Carl Todd McElroy, son of, William and Lucinda Marie McElroy. He was 53 years old and died of pneumonia.
Occupation: Farmer and Carpenter
Carl was not named when born. The family called him "Toddles. Aunt gave him a nickel when he started school to tell the teacher his name was Carl.
Carl Todd McElroy's occupation was a farmer.
Carl Todd McElroy siblings are:
Edna McElroy b. 1875
Grace V. McElroy
Earl McElroy
Donald McElroy
Carl Todd McElroy married Lenora Sophia Byrum on 1908 in Chillicothe, Wapello Co., Iowa. Lenora Sophia Byrum is the daughter of George Washington and Minerva Jane (Cramblit) Byrum.
Carl Todd McElroy and Lenora Sophia Byrum children are:
Vera Elizabeth McElroy b. 1909
Marjorie Anne McElroy b. 1912
Kathryn Eleanor McElroy b. 1914
Bettina Jane McElroy b. 1922
Carolyn Iris McElroy b. 1927
William Todd McElroy b. 1930
TO DAD
by Kathryn Eleanor Whitaker
His life was uneventful;
The money that he did not have
Lies still within the rich, black earth
Upon his widow's farm.
His talents were not those of skill;
His art decays, discovered not.
His eyeas can roam no more along the wavy wheat,
Upon the shooting corn -
High to the fluttering pigeons on the barn.
His love was not romantic;
He ate her meals without applause - without a pause
For tenderness. He drove his herd to pasture.
A hickory lash within his hand.
His soul was not religious.
He cursed without a worry,
He spat between his teeth,
Avoiding beyond hope the church upon the hill.
Though still,
A little child forever trotted after him,
A little hand relaxing often in his grimy paw.
Atimes his face would break from stony silence,
Into a rhapsody of smile - And then, some age - old hymn might
Burst from his bewhiskered jaw.
His land he tilled with horse and plow,
And no one ever knew his dreams.
But now that he is gone, it seems
The horse and plow and child and sod
Were art and love and hope - and God
Was not so far away.
Has come to me a strange new thought, this day;
I loved him so, as few, I understand,
I was the little child who held his hand.
Feb. 5, 1937
CARL McELROY, 53, DIES ON FRIDAY
Chillicothe, Man Had Resided In
Wapello County Practically
Entire Life
Carl McElroy, 53, a Wapello county resident practically all his life, died at the Ottumwa hospital Friday at 8:20 p.m. He lived in Chillicothe.
He was the son of William and Maria McElroy and was born in Eddyville, February 24, 1883. Since 1919 he had lived near Chillicothe.
Surviving are his wife, Leora S.; five daughters, Mrs. Vera Erickson of Chicago, Ill., Marjorie and Kathryn McElroy of Ottumwa and Betty and Carolyn McElroy at home; one son, William Todd McElroy at home; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Emanuel of Ottumwa route 2 and Mrs. Grace Beach of Ottumwa route 5; one brother, Earl McElroy, and one foster brother, Donald McElroy of Davenport.
Short funeral services 3will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Johnson's funeral chapel and at 2:30 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by the Rev. Harold Lancaster, D. D. Burial will be made in the Shaul cemetery.
Carl McElroy, 53, a Wapello county resident practically all his life, died at the Ottumwa hospital Friday at 8:20 p.m. He lived in Chillicothe.
He was the son of William and Maria McElroy and was born in Eddyville, February 24, 1883. Since 1919 he lived near Chillicothe.
Surviving are his wife, Leora S. five daughters, Mrs. Vera Erickson of Chicago, Ill., Marjorie and Kathryn McElroy of Ottumwa and Betty and Carolyn McElroy at home; one son, William Tood McElroy at home; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Emanuel of Ottumwa route 2 and Mrs. Grace Beach of Ottumwa route 5, one brother, Donald McElroy of Davenport.
Short funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Johnson's funeral chapel and at 2:30 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by the Rev. Harold Lancaster, D. D. Burial will be made in the Shaul Cemetery.
