The 1895 Iowa State Census Page.

Orren E. Blake and Clara H. (Freyman) Ewald Marriage Record.

The National Provisioner, September 3, 1904

WHEN WOMEN MIX IN THE STRIKE

At Sioux City, the packinghouse strike became a question of family and neighborhood politics, and when the women got into the argument the courts were appealed to. Thomas A. Faith had Mrs. O. E. Blake arrested and wanted her bound over to keep the peace. "It's all because of the strike, your honor." said Faith, as he explained to Judge Page in the police court why Mrs. Blake should be called to account. "You see, Blake is a union man and quit work with the rest of the strikers. I stayed at work because I didn't belong to the union and was getting good money. And say, that Mrs. Blake is a monstrous woman. She weighs 208 pounds. If she don't quit coming over into my yard and scaring my wife I don't know what will happen. "You see, Mrs. Faith is a 100-pounder, and when Mrs. Blake sails into our yard and calls my wife names Mrs. Faith gets scared. Why, my six-year-old kid has been called a 'scab,' and him knowing nothing about union labor. We don't dare leaving the house alone any more for fear Mrs. Blake will pull up our tomato vines and mow down our sweet peas. I tell you this strike is an awful thing."

The Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA, Tuesday, September 11, 1906

NEIGHBORS IN A QUARREL.

Stockman Boy Is Accused of Slapping Blake Girl.

The disturbing of the peace case against Charles Stockman, the 12 year old son of Chas. Stockman, was dismissed in the police court yesterday morning. O/. E. Blake hadf filed the information against the boy, accusing him of slapping his little daughter. Blake told Judge Page he had asked the boy's father to make his son behave, but the warning brought no results. He said that the other day young Stockman met his daughter on her way to the grocery store and slapped her, knocking her down. The elder Stockman said he would not admit that his son had ever touched so much as a hair of Blake's daughter's head, but to avoid further trouble and to secure the dismissal of the case, he would promise to see that his son would not harm the girl in the future.

The Evening Times-Republican, Marshalltown, IA, August 14, 1914

Blake Gets Five Years.

Herbert Blake has pleaded guilty before Judge David Mould to the charge of grand larceny, and was sentenced to five years in the state reformatory at Anamosa. Blake confessed to robbing a farmer's home near Moville, Assistant County Attorney Jones said.

The Evening Times-Republican, Marshalltown, IA, August 21, 1914

FINDS PARENT AND MERCY.

Youth Meets Father After Long Separation - Discovery Made in Jail.

Sioux City, Aug. 21. - Herbert Blake, 21 years old, has found his father, whom he had not seen since infancy. He has been reunited to his mother, whose home in Mississippi he had left. Having been provided with a family "out of the clear sky," it is likely that Blake will also find leniency from court officials, before whom he appeared on a charge of stealing $36 from a farmer near Moville who had employed him. Discovery of his father by Blake was made during the young man's confinement in the Woodbury county jai awaiting court action. He glanced thru the pages of a city directory, by way of pastime. Out of curiosity he looked for the Blakes. One of those recorded was E. O. Blake, 2642 South Cleveland street, Morning Side. Dimly Blake recalled that the initials were like those of his father. On impulse the prisoner wrote the Morning Side man a letter. They met a day later in the jail. The lad showed the older man a picture of his mother. The relationship was established. The Sioux City Mr. Blake recognized the picture as that of his former wife, from whom he was divorced when Herbert was six months old. A telegram was sent to young Blake's mother in Mississippi. She, too, came to Sioux City to see her son. Thru their intercession the employer of young Blake, who made the theft charge against him has taken a friendly interest in the lad. Efforts are afoot to parole Blake. A few days ago he pleaded guilty to breaking into his employer's home, and was sentenced to serve five years in the Anamosa reformatory. It is likely this sentence will be suspended. The Blakes lived at Ida Grove before they were divorced. Young Blake was born there.

Lulu Anna (Lines) (Schlosser) Zeitler Death Record.

Howard Arthur Shirey in his U. S. Army uniform.

The Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA, Sunday, May 21, 1922

VETERAN BRICKMASON DIES

DEATH IS SUDDEN FOR FRANK F. SCHLOSSER.

RESIDENT HERE 41 YEARS

Employe of Omaha Railroad Company Expires of Heart Disease Shortly After Returning Home from Work.

