This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1955
Page
4
Local families hosted and visited relatives and friends in Cherokee Meriden Marcus Cushing and surrounding areas. Notable events included birthdays dinners and hospital news with several trips to Sioux City Des Moines and Chicago for events and family gatherings.
Effie Jane Blake daughter of Ephraim and Emily Oviett Can non was born in Dane county Wisconsin January 29 1865 and died at her home in Cherokee February 16 1955 at age 90 She came ...
The obituary notes Edna Blake grew up in Cherokee County Iowa and taught school before marriage to Fred L. Blake in 1890. The couple lived on farms in Afton and later Cherokee where she remained active in the Methodist church. She died after June 15 1945 with survivors including daughter Edna Lynch Cherokee son John Blake Arnolds Park and extended family. Funeral services were held at Boothby Funeral Home in February.
Rev L H Preul of Spencer officiated the funeral with burial in Afton cemetery. Pallbearers were the deceased’s grandsons Rolan Flake Russell Blake Donald Blake Jack Land Wilmer Anderson Ray Hasenwinkel and Kierbert Hesch.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.