The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-02-22
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES
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Harold r. Ratcliff, New Sharon .2S
2574 and
Charlotte NJ. Groves, Barnes City.21
HARNESS. Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
]. l.. Harness, 1116 B avenue west, a
nine pound son. February Is, 1917.
IIe has been named Fred Maxine.
FRANKLIN Married at the
office of the officiating Justice We'd
ncsday, February IA, 1917, ST. Valen-
tines Day, Miss Gertrude Voss to Roy
Franklin both Of Oskaloosa, by Esquire
O. c. c. Phillips
The wedding was quiet affair with
rGfatI> es present as witnesses, Con-
calculations of many friends and ac-
quaintances are extended.
GIBSON.--Mrs. Mary NJ Gibson died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs Ray
Dowd, 100 North G street, 1880 p. M,
Sunday night. Funeral Tuesday at
800 D. m. from the home. She has
lived in Iowa all her life and in Ma
haska county for 3S years. She is sur
vised by Mrs. Jas. Brown Mrs. Ray
Dowd and Charles Northcut. Burial in
the cemetery at Lynnville, Iowa.
SHAW.-Miss Ella Shaw passed
away at the Abbott Hospital at $50
O'Clock Friday afternoon, February IL,
1917, following brief illness with
pneumonia She contracted a heavy
cold at the home and one dlung was
involved to a considerable extent
when she elected to go to the hospital
for treatment. ~The patient was re-
spending to treatment and was doing
well until the other lung became in
yolyed. A turn for worse came about
midnight Thursday and the end came
the following afternoon III
The death is a shock and a surprise
to every one. Many of the more in
innate friends or acquaintance did
not even know OF the woman's Illness
or that she was under treatment at
the hospital.
Deceased was daughter OF VIII
liam H. Shaw, and besides the father
leaves brother Ernest ii. Shaw She
, was prominent in church work being
A member of the Christian church Tor
years. She took Il keen interest in
organized church work and was anil
ated with the Ladies of the G. A. X.
Since the death of her mother she has
I been in charge of the home place.
Funeral services at the Shaw home,
No 1917 South Market street at 2:30
O'Clock p. m, Sunday, February 10,
I1917 Interment in Forest cemetery.
T-SHEPPARD--Th Unit
| ed Brethren church at Lovilia, Iowa,
was the scene of a beautiful double
wedding last Sunday at high noon, me
couples married were Mr.. Charles ar
thur Beebout and Miss Clara Esther
= Sheppard. Mr.. Everett, Ray Beebout
and Miss Lelah Mae Ruth Sheppard.
Z At the conclusion of the morning
sermon, the wedding party entered the
church to the strains of Mendelssohns
Wedding March, played by Ira I.
Gragg.
! Rev. Richard w. Wilkinson first mar
ried Mr. Charles A. BeebOut and Miss
, Clara e. Sheppard, using the impress
sive ring ceremony. Following this,
MIR. Everett r. Beebout and Miss Lee
lah NJ. Sheppard were united in mar
riage.
: The young ladies wore elaborate
gowns of ivory silk crepe with touch
of blue and roses were entwined in
their hair.
| The young men wore conventional
black and lapel bouquets of blue eyed
violets.
I After congratulations the wedding
party retired to the residence of Mrs.
Rosa Conraw where sumptuousi din
nor was served.
! Wedding luncheon was served at
five o'clock at the home of Rev. and
/ Mrs. Wilkinson. The brides~are daugh-
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sheppard.
They grew up in the vicinity of Lo-
villa, and are loved by all who know
them.
! The bridegrooms are sons of Mr., and
Mrs. George Beebout of near Losilia.
They too grew up near Lovilia,, and
are respected as honorable young men.
Mrrand Mrs. Charles A. Beebout will
make their home on farm near Lo-
villa. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Becbout
will live on a farm near Knoxville.
| JOHNSON.-Annie Jane Johnson
was born Jan. IL, 1895; departed this
life Feb. 10, 1917, aged 50 years ana
20 days. Annie Jane Watson, daush-
ter of Mathew and Annie M. Watson,
was born at Richmond, Ohio, being
the fourth of family of ten children
of whom three brothers survive her:
John Nj. Watson, Wilmington, Ohio;