The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-24
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

Porter Spain, Lacey ............24
1908 and
Mary Musgrove, Evans ......19
GILES De Hamer, Taintor ..... rs
1909 and
Maggie Leydens. Taintor %
F. M. Gillespie, Cedar ...........24
1910 and
Edith Malin, EddyvilIe ..........1S
Charles Dewitt, Oskaloosa. .27
1911 and
Mary Moore, Oskaloosa ........19
Werner H. Cole, Cedar .........24
Elsie M. Steele Cedar .........21
VAN KLAVERN-Born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Van Kiavern OF near La
cey. Iowa, Wednesday, Sept. 16, a
son.
DE WITT MOORE.-Married at 2
O'Clock y. m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at
the office of the officiating magistrate,
Justice L. M. Bacon, Mr.. Charles De
Witt and Miss Mary Moore, both of
OskalooSa.
COGHLAN- FITZWATER.-On Sun.
day, Sept. 10, at the home of the
brides parents, occurred the mar
riage Of Miss Ethel Marie Coghlan to
D. Elmer 'Fitzwater, both of What
Cheer. The bride was dressed in
Charming gown of white silk serge,
trimmed in white all-over lace. The
groom wore dark brown broadcloth.
Both are we'll known and highly re-
spected people and will be at home
to their many friends in What Cheer
Oct. l. The bride is sister of Mrs.
Henry De Winter, of COS Fifth avenue
West.
SOPHER.-The funeral of the late
William p Sopher was held Sunday,
September 20, at 300 pm. at Bloom.
ield church, Rev. Fred Comfort Off |
ciating. Prayer service was held at
2:30 o'clock at the house. The mu.
sic was furnished by the Bloomfield |
church choir and the many floral of |
ferings paid tribute to the Christian |
life lived by w. p Sopher and we're |
expressive of the high esteem of his |
many friends. The funeral services |
were the largest attended of any held |
at the Bloomfield church and many |
friends from OskalooSa we're present |
The pall-bearers were Thomas Tandy, |
M. Lennon, Jos. Hoskins, Amos |
Frank Jones and X. II. Will |
Jams. The body was laid to rest in
the Bloomfield cemetery. f. w. Sta
pelten, vice president of the First
State Bank of Zephyr Hills, Florida,
accompanied the body from place of
death to Oskaloosa, Mrs. Elma l..
Nicholson, daughter of the deceased,
being unable to go with the body
William p, son of William X. and
Agnes Sopher, was born near Oska-
loosa, Iowa, March "a, 1852; departed
this life Sept. Is, 1914, at Zephyr
Hills, Florida. He was converted
under the ministry of Rufus p. King,
while attending Iowa yearly meeting
N 1869. He was united in marriage
October 4, 1870, with Anna NJ, daugh.
ser of David and Rachel Corelson.
TO this union there were born six
The mother and three chill
iren having gone on before, leaving
wO daughters and one son to mourn
heir loss. viz: Mrs. Mamie Ii. HoOV.
n, Jesse L. Sopher of Oskaloosa, Ia,
not presently and Mrs. Elma L. Mich
'lson, of Zephyr Hills, Florida, mot
presently, and six grandchildren and
me great-grandchild; also one broaf-
n, Joseph Sopher, of Grinnell, Iowa,
everal nephews and nieces and host
II friends. He was for more than 40
ears "a minister in the Friends
hurch: clear exponent of the gos-
eel of Jesus Christ and especially the
doctrine of Holiness and the second |,
oming of the Lord, and was forceful |,
n the ministry of prayer In the for /,
y-five years of his Christian life
here was not break in the joy and ,
fellowship with his Saviour. For ,
ears he had lived in constant expec.
ancy OF the coming of the Lord, and
ealized on his hope without mo-
nents warning, and now awaits His :
lorious appearing and the resurrec-
ion of the just.