a great many of our young men, he was induced to enter the service of his country more from principle than novelty. He was a sincere Emancipationist before the Executive contemplated anything of the kind, and many of his shorter sighted comrades would often deride him with the term "abolitionist," when a little observation would teach them that it takes a brave man to be a radical whilst all cowards are conservatives. He wanted nothing short of universal Freedom, and now every honest and intelligent friend of Republican institutions must acknowledge that they cannot be sustained and perpetrated if we stop short of anything but Universal Freedom. His remains were followed to the grave by his company and a company of the First Missouri Battery, in which he had been temporarily serving since the battle of Corinth, and now he sleeps his last sleep on his last battle field. "He has fought his last battle. No sound can awake him to glory again." [Western College Reporter, Western College, Linn County, Iowa, December 1, 1862]
Submitted by Ken Wright
Charles Motts Cedar Rapids, Dec. 21. - At Dows Thursday night Charles Motts, a young man 21 years old, committed suicide by throwing himself under a passenger train. Disappointment in love was the cause. [Sioux City Journal (22 Dec. 1895) transcribed by FoFG MZ]
Ronald P. Raleigh Obit Abstract:
Ronald P. Raleigh
Died: 12 Oct. 2003 at Lakeside Nursing Home, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Born: 29 Aug. 1920, in Stratford, Wisconsin
Parents: Arthur Raleigh & Frances Schoenfuss
Marriage: Beulah Lewis on May 8, 1947 in Linn County, Iowa to Beulah Thomas
Military: Technical Sergeant in Company 8, 381 St. Infantry, 96th Infantry Division in WW 2
Children: Wally (Cheryl), Pete (Donna), Charles (Marcy), Kathy Maurer, Edye R. (Lee) Hackbarth
9 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren
Siblings: Robert, Patrick, James (Elaine), Arthur (Judy), David (Rose), Mary Ann (Clarence) Boehm
Preceded in death by parents & brothers Daniel & Richard
Interment: Prentice Cemetery, Prentice [Ashland Daily Press (Ashland, Ashland County, Wis.) Tuesday, October 14, 2003; submitted by FoFG mz]
Mrs. Sarah Ruff In Mount Vernon, Iowa, on the 3d of September, Mrs. Sarah Ruff, formerly Miss Davidson. The deceased will be affectionately remembered in Southern Illinois, where she taught. She was a worthy member of the Covenanter's Church in Mount Vernon and respected and beloved by all who knew her. She has left a bereaved husband who mourns not as those without hope, for as her life was consistent, her dying hour was happy. She also leaves an interesting little boy about three years of age. [Douglas Monthly, Rochester, New York, Nov. 1860
Submitted by Minerva F. Hoes]
Willie H. Smith At Fairfax, Linn county, Iowa, Feb 12; of marasmus, Willie H., aged 8 months, 16 days, son of George W. and Tillie M. Smith and grandson of Mr. William Fosdick of this city. [Henry Republican, Henry, IL, Published March 1, 1877]
Contributed by Nancy Piper
Rose Stemper Death of Little Rose Stemper Walker, Iowa, July 8 -- Rose, the seven year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stemper, living near Spencer's Grove, died Tuesday after a few days' illness of appendicitis. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Catholic church, conducted by Rev. Wm. Leen. Newspaper: Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette
Submitters Name: Karen Hammer
Park W. Tourtellot Park Tourtellot Led Useful Life Death Mourned By Many Funeral Will Be Held On Monday Afternoon; Burial in Oak Hill Funeral services for Park Tourtellot, prominent attorney, who died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital, will be held at the home, 2044 Fifth Avenue, Monday at 2:30 p.m., according to tentative plans made today. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. He was found in his private office in the Higley Building by one of his partners, M. J. Donnelly, when the latter returned from lunch Thursday. "The statement that I obtained a statement from Mr. Tourtellot late Thursday evening while he was clear of mind regarding the act the details of which have not as yet been made public is not correct," said Mr. Donnelly this morning. "After 2 p.m. Thursday Mr. Tourtellot was able to say scarcely more than "yes" and "no." The only statement he made was what he told me when I found him after I returned from lunch. He told me that he had met with an accident. He also told William Chamberlain that at the hospital. "Knowing Park Tourtellot as I did I can not conceive of his taking his own life. It is one of those questions that will never be solved." - - - - - - - - - - Obituary of Mr. Tourtellot Park W. Tourtellot was born in Wyoming, Jones County, Iowa, on January 20, 1872, and died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, February 28, 1919. His parents were W. H. Tourtellot and Lucy Tourtellot . He graduated from the Wyoming Public Schools in 1894 and from the Liberal Arts Department of the State University of Iowa in the class of 1895 and from the Law School of the University in the class of 1896. