Nelle Angenette Luther was born on 25 December 1871 in Milo, Bureau, Illinois, the eldest child of five born to Joseph Gardner Luther (1847-1920) and Eliza Jane Crouch Luther (1851-1921). The Luthers moved to Dallas County, Iowa in 1881. Nelle graduated from Drake University in 1896, and became a school teacher. She was later a high school principal. She was married to Ernest Wilmore "E.W." Dingwell (1872-1945), a Canadian immigrant and veteran of the Spanish American war, who was an attorney, on 25 August 1908 in Adel, IA. Their one son, Wilbur Luther Dingwell (1910-1979) was born on 24 August 1910. Sadly, she was stricken down with typhoid fever and died on 11 December 1914, just 2-weeks shy of her 43rd birthday. She was interred at the Oakdale Cemetery.
OBITUARY: Nelle Luther Dingwell (1871-1914)
On Friday evening, December 11, 1914 at 8:35, Mrs. E.W. Dingwell died at her home in this place. She was born on Christmas day, December 25, 1871, in Bureau County, Illinois. When she was about ten years of age her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Luther, moved to this county, settling in Colfax Township. Here she grew up to young womanhood, attended country school, then entered and graduated from the schools of this place, then attended Drake University and graduated from that institution in 1896. She then taught in the school near her old home for a time, later accepted a position in the schools at Stuart, following which she was elected as principal of the high school at this place that for about five years very ably filled, and from here took a similar position at Valley Junction for two years.
On August 25, 1908 she was united in marriage to E.W. Dingwell, then engaged in the practice of law here, and here their home has since been. On August 24, 1910, the home was blessed with a son, Wilbur, the only child. On November 5, 1914 Mrs. Dingwell contracted typhoid fever. The disease attacked her with great severity, and for nearly two weeks she had hovered between life and death. Everything that medical skill, careful nursing, the ministration of many friends was done for her restoration to health, united with the prayers of those nearest to her. On Friday evening the death angel touched her feverish brow and she sank to sleep, that sleep that releases from burning fever and hours of pain, and that the voice of faith says opens the gates to a better world than this.
Mrs. Dingwell was a woman of superior mental endowment who made her talents felt in the various activities in which she engaged, in church and club work and in the social life of the place. She was a charter member of the Woman’s Club and very active in its plans and aims. She was also a loyal member of the [Order of the] Eastern Star and of the Christian church, where she was an earnest worker. The high esteem in which she was held was evinced by the large attendance at the funeral services Sunday afternoon that packed the Christian church to the limit of its capacity while the profuse and beautiful array of flowers, the largest ever seen here at a similar occasion, told eloquently of the sympathy of the many friends for those who have been called upon to mourn the departure of a wife, mother, daughter, and sister. In such an hour sympathy is all that friends can offer, but that is a divine offering, one that links earth to heaven and tells the story of the best there is in human nature when it shares the sorrows or burdens of others.
Professor Martin of Drake University preached an eloquent discourse, a male quartette consisting of L.R. Roberts, Walter Bonnewell, Morris Simcoke, and Earl Killam, sang some of those beautiful songs, inspired by the hope of a resurrection day when broken hearts shall be healed and broken heartstrings once more united in everlasting peace, and the mortal remains of Mrs. Dingwell were tenderly consigned to their final resting place in Oakdale Cemetery.
GRATEFUL FOR SYMPATHY AND HELP
It is with a heart-full of thankfulness that we wish, in this manner to publicly express to our many friends our gratitude for the expression of sympathy and friendliness which they have given us in the last few days and for the many beautiful floral tributes which came from the hands of our many friends. What we cherish most in these offerings is the spirit which prompted the sending of them. We thank you one and all.
