The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-02-15
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES


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Sondregger- Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Sonaregger on January 18th, 1917
at the home. 1920 High avenue West,
! a daughter.
| DE Bic. is received by rela-
| tives of the death of Mrs. viii DeBie,
yesterday morning. from pneumonia, at
4 her home in Lansing, Michigan.
! SEATON.--- Funeral services for
John Seaton, grandson of Mrs. John
IN. Martin, who died in Chicago, will
be held from the Creesman Funeral
Home at 2:3O. Monday afternoon,
February IL.
JOHNSON. - f. j. Steddom re-
ceived a telegram from DR.. Watson
in Kansas, telling Of the death of his
sister, Mrs. Jane Johnson, who for
merly lived here at the home OF Mr..
Steddom. She was well known here
among the older residents.
! GEORGE.-Born, to Mr., and Mrs.
Jas. G. George, 1888 14th Ave. S. E.
Minneapolis, Mimi, on Feb. Sth, n
seven pound boy Mr.. George will be
remembered as former clerk in the
Oskaloosa postoffice under Chas. V.
Hoffman, administration, and Mrs
George was formerly Miss Edna An.
drews, who was nurse at Abbotts
Hospital.
BARIIEN - Polly Ann Barlien,
widow of Joseph Barlien, died at her
home, 100 South j street, at 3 p. m,
Feb. 10, 1917, of heart trouble and
old age: She was born in Virginia,
March IL, 1892, and died at the ad-
vanced age of S4 years, 10 months
and % days. She is survived by two
brothers. Funeral services and bur
ial at Larimer, Iowa.
7 FOX Susan Elizabeth Fox, widow
of the late Albert Fox, died at hei
home in Wright of heart trouble and
old age after only eight hours OF sick
4 L.,
II yearsp months and six days Of
age at the time of her death She was
horn Seutember 3, 1899, in Pennsyl
vania and was the daughter of Johf
Warner. Funeral services Sunday al
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wei
Votaw and burial in EddyVille GENE
terry. She is survived by two sons
one daughter and five grandchildren.
BOWEN. j. n. "Jap" Bowen died
at the hospital in Mt. Pleasant Friday
February 8, 1917, at nine o'clock a
m. Mr.. Bowen underwent an opera
;tion at the Mahaska Hospital seVera
weeks ago, and although he was recoV
ering nicely, they did not hope Tor
complete recovery: his condition be
ing such that health was impossible
Two weeks ago Mp. Bowen became
manageable, and the commission
ers of insanity were called. He wal
transferred to the hospital in Mt
Pleasant, where he died. The bod.
body will be inferred in. Mt. Pleasan
unless the present plans are changed
PARAS.-Theodore P. Paras. who
was injured in q railroad accident
near Wright on Sunday, died the
same day at 1870, at the age of AZ
years. He came to Iowa nine years
ago and lived at Wright, coming tc
this country from Greece, where ne
was born. On coming to this coun-
try he changed his name from
Paraskevopulos to Paras to make II
easier or people here to pronounce
He is survived by wife and three
sons who are living in Devretsa
Greece. Funeral Tuesday in st
Mary's church at a. m. Interment
in the Catholic cemetery. ..-,
GORDON.-Evaline Porter, daush-
ter OF Mary and John Porter, was
born in Ohio Aug. 90, 1S41. and diet
at . a. M, Feb. ~, 1917, of uraemia
after four weeks illness, aged Il
years, 5 months and % days. She
died at the home of Miss Anna Pine
NIX, lOl NOTtu II oliCl. ShC mos ~
ed in Iowa since 1874 and in Mahaskf
county seven years. She was the
widow of John Gordon. She is sur
vived by one brother, Rev. William
Porter of Abba, one twin sister
Catherine Porter of Oskaloosa, and
Elizabeth Porter, also OF this city.
Funeral services from the home Of
Miss Anna Phenix, 1851 North f street
at p. m, Tuesday. Burial at Al
bia, Iowa.
I HELFRECHT - ANDERSON. -
News has been received here of the
wedding of Miss Hilma Anderson tc
Fred A. Helfrecht on Feb. 3, at Twin
Falls, Idaho. The bride is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson, wei
known here, having lived at Beacor
twenty-five years ago. The yoqn:
couple were married at their owl
home which was all furnished ant
ready for them The house was beau
4 tifully decorated in pink and white
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