Cascade Obituary and Local News Summary
Prominent Cascade resident James B. Skahill dies at home in West Cascade after a long illness aged 89 born in Dubuque in 1852. Funeral at St Martin's with Doctor Skahill presiding. he left a large family including grandchildren and several siblings. Also reports multiple local weddings, community notices, and town updates across Cascade and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Skahill
West Cascade
Dubuque
Patrick
Mary Murray Skahill
Washington Township
Jones County
St. Martin's Parish
Skahill
Eliza Kenney
St. Peter's Church
Temple Hill
L. F. Roche
William
Danbury
Anna
Thomas Evers
Delhi
Mae
Thomas Haulahan
Ryan
Margaret Dunigan
St. Martin's Church
Cascade
Frank
Peosia
Katie
Thomas Kennedy
B. H. Skahill
Columbia College
John
James
Henry
Thomas
John Seery
Doctor Skahill
N. A. Steffen
A. J. Creighton
Francis Cassidy
W. H. Rowan
Alphonse Dress
Howard
Alfred
Walter
Lloyd
Joseph Skahill
Bernard Haulahan
Joseph Haulahan
Herbert Kennedy
T. J. Lane
T. E. Keaveny
R. N
Mary Jo
Sara
Iowa City
A. M. Hess
Birthday and Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Cass County
Gladys Benedict and family hosted a birthday dinner on Nov 22 near Viola for Mrs Benedict and her brother Kenneth McConaughy with many relatives attending. An oyster supper followed on Nov 24 at Mrs Grace Benedict's home with additional guests and a large community turnout. A sudden death of Mrs Emma Uhr Batchelder near Alburnett shocked locals, with Cass residents attending her services. Many families visited relatives, attended frog hollow school events, or traveled for Thanksgiving and weekend gatherings across Cass No 6 and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Benedict
Ivan
Gerhard Brockhohn
Cedar Rapids
Henry Stalken
Frank Burlingham
Harry Sanderson
Viola
Daniel Rogers
Luther Rogers
Arthur
Central City
C. R. Schofield
Velma
Helen Topping
Edith
Monticello
Ed Wheelock
Henry Tjaden
Clinton
Tjaden
Balster
Lynn Tjaden
Elmer Hoover
Antioch
Lou Ehrisman
Ehrisman
Lizzie Maskrey
Earl Wyrick
Maquoridta
Minnie Lubben
Gilbert Batchelder
Alburnett
Henry Uhr
Uhr
Edwin Taylor
Dean and
Wilma Mae
Bettendorf
Clifford Daily
Lulu Daily
Stone City
Frog Hollow
Cass No. 6
Eilert Pruli
Henry Stulken
Emma Uhr Batchelder
Lyle
H. J. Mayberry
Everett
Ruth
Amelia Brokens
Selena
Glenn Guilford
Charles Guilford
Helen
J. J. Walters
Mary
Nellie
John
Joe Walters
Ralph Zimmerman
Harm Dirks
George Poppe
Maxine
Delores
Dirks
Ivan Benedict
Grace
Benedict
James
Ernest Carpenter
Castle Grove
Will Lubben
Bobby
Arlene
Ruth Ehrisman
Selma Specht
Siebelt Harms
Cass
Leonard Lake
Chicago
Andrew Watt
Thomas Stimpson
John Stimpson
Anamosa
Stimpson
Dubuque
Greer
Aledo
Ill
John Livingstone
Paul Smith
Jack
Barbara
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mr. Smith
E. F. Burr
Walker
Hunt
Red Oak
John McNeilly
J. R. McNeilly
James Blatt
Avalon
McDonald Hospital
Pauline Prahm
Laura Holst
Eagle Grove
N. C. Holst
Elsie Holst
Martello
Center Junction
Martelle
McNeilly
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Carrie Preas
Himebaugh
Catherine Thompson
Winifred
Evelyn
Phyllis
T. E. Stanton
C. N. Stanton
Collins
J. J. Stanton
Des Moines
Frank Himebaugh
John Alexander
Springville
Harold Alexander
Ben Heiken
Augusta Norris
Heiken
Dorothy Burns
Irma Lincoln
Eileen
Imogene Chase
Elmer Schrader
Elmeree