E.W. Dingwell
Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Luther
Ray Luther
Lillian Luther
(The Dallas County News, Adel, Iowa, Wednesday, 16 December 1914)
Obituary: Nellie (Luther) Dingwell (1871-1914)
In 1868 Joseph G. Luther came from near Brockton, Mass., and began work first as a farm hand for Cicero Phelps, later he hired to John Botham at Milo as a blacksmith; this lead to a partnership with Mr. Botham and the firm made money, both partners were good workmen, industrious, temperate and economical. In 1869, Joe Luther was united in marriage with Eliza Jane Crouch and on Christmas day, 1871, a daughter was born to them, their first child, to whom they gave the name of Nellie. When the little girl was about 10 years old, the family moved to Dallas county, Iowa, where three or four miles west of Adel, the county seat, Mr. Luther had bought a quarter section farm. There Nellie attended the rural schools and later the school at Adel. A recent Adel paper in announcing her death of typhoid fever, speaks of her marriage several years ago to the prominent attorney of that city, E. W. Dingwell, and then says:
Mrs. E. W. Dingwell died at her home in Adel Friday evening, December 11, 1914, at 9:35. The above words contain a message that we grieve to write, one that has saddened many hearts and that will continue to cause pain and sorrow among our people through the years to come. She was taken down with typhoid fever about November 18, she and her little son Wilbur. From the first she was seriously ill and she seemed to have a premonition that she would not recover. While there was at one time a slight improvement in her condition, the most skillful efforts of the physician and the best care by the trained nurses failed to stay the disease that had fastened itself upon her.
The funeral [was] held Sunday, at the Christian church, of which the deceased was a faithful member, was in itself a testimonial of the love in which she was held. The funeral sermon was delivered by Dr. Martin of Des Moines. Interment was made at Oakdale cemetery.
Nellie A. Luther was born at Milo, Bureau County, Illinois, on Christmas day, 1871. When about 10 years of old, she came with her parents to Iowa and they located on a farm a few miles west of Adel. There she attended the rural schools and later came to the Adel school. She was a graduate of Drake University with the class of 1896. She began her career as a teacher in the neighborhood where her parents lived, but soon went to Stuart and was principal of the Adel high school for several years. She also taught in the Valley Junction schools.
On August 25, 1908, she was married to E. W. Dingwell, the well known Adel attorney, and since that time she has been one of the most prominent women of the town.
The little son, [Wilbur] born to Mr. and Mrs. Dingwell four years ago, is still in the grasp of the disease which took his mother, but seems to be improving slowly.
Card of Thanks
It is with hearts full of thankfulness that we wish in this manner to publicly express to our many friends our gratitude for the expression of sympathy and friendliness which they have given us in the last few days and for the many beautiful floral tributes which came from the hands of our many friends.
E. W. Dingwell
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Luther
Ray Luther
Lillian Luther
(Henry News Republican, Henry, Illinois, Thursday, 21 January 1915)
OBITUARY: Nelle Luther Dingwell (1871-1914)
On Friday evening, December 11, 1914 at 8:35, Mrs. E.W. Dingwell died at her home in this place. She was born on Christmas day, December 25, 1871, in Bureau County, Illinois. When she was about ten years of age her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Luther, moved to this county, settling in Colfax Township. Here she grew up to young womanhood, attended country school, then entered and graduated from the schools of this place, then attended Drake University and graduated from that institution in 1896. She then taught in the school near her old home for a time, later accepted a position in the schools at Stuart, following which she was elected as principal of the high school at this place that for about five years very ably filled, and from here took a similar position at Valley Junction for two years.
On August 25, 1908 she was united in marriage to E.W. Dingwell, then engaged in the practice of law here, and here their home has since been. On August 24, 1910, the home was blessed with a son, Wilbur, the only child. On November 5, 1914 Mrs. Dingwell contracted typhoid fever. The disease attacked her with great severity, and for nearly two weeks she had hovered between life and death. Everything that medical skill, careful nursing, the ministration of many friends was done for her restoration to health, united with the prayers of those nearest to her. On Friday evening the death angel touched her feverish brow and she sank to sleep, that sleep that releases from burning fever and hours of pain, and that the voice of faith says opens the gates to a better world than this.
