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Courtesy of the Ottumwa Courier September 17, 1946
W. T. Harper Is Dead At Age 78
W. T. Harper, 78 above chairman of the board and general manager of J. W. Edgerly & Co. wholesale drugs, died at 4:20 PM Monday at his home, 941 N. Court St. He had been ill several weeks. Mr. Harper was born in Ottumwa, June 16, 1868 the son of W. T. and Melissa J. Shaul Harper. He was graduated from Ottumwa high school with the class of 1884 later attended Iowa State College, Ames and the University of Iowa. In January, 1886 he entered the linseed oil business in which his father was active. On February 15, 1890, W. T. Harper began work with J. W. Edgerly & Co. as an invoice clerk. He married Miss Alice Beaman on January 18, 1889. She survives as do three daughters, Mrs. Eugene Warren, Providence, Rhode Island, Mrs. J. Marvin Davis, Asheville, North Carolina and Mrs. Walter F. Abernathy of Ottumwa. Also surviving is a sister, Miss. Mary Harper, Ottumwa, and a nephew, Ashton Jones, Broadus Montana. Mr. Harper was a past vice president of the National Association of Wholesale Druggist and active in the state association. He was a member of the board of directors of the Union Bank & Trust Co., and in 1943 retired after 42 years' service as a trustee of the Ottumwa Cemetery Association. During World War I he served as Wapello County food administrator, and in 1918 was supervisor of the milk and ice divisions of the state division of the federal food administration. In 1885- 1890 he was a second lieutenant in the Iowa National Guard. Mr. Harper was the founder and key figure for a number of years in the Men's Study Club, which met weekly to discuss current problems. He also was the leader of the Constitution Day programs in Ottumwa, which he originated in their present form of community observances. He was past president of the Chamber of Commerce, past member of the Rotary and old Wapello clubs, member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. In 1916 he was a delegate to the national Republican convention in Chicago. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Richard Paul Grabel, D. D. in charge. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery. The body will be at the Lester Jay funeral home until taken to the church at 10 AM Wednesday. Pallbearers will be John Kaiser, C. Edwin Swenson, Lenart Anderson, Arthur Lane, Elmer Kritzman, George Chambers, James Willams and Herman Johnson, all Edgerly employees.
Courtesy of the Ottumwa Courier September 17, 1946
W. T. Harper Is Dead At Age 78
W. T. Harper, 78 above chairman of the board and general manager of J. W. Edgerly & Co. wholesale drugs, died at 4:20 PM Monday at his home, 941 N. Court St. He had been ill several weeks. Mr. Harper was born in Ottumwa, June 16, 1868 the son of W. T. and Melissa J. Shaul Harper. He was graduated from Ottumwa high school with the class of 1884 later attended Iowa State College, Ames and the University of Iowa. In January, 1886 he entered the linseed oil business in which his father was active. On February 15, 1890, W. T. Harper began work with J. W. Edgerly & Co. as an invoice clerk. He married Miss Alice Beaman on January 18, 1889. She survives as do three daughters, Mrs. Eugene Warren, Providence, Rhode Island, Mrs. J. Marvin Davis, Asheville, North Carolina and Mrs. Walter F. Abernathy of Ottumwa. Also surviving is a sister, Miss. Mary Harper, Ottumwa, and a nephew, Ashton Jones, Broadus Montana. Mr. Harper was a past vice president of the National Association of Wholesale Druggist and active in the state association. He was a member of the board of directors of the Union Bank & Trust Co., and in 1943 retired after 42 years' service as a trustee of the Ottumwa Cemetery Association. During World War I he served as Wapello County food administrator, and in 1918 was supervisor of the milk and ice divisions of the state division of the federal food administration. In 1885- 1890 he was a second lieutenant in the Iowa National Guard. Mr. Harper was the founder and key figure for a number of years in the Men's Study Club, which met weekly to discuss current problems. He also was the leader of the Constitution Day programs in Ottumwa, which he originated in their present form of community observances. He was past president of the Chamber of Commerce, past member of the Rotary and old Wapello clubs, member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. In 1916 he was a delegate to the national Republican convention in Chicago. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Richard Paul Grabel, D. D. in charge. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery. The body will be at the Lester Jay funeral home until taken to the church at 10 AM Wednesday. Pallbearers will be John Kaiser, C. Edwin Swenson, Lenart Anderson, Arthur Lane, Elmer Kritzman, George Chambers, James Willams and Herman Johnson, all Edgerly employees.
Thanks John for sharing.
