Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-05-13
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
Pioneers and Well known Residents Of the
City and County are Called to the
Great Beyond.
FERREN.


Aaron Charles Ferren, one of the
pioneer residents of DEBORAH, passed
away on Saturday night at his home
in this city, from infirmities incident
to old age. He was born Dec. IL,
1899 at Bottom. Mass. and at the age
of seventeen enlisted in the Mexican
war, serving in the navy. After the
war he returned to Massachusetts.
where in 1851 he was married to Miss
Martha Ann Davis at Lowell
They lived in Nashua and Lawrence
and in 1853 moved to Menasha, Wis.
In 1854 he built steamboat, which
himself and wife, together with an
engineer ran on the Fox and Wolf
river. engaging in trading and passen-
ger traffic. They went back east in
1866 and a year later came west again,
stopping at Madison, Wis, coming to
McGregor in 1856. They came to De-
corah in July. 1867, where they lived
until death. she preceding him in An.
gust 1908. At the outbreak of the
civil war he enlisted in Go. E, 38th
Iowa Inf. serving faithfully during
the war. They had no children, but
an adopted daughter. Mrs. Owen lib.
bits of Sioux Falls. s. D., who at
tended his funeral, which was held
from Unity church yesterday after
noon at four O'Clock, with interment
in Phelps cemetery.
HIMLE.
Paul Norman Himle, son of the late
A. l.. Himle. passed away at II p. m.
Saturday night, at st. Luke's hospi-
tai, st. Paul. after an illness of sew
eral weeks, at the age of Is years and
Is DAYS. He had been ill with pneu.
monia and inf1ammatory rheumatism,
from which he recovered and was
working at his trade as engraver.
when he contracted blood poison
from the copper. which caused his
death. The remains were brought to
DEBORAH Monday, and the funeral SER
vices held yesterday afternoon at two
o'clock from the residence of Peter E.
Haugen, his grandfather, and at 80
O'Clock from the United Lutheran
church, with interment in the Haugen
cemetery south of the city. Rev. Otto
Schmidt officiating. Mrs. Koefod.
his sister, and Miss Marie Haugen
were at the hospital with him when
he died.
GIBBS.
At the Kessell hospital at Cresco,
where he had gone for an operation
in the hope of saving his life, Mr..
Wesley M. Gibbs. one of the we'll
known residents of Button for many
years, passed away last Thursday
morning. He was man who enjoyed
the respect and esteem of everyone
who knew him. being honest and up
right in all his dealings, and his
death is a loss to the county. He
leaves a wife and one daughter to
mourn the loss of a kind and loving
husband and father. The funeral SER
vices were held on Sunday at Bluff
ton. We regret that we have no par
ticulars for complete obituary this
week.
STOUFFER.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Stouffer
have the sincere sympathy of the peo-
pie of the city in the death on Satur-
day afternoon of their ten-months-old
son, Jack Carlisle, who died from
pneumonia The funeral services were
held yesterday afternoon, with inter-
ment at Phelps cemetery.
HILL.
The sympathies of the community
in which they live are extended to
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Hill of Glenwood
township in the death on Sunday of
their two-year-old son, Gilman Ing
man. who died from whooping cough.
The funeral services are being held
today from Rev. Scarvie's church.
ANDERSON.
Anon Anderson, a resident of this
city for over forty years. died at his
home in the fourth ward on Monday,
from old age. He was for many years
a blacksmith here and was well
known by the older residents.
LANCE.
Thomas LANCE. who has been living
ar the cOuutv farm at EraanOrt for
some time passed away Saturday. and
the remains were taken to SpilIville.
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