Obituaries, Warren County, Iowa...part of Genealogy Trails

Obituaries

Eunice Chittenden Churchman

Mrs. Eunice Churchman was born in New York, May 12, 1814 and after spending a useful and happy life, died a true believer in the Saviour on April 29, 1901, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rowena Dunn, of Milo, Iowa. She was brought to Longton this morning by her son, Henry and laid to rest in the Longton cemetery beside her husband, who died twenty-three years ago. Mrs. Churchman leaves three sons and two daughters to mourn her loss. She once made this city her home and has many friends here who sympathize with the bereaved ones.

[Taken from the Longton Gleaner, May 3, 1901 - Submitted by L. Morgan]

Audrey Muriel Steele Ratkovich

Audrey Muriel Steele Ratkovich was born June 26, 1909 in Milo Iowa to William Arthur Steele and Mae Crystal Doake Steele. She moved to California in 1930 and in 1942, married Milos D. Ratkovich. Audrey worked for the Telephone Company for 37 years and retired in 1964. She volunteered as a secretary at Spurgeon Methodist Church for several years. Audrey died October 9, 2008 from respiratory failure. Sister to two brothers, including Howard Steele, she is survived by brother Lloyd Steele and nieces Pamela Leander, Catherine Kerl, and Sandra Spivey.

[Submitted by a Friend of Free Genealogy]

Turner, Rev. J. L.

At New Virginia, Iowa, April 17, Rev. J. L. Turner, aged 58 years, a former resident of Henry.

Local Items - Rev. J. L. Turner, a former resident of Henry, died at New Virginia, Iowa last month. He was a preacher in the Protestant Methodist Connection and lived here between 6 and 8 years during the prosperity of the college. He owned a tract of land near the college, built a brick house and for some time run a boarding house for the students. He afterwards traded the property for Iowa land where he removed. While he lived here, D. G. Edmiston, a brother of Rev. B. Edmiston came here to school and while boarding with the Turner family became enamoured of the only daughter Anna, who accepted his hand, and who were married here in 1860. Mrs. Edmiston attended her father’s funeral and on her return stopped here a few days last week at her brother-in-law’s Rev. B. Edmison, calling upon Mrs. C. S. Woodward and other old church friends with whom she was formerly acquainted. Her present home is at Adriane, Michigan.

[Henry Republican, Henry, IL, Published May 6, 1875]
Contributed by Nancy Piper