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JAMES W. WALLING
James W. Walling, 61, of Webster City, Iowa, died Monday, August 28, 2000 at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames due to complications of diabetes.
James Wilson Walling, son of Mark and Mary Wilson Walling, was born April 15, 1939 in Davenport, Iowa. He attended Spencer schools, graduating in 1957. Jim served with the U.S. Marine Reserves and attended Buena Vista College (currently Buena Vista University) in Storm Lake, Iowa where he received degrees in history and speech. He received his masters and ed specialist at the University of Northern Iowa and then served as superintendent of Grand Valley Community school at Kellerton, Iowa.
After a period of farming in southern Iowa, Jim returned to the school business. He taught at an Indian reservation in Arizona and the Crow Creek reservation in South Dakota. He also taught one year in Tuntetuliac, Alaska, near the Bering Strait and served as the superintendent of the Revere, Missouri school system.
On June 3, 1989, he married Patricia Busby Morris in Latimer, where the couple then resided. He was a substitute teacher for various schools in the area. The couple owned and operated The Neighbor's Place restaurant in Alexander from 1989 to 1991. They then moved to Des Moines where Jim taught at various schools in the Des Moines school system.
He returned to college in 1993 and received his special eduation endorsement. From 1993 to 1996 he taught special education in the Waterloo school system. In August of 1997 he received his permanent special education certification and taught at Southeast Webster-Burnside until February of 1999, when he had to retire due to failing health.
He is survived by his wife Pat; daughter Cosie Leigh Walling; son Travis James Walling; stepchildren, Sondra (Jim) Morris of Ames, Iowa, Melissa (Bob) Worman Hill of Belmond, Iowa, Darren Morris of Iowa City, Iowa and Todd (Michell) Morris of Clive, Iowa; and four loving grandchildren, Haley Morris, Brooklyn Hill, Jacob Morris and Zachary Hill.
He will be remembered by his many friends, for his sense of humor and his love of hunting, learning and cooking.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Jim attended Calvary Baptist Church in Webster City and was a member of the National Rifle Association, Izaak Walton League of Hamilton County and Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity.
Funeral services were held Thursday, August 31, 2000 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Webster City with Reverends Terry Davenport and Henry Jensen officiating.
James was laid to rest in the Coulter Cemetery, Coulter, Iowa following services.
Foster Funeral Home of Webster City was in charge of arrangements.
LYNN EVERETT BYERS
Lynn Everett Byers, 56, of Davenport, Iowa passed away Monday, September 18, 2000 at Fejevary Health Care Center.
Lynn was born October 1, 1943 in Hartley, Iowa. He was the son of William Clare and Mary E. (Huston) Byers. He married Mary Kathryn (Kathy) McCreary on June 2, 1963 in Ames, Iowa.
He served in the Iowa National Guard and in the Army Reserves. He farmed near Hartley and then worked for Archer Oil as a district sales manager in South Dakota. He then worked for Felco/Land O Lakes in Jessup, Iowa and at the Eldridge Coop. He owned and operated D & L Heating and Air Conditioning in Eldridge for 20 years.
Lynn was a member of St. John's United Methodist Church of Davenport. He had been a charter member of the United Methodist Church in Eldridge where he served on the first building committee.
His past memberships include: Iowa Heating and Cooling Assoc., Eldridge Businessmen's Assoc. and Eldridge Jaycees; he served on the Eldridge City Council from 1975-1979.
He loved to fix anything, rebuild cars, fish, camp and hunt. He had a multi-engine commercial pilot's license and loved flying. He always enjoyed spending time with family and friends. His goal in life was to be of use to God and to others.
Survivors include his wife; daughters, Mrs. Lavell (Megan Louise) Wash of Davenport and Mrs. Theo (Kay Marie) Caddell of Pontiac, Michigan; grandchildren: Aleksis Kaytlyn Byers, Demetrius Mykel Caddell, Nolan Everett Caddell, all of Pontiac, Michigan; stepgrandchildren: Lavell Earl Wash, Jr. of Davenport, Larell A. Wash of Rock Island, Illinois and Taylor Erin Jefford of Moline, Illinois; his mother Mary E. Huston Byers of Hartley; and a sister Mrs. Ronald (Cherie Ann) Sterk of Hartley.
