Jean Bicket (88134229)
Traer Star Clipper, Friday, November 2nd, 1945 –
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Mrs. Thomas Bicket, 82 of Traer whose husband was the founder of the village of Dinsdale, died last September 24, at 90 years of age, quietly followed him in death at 9:40 last Sunday morning. She had been up in a chair during the morning but was not feeling as well as usual and returned to bed. She soon fell asleep and passed away peacefully.
Mrs. Bicket had passed her eighty-second birthday eleven days before, her first birthday in 63 years without her late husband. Funeral services were held in the Congregational church Wednesday afternoon in charge of the Rev. B. T. Schwab, pastor. The Rev. S. E. of Exira, Iowa, pastor of the Dinsdale Congregational church from 1924-1926 and an old friend of the Bickets preached the sermon at the funeral. A mixed quartet – R. G. Stoakes, Mrs. Irene Calderwood, Mrs. Evelyn Wilson, and H. J. Whannell; sang. Mrs. W. J. Breakenridge, Mrs. John Townsend, and Mrs. A. R. McMillan were in charge of flowers. Casket bearers were W. J. Breakenridge, George Dinsdale, Albert McMillan, Leonard Philp, John Brown and D. K. Wilson, the latter of Cedar Falls. Burial was in the Bicket family lot in Amity cemetery.
Mrs. Bicket, who was Jean Lusk before marriage, the oldest daughter and the eleventh of thirteen children of Andrew and Christiana Dodd was born on the John Wilson farm near Tranquillity church in Perry township, October 17 ,1863. Her parents and ten sons had come to this community from Scotland. Their three daughters were born in North Tama county, Mrs. Bicket being the first. After about a year on the Wilson, farm the family moved to Crystal township for a year, then to the farm in Grant now known as the Will Speirs place, where Mrs. Bicket was reared to womanhood.
Mrs. Bicket attended a school in the Samuel Reid home, before there was a school house in the neighborhood; later the Wier School in Grant township. On October 17, 1882 she was united in marriage with Thomas Bicket. Their marriage date was Mr. Bicket's twenty-seventh birthday, and the nineteenth birthday of his bride. The couple began farming west of Traer. After a year or two on the farm, Mr. Bicket engaged in the lumber business at Lake View, Iowa. Returning to North Tama, they operated a store in Lincoln (then Berlin) more than four years and ran the post office there. For a year they operated a store in Grundy Center. In 1889, Mr. Bicket decided that the crossing track on the Rock Island railroad between Traer and Reinbeck offered a good location for a country store. He bought half an acre of land from L. P . Dinsdale a few rods from the railroad, erected a store building and dwelling, and opened for business in December. A few weeks later he received the appointment of postmaster and that was the beginning of the village of Dinsdale, in which the founder and his wife were beloved residents and leading citizens for more than half a century. Mr. Bicket was postmaster for many years. He was succeeded that office and also in the store by son Will, who died in December, 1932. Several years ago, the Bickets sold the Dinsdale store to Fallgetter Bros. but continued to live in the apartment at the rear of the store. On count it impaired health, they moved to Traer in April, where they were tenderly cared for by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dodd.
The Bickets, early in life became members of Amity United Presbyterian church. The Dinsdale Congregational church was organized in their home July 31, 1891 and services were held there until a church was erected in 1892. The structure burned in 1921, was never rebuilt, although the society functioned, and church services continued in Dinsdale for many years in the auditorium of the consolidated school. Mrs. Bicket was a teacher in Sunday school, had charge of the junior Christian Endeavor. For many years she was the guiding spirit for activities of the church and in her home were formed the plans for its financial support. Mrs. Bicket for years assisted in the store and postoffice, boarded school teachers and travelers and provided lodging when other accommodations in Dinsdale were lacking. She helped care for many infants in the Dinsdale community besides her own. She was known as Dinsdale's godmother. "All who came in contact with Mrs. Bicket were blessed by that contact," declared Rev. Schwab at her funeral Wednesday. "Hearts were cheered resolves were strengthened, vision clarified, character fortified by her precept and example."
