RODEKOHR ANCESTORS

Merrill Martin³ Morrow (Emmet², William¹) was born to on 10 September 1886 in Newhall, Benton County, Iowa to Emmet Hugh MORROW and Jennie Eliza WILSON.[1] He attended he Eldorado Township School #6 in Newhall.[2] As a teenager, he played for the Newhall Athletes Baseball Team, coached by his father, E. H. MORROW.

Newhall Athlete’s Ball Team (1903 04 1904. Standing, left: E. H. Morrow; Front Row, seated at far right: Merrill Morrow. Photo from City of Newhall, Newhall, Iowa, 1882 – 1982, the First Hundred Years, Published by the Town of Newhall, Benton County, Iowa, 1982. p. 136.

Merrill attended and graduated from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1908[3] giving the Salutation Address at the graduation ceremonies.[4] While at Coe, Merrill played football, and was described in a news clipping:

“MORROW '08 at fullback is the only really great triple threat man in the quarter century. His punting equaled that of Jack Pence. His dropkicking and place kicking were both deadly in their accuracy. He was equally sure at either end of a pass and one of the most elusive broken field runners and brilliant defensive men that ever represented an Iowa college."[5]

In 1910, Merrill as a boarder, is living at 922 8^th St., Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. He is a salesman working for a manufacturing company.[6]

On 26 June 1912, Merrill married Bessie WHITE at Mt. Vernon, Linn County, Iowa by Rev. W. L. Alexander, with R. M. WHITE (Bessie’s brother, Ralph Macaulay WHITE) and Mrs. E. H. MORROW (Merrill’s mother, Jennie Eliza (WILSON) MORROW) as witnesses.[7]

Well Known People at Hymnal Alter - Knights of Pythias Memorial a Beautiful Service

On Wednesday, June 26, at high noon occurred the marriage of Miss Bessie White and Merrill Martin MORROW. About seventy guests gathered at the home of the bride, beautifully decorated for the occasion in green, ferns being mainly used. The bride and groom assisted in receiving the guests, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Morrow and Mr. Ralph White also constituted part of the receiving line. At precisely twelve o'clock the bridal party took their places. The bridal gown was of white embroidered chiffon with decoration in green, and a beautiful veil. The bridal bouquet was a shower of lilies of the valley and irises. There were no attendants. Rev. W. L. Alexander, pastor of the Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal church, performed the impressive ring ceremony of the Methodist church. After the congratulations of guests a delicious two-course luncheon was served, Mrs. Knox being the caterer.

Mr. and Mrs. Morrow left on the three-thirty five train, accompanied to the depot by a large deputation of the wedding guests, for a brief honey moon camping in Michigan. After that they will be at home to their friends in Mount Vernon.

The wedding presents offered a beautiful display of valuable and artistic objects, prominent among them being cut glass, hand painted china, and silver.

This marriage effects the union of two of the most popular and highly valued young people of Mount Vernon. Miss White is a young woman of exceptional attractions and personal attainments and in the half dozen years of her residence here has made a friend of everyone with whom she has come in contact. Mr. Morrow, although only of one year's residence, is the active head of the Morrow Hardware company, one of the leading business establishments of the town, who by his evident fitness for a business career and high character and principles generally has won the marked and golden opinions of his associates and all with whom he has come in contact. Their wedded life begins with the fairest auspices and with good wishes of a multitude of friends."

"Wednesday, June twenty-sixth at twelve o'clock noon, occurred the marriage ceremony of Miss Bessie White and Mr. Merrill Martin Morrow. Simple but extremely effective decorations made the home of the bride an attractive setting for a beautiful wedding. In both parlor and library ferns and bridal roses were used while in the dining room a dainty arrangement of marguerites, smilax and tiny white doves was made. About seventy guests were bidden to the ceremony and were received in the spacious hall by Miss White, Mr. Morrow, Mr. Ralph White, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Morrow. At exactly twelve o'clock noon, Miss Hazel Morrow began playing Mendelsson's Wedding March and the bride and groom took their places in the library before Dr. W. L. Alexander who performed the ceremony. The bridal gown was an exquisite affair of white embroidered with the Edelweiss flower in delicate blue and green, the whole arranged over white satin. A bouquet of bridal roses and lilies of the valley and a wedding veil held in place by a pearl bead bandeau completed the bride's attire. Following the ceremony the guests were served with a two course luncheon, Mrs. Knox having charge of the serving.

