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Polk County, Iowa ObituariesBannon/Banning, James James Banning, living on a fruit farm four miles northwest of the city was found dead in the hay loft yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock. He had been seen by some of the family only a few minutes before his death, which is supposed to have been caused by some heart trouble. The funeral of James Bannon, an old resident of Walnut township, Polk county, who died suddenly on Thursday evening at his residence, will take place from St. Ambrose church Saturday morning at 9 o'clock with high mass and appropriate ceremonies of the occasion. Mr. Bannon was 72 years old, and has been a resident of Polk county for the past eighteen years. [Des Moines Leader, 13 AUG 1887, Submitted By: Dennis A Studer] Banning, Lawrence LAWRENCE BANNING FUNERAL TUESDAY Funeral services of Lawrence Banning of Saylorville will be held at the family home in Saylorville Tuesday afternoon. Burial will be at Pine Hill cemetary. Mr. Banning was 71 years old and a pioneer resident of Polk County. He has lived in Polk county for fifty-eight years and in Saylorville for twenty-one years. He is survived by his widow; a brother, Ben Banning of Grimes; a sister, Mary Banning, of Des Moines; and seven children. The children are James, of Ankeny; and David, Marie, Paul, Joe, FLorence, and Lawrence, of Saylofville and vicinity." [Unknown Date, Des Moines Tribune - Submitted By: Dennis Bannon Studer, alsaceson@yahoo.com ] Barnhill, Ernest DES MOINES - Ernest Barney Barnhill, 85, died Jan. 6, 2007 at Calvin Manor in Des Moines. He was born in Albia Feb. 26, 1921. His body will be cremated and a memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at Calvin Community with Rev. Ken Arentson officiating. Interment will be at Resthaven Cemetery. Ernest moved to Ottumwa and was a resident there until 1974 when he moved to Des Moines. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard in W.W. II and retired from Midwestern Paper in 1986 as a sales service manager in supplies and equipment. Memberships include; Acanthus Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite Consistory, American Legion; life member, and D.A.V., U.C.T. Council #535; Chariton, Iowa, USCG Combat Veteran s Association. Survivors are his wife, Marion of Des Moines; sons, Mark of Des Moines; and Blaine of Winter Garden, Fla.; daughter, Stacey Barnhill Schmidt of Leavenworth, Wash.; son-in-law Larry Gruwell of LeClaire, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Jayne Gruwell and his parents, Ernest and Elizabeth Barnhill. Hoagland, Christopher Columbus Died in Des Moines, Iowa, March 19, of apoplexy, Dr. Christopher Columbus Hoagland, formerly of Henry and late of Snachwine, Putnam County. The doctor’s death was very sudden. He was sitting in a drugstore when he fell from his chair onto the floor and laid in a death stupor in which he died in about 2 hours after. The family here was immediately telegraphed to. The remains reached here on Monday and the funeral held at the Presbyterian church Monday afternoon, Rev. J. Winn preaching the discourse. Peace to the revered dead. Dr. C. C. Hoagland whose sudden death by apoplexy in the city of Des Moines, Iowa, so shocked us all as the wires flashed the news on Friday evening last, and whose mortal remains have just received at our hands the last sad rite of burial, was a man, whom to be in a community was to be known. As agent of the American Bible society, for several years in this state, and recently state agent for the southern half of Iowa, he has become somewhat widely known. A short sketch of his life, as we have been able to gather it, may not be uninteresting. Dr. Hoagland was born in Somerset County, NJ on the 17th of May, 1810. He was the youngest of five children (all boys), only two of whom survive him, Peter W., the father of Alex. Hoagland, and Henry V., the father of J. C. Hoagland of the Granite Mills. He sprang from the old Holland stock, who settled thickly in all the northern half of New Jersey, and especially in Somerset county, giving to it a population which for homogeneousness is rarely met with in this country of races. There, in the modest graveyard of the “old homestead,” res. the remains of several generations of his ancestors, and there a surviving brother (Henry) still lives in the expectation of “sleeping with his fathers.” The doctor received his literary education at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., and after graduating, studied medicine in New Haven, CT. He commenced the practice of medicine at Coxsakie on the Hudson. After several years of practice he returned to New Jersey, and practiced a short time at Somerville, the county seat of his native county. From thence he removed to a farm, but its monotonous round of duties could not restrain his restless spirit. The cause of common school education was at a low ebb there, as everywhere else outside of New England. He saw that it was a cause vital to the permanence of our free institutions, and soon became known as one of the most active advocates of progress in common school education, and by lecturing, holding county institutes, and ultimately as state agent, leaving an impression on the common school system of the state of New Jersey which its leading educators of today would, we doubt not frankly acknowledge. In the year 1855 he came to this city, and with Alex. Hoagland built the Granite mill, taking at the same time a deep interest in the public school cause of this and adjoining counties. At one time, when our schools were in charge of the city, he filled the office of city school commissioner with great acceptance, and visited and lectured on the subject of common schools in all the region round about. The last work in which the doctor was engaged was an agent of the