Mr. and Mrs. Bicket were parents of five children, two of whom died in infancy; the son, Will, in 1932. Surviving are a daughter, Mary wife of L. E. Stark of Cedar Falls and a son, Lester T., Reinbeck banker. She also leaves 10 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren, and one brother, James Dodd, of Omaha, Nebraska. The latter, who will be 98 years old next month, is now the only living member of the Andrew Dodd family of 13 children. Nine brothers and the sisters have passed on. There have been three marriages of members of the Dodd family with members of the Bicket clan.
Here for Mrs. Bicket's funeral Wednesday from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Blochwitz of Randolph, Wisconsin; George Brown of Ireton, Iowa; Mrs. J. K. Galloway, Marian Galloway, Margaret Mitchell, Mrs. W. W. Templeton and Mrs. H. M. Fallgatter, all of Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. John Brown and D. K. Wilson of Cedar Falls; Mrs. Gladys Verly and daughter, Virginia, Grundy Center; and numerous relatives and friends from Toledo, Gladbrook, Reinbeck and other surrounding towns.
Contributor: George (48419540)
Traer Star Clipper, Friday, November 2nd, 1945 –
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Mrs. Thomas Bicket, 82 of Traer whose husband was the founder of the village of Dinsdale, died last September 24, at 90 years of age, quietly followed him in death at 9:40 last Sunday morning. She had been up in a chair during the morning but was not feeling as well as usual and returned to bed. She soon fell asleep and passed away peacefully.
Mrs. Bicket had passed her eighty-second birthday eleven days before, her first birthday in 63 years without her late husband. Funeral services were held in the Congregational church Wednesday afternoon in charge of the Rev. B. T. Schwab, pastor. The Rev. S. E. of Exira, Iowa, pastor of the Dinsdale Congregational church from 1924-1926 and an old friend of the Bickets preached the sermon at the funeral. A mixed quartet – R. G. Stoakes, Mrs. Irene Calderwood, Mrs. Evelyn Wilson, and H. J. Whannell; sang. Mrs. W. J. Breakenridge, Mrs. John Townsend, and Mrs. A. R. McMillan were in charge of flowers. Casket bearers were W. J. Breakenridge, George Dinsdale, Albert McMillan, Leonard Philp, John Brown and D. K. Wilson, the latter of Cedar Falls. Burial was in the Bicket family lot in Amity cemetery.
Mrs. Bicket, who was Jean Lusk before marriage, the oldest daughter and the eleventh of thirteen children of Andrew and Christiana Dodd was born on the John Wilson farm near Tranquillity church in Perry township, October 17 ,1863. Her parents and ten sons had come to this community from Scotland. Their three daughters were born in North Tama county, Mrs. Bicket being the first. After about a year on the Wilson, farm the family moved to Crystal township for a year, then to the farm in Grant now known as the Will Speirs place, where Mrs. Bicket was reared to womanhood.
Mrs. Bicket attended a school in the Samuel Reid home, before there was a school house in the neighborhood; later the Wier School in Grant township. On October 17, 1882 she was united in marriage with Thomas Bicket. Their marriage date was Mr. Bicket's twenty-seventh birthday, and the nineteenth birthday of his bride. The couple began farming west of Traer. After a year or two on the farm, Mr. Bicket engaged in the lumber business at Lake View, Iowa. Returning to North Tama, they operated a store in Lincoln (then Berlin) more than four years and ran the post office there. For a year they operated a store in Grundy Center. In 1889, Mr. Bicket decided that the crossing track on the Rock Island railroad between Traer and Reinbeck offered a good location for a country store. He bought half an acre of land from L. P . Dinsdale a few rods from the railroad, erected a store building and dwelling, and opened for business in December. A few weeks later he received the appointment of postmaster and that was the beginning of the village of Dinsdale, in which the founder and his wife were beloved residents and leading citizens for more than half a century. Mr. Bicket was postmaster for many years. He was succeeded that office and also in the store by son Will, who died in December, 1932. Several years ago, the Bickets sold the Dinsdale store to Fallgetter Bros. but continued to live in the apartment at the rear of the store. On count it impaired health, they moved to Traer in April, where they were tenderly cared for by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dodd.