Funeral services will be Thursday, September 21, 2000 at St. John's United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the church or to the Scott County Library.
The Runge Mortuary & Crematory of Davenport, (319) 391-6202, is in charge of arrangements.
HARVEY MAURICE CARTER
Harvey Maurice Carter, 83, of Diagonal, Iowa died September 12, 2000 at the Veterans Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa.
Mr. Carter was born April 27, 1917 in Clarke County, Iowa and lived in the area for most of his life. He served in the U. S. Army during WWII in the European Theatre.
Harvey was preceded in death by his parents, James H. and Edna G. (Camp) Carter; two children in infancy; his brothers, "Jack" Carter of Winterset and Ira Carter of Springhill; his sisters, Opal Browns of Murray and Marie Cooper of California.
He is survived by his brother, Laural of Fort Smith, Arkansas; sister Annis Jones of Murray; his son, Harvey Lee Carter of Houston, Texas; daughters, Karen of California and Judy Johnson of Decatur, Iowa and his special and close friend Shirley Buchanan of Diagonal; several grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
Graveside services were held on September 14, 2000 at Fields Cemetery at Murray, Iowa with Rev. Eydie Stephens officiating. Memorial contributions will be directed to the Green Valley Hospice.
DR. CARMELITA MEINDL
Dr. Carmelita Meindl was born March 7, 1928 at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of John T. and Ella (Carmody) O'Conner.
Carmelita was raised southwest of Maloy, Iowa on a farm. She graduated from Duchesne College in Omaha, Nebraska and returned to teach at Maloy. She moved to St. Louis and began teaching the English gifted program in the public schools. After earning her doctorate of philosophy degree from St. Louis University, in St. Louis, Missouri she taught at St. Louis University, Indiana University - South Bend; was the chairperson of the Education Department at Fontbonne College in St. Louis and retired as director of inservice education at St. Mary's Health Center in St. Louis. Carmelita married Joseph Meindl in St. Louis in 1970. She lived most of her adult life in St. Louis and had permanently moved to the farm where she grew up in June of 2000.
Carmelita was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maloy. She belonged to many professional organizations and her work has been published in professional journals.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Mary Jane McDonald.
Carmelita is survived by her husband Joseph of Blockton, Iowa.
Funeral services were held at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Maloy, Iowa on September 14, 2000 with Fr. Leonard Kenkel officiating. Music was provided by Mrs. Nancy Sackett.
Casket bearers were Jim Hanshaw, Jason Hanshaw, Mark Friedman, Earl Drake, Richard Davison and Robert Davison. She was laid to rest in St. Mary's Cemetery in Maloy, Iowa.
OLA RIDGE
Ola Mabel Saville, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and so much more, was born October 11, 1912 on a farm near Redding, Iowa.
She was the seventh of eight children born to John Silas and Carrie Oliver Saville. She passed away on September 16, 2000 at the Clearview Nursing Home in Clearfield, Iowa.
Soon after graduation from Redding high school she married her high school sweetheart Lloyd West Ridge on October 14, 1931. Ola's childhood dream of being married in a "big church" was realized when they were married at the Methodist Church in Shenandoah, Iowa by her minister brother Cecil Saville.
Ola and Lloyd began their married life and fulfilled Lloyd's childhood dream of operating his own farm. The two started out on the Missouri-Iowa line in an area she referred to as Happy Corners. Later they moved to what is known as the Ridge Farm where they spent the majority of their 65-year marriage. In their later years on the farm their great-grandchildren enjoyed morning rides to check on the cattle. Everyone enjoyed looking over Ola's meticulous farm market records that she faithfully logged every day at the noon market report. In 1990 they retired and moved to Blockton, Iowa. Their two boys proudly continued the family farming tradition.
On August 21, 1933 their eldest son Lloyd Cecil was born. On October 20, 1940 their second son James Edward completed the family.
