The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-10-15

23S and
Jean Marie Reigel, Hedrick. -. %
Holman Lee, Oskaloosa. ........23
'234 and
Hazel E. Bfllick, Oskaloosa ..... 20
DODGE. Another pioneer business
man and citizen of Oskaloosa has pass
ed away. Norman Dodge died at his
home, No. 800 North street, at 2:SO
O'Clock Sunday morning, October IL,
1908, after a confinement to his bed
OF two years to day. The immediate
cause of death was congestion, the old
man being. too weak to. throw off the
gatherings that came to the lungs.
He was eighty-six years, nine months
and three days of age. Mr.. Dodge has
been in a steady decline since a hard
fall he received on the pavement in
1900.
Funeral held from the late residence
on North street at two-thirty o'clock
Up. NJ, Tuesday, October 10, and inter
ment in Forest cemetery.
Mr. Dodge reired from active bust
ness in 1886, when he sold his boot
and shoe store to Thomas Neagle,
since which time he has been living
quietly in retirement at the home of
his daughters, Mrs. ]. NJ. Gibbs and
Miss Eva Dodge, on North B street.
Mr. Dodge came to Oskaloosa in
| 81 do nF 70 tot anH i'm o.
diately entered upon his business ca
reer in the then village. He became
citizen of the place in 1854 in the
year of the towns Incorporation. He
| bought a piece of property northwest
| of the business part of the city and
for fifty-four years he has lived upon
that same lot. This is a record that
can be claimed for very few people
Norman Dodge was born in New
Marlboro, Massachusetts, January s,
1922. of JCnn and Lucy Langdon
Dodge and there he passed his boy
hood and received his early education
and training. He was married August
| II. 1917 to Mary Ellen 1ull and they
came to Iowa and OSkaloOSa, which
city has since been the family home,
in 1854. Mrs. Dodge died November
| >, 1885. The deceased was the last
member of his family, the brother,
John Dodge. passing away at North
Harrington, Mass, few years ago.
Mr. Dodge first entered business in
the city with partner, which relation
,,rn fnr
was next associated with his brother,
George Dodge. but in later years he
was sole proprietor of the boot and
| shoe house that was known in all
parts OF the state. His store for years
was a landmark OF the city. Mr..
Dodge owned a piece of property on
the north side of the park, a part of
which is now occupied by the Frankel
State Bank Here year after year,
Mr.. Dodge conducted large and pros
porous business He was the pioneer
shoe merchant of the city and he held
the title with honor to himself until
| 1886 when he sold his business and
sought the quiet of retirement. Aside
from being successful in business, Mr.
/ Dodge was public-sprited man and
did service for a term of years upon
the city council. and in 1888, upon the
death of Mayor A. NJ. Abraham, Mr..
Dodge was chosen by the council to
| fill the Office for the uneXpired term.
He declined reelection and repeated
ly declined other political preferment
and hOnOrs OF public character. He
was Il quiet man who was devoted to
his home and his family. He disliked
parade and pomp of any sort and pre-
ferred the privacy and independence
| of his own home to the glare and dis
quiet of public life. He was man
of even temperament and was always
the same at his home or at his store
He was not given to expression or a
show of sentiment, but was man who
telt deeply. He was the father of four
children. John. Lucy (Ars. |. M.Gibbs) &.
Eva and Ellen. The daughters Lucy
and Eva survive.
Mr.. Dodge was formerly associated
with the Odd Fellows and was a prom
inent and active worker in the order.
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