Publication: The Newell Mirror
Newell, Iowa
Page eight, Thursday, October 27, 1927

A. W. ENO FUNERAL
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for A. W. Eno
were held at the home, southeast of
Newell Friday afternoon at two
o'clock and at the Methodist church
at two-thirty, conducted by the pas-
to, Rev. M. L. Carver. Interment
was made in the Newell cemetery.
The church was filled with friends
of the deceased and his family.
Many were there who had been
neighbors and friends of the deceas-
ed for fifty years and more.
The following obituary was read
by the pastor at the service:
Albert Watson Eno, son of Rufus
and Abigail Eno, was born at Lin-
coln, Vermont, July 23, 1847, and
died at Newell, Iowa, October 19,
1927, at the home of his son, R. B.
Eno.
Mr. Eno received his education in
the local schools and at Middlebury
Academy, Middlebury, Vermont. He
taught school one year in Vermont
and four years in Iowa. He came to
Newell, Iowa, in 1869 and took up
the homestead on which he built his
home and resided at the time of his
death, having lived here continu-
ously, with the exception of five
years spent in Vermont and with his
son, R. B. Eno, at Storm Lake.
We can hardly estimate the tre-
mendous debt we owe to the early
pioneers of our land. At the time
Mr. Eno arrived in Iowa, he rode on
horseback from Fort Dodge to Sac
City without seeing a single house.
The town of Newell at that time con-
sisted of one sod house. Wrestling
with the wilderness, battling the ele-
ments, fording streams, threading
their perilous journey across the
trackless prairies, breaking the sod,
subduing the wilderness, these
sturdy pioneers lay the foundations
of the wonderful land we call our
home.
Nov. 20, 1871, he was married to
Eliza May [Way], who shared the joys and
sorrows, the hardships and trials of
the pioneer days and preceeded him
in death thirteen years ago. To
this union three children were born:
Herbert Leroy, who passey [passed] away 17
years ago while serving on the fac-
ulty of Morningside College; Vin-
cent, who died in infancy; and R.
Benjamin Eno, of Newell, the only
surviving son.
Mr. Eno became a member of the
church in Vermont at the age of
fifteen years. He was also a char-
ter member of the Congregational
church of Newell. He always took
an active interest in church work
and, until his hearing failed, was a
regular attendant.
Mr. Eno was vitally interested in
the political affairs of state and na-
tion. He was clerk of election at
the first election held in Newell
township, which then embraced what
is now Newell, Providence Grant and
Coon townships.
He was married to Mrs. Carrie
Thomas of Monkton, Vt., in May,
1915. She preceded him in death
five years ago.
The deceased was one of six chil-
dren, all of whom have passed on
except one sister, Mrs. Carrie Eno,
of New Haven, Vt. He leaves also
to mourn his departure his son, R.
B. Eno and wife: one grandson,
Charles Eno, of Newell; one grand
daughter, Eunice Eno, of Mr. Ver-
non, Iowa, and several nieces and
nephews in Vermont, besides a
vast number of friends who have
known him through the years.
He was a kind and loving father,
a helpful friend, a wise counselor, a
friend of God.
Those from out-of-town who at-
tended the services were as follows:
Mrs. Daisy McKinney and daughter
Margaret, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Mc-
Kinney and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Rouze, of Fonda; Frank Hirons and
R. L. Johnson, of Sac CIty; Mr. and
Mrs. M. H. Johnson of Odebolt, Ia.;
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Wadsley of Early
Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wadsley,
Mr. and Mrs. R. Wadsley, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Mullins, Mr. and Mrs. John
Schafer, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hines, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Whitehead, Mrs.
Frank Newell, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burns
and Mrs. [Mr.] and Mrs. J. C. Blair of
Storm Lake.

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Card of Thanks
We wish to express our sincere
appreciations the many friends for
their expressions of sympathy and
the many acts of kindness shown us
during the sickness and death of
our beloved father.
The R. B. Eno Family.