Services for I. E. Stickelman will be at 2 pm Saturday at the Walker Funeral Home.
Mr. Stickelman, an active auctioneer and church leader at the age of 84, died at the Municipal Hospital here Wednesday evening 16 days after being hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage.
For more than 60 years Mr. Stickelman had been an auctioneer in the area, crying sales the week before he was stricken with the hemorrhage. He had worked at as many as five auctions a week during some years of his career.
In 1947 he agreed to preach at the New Market Church of Christ and led the congregation in a fund-raising drive (auctions and personal gifts) that realized the new church three years later, completely free from debt. In 1949 he was ordained and continued his work with the church for several years.
A native of Siam, Mr. Stickelman took auctioneer training at Drake University and Jones Auction School in Davenport before he cried his first auction sale on Feb. 9, 1905. He had lived in Clarinda for 62 years, the family home at 614 E. Tarkio
His wife, the former Jennie Lister, preceded him in death in 1963.
He is survived by four children, Keith and Mrs. Wendell (Marian) Davison of Clarinda, Mrs. Ray (Laura) Hughes of Indianola, and Howard of Barstow, Calif, a sister, Daisy Lister of Braddyville; three brothers, Paul of Braddyville, Ernest of Gothenburg, Neb., and Dow of Blockton, Ia.; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Alvin Reed of the Clermont Christian Church will be in charge of the services assisted by Preacher Glen Mitchell of the New Market Church of Christ. Burial will be at the Clarinda Cemetery. THE CLARINDA HERALD-JOURNAL, Clarinda, Iowa.
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I. E. Stickelman Dies at Clarinda (The Tribune's Iowa news Service)
CLARINDA, IA -- I. E. Stickelman, 84, an auctioneer in this area for more than 60 years, died Wednesday at Municipal Hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks ago. . . . Mr. Stickelman could claim two titles "colonel" and "the reverend", but didn't use either. In addition to being an auctioneer, he was an ordained minister and for several years served as pastor of the Church of Christ at New Market. . . .
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Auctioneer Lends Talents to Preaching, by Herb Owens (1953)
CLARINDA, IA. -- During the week, the voice of Irvin E. Stickelman calls out in the rat-a-tat-tat cry of the auction block as he describes the worth of livestock, farm implements and household goods. You can call him "Colonel" then; he has been an auctioneer 48 years.
On Sundays, Stickelman's voice takes on a more modulated tempo and an added richness as he delivers the sermon in his fine new little Church of Christ at New Market, 8 miles east of here. You can call him "Reverend" then -- and rightly so -- for he has been an ordained Church of Christ minister since Nov. 10, 1949.
Humbly acknowledging both titles, Stickelman avoids personal use of them. A kind and gifted man, he performs his tasks -- in the pulpit or at the auction block -- with equal vigor.
A native of Siam, a Taylor County community now dwindled to three dozen residents, Stickelman had some training at Drake University and Jones Auction School in Davenport before he "cried" his first auction sale on Feb. 9, 1905. Then, too, he had been an active church member since boyhood.
While continuing auction work, he developed a sideline -- raising Duroc hogs -- which gave him a wide reputation as an expert on Durocs and called him to swine sales in seven midwestern states.
Living in Clarinda, Stickelman continued his church allegiance. He became an elder, a deacon, and a Sunday school superintendent. For years, he taught a Sunday school class of adults -- which had an average membership of 63.
NEW CHURCH In the spring of 1947, the New Market Church of Christ decided to build a new church -- even though the treasury held $354.93. In May, Auctioneer Stickelman handled the sale of the old building; he got $1,130 for it.
Auctioneer Stickelman, having addressed the congregation several times, volunteered to preach -- without compensation -- regularly at the New Market church, letting the weekly offerings go into the building fund.
He started June 20, 1949, in the basement of the unfinished church.
"GOD'S PORTION ' Several months later, Auctioneer Stickelman cried a "god's portion" sale for the church; he brought in $1,600.00. Meanwhile weekly collections in the church -- with membership increased by regular services -- had brought about $2,500. The next October, another "god's portion" sale brought in about $1,600.00.
So, on the morning of Nov. 20, 1949, the New Market church was dedicated; in the afternoon, the Rev. Irvin E. Stickelman -- with youthful Darrell Malcoln, a farmer -- was ordained a Church of Chrit minister.
