Atchison County MO Archives Obituaries.....Noblitt, Dorcas, Amelia, Brown March 27, 1939
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Dennis Hargens dennis_hargens@hotmail.com February 29, 2012, 12:26 am
MRS. W. J. NOBLITT DIES
Member of Pioneer Family Passes Away at 82 Years
Dorcas A. Brown was born in Delaware county, New York, near New York City, on
June 6th, 1856, and passed away at her home in North Atchison county on
Monday, March 27th, 1939, after a brief illness, at the age of 82 years, 9
months and 21 days.
She was the daughter of James and Sarah Bradley Brown. The family came to this
part of the country at an early day and settled near Linden, in this county.
Her education was received in the public schools of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and
she also attended the academy at Bedford, Iowa. Taking up the teaching
profession, she taught in the schools of Atchison County, this state, and
Taylor county, Iowa, for a number of years. She closed her teaching career at
Carthage, Mo.
On March 3rd, 1882, she was united in marriage to Wm. J. Noblitt and they
settled near High Creek, Iowa. Later they moved to the present home in North
Polk township, not far from the Iowa line, where Mrs. Noblitt resided until
her death.
Four children survive - Mrs. LeRoy Daniel of Portland, Ore.; Mrs. L. C. Stoner
of Watson; Dwight M. Noblitt and Kittie E. Noblitt of the home. Five
grandchildren are also among her immediate survivors. Mr. Noblitt passed away
November 11th, 1923.
While residing in Council Bluffs, Mrs. Noblitt became an active member of the
First Baptist church and later transferred her membership to the church at
Grange Hall.
Mrs. Noblitt's death marks the passing of the last member of a large pioneer
family.
Funeral services were held at Hamburg on Thursday afternoon, March 30th, with
interment at the side of her husband in Grange Hall cemetery. Pastor A. W.
Tandy of the High Creek church officiated. Mrs. Ray Lauriston sang. Six
nephews acted as pallbearers, they being Christopher Brown, Frank J. Brown,
Doren Brown, Charles Brown, Billy Brown and Robert Noblitt.
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Obituary of Franz Henry Sundermann
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Franz Henry Sundermann born 12-30-1873 at Osnabrueck, Hanover, Germany.
He was baptized on January 02, 1874 and confirmed on April 08, 1888 in
the Lutheran church. He died March 04, 1957.
At age 17 he came to America and settled near Westboro, Missouri. He
married Louise Blankenmeier here on May 10, 1900. They moved to a farm
near Farragut, Iowa and in 1903 to Nance County, Nebraska and settled on
a farm near Timber Creek.
His wife died April 08, 1912. The last 15 years of his life he lived
with his daughter, Mrs. George (Hilda) Ahlers. He died at Fullerton
Memorial Hospital.
He is survived by his children, Helen Sunderman, Bockmann, Rebhuhn,
Irene Koch and Alma Walters all of Iowa. He is also survived by his
children, Hilda Ahlers and Adolf Sunderman, of Nebraska.
He was buried in the cemetery at Peace Lutheran church in Timber Creek,
Nebraska.
(In my research, I have found several variations on his name as well as
the spellings of his and Louise's last name.)
If this is a member of your family and you have more information, I
would like to hear from you. Thank you, Charlene Eichel: alsec@msn.com