His schooling, which began in John’s Creek School in Dubuque County, was completed in the pioneer schools of this County. His early manhood was spent working with his father on the farm until his marriage to Sarah Elizabeth Partridge which occurred on October 13, 1897. He immediately took his bride to a wheat farm about one and one half miles north of Storm Lake. Two years later he moved to a farm near the town of Marathon, where he lived for one year. During the spring of 1900, he and his family moved to the place southeast of Alta where the remaining years of his life were spent. He was converted during the Billy Sunday meetings that were held in Alta during the year of 1897. His membership within the Alta Methodist Church began on November 18, 1900.
He was the father of seven children, all of whom survive him except Lester who passed away in the year 1930. His living children are: Mrs. James Rukes of Greenville, Iowa; Mrs. L. W. Shoemaker of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mrs. Alfred Grienke, of Alta, Iowa; Mrs. Elvin Batho, of Kitchener Ontario, Canada; Archie Rees of Greenville, Iowa; and Marvin Rees, who is a Corporal in the Chemical Division of the Army of the United States and is stationed at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
He is also survived by his widow, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Rees, of Alta; and by two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Barnes of Rembrandt, Iowa; and Mrs. Eugene Allison of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
- Alta Advertiser, 8 OCT 1942, p. 6
His schooling, which began in John’s Creek School in Dubuque County, was completed in the pioneer schools of this County. His early manhood was spent working with his father on the farm until his marriage to Sarah Elizabeth Partridge which occurred on October 13, 1897. He immediately took his bride to a wheat farm about one and one half miles north of Storm Lake. Two years later he moved to a farm near the town of Marathon, where he lived for one year. During the spring of 1900, he and his family moved to the place southeast of Alta where the remaining years of his life were spent. He was converted during the Billy Sunday meetings that were held in Alta during the year of 1897. His membership within the Alta Methodist Church began on November 18, 1900.
He was the father of seven children, all of whom survive him except Lester who passed away in the year 1930. His living children are: Mrs. James Rukes of Greenville, Iowa; Mrs. L. W. Shoemaker of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mrs. Alfred Grienke, of Alta, Iowa; Mrs. Elvin Batho, of Kitchener Ontario, Canada; Archie Rees of Greenville, Iowa; and Marvin Rees, who is a Corporal in the Chemical Division of the Army of the United States and is stationed at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
He is also survived by his widow, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Rees, of Alta; and by two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Barnes of Rembrandt, Iowa; and Mrs. Eugene Allison of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
- Alta Advertiser, 8 OCT 1942, p. 6
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