Clem, R. E., Mrs. (Eva Mae Osborn)

Mrs. R. E. Clem taken by death      Mrs. R. E. Clem of Yankton, S. D., formerly Eva Mae Osborn died Sunday afternoon at her home.  Funeral services were held Wednesday at Yankton and the remains brought to Tilden for burial at about 4 o.clock. Source: excerpt from Meadow Grove News, Thursday, September 4, 1947, page 1.

Funeral Held for Mrs. R. E. Clem           Funeral services were conducted at Yankton, S. D., Friday for Mrs. R. E. Clem and the remains then brought to Tilden for burial. Pallbearers were acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Clem form Sioux City, Rosalie, Bloomfield and Yankton.

Eva Mae Clem passed away at her home in Yankton, Sunday, August 31 after an illness of nine months. Last January she underwent a major operation at Rochester, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Osborn. She attained the age of 29 years, 2 months and 3 days. She married Ronald E. Clem on January 17, 1943. Survivors include her husband and daughter, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Osborn; two sisters, Mrs. Ione Dalton, Sheldon, Iowa, and Mrs. Helen Ryder, Denver, Colorado; seven brothers, Harold, Quentin, Lawrence and Bernard, here, Herbert and Clayton of Denver and Burnham of Moorhead, Minnesota, together with other relatives and a host of friends. Source: excerpt from Meadow Grove News, Thursday, September 11, 1947, page 1.

Carpenter, Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley Carpenter

Charles Wesley Carpenter was born in Franklin County, Ohio, about 25 miles from Columbus, Jan. 13, 1846.

He was married to Mary A. Hill in 1878. To this union were born two children, Fred H. and Burt E. His wife died about 18 years ago. Since that time he has made his home principally in this state in and around Meadow Grove. Last March he was taken seriously ill with dropsy and later with paralysis, and was taken to the general hospital at Norfolk, where he died Sunday July 5, 1919, being in his 74th year. He was baptized in infancy, his parents being loyal and devoted members of the church. Last spring while he was ill at the home of Alva Crooks, in the presence of Rev. Antrim, he accepted Jesus as his Saviour.

Funeral services were held in the M. E. Church Monday afternoon, W. R. S. Anstine, officiating. Interment in the McCoy cemetery by the side of his wife.  Source: Meadow Grove News, Friday July 11, 1919 on page 1.

Carberry, Patrick E.

Patrick E. Carberry died Sunday at the age of 55. He was a businessman in Norfolk for about thirty-three years. He was born Oct. 12, 1886 on a farm near Warnerville to Patrick H. and Margaret Carberry. He married Lenora Stirk on Sept. 25, 1912. Survivors were his wife; three sons, Patrick Jr., Jack, and Joseph; two daughters, Mrs. William Fisher, and Bettye Carberry. Other survivors listed were brothers and sisters, Mrs. John Lieubenthal, Maurice, Jack, Mrs. Ervin Nick, Mrs. Tom Donahue, and Mrs. James Armstrong. Funeral services were tentatively set for Wednesday at Sacred Heart church in Norfolk. Source: excerpt from The Norfolk Daily News, Monday, January 12, 1942, page 2.