Mrs. Dingwell was a woman of superior mental endowment who made her talents felt in the various activities in which she engaged, in church and club work and in the social life of the place. She was a charter member of the Woman’s Club and very active in its plans and aims. She was also a loyal member of the [Order of the] Eastern Star and of the Christian church, where she was an earnest worker. The high esteem in which she was held was evinced by the large attendance at the funeral services Sunday afternoon that packed the Christian church to the limit of its capacity while the profuse and beautiful array of flowers, the largest ever seen here at a similar occasion, told eloquently of the sympathy of the many friends for those who have been called upon to mourn the departure of a wife, mother, daughter, and sister. In such an hour sympathy is all that friends can offer, but that is a divine offering, one that links earth to heaven and tells the story of the best there is in human nature when it shares the sorrows or burdens of others.
Professor Martin of Drake University preached an eloquent discourse, a male quartette consisting of L.R. Roberts, Walter Bonnewell, Morris Simcoke, and Earl Killam, sang some of those beautiful songs, inspired by the hope of a resurrection day when broken hearts shall be healed and broken heartstrings once more united in everlasting peace, and the mortal remains of Mrs. Dingwell were tenderly consigned to their final resting place in Oakdale Cemetery.
GRATEFUL FOR SYMPATHY AND HELP
It is with a heart-full of thankfulness that we wish, in this manner to publicly express to our many friends our gratitude for the expression of sympathy and friendliness which they have given us in the last few days and for the many beautiful floral tributes which came from the hands of our many friends. What we cherish most in these offerings is the spirit which prompted the sending of them. We thank you one and all.
E.W. Dingwell
Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Luther
Ray Luther
Lillian Luther
(The Dallas County News, Adel, Iowa, Wednesday, 16 December 1914)
Obituary: Nellie (Luther) Dingwell (1871-1914)
In 1868 Joseph G. Luther came from near Brockton, Mass., and began work first as a farm hand for Cicero Phelps, later he hired to John Botham at Milo as a blacksmith; this lead to a partnership with Mr. Botham and the firm made money, both partners were good workmen, industrious, temperate and economical. In 1869, Joe Luther was united in marriage with Eliza Jane Crouch and on Christmas day, 1871, a daughter was born to them, their first child, to whom they gave the name of Nellie. When the little girl was about 10 years old, the family moved to Dallas county, Iowa, where three or four miles west of Adel, the county seat, Mr. Luther had bought a quarter section farm. There Nellie attended the rural schools and later the school at Adel. A recent Adel paper in announcing her death of typhoid fever, speaks of her marriage several years ago to the prominent attorney of that city, E. W. Dingwell, and then says:
Mrs. E. W. Dingwell died at her home in Adel Friday evening, December 11, 1914, at 9:35. The above words contain a message that we grieve to write, one that has saddened many hearts and that will continue to cause pain and sorrow among our people through the years to come. She was taken down with typhoid fever about November 18, she and her little son Wilbur. From the first she was seriously ill and she seemed to have a premonition that she would not recover. While there was at one time a slight improvement in her condition, the most skillful efforts of the physician and the best care by the trained nurses failed to stay the disease that had fastened itself upon her.
The funeral [was] held Sunday, at the Christian church, of which the deceased was a faithful member, was in itself a testimonial of the love in which she was held. The funeral sermon was delivered by Dr. Martin of Des Moines. Interment was made at Oakdale cemetery.
Nellie A. Luther was born at Milo, Bureau County, Illinois, on Christmas day, 1871. When about 10 years of old, she came with her parents to Iowa and they located on a farm a few miles west of Adel. There she attended the rural schools and later came to the Adel school. She was a graduate of Drake University with the class of 1896. She began her career as a teacher in the neighborhood where her parents lived, but soon went to Stuart and was principal of the Adel high school for several years. She also taught in the Valley Junction schools.
On August 25, 1908, she was married to E. W. Dingwell, the well known Adel attorney, and since that time she has been one of the most prominent women of the town.
The little son, [Wilbur] born to Mr. and Mrs. Dingwell four years ago, is still in the grasp of the disease which took his mother, but seems to be improving slowly.
Card of Thanks
It is with hearts full of thankfulness that we wish in this manner to publicly express to our many friends our gratitude for the expression of sympathy and friendliness which they have given us in the last few days and for the many beautiful floral tributes which came from the hands of our many friends.
