Obituary of Herbert Cherry
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
September 24, 1949
Page 1
Herbert T. Cherry, 71, of Tama, prominent Midwest industrialist, died in St. Luke's hospital Friday afternoon following a lingering illness.
At the time of his death, Mr. Cherry was a director of the Cherry-Burrell Corporation, chairman of the board of Mapes Consolidated Manufacturing Company of Griffith, Ind., and North Kansas City, Mo., and chairman of the board of Central Fibre Products Company of Tama.
Born Nov. 20, 1877 in Walker, Mr. Cherry was graduated from Washington high school in 1897.
To Tama in 1914
The following year he joined his father in the J. G. Cherry Company of Cedar Rapids. In 1908 he was sent to Peoria, Ill., as manager of the Cherry factory in that city.
H remained at that post until 1914 when the Cherry company purchased a paper factory in Tama and he was sent there as manager.
Under Mr. Cherry's guidance, the Tama concern, which later merged with seven other paper mills to form the Central Fibre Products Company, developed from a capacity of 18 tons per day to its present capacity of over 100 tons daily.
Taken Ill Last Winter
Mr. Cherry was named president of the company at the time of the merger in 1931 and held that position until four years ago.
Mr. Cherry remained active in his many business interests until last winter when he became ill while visiting in Florida. He was hospitalized there for several months and then brought to his home in Tama.
He was a member of the Cedar Rapids Country club, a charter member of the Tama and Toledo Golf club, past director of the Tama Commercial club and a life member of the Cedar Rapids Elks club.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Henderson Cherry; a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Cherry Elliott of Cedar Rapids; a brother, Howard of Cedar Rapids; three sisters, Miss Agatha Cherry and Miss Nell Cherry of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. George Lutgerding of Phoenix, Ariz., and six granddaughters. A son, Leonard, died in 1945.
Services will be conducted in the Cherry home in Tama at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. A. G. Colbourne, rector of Grace Episcopal church in Cedar Rapids. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at the Turner chapel Sunday until 2 p.m., when the body will be take to the Cherry home in Tama, where friends may call after 5 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
September 24, 1949
Page 1
Herbert T. Cherry, 71, of Tama, prominent Midwest industrialist, died in St. Luke's hospital Friday afternoon following a lingering illness.
At the time of his death, Mr. Cherry was a director of the Cherry-Burrell Corporation, chairman of the board of Mapes Consolidated Manufacturing Company of Griffith, Ind., and North Kansas City, Mo., and chairman of the board of Central Fibre Products Company of Tama.
Born Nov. 20, 1877 in Walker, Mr. Cherry was graduated from Washington high school in 1897.
To Tama in 1914
The following year he joined his father in the J. G. Cherry Company of Cedar Rapids. In 1908 he was sent to Peoria, Ill., as manager of the Cherry factory in that city.
H remained at that post until 1914 when the Cherry company purchased a paper factory in Tama and he was sent there as manager.
Under Mr. Cherry's guidance, the Tama concern, which later merged with seven other paper mills to form the Central Fibre Products Company, developed from a capacity of 18 tons per day to its present capacity of over 100 tons daily.
Taken Ill Last Winter
Mr. Cherry was named president of the company at the time of the merger in 1931 and held that position until four years ago.
Mr. Cherry remained active in his many business interests until last winter when he became ill while visiting in Florida. He was hospitalized there for several months and then brought to his home in Tama.
He was a member of the Cedar Rapids Country club, a charter member of the Tama and Toledo Golf club, past director of the Tama Commercial club and a life member of the Cedar Rapids Elks club.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Henderson Cherry; a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Cherry Elliott of Cedar Rapids; a brother, Howard of Cedar Rapids; three sisters, Miss Agatha Cherry and Miss Nell Cherry of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. George Lutgerding of Phoenix, Ariz., and six granddaughters. A son, Leonard, died in 1945.
Services will be conducted in the Cherry home in Tama at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. A. G. Colbourne, rector of Grace Episcopal church in Cedar Rapids. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at the Turner chapel Sunday until 2 p.m., when the body will be take to the Cherry home in Tama, where friends may call after 5 p.m.