$15,665 TOTAL By Nov. 1, 1950, a total of $15,665 had been paid into the church building fund -- and the New Market church was out of debt.
Stickelman, a 6-foot, 218-pound gentleman with merry eyes and a congenial personality, still continues his auction work. He cried 218 and 238 sales in consecutive years. He had four scheduled the week I visited him.
Because the auction work keeps him from full-time ministry, Stickelman doesn't accept full salary. However, he has officiated at 45 funerals -- 12 in 1952 -- and as many weddings.
The auctioneer minister preaches each Sunday morning, conducts a "teaching prayer service" Sunday evenings, and a prayer service on Wednesdays. He makes a number of home calls on his church members.
WIFE HELPS "Mrs. Stickelman accompanies me everywhere," he said. "I couldn't handle all this work without her. She does all the church secretarial work."
The Stickelmans, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last November, have two sons, Howard in California and Keith in Clarinda, and two daughters, Mrs. Marian Davison of Braddyville and Mrs. Laura Hughes of Indianola. There are nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Stickelman, an active auctioneer and church leader at the age of 84, died at the Municipal Hospital here Wednesday evening 16 days after being hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage.
For more than 60 years Mr. Stickelman had been an auctioneer in the area, crying sales the week before he was stricken with the hemorrhage. He had worked at as many as five auctions a week during some years of his career.
In 1947 he agreed to preach at the New Market Church of Christ and led the congregation in a fund-raising drive (auctions and personal gifts) that realized the new church three years later, completely free from debt. In 1949 he was ordained and continued his work with the church for several years.
A native of Siam, Mr. Stickelman took auctioneer training at Drake University and Jones Auction School in Davenport before he cried his first auction sale on Feb. 9, 1905. He had lived in Clarinda for 62 years, the family home at 614 E. Tarkio
His wife, the former Jennie Lister, preceded him in death in 1963.
He is survived by four children, Keith and Mrs. Wendell (Marian) Davison of Clarinda, Mrs. Ray (Laura) Hughes of Indianola, and Howard of Barstow, Calif, a sister, Daisy Lister of Braddyville; three brothers, Paul of Braddyville, Ernest of Gothenburg, Neb., and Dow of Blockton, Ia.; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Alvin Reed of the Clermont Christian Church will be in charge of the services assisted by Preacher Glen Mitchell of the New Market Church of Christ. Burial will be at the Clarinda Cemetery. THE CLARINDA HERALD-JOURNAL, Clarinda, Iowa.
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I. E. Stickelman Dies at Clarinda (The Tribune's Iowa news Service)
CLARINDA, IA -- I. E. Stickelman, 84, an auctioneer in this area for more than 60 years, died Wednesday at Municipal Hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks ago. . . . Mr. Stickelman could claim two titles "colonel" and "the reverend", but didn't use either. In addition to being an auctioneer, he was an ordained minister and for several years served as pastor of the Church of Christ at New Market. . . .
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Auctioneer Lends Talents to Preaching, by Herb Owens (1953)
CLARINDA, IA. -- During the week, the voice of Irvin E. Stickelman calls out in the rat-a-tat-tat cry of the auction block as he describes the worth of livestock, farm implements and household goods. You can call him "Colonel" then; he has been an auctioneer 48 years.
On Sundays, Stickelman's voice takes on a more modulated tempo and an added richness as he delivers the sermon in his fine new little Church of Christ at New Market, 8 miles east of here. You can call him "Reverend" then -- and rightly so -- for he has been an ordained Church of Christ minister since Nov. 10, 1949.
Humbly acknowledging both titles, Stickelman avoids personal use of them. A kind and gifted man, he performs his tasks -- in the pulpit or at the auction block -- with equal vigor.
A native of Siam, a Taylor County community now dwindled to three dozen residents, Stickelman had some training at Drake University and Jones Auction School in Davenport before he "cried" his first auction sale on Feb. 9, 1905. Then, too, he had been an active church member since boyhood.
While continuing auction work, he developed a sideline -- raising Duroc hogs -- which gave him a wide reputation as an expert on Durocs and called him to swine sales in seven midwestern states.