The Bickets, early in life became members of Amity United Presbyterian church. The Dinsdale Congregational church was organized in their home July 31, 1891 and services were held there until a church was erected in 1892. The structure burned in 1921, was never rebuilt, although the society functioned, and church services continued in Dinsdale for many years in the auditorium of the consolidated school. Mrs. Bicket was a teacher in Sunday school, had charge of the junior Christian Endeavor. For many years she was the guiding spirit for activities of the church and in her home were formed the plans for its financial support. Mrs. Bicket for years assisted in the store and postoffice, boarded school teachers and travelers and provided lodging when other accommodations in Dinsdale were lacking. She helped care for many infants in the Dinsdale community besides her own. She was known as Dinsdale's godmother. "All who came in contact with Mrs. Bicket were blessed by that contact," declared Rev. Schwab at her funeral Wednesday. "Hearts were cheered resolves were strengthened, vision clarified, character fortified by her precept and example."
Mr. and Mrs. Bicket were parents of five children, two of whom died in infancy; the son, Will, in 1932. Surviving are a daughter, Mary wife of L. E. Stark of Cedar Falls and a son, Lester T., Reinbeck banker. She also leaves 10 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren, and one brother, James Dodd, of Omaha, Nebraska. The latter, who will be 98 years old next month, is now the only living member of the Andrew Dodd family of 13 children. Nine brothers and the sisters have passed on. There have been three marriages of members of the Dodd family with members of the Bicket clan.
Here for Mrs. Bicket's funeral Wednesday from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Blochwitz of Randolph, Wisconsin; George Brown of Ireton, Iowa; Mrs. J. K. Galloway, Marian Galloway, Margaret Mitchell, Mrs. W. W. Templeton and Mrs. H. M. Fallgatter, all of Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. John Brown and D. K. Wilson of Cedar Falls; Mrs. Gladys Verly and daughter, Virginia, Grundy Center; and numerous relatives and friends from Toledo, Gladbrook, Reinbeck and other surrounding towns.
Contributor: George (48419540)
Jean Bicket (88134229)
Traer Star Clipper, Friday, November 2nd, 1945 –
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Mrs. Thomas Bicket, 82 of Traer whose husband was the founder of the village of Dinsdale, died last September 24, at 90 years of age, quietly followed him in death at 9:40 last Sunday morning. She had been up in a chair during the morning but was not feeling as well as usual and returned to bed. She soon fell asleep and passed away peacefully.
Mrs. Bicket had passed her eighty-second birthday eleven days before, her first birthday in 63 years without her late husband. Funeral services were held in the Congregational church Wednesday afternoon in charge of the Rev. B. T. Schwab, pastor. The Rev. S. E. of Exira, Iowa, pastor of the Dinsdale Congregational church from 1924-1926 and an old friend of the Bickets preached the sermon at the funeral. A mixed quartet – R. G. Stoakes, Mrs. Irene Calderwood, Mrs. Evelyn Wilson, and H. J. Whannell; sang. Mrs. W. J. Breakenridge, Mrs. John Townsend, and Mrs. A. R. McMillan were in charge of flowers. Casket bearers were W. J. Breakenridge, George Dinsdale, Albert McMillan, Leonard Philp, John Brown and D. K. Wilson, the latter of Cedar Falls. Burial was in the Bicket family lot in Amity cemetery.
Mrs. Bicket, who was Jean Lusk before marriage, the oldest daughter and the eleventh of thirteen children of Andrew and Christiana Dodd was born on the John Wilson farm near Tranquillity church in Perry township, October 17 ,1863. Her parents and ten sons had come to this community from Scotland. Their three daughters were born in North Tama county, Mrs. Bicket being the first. After about a year on the Wilson, farm the family moved to Crystal township for a year, then to the farm in Grant now known as the Will Speirs place, where Mrs. Bicket was reared to womanhood.
