Obituary of Charles Vance McFall
Of Marengo, Iowa
Who Died 29 SEP 1938 at Marengo, Iowa
The Pioneer-Republican of Iowa County
06 OCT 1938
Retired Business Man Passes Away
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McFall Conducted Café in Marengo for 43 Years
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Charles V McFall, 81, passed away at his home on Est Main street early Thursday, September. 29, a victim of heart disease. For a couple of days prior to his death MR. McFall had complained of what he thought was bronchitis but neither he nor his family were aware of any heart ailment. Aside from an illness two years ago culminating in an operation Mr. McFall had never known sickness of consequence in his more than four score years.
Services were held Saturday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church with which Mr. McFall was affiliated. The Rev. Frank Paul Hladky was in charge. “In the Garden” and “The Old Rugged Cross” were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. Charles Hibbs, Evelyn Kramer, Albert Turner and D. H. Zenimire with Mrs. R. R. Hibbs at the organ.
Those carrying the casket to its final resting place in the I. O. O. F. cemetery were A. R. Brown, Bruce Hedges, Will Edwards, Louis Paine, Charles Kent and Frank Cook.
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Born at Marengo
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Charles Vance McFall was born in Marengo on Mar. 5, 1857. With the exception of two years residence at Hastings, Neb., his entire life was spent in the city of his birth. Here he received his education in the grade school and the high school and here he was married on FEB. 4, 1879, to Miss Ella Boles of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Mc Fall became the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Bess Reed, who together with her mother survives. An adopted daughter, Gladys, died five years ago. One brother David McFall, 97, of Seattle, Wash., also survives.
For 43 years Mr. McFall conducted a restaurant n Marengo, first on the present site of the Doose hotel and then for many years where the Ray Lindsay confectionary is now located. In those early days Mr. McFall made his own ice cream, the excellence of his product gaining for him an enviable reputation.
Always Mr. McFall’s outlook was an optimistic one and his cheerful disposition won him many friends.
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Retired 29 Years Ago
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Twenty-nine years ago Mr. McFall retired from active business, but remained in Marengo, he and Mrs. McFall occupied the house which has been their home for 43 years.
Among the relatives from a distance who attended services were Mrs. Nellie C Matthews of Webb City, Mo., Mrs. Maxine Durst of Wellman, Mrs. Victor VanDyke and Mrs. Ruth Boles of North English, Mrs. Ruby VeVerka and daughter Jean and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan VeVerka of Montezuma. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herfer of Malcom and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Baugh of Cedar Rapids.
Of Marengo, Iowa
Who Died 29 SEP 1938 at Marengo, Iowa
The Pioneer-Republican of Iowa County
06 OCT 1938
Retired Business Man Passes Away
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McFall Conducted Café in Marengo for 43 Years
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Charles V McFall, 81, passed away at his home on Est Main street early Thursday, September. 29, a victim of heart disease. For a couple of days prior to his death MR. McFall had complained of what he thought was bronchitis but neither he nor his family were aware of any heart ailment. Aside from an illness two years ago culminating in an operation Mr. McFall had never known sickness of consequence in his more than four score years.
Services were held Saturday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church with which Mr. McFall was affiliated. The Rev. Frank Paul Hladky was in charge. “In the Garden” and “The Old Rugged Cross” were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. Charles Hibbs, Evelyn Kramer, Albert Turner and D. H. Zenimire with Mrs. R. R. Hibbs at the organ.
Those carrying the casket to its final resting place in the I. O. O. F. cemetery were A. R. Brown, Bruce Hedges, Will Edwards, Louis Paine, Charles Kent and Frank Cook.
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Born at Marengo
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Charles Vance McFall was born in Marengo on Mar. 5, 1857. With the exception of two years residence at Hastings, Neb., his entire life was spent in the city of his birth. Here he received his education in the grade school and the high school and here he was married on FEB. 4, 1879, to Miss Ella Boles of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Mc Fall became the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Bess Reed, who together with her mother survives. An adopted daughter, Gladys, died five years ago. One brother David McFall, 97, of Seattle, Wash., also survives.
For 43 years Mr. McFall conducted a restaurant n Marengo, first on the present site of the Doose hotel and then for many years where the Ray Lindsay confectionary is now located. In those early days Mr. McFall made his own ice cream, the excellence of his product gaining for him an enviable reputation.
Always Mr. McFall’s outlook was an optimistic one and his cheerful disposition won him many friends.
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Retired 29 Years Ago
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Twenty-nine years ago Mr. McFall retired from active business, but remained in Marengo, he and Mrs. McFall occupied the house which has been their home for 43 years.
Among the relatives from a distance who attended services were Mrs. Nellie C Matthews of Webb City, Mo., Mrs. Maxine Durst of Wellman, Mrs. Victor VanDyke and Mrs. Ruth Boles of North English, Mrs. Ruby VeVerka and daughter Jean and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan VeVerka of Montezuma. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herfer of Malcom and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Baugh of Cedar Rapids.