Obituary of Herbert Cherry
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
September 24, 1949
Page 1
Herbert T. Cherry, 71, of Tama, prominent Midwest industrialist, died in St. Luke's hospital Friday afternoon following a lingering illness.
At the time of his death, Mr. Cherry was a director of the Cherry-Burrell Corporation, chairman of the board of Mapes Consolidated Manufacturing Company of Griffith, Ind., and North Kansas City, Mo., and chairman of the board of Central Fibre Products Company of Tama.
Born Nov. 20, 1877 in Walker, Mr. Cherry was graduated from Washington high school in 1897.
To Tama in 1914
The following year he joined his father in the J. G. Cherry Company of Cedar Rapids. In 1908 he was sent to Peoria, Ill., as manager of the Cherry factory in that city.
H remained at that post until 1914 when the Cherry company purchased a paper factory in Tama and he was sent there as manager.
Under Mr. Cherry's guidance, the Tama concern, which later merged with seven other paper mills to form the Central Fibre Products Company, developed from a capacity of 18 tons per day to its present capacity of over 100 tons daily.
Taken Ill Last Winter
Mr. Cherry was named president of the company at the time of the merger in 1931 and held that position until four years ago.
Mr. Cherry remained active in his many business interests until last winter when he became ill while visiting in Florida. He was hospitalized there for several months and then brought to his home in Tama.
He was a member of the Cedar Rapids Country club, a charter member of the Tama and Toledo Golf club, past director of the Tama Commercial club and a life member of the Cedar Rapids Elks club.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Henderson Cherry; a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Cherry Elliott of Cedar Rapids; a brother, Howard of Cedar Rapids; three sisters, Miss Agatha Cherry and Miss Nell Cherry of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. George Lutgerding of Phoenix, Ariz., and six granddaughters. A son, Leonard, died in 1945.
Services will be conducted in the Cherry home in Tama at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. A. G. Colbourne, rector of Grace Episcopal church in Cedar Rapids. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at the Turner chapel Sunday until 2 p.m., when the body will be take to the Cherry home in Tama, where friends may call after 5 p.m.
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
September 24, 1949
Page 1
Herbert T. Cherry, 71, of Tama, prominent Midwest industrialist, died in St. Luke's hospital Friday afternoon following a lingering illness.
At the time of his death, Mr. Cherry was a director of the Cherry-Burrell Corporation, chairman of the board of Mapes Consolidated Manufacturing Company of Griffith, Ind., and North Kansas City, Mo., and chairman of the board of Central Fibre Products Company of Tama.
Born Nov. 20, 1877 in Walker, Mr. Cherry was graduated from Washington high school in 1897.
To Tama in 1914
The following year he joined his father in the J. G. Cherry Company of Cedar Rapids. In 1908 he was sent to Peoria, Ill., as manager of the Cherry factory in that city.
H remained at that post until 1914 when the Cherry company purchased a paper factory in Tama and he was sent there as manager.
Under Mr. Cherry's guidance, the Tama concern, which later merged with seven other paper mills to form the Central Fibre Products Company, developed from a capacity of 18 tons per day to its present capacity of over 100 tons daily.
Taken Ill Last Winter
Mr. Cherry was named president of the company at the time of the merger in 1931 and held that position until four years ago.
Mr. Cherry remained active in his many business interests until last winter when he became ill while visiting in Florida. He was hospitalized there for several months and then brought to his home in Tama.
He was a member of the Cedar Rapids Country club, a charter member of the Tama and Toledo Golf club, past director of the Tama Commercial club and a life member of the Cedar Rapids Elks club.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Henderson Cherry; a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Cherry Elliott of Cedar Rapids; a brother, Howard of Cedar Rapids; three sisters, Miss Agatha Cherry and Miss Nell Cherry of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. George Lutgerding of Phoenix, Ariz., and six granddaughters. A son, Leonard, died in 1945.
Services will be conducted in the Cherry home in Tama at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. A. G. Colbourne, rector of Grace Episcopal church in Cedar Rapids. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Friends may call at the Turner chapel Sunday until 2 p.m., when the body will be take to the Cherry home in Tama, where friends may call after 5 p.m.
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