Death came suddenly to Frank F. Schlosser, 4448 Tyler avenue, a veteran Sioux City brickmason, at his home Saturday forenoon. Saturday morning Mr. Schlosser went to his work at the new shops of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad. A short time later he returned to his home, complaining of not feeling well. A few minutes after he had been put to bed he died. Death is attributed to heart disease. Mr. Schlosser, who was 58 years old, was born in Germany. As a young man, 20 years old, he came directly to Sioux City from Europe, taking up his residence with his parents, who had preceded him to America by two years. For the past 40 years Mr. Schlosser pursued his chosen trade of masonry in Sioux City. In recent years he had been employed by the Omaha railroad. He was an active member of the Woodmen of the World. Surviving Mr. Schlosser are his widow, Mrs. Clara Schlosser; an adopted daughter, Clara; a step-daughter, Mildred Shirey; two daughters, Mrs. Elma Rockwell and Mrs. T. Delaney; two brothers, Herman and Arnold Schlosser, and a son, Harry. All are of Sioux City. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in Floyd cemetery.

Joseph "Joe" Winters and Clara H. (Freymann) (Blake) Schlosser Marriage Record.

Clarence Albert Riggs and Mary Rubens Marriage Record.

Richard Hamilton McElroy and Gwendolyn May Riggs Marriage Record.

Rex Alvin Smith and Clara Evelyn Schlosser Marriage Record.

The Sioux City Journal, Thursday, November 6, 1930

Surety Man Weds Two Days After Getting Divorce

After an absence of two days from the bonds of matrimony, Rex Smith, an insurance man, decided to again "don" the connubial "harness" and was married at Elk Point, Monday, to Miss Clara Schlosser, a Central high school graduate of the 1930 class. The ceremony that united Mr. Smith, manager of the Rex agency, 215-17 Insurance Exchange building, and Miss Schlosser was performed by Rev. Mr. Oakley, pastor of the Methodist church at Elk Point. The machinery in the Woodbury county court Friday ground from its grist a decree divorcing Mr. Smith and his former wife, who lives at 3307 Thirty-eighth street. They have three children. Mrs. Smith No. 2 is a member of the Erodelphian Literary society of Central high school and a member of Alpha Iota sorority, an organization for business girls attending the National Business Training school.

Orwyn A. "Al" Riggs and Doris B. Webb Marriage Record.

The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS, Sunday, September 10, 1944

Mrs. Mary E. Dewey Passes Away Here; Rites At Centreville

Mrs. Mary E. Dewey, 78, native of Massachusetts, died here yesterday at 5:30 a. m. at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. D. Blake, 835 North Jefferson. Mrs. Dewey has lived in Mississippi for the past 40 years and has been a resident of Jackson for the past two years. She was a member if the First Presbyterian church. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be held at Centreville.

The Seattle Times, Seattle, King Co., WA, Sunday, May 30, 1948

Riggs - Mary, aged 67 years, May 27, beloved wife of Clarence A. Riggs; mother of Mrs. Eunice Tibbetts, Mrs. Florence Nilsson, Mrs. Gwendolyn McElroy, Lieut. Helen Riggs, U. S. Army Nurse Corps; John and Andrew Rubens, and Orwin A. Riggs, all of Seattle; sister of Mrs. Alma Haight, Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. Cora Strickland, Cambridge, Neb.; John Coppom, Calif. and Nels Coppom, Calif., and Nels Coppom, Seattle. Also 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Member of Cosgrove Rebekah Lodge. Services Tuesday, 3 p. m. Mittelstadt Mortuary. Interment Evergreen Cemetery.

The Seattle Times, Seattle, King Co., WA, Tuesday, June 1, 1948

MRS. CLARENCE RIGGS

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Riggs, 67 years old, 8534 Phinney Av., who died Thursday, were scheduled this afternoon in Mittelstadt's mortuary, with burial in Evergreen. Mrs. Riggs, born in Sweden, came to the United States 61 years ago. She was a member of Cosgrove Rebekah Lodge. Surviving are husband, Clarence Riggs; four daughters, Mrs. Eunice Tibbetts, Mrs. Florence Nilsson and Mrs. Gwendolyn McElroy, all of Seattle, and Lieut. Helen Riggs, Army Nurse Corps; three sons, John and Andrew Rubens and Orwin A. Riggs, all of Seattle; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Haight, Peoria, Ill., and Mrs. Cora Strickland, Cambridge, Neb., and two brothers, Nels Coppom, Seattle, and John Coppom, California.

