Buena Vista County Obituaries
Newell Mirror Obit Abstracts, 1931
Jan. 8--Mrs. Mary West Ziegler Weber, born Dec. 30, 1850 Bloomington, Ill.; husband, Harry, and 4 sons; burial Fonda
Jan. 10--Christian Peter Mason Larsen, born Feb. 14, 1878 Jestmark, Denmark; wife, 4 children, 2 brothers, 1 sister; burial Fonda
Jan. 20--Paul Snyder of intestinal flu; born Feb. 2, 1857 in Ohio; wife and son; burial in Newell
Jan. 25--I. W. Simons, suicide in Fort Dodge; former employee of the Mirror
Jan. 28--"Bib" Hagedon Williams of Ruthven; niece of Mrs. Elmer Ellrich of Newell
Feb. 6--Paul Winther in Selma, Calif.; 5 daughters, 1 son all of Calif., many relatives in the Newell area
Feb. 9--Elsie Viola Larimer Darling born July 12, 1891; husband Charles Darling, five children and her mother; burial Cedar Cemetery in Sac Co.
Feb. 23--Belva Elizabeth Larimer Bedell born Jan. 7, 1888 in Sac City; husband Etsel Bedell and daughter
Mar. 6--Marion W. Thorson of pneumonia following operation; principal at Marathon
Mar. 10--Anna Jensine Madsen Huett of Warren, Ill. born Feb. 14, 1887 Svendrup, Denmark; sister of Mrs. H. D. Nielsen of Newell
Mar. 25--Robert H. Smith, born Aug. 15, 1847 in Glasgow, Scotland; Civil War veteran; wife, 4 daughters, 1 son, 1 sister; burial Newell
Mar. 29--William Thomas Hurley at home in Storm Lake; former resident of Newell; born Feb. 22, 1856 in NY; wife, 3 children, 1 brother, 2 sisters; burial St. Mary's Cemetery, SL
Apr. 9--Anna G. Tow Axdahl of Benton Lake, Minn., while visiting daughter Mrs. Anna Williams at Newell; born Sept. 19, 1865 in Norway; husband and 6 children
Apr. 13--Mrs. James Nation at Storm Lake following an operation; husband, 5 children, also brother, James A. Lane of Newell
Apr. 17--Minnie L. Lambirth Morrison born Nov. 12, 1877 at Mount Pleasant, Ia.; husband, 5 children, mother, 2 brothers; burial Newell
Apr. 20--Frank Mentor born Mar. 3, 1872 Fort Dodge; former resident; wife, daughter; burial Newell Cemetery
Apr. 26--Maxine, 3, d/o M/M Jesse Lookingbill, of intestinal flu; crippled since birth; parents, brother, sister; burial Nemaha
Apr. 28--Dorothea Janke Hogrefe born June 24, 1848 in Altenheim, Brandenburg, Germany; 6 children; burial Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Apr. 29--Theodore Cave at Mott, ND; former resident and father of Will Cave of Newell
May 4--Nellie E. Mack Van Wagenen born Oct. 1, 1876 in Sioux Rapids; husband, daughter, sister, 3 brothers; burial SL
May 28-- Francis Edgar Totman born Nov. 2, 1852 at Bristol, NY; married 3 times; survived by 3 sons, 2 daughters; burial SL Cemetery
May 28--Nova d/o Adolph Meentz of Varina of blood poisoning; father, 6 sisters; niece of Mrs. Jeff Schulz and Mrs. M. Blohm of Newell
June 3--Louis T. Larson born Dec. 4, 1848 in Tokle, Norway; wife, 3 sons, 3 daughters, a brother and a sister
June 11--Martin Sorensen, suicide
July 6--William Hiram Hunter born Custer, Wood Co., Ill. Apr. 16, 1864; wife, 3 daughters, 3 brothers; burial Newell
July 16--Mary McDole Logan born May 2, 1846 in Co. Tipperary, Ireland; 1 adopted son survives
July 24--Lou Kischer born May 1, 1884 in Coon Twp.; wife, 2 children, 6 brothers, 3 sisters; burial St. John's Cemetery, Coon Twp.
July 26--Myra B. Judge Harvey born Apr. 1, 1869 at Floyd, Ia.; husband, 2 daughters, 1 brother; burial Newell
July 31--James C. Bean in Storm Lake; born Nov. 11, 1863 Ohio; wife, 6 children, 1 brother, 1 sister; burial Rockwell City
Aug. 4--Alexander Thomas Lilly born Aug. 20, 1850 in Lanchester, Oh.; wife, 4 children, 2 brothers, 1 sister; retired from his Newell farm in 1911
Aug. 5--Mrs. Dorothea Hoberman Sievers born Dec. 13, 1837 Bargfeld, Hanover, Germany; 7 children, 1 brother; burial Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Aug. 18--Laurine Wilhelmine Madsen Johnson born Aug. 5, 1889 in Newell; husband, daughter, father, 2 sisters, 2 brothers; burial Newell Cemetery
Aug. 27--Mrs. Christine Deigaard born June 20, 1848 in Schlesvig, Denmark; 4 children; burial Newell
Aug. 27--Marie Christiansen Sondergaard at Tacoma, Wash.; born Mar. 19, 1863 Falster, Denmark; 1 daughter, 1 sister; burial Newell Cemetery
Sept. 4--William Way, struck by a car near Storm Lake; born Jan. 26, 1860 Lescard, Ontario, Canada; 2 sisters; burial Newell
Sept. 8--Kenneth Brownlee, 34, of Marathon; wife; burial in Illinois
Sept. 14--Loren Charles, 22 mo old son of M/M William Just; parents, 4 sisters, 2 brothers; burial Newell Cemetery
Oct. 7--George L. Waterman, Sr. born Jan. 19, 1875 Missouri; wife, 2 sons, 5 daughters, 3 sisters, 3 brothers
Oct. 9--Ida Scovil Cunningham at Cresco, Ia.; born Aug. 6, 1868 near Elkader, Ia.; son and her father survive; burial Newell Cemetery
Oct. 15--Clara Edith Huxtable Buckingham at Warwick, Wis.; born Jan. 14, 1868 at Fayette, Wis.; sister of William Huxtable of Newell
Oct. 19--Mrs. P. N. Petersen, 84, mother of Mrs. J. P. Jensen
Nov. 8--Mrs. Minnie Rose Love Bright Baxter born Aug. 9, 1870 McLean Co., Ill.; 6 children; burial Cedar Cemetery (Fonda? or Sac?)
Nov. 20--Henry Jasper Scovil died Cresco, Ia.; born Jan. 7, 1839 in Knox Co., Mo.; 1 grandson and 1 niece; Civil War veteran; burial Newell
Nov. 27--Mary Christine Jorgensen Olsen born 1871 Sjelland, Denmark; moved from Newell to New Hartford in 1911; 3 children, 1 stepson
Dec. 11--Mrs. Hulda Lund Petersen born Oct. 9, 1854 in Copenhagen; married Hans Petersen Jan. 12, 1884; husband, adopted daughter
Dec. 21--Andrew K. Christiansen in Sioux City following operation for appendicitis; born Feb. 17, 1881 Moen, Denmark; widow, son, 2 daughters, 1 sister, brothers; burial Graceland Park, Sioux City
Dec. 17--Hans Kruse at Muskogee, OK; brother of E. P. Kruse; former resident of Newell; buried by wife in Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee
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