Raymond Buzby Mitchell.91,formerly of 210 LinnStreet,Boone,Iowa, Passed away
at the Evangelical Free Church Home in Boone,Iowa on Wensday evening,March 25,
1998 due to congestive heart failure. He had recently moved to the Evangelical
Free Church Home earlier this month.
He was born on July 20, 1906 in McAlester,Oklahoma the son of James and Grace
(Buzby) Mitchell.
On February 15, 1943 he married Mae Knowles at Omaha,Nebraska.
As a young man,Ray worked in a grocery store and bakery. He was a conductor
for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad for 44 years before retiring. He and his
brother owned and operated the Grarock Company in Boone for a numer of years.
During his Leisure time,he enjoed gardening and the outdoors.
He was Preceded in death by his parents, 1 brother, and 1 sister.
Survivors include his wife Mae of Boone,Iowa, 1 son and a daughter-in-law,
david and Jan Mitchell of Boone,Iowa, 1 daughter, Lois Davis of Boone,Iowa 1
grandson, Andrew Mitchell of Boone, Iowa 1 granddaughter, Melissa Oviatt and
her husband Shawn of Boone,Iowa. Cousins, Mrs. John Rauch of Tulsa,Oklahoma
and Mrs. Melvin Wood of Corvallis, Oregon, 2 sister-in-laws, Mariam Mitchell
of Boone,Iowa, Dorothy Branscombe of Glendale,Arizona, 3 nieces, Mrs. Richard
Tryon of Omaha,Nebraska, Mrs.Linda Dorman of Phoniex, Arizona, Mrs. Jim Dyck
of Kansas, 4 Nephews, Robert Mitchell of Stafford,Texas, Robert Knowles of
Harker Heights, Texas, Don Knowles of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and Ken Knowles
of Des Moines, Iowa.
Services will be held on Saturday afternoon, March 28th, at 1:30 P.M.. at
Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone with Jack Martz officiating.
Following the funeral service, the body will be cremated with interment to be
held at a later date in Boone Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Boone,Iowa.
Stark-Welin Funeral Directors in Boone is in charge of arrangments.
United States Census, 1940
Ward 2, Boone, Des Moines Township, Boone, Iowa
Grace Mitchell Head F 57 Iowa
Raymond Mitchell Son M 32 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1930
Des Moines, Boone, Iowa
Grace Mitchell Head F 47 Iowa
Raymond Mitchell Son M 23 Oklahoma
Kenneth Mitchell Son M 20 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1920
Boone Ward 4, Boone, Iowa
George Buzby Head M 82 Ohio
Mallison E Buzby Wife F 71 Indiana
James B Mitchell Son-in-law M 44 Iowa
Grace D Mitchell Daughter F 37 Iowa
Raymond B Mitchell Grandson M 13 Oklahoma
Kenneth J Mitchell Grandson M 11 Oklahoma
Lois J Mitchell Granddaughter F 8 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1910
McAlester Ward 2, Pittsburg, Oklahoma
James B Mitchell Head M 35 Iowa
Grace Mitchell Wife F 28 Iowa
Raymond B Mitchell Son M 3 Oklahoma
Kenneth J Mitchell Son M 1 Oklahoma
at the Evangelical Free Church Home in Boone,Iowa on Wensday evening,March 25,
1998 due to congestive heart failure. He had recently moved to the Evangelical
Free Church Home earlier this month.
He was born on July 20, 1906 in McAlester,Oklahoma the son of James and Grace
(Buzby) Mitchell.
On February 15, 1943 he married Mae Knowles at Omaha,Nebraska.
As a young man,Ray worked in a grocery store and bakery. He was a conductor
for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad for 44 years before retiring. He and his
brother owned and operated the Grarock Company in Boone for a numer of years.
During his Leisure time,he enjoed gardening and the outdoors.
He was Preceded in death by his parents, 1 brother, and 1 sister.
