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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1958
Page
1
Elgin Echo at 3711 Elgin Iowa. Entered as second class mail matter Sept 1 1891 at Elgin Fayette County Iowa under Act of March 3 1852. Published every Thursday by Strauch and Hermen.
Rates listed for want ads at 10 cents per line with a 30 cent weekly minimum if cash accompanies order. 60 cent minimum if not. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriam cards are one dollar each, limited to ten lines. Resolutions of respect and obituary poetry follow regular advertising rates.
Irvin Schoien born July 18 1918 in Clayton county died January 10 at 39 years. He was baptized Highland Lutheran and confirmed at Our Saviors Lansing educated in Monona Lansing Elgin High School class of 1937. Survived by mother three sisters and extended relatives. funeral January 13 at Muehlethaler funeral home and Highland Lutheran with burial nearby. Pallbearers named. attendees from multiple communities and Texas. Card of Thanks from Alma Scholen and family.
Ray DeSart born May 14 1885 in Elgin died January 14 in Postville at 72. He was one of four children and married Sadie Patterson on December 15 1910 in Elgin. Four children born to the couple were Dale Dean Josephine and Erma Jane. He studied in Elgin public schools and graduated from the Elgin...
Ray De Sart served as a rural mail carrier for over 40 years before retiring in July 1951. A life long resident, he supported St Pauls Methodist Church and the community, loved hunting and fishing, and left widow Sadie and children Josephine Dale Erma Jane Dean and many grandchildren. Attendees traveled from Mason City Des Moines Marion Waukon West Union Clermont and Postville.
Donald Oscar Doan of Elgin dies at 61 in Postville on January 16. Born September 9, 1898, he lived most of his life in Elgin, married Edith Conmer in 1918, and had two daughters Lois and Donna Vi. A longtime Elgin Canning Co. superintendent and Elgin Asparagus Corp. vice president, he served as councilman 18 years and waterworks chief 14 years. A Mason and Lions Club member, he enjoyed fishing and hunting. Burial followed at Elgin cemetery with Silver Leaf Lodge and Elgin Canning employees as pallbearers.
Son Donald Ray Prestley, a brother Paul, two sisters Alma Tripp and Mary Bailey, all of Guttenberg, along with numerous nieces and many friends are listed in the death notice fragments.
Obituary-style note detailing Glen William Little of Volga born April 4 1896 in Clayton County WWI veteran married Hilda Klingman November 10 1926. four children Donald Oelwein Luella Earl Jean. farmed in Clayton and Fayette counties then home bought 1946. Survived by wife four children grandchildren mother siblings nieces nephews and friends. Funeral January 16 Sacred Heart Church Volga officiated by Rev Karl Klein. Card of thanks from Mrs Glen W Little and family for support during bereavement.
The article describes a wedding with a veil and pearl crown bride, attire for bridesmaids Miss Janis Grafenberg and Miss Pat Knapp, flower girl LuAnn Manson, and attendants Layton Olson as ringbearer. Best man Jack Hanson and groomsman Jack Folsom attended. Reception for 300 guests followed at the church parlors. The couple will reside in Cedar Rapids after a wedding trip south. bride previously worked for Interstate Power in West Union and husband in Cedar Rapids with Sears Roebuck.
Elizabeth Libbie Larson is appointed Administratrix with the Will Annexed of the Alta Klingman estate by the Fayette County District Court January 20 1958. All debtors must pay the estate and creditors must present claims to the court for allowance. Traeger and Koempel attorneys represent the administratrix in West Union Iowa with docket 21-23.
Kay F. Knapp and Leonard M. West were married in a candlelight ceremony at Zion Lutheran Church West Union on Saturday January 18. Rev E C Franke officiated before an altar of white mums and candelabra. Miss Yvonne West sang while the couple knelt for The Lord's Prayer. The bride wore a white floor length gown of rose Point Chantilly lace and misty nylon tulle with a sabrina neckline and long sleeves. the skirt featured a deep lace peplum and tiers.
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