Donovan Emmack
Born: November 26, 1906 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: May 22, 1992 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 132, plot 8
Lot Owner: Donovan Emmack, purchased in 1936
Married: Ella J. Anthony on November 27, 1927 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
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Children: Mark, Beverly Allfree
Parents: Elmer and Georgia (Miller) Emmack
Obituary: Donovan Emmack
Donovan Emmack Funeral services for Donovan "Dovie" Emmack, 85, of Heritage Manor, a longtime resident of the Metz and Sugar Grove area, were held Monday afternoon, May 25, at the Reese Chapel. The Rev. Jerry Brown, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, conducted services. Burial was in Sugar Grove Cemetery. He died Friday afternoon at the Skiff Medical Center as a result of a stroke. Memorials to the Metz Community Church will be accepted.
Survivors are a son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Phyllis of Newton; a daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Richard Allfree of Ames; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Maxine Sille of rural Newton. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Ella, in 1985, three brothers, Myron, Dale, and Delmar and a sister, Leora Blackledge.
Mr. Emmack, a member of the Jasper County Farm Bureau and Sugar Grove Grange, was a long-time farmer, did trucking and worked for the Maytag Co. for a number of years. The son of Elmer Co. and Georgia Miller Emmack, he was born Nov 26, 1906 on a farm near Metz, attended Metz rural schools and was a 1924 graduate of Newton Community High School.
He was married to Ella Anthony Nov. 27, 1927 at her parents' home near Metz. He had resided at the Midtown Apartments from 1985 to 1989 and formerly on Rt. 2, Newton. ~ Newton Daily News, May 25, 1992.
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Donovan M. Emmack, 85, of Newton died of a stroke Friday at Des Moines General Hospital [actually died at Skiff Memorial Hospital]. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Reese Funeral Home in Newton, with burial at Sugar Grove Cemetery in Metz.
Mr. Emmack was born in Metz and had lived in Newton since 1985. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Jasper County Farm Bureau and the Sugar Grove Grange.
Survivors include a son, Mark of Newton; a daughter, Beverly Allfree of Ames; a sister, Maxine Sille of Newton; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Friends may call after 10 a.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 4 to 6 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Metz Community Church. ~ The Des Moines Register, May 24, 1992
Ella J. (Anthony) Emmack
Born: August 9, 1906 in Croton, Lee Co., Iowa
Died: February 21, 1985 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 132
Lot Owner: Donovan Emmack, purchased in 1936
Married: Donovan Emmack on November 27, 1927 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa
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Children: Mark Emmack, Beverly Allfree
Parents: Lewis and Mattie (Raines) Anthony
Obituary: Ella Anthony Emmack
Mrs. Donovan M. (Ella J.) Emmack, 78, of Rt. 2, Newton, a resident of the Metz area most of her life, died Thursday noon, February 21 at the Heritage Manor Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb 23 , at the Wallace-Pence Funeral Home. Dr. Richard Bentzinger, pastor of the First United Methodist Church will conduct services. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today, Feb 22. Visitation with the family will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. A memorial in her name has been established. Memorials may be left at the funeral home.
Survivors are her husband; a son, mark of Newton; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Beverly) Allfree of Ames; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. Also surviving are two brothers; Lewis (Tom) Anthony and Francis Anthony, both of Newton; and three sisters, Mrs. Ila Lunnon of Des Moines and Mrs. Fern Coffman and Mrs. Mattie Acord, both of Newton. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Emmack was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a former member of the Helping Hand Club and the Sugar Grove Grange. The daughter of Lewis and Mattie Raines Anthony, she was born Aug 9, 1906 in Lee County and attended schools in Jasper County.
She married Nov 27, 1927 at her rural home in the Metz area. ~ Newton Daily News, February 22, 1985
Myron Burzell Emmack
Born: February 22, 1900
Died: August 10, 1902 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa.
Buried: Lot 181, plot 1
Lot Owner: E. C. Emmack, purchased in 1904
Parents: Elmer and Georgia (Miller) Emmack
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Myron, two and one half-year-old son of Mr. And Mrs. Elmer Emmack, of Metz died yesterday after an illness of thirty days. The little fellow was first taken with the measles, then the whooping cough and last pneumonia. The funeral occurs tomorrow at the Metz schoolhouse at 1:30. Rev. Clark will officiate. ~ The Newton Herald, August 15, 1902.
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The Reaper Death
Myron Burzell Emmack, only son of Elmer and Georgia Emmack, was born Feb 22, 1900 and died Aug 10, 1902 at 1:15 p.m. after an illness of five weeks. His death was caused by complication of the whooping-couch and capillary bronchitis.
Little Myron was generally acknowledged as being an unusually bright child and possessing characteristics which are indicative of a great and useful man.
He was a little friend to everybody, the idol of the community, the sunshine of the home and hence universally loved. Willing hands bore flowers of the most exquisite beauty and fragrance and contributed them in gracious remembrance of their sacred dead.
The little snow-white casket covered and surrounded by garlands of the most beautiful flowers and containing its sacred dead, sustains a remarkable relation to each other; the flowers, the snow-white casket, and its precious contents are all representatives of that highest attribute of Christian character, "Purity".
Little Myron bore his affliction with remarkable patience to the very last or with a patience which would be a credit to one elder in years.
The funeral service was preached by Rev. E.F. Clark, the United Brethren pastor of the Newton charge, after which the remains were conveyed to the Metz cemetery for interment, accompanied by a very large procession of mourning friends and relations.
Little Marion (Myron) is indeed gone by not forgotten. The grief and extreme sorrow which was occasioned by his death has indeed broken and will nigh crushed the hearts of his parents, yet they are not alone in their sorrow for they receive the heart felt sympathy of the wide circle of friends and relatives both in and out side of their immediate family.
While the young sorrowing parents laid away their first born, the dearest object of their lives, in the cold ground, yet they entertain hopeful anticipations of again meeting little Myron in that land where there is no more sorrow nor weeping, and no more farewell tears are shed; but rather where Christ shall reign supreme and there it will be a perpetual peace.~ The Newton Herald, August 16, 1902
CARDS OF THANKS
We extend our heart felt thanks to all the relatives and friends who have aided and so deeply sympathized with us in our recent bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Emmack.