Survivors include his wife Mae of Boone,Iowa, 1 son and a daughter-in-law,
david and Jan Mitchell of Boone,Iowa, 1 daughter, Lois Davis of Boone,Iowa 1
grandson, Andrew Mitchell of Boone, Iowa 1 granddaughter, Melissa Oviatt and
her husband Shawn of Boone,Iowa. Cousins, Mrs. John Rauch of Tulsa,Oklahoma
and Mrs. Melvin Wood of Corvallis, Oregon, 2 sister-in-laws, Mariam Mitchell
of Boone,Iowa, Dorothy Branscombe of Glendale,Arizona, 3 nieces, Mrs. Richard
Tryon of Omaha,Nebraska, Mrs.Linda Dorman of Phoniex, Arizona, Mrs. Jim Dyck
of Kansas, 4 Nephews, Robert Mitchell of Stafford,Texas, Robert Knowles of
Harker Heights, Texas, Don Knowles of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and Ken Knowles
of Des Moines, Iowa.
Services will be held on Saturday afternoon, March 28th, at 1:30 P.M.. at
Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone with Jack Martz officiating.
Following the funeral service, the body will be cremated with interment to be
held at a later date in Boone Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Boone,Iowa.
Stark-Welin Funeral Directors in Boone is in charge of arrangments.
United States Census, 1940
Ward 2, Boone, Des Moines Township, Boone, Iowa
Grace Mitchell Head F 57 Iowa
Raymond Mitchell Son M 32 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1930
Des Moines, Boone, Iowa
Grace Mitchell Head F 47 Iowa
Raymond Mitchell Son M 23 Oklahoma
Kenneth Mitchell Son M 20 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1920
Boone Ward 4, Boone, Iowa
George Buzby Head M 82 Ohio
Mallison E Buzby Wife F 71 Indiana
James B Mitchell Son-in-law M 44 Iowa
Grace D Mitchell Daughter F 37 Iowa
Raymond B Mitchell Grandson M 13 Oklahoma
Kenneth J Mitchell Grandson M 11 Oklahoma
Lois J Mitchell Granddaughter F 8 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1910
McAlester Ward 2, Pittsburg, Oklahoma
James B Mitchell Head M 35 Iowa
Grace Mitchell Wife F 28 Iowa
Raymond B Mitchell Son M 3 Oklahoma
Kenneth J Mitchell Son M 1 Oklahoma
Raymond Buzby Mitchell.91,formerly of 210 LinnStreet,Boone,Iowa, Passed away
at the Evangelical Free Church Home in Boone,Iowa on Wensday evening,March 25,
1998 due to congestive heart failure. He had recently moved to the Evangelical
Free Church Home earlier this month.
He was born on July 20, 1906 in McAlester,Oklahoma the son of James and Grace
(Buzby) Mitchell.
On February 15, 1943 he married Mae Knowles at Omaha,Nebraska.
As a young man,Ray worked in a grocery store and bakery. He was a conductor
for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad for 44 years before retiring. He and his
brother owned and operated the Grarock Company in Boone for a numer of years.
During his Leisure time,he enjoed gardening and the outdoors.
He was Preceded in death by his parents, 1 brother, and 1 sister.
Survivors include his wife Mae of Boone,Iowa, 1 son and a daughter-in-law,
david and Jan Mitchell of Boone,Iowa, 1 daughter, Lois Davis of Boone,Iowa 1
grandson, Andrew Mitchell of Boone, Iowa 1 granddaughter, Melissa Oviatt and
her husband Shawn of Boone,Iowa. Cousins, Mrs. John Rauch of Tulsa,Oklahoma
and Mrs. Melvin Wood of Corvallis, Oregon, 2 sister-in-laws, Mariam Mitchell
of Boone,Iowa, Dorothy Branscombe of Glendale,Arizona, 3 nieces, Mrs. Richard
Tryon of Omaha,Nebraska, Mrs.Linda Dorman of Phoniex, Arizona, Mrs. Jim Dyck
of Kansas, 4 Nephews, Robert Mitchell of Stafford,Texas, Robert Knowles of
Harker Heights, Texas, Don Knowles of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and Ken Knowles
of Des Moines, Iowa.
Services will be held on Saturday afternoon, March 28th, at 1:30 P.M.. at
Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone with Jack Martz officiating.
Following the funeral service, the body will be cremated with interment to be
held at a later date in Boone Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Boone,Iowa.
Stark-Welin Funeral Directors in Boone is in charge of arrangments.
