Grief and Gratitude From the Lewis Smith Family
The Lewis Smith family expresses heartfelt thanks for comforting sympathy service flowers and kindness shown during their recent sorrow.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1945
Page
6
The Lewis Smith family expresses heartfelt thanks for comforting sympathy service flowers and kindness shown during their recent sorrow.
One of the first Nazis jailed in Germany, Joseph Mingels, once assistant chief of the Hitler Jugend in Cologne, was given seven years plus fines for destroying his group’s files and deceiving Allied Military Government officials. He will serve in a former Gestapo jail.
A hospital report notes R F E Dougherty back home after illness. Obituary services for Daniel B K Yoder were held at Wellman Methodist with burial beside his parents. Local visits include Mrs Sarah Walker in a wheelchair and Mrs A Anderson resting. A nurse reports eight babies born at the hospital on Saturday, three on Sunday. An incident in Chicago involved a mother chasing her child in a crowded depot. A robin at Trall feeding tray entertained viewers, while Esta Clark arrived from Wilkes-Barre to visit relatives and Lt Thomas Gray. Virginia Shannon West and family plan farm travel. baby Mary Jo, two and a half months, endears grandparents. A war mother shares experiences.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Christian church at Keota for Mrs Mary Ellen Marsh conducted by Rev Virgil Fox. Music included a vocal solo by Mrs F F Hagist with Mrs H K Stewart as accompanist. Burial was in the Richmond cemetery with pallbearers Francis Erlis Keith Lemley Ora Harold and Rex Stumpf.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Shadla celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary at the Prairie Flower with a cooperative noon dinner and a pansy centerpiece. Family from nearby towns joined for services and a weekend visit, as neighbors and friends hosted and attended events across the community.
At Merrimac Mrs Carl Amrine notes visits by Ruth Smith and Mrs Willis Bain, with Max Baleosier and Joyce Baleosier in Ml easant. Victoria Van Winkle stayed with the Leland Van Winkle family. Walter Wittmer and family from Fairfield visited Chas Tweety. Delmer Crile and daughters called at Lester Kientz home. Carl Amrine and kin stopped by John Wleneke home Friday afternoon.
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