Washington couples wed in quiet Des Moines ceremony
Miss Maude Shellabarger and Mr David J McCartney, both of Washington, quietly married October 21 at Highland Park Christian church Des Moines. The bride trained as a nurse and worked at H J Ward store, the groom served in the war and now runs a transfer business in Des Moines. Other local notices record White Way club officers, weddings of Lafayette Lowe and Edith Chance, Georgia Ballard and George Weston, Nora Schulz and Jesse Merick, plus a visit from Mrs Martin and daughter of Olds.
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Washington
Maude Shellabarger
David J. McCartney
Highland Park Christian Church
Des Moines
W. H. Hunter
C. A. Juber
Juber
McCartney
H. M. Shellabarger
H. J. Ward
Iowa Congregational Hospital
White Way Club
Carl Dunbar
Cetta
Bert Rittenhouse
Marion Wella
Olive Munroe
Floyd Crayne
W. O. Ralston
James O'Loughlin
Howard Stewart
Herman Schulty
Roy Wells
Bert Dunbar
Lincoln Lowe
Mise Edith Pearl Chance
Sylvester Chance
Faye Cherwinker
Harley Cherwinker
Cranston
Owa
Mrs. Lowe
Craneton
Brighton
Georgia Ballard
Henry Ballard
George Weston
Harm Weston
Wim. Ballard
Wayland
Olive Marie Cunningham a Crawfordsville native dies in Fresno
Olive Marie Cunningham born April 6 1896 in Crawfords ville Iowa to R B Cunningham and Nora Gault Cunningham dies November 4 1920 at her Fresno California home at eleven o clock. She was a bright ambitious woman who educated at Crawfordsville high school class of 1913 and Iowa State Teachers College finishing in 1915. She taught in Waterloo Iowa before returning home to Crawfordsville schools due to her mother's ill health and later became housekeeper for her father while caring for her younger siblings Arlene Ruth and Robert Cunningham. She married Malvel McElroy of Fresno December 27 1917 and moved to Fresno January 8 1918.
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Olive Marie
R. 8. Cunningham
Nora Gault Cunningham
Crawfordsville
Iews
Fresno
Calif
Was & Bright
Iowa State Teachers College
Waterloo
Iowa
Arlene Ruth
Robert Cunningham
Malvel McElroy
Cal
Obituary notices for McElroy and Torrey families
Elizabeth Ann Torrey died October 26 1920 in Pueblo Colorado at age 63. Funeral held October 28 conducted by Rev F Zimmerman. interment Mountain View cemetery. Survived by husband Conrad Frank seven children including Ernest and Edna May. siblings F C Torrey and Mrs H Hoque. many relatives. Earlier obituary notes Mrs McElroy wife of BR Cunningham and mother of Harriett Ruth born 1920. funeral at Fresno November 7 with Rev P H Laye. She was active in United Presbyterian Church and YWCA in Cedar Falls. She married in Crawfordsville and later lived in Fresno. funeral services in Fresno. Survived by husband and family with church service noted.
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McElroy
Harriett Ruth
Cunningham
Robert
Arlene
Fresno
Elizabeth Ann Torrey
Benoni
Rosamond Torrey
Marshall County
Illinois
Pueblo
Col
Conrad Frank
Pleasant Plain
Iowa
Ernest Hu
Fairfield
Lawrence c
Fred Wilson
Edna May
Colo
F.C. Torrey
Keota
H. Hoque
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