Sophia Clement and Sons
Nicholas
Edwin
William Conley
Dyersville
J. G. Batehelder
Earl Batchelder
Lester Lang
Dave Wilson
W. H. Behrends
Worthington
Behrends
Betty Ann
J. L
Shafer
J. L. Batchelder
Dick Bohiken
Amber
James Bowen
Elmer, Paul, Dean
Kenneth Heeren
Onslow
Fred Heeren
Claude Miller
Cascade
Ray Chaplin
Fred Welter
Justina Gadient
Friend
Manchester
John Albany
Clement
Louis Smith
Perry De-Shaw
Neva Wilson
Colesburg
Maude
Dorothy Blaker
Center Junction Homecoming Highlights and Events
Center Junction held its second annual homecoming at the schoolhouse with two Ox ford Junction versus Center Junction basketball games, both Center Junction sides winning. The evening featured dancing, cards, and refreshments, plus remarks on new dishes and silverware donated by the Betterment association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Oxford Junction
Center Junction Betterment Association
J. B. Seehusen
George Seehusen
Monticello
Otto Danneman
Amber
Louie Stadtmueller
Castle Grove
S. G. Thompson
John Thompson
Lyle Thompson
Lyman Thompson
Ray Davis
Owen McGuire
Routh Mallicoat
Wyoming
Clifford McDonald
Hazel Perkins
Onslow
Galena
Ihs
Lee Streets
Scotch Grove
Jessie Guthrie
Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Alyea
S. W. Clark
Syria
Mesopotamia
Himebaugh
F. D. Sutherland
H. E. Stingley
Norman Martens
Scott McDonald
Clark’s
Guy McDonald
Schrader
Des Moines
T. E. Stanton
Ernest Ayler
James Hurst
Larry
Lawrence Milligan
Phyllis
Thanksgiving visitors gather at local homes
SAND SPRING guests from Marble Rock Dixon Illinois Dundee and Oelwein joined the Cox and Heeren families for Thanksgiving meals while other local households hosted relatives including the Higby Sandhagen and Kanas families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Cox
Leta
Donald Johnston
Marble Rock
E. H. Cox
A. C. Higby
Dixon, IL
Arnold Sandhagen
Dundee
Gus Kanas
Oelwein
Fred Heeren
W. H. Behrends
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas J. Lane
St. Mary's Church
Marie Dandl
N. C. Cahalan
J. B. Albers
Monica Cahalan
Louis Dandl Jr
Lohengrin
Alvina Otting
St. Mary's Choir
East Cascade
Cahalan
Louis Dandl
St. Mary's High School
T. P. Clarke
Dan Cahalan
Waukon
University of Iowa Dental College
Rose Mary
Clarence Smith
Schreckels-Neirs
Margaret Scheckels
Ralph Niers
St. Martin’s Church
Thomas J. Rooney
Mary Margaret Niers
Reva
John Niers
Herman Jansen
Milwaukee
Louis Dands
Frances Baldwin
William Davis
Clara Fauck
Andrey Jones
Matilda Beck
Philip Fauck
Mendelssohn
Miss Beck
Nicholas Fauck
Jones
Ora Jones
Ottumwa
New London
West
Dorothy Ann
Joseph
Irene
Florence
Kathleen
Rose Marie
St. Mary's Cemetery
Mary J. Keaveny
St. Martin's School
Joe McMullen
Otis Wilson
Leo Tiefel
Modesta Heider
Edward Otting
Ramona Barrett
Wally Gaddis
East Cass
Gladys Benedict
Ed Dirks
Lawrence Stulken
Marie Stulken
Coleman Connolly
Marie
Connolly
Fred Weers
Dewain
Virginia
David
Lee Hannan
Jess Starry
Marion
Ray Watters
Billy
Don
Mount Vernon
Frank Fairbanks
Herman Tjaden
Richard
Rudolph
Gerd Tjaden
Lester Fairbanks
Will
Ellen Mae
C. B. Fry
C. C. Fairbanks
Gladys, Clifford
Kenneth
Near Morley
Glenn Sievers
Mechanicsville
E. W. Brondel
Bethyl Jean
Richard Lee
Mrs
Charles Stevenson
Cc. H. Ferry
Your Fuller Man
Iowa
M. E. Leonard
Town
The
Milwaukee Road
Monte Theatre
Dionne Quintuplet
David A. Croll
Province of
Ontario
Trey