Living in Clarinda, Stickelman continued his church allegiance. He became an elder, a deacon, and a Sunday school superintendent. For years, he taught a Sunday school class of adults -- which had an average membership of 63.
NEW CHURCH In the spring of 1947, the New Market Church of Christ decided to build a new church -- even though the treasury held $354.93. In May, Auctioneer Stickelman handled the sale of the old building; he got $1,130 for it.
Auctioneer Stickelman, having addressed the congregation several times, volunteered to preach -- without compensation -- regularly at the New Market church, letting the weekly offerings go into the building fund.
He started June 20, 1949, in the basement of the unfinished church.
"GOD'S PORTION ' Several months later, Auctioneer Stickelman cried a "god's portion" sale for the church; he brought in $1,600.00. Meanwhile weekly collections in the church -- with membership increased by regular services -- had brought about $2,500. The next October, another "god's portion" sale brought in about $1,600.00.
So, on the morning of Nov. 20, 1949, the New Market church was dedicated; in the afternoon, the Rev. Irvin E. Stickelman -- with youthful Darrell Malcoln, a farmer -- was ordained a Church of Chrit minister.
$15,665 TOTAL By Nov. 1, 1950, a total of $15,665 had been paid into the church building fund -- and the New Market church was out of debt.
Stickelman, a 6-foot, 218-pound gentleman with merry eyes and a congenial personality, still continues his auction work. He cried 218 and 238 sales in consecutive years. He had four scheduled the week I visited him.
Because the auction work keeps him from full-time ministry, Stickelman doesn't accept full salary. However, he has officiated at 45 funerals -- 12 in 1952 -- and as many weddings.
The auctioneer minister preaches each Sunday morning, conducts a "teaching prayer service" Sunday evenings, and a prayer service on Wednesdays. He makes a number of home calls on his church members.
WIFE HELPS "Mrs. Stickelman accompanies me everywhere," he said. "I couldn't handle all this work without her. She does all the church secretarial work."
The Stickelmans, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last November, have two sons, Howard in California and Keith in Clarinda, and two daughters, Mrs. Marian Davison of Braddyville and Mrs. Laura Hughes of Indianola. There are nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services for I. E. Stickelman will be at 2 pm Saturday at the Walker Funeral Home.
Mr. Stickelman, an active auctioneer and church leader at the age of 84, died at the Municipal Hospital here Wednesday evening 16 days after being hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage.
For more than 60 years Mr. Stickelman had been an auctioneer in the area, crying sales the week before he was stricken with the hemorrhage. He had worked at as many as five auctions a week during some years of his career.
In 1947 he agreed to preach at the New Market Church of Christ and led the congregation in a fund-raising drive (auctions and personal gifts) that realized the new church three years later, completely free from debt. In 1949 he was ordained and continued his work with the church for several years.
A native of Siam, Mr. Stickelman took auctioneer training at Drake University and Jones Auction School in Davenport before he cried his first auction sale on Feb. 9, 1905. He had lived in Clarinda for 62 years, the family home at 614 E. Tarkio
His wife, the former Jennie Lister, preceded him in death in 1963.
He is survived by four children, Keith and Mrs. Wendell (Marian) Davison of Clarinda, Mrs. Ray (Laura) Hughes of Indianola, and Howard of Barstow, Calif, a sister, Daisy Lister of Braddyville; three brothers, Paul of Braddyville, Ernest of Gothenburg, Neb., and Dow of Blockton, Ia.; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Alvin Reed of the Clermont Christian Church will be in charge of the services assisted by Preacher Glen Mitchell of the New Market Church of Christ. Burial will be at the Clarinda Cemetery. THE CLARINDA HERALD-JOURNAL, Clarinda, Iowa.
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I. E. Stickelman Dies at Clarinda (The Tribune's Iowa news Service)
CLARINDA, IA -- I. E. Stickelman, 84, an auctioneer in this area for more than 60 years, died Wednesday at Municipal Hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks ago. . . . Mr. Stickelman could claim two titles "colonel" and "the reverend", but didn't use either. In addition to being an auctioneer, he was an ordained minister and for several years served as pastor of the Church of Christ at New Market. . . .