Clarence Albert Riggs and Clara H. (Freymann) (Blake) (Schlosser) Winters Marriage Record.

The Seattle Times, Seattle, King Co., WA, Friday, December 12, 1952

MRS. CLARENCE A. RIGGS

Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Winters Riggs, 70, of 8534 Phitney Av. will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow in the Evans chapel. Burial will be in Evergreen. Mrs. Riggs died yesterday in a hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Illinois and resided in Des Moines, Iowa, before coming here about ten years ago. She was a practical nurse. Mrs. Riggs was a member of Cosgrove Rebekah Lodge No. 218; Anona Council, Degree of Pocahontas; Improved Order of Redmen and Ballard Grandmother's Club. Mrs. Riggs is survived by her husband, Clarence A.; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Shirey, Edmonds, and Mrs. Clara Smith, Lincoln, Neb., six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Julia "Hattie" (Dewey) Blake.

The Kitsap Sun, Kitsap, WA, February 28, 1995

Anna Slater

Anna B. Slater, 96, of Bremerton, died Sunday at Bremerton Convalescent Center. She was born Sept. 13, 1898, in Milford, Iowa. In 1920 she married Howard A. Shirey. He died in 1965. On May 1, 1978, she married Charles E. Slater Jr. He died in July 1987. Mrs. Slater was a homemaker. Survivors include a sister, Rose M. Boze of Brookings, Ore.; a son, Arthur M. Shirey of Everett; four daughters, Doris M. Mace of Morro Bay, Calif., Mary C. Peterson of Bremerton and Karen R. McCorkle and Barbara A. Antrim, both of Silverdale; 17 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren. Vigil will be today at 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Millwer-Woodlawn Funeral Home.

Jack "Smitty" Smith (1932-2011)

Jack "Smitty" Smith, 78, of Panama City, Fla. died Thursday, February 17, 2011.

Mr. Smith was born June 4, 1932 in Sioux City, Iowa son of the late Rex Alvin Smith and Clara Evelyn Schlosser Smith. He was a pilot for the United States Marine Corps and served as a flight instructor at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Jack was the recipient of the National Defense Service Medal for service during the Korean War. After leaving active duty in December of 1957 he worked for a short time in the banking business. Never one to take to being a desk jockey, it did not take long before he decided that he needed to be flying again.

So Jack then took on a career with the CIA in an organization known as Air America. He flew with Air America in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Jack received distinction for his time with Air America in 1994 when he was inducted into the Gathering of Eagles along with Chuck Yeager and other exceptional aviators. After leaving Air America in the early 1970's he returned to the banking business to become a bank president in Gainesville, Fla. and then Ocala, Fla. Upon leaving banking again he decided to move to Panama City and open a barbecue restaurant that would later become known as Smitty's. He was the founder and original owner of Smitty's BBQ, where he became known for his service to the local community through his business. Smitty was always active in the community, often speaking in local churches about his commitment to Christ and at various community events about his aviation adventures. While he loved his Lord, family and friends, he was at his best when he was in a plane flying. We will miss you, but always remember the great memories you gave us.

Mr. Smith was preceded in death by his daughter, Valerie Smith and sister, Marilyn Holmes.

Survivors include his two sons, Todd M. Smith and his wife Dawn of Aliso Viejo, Calif. and Scott C. Smith and his wife, Tammy of Panama City, Fla.; one sister, Betty Lou Smith of Tallahassee, Fla. and one brother, Harold A. Smith and his wife Jan also of Tallahassee, Fla.: three grandchildren, Reagan, Keegan and Sarah; nephew, Bryan Smith and his wife Denise of Tallahassee, Fla.; niece Lisa Shirley and her husband Sawyer of Atlanta, Ga.; stepson Daniel Johnston and his wife, Charon and son, Jack of Panama City, Fla.; numerous family members and friends.

A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 10 a.m. in the Southerland Family Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Rob Woodrum officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Panama City Rescue Mission at www.pcrmission.org.

Condolences may be submitted or viewed at www.southerlandfamily.com.