Family Information contributed by family member:
Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune
Family headstone contributed by family members:
Wade Kelley and Michele (Byrum) Ball
Occupation: Farmer and Carpenter
Carl was not named when born. The family called him "Toddles. Aunt gave him a nickel when he started school to tell the teacher his name was Carl.
Carl Todd McElroy's occupation was a farmer.
Carl Todd McElroy siblings are:
Edna McElroy b. 1875
Grace V. McElroy
Earl McElroy
Donald McElroy
Carl Todd McElroy married Lenora Sophia Byrum on 1908 in Chillicothe, Wapello Co., Iowa. Lenora Sophia Byrum is the daughter of George Washington and Minerva Jane (Cramblit) Byrum.
Carl Todd McElroy and Lenora Sophia Byrum children are:
Vera Elizabeth McElroy b. 1909
Marjorie Anne McElroy b. 1912
Kathryn Eleanor McElroy b. 1914
Bettina Jane McElroy b. 1922
Carolyn Iris McElroy b. 1927
William Todd McElroy b. 1930
TO DAD
by Kathryn Eleanor Whitaker
His life was uneventful;
The money that he did not have
Lies still within the rich, black earth
Upon his widow's farm.
His talents were not those of skill;
His art decays, discovered not.
His eyeas can roam no more along the wavy wheat,
Upon the shooting corn -
High to the fluttering pigeons on the barn.
His love was not romantic;
He ate her meals without applause - without a pause
For tenderness. He drove his herd to pasture.
A hickory lash within his hand.
His soul was not religious.
He cursed without a worry,
He spat between his teeth,
Avoiding beyond hope the church upon the hill.
Though still,
A little child forever trotted after him,
A little hand relaxing often in his grimy paw.
Atimes his face would break from stony silence,
Into a rhapsody of smile - And then, some age - old hymn might
Burst from his bewhiskered jaw.
His land he tilled with horse and plow,
And no one ever knew his dreams.
But now that he is gone, it seems
The horse and plow and child and sod
Were art and love and hope - and God
Was not so far away.
Has come to me a strange new thought, this day;
I loved him so, as few, I understand,
I was the little child who held his hand.
Feb. 5, 1937
CARL McELROY, 53, DIES ON FRIDAY
Chillicothe, Man Had Resided In
Wapello County Practically
Entire Life
Carl McElroy, 53, a Wapello county resident practically all his life, died at the Ottumwa hospital Friday at 8:20 p.m. He lived in Chillicothe.
He was the son of William and Maria McElroy and was born in Eddyville, February 24, 1883. Since 1919 he had lived near Chillicothe.
Surviving are his wife, Leora S.; five daughters, Mrs. Vera Erickson of Chicago, Ill., Marjorie and Kathryn McElroy of Ottumwa and Betty and Carolyn McElroy at home; one son, William Todd McElroy at home; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Emanuel of Ottumwa route 2 and Mrs. Grace Beach of Ottumwa route 5; one brother, Earl McElroy, and one foster brother, Donald McElroy of Davenport.
Short funeral services 3will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Johnson's funeral chapel and at 2:30 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by the Rev. Harold Lancaster, D. D. Burial will be made in the Shaul cemetery.
Carl McElroy, 53, a Wapello county resident practically all his life, died at the Ottumwa hospital Friday at 8:20 p.m. He lived in Chillicothe.
He was the son of William and Maria McElroy and was born in Eddyville, February 24, 1883. Since 1919 he lived near Chillicothe.
Surviving are his wife, Leora S. five daughters, Mrs. Vera Erickson of Chicago, Ill., Marjorie and Kathryn McElroy of Ottumwa and Betty and Carolyn McElroy at home; one son, William Tood McElroy at home; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Emanuel of Ottumwa route 2 and Mrs. Grace Beach of Ottumwa route 5, one brother, Donald McElroy of Davenport.
Short funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Johnson's funeral chapel and at 2:30 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by the Rev. Harold Lancaster, D. D. Burial will be made in the Shaul Cemetery.
Family Information contributed by family member:
Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune
Family headstone contributed by family members:
Wade Kelley and Michele (Byrum) Ball
Carl Todd McElroy, son of, William and Lucinda Marie McElroy. He was 53 years old and died of pneumonia.