Mr. and Mrs. Morrow left on the afternoon train for Glen Haven, Mich., where they will camp for two weeks and later will be at home to their friends in Mt. Vernon.

During a comparatively short residence in Mt. Vernon both Mr. and Mrs. Morrow have taken a definite place in church, business and social circles and have many warm friends who extend to them best wishes for happiness and success. The out of town guests at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. Leo White, Rock Island, Ill..; Mr. Ralph White, Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Attwood, Dr. Charles Gillette, T. C. Brown, Miss Sara Brown, Mr. Geo. Wright all of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs R. M. Baldridge and son Donald, Vinton; Edward, Bess and Robert McGranahan, Charles Doebel, Norway; Miss Ruby Dudley and the Misses Coe, Sterling, Illinois; Miss Marjery Edwards, Clearfield; Miss Bertha Russell, Newton; Miss Van Sant Jenkins, Omaha; Miss Edith Helmer, Mechanicsville; Mrs. Verne A. Bird, Rochester, N. Y., and Mr. Chas. Mauller, Rockford."

Merrill and Bessie moved to Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa by 1916^.[9] In 1920, M. M. MORROW and Bessie W., are farming at Union Township, Kossuth County, Iowa, with children Helen Estella, age 5; and Marjorie Gertrude, age 3 7/12.

Helen and Gert Morrow, Circa 1916. Original photo in possession of Chuck Rodekohr, 2004.

From left, Merrill, Gert, Bessie, Charles and Helen, Morrow, circa 1921. Original photo in possession of Chuck Rodekohr, 2004.

From left, Bessie, Gert, Helen, Merrill and Charles, Morrow, circa 1923. Original photo in possession of Chuck Rodekohr, 2004.

Helen, Gert and Charles Morrow, circa 1926. Original photo in possession of Chuck Rodekohr, 2004.

By 1930, Merrill M.; Bessie W., Helen, E., age 16; Gertrude M., age 13; son, M. Charles, age 8; and servant/maid Lydia H. Meyer, age 22 are living at 619 South Jones St., (renting at $35 per month), in Algona City, Kossuth County. Merrill is running a hardware store, selling farm implements.[10]

Merrill Martin Morrow in front of his store, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa., circa 1930. Original photo in possession of Chuck Rodekohr, 2004.

By this time, Bessie was suffering from the effects of multiple sclerosis[11] of which she eventually died, and much of the time was confined to a wheelchair,[12], so

Lydia

was probably employed to help with house work and the children.

Bessie died 16 April 1932 at Algona, Kossuth Co., Iowa,[13] at age 48 of Multiple Sclerosis.[14] She was buried 20 April 1932 at Riverview Cemetery in Algona, Kossuth Co., Iowa.[15]

Shortly after Bessie’s death, Merrill moved his family to Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and became a Farm Manager for the Aetna Insurance Company.[17] The next year, in 1933, he moved the family to Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa, where he engaged in the same work.[18] Here, Merrill met and married Pauline WORSTER, a widow, on August 31, 1935.. She had two children from her former marriage.[19]

In 1938, Merrill bought an insurance and real estate company, to which he added farm management. Paul WORSTER, Pauline’s son, joined the firm in 1946.[20]

Merrill and Pauline had a summer cottage on the shore of Lake Okoboji, in Dickinson County, Iowa, where family would come to visit during summers. Family members would swim from the dock and fish for bluegill and pike. There was a carnival on the other side of the lake where grandchildren would be taken for the rides and cotton candy.[21]

The MORROW family lived in two different houses in Audubon. The first was a rental at 211 First Street, and the second, which they owned, across the street from the first, at 212 First Street.[22].

Merrill died at his home in Audubon on 2 February 1958[23] and is buried next to his first wife, Bessie, at Riverview Cemetery, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.[24].

Merrill Martin Morrow, circa 1944. Photo by Howard Rodekohr. Original photo in possession of Chuck

Rodekohr, 2004..Merrill and Pauline Morrow, circa 1944. Photo by Howard Rodekohr. Photo in possession of Chuck Rodekohr, 2004.

The Morrow’s first home at 211 First Street, Audubon, Iowa. Photo by Chuck Rodekohr, 9 Aug 2002.

The Morrow’s second home at 212 First Street, Audubon, Iowa. Photo by Chuck Rodekohr, 9 Aug 2002.