Courtesy of the Ottumwa Courier September 17, 1946
W. T. Harper Is Dead At Age 78
W. T. Harper, 78 above chairman of the board and general manager of J. W. Edgerly & Co. wholesale drugs, died at 4:20 PM Monday at his home, 941 N. Court St. He had been ill several weeks. Mr. Harper was born in Ottumwa, June 16, 1868 the son of W. T. and Melissa J. Shaul Harper. He was graduated from Ottumwa high school with the class of 1884 later attended Iowa State College, Ames and the University of Iowa. In January, 1886 he entered the linseed oil business in which his father was active. On February 15, 1890, W. T. Harper began work with J. W. Edgerly & Co. as an invoice clerk. He married Miss Alice Beaman on January 18, 1889. She survives as do three daughters, Mrs. Eugene Warren, Providence, Rhode Island, Mrs. J. Marvin Davis, Asheville, North Carolina and Mrs. Walter F. Abernathy of Ottumwa. Also surviving is a sister, Miss. Mary Harper, Ottumwa, and a nephew, Ashton Jones, Broadus Montana. Mr. Harper was a past vice president of the National Association of Wholesale Druggist and active in the state association. He was a member of the board of directors of the Union Bank & Trust Co., and in 1943 retired after 42 years' service as a trustee of the Ottumwa Cemetery Association. During World War I he served as Wapello County food administrator, and in 1918 was supervisor of the milk and ice divisions of the state division of the federal food administration. In 1885- 1890 he was a second lieutenant in the Iowa National Guard. Mr. Harper was the founder and key figure for a number of years in the Men's Study Club, which met weekly to discuss current problems. He also was the leader of the Constitution Day programs in Ottumwa, which he originated in their present form of community observances. He was past president of the Chamber of Commerce, past member of the Rotary and old Wapello clubs, member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. In 1916 he was a delegate to the national Republican convention in Chicago. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Richard Paul Grabel, D. D. in charge. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery. The body will be at the Lester Jay funeral home until taken to the church at 10 AM Wednesday. Pallbearers will be John Kaiser, C. Edwin Swenson, Lenart Anderson, Arthur Lane, Elmer Kritzman, George Chambers, James Willams and Herman Johnson, all Edgerly employees.
Courtesy of the Ottumwa Courier September 17, 1946
W. T. Harper Is Dead At Age 78
W. T. Harper, 78 above chairman of the board and general manager of J. W. Edgerly & Co. wholesale drugs, died at 4:20 PM Monday at his home, 941 N. Court St. He had been ill several weeks. Mr. Harper was born in Ottumwa, June 16, 1868 the son of W. T. and Melissa J. Shaul Harper. He was graduated from Ottumwa high school with the class of 1884 later attended Iowa State College, Ames and the University of Iowa. In January, 1886 he entered the linseed oil business in which his father was active. On February 15, 1890, W. T. Harper began work with J. W. Edgerly & Co. as an invoice clerk. He married Miss Alice Beaman on January 18, 1889. She survives as do three daughters, Mrs. Eugene Warren, Providence, Rhode Island, Mrs. J. Marvin Davis, Asheville, North Carolina and Mrs. Walter F. Abernathy of Ottumwa. Also surviving is a sister, Miss. Mary Harper, Ottumwa, and a nephew, Ashton Jones, Broadus Montana. Mr. Harper was a past vice president of the National Association of Wholesale Druggist and active in the state association. He was a member of the board of directors of the Union Bank & Trust Co., and in 1943 retired after 42 years' service as a trustee of the Ottumwa Cemetery Association. During World War I he served as Wapello County food administrator, and in 1918 was supervisor of the milk and ice divisions of the state division of the federal food administration. In 1885- 1890 he was a second lieutenant in the Iowa National Guard. Mr. Harper was the founder and key figure for a number of years in the Men's Study Club, which met weekly to discuss current problems. He also was the leader of the Constitution Day programs in Ottumwa, which he originated in their present form of community observances. He was past president of the Chamber of Commerce, past member of the Rotary and old Wapello clubs, member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. In 1916 he was a delegate to the national Republican convention in Chicago. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Richard Paul Grabel, D. D. in charge. Burial will be in Ottumwa Cemetery. The body will be at the Lester Jay funeral home until taken to the church at 10 AM Wednesday. Pallbearers will be John Kaiser, C. Edwin Swenson, Lenart Anderson, Arthur Lane, Elmer Kritzman, George Chambers, James Willams and Herman Johnson, all Edgerly employees.
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