The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-06-08

G. o. Swim, Lakonta .......... 20
1870 and t.. 80.
Inez Hightower, Lakonta. II
! MORGAN.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Morgan, 913 South D street, June
D, 1916, an eleven pound son.
| SMITH.-BoTn, to Mr. and Mrs. E.
A. Smith, at their home in TaintOr
May 80, 1916, daughter Mr.. Smith
was formerly ticket agent at the NJ
& st. L. in this city.
! GOOD-Telegra.n came to Mrs. l..
f. COrlett Sunday, announcing the
Geath OF her father, Mr.. l.. F. Good
at his home in Neoga, Illinois, Sunday
morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Corlett have
gone to the family home for the fun
eral,
HATCH.--Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Ferry Hatch of Vallejo, California,
Sunday, June. 4, 1916, boy. The
young man has been named James
Jefferson. Mrs. Hatch is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. B. Brewster, and
the arrival of the young man makes
Mrs. John f. Lacey great. grand.
mother.
WlLSON-Word came to the city
today of the sudden death of Miss
Lena Wilson, a daughter of the late
Mitch Wilson and former resident
OF this city, at her home in Benton
| Harhor, Michigan. Information came
to Miss Amanda Rodgers from Miss
! S. A. Crafty, who is in Chicago. All
l"'rticulars as to cause or time of
death are lacking.
tDOWNS.-Oliver, N. Downs passed
away at his home, 610 B avenue west,
Sunday evening June 4, at II 80 p, m,
age "a years, II months. He was born
in Lima County, Indiana, on May 6,
1869, and has lived in the state of
Iowa most all his life, coming here
when but a child four years old.
Mr.. Downs is an old resident of Os-
Ealoosa. and a prominent attorney
here. He was member of the bar
association, member of the Home.
stcaders and member OF, the Owls.
He leaves a widow and one adopted
daughter Mrs. Philip Ellsworth of
NOrvil, of Anderson, Indiana.
Funeral services from the Chees-
man Funeral Home, Tuesday, June
6, 1916, at $50 o'clock. Incarceration
in Des Moines at the Des Moines
tCrematory.
SLATTEN--FRITZ- Married on Fri
day morning, June End at eight O.
clock at St. Mary's Catholic church,
Miss Josephine Fritz and Mr.. Fred
Station, Rev Thomas LOTUS officiat
ing. The bride was attired in sheerest
white embroidered organdie, and car.
ried shower boquet of white roses
and maiden hair ferns. The groom
wore the conventional black. The cerG
mony was witnessed only by the I'M
mediate relatives of the bride and
groom, after which they repaired to
the parental Geo. A. Fritz home where
a sumptuous wedding breakfast was
served. The home was beautifully dec
GRATED with PeonieS and June roses.
Mrs. Staten is the daughter of MI.
and Mrs. Geo. A. Fritz, 1880 A avenue
East. and is a popular young lady OF
O3kaloosa having attended the Oska-
loOsa local schools and high school.
She has been employed for the past
five years by the city stores as book
keeper. The groom is son of Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Station Of North End
street and has worked for number
of years at the Bon Ton Bakery. The
happy couple will spend their honey
moon at the Lakes and Minnehaha
Falls after which thev will reside in
a cottage on North Fourth street.
VAN VLIET.-Henry J. Van Vliet,
q prominent resident of Pella, who
has. been confined, to his home for
some weeks with stomach trouble,
was stricken suddenly Monday night,
May %, 1916, and died at 1890. His
death came very unexpectedly as he
was sitting up and talking with friends
an hour before and seemed to be feel
ing better than for some time. He
and, Mrs. Van Vliet retired at about
ten o'clock and shortly after he got
up and was walking around in the
room, when he suddenly fell forward
and before medical aid could be sum-
ImOned by his wife he expired.
The deceased was "a years old at
THE time of his death and leaves to
survive him wife and two sisters,
Mrs. Geo. Sparks, of Oskaloosa, and
Mrs Geo. Mink, of Minneapolis, Mimi
| He was born in Pella in 1852 and had
made that city his home from his
+ birth until his Maker called him to his
reward He was we'll known through
out this part of the state, was always
ready to assist in the upbuilding of
the town in which he lived and had
many friends who knew him, best. He
was of a quiet disposition and was
quite successful in life. His sudden
death is keenly felt by his friends.
/ He embarked in business in Waterloo
for about a year and was taken i'll
while there and it seemed that he
could not successfully combat the dis
cast 1t is thought that he had a
Sudden and violent attack OF heart
disease brought on by the broken con-
dition of his health. His sudden de-
mise is a great sorrow to his widow
and the entire community extend to
her it's heartfelt sympathy. -.
Funeral services were conducted at
1000 Thursday morning by Rev. M.
tO'Connell at st, Mary's church. Pella.
Interment took place in the Catholic