Children of Merrill Martin³ MORROW and Mary Bessie WHITE were as follows:

+ i. Helen Estella⁴ MORROW, born to Merrill Martin MORROW and Mary Bessie WHITE 16 April 1913 at Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa,[25];married Howard Marvin RODEKOHR of Battle Creek Nebraska. Helen died on 17 March 1962 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California.[26] They had three children.

ii. RN Marjorie Gertrude (Gert) MORROW was born to Merrill Martin MORROW and Mary Bessie WHITE on 17 May 1916 at Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.[27] Her mother died in 1932, when Gert was 16, and the family moved to Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. After she graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1933,[28] her father moved the family to Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa.

She attended the Iowa Methodist School of Nursing, in Des Moines, following in the footsteps of her sister, Helen. She graduated on 6 September 1938 as a Registered Nurse.[29] She worked at the Iowa Methodist Hospital at Ames, Iowa.[30]

R. N. Marjorie Gertrude Morrow, circa 1938. Original photo in possession of E. C. (Chuck) Rodekohr,

“Miss Morrow volunteered for duty in the Army Nurses Corps in 1942 and trained at Fort Francis E. Warren in Wyoming. In April 1943 she was sent overseas with the 95th Evacuation Hospital Unit. Nine days later this unit of 30 nurses, 30 officers and 120 enlisted men landed at Casablanca, North Africa, where they set up their first hospital. Later they moved to Brizerette, North Africa to await the invasion of

Italy

Aboard the Hospital Ship Newfoundland, they crossed the Mediterranean to Salerno,

Italy

. Unable to land because of air raids and heavy bombing, they were sent 30 miles out to sea, when a plane bombed the ship, sinking it. They manned life boats and eventually the survivors were rescued by the Hospital Ship St. Andrews and taken back to Brizerette, North Africa.

Second Lieutenant Marjorie Gertrude Morrow, Army Nurses Corp. Fifth Army, 95^th Evacuation Hospital, circa 1942. Original photo is in the Memorial at the Iowa Methodist Hospital School of Nursing Library, Des Moines, Iowa, 2002.

The unit was given new supplies and clothing and put on L. C. I.'s to cross again the rough Mediterranean to Paestion,

italy

. Three days later the unit moved to Naples where they boarded L. C. I's for the invasion of

Italy

Lieutenant Morrow's days at Anzio were filled with continuing air raids and hard work with many casualties, and only occasional times for rest in foxholes. On the morning of February 7, 1944, she and her companions received their first mail in a month.”[31]

The area selected for the

U.S.

installations was on low ground near the sea. Drainage was poor and the water table so close to the surface that disposal pits and foxholes could not be dug to proper depth. With all installations under canvas, the prevailing dampness added to the heating problem, making stoves, fresh straw, and extra blankets necessary. By 2 February, when control of the hospitals reverted to Fifth Army, the 56th, 93d, and 95th Evacuation Hospitals and two platoons of the 33d Field Hospital were in the area with an aggregate Table of Organization bed strength of 1,750.

Beachhead hospitals had been functioning at their new locations for no more than a week when the first of a long series of bombings and shellings occurred. It was impossible to put the medical installations out of range, and equally impossible in that overcrowded wedge of purgatory to site them a safe distance from legitimate military targets. Even when the beachhead was blotted out by a protective screen of smoke, the German gunners managed to find their marks. So good, indeed, was their observation, and so accurate their marksmanship, that it was impossible to attribute all the damage in the hospital area to accident.

On 7 February an enemy plane, closely pursued by Allied fighters, jettisoned its load over the hospital area. Five antipersonnel bombs landed on the tents of the 95th Evacuation Hospital, where 400 patients were being cared for. Newly wounded men were being carried in from the ambulances, the X-ray tent was crowded, and the operating rooms were working to capacity. Twenty-six persons were killed and 64 wounded.”[32]

“Shortly after 1500 hours on this day a raid was made by enemy fighter bombers. One plane, separated from the rest and under attack by a British Spitfire, jettisoned its load of anti-personnel bombs in an effort to gain altitude and elude his pursuer. This bomb load fell in a characteristic pattern from one side to the center of the area occupied by the 95th Evacuation Hospital. Bomb fragments riddled the administrative, receiving and operating tents, killing or seriously wounding the occupants and destroying equipment. Two other nurses and Second Lieutenant Morrow, Army Nurse Corps, were killed while completing the administration of blood plasma to a patient.”[33]

