Charles Adolphus Stauffer
Charles A. Stauffer
Charles A. Stauffer, 78, Rte. 4, died at 6:45 p.m. Monday in Sale Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient six weeks. He had been in failing health two years.
Mr. Stauffer owned and operated the Neosho Broom Factory, since 1916. For about 10 years he operated an ice cream garden at 120 N. College St. He was born in Lathrop, Mo., and later moved to Joplin and was married there in 1908 to Edna V. Lett and moved to Neosho in 1916. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edna V. Stauffer; a son B. J. Stauffer, Neosho; three daughters, Mrs. Elden Sallee, Sterling, Colo., and Misses Bettie H. Stauffer and Beryl G. Staffer of the home; a sister, Mrs. Alice Snoeberger, Clayton, N. M.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Clark Chapel of Memories. Rev. R. A. Hutson will officiate, assisted by Rev. Paul Patton. Interment will be in the Stone Cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
The Neosho Daily News, Neosho, Missouri
06 November 1962, Tuesday, Page 3
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Notes:
Charlie came from a large farming family out of Pennsylvania—his father William married twice, first to Mary Jane Charlton, and they had 4 children—James Albert, Edwin Ross, and Ira Vinton and Arminta—Ira and Arminta dying each at age 3 months.
Following Mary Jane's death in 1865, William married again to Sarah Benaman, and they had 8 children—and thus Charlie had 7 sisters in his household—Grace, Elise, Alice, Cate, Anna, Hattie and Opal (Elise died at age 7 and Cate at age 3). William had headed west—moving his family to Vermillion, Kansas, by 1870, to continue his farming profession. Then they moved to Lathrop in Clinton County, Missouri, by 1873. Charlie was born there.
By the mid-1890's, the family had settled in Joplin, Missouri. Charlie's mom, Sarah, died in 1895 at the home they had made in Joplin at 1503 Moffet. Charlie would leave school after the eighth grade to help take care of the large family. And two things happened—Charlie would develop skills in using broom corn to make brooms and whisks, and he would be keeping his eye on a young lady who lived down the street from him, Miss Edna Viola Lett.
Charlie's sister, Hattie, had married Neel Dobbins, and Charlie formed a company with Neel by 1906 named Stauffer & Dobbins, broom manufacturers, and he was working the company at 1515 Moffet—the home place of Miss Edna. Charlie courted Edna, and worked at making his company succeed, but he knew he needed more experience if he were to expand, and more money if he were to establish a home with Edna, so he traveled to Humboldt, Kansas to work for a large broom company there. For two years he traveled back and forth, and happily, he and Edna were married on June 17, 1908 in Joplin.
Charlie was growing both a family and a business. Their first child, a son, was named Beverly Jack—the Beverly for Edna's father, Beverly Ward Lett. Beverly Jack arrived in 1910, then three daughters—Bettie in 1911, Beryl in 1917, and Edna Carole in 1918. By the time Beryl and Carole were born, Charlie and Edna had moved from Joplin to Neosho. They built a home next to the broom factory for which Charlie was proprietor. Most of the family income came from Charlie's mastery at broom-making. He had saved, and secured investors, and had built the broom factory during the early 1920's, "The Neosho Broom Company", on Mill Street.
Ever the entrepreneur, in the summer of 1927, Charlie would also build and operate an "ice cream garden", providing a place for community to come have an ice cream, sit in the open-air pavilion overlooking the Big Spring Park, and enjoy the landscaped garden, which his wife Edna nourished, and which became a source of income for the family as well, as their daughters sold the flowers, plants and seeds.
Charlie relocated the broom factory, to a farm place on the outskirts of Neosho, just east of IOOF cemetery to a property Edna and he had purchased. There they would raise their family and it would be their last move. Charlie built and opened a broom shop on the farm place, using the machinery from the factory and continued to make and sell brooms essentially until he died.
Charlie and his wife were devoted Baptists (Charlie had a beautiful voice and sang in his church choir, and for special church events), involved in community, and in all things family, both their immediate family and extended family.
In 1958, Charlie and Edna celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a host of family and friends.
Charlie was so friendly, and gracious to the young children who descended upon his farm to visit, encouraging them to explore and enjoy. His days were long, but his heart was full. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and he would relax, reading the newspaper of an evening, when his work was done. At age 78, his day was finally done.
Charlie's legacy was his family--when he died, not only was his loss mourned by his wife, Edna, but his four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He will always be remembered with love.