Mrs. Bicket attended a school in the Samuel Reid home, before there was a school house in the neighborhood; later the Wier School in Grant township. On October 17, 1882 she was united in marriage with Thomas Bicket. Their marriage date was Mr. Bicket's twenty-seventh birthday, and the nineteenth birthday of his bride. The couple began farming west of Traer. After a year or two on the farm, Mr. Bicket engaged in the lumber business at Lake View, Iowa. Returning to North Tama, they operated a store in Lincoln (then Berlin) more than four years and ran the post office there. For a year they operated a store in Grundy Center. In 1889, Mr. Bicket decided that the crossing track on the Rock Island railroad between Traer and Reinbeck offered a good location for a country store. He bought half an acre of land from L. P . Dinsdale a few rods from the railroad, erected a store building and dwelling, and opened for business in December. A few weeks later he received the appointment of postmaster and that was the beginning of the village of Dinsdale, in which the founder and his wife were beloved residents and leading citizens for more than half a century. Mr. Bicket was postmaster for many years. He was succeeded that office and also in the store by son Will, who died in December, 1932. Several years ago, the Bickets sold the Dinsdale store to Fallgetter Bros. but continued to live in the apartment at the rear of the store. On count it impaired health, they moved to Traer in April, where they were tenderly cared for by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dodd.
The Bickets, early in life became members of Amity United Presbyterian church. The Dinsdale Congregational church was organized in their home July 31, 1891 and services were held there until a church was erected in 1892. The structure burned in 1921, was never rebuilt, although the society functioned, and church services continued in Dinsdale for many years in the auditorium of the consolidated school. Mrs. Bicket was a teacher in Sunday school, had charge of the junior Christian Endeavor. For many years she was the guiding spirit for activities of the church and in her home were formed the plans for its financial support. Mrs. Bicket for years assisted in the store and postoffice, boarded school teachers and travelers and provided lodging when other accommodations in Dinsdale were lacking. She helped care for many infants in the Dinsdale community besides her own. She was known as Dinsdale's godmother. "All who came in contact with Mrs. Bicket were blessed by that contact," declared Rev. Schwab at her funeral Wednesday. "Hearts were cheered resolves were strengthened, vision clarified, character fortified by her precept and example."
Mr. and Mrs. Bicket were parents of five children, two of whom died in infancy; the son, Will, in 1932. Surviving are a daughter, Mary wife of L. E. Stark of Cedar Falls and a son, Lester T., Reinbeck banker. She also leaves 10 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren, and one brother, James Dodd, of Omaha, Nebraska. The latter, who will be 98 years old next month, is now the only living member of the Andrew Dodd family of 13 children. Nine brothers and the sisters have passed on. There have been three marriages of members of the Dodd family with members of the Bicket clan.
Here for Mrs. Bicket's funeral Wednesday from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Blochwitz of Randolph, Wisconsin; George Brown of Ireton, Iowa; Mrs. J. K. Galloway, Marian Galloway, Margaret Mitchell, Mrs. W. W. Templeton and Mrs. H. M. Fallgatter, all of Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. John Brown and D. K. Wilson of Cedar Falls; Mrs. Gladys Verly and daughter, Virginia, Grundy Center; and numerous relatives and friends from Toledo, Gladbrook, Reinbeck and other surrounding towns.
Contributor: George (48419540)
Traer Star Clipper, Friday, November 2nd, 1945 –
Page 1
Mrs. Thomas Bicket, 82 of Traer whose husband was the founder of the village of Dinsdale, died last September 24, at 90 years of age, quietly followed him in death at 9:40 last Sunday morning. She had been up in a chair during the morning but was not feeling as well as usual and returned to bed. She soon fell asleep and passed away peacefully.
Mrs. Bicket had passed her eighty-second birthday eleven days before, her first birthday in 63 years without her late husband. Funeral services were held in the Congregational church Wednesday afternoon in charge of the Rev. B. T. Schwab, pastor. The Rev. S. E. of Exira, Iowa, pastor of the Dinsdale Congregational church from 1924-1926 and an old friend of the Bickets preached the sermon at the funeral. A mixed quartet – R. G. Stoakes, Mrs. Irene Calderwood, Mrs. Evelyn Wilson, and H. J. Whannell; sang. Mrs. W. J. Breakenridge, Mrs. John Townsend, and Mrs. A. R. McMillan were in charge of flowers. Casket bearers were W. J. Breakenridge, George Dinsdale, Albert McMillan, Leonard Philp, John Brown and D. K. Wilson, the latter of Cedar Falls. Burial was in the Bicket family lot in Amity cemetery.
