The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-05-06
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

OVERTURF-Born to Mr.. and Mrs
Calder Overturf, of Marshalltown, an
8 pound girl, April 80, 1915.
MlLLER.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
RObt. Miller, southwest of town, Il
ten pound son, Saturday, May /.
LOEHR-Born to Rev. c. d. Loehr
and wife, Sunday, May End. 1915, at
11:15 a. M, son. The father is about
the happiest man in town and thinks
the son is another prize winner.
KENT-GILE-Word comes to the
city of the marriage at Marshalltown
of George w. H. Kent an employee of
a grocery firm in that city. and Miss
Mary B. Gle of Oskaloosa. The ages
are given as 20 and 10 respectively.
PAGE-The body of the late F. J.
Page, former resident and business
man of Oskaloosa, arrived over the
Rock Island at 2:20 o'clock this after.
noon and was taken to the Cheesman
Funeral Home. where funeral was con
Quoted at three o'clock p. m. Inter.
ment was made in Forest Cemetery
L. Y o N. - Mrs. Margaret Lyon,
widow of the late George w. Lyon,
resident of the county for years and
a pioneer of the Cedar neighborhood
southeast of Oskaloosa. died of drop
sy at her home. No. 112 second ave.
nue. west, at $3.50 o'clock p. M, Satur-
day, May /, 1915, terminating an ill.
ness of several months, aged II years,
a months and days. Funeral at
200 o'clock p. m, Monday, from the
Cheesman Funeral Home. Interment
in White Oak cemetery.
WOODY.-Reason J. Woody of Ce!
dar, we'll known in the southeast part
of Mahaska county, old time local
merchant and grain dealer at the
town of Cedar. passed away this Sat
urday morning, May l, 1915, at his
home in Cedar, following an Illness of
five years standing, with diabetes
Funeral and interment Sunday, May
2, 1915.
Deceased leaves widow, three
sons and three daughters. The com.
munity joins with the family in their
sorrow, and regret expressed at the
passing of this old and respected res.
ident is general.
LONGSTAFF. - Funeral services
for the late Isabelle Longstaff, daugh-
ter of Newrick Longstaff, No. 1924
South Fourth street, were conducted
Saturday afternoon, May l, 1915, un-
der direction of the pastor, Rev. w.
Fl. Perdew, at the Central Methodist
church. Attendance was large. Spe.
cial music was furnished by mixed
quartette, Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Gordon,
Mrs. Harry Douglas and Mr.. Dietrich.
Pail bearers we're Roy and Will Ram
say, William and John Jones, and
Charles and William Dooley. Floral
to the memory of the
deceased covered the casket and
made bank about the bier. Among
a number present from a distance for
the services were Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Ramsay Of Knoxville, and William
Hall of Des MONIES. Interment was
made in Forest cemetery.
BROWN.-W. w. Brown, aged 70
years, months and days, old sol
der, and for years actively engaged
in insurance work in Oskaloosa, well
known in town and county. passed
away at his home, No SIC Sixth ave-
nue. east at 10:4J o'clock a. M, Sun
day, May 2, 1915, following an illness
Of seventeen months with an Attic
ton in which the throat seemed par
alyzed and in which the neart was
Funeral Wednesday, May s.,
from the late home, at 1920 o'clock a.
NJ, and interment in Forest cemetery.
Deceased was a soldier of the civil
war and saw service under two en-
Iistments. He was a regular trooper
with Company G of the 5th U. S.
Cavalry and was also with Company
E of the 44tn Ohio Infantry. Sur
viving members of the family are a
two sons. Tad and Charles,
and daughter, Miss Bess Brown.
HASTY.-Mrs. Aletha Hasty' wife
of T. B. Hasty, aged 81 years. | month
and 20 days, died at 1925 o'clock p.
m. Sunday, May 2. 1913. at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
No. ga Ninth avenue
east, of old age. Funeral Wednes-
day, May S, at 2:30 o'clock p. M, at
the Friends church. North Z street.
lnterment in Friends cemetery.
Deceased has been suffering from
a decline covering period OF several
but she had been about the
house until within few weeks when
she was unable to leave the bed. Her
passing was like one going to sleep.
She was the mother of four daughters
and three sons and there are twenty
three grandchildren and twenty-seven
great grandchildren. Surviving chill
dren are: Mrs. Dora Storey, of Agra,
Okla; Mrs. Elizabeth Shinnofield Of
Mrs. Louise Larson of OPP.
portunity, Washington; Mrs. M. A..
Scott of Kansas City; Dean, of What
Cheer, Iowa; William, of Oskaloosa.
and Frank, of Marshall, Colorado,
RUBY-Weltha Ruby was born July
%, 1884, and died at the home of her
niece, Mrs. Carey jenkins, near Bea.
con, April q. 1915, aged so years, 8
months and 5 days. Miss Ruby came