Ola was a member of the Isadora Church of Christ. There she served as an elder's wife and Sunday school teacher, teaching the primary class for many years. There she was able to teach each one of her grandchildren. She enjoyed providing the church with flowers from her garden for services. Church, home and family were the cornerstones of Ola's life.
Ola served many wonderful meals to family, preachers, hired hands and friends. One particular example of the bounty of Ola's table was after a fine noon meal she realized she had forgotten to put the meat on the table. With all the food she had prepared no one had missed the main dish.
Ola loved to quilt and embroider. She made quilts for each of her grandchildren and gave gifts of pillowcases and dishtowels which were deocrated with her needlework. Gardening was one of Ola's greatest pleasures. She loved to preserve the fruits of her labor for her family to enjoy.
One of her favorite hobbies was her membership in the Blockton Garden Club. She was instrumental in the installation of the "Blockton Garden Club Welcomes You" sign at the southeast edge of Blockton. Over the years Ola also served as 4-H leader in the Westfork Boosters club. She was a member of the Sunny Corner Club and Blockton Domino Club. She also enjoyed attending the Blockton Christian Women's Fellowship meetings.
She was preceded in death by her husband Lloyd W.; parents, John and Carrie Saville; brothers, Wilbur, Emerson, Cecil, Howard and Kermit; sister Jessie Trullinger; and great-grandson Lucas Ridge.
Left to cherish her memory are sons, Lloyd Cecil and wife Alice Ridge of Grant City, Missouri and James and wife Joyce, also of Grant City; grandson Roger and wife Lisa and great-grandsons Caleb and Taylor Ridge of St. Joseph, Missouri; granddaughter, Becky and husband Jim, great-grandson Jacob and great-granddaughter Sarah Carlson of King City, Missouri; granddaughter Rhonda and husband Jim, great-granddaughter Jocelyn, stepgreat-grandsons John, Jeff and James and stepgreat-granddaughter Lindsay Burton of Clarksville, Ohio; grandson Rick and wife Jackie and great-grandsons Colt and Logan Ridge of Grant City; granddaughter Raelene and husband Steve and great-grandson Reese Zollman of Independence, Missouri; sister Vera Buss and husband Lyle of Red Oak, Iowa; sisters-in-law Lena Saville of Gowrie and Edna Lundy of Tucson, Arizona; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. She will be sadly missed by all her loved ones and friends.
Funeral services were held Monday, September 18, 2000 at the Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home in Grant City, Missouri. Reverend Scott Marcum officiated. Interment was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Blockton.
HOWARD EDWIN WHITTINGTON
Howard Edwin Whittington was born on July 2, 1920 near Kent, Iowa and left this life as we know it on September 11, 2000 at the age of 80 years, two months and nine days. His parents were Francis Marion and Cornelia (Bickford) Whittington.
Howard graduated from Shannon City high school in 1939. After graduation he worked in Colorado on his cousin's ranch. He traveled to California to work at Douglas Aircraft before enlisting in the Navy in February 1942.
He bought the farm where he presently lived, sight unseen, in 1943.
Howard married Crystal Morrison Pate on December 10, 1950.
Howard's children include: Cathy Larson, husband Dennis, of Farn-hamville, Iowa; David Whittington, wife Kathie, of Augusta, Georgia; and John Whittington, wife Cheryl, of Diagonal. His grandchildren are: Sandy Stow, husband Robert, of Aiken, South Carolina; Michelle Whittington of Augusta, Georgia; John Paul Whittington, wife Amy, of Diagonal; Clint Whittington of Diagonal; and Chris Nippert, husband Donald of Villisca, Iowa. Great-grandchildren include: Alex and Taylor Stow and Katlin Whittington.
Preceding Howard in death were his parents, a sister, a brother and two grandchildren.
Howard loved his family, farm life, livestock and his many friends. His pastime was spent playing cards and traveling.
Funeral services were held at the United Church of Diagonal on Thursday, September 14, 2000 with Rev. Pam Farren officiating.Casket bearers were John Paul Whittington, Jim Werner, Clint Whittington, Claire Newton, David Whittington and Bryan Cook.
Howard was laid to rest in the Diagonal Cemetery with military graveside rites performed by the Morris-Herrold Post #395 American Legion.
