The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-01-17

LEWIS.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Lewis, Friday, January 4,
1918, a daughter. The little lady has
been named Jeanette Eleanor.
DE JONG.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs
Martin De Jong of Pella, Iowa, Mon
day, January 7, 1918, a girl. The
young lady is known as Wilamina.
OKEY.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs
Lewis Okey of Beacon, Iowa, Tues
day, January /, 1918, boy The
young man has been named Clayton
Lewis Okey.
TAYLOR.-The funeral services of
the late Guy A. Taylor will be held
Saturday, January IL. 1918, at p. m,
at the Cheesman Funeral Home In.
terment in Forest cemetery.
GERARD-Margaret L. Pugh was
born near the Yellow Springs, Green
County, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1889. At the age
of Is years she emigrated with her
parents to Iowa. Here she was ma
ried to Lieut.. Edward Gerard, Sept
%, 1858 and settled on a farm in Ma
haska County, Iowa, where she lived
lahoma, in 1910, where she died on
Nov. 8, 1917, aged IS years, months
and % days. One son Elmer, daugh
ter Edna and two grandsons H. II. Ger
ard, of Des Moines and Ernest Gerard
of Oklahoma City, are left to mourn
the loss of devoted mother.
DAVENPORT-SN Edward
Earl Davenport of Phippsburg, Colo,
and Miss Pearle WiniTred Snider OF
Oskaloosa, Iowa, were married at
the parsonage of the pastor of the
First NJ. Z. church of Ottumwa, by
the Rev. Frank E. Day, Tuesday,
January 8, 1918.
The bride, Mrs. Davenport, is well
known in Oskaloosa, having served
for several years as deputy recorder
of Mahaska county. Mr.. Davenport
is a railroader, being now employed
by a western road. He is located at
Phippsburg, Colorado, where MIR. and
Mrs. Davenport will make their
home.
PHIPPS--MACY.--A happy event
occurred at the M. e. parsonage in
Montezuma Monday, December 81
1918, when Harry Phipps and Miss
Iva Macy, attended by friends and rel
atives were united in marriage by Rev
Albert c. Caldwell. Mr.. Phipps has
long been a resident of the vicinity OF
Barnes City. Miss Macy is also a resi-
dent OF the same place since moving
from her home near Oskaloosa two
years ago.
The happy couple expect to make
their home in Iowa City where Mr.
Phipps has good position as a house
mover. All who know them will wish
them success in life.
FULTZ-Joe FultZ, former resident
of Oskaloosa, died Monday night a,
his home in Des Moines. He was
found dead in bed by Mrs. Fultz about
five o'clock Monday morning. The
deceased at one time ran dray line
in Montezuma, then moved to Oska
loosa, later going to Des Moines where
he worked at the Rock Island station
His death was unexpected. The fune
raj services were held in Des Moines
Wednesday, at 200 o'clock. The wife
and six children, two sons and foul
daughters survive. Mabel, Albert, Ro!
and Helen are at home, Mrs. Rosie
Summerville of Des Moines and Ada
lives near Oskaloosa. Many friends
here will regret to learn of his death
LINDLEY-Paul Lindley, a former
Hedrick boy, known to numbers o.
Oskaloosa friends and family acquain
tances, a brother of Mrs. Henry Grin
nell of Addy, Washington, formerly
Miss Blanche Lindley, an Oskaloost
girl and teacher in Mahaska county
schools died December 4th, in Kranct
of measles complicated with acute
broncho-pneumonia. He was the frs
Inland Empire man whose death ovel
seas was reported. His mother Mrs
E. c. Lndley, lives at Addy, Washing
ton. Lindley was born at Hedrick
Iowa, September 10, 1885, and came
to Washington state with his parent.
in 1907. Previous to his enlistment
he had lived in Portland 10 months
After he had been at Fort George
Wright a short time he was sent tc
Camp Dix, near Trenton, N. ]. He
was truck driver in the Engineers
Corps and sailed for France October
29th. His father was a civil war
veteran.
THOMAS.-Della o. Smith was born
at Fall City, Nebraska, August 81
1881. She moved with her parents tc
western Kansas when girl, at which
time she united with the Christian
church, living a true, conscientious
Christian life. After completing her
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