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Auctioneer Lends Talents to Preaching, by Herb Owens (1953)
CLARINDA, IA. -- During the week, the voice of Irvin E. Stickelman calls out in the rat-a-tat-tat cry of the auction block as he describes the worth of livestock, farm implements and household goods. You can call him "Colonel" then; he has been an auctioneer 48 years.
On Sundays, Stickelman's voice takes on a more modulated tempo and an added richness as he delivers the sermon in his fine new little Church of Christ at New Market, 8 miles east of here. You can call him "Reverend" then -- and rightly so -- for he has been an ordained Church of Christ minister since Nov. 10, 1949.
Humbly acknowledging both titles, Stickelman avoids personal use of them. A kind and gifted man, he performs his tasks -- in the pulpit or at the auction block -- with equal vigor.
A native of Siam, a Taylor County community now dwindled to three dozen residents, Stickelman had some training at Drake University and Jones Auction School in Davenport before he "cried" his first auction sale on Feb. 9, 1905. Then, too, he had been an active church member since boyhood.
While continuing auction work, he developed a sideline -- raising Duroc hogs -- which gave him a wide reputation as an expert on Durocs and called him to swine sales in seven midwestern states.
Living in Clarinda, Stickelman continued his church allegiance. He became an elder, a deacon, and a Sunday school superintendent. For years, he taught a Sunday school class of adults -- which had an average membership of 63.
NEW CHURCH In the spring of 1947, the New Market Church of Christ decided to build a new church -- even though the treasury held $354.93. In May, Auctioneer Stickelman handled the sale of the old building; he got $1,130 for it.
Auctioneer Stickelman, having addressed the congregation several times, volunteered to preach -- without compensation -- regularly at the New Market church, letting the weekly offerings go into the building fund.
He started June 20, 1949, in the basement of the unfinished church.
"GOD'S PORTION ' Several months later, Auctioneer Stickelman cried a "god's portion" sale for the church; he brought in $1,600.00. Meanwhile weekly collections in the church -- with membership increased by regular services -- had brought about $2,500. The next October, another "god's portion" sale brought in about $1,600.00.
So, on the morning of Nov. 20, 1949, the New Market church was dedicated; in the afternoon, the Rev. Irvin E. Stickelman -- with youthful Darrell Malcoln, a farmer -- was ordained a Church of Chrit minister.
$15,665 TOTAL By Nov. 1, 1950, a total of $15,665 had been paid into the church building fund -- and the New Market church was out of debt.
Stickelman, a 6-foot, 218-pound gentleman with merry eyes and a congenial personality, still continues his auction work. He cried 218 and 238 sales in consecutive years. He had four scheduled the week I visited him.
Because the auction work keeps him from full-time ministry, Stickelman doesn't accept full salary. However, he has officiated at 45 funerals -- 12 in 1952 -- and as many weddings.
The auctioneer minister preaches each Sunday morning, conducts a "teaching prayer service" Sunday evenings, and a prayer service on Wednesdays. He makes a number of home calls on his church members.
WIFE HELPS "Mrs. Stickelman accompanies me everywhere," he said. "I couldn't handle all this work without her. She does all the church secretarial work."
The Stickelmans, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last November, have two sons, Howard in California and Keith in Clarinda, and two daughters, Mrs. Marian Davison of Braddyville and Mrs. Laura Hughes of Indianola. There are nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Stickelman, an active auctioneer and church leader at the age of 84, died at the Municipal Hospital here Wednesday evening 16 days after being hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage.
For more than 60 years Mr. Stickelman had been an auctioneer in the area, crying sales the week before he was stricken with the hemorrhage. He had worked at as many as five auctions a week during some years of his career.
In 1947 he agreed to preach at the New Market Church of Christ and led the congregation in a fund-raising drive (auctions and personal gifts) that realized the new church three years later, completely free from debt. In 1949 he was ordained and continued his work with the church for several years.
A native of Siam, Mr. Stickelman took auctioneer training at Drake University and Jones Auction School in Davenport before he cried his first auction sale on Feb. 9, 1905. He had lived in Clarinda for 62 years, the family home at 614 E. Tarkio
His wife, the former Jennie Lister, preceded him in death in 1963.