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Missouri Death Certificate
Charles A. Stauffer
Charles A. Stauffer, 78, Rte. 4, died at 6:45 p.m. Monday in Sale Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient six weeks. He had been in failing health two years.
Mr. Stauffer owned and operated the Neosho Broom Factory, since 1916. For about 10 years he operated an ice cream garden at 120 N. College St. He was born in Lathrop, Mo., and later moved to Joplin and was married there in 1908 to Edna V. Lett and moved to Neosho in 1916. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edna V. Stauffer; a son B. J. Stauffer, Neosho; three daughters, Mrs. Elden Sallee, Sterling, Colo., and Misses Bettie H. Stauffer and Beryl G. Staffer of the home; a sister, Mrs. Alice Snoeberger, Clayton, N. M.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Clark Chapel of Memories. Rev. R. A. Hutson will officiate, assisted by Rev. Paul Patton. Interment will be in the Stone Cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
The Neosho Daily News, Neosho, Missouri
06 November 1962, Tuesday, Page 3
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Notes:
Charlie came from a large farming family out of Pennsylvania—his father William married twice, first to Mary Jane Charlton, and they had 4 children—James Albert, Edwin Ross, and Ira Vinton and Arminta—Ira and Arminta dying each at age 3 months.
Following Mary Jane's death in 1865, William married again to Sarah Benaman, and they had 8 children—and thus Charlie had 7 sisters in his household—Grace, Elise, Alice, Cate, Anna, Hattie and Opal (Elise died at age 7 and Cate at age 3). William had headed west—moving his family to Vermillion, Kansas, by 1870, to continue his farming profession. Then they moved to Lathrop in Clinton County, Missouri, by 1873. Charlie was born there.
By the mid-1890's, the family had settled in Joplin, Missouri. Charlie's mom, Sarah, died in 1895 at the home they had made in Joplin at 1503 Moffet. Charlie would leave school after the eighth grade to help take care of the large family. And two things happened—Charlie would develop skills in using broom corn to make brooms and whisks, and he would be keeping his eye on a young lady who lived down the street from him, Miss Edna Viola Lett.
Charlie's sister, Hattie, had married Neel Dobbins, and Charlie formed a company with Neel by 1906 named Stauffer & Dobbins, broom manufacturers, and he was working the company at 1515 Moffet—the home place of Miss Edna. Charlie courted Edna, and worked at making his company succeed, but he knew he needed more experience if he were to expand, and more money if he were to establish a home with Edna, so he traveled to Humboldt, Kansas to work for a large broom company there. For two years he traveled back and forth, and happily, he and Edna were married on June 17, 1908 in Joplin.
Charlie was growing both a family and a business. Their first child, a son, was named Beverly Jack—the Beverly for Edna's father, Beverly Ward Lett. Beverly Jack arrived in 1910, then three daughters—Bettie in 1911, Beryl in 1917, and Edna Carole in 1918. By the time Beryl and Carole were born, Charlie and Edna had moved from Joplin to Neosho. They built a home next to the broom factory for which Charlie was proprietor. Most of the family income came from Charlie's mastery at broom-making. He had saved, and secured investors, and had built the broom factory during the early 1920's, "The Neosho Broom Company", on Mill Street.
Ever the entrepreneur, in the summer of 1927, Charlie would also build and operate an "ice cream garden", providing a place for community to come have an ice cream, sit in the open-air pavilion overlooking the Big Spring Park, and enjoy the landscaped garden, which his wife Edna nourished, and which became a source of income for the family as well, as their daughters sold the flowers, plants and seeds.
Charlie relocated the broom factory, to a farm place on the outskirts of Neosho, just east of IOOF cemetery to a property Edna and he had purchased. There they would raise their family and it would be their last move. Charlie built and opened a broom shop on the farm place, using the machinery from the factory and continued to make and sell brooms essentially until he died.
Charlie and his wife were devoted Baptists (Charlie had a beautiful voice and sang in his church choir, and for special church events), involved in community, and in all things family, both their immediate family and extended family.
In 1958, Charlie and Edna celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a host of family and friends.
Charlie was so friendly, and gracious to the young children who descended upon his farm to visit, encouraging them to explore and enjoy. His days were long, but his heart was full. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and he would relax, reading the newspaper of an evening, when his work was done. At age 78, his day was finally done.
Charlie's legacy was his family--when he died, not only was his loss mourned by his wife, Edna, but his four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He will always be remembered with love.
