Riverside Cemetery

Section 25, Iola Township, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Located west of the Village of Iola on Highway 161

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Portage County Gazette -July  2001
Lowell Grant

Lowell Grant, 72, Iola, father of a Custer woman, died Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at his residence.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Iola United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Warren Dee officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Iola.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Voie Funeral Home in Iola.

Mr. Grant was born Sept. 9, 1928, in Iola, a son of the late Arthur and Lillian (Waldo) Grant. He graduated from Iola High School in 1946 and was president of his class.He enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea from 1946 to 1948.He then went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated in 1952 with a degree in agriculture and education.

He was married to Donna Forseth on Aug. 11, 1954, in Dubuque, Iowa.He served as president of the Board of Directors of the Iola Farm Cooperative for five years, the Waupaca County School Committee for threeyears, president of the Riverside Cemetery Association for 15 years, director on the Board of Farmers Home Administration for three years and director of the Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative for 24 years, serving six of those years as vice president.

He taught Sunday School for six years and was a board member and president for four years at the Iola United Methodist Church. He was also a member of the church choir.

Survivors include his wife; one son, Mark (Julie), Stoughton; one daughter, Gail (Les) Bliven, Custer; four sisters, Lois Stoller, Milwaukee, Marian (Lloyd) Baribeau, Exeland, Eleanor (Richard) Stoller, Glendale, and Joan (Duane) Dobbe, Rosholt; one brother, Robert (Gertrude), Hartland; and four grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by one son, Garret Lee Grant

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - April 17, 1961
Mrs. Rosa McKay

Mrs. Rosa McKay, 89, Iola, died at 5:20 p.m. Saturday at the Iola Hospital, where she had been a patient for six months. She was the widow of John McKay.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the lola Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ardys Van Stavern officiating, and burial will take place in Riverside Cemetery, Iola.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola until Tuesday noon, when the body will be taken to the church.

Mrs McKay, a lifelong resident of Iola, was born Dec. 11, 1871, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Weinmann Sr. She was married to Mr. McKay in Iola in 1889. Mrs. McKay was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and the Iola Methodist Church.

Surviving are a son, Harold, Manitowoc; a daughter, Mrs. Frank (Elizabeth) Warren, Manitowoc; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a brother, Albert Weinmann, lola. and a sister, Mrs. Verena McCollough, Chicago. A son preceded her in death.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal – Stevens Point, Wisconsin - July 17, 1976
Edna Smith

Edna Smith, Iola, died Friday morning at Iola Hospital after having been in ill health.

She was born Dec. 20, 1888, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Guyant, Town of Belmont She lived in Waupaca for many years, moved to Iola in 1969 and has been a resident of the Iola Nursing Home for the last two years.

On Nov. 4, 1907, she married Clayton Smith at Almond and he died in June, 1969. The couple had two sons, Russell and Carroll, both of Iola. Mrs. Smith is survived by her sons, seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.

Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home, Iola after 3 p.m. Monday. The Rev. David E. Sharpe will officiate at funeral services Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at United Methodist Church, Iola, and burial will be at
Riverside Cemetery, Iola. 

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Stevens Point Daily Journal – Stevens Point, Wisconsin - October 31, 1995
Elsie Leach    

Elsie A. Leach, age 74 of Elderon and formerly of Iola and Fond du Lac died Monday, October 30, 1995 at her home.
 
Elsie was born April 19, 1921 in the town of Almond, Portage County, the daughter of the late Charles and Cecelia (McIntee) Manley. She married Frank L. Leach on November 1, 1941 in Fond du Lac, WI. He died on August 1, 1983. Elsie worked at Marion Plywood prior to her retirement.
 
Survivors include one daughter, Barbara (Ronald) Oppermann, Campbellsport; one son, Kenneth (Mary) Leach, New London; a special friend, Lawrence Riedl, Elderon; one sister, Dorothy Stacey, Waukesha;
two brothers, Lewis (Isabelle) Manley, Algoma and Robert (Pat) Manely, Hartland; two grandsons, Shannon and Nicholas Leach, both of New London. She was preceded in death by four sisters, Cora Leach, Florence Chase, Fern Wallner, and Margaret Pagel and three brothers, Ed, Ben and Fred Manley.
 
Services were held Wednesday, November 1, 1995 at Hitterdahl Lutheran Church in the Town of Iola. Rev. Gilbert Halverson officiated with burial in the Riverside Cemetery, Iola.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, WI - February 7, 1976
Sadie Ihlenfeld

Mrs. Sadie Ihlenfeld, Route 2, Iola, died Friday afternoon at the Iota Hospital at the age of 72.