Occupation: Farmer and Carpenter
Carl was not named when born. The family called him "Toddles. Aunt gave him a nickel when he started school to tell the teacher his name was Carl.
Carl Todd McElroy's occupation was a farmer.
Carl Todd McElroy siblings are:
Edna McElroy b. 1875
Grace V. McElroy
Earl McElroy
Donald McElroy
Carl Todd McElroy married Lenora Sophia Byrum on 1908 in Chillicothe, Wapello Co., Iowa. Lenora Sophia Byrum is the daughter of George Washington and Minerva Jane (Cramblit) Byrum.
Carl Todd McElroy and Lenora Sophia Byrum children are:
Vera Elizabeth McElroy b. 1909
Marjorie Anne McElroy b. 1912
Kathryn Eleanor McElroy b. 1914
Bettina Jane McElroy b. 1922
Carolyn Iris McElroy b. 1927
William Todd McElroy b. 1930
TO DAD
by Kathryn Eleanor Whitaker
His life was uneventful;
The money that he did not have
Lies still within the rich, black earth
Upon his widow's farm.
His talents were not those of skill;
His art decays, discovered not.
His eyeas can roam no more along the wavy wheat,
Upon the shooting corn -
High to the fluttering pigeons on the barn.
His love was not romantic;
He ate her meals without applause - without a pause
For tenderness. He drove his herd to pasture.
A hickory lash within his hand.
His soul was not religious.
He cursed without a worry,
He spat between his teeth,
Avoiding beyond hope the church upon the hill.
Though still,
A little child forever trotted after him,
A little hand relaxing often in his grimy paw.
Atimes his face would break from stony silence,
Into a rhapsody of smile - And then, some age - old hymn might
Burst from his bewhiskered jaw.
His land he tilled with horse and plow,
And no one ever knew his dreams.
But now that he is gone, it seems
The horse and plow and child and sod
Were art and love and hope - and God
Was not so far away.
Has come to me a strange new thought, this day;
I loved him so, as few, I understand,
I was the little child who held his hand.
Feb. 5, 1937
CARL McELROY, 53, DIES ON FRIDAY
Chillicothe, Man Had Resided In
Wapello County Practically
Entire Life
Carl McElroy, 53, a Wapello county resident practically all his life, died at the Ottumwa hospital Friday at 8:20 p.m. He lived in Chillicothe.
He was the son of William and Maria McElroy and was born in Eddyville, February 24, 1883. Since 1919 he had lived near Chillicothe.
Surviving are his wife, Leora S.; five daughters, Mrs. Vera Erickson of Chicago, Ill., Marjorie and Kathryn McElroy of Ottumwa and Betty and Carolyn McElroy at home; one son, William Todd McElroy at home; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Emanuel of Ottumwa route 2 and Mrs. Grace Beach of Ottumwa route 5; one brother, Earl McElroy, and one foster brother, Donald McElroy of Davenport.
Short funeral services 3will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Johnson's funeral chapel and at 2:30 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by the Rev. Harold Lancaster, D. D. Burial will be made in the Shaul cemetery.
Carl McElroy, 53, a Wapello county resident practically all his life, died at the Ottumwa hospital Friday at 8:20 p.m. He lived in Chillicothe.
He was the son of William and Maria McElroy and was born in Eddyville, February 24, 1883. Since 1919 he lived near Chillicothe.
Surviving are his wife, Leora S. five daughters, Mrs. Vera Erickson of Chicago, Ill., Marjorie and Kathryn McElroy of Ottumwa and Betty and Carolyn McElroy at home; one son, William Tood McElroy at home; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Emanuel of Ottumwa route 2 and Mrs. Grace Beach of Ottumwa route 5, one brother, Donald McElroy of Davenport.
Short funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Johnson's funeral chapel and at 2:30 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by the Rev. Harold Lancaster, D. D. Burial will be made in the Shaul Cemetery.
