Percy Engle
Born: March 7, 1886 in Baxter, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: October 26, 1967 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 94, plot 4
Lot Owner: Percy Engle, purchased in 1920
Married: Eva Jane O'Bannon
Children: Everett O., Paul, and Evelyn Wirt.
Parents: Andrew and Carrie Engle
Percy Engle, 81, Former Resident Dies on Thursday
Funeral services for Percy Engle, 81, of Crescent, a former resident of Jasper County, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Woodring Funeral Home in Council Bluffs.
Mr. Engle will lie in state in Moffitt Funeral Home in Mitchellville later Monday afternoon until approximately 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Sugar Grove Cemetery in the Metz community conducted by the Rev. Hilton Griswold, minister of the First Assembly of God Church in Newton.
Mr. Engle died Thursday evening in Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs.
Survivors are his wife, Eva O'Bannon Engle; a son, Paul of McAllen, Tex.; a daughter, Mrs. Spencer (Evelyn) Wirt of Phoenix, Ariz.; six grandchildren; a brother, Fred Engle, of near Newton; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a brother, James; a twin sister in infancy; his parents; and a son in infancy.
The son of Andrew and Caroline Davidson Engle, he was born in Baxter March 7, 1886.
He resided in the Metz community during his early life, later moving to Newton where he operated the Engle Tile Co. He resided in Des Moines and Missouri Valley for several years before moving to Crescent. ~ The Newton Daily News, October 30, 1967.
Eva Jane (O'Bannon) Engle
Born: October 14, 1884 in Nebraska
Died: December 23, 1973 in Newhall, Los Angeles Co., California
Buried: Lot 94, plot 6
Lot Owner: Percy Engle, purchased in 1920
Married: Percy Engle
Children: Everett O., Paul, and Evelyn Wirt.
Parents: Oscar and Sarah (Colson) O'Bannon
Eva J. Engle, Former Newton Resident; Dies
Mrs. Percy (Eva Jane) Engle, 92, of Nehall, Calif., a former resident of Newton died Sunday in Newhall.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Loehr Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Survivors are her son, Prof. Paul Engle, of McAllen, Tex.; a daughter, Mrs. Spencer (Evelyn) Wirt of Newhall, Calif.; and four nieces and nephews, Robert Moffitt of Mitchellville, Lindy Moffitt of Des Moines and Mrs. Leo (Irene) Toedt and Mrs. Norman (Eva) Harpole, both of Newton.
She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.
The daughter of Oscar and Sarah Colson O'Bannon, she was born Oct. 14, 1889 in Nebraska. ~ Newton Daily News, December 26, 1973.
Everett O. Engle
Born: January 8, 1918 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: January 11, 1918 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 94, plot 3
Lot Owner: Percy Engle, purchased in 1920
Parents: Percy and Eva Jane (O'Bannon) Engle