She and her late husband, Allen, were restaurant operators. Mrs. Ihlenfeld, the former Sadie Shoenick, was born in Weyauwega Oct. 29, 1903.

She was married in Michigan Sept. 30, 1924. The couple lived in Evanston, I11., and Shawano before moving to Iola in 1964. Before retiring, the couple operated restaurants in the Shawano and Clintonville areas,

Mr. Ihlenfeld died May 1,1967. Mrs. Ihlenfeld was also preceded in death by her parents and a son, Russell.

Nephews are her closest surviving relatives.

The funeral will be held Monday morning at 11 at the United Methodist Church in Iola, with the Rev. David Sharpe officiating Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Iola. Friends may call at the Voie Funeral Home in Iola after 3 p.m. Sunday.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, WI - July 18, 1908
Joseph Worby

DIED AMONG FRIENDS.

A letter from Tularosa, New Mexico, to the children of the late Joseph II. Worby, who died there on July 8, states that the deceased was taken sick on Friday, July 3d. It was a very warm day, and Mr. Worby worked rather hard during the morning, and it is thought drank too much water. He became ill during the afternoon, but remained on the ranch until morning. He then went to town, four miles distant, to consult his friend, Dr. Long, but nothing could be done to check his illness, and he died on Wednesday and was buried by the Grand Army post. He remained at Tularosa from Saturday until his death, and was made as comfortable as possible by friends. Some one will be sent from here to close up his affairs in New Mexico and bring the body home.
 
MR. WORBY DIED AT TULAROSA.

A second telegram received from Tularosa, New Mexico, states that Joseph HI. Worby, whose serious illness was mentioned in Thursday night's paper, died at that place on Wednesday, July 8, and was buried there temporarily. Arrangements will be made to have the body brought, to Iola for interment.

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Stevens Point Daily Journal - Stevens Point, WI - November 7, 1930
Ann Janette Worby

Mrs. Ann Janette Worby, a resident of Wisconsin since early days, who came from a pioneer American family, died at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. W. Vaughan, 1417 Main street, where she had lived the past 10 years. Her death was caused by a general breaking down of her health. She had been confined in bed for four weeks and her condition was critical during that time.

Mrs. Worby, whose maiden name was Ann Janette Whitaker, was born at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., on February 29, 1840. She remained there until 16 years of age when the family came to Winnebago county and located at Oshkosh, where they lived for two years. They then removed to the town of Plover. Mrs. Worby's father, the late William Whitaker, was an early day resident of the Maine neighborhood. Her marriage to William Tate of
that district took place in 1859. Mr. Tate died of measles, in camp, after a year of service in the Civil war.

In 1866 the widow married Joseph H. Worby, also a Civil war soldier who had been in the service for four years. He was a local resident at the time of their marriage but they immediately located at Iola, where the family lived for 40 years. Mr. Worby was engaged in blacksmithing for a time but his health did not permit him to continue in this occupation, as the result of wounds he had sustained in the war, and he subsequently became a salesman and a mail carrier. He had a star route from Iola to Stevens Point, using a team when the roads were open and at other times covering the distance on foot. The journey one way often required two days to complete. Mr. Worby went to New Mexico to establish a government claim and his death occurred it Tula Rosa in that state on July 8, 1906. His remains were brought back to Iola. Mrs. Worby made her home during the next 12 years with a daughter, Mrs.
Florence Smith at Clintonville and Oshkosh, and for the last 10 years had lived with Mr. and Mrs- Vaughan here.

She is survived by the following daughters and sons: Mrs. Nellie Vaughan, city; Mrs. Rettle Taylor, Everett, Wash.; E. M. Worby, New London; Charles E. Worby. Milwaukee; Mrs. Mable Larson, Omro; Mrs. Florence Smith, Oshkosh. Another daughter, Mrs. May Smith, died here in 1922. Mrs. Worby also leaves two brothers, Schuyler Whitaker of Buena Vista and Warren Whitaker of Milwaukee in addition to 26 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren. Mrs. Taylor came here three weeks ago because of her mother's serious illness.

Since girlhood Mrs. Worby had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and during her residence in Stevens Point was a member of St. Paul's M. E. church. She also was a member of the Women's Relief Corps, at Iola and later at Clintonville. She had a wide circle of friends here.

A short service will be conducted at the Vaughan home at 1 p. m. Saturday, with Rev. Carl Asmus officiating. The remains will then be taken to Iola, where services will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Asmus at the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will follow beside the remains of the late Mr. Worby in Riverside cemetery there.