Family Information contributed by family member:
Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune
Family headstone contributed by family members:
Wade Kelley and Michele (Byrum) Ball
Occupation: Farmer and Carpenter
Carl was not named when born. The family called him "Toddles. Aunt gave him a nickel when he started school to tell the teacher his name was Carl.
Carl Todd McElroy's occupation was a farmer.
Carl Todd McElroy siblings are:
Edna McElroy b. 1875
Grace V. McElroy
Earl McElroy
Donald McElroy
Carl Todd McElroy married Lenora Sophia Byrum on 1908 in Chillicothe, Wapello Co., Iowa. Lenora Sophia Byrum is the daughter of George Washington and Minerva Jane (Cramblit) Byrum.
Carl Todd McElroy and Lenora Sophia Byrum children are:
Vera Elizabeth McElroy b. 1909
Marjorie Anne McElroy b. 1912
Kathryn Eleanor McElroy b. 1914
Bettina Jane McElroy b. 1922
Carolyn Iris McElroy b. 1927
William Todd McElroy b. 1930
TO DAD
by Kathryn Eleanor Whitaker
His life was uneventful;
The money that he did not have
Lies still within the rich, black earth
Upon his widow's farm.
His talents were not those of skill;
His art decays, discovered not.
His eyeas can roam no more along the wavy wheat,
Upon the shooting corn -
High to the fluttering pigeons on the barn.
His love was not romantic;
He ate her meals without applause - without a pause
For tenderness. He drove his herd to pasture.
A hickory lash within his hand.
His soul was not religious.
He cursed without a worry,
He spat between his teeth,
Avoiding beyond hope the church upon the hill.
Though still,
A little child forever trotted after him,
A little hand relaxing often in his grimy paw.
Atimes his face would break from stony silence,
Into a rhapsody of smile - And then, some age - old hymn might
Burst from his bewhiskered jaw.
His land he tilled with horse and plow,
And no one ever knew his dreams.
But now that he is gone, it seems
The horse and plow and child and sod
Were art and love and hope - and God
Was not so far away.
Has come to me a strange new thought, this day;
I loved him so, as few, I understand,
I was the little child who held his hand.
Feb. 5, 1937
CARL McELROY, 53, DIES ON FRIDAY
Chillicothe, Man Had Resided In
Wapello County Practically
Entire Life
Carl McElroy, 53, a Wapello county resident practically all his life, died at the Ottumwa hospital Friday at 8:20 p.m. He lived in Chillicothe.
He was the son of William and Maria McElroy and was born in Eddyville, February 24, 1883. Since 1919 he had lived near Chillicothe.
Surviving are his wife, Leora S.; five daughters, Mrs. Vera Erickson of Chicago, Ill., Marjorie and Kathryn McElroy of Ottumwa and Betty and Carolyn McElroy at home; one son, William Todd McElroy at home; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Emanuel of Ottumwa route 2 and Mrs. Grace Beach of Ottumwa route 5; one brother, Earl McElroy, and one foster brother, Donald McElroy of Davenport.
Short funeral services 3will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Johnson's funeral chapel and at 2:30 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by the Rev. Harold Lancaster, D. D. Burial will be made in the Shaul cemetery.
Carl McElroy, 53, a Wapello county resident practically all his life, died at the Ottumwa hospital Friday at 8:20 p.m. He lived in Chillicothe.
He was the son of William and Maria McElroy and was born in Eddyville, February 24, 1883. Since 1919 he lived near Chillicothe.
Surviving are his wife, Leora S. five daughters, Mrs. Vera Erickson of Chicago, Ill., Marjorie and Kathryn McElroy of Ottumwa and Betty and Carolyn McElroy at home; one son, William Tood McElroy at home; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Emanuel of Ottumwa route 2 and Mrs. Grace Beach of Ottumwa route 5, one brother, Donald McElroy of Davenport.
Short funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Johnson's funeral chapel and at 2:30 p.m. in the First Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by the Rev. Harold Lancaster, D. D. Burial will be made in the Shaul Cemetery.
Family Information contributed by family member:
Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune
Family headstone contributed by family members:
Wade Kelley and Michele (Byrum) Ball
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