Funeral services for Joseph Ross Callison, who was killed Monday morning when struck by a Rock Island train, were held at the Methodist church here Tuesday afternoon at 4:30, with the pastor, Rev. H. N. Olson in charge of the rites.
Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Earl Trout, Mrs. P.E. Coon, I.D. Wilson and H.D. Guthrie, who sang three hymns. "Rock of Ages," "Going Down the Valley" and "In the Garden" with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Don Foster.
Harmon Cooper, Ernest and Ray Bleakney, Glenn Phipps, Roy Rhodes and Lawrence Mills served as pallbearers and the flowers were in charge of Mrs. Harmon Cooper and Mrs. Ernest Bleakney.
Burial was made in the Rushville cemetery by the side of a son who died several years ago.
Born near Kellogg Oct. 28, 1904, he was the son of Erville and Minnie Dennis Callison.
He attended the rural schools and was united in marriage to Myrtle Benson, Dec. 23, 1929. Of this union six children were born, all but one of whom survive - a son, Warren Dean, having died in 1935 at the age of four years. Mr. Callison (page cut off) two years ago, when the family moved to Kellogg and since that time he has operated a tractor and auto repair shop.
Surviving relatives include his widow; two (typed as written in original obituary, but should be five) children, Wayne, Norma Jean, Dale, Karen and Judy; one brother, Jack Callison of the armed forces; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Williams of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Marvin Pickering and Mrs. Hollis Benson of Kellogg; his step-mother, Mrs. Erville Callison of Newton, in addition to numerous other relatives and a host of friends.
Out of town attendants were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brooks, Mrs. Burl Ammon, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gross, Mrs. Kenneth Gross of Brooklyn; Elza Goodlow of Deep River; Mrs. Bert Dunlap of Farrar; Mrs. R. E. Brightman of Des Moines; Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Frances Carris of Redfield; Mr. and Mrs. Bud Fitzgerald and Earl Carris of Perry; Mrs. Laura Cole, Mrs. Edith Dennis, Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bleakney and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mill, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford White and son, W. W. Bleakney, Mrs. Glenn Benson, Mr. and Mrs. John Klein and two daughters, Doris and Janet, all of Newton; also Mrs. Nancy Calli (page cut off)
Paper unknown but could be Newton (IA) Daily News, October 1944
Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Earl Trout, Mrs. P.E. Coon, I.D. Wilson and H.D. Guthrie, who sang three hymns. "Rock of Ages," "Going Down the Valley" and "In the Garden" with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Don Foster.
Harmon Cooper, Ernest and Ray Bleakney, Glenn Phipps, Roy Rhodes and Lawrence Mills served as pallbearers and the flowers were in charge of Mrs. Harmon Cooper and Mrs. Ernest Bleakney.
Burial was made in the Rushville cemetery by the side of a son who died several years ago.
Born near Kellogg Oct. 28, 1904, he was the son of Erville and Minnie Dennis Callison.
He attended the rural schools and was united in marriage to Myrtle Benson, Dec. 23, 1929. Of this union six children were born, all but one of whom survive - a son, Warren Dean, having died in 1935 at the age of four years. Mr. Callison (page cut off) two years ago, when the family moved to Kellogg and since that time he has operated a tractor and auto repair shop.
Surviving relatives include his widow; two (typed as written in original obituary, but should be five) children, Wayne, Norma Jean, Dale, Karen and Judy; one brother, Jack Callison of the armed forces; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Williams of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Marvin Pickering and Mrs. Hollis Benson of Kellogg; his step-mother, Mrs. Erville Callison of Newton, in addition to numerous other relatives and a host of friends.
Out of town attendants were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brooks, Mrs. Burl Ammon, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gross, Mrs. Kenneth Gross of Brooklyn; Elza Goodlow of Deep River; Mrs. Bert Dunlap of Farrar; Mrs. R. E. Brightman of Des Moines; Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Frances Carris of Redfield; Mr. and Mrs. Bud Fitzgerald and Earl Carris of Perry; Mrs. Laura Cole, Mrs. Edith Dennis, Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bleakney and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mill, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford White and son, W. W. Bleakney, Mrs. Glenn Benson, Mr. and Mrs. John Klein and two daughters, Doris and Janet, all of Newton; also Mrs. Nancy Calli (page cut off)
Paper unknown but could be Newton (IA) Daily News, October 1944
Funeral services for Joseph Ross Callison, who was killed Monday morning when struck by a Rock Island train, were held at the Methodist church here Tuesday afternoon at 4:30, with the pastor, Rev. H. N. Olson in charge of the rites.
Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Earl Trout, Mrs. P.E. Coon, I.D. Wilson and H.D. Guthrie, who sang three hymns. "Rock of Ages," "Going Down the Valley" and "In the Garden" with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Don Foster.
Harmon Cooper, Ernest and Ray Bleakney, Glenn Phipps, Roy Rhodes and Lawrence Mills served as pallbearers and the flowers were in charge of Mrs. Harmon Cooper and Mrs. Ernest Bleakney.
Burial was made in the Rushville cemetery by the side of a son who died several years ago.
Born near Kellogg Oct. 28, 1904, he was the son of Erville and Minnie Dennis Callison.
He attended the rural schools and was united in marriage to Myrtle Benson, Dec. 23, 1929. Of this union six children were born, all but one of whom survive - a son, Warren Dean, having died in 1935 at the age of four years. Mr. Callison (page cut off) two years ago, when the family moved to Kellogg and since that time he has operated a tractor and auto repair shop.
Surviving relatives include his widow; two (typed as written in original obituary, but should be five) children, Wayne, Norma Jean, Dale, Karen and Judy; one brother, Jack Callison of the armed forces; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Williams of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Marvin Pickering and Mrs. Hollis Benson of Kellogg; his step-mother, Mrs. Erville Callison of Newton, in addition to numerous other relatives and a host of friends.
Out of town attendants were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brooks, Mrs. Burl Ammon, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gross, Mrs. Kenneth Gross of Brooklyn; Elza Goodlow of Deep River; Mrs. Bert Dunlap of Farrar; Mrs. R. E. Brightman of Des Moines; Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Frances Carris of Redfield; Mr. and Mrs. Bud Fitzgerald and Earl Carris of Perry; Mrs. Laura Cole, Mrs. Edith Dennis, Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bleakney and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mill, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford White and son, W. W. Bleakney, Mrs. Glenn Benson, Mr. and Mrs. John Klein and two daughters, Doris and Janet, all of Newton; also Mrs. Nancy Calli (page cut off)
Paper unknown but could be Newton (IA) Daily News, October 1944
Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Earl Trout, Mrs. P.E. Coon, I.D. Wilson and H.D. Guthrie, who sang three hymns. "Rock of Ages," "Going Down the Valley" and "In the Garden" with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Don Foster.
Harmon Cooper, Ernest and Ray Bleakney, Glenn Phipps, Roy Rhodes and Lawrence Mills served as pallbearers and the flowers were in charge of Mrs. Harmon Cooper and Mrs. Ernest Bleakney.
Burial was made in the Rushville cemetery by the side of a son who died several years ago.
Born near Kellogg Oct. 28, 1904, he was the son of Erville and Minnie Dennis Callison.
He attended the rural schools and was united in marriage to Myrtle Benson, Dec. 23, 1929. Of this union six children were born, all but one of whom survive - a son, Warren Dean, having died in 1935 at the age of four years. Mr. Callison (page cut off) two years ago, when the family moved to Kellogg and since that time he has operated a tractor and auto repair shop.
Surviving relatives include his widow; two (typed as written in original obituary, but should be five) children, Wayne, Norma Jean, Dale, Karen and Judy; one brother, Jack Callison of the armed forces; three sisters, Mrs. Roy Williams of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Marvin Pickering and Mrs. Hollis Benson of Kellogg; his step-mother, Mrs. Erville Callison of Newton, in addition to numerous other relatives and a host of friends.
Out of town attendants were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brooks, Mrs. Burl Ammon, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gross, Mrs. Kenneth Gross of Brooklyn; Elza Goodlow of Deep River; Mrs. Bert Dunlap of Farrar; Mrs. R. E. Brightman of Des Moines; Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Frances Carris of Redfield; Mr. and Mrs. Bud Fitzgerald and Earl Carris of Perry; Mrs. Laura Cole, Mrs. Edith Dennis, Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bleakney and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mill, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford White and son, W. W. Bleakney, Mrs. Glenn Benson, Mr. and Mrs. John Klein and two daughters, Doris and Janet, all of Newton; also Mrs. Nancy Calli (page cut off)
Paper unknown but could be Newton (IA) Daily News, October 1944
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