E. W. Dingwell
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Luther
Ray Luther
Lillian Luther
(Henry News Republican, Henry, Illinois, Thursday, 21 January 1915)
Nelle Angenette Luther was born on 25 December 1871 in Milo, Bureau, Illinois, the eldest child of five born to Joseph Gardner Luther (1847-1920) and Eliza Jane Crouch Luther (1851-1921). The Luthers moved to Dallas County, Iowa in 1881. Nelle graduated from Drake University in 1896, and became a school teacher. She was later a high school principal. She was married to Ernest Wilmore "E.W." Dingwell (1872-1945), a Canadian immigrant and veteran of the Spanish American war, who was an attorney, on 25 August 1908 in Adel, IA. Their one son, Wilbur Luther Dingwell (1910-1979) was born on 24 August 1910. Sadly, she was stricken down with typhoid fever and died on 11 December 1914, just 2-weeks shy of her 43rd birthday. She was interred at the Oakdale Cemetery.
OBITUARY: Nelle Luther Dingwell (1871-1914)
On Friday evening, December 11, 1914 at 8:35, Mrs. E.W. Dingwell died at her home in this place. She was born on Christmas day, December 25, 1871, in Bureau County, Illinois. When she was about ten years of age her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Luther, moved to this county, settling in Colfax Township. Here she grew up to young womanhood, attended country school, then entered and graduated from the schools of this place, then attended Drake University and graduated from that institution in 1896. She then taught in the school near her old home for a time, later accepted a position in the schools at Stuart, following which she was elected as principal of the high school at this place that for about five years very ably filled, and from here took a similar position at Valley Junction for two years.
On August 25, 1908 she was united in marriage to E.W. Dingwell, then engaged in the practice of law here, and here their home has since been. On August 24, 1910, the home was blessed with a son, Wilbur, the only child. On November 5, 1914 Mrs. Dingwell contracted typhoid fever. The disease attacked her with great severity, and for nearly two weeks she had hovered between life and death. Everything that medical skill, careful nursing, the ministration of many friends was done for her restoration to health, united with the prayers of those nearest to her. On Friday evening the death angel touched her feverish brow and she sank to sleep, that sleep that releases from burning fever and hours of pain, and that the voice of faith says opens the gates to a better world than this.
Mrs. Dingwell was a woman of superior mental endowment who made her talents felt in the various activities in which she engaged, in church and club work and in the social life of the place. She was a charter member of the Woman’s Club and very active in its plans and aims. She was also a loyal member of the [Order of the] Eastern Star and of the Christian church, where she was an earnest worker. The high esteem in which she was held was evinced by the large attendance at the funeral services Sunday afternoon that packed the Christian church to the limit of its capacity while the profuse and beautiful array of flowers, the largest ever seen here at a similar occasion, told eloquently of the sympathy of the many friends for those who have been called upon to mourn the departure of a wife, mother, daughter, and sister. In such an hour sympathy is all that friends can offer, but that is a divine offering, one that links earth to heaven and tells the story of the best there is in human nature when it shares the sorrows or burdens of others.
Professor Martin of Drake University preached an eloquent discourse, a male quartette consisting of L.R. Roberts, Walter Bonnewell, Morris Simcoke, and Earl Killam, sang some of those beautiful songs, inspired by the hope of a resurrection day when broken hearts shall be healed and broken heartstrings once more united in everlasting peace, and the mortal remains of Mrs. Dingwell were tenderly consigned to their final resting place in Oakdale Cemetery.
GRATEFUL FOR SYMPATHY AND HELP
It is with a heart-full of thankfulness that we wish, in this manner to publicly express to our many friends our gratitude for the expression of sympathy and friendliness which they have given us in the last few days and for the many beautiful floral tributes which came from the hands of our many friends. What we cherish most in these offerings is the spirit which prompted the sending of them. We thank you one and all.