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at the University. He came to Cedar Rapids in the fall of 1896 establishing his office with the firm of Preston, Wheeler and Moffitt. He afterward opened an office of his own and a few weeks later became associated with the firm of Rickel, Crocker and Tourtellot. This firm enjoyed a large practice for a number of years. Mr. Crocker and Mr. Tourtellot later withdrew from this firm in order to enter the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company as attorneys for Iowa, and the firm of Cook, Crocker and Tourtellot was formed. Mr. Toutellot afterward voluntarily withdrew from this firm to reenter the general practice and formed a partnership with M. J. Donnelly of this city, the firm name at the time of his death being Tourtellot, Donnelly and Swab. He was married on November 2, 1904, to Helen St. John of Cedar Rapids, and is survived by his wife and daughter, Ann, age 5, by his mother Lucy Tourtellot, of Wyoming, Iowa; his two brothers, Bert Tourtellot of Port Arthur, Canada, and Dr. Louis Tourtellot of Enid, Oklahoma, and one sister, Mrs. Dr. Lammerton of Enid, Oklahoma. He was a member of Mt. Hermon Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Knights of the Pythias, Star of the West Lodge No. 1 and the Elks. Mr. Tourtellot enjoyed an enviable reputation as a lawyer and his professional career was without a blemish. He enjoyed the confidence and esteem of the bench and bar of the state and had been remarkably successful in his practice. For some years previous to his death he had been counsel for the Fidelity and Casualty Company, one of the largest bonding and casualty companies in the United States and this work took him to all parts of the state. He was also general counsel and a member of the board of Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Cedar Rapids. [Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Published March 1, 1919, submitted by Ken Wright] - - - - - - - - - - Dead Attorney Wyoming Man Attorney Park Tourtellot, who was accidentally shot and killed in his law office in Cedar Rapids last Friday, is a Wyoming man by birth. He lived in Wyoming a good many years. His mother went from Wyoming to Cedar Rapids as soon as the word of the shooting came. The deceased was the nephew of J. M. Swigart and often visited Maquoketa. [Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, March 4, 1919, submitted by Ken Wright]
William H. Ward William H. Ward, of Prairieburg, Linn County, Iowa, after an illness of over twenty years, died August 8, 1895. He was in his seventieth year. He was born in Warren County, New York, and will be remembered by many of our readers. At the age of fourteen he had a severe illness which left him a confoirmed cripple. He came to Iowa in 1856. He has written more or less for nearly every paper in Iowa, and he wrote and published a book of considerable merit, entitled "All Sides of Life." (Maquoketa Excelsior, Maquoketa, Iowa, August 23, 1895)
Submitted by Ken Wright
William A. Weaver William A. Weaver, aged 21 years, 10 months and 23 days, son of President S. Weaver of this place, and till called by his country a student at Western College, afterward a member of the 14th Regiment, Iowa Volunteers, on Saturday March 22nd was detached from the army of his country, to serve in that bright throng which surrounds his great Commander and King above. In his death we lost a faithful student and valued friend, and our country one of its noblest defenders. When the call was made for men willing to risk their lives in defense of liberty, ever ready, he stepped boldly forward, though the sacrifice was great; he had much to bind him to home; his parents, brothers and sisters, all beloved he bid farewell, and with a true Christian's patriotic heart, he went out to battle for the right. He was in the thickest of the fight at Ft. Donelson, and from that point pushed on to Savannah, Tennessee with his Regiment where he was taken sick, of Typhoid fever, and breathed his last in the hospital. We have yet but few particulars of his last sickness and death, but feel confident from our knowledge of his character while with us that his end was that of the Christian, and that he is now where trouble and sorrow can never reach him, a bright spirit in glory. [Western College Reporter, Published April 1, 1862, submitted by Ken Wright]
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