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Sacramento Bee
Sacramento, Sacramento Co. California
Monday Evening, January 19, 1920 page 5
SACRAMENTO
A large reception at the home of their son and daughter-in-law,
Deputy Assessor and Mrs. Walter PIERCE, who reside at 924
Thirty-ninth Street, yesterday celebrated the sixtieth wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Brinkley PIERCE of Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The two guests of honor are on their seventh trip to California,
having come to visit their two sons here. The calling hours at
yesterday's affair were 4 to 8 o'clock, and during that time
hosts of friends dropped in to congratulate the couple.
Brinkley PIERCE met his wife just before the outbreak of the
Civil War and they were married in Oregon, Ogle County, Ill.,
January 18, 1860. Pierce served with the Ninety-second Illinois
Infantry during the war and was wounded in battle. At the close
of the war he and his wife began life on a large farm in Butler,
Iowa, where they remained until 1893, when they moved to Cedar
Falls, where PIERCE later retired from business life. The couple
have six living sons out of a family of eleven children. They are
the Messrs. Clayton PIERCE of Minnesota, Howard PIERCE and Harmon
PIERCE of Shell Rock, Iowa, Henry PIERCE of Portland, Ore., and
Walter and Leigh Burt PIERCE of Sacramento. This is the seventh
visit of Mr. and Mrs. PIERCE to California in the past fifteen
years.
The reception yesterday had been quite elaborately planned, the
home being transformed into a Spring bower by the use of
quantities of roses and cyclamen. The guests were served with
refreshments by the Misses Freda and Norma STEWART and Juliet
WOOD, after being greeted by the host and hostess and their two
honor guests. They were entertained with recitations by Miss
Margaret Evans and with music during the evening.
Those who called were the Messrs. and Mesdames Leigh Burt PIERCE,
J. L. De COSTA, P. J. FORD, Eugene G. CUTTER, Edward HAYNES, M.
J. McBRIDE, L. H. STEWART, Elisha DAILEY, Ray LAGOMARSINO, Robert
CHAPMAN and I. ELDRED; Mrs. J. B. LAGOMARSINO, Misses Leila
CHAPMAN, Justine GIROLAMI, Lucille De COSTA, Margaret EVANS and
Agnes BURNS.
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Winona Daily Republican
Winona, Minnesota
March 7, 1920
Caledonia.
Olaf Ingeman Tilleraas and Thinka Natalia Gunderson from
Allamakee Co., Ia. were married at the N.E.L. parsonage by Rev.
H.J. Wein here May 1, The bride was attended by her sister, Miss
Laura Gunderson and the grooms brother, Carl Tilleraas, also
attended.
Herman Dehning of Dorchester, Ia., was on business at Caledonia
Saturday.
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The Adirondack Record
Elizabethtown, Essex co., N.Y.
Friday, July 9, 1920
Former Citizen Dies at Hawarden, Iowa
The following is taken from the Hawarden (Iowa) Independent
of Thursday, June 10th:
W.L. Sumner, for twenty-five years one of Hawarden's leading
business men and esteemed citizens, passed away at 6:30 Monday
evening at his home in this city, after an immediate illness of
nearly four months, from hardening of the arteries. He had been
in failing health for several years but bravely and without
complaint kept his condition from general knowledge. It was only
when obliged to refrain from further business activities and
remain constantly at home that his many friends realized that his
condition had become serious. And through his late illness the
same uncomplaining characteristics were present to a remarkable
degree.
For a quarter of a century W.L. Sumner gave his best efforts to
every forward movement in Hawarden and he leaves a name honored
for integrity, uprightnes and square dealing, as a heritage to
his family. He took an active part in civic and church affairs,
and while he had strength, never shirked any duties that were
delegated to him. He served as a member of the city council and
was always active in all city affairs. He was a prominent member
of the Odd Fellows order and was treasurer of the local lodge for
many years. He wa an active member of the Congregational church,
served on the board of trustees, and was a member of the building
committee which was largely instrumental in the erection of the
handsome new church which is now nearing completion. Universal
expressions of sorrow and regret are manifested at his passing
and condolence is extended to the bereaved wife and children.
Funeral services were held at the home at 2 o'clock this
afternoon, Rev. J.P. Burling of Des Moines, former pastor of the
Congregationsl church of this chity, preaching the funeral
sermon. Interment was made in Grace Hill cemetery. IN respect to
the deceased and in sympathy with the family, the business houses
of the city were closed during the funeral hour.
Wendell Lansing Sumner was born in Upper Jay, N.Y., Sept. 5,
1863. It was here that he spent his boyhood days, later
completing his education at Elizabethtown, N.Y. He came west when
about 23 years of age and located at Minneapolis. It was while
here he met Miss May Hoskins. They were united in marriage at St.
Paul June 19, 1890. After their marriage they returned to New
York where they remained for about two years and a half, then
came back to Minneapolis where they made their home for about the
same period of time. A little over twenty-five years ago he
purchased the furniture store in this city owned by G.W.
Froelich, taking possession January 10, 1895. He has continued in
the same business during all these years and built up the store
from a small beginning to one of the best in this section of the
state. Besides his wife he leaves three sons, James, Manville and
Wendell, and one daughter, Flora, to mourn his death.
Among the out of town relatives and friends in attendance at the
funeral were Mrs. J.M. Hoskins, Miss Daisy Hoskins and O.A.
Hoskins of Sioux Rapids, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Hoskins of
Beresford, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Manville Sumner of Okmulgee, Okla.;
and Ira L. Foster of Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Decatur Daily
Review
Decatur, Illinois
November 12, 1920
MRS. SAMUEL FERRIS BURIED WEDNESDAY
Argenta, Nov. 12- The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Ferris was held
Wednesday morning in the United Brethren church, conducted by the
pastor. Burial was in Friends Creek cemetery. Mrs. Ferris died
last Saturday at her home near Emmetsburg, Iowa, aged
seventy-eight. She was a native of Switzerland, and came to this
country when nine years old. She spent most of her life near
Argenta. She leaves her husband and nine children.
[transcribed by C.J.L., Jan. 2004]