GLEN EDWIN BARBER
Glen Edwin Barber was born January 12, 1948 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Edward Barber and Hazel Silvers Barber McCoy. He suffered a massive heart attack and entered into rest on September 24, 2000 at his home, 7918 Boars Head Road, Montgomery, TX, 77356.
After graduating from high school in California, he entered the Army and fought in Vietnam. He earned a Purple Heart and a Medal of Honor for fighting behind enemy lines. Sgt. Barber received an honorable discharge in 1972. He later went to work for Rockwell International/Gulf Stream in Oklahoma City where he tested airplanes for defects. At the time of his death, he was employed at Industrial Valco in Houston, Texas where he had worked the last 10 years.
In May 1980, he married Linda F. Roach Olney in Oklahoma City and inherited her three children, Rita, Kimberly and Clarence Olney. The couple moved in 1990 to their present home. Glen took great pride in owning the acreage and it showed in the neatness of the yard with its many flower beds, fish pond and outdoor gazebo. His interests included restoring antique cars, playing on the computer and coin collecting.
He was preceded in death by his father Edward Barber; and his brother Larry Barber.
He is survived by his wife Linda; son Clarence Olney of the home; two daughters, Rita Olney of Grant City, Missouri and Kimberly Scharfenkamp and husband Bill of Mount Ayr, Iowa; three grandchildren, Christopher DeBoard, Mary Scharfenkamp and Robert Scharfenkamp, all of Mount Ayr; his mother Hazel McCoy of Bell, California; two sisters, Nora McCoy and Julie McCoy of California; and a brother Michael McCoy of California. There are numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews who survive him as well.
Funeral services for Mr. Barber were held at the Green Lawn Chapel in The Woodlands, Texas on Wednesday, September 27, 2000 with Dr. Bob Donald officiating. His remains have been cremated and will be buried at a later date.
HAZEL MAE JACKSON
Hazel Mae Waugh was born December 27, 1910 on the family farm near Redding, Iowa. She was the youngest child of Charles M. and Matilda (Glendenning) Waugh.
Hazel grew up at Redding and graduated from Redding high school in 1928. She graduated from Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls in 1931. She taught in Ringgold county schools for three years.
In 1936, she was married to Luther Earl Jackson of Grant City, Missouri and lived the next 61 years on a farm in Worth county, Missouri. Hazel was active as a 4-H leader for many years while her children were growing up. She later worked for Grant City Manufacturing Company. She also did mending for Grant City Nursing Home for many years. Hazel was a news correspondent for the Times Tribune for several years.
Hazel was a lifelong member of the Middle Fork Methodist Church. She taught Sunday school for many years. She was always a willing worker for her church. She was an avid gardener and loved to care for all plants, flowers and animals. She was a loving mother and grandmother and had made a special quilt for each of her grandchildren.
Hazel was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Matilda Waugh; husband Earl; son-in-law Doyle Austin; brother Clifton Waugh; and three sisters, Ferne Jackson, Glenna Waugh and Flora Belle Waugh.
Survivors include two sons, Charles and wife Melba of Clearfield, Iowa and Wendell and wife Joan of Redding; five daughters, Virginia Austin and friend Doug Dewaele of Missouri Valley, Iowa, Frances Fine and husband Marvin of Red Oak, Iowa, Janet Derby and husband Al of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Carolyn Shupe and husband Roger of Cameron, Missouri and Linda Jackson of Mount Ayr; a sister Odean Kraft of Winnetka, Illinois; 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday, October 3, 2000 at Wilson-Watson & Armstrong Funeral Home of Mount Ayr with Reverend Michael Druhl officiating. Providing music were Ginny Eighmy, Mary Trullinger and Margaret Bickers. Casket bearers were Kevin Jackson, Douglas Austin, Robert Derby, Vincent Jackson, Chris Fine and Trent Shupe. Honorary pallbearers were Todd Jackson, Curt Jackson, Erin Jackson, Clinton Fine, Andrea Leonard, Darren Austin, Deanna Boese, Cassie Shupe and Cayla Shupe.
Hazel was laid to rest in the Middle Fork Cemetery, Redding.
