Theodore Matheny Born: May 10, 1903 in Gowrie, Webster Co., Iowa Died: March 6, 1986 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa Buried: Lot 95, Married: Thelma Engle on August 24, 1929 Children: Betty Lou, Sandra Parents: Elijah S. and Louisa Davidson Matheny Obituary: Theodore S. Matheny METZ - Funeral services for Theodore S. Matheny, 82, of Rt. 2, Newton, a resident of the Metz community since 1933, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, march 11, at the Reese Chapel in Newton. The Rev. Harold Den Hartog, pastor of the Metz Community Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Sugar grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of services Tuesday. Visitation with the family will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. He died Thursday evening at the Skiff Medical Center. Survivors are two brothers, Fred of Newton, and Normie of Springtown, Tex., who was raised by the Matheny's following the death of his mother in 1932. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Thelma, in 1983, two infant daughters, a sister, and a brother, Darrell who also was raised by the Matheny's following his mother's death. Mr. Matheny was a member of the Metz Community Church, a 50-year member of the Sugar Grove Grange and a member of the Jasper County Farm Bureau. Mr. Matheny, who had worked at the Maytag Co., as a young man, began farming full time in the early 1930s and continued until retiring in 1970. The son of Elijah S. and Louisa Matheny, he was born May 10, 1903 in Gowrie. He was married to Thelma Engle Aug 24, 1929 in Des Moines. He resided south of Newton on the Skunk River bottom before moving to the Metz community. - Newton Daily News March 6, 1986.	Thelma Engle Matheny Born: February 3, 1904 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa Died: July 8, 1983 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa Buried: Lot 95 Married: Theodore Matheny in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa Children: See Theodore Matheny Parents: Fred A. and Elizabeth (Lind) Engle Thelma Matheny dies on Friday; services Tuesday Metz - Mrs. Theodore (Thelma) Matheny, 79, a lifelong resident of the Metz community, died Friday afternoon at the Embassy Manor Care Center in Newton. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Reese Chapel in Newton. The Rev. Harold Den Hartog, pastor of the Metz Community Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contribution to a fund in Mrs. Matheny's name will be accepted. Memorial may be left at the funeral home. Survivors are her husband, Theodore; Normie Matheny of Fort Worth, Texas, who was raised in their home; a brother, Fred Engle of Marshalltown; and a sister, Lucie Hurley of Rt. 2, Newton. She was preceded in death by here parents, a brother and two sisters, Betty Lou and Sandra. Mrs. Matheny was a member of the ---- rest is gone.- Newton Daily News.
Darrell Matheny Born: January 27, 1922 in Jasper Co., Iowa Died: June 2, 1945 in Okinawa Buried: in Honolulu, Hawaii, Marker: Lot 95 Parents: Elijah S. and Louisa Davidson Matheny Veteran: WWII 381st Infantry 96th Division, Staff Sergeant, US Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Bronze Star Medal Darrel Matheny Is Killed On Okinawa Word was received her Tuesday by Theodore Matheny that his brother, staff Sgt. Darrell D. Matheny, 22, had been killed in action on Okinawa on June 2. Sergeant Matheny had made his home with his brother for the past 13 years, after the death of his parents. He graduated from Newton High School in 1941 and entered the service in October, 1942. He received his training at Camp Adair and at Camp White in Washington, being shipped overseas in August, 1944. At the time he was killed, he was stationed with the infantry on Okinawa. Sergeant Matheny is survived by one sister, Mrs. Glen Temple, and three brothers, Theodore, Fred of Reasnor and Normie, at home. Before entering the service he was employed at the local Super Market. ~ Newton Daily News, June 28, 1945.	Betty Lou Matheny Born: February 28, 1934 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa Died: October 25, 1936 Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa Buried: Lot 95 Parents: Theodore and Thelma Matheny Obituary - Betty Lou Matheny METZ -- Betty Lou Matheny, 2 1/2 year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Matheny of Metz, died Sunday at 8:20 a.m. following a brief illness of purpura hemorrhagica. The disease is characterized by an effusion of the blood into surrounding tissues from its proper vessels. Funeral services were conducted from the Metz church Tuesday at 2 p.m. and interment was in the Sugar Grove cemetery at Metz. The child, born Feb. 28, 1934, had been ill only a short time before her death, her condition becoming serious Saturday night. The mother was Thelma Engle before her marriage. Surviving relatives include the parents; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Engle and a maternal great grandfather, Andrew Engle, of near Metz and her paternal grandfather and great grandfather, Elijah Matheny and Theodore Matheny both of Newton. She is also survived by two aunts, Lucy Engle and Mrs. Glen Temple of Newton, and five uncles, Fed Engle, jr., Gail Engle, Fred Matheny, Darrell Matheny and Normie Lee Matheny. ~ Jasper County Record, October 29, 1936, page 6, column 2.
Sandra Matheny Born: August 20, 1940 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa Died: September 8, 1940 in Metz, Jasper Co., Iowa Buried: Lot 95 Parents: Theodore and Thelma Matheny Obituary - Sandra Maria Matheny METZ -- Funeral service for Sandra Marie, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Matheny, was held at the Metz church Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. Clyde McDonald of Des Moines in charge. A duet "I'll be a Sunbeam for Him" was sung by two little girls, Dena and May Schrum, and another duet, "Jewels" by John Hitchler and Mrs. Roy Baty. Pallbearers were four little boys, Harold Engle, George Voverka, Donald Adams and Robert Carpenter. Interment was in the Sugar Grove cemetery. An original poem "Our Baby" was read by the great grandfather, Andrew Engle. Sandra Maria Matheny was born August 20, 1940, and died Sept. 8. ~ Jasper County Record, September 19, 1940, page 4, column 3.

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