Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-05
OBITUARY..
Welker.

| Jacob r. Welker. q resident of Mar
shall county for nearly forty years
! died this morning at II. 40 O'Clock at
the home of his son. Deputy County
| Treasurer \. III. Welker, S02 Bromley
street, after an illness of u few weeks
With stomach and kidney trouble. Mr.
Welker came to the city three weeks
ago on q visit, and was taken i'll
shortly after his arrival. His condition
has been quite critical from the start,
but last week he appeared to be do
ing nicely. His advanced age. however,
retarded progress of recovery. and
resulted in the worst anticipations be-
| ing realized.
Mr. Welker was born in Dutchtown.
| Columbiana county Ohio, April 20, 1926.
He remained in that county until he
attained the years of his young man
hood, and on April 81, 1853, was mar
ried, at Illkton, o., to Miss Mary a.
Richards. Shortly after their mar
riage MIR. and Mrs. Well>er came to
Iowa, and in October, 1864, settled at
| LeGrand where for a year Mr.. Welker
| followed his trade, that of a wagon
maker. He then engaged in the
furniture business for a time and later
purchased q farm one mile southwest of
LeGrand, where his home has been ever
since. The home, however, was
broken on Dec. is, 1900, by the sudden
death of Mrs. Welker. and only one
month ago, the family was again sad
ldened by the death of a daughter and
sister, Mrs. e. S. Clifford, in this city.
MIR. Welller has been prominently
identified with the business and relig
ious interests at LeGrand ever since
his residence there. He was one of the
founders of Palmer college, and has
watched its growth from a mere one
building school TO its present size. For
IL number of years he was a trustee of
the college. He was especially promi
nent in church work, having for eight
cen years been superintendent of the
Christian Sunday school, and for TWEEN
" years, up to the time of his death,
la deacon in the church. MIR. Welller
was a man OF the strictest integrity
and one who was looked upon, by his
friends, as Il man whose word was as
good as his bond. He was honest
and upright in all of his business deal
ngs and can be said TO have not left
one real enemy in the world
The immediate family OF the deceased
consists of two sons and two daughters
Deputy County Treasurer A. Fl. Welk-
Ell. of this city; Mr.. L. G.. Welker. of
Simeon, Neb.: Mrs. w. ID. McCord, of
Ainsworth. Neb.: and Mrs c. III.
Smith, of this city. A. brother, Mr.
w. a. Welker. of l.eCirand, and Il sis
ter, Mrs Susan Tullis, of Coumbiana,
o.. also survives him.
Short services win be conducted by
Rev W. IA. Scott at the A. III. Welker
home Thursday morning at $50 o'clock,
after which the remains will be taken
to LeGranoi, where the funeral proper
Mill be held at j. o'clock at the lie
Grand Christian church, Rev. Carlyle
Summerbell. president of Palmer coll
lege. officiating. lnterment VIII be al
LeCirand.
Buckley.
Mrs. Mary Buckley, aged rs years,
died this morning at .: so o'clock at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward
Phlnkett, corner of Center and Boone
streets, with whom she has resided for
The past fifteen years in this city. Heart
trouble and dropsy are the cause of her
death. the illness having covered Il