He is survived by four children, Keith and Mrs. Wendell (Marian) Davison of Clarinda, Mrs. Ray (Laura) Hughes of Indianola, and Howard of Barstow, Calif, a sister, Daisy Lister of Braddyville; three brothers, Paul of Braddyville, Ernest of Gothenburg, Neb., and Dow of Blockton, Ia.; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Alvin Reed of the Clermont Christian Church will be in charge of the services assisted by Preacher Glen Mitchell of the New Market Church of Christ. Burial will be at the Clarinda Cemetery. THE CLARINDA HERALD-JOURNAL, Clarinda, Iowa.
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I. E. Stickelman Dies at Clarinda (The Tribune's Iowa news Service)
CLARINDA, IA -- I. E. Stickelman, 84, an auctioneer in this area for more than 60 years, died Wednesday at Municipal Hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks ago. . . . Mr. Stickelman could claim two titles "colonel" and "the reverend", but didn't use either. In addition to being an auctioneer, he was an ordained minister and for several years served as pastor of the Church of Christ at New Market. . . .
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Auctioneer Lends Talents to Preaching, by Herb Owens (1953)
CLARINDA, IA. -- During the week, the voice of Irvin E. Stickelman calls out in the rat-a-tat-tat cry of the auction block as he describes the worth of livestock, farm implements and household goods. You can call him "Colonel" then; he has been an auctioneer 48 years.
On Sundays, Stickelman's voice takes on a more modulated tempo and an added richness as he delivers the sermon in his fine new little Church of Christ at New Market, 8 miles east of here. You can call him "Reverend" then -- and rightly so -- for he has been an ordained Church of Christ minister since Nov. 10, 1949.
Humbly acknowledging both titles, Stickelman avoids personal use of them. A kind and gifted man, he performs his tasks -- in the pulpit or at the auction block -- with equal vigor.
A native of Siam, a Taylor County community now dwindled to three dozen residents, Stickelman had some training at Drake University and Jones Auction School in Davenport before he "cried" his first auction sale on Feb. 9, 1905. Then, too, he had been an active church member since boyhood.
While continuing auction work, he developed a sideline -- raising Duroc hogs -- which gave him a wide reputation as an expert on Durocs and called him to swine sales in seven midwestern states.
Living in Clarinda, Stickelman continued his church allegiance. He became an elder, a deacon, and a Sunday school superintendent. For years, he taught a Sunday school class of adults -- which had an average membership of 63.
NEW CHURCH In the spring of 1947, the New Market Church of Christ decided to build a new church -- even though the treasury held $354.93. In May, Auctioneer Stickelman handled the sale of the old building; he got $1,130 for it.
Auctioneer Stickelman, having addressed the congregation several times, volunteered to preach -- without compensation -- regularly at the New Market church, letting the weekly offerings go into the building fund.
He started June 20, 1949, in the basement of the unfinished church.
"GOD'S PORTION ' Several months later, Auctioneer Stickelman cried a "god's portion" sale for the church; he brought in $1,600.00. Meanwhile weekly collections in the church -- with membership increased by regular services -- had brought about $2,500. The next October, another "god's portion" sale brought in about $1,600.00.
So, on the morning of Nov. 20, 1949, the New Market church was dedicated; in the afternoon, the Rev. Irvin E. Stickelman -- with youthful Darrell Malcoln, a farmer -- was ordained a Church of Chrit minister.
$15,665 TOTAL By Nov. 1, 1950, a total of $15,665 had been paid into the church building fund -- and the New Market church was out of debt.
Stickelman, a 6-foot, 218-pound gentleman with merry eyes and a congenial personality, still continues his auction work. He cried 218 and 238 sales in consecutive years. He had four scheduled the week I visited him.
Because the auction work keeps him from full-time ministry, Stickelman doesn't accept full salary. However, he has officiated at 45 funerals -- 12 in 1952 -- and as many weddings.
The auctioneer minister preaches each Sunday morning, conducts a "teaching prayer service" Sunday evenings, and a prayer service on Wednesdays. He makes a number of home calls on his church members.
WIFE HELPS "Mrs. Stickelman accompanies me everywhere," he said. "I couldn't handle all this work without her. She does all the church secretarial work."
The Stickelmans, who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last November, have two sons, Howard in California and Keith in Clarinda, and two daughters, Mrs. Marian Davison of Braddyville and Mrs. Laura Hughes of Indianola. There are nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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