The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-05-19
Births, Marriages and Deaths.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

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| LOECH. Died, at 1880 p. M, on
/ Wednesday, May II, 1904, at her home
in West Harrison township, after "a
i days illness of cramps, Mrs. Pnilpina
Loech. aged II years, months and 5
j days.
/ The lady was born in Germany, but
for the past twenty-three years has
been a resident of Iowa. She is the
mother of Eva NJ Fedro and Lottie
| Winogeosl1y. The funeral will be
held from the residence at $3.50 a. m.
on Saturday, May IA.
| JOHNSON Died, at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Joe Corns, at
Rose Hill, on Saturday after four
weeks illness of paralysis, MRS.
REBEcoA JOHNSON, aged 81 years.
The lady has been a resident of
Rose Hill and vicinity for the ipast
seventeen years and was loved by all
who knew her. For somel time abe
had been blind and during her last
illness was completely helpless, not
even being able to swollow forlsome
days before her death. The end
came as peaceful relief ,fromIsuffer-
! ing. The funeral was held Sunday,
| May the Is, at Ii a. m. at Wymore
church with interment at Indian
apolis. She was the mother of several
children, Mrs. J. r. Brill, of this city,
/ Mpn Inn Hntxm nV, "A
| Charlie Ellis, of Rose Hill, Mrs. Sadie
Corbett, of Melbourne, Mrs. Lizzie
Reed, of Ponca City, Oklahoma,
and David Ellis of the Soldiers Home
at Marshalltown. $50
| BOYER Died, &C the home of
Judge and Mrs. Smith Mcpherson,
Monday afternoon, May 9th, THOMAS
| HAROLD, the 10 year-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. T. II. Boyer, of Kansas
| Oily, and nephew OF Judge and
| Mrs. MCPHERSON. Death came as
the result ofsinternal injuries to the
apdomeR, received by running
against smooth wire aiweek before
Harold's. death is a particularly sad
one. He was very bright little
fellow and dearly loved by all with
whom he had made an acquaintance
during his visit here, Funeral services
conducted by Rev. o. P. Boardman
4 was held at the Mcpherson home
| Wednesday forenoon at 10 O'Clock,
and interment made in the McPher-
/ son lot in Red Oak cemetery. Mrs.
| Clara Shook, of Sioux City. mother
ofsMrs. Boyer, and Frank Boyer, of
1 Oskaloosa, brother of T. HI. Boyer,
were in attendance at the funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyer have the sym
pathy of our citizens in their hour of
bereavement.-Re OaklExpress.
McQUISTON.-W William McQuiston
was born in Cincinnati, July 2, 1922,
and died at Indianapolis, Ind, May
5, 1904.
The deceased was of Scotch de-
scent, his grandfather, William Nc
Quiston, coming from Scotland ana
settling near Philadelphia during the
British control. After the Revolution
airy War he moved to the central part
of Pennsylvania! Some years later,
with his family he came down the
Ohio river to Cincinnati. OF mis-
about seven children, John, the young
est son, married eleanor Craven, the
daughter of a family who came from
the same part of Pennsylvania and
| settled near them in Cincinnati. Will
liam McQuiston was their youngest
son. His mother died before he was
four years old. When a young man
he lived in Madison, Indiana, where
he married Clementine Lewis. Many
years ago he was in the railroad bust
ness and was conductor of the first
passenger train which ran into In
dianapolis over the Jeffersonville,
Madison and indianapolis line, the
oldest railway in Indiana. In the
Civil War he filed the Office of quar-
| termaster. After that conflict he
moved to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he
resided until the death of his wife
some fifteen years ago. His children,
who all survive him, are Mrs. M. j.
Holsapple, of Bellevue, Pa; Mrs. Ella
Reilly, of this city; William McQuis-
ton, Jr., of Chicago, and Mrs. Charles
L mainly III InuldhdpOllS, VIII WuCUu
the deceased resided until his death
and where his genial Christian life,
thoughtful of everyone and ever
ready to help others in some way,will
be sadly missed. For year he was
gradually failing. During the past
winter he regretfully observed his
powers failing day by day, and dur
ing an illness of several weeks, tired
and feeble, his one longing was for
the Christians sweet rest. For
years ne was a member and ruling
elder in the Presbyterian church or
Oskaloosa, and at the time of his
death he was member of the Taber-
nacle Presbyterian church of Indian
apolis, where he was much beloved.
Short funeral services were held at
the home of his daughter in that city
at five o'clock Friday afternoon be-
fore leaving. After the funeral SER
vice at half-past two Sabbath, May s,