American Bible society, flying with “the harness on”, as was his wish, as expressed to his wife at their last interview. How well he discharged the duties of agent we know not, but we know he was accounted worthy of promotion, from the sphere of a few counties in this state to be the general agent of half the state of Iowa; we do know it was a work he loved with all his heart, and to engage the society of his family and the comforts of his home. In early life he made a public profession of his love for Christ, uniting with the Dutch Reformed church, and afterwards with the Presbyterians, and through all the scenes of his checkered life he “stood up for Jesus”. At home and abroad, in the public assembly, in the Sabbath school, in the social circle, at the domestic fireside, he was every where the zealous working outspoken Christian. Dr. Hoagland had his faults. “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.” He was a man of restless energy, and his ardent impulses may have at times led him to the extreme verge of reform may have prompted the use of impracticable means; but in every community, the “masterly inactivity” party are numerous enough to hold all such tendencies in check, if indeed they do not stop all progress. Would to God we had among us here a few more of the one, and a few less of the other. [Henry Republican, Henry, IL, Published March 25, 1869] Kellaney, James P. Funeral services for James P. Kellaney,68, of 1091 26th St., Des Moines, IA who died Monday at St. Francis hospital, will be held at Des Moines. Mr. Kellaney was stricken while he and his wife were visiting their daughter, Mrs. John R. Bailey of 808 E. Arcadia Ave. He traveled as a salesman of food products. Born July 4, 1886, in Holbrook, IA., he was a son of Michael and Mary CURRY KELLANEY and married Mary Washington at Anamosa, IA., May 4, 1918. He was a Navy veteran of World War I. Surviving are his wife and daughter. Peoria Journal Star, 03 August 1954 Mell, Mary Des Moines, Io., Jan. 15 - Mrs. Mary Mell, aged 95, died here today. She was born in Pennsylvania and had a distant recollection of many of the incidents of the war of 1812. (The St. Louis Republic, January 16, 1891, page 2 - submitted by Peggy Thompson) Smith, John C. Services will be at 11 A.M. today at Hamilton's Funeral Home for John Calvin Smith, 47, of 3119 Grand Avenue, who died of cancer Tuesday at his home. The body will be cremated. Mr. Smith was born in Kansas. He was Assistant Counselor at Our Primary Purposes Drug Abuse Center. Survivors include his wife, Sharon; two daughters, Gloria Jean Smith at home and Mary Terrell of Des Moines; a son, John Jr. of Liberty, Missouri, and three grandchildren. The family suggests that any memorial contributions be made to Our Primary Purpose or Hospice of Central Iowa. The Des Moines Register, Friday, December 23, 1983 [Submitted by Frances Cooley] Studer, Donald Max Des Moines -- Donald Max Studer, 81, died peacefully of cancer after a brief stay in Taylor House Hospice. Don was born June 12, 1927 to Max and Norine in Manly, Iowa and was raised in Mason City. Don attended Teacher's College (now U.N.I.) before entering the U.S. Army. He attended the University of Missouri, Columbia where he played football and graduated in Business Administration in 1950. He was a member of the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Society of Certified Public Accountants. Don worked for James Addison's firm in Des Moines; and spent most of his long career as a self-employed C.P.A. and served tax and audit clients across the state of Iowa. Mr. Studer was a member of the Jaycees and was active as a coach in the West Des Moines Little League after joining other fathers in the construction of the first Holiday Park baseball diamonds. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed attending ball games, traveling, and vacationing. Don had five children with his first wife, Jeanne. Don later married Kay in 1976. Don will be missed by his wife, Kay; sons, David (Carol Hayne), Dennis, and Max; daughters, Susan (Alden) Globe and Sally (Craig) Anderson. He will also be missed by his stepdaughters, Deann Howell and Tammy Yescas; brother Jim (Helen); and eleven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Sr. Mary Dion; and brother Denny. Memorials may go to Taylor House Hospice or Hope Lutheran Church. A memorial service for Don will be held at 3p.m., Sunday, January 18, 2009 at Hope Lutheran Church, 3857 East 42nd Street, Des Moines, Iowa. Family will greet friends one hour before the service. [Des Moines (IA) Register, Submitted by Dennis Alan Studer] Waldron, Alexander At Des Moines, Iowa, April 4, of pneumonia, Alexander Waldron of Iowa City, aged 66 years, father of Mrs. Clarence E. Burt of Whitefield township. [Henry Republican, Henry, IL, Published April 17, 1879] Wheeler, Mrs. C. A. Atchison Globe, Atchison, Kansas, October 2, 1879 Died - At the residence of her son-in-law, Jesse D. Coplan, Mrs. C. A. Wheeler, late of Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral from the residence, corner of Seventh and Santa Fe streets, Saturday afternoon at 3 o clock. Des Moines Register please copy. Wiegman, Fred Death of Former Resident Fred Wiegman of Bondurant, Ia Died at Age of 78 Years, Word has been received here of the death of Fred Wiegman at his home in Bondurant, Ia. Mr Wiegman formerly resided in Michigan City (Indiana) and will be remembered by the older residents of this city. He left here about forty years ago. Mrs. Charlotte Voss and daughter, Miss Elizabeth, left last Friday for Mr. Wiegmans' bedside, he having been Mrs. Voss' only surviving brother. His death occurred Monday at the age of 78 years. Paralysis is given as the cause of death. One daughter, Mrs. William Cunningham of Bondurant survives. Submitted by: Diane Heim
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