Obituary of Charles Vance McFall
Of Marengo, Iowa
Who Died 29 SEP 1938 at Marengo, Iowa
The Pioneer-Republican of Iowa County
06 OCT 1938
Retired Business Man Passes Away
-------------------------------
McFall Conducted Café in Marengo for 43 Years
-------------------------------
Charles V McFall, 81, passed away at his home on Est Main street early Thursday, September. 29, a victim of heart disease. For a couple of days prior to his death MR. McFall had complained of what he thought was bronchitis but neither he nor his family were aware of any heart ailment. Aside from an illness two years ago culminating in an operation Mr. McFall had never known sickness of consequence in his more than four score years.
Services were held Saturday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church with which Mr. McFall was affiliated. The Rev. Frank Paul Hladky was in charge. “In the Garden” and “The Old Rugged Cross” were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. Charles Hibbs, Evelyn Kramer, Albert Turner and D. H. Zenimire with Mrs. R. R. Hibbs at the organ.
Those carrying the casket to its final resting place in the I. O. O. F. cemetery were A. R. Brown, Bruce Hedges, Will Edwards, Louis Paine, Charles Kent and Frank Cook.
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Born at Marengo
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Charles Vance McFall was born in Marengo on Mar. 5, 1857. With the exception of two years residence at Hastings, Neb., his entire life was spent in the city of his birth. Here he received his education in the grade school and the high school and here he was married on FEB. 4, 1879, to Miss Ella Boles of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Mc Fall became the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Bess Reed, who together with her mother survives. An adopted daughter, Gladys, died five years ago. One brother David McFall, 97, of Seattle, Wash., also survives.
For 43 years Mr. McFall conducted a restaurant n Marengo, first on the present site of the Doose hotel and then for many years where the Ray Lindsay confectionary is now located. In those early days Mr. McFall made his own ice cream, the excellence of his product gaining for him an enviable reputation.
Always Mr. McFall’s outlook was an optimistic one and his cheerful disposition won him many friends.
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Retired 29 Years Ago
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Twenty-nine years ago Mr. McFall retired from active business, but remained in Marengo, he and Mrs. McFall occupied the house which has been their home for 43 years.
Among the relatives from a distance who attended services were Mrs. Nellie C Matthews of Webb City, Mo., Mrs. Maxine Durst of Wellman, Mrs. Victor VanDyke and Mrs. Ruth Boles of North English, Mrs. Ruby VeVerka and daughter Jean and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan VeVerka of Montezuma. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herfer of Malcom and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Baugh of Cedar Rapids.
Of Marengo, Iowa
Who Died 29 SEP 1938 at Marengo, Iowa
The Pioneer-Republican of Iowa County
06 OCT 1938
Retired Business Man Passes Away
-------------------------------
McFall Conducted Café in Marengo for 43 Years
-------------------------------
Charles V McFall, 81, passed away at his home on Est Main street early Thursday, September. 29, a victim of heart disease. For a couple of days prior to his death MR. McFall had complained of what he thought was bronchitis but neither he nor his family were aware of any heart ailment. Aside from an illness two years ago culminating in an operation Mr. McFall had never known sickness of consequence in his more than four score years.
Services were held Saturday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church with which Mr. McFall was affiliated. The Rev. Frank Paul Hladky was in charge. “In the Garden” and “The Old Rugged Cross” were sung by a quartet composed of Mrs. Charles Hibbs, Evelyn Kramer, Albert Turner and D. H. Zenimire with Mrs. R. R. Hibbs at the organ.
Those carrying the casket to its final resting place in the I. O. O. F. cemetery were A. R. Brown, Bruce Hedges, Will Edwards, Louis Paine, Charles Kent and Frank Cook.
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Born at Marengo
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Charles Vance McFall was born in Marengo on Mar. 5, 1857. With the exception of two years residence at Hastings, Neb., his entire life was spent in the city of his birth. Here he received his education in the grade school and the high school and here he was married on FEB. 4, 1879, to Miss Ella Boles of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Mc Fall became the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Bess Reed, who together with her mother survives. An adopted daughter, Gladys, died five years ago. One brother David McFall, 97, of Seattle, Wash., also survives.
For 43 years Mr. McFall conducted a restaurant n Marengo, first on the present site of the Doose hotel and then for many years where the Ray Lindsay confectionary is now located. In those early days Mr. McFall made his own ice cream, the excellence of his product gaining for him an enviable reputation.
Always Mr. McFall’s outlook was an optimistic one and his cheerful disposition won him many friends.
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Retired 29 Years Ago
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Twenty-nine years ago Mr. McFall retired from active business, but remained in Marengo, he and Mrs. McFall occupied the house which has been their home for 43 years.
Among the relatives from a distance who attended services were Mrs. Nellie C Matthews of Webb City, Mo., Mrs. Maxine Durst of Wellman, Mrs. Victor VanDyke and Mrs. Ruth Boles of North English, Mrs. Ruby VeVerka and daughter Jean and Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan VeVerka of Montezuma. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herfer of Malcom and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Baugh of Cedar Rapids.
Gravesite Details
The grave has not yet been located in Cemetery. Cemetery location per obituary. Wife should also be buried with him in 1944
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