E.W. Dingwell
Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Luther
Ray Luther
Lillian Luther
(The Dallas County News, Adel, Iowa, Wednesday, 16 December 1914)
Obituary: Nellie (Luther) Dingwell (1871-1914)
In 1868 Joseph G. Luther came from near Brockton, Mass., and began work first as a farm hand for Cicero Phelps, later he hired to John Botham at Milo as a blacksmith; this lead to a partnership with Mr. Botham and the firm made money, both partners were good workmen, industrious, temperate and economical. In 1869, Joe Luther was united in marriage with Eliza Jane Crouch and on Christmas day, 1871, a daughter was born to them, their first child, to whom they gave the name of Nellie. When the little girl was about 10 years old, the family moved to Dallas county, Iowa, where three or four miles west of Adel, the county seat, Mr. Luther had bought a quarter section farm. There Nellie attended the rural schools and later the school at Adel. A recent Adel paper in announcing her death of typhoid fever, speaks of her marriage several years ago to the prominent attorney of that city, E. W. Dingwell, and then says:
Mrs. E. W. Dingwell died at her home in Adel Friday evening, December 11, 1914, at 9:35. The above words contain a message that we grieve to write, one that has saddened many hearts and that will continue to cause pain and sorrow among our people through the years to come. She was taken down with typhoid fever about November 18, she and her little son Wilbur. From the first she was seriously ill and she seemed to have a premonition that she would not recover. While there was at one time a slight improvement in her condition, the most skillful efforts of the physician and the best care by the trained nurses failed to stay the disease that had fastened itself upon her.
The funeral [was] held Sunday, at the Christian church, of which the deceased was a faithful member, was in itself a testimonial of the love in which she was held. The funeral sermon was delivered by Dr. Martin of Des Moines. Interment was made at Oakdale cemetery.
Nellie A. Luther was born at Milo, Bureau County, Illinois, on Christmas day, 1871. When about 10 years of old, she came with her parents to Iowa and they located on a farm a few miles west of Adel. There she attended the rural schools and later came to the Adel school. She was a graduate of Drake University with the class of 1896. She began her career as a teacher in the neighborhood where her parents lived, but soon went to Stuart and was principal of the Adel high school for several years. She also taught in the Valley Junction schools.
On August 25, 1908, she was married to E. W. Dingwell, the well known Adel attorney, and since that time she has been one of the most prominent women of the town.
The little son, [Wilbur] born to Mr. and Mrs. Dingwell four years ago, is still in the grasp of the disease which took his mother, but seems to be improving slowly.
Card of Thanks
It is with hearts full of thankfulness that we wish in this manner to publicly express to our many friends our gratitude for the expression of sympathy and friendliness which they have given us in the last few days and for the many beautiful floral tributes which came from the hands of our many friends.
E. W. Dingwell
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Luther
Ray Luther
Lillian Luther
(Henry News Republican, Henry, Illinois, Thursday, 21 January 1915)
OBITUARY: Nelle Luther Dingwell (1871-1914)
On Friday evening, December 11, 1914 at 8:35, Mrs. E.W. Dingwell died at her home in this place. She was born on Christmas day, December 25, 1871, in Bureau County, Illinois. When she was about ten years of age her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Luther, moved to this county, settling in Colfax Township. Here she grew up to young womanhood, attended country school, then entered and graduated from the schools of this place, then attended Drake University and graduated from that institution in 1896. She then taught in the school near her old home for a time, later accepted a position in the schools at Stuart, following which she was elected as principal of the high school at this place that for about five years very ably filled, and from here took a similar position at Valley Junction for two years.
On August 25, 1908 she was united in marriage to E.W. Dingwell, then engaged in the practice of law here, and here their home has since been. On August 24, 1910, the home was blessed with a son, Wilbur, the only child. On November 5, 1914 Mrs. Dingwell contracted typhoid fever. The disease attacked her with great severity, and for nearly two weeks she had hovered between life and death. Everything that medical skill, careful nursing, the ministration of many friends was done for her restoration to health, united with the prayers of those nearest to her. On Friday evening the death angel touched her feverish brow and she sank to sleep, that sleep that releases from burning fever and hours of pain, and that the voice of faith says opens the gates to a better world than this.