United States Census, 1940
Ward 2, Boone, Des Moines Township, Boone, Iowa
Grace Mitchell Head F 57 Iowa
Raymond Mitchell Son M 32 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1930
Des Moines, Boone, Iowa
Grace Mitchell Head F 47 Iowa
Raymond Mitchell Son M 23 Oklahoma
Kenneth Mitchell Son M 20 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1920
Boone Ward 4, Boone, Iowa
George Buzby Head M 82 Ohio
Mallison E Buzby Wife F 71 Indiana
James B Mitchell Son-in-law M 44 Iowa
Grace D Mitchell Daughter F 37 Iowa
Raymond B Mitchell Grandson M 13 Oklahoma
Kenneth J Mitchell Grandson M 11 Oklahoma
Lois J Mitchell Granddaughter F 8 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1910
McAlester Ward 2, Pittsburg, Oklahoma
James B Mitchell Head M 35 Iowa
Grace Mitchell Wife F 28 Iowa
Raymond B Mitchell Son M 3 Oklahoma
Kenneth J Mitchell Son M 1 Oklahoma
at the Evangelical Free Church Home in Boone,Iowa on Wensday evening,March 25,
1998 due to congestive heart failure. He had recently moved to the Evangelical
Free Church Home earlier this month.
He was born on July 20, 1906 in McAlester,Oklahoma the son of James and Grace
(Buzby) Mitchell.
On February 15, 1943 he married Mae Knowles at Omaha,Nebraska.
As a young man,Ray worked in a grocery store and bakery. He was a conductor
for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad for 44 years before retiring. He and his
brother owned and operated the Grarock Company in Boone for a numer of years.
During his Leisure time,he enjoed gardening and the outdoors.
He was Preceded in death by his parents, 1 brother, and 1 sister.
Survivors include his wife Mae of Boone,Iowa, 1 son and a daughter-in-law,
david and Jan Mitchell of Boone,Iowa, 1 daughter, Lois Davis of Boone,Iowa 1
grandson, Andrew Mitchell of Boone, Iowa 1 granddaughter, Melissa Oviatt and
her husband Shawn of Boone,Iowa. Cousins, Mrs. John Rauch of Tulsa,Oklahoma
and Mrs. Melvin Wood of Corvallis, Oregon, 2 sister-in-laws, Mariam Mitchell
of Boone,Iowa, Dorothy Branscombe of Glendale,Arizona, 3 nieces, Mrs. Richard
Tryon of Omaha,Nebraska, Mrs.Linda Dorman of Phoniex, Arizona, Mrs. Jim Dyck
of Kansas, 4 Nephews, Robert Mitchell of Stafford,Texas, Robert Knowles of
Harker Heights, Texas, Don Knowles of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and Ken Knowles
of Des Moines, Iowa.
Services will be held on Saturday afternoon, March 28th, at 1:30 P.M.. at
Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone with Jack Martz officiating.
Following the funeral service, the body will be cremated with interment to be
held at a later date in Boone Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Boone,Iowa.
Stark-Welin Funeral Directors in Boone is in charge of arrangments.
United States Census, 1940
Ward 2, Boone, Des Moines Township, Boone, Iowa
Grace Mitchell Head F 57 Iowa
Raymond Mitchell Son M 32 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1930
Des Moines, Boone, Iowa
Grace Mitchell Head F 47 Iowa
Raymond Mitchell Son M 23 Oklahoma
Kenneth Mitchell Son M 20 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1920
Boone Ward 4, Boone, Iowa
George Buzby Head M 82 Ohio
Mallison E Buzby Wife F 71 Indiana
James B Mitchell Son-in-law M 44 Iowa
Grace D Mitchell Daughter F 37 Iowa
Raymond B Mitchell Grandson M 13 Oklahoma
Kenneth J Mitchell Grandson M 11 Oklahoma
Lois J Mitchell Granddaughter F 8 Oklahoma
United States Census, 1910
McAlester Ward 2, Pittsburg, Oklahoma
James B Mitchell Head M 35 Iowa
Grace Mitchell Wife F 28 Iowa
Raymond B Mitchell Son M 3 Oklahoma
Kenneth J Mitchell Son M 1 Oklahoma
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