Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Ben Heatley, 7 South 49 West
Wexford, Iowa history "A cabin was built by the early La Tronches and Martelles on a
little knoll known later as Cabin Hill. It's just a little below James Kernan's home today.
It was built so the early missionaries could say mass there while going up or down the river.
Then when Father Hoar and his little colony of Irish from Ireland came up the old river from
Saint Louis, Mo., and landed at Heffern's landing on the 25th day of March, 1851.
His first mass in the new country was in the cabin on Cabin Hill.
Many of his people had to stay for a time with the French on the prairies to rest
before going into the wilderness, of what is now Wexford parish.
The Heatley family had to stay in the cabin as Grandpa Heatley was ill.
He died in that cabin on the 14th of Aug., 1851. He was grandfather of Ben Heatley,
who lives in Wexford today. His casket was made by the skilled hands of the La Tronches
and Martelles. They were all very handy with the saw and hammer,
as their descendants to this day are."
1895 Lafayette, Iowa "Ben Heatley, aged 23, of Lafayette, was accidentally shot by his uncle Will, who was fixing a 22 calibre rifle. "
In 1910 Kit Carson County,
Ben F. Heatley 36 is farming, born in Iowa, living alone.
Ben claimed two quarters in section 5, 7S 49W in 1913.
In 1920 Allamakee County, Iowa,
Ben F. Heatley is farming, 48, Anna C. Heatley
34 Wife, with
Gullick Oie
28 Servant.
In 1930 Allamakee County,
Bernard F. Heatly is 58,
Anna C. Heatly 45 Wife,
Clare M. Heatly
4, Adopted Daughter, and
William Heatly
61 Brother.
All four are in Allamakee County in 1940.
Ben F. Heatley, widowed, born Sept 28, 1871 at Wexford to Abraham Heatley and Mary Ann Joyce, died February 3, 1951 in Dubuque, Iowa, to be buried in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Wexford.
MEMORIAL ID
48042714.
Wed., 11 Dec. 1957.
Lansing- Services were held Monday at Wexford Cemetery south of here for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Whittle of Wexford, who died shortly after birth Monday morning.
He leaves his parents, one brother, Larry; two sisters, Eileen and LaVonne; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Whittle, Waukon; and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ben Heatley, Wexford.>
Anna Clare McMahon Heatley
BIRTH
6 Mar 1885
Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa,
DEATH
6 Dec 1965
BURIAL
Wexford Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa,
MEMORIAL ID
48042698.
CLAIRE
Claire M. Heatley Whittle
BIRTH
21 Jul 1925
DEATH
18 Jan 2008
BURIAL
Wexford Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa,
MEMORIAL ID
24034149.
"Claire M. Whittle, 82, of Waukon, IA, died Friday, January 18, 2008 at Northgate Care Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 21st at 11:00 am at Immaculate Conception Wexford Catholic Church in rural Lansing, IA, with Fr. Louis Trzil officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2:00 to 7:00 pm Sunday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, where there will be a 4:30 pm scripture service.
Claire Margaret Whittle was born on July 21, 1925 in Ft. Dodge, IA. Her parents were Ben and Anna (McMahon) Heatley. She attended school in Harpers Ferry and Waukon and also went to Waukon Jr. College where she took the normal training curriculum to become a teacher. Following school she taught for several years at the Sweet Ridge School in Lafayette Township. On February 11, 1947 she married Virgil Paul Whittle at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Dubuque, IA. Claire and Virgil lived in Dubuque until 1951 when they purchased the Wexford area farm that her family had homesteaded. They raised a dairy herd, crops and horses for many years.
Claire was a member of Immaculate Conception Wexford Catholic Church and its Rosary Society. She enjoyed being part of a neighborhood homemakers club and card club. Her pastimes included raising flowers, doing crochet and crafts, listening to music and following the Chicago Cubs and Iowa Hawkeyes. Claire very much enjoyed spending time with her family, particularly her grand and great-grandchildren.
Survivors include 3 sons, Larry (Bev) Whittle and Alan (Carmen) Whittle, both of Decorah, IA, and Gary (Carol) Whittle of Harpers Ferry, IA; 2 daughters, Eileen (John) Curtin and Bonnie(Ray) Wagner, both of Lansing; 15 grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren, William and Rachel Voss, Skie Troester and Nathan Brown. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Virgil, who died in 2005.
Honorary casketbearers are her granddaughters, Kelli Brown, Julie Voss, Cheryl Wagner, Jenna Whittle, Lea Ann Van Vliet and Katie Schultz. Casketbearers are her grandsons, Aaron, Jesse, Derek and Matthew Whittle, Brian and Brad Curtin, Tom and Paul Wagner, and Logan Schultz.
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