Mrs. Dingwell was a woman of superior mental endowment who made her talents felt in the various activities in which she engaged, in church and club work and in the social life of the place. She was a charter member of the Woman’s Club and very active in its plans and aims. She was also a loyal member of the [Order of the] Eastern Star and of the Christian church, where she was an earnest worker. The high esteem in which she was held was evinced by the large attendance at the funeral services Sunday afternoon that packed the Christian church to the limit of its capacity while the profuse and beautiful array of flowers, the largest ever seen here at a similar occasion, told eloquently of the sympathy of the many friends for those who have been called upon to mourn the departure of a wife, mother, daughter, and sister. In such an hour sympathy is all that friends can offer, but that is a divine offering, one that links earth to heaven and tells the story of the best there is in human nature when it shares the sorrows or burdens of others.
Professor Martin of Drake University preached an eloquent discourse, a male quartette consisting of L.R. Roberts, Walter Bonnewell, Morris Simcoke, and Earl Killam, sang some of those beautiful songs, inspired by the hope of a resurrection day when broken hearts shall be healed and broken heartstrings once more united in everlasting peace, and the mortal remains of Mrs. Dingwell were tenderly consigned to their final resting place in Oakdale Cemetery.
GRATEFUL FOR SYMPATHY AND HELP
It is with a heart-full of thankfulness that we wish, in this manner to publicly express to our many friends our gratitude for the expression of sympathy and friendliness which they have given us in the last few days and for the many beautiful floral tributes which came from the hands of our many friends. What we cherish most in these offerings is the spirit which prompted the sending of them. We thank you one and all.
E.W. Dingwell
Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Luther
Ray Luther
Lillian Luther
(The Dallas County News, Adel, Iowa, Wednesday, 16 December 1914)
Obituary: Nellie (Luther) Dingwell (1871-1914)
In 1868 Joseph G. Luther came from near Brockton, Mass., and began work first as a farm hand for Cicero Phelps, later he hired to John Botham at Milo as a blacksmith; this lead to a partnership with Mr. Botham and the firm made money, both partners were good workmen, industrious, temperate and economical. In 1869, Joe Luther was united in marriage with Eliza Jane Crouch and on Christmas day, 1871, a daughter was born to them, their first child, to whom they gave the name of Nellie. When the little girl was about 10 years old, the family moved to Dallas county, Iowa, where three or four miles west of Adel, the county seat, Mr. Luther had bought a quarter section farm. There Nellie attended the rural schools and later the school at Adel. A recent Adel paper in announcing her death of typhoid fever, speaks of her marriage several years ago to the prominent attorney of that city, E. W. Dingwell, and then says:
Mrs. E. W. Dingwell died at her home in Adel Friday evening, December 11, 1914, at 9:35. The above words contain a message that we grieve to write, one that has saddened many hearts and that will continue to cause pain and sorrow among our people through the years to come. She was taken down with typhoid fever about November 18, she and her little son Wilbur. From the first she was seriously ill and she seemed to have a premonition that she would not recover. While there was at one time a slight improvement in her condition, the most skillful efforts of the physician and the best care by the trained nurses failed to stay the disease that had fastened itself upon her.
The funeral [was] held Sunday, at the Christian church, of which the deceased was a faithful member, was in itself a testimonial of the love in which she was held. The funeral sermon was delivered by Dr. Martin of Des Moines. Interment was made at Oakdale cemetery.
Nellie A. Luther was born at Milo, Bureau County, Illinois, on Christmas day, 1871. When about 10 years of old, she came with her parents to Iowa and they located on a farm a few miles west of Adel. There she attended the rural schools and later came to the Adel school. She was a graduate of Drake University with the class of 1896. She began her career as a teacher in the neighborhood where her parents lived, but soon went to Stuart and was principal of the Adel high school for several years. She also taught in the Valley Junction schools.
On August 25, 1908, she was married to E. W. Dingwell, the well known Adel attorney, and since that time she has been one of the most prominent women of the town.
The little son, [Wilbur] born to Mr. and Mrs. Dingwell four years ago, is still in the grasp of the disease which took his mother, but seems to be improving slowly.
Card of Thanks
It is with hearts full of thankfulness that we wish in this manner to publicly express to our many friends our gratitude for the expression of sympathy and friendliness which they have given us in the last few days and for the many beautiful floral tributes which came from the hands of our many friends.
E. W. Dingwell
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Luther
Ray Luther
Lillian Luther
(Henry News Republican, Henry, Illinois, Thursday, 21 January 1915)
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