Interment Services Held Here For Edward Strieby Steele
An interment service for the ashes of Edward Strieby Steele, of the Oberlin College class of 1872 [and OHS class of 1866], was held Friday afternoon, January 23, in Westwood Cemetery, in the presence of a few friends. Dr. W. F. Bohn was in charge of the service. Mr. Steele's death occurred January 3 in a Glendale, California hospital. His ashes were interred in the James Steele lot in the Oberlin cemetery, beside those of his wife, Grace Avery (King) Steele, who died in 1932.
He is survived by a niece, Miss Helen S. Pratt, of the Oberlin class of 1906 who lives in Los Angeles.
Mr. Steele was born in Farmingdale, Illinois, April 20, 1850, the son of James Steele, Oberlin Theological Seminary 1840, and Minerva (McConoughey) Steele who was graduated from Oberlin College in 1845. The father, James Steele, was one of the "Lane Seminary Rebels" whose coming to Oberlin was the occasion of the founding of the Oberlin Theological Seminary. It was James Steele who "led" the Amistad captives back to Africa in 1839-40. The family's home was in Oberlin for a number of years.
Contributed to Oberlin Herbarium
Edward Steele's career included teaching, preaching, writing, and scientific research. In 1889 he was an editor of the Century Dictionary. He later went into government service, and for twenty-seven years was associated with the Smithsonian Institution and the department of agriculture. He and his niece, Miss Pratt, have, together, collected and sent to the Oberlin herbarium 350 named specimens of Southern California plants, since he moved to Los Angeles in 1932.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, January 29, 1942, p. 3.
An interment service for the ashes of Edward Strieby Steele, of the Oberlin College class of 1872 [and OHS class of 1866], was held Friday afternoon, January 23, in Westwood Cemetery, in the presence of a few friends. Dr. W. F. Bohn was in charge of the service. Mr. Steele's death occurred January 3 in a Glendale, California hospital. His ashes were interred in the James Steele lot in the Oberlin cemetery, beside those of his wife, Grace Avery (King) Steele, who died in 1932.
He is survived by a niece, Miss Helen S. Pratt, of the Oberlin class of 1906 who lives in Los Angeles.
Mr. Steele was born in Farmingdale, Illinois, April 20, 1850, the son of James Steele, Oberlin Theological Seminary 1840, and Minerva (McConoughey) Steele who was graduated from Oberlin College in 1845. The father, James Steele, was one of the "Lane Seminary Rebels" whose coming to Oberlin was the occasion of the founding of the Oberlin Theological Seminary. It was James Steele who "led" the Amistad captives back to Africa in 1839-40. The family's home was in Oberlin for a number of years.
Contributed to Oberlin Herbarium
Edward Steele's career included teaching, preaching, writing, and scientific research. In 1889 he was an editor of the Century Dictionary. He later went into government service, and for twenty-seven years was associated with the Smithsonian Institution and the department of agriculture. He and his niece, Miss Pratt, have, together, collected and sent to the Oberlin herbarium 350 named specimens of Southern California plants, since he moved to Los Angeles in 1932.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, January 29, 1942, p. 3.
Interment Services Held Here For Edward Strieby Steele
An interment service for the ashes of Edward Strieby Steele, of the Oberlin College class of 1872 [and OHS class of 1866], was held Friday afternoon, January 23, in Westwood Cemetery, in the presence of a few friends. Dr. W. F. Bohn was in charge of the service. Mr. Steele's death occurred January 3 in a Glendale, California hospital. His ashes were interred in the James Steele lot in the Oberlin cemetery, beside those of his wife, Grace Avery (King) Steele, who died in 1932.
He is survived by a niece, Miss Helen S. Pratt, of the Oberlin class of 1906 who lives in Los Angeles.
Mr. Steele was born in Farmingdale, Illinois, April 20, 1850, the son of James Steele, Oberlin Theological Seminary 1840, and Minerva (McConoughey) Steele who was graduated from Oberlin College in 1845. The father, James Steele, was one of the "Lane Seminary Rebels" whose coming to Oberlin was the occasion of the founding of the Oberlin Theological Seminary. It was James Steele who "led" the Amistad captives back to Africa in 1839-40. The family's home was in Oberlin for a number of years.
Contributed to Oberlin Herbarium
Edward Steele's career included teaching, preaching, writing, and scientific research. In 1889 he was an editor of the Century Dictionary. He later went into government service, and for twenty-seven years was associated with the Smithsonian Institution and the department of agriculture. He and his niece, Miss Pratt, have, together, collected and sent to the Oberlin herbarium 350 named specimens of Southern California plants, since he moved to Los Angeles in 1932.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, January 29, 1942, p. 3.
An interment service for the ashes of Edward Strieby Steele, of the Oberlin College class of 1872 [and OHS class of 1866], was held Friday afternoon, January 23, in Westwood Cemetery, in the presence of a few friends. Dr. W. F. Bohn was in charge of the service. Mr. Steele's death occurred January 3 in a Glendale, California hospital. His ashes were interred in the James Steele lot in the Oberlin cemetery, beside those of his wife, Grace Avery (King) Steele, who died in 1932.
He is survived by a niece, Miss Helen S. Pratt, of the Oberlin class of 1906 who lives in Los Angeles.
Mr. Steele was born in Farmingdale, Illinois, April 20, 1850, the son of James Steele, Oberlin Theological Seminary 1840, and Minerva (McConoughey) Steele who was graduated from Oberlin College in 1845. The father, James Steele, was one of the "Lane Seminary Rebels" whose coming to Oberlin was the occasion of the founding of the Oberlin Theological Seminary. It was James Steele who "led" the Amistad captives back to Africa in 1839-40. The family's home was in Oberlin for a number of years.
Contributed to Oberlin Herbarium
Edward Steele's career included teaching, preaching, writing, and scientific research. In 1889 he was an editor of the Century Dictionary. He later went into government service, and for twenty-seven years was associated with the Smithsonian Institution and the department of agriculture. He and his niece, Miss Pratt, have, together, collected and sent to the Oberlin herbarium 350 named specimens of Southern California plants, since he moved to Los Angeles in 1932.
Oberlin News-Tribune, Oberlin, Ohio, Thursday, January 29, 1942, p. 3.
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