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Missouri Death Certificate
Charles Adolphus Stauffer
Charles A. Stauffer
Charles A. Stauffer, 78, Rte. 4, died at 6:45 p.m. Monday in Sale Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient six weeks. He had been in failing health two years.
Mr. Stauffer owned and operated the Neosho Broom Factory, since 1916. For about 10 years he operated an ice cream garden at 120 N. College St. He was born in Lathrop, Mo., and later moved to Joplin and was married there in 1908 to Edna V. Lett and moved to Neosho in 1916. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edna V. Stauffer; a son B. J. Stauffer, Neosho; three daughters, Mrs. Elden Sallee, Sterling, Colo., and Misses Bettie H. Stauffer and Beryl G. Staffer of the home; a sister, Mrs. Alice Snoeberger, Clayton, N. M.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Clark Chapel of Memories. Rev. R. A. Hutson will officiate, assisted by Rev. Paul Patton. Interment will be in the Stone Cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
The Neosho Daily News, Neosho, Missouri
06 November 1962, Tuesday, Page 3
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Notes:
Charlie came from a large farming family out of Pennsylvania—his father William married twice, first to Mary Jane Charlton, and they had 4 children—James Albert, Edwin Ross, and Ira Vinton and Arminta—Ira and Arminta dying each at age 3 months.
Following Mary Jane's death in 1865, William married again to Sarah Benaman, and they had 8 children—and thus Charlie had 7 sisters in his household—Grace, Elise, Alice, Cate, Anna, Hattie and Opal (Elise died at age 7 and Cate at age 3). William had headed west—moving his family to Vermillion, Kansas, by 1870, to continue his farming profession. Then they moved to Lathrop in Clinton County, Missouri, by 1873. Charlie was born there.
By the mid-1890's, the family had settled in Joplin, Missouri. Charlie's mom, Sarah, died in 1895 at the home they had made in Joplin at 1503 Moffet. Charlie would leave school after the eighth grade to help take care of the large family. And two things happened—Charlie would develop skills in using broom corn to make brooms and whisks, and he would be keeping his eye on a young lady who lived down the street from him, Miss Edna Viola Lett.
Charlie's sister, Hattie, had married Neel Dobbins, and Charlie formed a company with Neel by 1906 named Stauffer & Dobbins, broom manufacturers, and he was working the company at 1515 Moffet—the home place of Miss Edna. Charlie courted Edna, and worked at making his company succeed, but he knew he needed more experience if he were to expand, and more money if he were to establish a home with Edna, so he traveled to Humboldt, Kansas to work for a large broom company there. For two years he traveled back and forth, and happily, he and Edna were married on June 17, 1908 in Joplin.
Charlie was growing both a family and a business. Their first child, a son, was named Beverly Jack—the Beverly for Edna's father, Beverly Ward Lett. Beverly Jack arrived in 1910, then three daughters—Bettie in 1911, Beryl in 1917, and Edna Carole in 1918. By the time Beryl and Carole were born, Charlie and Edna had moved from Joplin to Neosho. They built a home next to the broom factory for which Charlie was proprietor. Most of the family income came from Charlie's mastery at broom-making. He had saved, and secured investors, and had built the broom factory during the early 1920's, "The Neosho Broom Company", on Mill Street.
Ever the entrepreneur, in the summer of 1927, Charlie would also build and operate an "ice cream garden", providing a place for community to come have an ice cream, sit in the open-air pavilion overlooking the Big Spring Park, and enjoy the landscaped garden, which his wife Edna nourished, and which became a source of income for the family as well, as their daughters sold the flowers, plants and seeds.
Charlie relocated the broom factory, to a farm place on the outskirts of Neosho, just east of IOOF cemetery to a property Edna and he had purchased. There they would raise their family and it would be their last move. Charlie built and opened a broom shop on the farm place, using the machinery from the factory and continued to make and sell brooms essentially until he died.
Charlie and his wife were devoted Baptists (Charlie had a beautiful voice and sang in his church choir, and for special church events), involved in community, and in all things family, both their immediate family and extended family.
In 1958, Charlie and Edna celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a host of family and friends.
Charlie was so friendly, and gracious to the young children who descended upon his farm to visit, encouraging them to explore and enjoy. His days were long, but his heart was full. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and he would relax, reading the newspaper of an evening, when his work was done. At age 78, his day was finally done.
Charlie's legacy was his family--when he died, not only was his loss mourned by his wife, Edna, but his four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He will always be remembered with love.
