Pall bearers were John and Stuart Striegle, Jack Chesrown, Duane Sabin, Trygve Olson and Grant Hauge. Mr. Scholes died in the Elgin hospital on Friday afternoon, Sept. 11 of a heart condition. He had been in ill health for 2 years and in the hospital one day.
He was born in Greenfield Iowa on June 6, 1896, a son of William and Lillian Gibbs Scholes.
He attended schools in Armour S.D., Sioux City, Iowa and Shattuk Military Academy, Fairboult, Minn. He married Roainne Hotham at Yankton S.D. on July 1, 1916. In 1917 they came to North Dakota and farmed 26 miles south of Carson. He was active in civic and community affairs and served on the township and school boards.
He leaves his wife, 4 sons, Bill of Carson, Walter of Stanton, James of Sioux Falls, and Allison of Carson; six daughters, Mrs. Earl (Donna) Lewis, Santa Clara, Cal.; Mrs. Earl (Jane) Nehl, Edmonds Wash; Mrs. Ardath (Dorothy) Hauge, Watauga; Mrs. Jerry (Hazel) Staudenrous, Seattle, Wash; Mrs. Curtis (Lucille) Thornton, Tempe, Ariz; and Mrs. Monte(Margery) Walker, Olympia, Wash; 31 grandchildren, one great grandchild; one brother Lyle of San Marino, Cal; and one sister, Mrs. Paul Osbun, Vista Cal.
The Meyer Funeral Home, Elgin was in charge of arrangements.
Taken from Corson County News September 24, 1964.
Pall bearers were John and Stuart Striegle, Jack Chesrown, Duane Sabin, Trygve Olson and Grant Hauge. Mr. Scholes died in the Elgin hospital on Friday afternoon, Sept. 11 of a heart condition. He had been in ill health for 2 years and in the hospital one day.
He was born in Greenfield Iowa on June 6, 1896, a son of William and Lillian Gibbs Scholes.
He attended schools in Armour S.D., Sioux City, Iowa and Shattuk Military Academy, Fairboult, Minn. He married Roainne Hotham at Yankton S.D. on July 1, 1916. In 1917 they came to North Dakota and farmed 26 miles south of Carson. He was active in civic and community affairs and served on the township and school boards.
He leaves his wife, 4 sons, Bill of Carson, Walter of Stanton, James of Sioux Falls, and Allison of Carson; six daughters, Mrs. Earl (Donna) Lewis, Santa Clara, Cal.; Mrs. Earl (Jane) Nehl, Edmonds Wash; Mrs. Ardath (Dorothy) Hauge, Watauga; Mrs. Jerry (Hazel) Staudenrous, Seattle, Wash; Mrs. Curtis (Lucille) Thornton, Tempe, Ariz; and Mrs. Monte(Margery) Walker, Olympia, Wash; 31 grandchildren, one great grandchild; one brother Lyle of San Marino, Cal; and one sister, Mrs. Paul Osbun, Vista Cal.
The Meyer Funeral Home, Elgin was in charge of arrangements.
Taken from Corson County News September 24, 1964.
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