Mrs. Bicket, who was Jean Lusk before marriage, the oldest daughter and the eleventh of thirteen children of Andrew and Christiana Dodd was born on the John Wilson farm near Tranquillity church in Perry township, October 17 ,1863. Her parents and ten sons had come to this community from Scotland. Their three daughters were born in North Tama county, Mrs. Bicket being the first. After about a year on the Wilson, farm the family moved to Crystal township for a year, then to the farm in Grant now known as the Will Speirs place, where Mrs. Bicket was reared to womanhood.
Mrs. Bicket attended a school in the Samuel Reid home, before there was a school house in the neighborhood; later the Wier School in Grant township. On October 17, 1882 she was united in marriage with Thomas Bicket. Their marriage date was Mr. Bicket's twenty-seventh birthday, and the nineteenth birthday of his bride. The couple began farming west of Traer. After a year or two on the farm, Mr. Bicket engaged in the lumber business at Lake View, Iowa. Returning to North Tama, they operated a store in Lincoln (then Berlin) more than four years and ran the post office there. For a year they operated a store in Grundy Center. In 1889, Mr. Bicket decided that the crossing track on the Rock Island railroad between Traer and Reinbeck offered a good location for a country store. He bought half an acre of land from L. P . Dinsdale a few rods from the railroad, erected a store building and dwelling, and opened for business in December. A few weeks later he received the appointment of postmaster and that was the beginning of the village of Dinsdale, in which the founder and his wife were beloved residents and leading citizens for more than half a century. Mr. Bicket was postmaster for many years. He was succeeded that office and also in the store by son Will, who died in December, 1932. Several years ago, the Bickets sold the Dinsdale store to Fallgetter Bros. but continued to live in the apartment at the rear of the store. On count it impaired health, they moved to Traer in April, where they were tenderly cared for by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dodd.
The Bickets, early in life became members of Amity United Presbyterian church. The Dinsdale Congregational church was organized in their home July 31, 1891 and services were held there until a church was erected in 1892. The structure burned in 1921, was never rebuilt, although the society functioned, and church services continued in Dinsdale for many years in the auditorium of the consolidated school. Mrs. Bicket was a teacher in Sunday school, had charge of the junior Christian Endeavor. For many years she was the guiding spirit for activities of the church and in her home were formed the plans for its financial support. Mrs. Bicket for years assisted in the store and postoffice, boarded school teachers and travelers and provided lodging when other accommodations in Dinsdale were lacking. She helped care for many infants in the Dinsdale community besides her own. She was known as Dinsdale's godmother. "All who came in contact with Mrs. Bicket were blessed by that contact," declared Rev. Schwab at her funeral Wednesday. "Hearts were cheered resolves were strengthened, vision clarified, character fortified by her precept and example."
Mr. and Mrs. Bicket were parents of five children, two of whom died in infancy; the son, Will, in 1932. Surviving are a daughter, Mary wife of L. E. Stark of Cedar Falls and a son, Lester T., Reinbeck banker. She also leaves 10 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren, and one brother, James Dodd, of Omaha, Nebraska. The latter, who will be 98 years old next month, is now the only living member of the Andrew Dodd family of 13 children. Nine brothers and the sisters have passed on. There have been three marriages of members of the Dodd family with members of the Bicket clan.
Here for Mrs. Bicket's funeral Wednesday from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Blochwitz of Randolph, Wisconsin; George Brown of Ireton, Iowa; Mrs. J. K. Galloway, Marian Galloway, Margaret Mitchell, Mrs. W. W. Templeton and Mrs. H. M. Fallgatter, all of Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. John Brown and D. K. Wilson of Cedar Falls; Mrs. Gladys Verly and daughter, Virginia, Grundy Center; and numerous relatives and friends from Toledo, Gladbrook, Reinbeck and other surrounding towns.
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