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Missouri Death Certificate
Charles A. Stauffer
Charles A. Stauffer, 78, Rte. 4, died at 6:45 p.m. Monday in Sale Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient six weeks. He had been in failing health two years.
Mr. Stauffer owned and operated the Neosho Broom Factory, since 1916. For about 10 years he operated an ice cream garden at 120 N. College St. He was born in Lathrop, Mo., and later moved to Joplin and was married there in 1908 to Edna V. Lett and moved to Neosho in 1916. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edna V. Stauffer; a son B. J. Stauffer, Neosho; three daughters, Mrs. Elden Sallee, Sterling, Colo., and Misses Bettie H. Stauffer and Beryl G. Staffer of the home; a sister, Mrs. Alice Snoeberger, Clayton, N. M.; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Clark Chapel of Memories. Rev. R. A. Hutson will officiate, assisted by Rev. Paul Patton. Interment will be in the Stone Cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
The Neosho Daily News, Neosho, Missouri
06 November 1962, Tuesday, Page 3
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Notes:
Charlie came from a large farming family out of Pennsylvania—his father William married twice, first to Mary Jane Charlton, and they had 4 children—James Albert, Edwin Ross, and Ira Vinton and Arminta—Ira and Arminta dying each at age 3 months.
Following Mary Jane's death in 1865, William married again to Sarah Benaman, and they had 8 children—and thus Charlie had 7 sisters in his household—Grace, Elise, Alice, Cate, Anna, Hattie and Opal (Elise died at age 7 and Cate at age 3). William had headed west—moving his family to Vermillion, Kansas, by 1870, to continue his farming profession. Then they moved to Lathrop in Clinton County, Missouri, by 1873. Charlie was born there.
By the mid-1890's, the family had settled in Joplin, Missouri. Charlie's mom, Sarah, died in 1895 at the home they had made in Joplin at 1503 Moffet. Charlie would leave school after the eighth grade to help take care of the large family. And two things happened—Charlie would develop skills in using broom corn to make brooms and whisks, and he would be keeping his eye on a young lady who lived down the street from him, Miss Edna Viola Lett.
Charlie's sister, Hattie, had married Neel Dobbins, and Charlie formed a company with Neel by 1906 named Stauffer & Dobbins, broom manufacturers, and he was working the company at 1515 Moffet—the home place of Miss Edna. Charlie courted Edna, and worked at making his company succeed, but he knew he needed more experience if he were to expand, and more money if he were to establish a home with Edna, so he traveled to Humboldt, Kansas to work for a large broom company there. For two years he traveled back and forth, and happily, he and Edna were married on June 17, 1908 in Joplin.
Charlie was growing both a family and a business. Their first child, a son, was named Beverly Jack—the Beverly for Edna's father, Beverly Ward Lett. Beverly Jack arrived in 1910, then three daughters—Bettie in 1911, Beryl in 1917, and Edna Carole in 1918. By the time Beryl and Carole were born, Charlie and Edna had moved from Joplin to Neosho. They built a home next to the broom factory for which Charlie was proprietor. Most of the family income came from Charlie's mastery at broom-making. He had saved, and secured investors, and had built the broom factory during the early 1920's, "The Neosho Broom Company", on Mill Street.
Ever the entrepreneur, in the summer of 1927, Charlie would also build and operate an "ice cream garden", providing a place for community to come have an ice cream, sit in the open-air pavilion overlooking the Big Spring Park, and enjoy the landscaped garden, which his wife Edna nourished, and which became a source of income for the family as well, as their daughters sold the flowers, plants and seeds.
Charlie relocated the broom factory, to a farm place on the outskirts of Neosho, just east of IOOF cemetery to a property Edna and he had purchased. There they would raise their family and it would be their last move. Charlie built and opened a broom shop on the farm place, using the machinery from the factory and continued to make and sell brooms essentially until he died.
Charlie and his wife were devoted Baptists (Charlie had a beautiful voice and sang in his church choir, and for special church events), involved in community, and in all things family, both their immediate family and extended family.
In 1958, Charlie and Edna celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a host of family and friends.
Charlie was so friendly, and gracious to the young children who descended upon his farm to visit, encouraging them to explore and enjoy. His days were long, but his heart was full. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and he would relax, reading the newspaper of an evening, when his work was done. At age 78, his day was finally done.
Charlie's legacy was his family--when he died, not only was his loss mourned by his wife, Edna, but his four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He will always be remembered with love.
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Missouri Death Certificate
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