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 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1965
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is a weekly Elgin Iowa newspaper published each Thursday by Hermen and Bartuner. It is entered as second class mail matter September 1, 1891 at the Elgin post office under the 1852 act.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary McCoy were held at St Marys Church Nevis Minn with burial at Akeley Minn She died at her granddaughters home Friday evening March 5 after strokes Born July 7 1968 she spent most of life at Nevis and Akeley Widowed since 1948 she lived with daughter Mrs Ed Riley in McGregor She had been in hospital.
Mrs Mary McCoy died recently after care by her granddaughter in Manchester since last spring. Survived by five daughters three sons sister 30 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren. Funeral attendees included Mr and Mrs Melvin Martin Giles Jorris Martin and Mary Lerch. Card of thanks from the family thanks friends and neighbors for their kindness.
The Illyria Community Church hosted the wedding on Sunday March 7 of Sharon Schupbach and Stanley Shaffer with Rev. Lee Roy Collins officiating.
The 2:30 p.m. double ceremony united the bride and groom before blue and white flowers. Mrs. George Schupbach and Mrs. Clara Shaffer are parents of the couple. The bride wore white mohair with matching accessories and a wreath veil. Mrs. Leo Gage, Waterloo, was matron of honor with Sheryl Butikofer as bridesmaid. Jon Shatter served as best man. ushers were John Schupbach and George Geater. The bride’s mother wore a turquoise suit. groom’s mother a navy double knit. Reception followed at the church dining room. The couple plan to reside near Elgin after March 18.
Thomas E. Howard of Elgin died at Pastville Hospital on Saturday evening February 27 at age 78. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Methodist Church with Rev. Lee Collins assisting. Mrs Lear Ruudtson played organ as a quartet accompanied by Forrest Shaf Reynolds Shaffer Lawrence Cannen Clifton Wilson Robert Wilson and Thomas Ogle. Card of thanks follows.
Sincere thanks to friends for kind words and sympathy. Marvin Collins led March 1 gathering with a luncheon. Jeannette Strong gave a devotional. Marilyn read about Iowa and its interesting places. A game on Iowa featured four members from Ortasa and presented pieces from Japan. Next meeting planned at Kenneth Mork's home on March 23.
Mr and Mrs Russell Friederichia hosted a neighborhood card party on a Saturday evening. Attendees wore vests and engaged in a lighthearted evening with playful banter. Several winners were announced, though the exact names and scores are not fully legible in the source.
A fragment reports the 2M Thy Tyra Livestock 4-H Club meeting held at the home of Charles Friealt. No further details are available in the readable text.
Infant Jaclynn Jean Reierson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Reierson, was baptized Sunday morning during services at East Clermont Church. Attending were family members including William A dinner and Stéphania, with My and Mrs. William present for the ceremony.
Fragmentary Elgin Local News text lists Paul Hofer family and others as Sunday supper guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Cousins in Ev. Mrs Alfred Jacoben and Merleen and Mies Ronallating in Postville. Additional names appear with Postville and Waukon connections, text is incomplete.
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.