"Among the 26 persons killed on the Anzio beachhead on the 7th of February, 1944, were three nurses: First Lieutenants Blanche Sigman, the chief nurse of the 95th Evacuation Hospital, Carrie Sheetz, the assistant chief nurse, and Marjorie Morrow. An enemy plane, engaged by a Spitfire in a dogfight over the beachhead "in an apparent effort to gain altitude, jettisoned his load of A.P. bombs over the area occupied by the 95th Evac.”[34]

Gert was buried at the United States Military Cemetery, VI Corps, plot F, row 32, grave 808, Nettuno,

Italy

.[35]

Second Lieutenant Marjorie Gertrude Morrow, U. S. Military Cemetery, Nettuno,

Italy.

Original photo in possession of E. C. (Chuck) Rodekohr, 2004

"Sicily-Rome cemetery lies at the north edge of the town of Nettuno, which is immediately east of Anzio, 32 mules south of Rome. ... established on January 24, 1944, following the first landings at the Anzio beaches 2 days previously. Here are buried 7862 of our military Dead.”[36]

“Marjorie Gertrude MORROW was the only Iowa nurse killed in action and was one of the first three nurses simultaneously killed by enemy action in the Mediterranean theater of operations in World War II. Lieutenant MORROW is buried in the American Military Cemetery in Nettuno,

Italy

.”[37]

Second Lieutenant Marjorie Gertrude Morrow. Left: World War II; Center: Purple Heart; Right: European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign with Bronze Arrowhead and three Bronze Stars. On display at her Memorial at the Iowa Methodist Hospital Library, Des Moines, Iowa. Photo of medals in display case by E. C. (Chuck) Rodekohr 09 Aug 2002

The World War II Victory Medal was awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the

United States

or of the Government of the Philippine Islands who served on active duty in World War II at any time between 7 December 1941 and 31 December 1946, both dates inclusive.

The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded for qualifying service within the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946. A bronze arrowhead device was awarded for participation in designated Army amphibious and airborne combat assaults. Bronze service stars were awarded by all services for participation in designated campaigns.

The Purple Heart was awarded to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States or any civilian national of the United States who, while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the U.S. Armed Forces, after April 5, 1917, has been wounded, killed, or who has died or may hereafter die of wounds received.

iii. Charles Merrill MORROW was born to Merrill Martin MORROW and Mary Bessie WHITE on 3 July 1921[38]^,

[39] at Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa. He was not married. He died of cancer[40] on 28 September 1975 at Galesburg, Illinois, at age 54. He was buried at Grace Episcopal Church, Galesburg.[41]

Charles Merrill Morrow, circa 1926. Photo in possession of E.C. (Chuck) Rodekohr, 2004.

Charles M. Morrow, publisher of the Galesburg Register-Mail, died Sunday at 2:20 a.m. at St. Mary's Hospital. He was 54.

Mr. Morrow, who lived at 2660 Springer Rd., was admitted to the hospital early last Tuesday afternoon. He had been under treatment for cancer since early this summer, when the disease reoccurred after an apparently successful operation two years ago.

Funeral will be Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Kellog and Ferris streets. Rev. Thad B. Rudd, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, will celebrate the requiem mass.

Memorials may be made to Grace Episcopal Church or to St. Mary's Hospital, the family said.

A bachelor, Mr. Morrow is survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Pauline Worster Morrow, Audubon, Iowa; a step-brother, Paul Worster also of Audubon; Worsters's son Stanley, who has lived in Galesburg for short periods during the past several years; a step-sister, Mrs. Edmund (Mary Ellen) Mann, Knoxville, Tenn., two nephews and a niece.

Mr. Morrow joined the Galesburg Register-Mail as a reporter in April 1950, subsequently served as managing editor, and on Feb. 1, 1957, was elected editor by the newspaper's board of directors.

He assumed the additional responsibilities of general manager and vice president of Galesburg Printing and Publishing Co. and publisher of the newspaper.

He was the third person to serve as Register-Mail editor since the Evening Mail and Republican Register were combined in 1927, and was its sixth publisher. . . .

During Mr. Morrow's tenure as publisher and general manager, the Register-Mail made a number of major improvements.

In 1968-69, the newspaper's old building on Simmons Street was razed and replaced with a new structure which houses a composing room on the second level and paper storage rooms underground. The rest of the building is occupied by a data processing company.

Under Morrow's leadership, the Register-Mail converted in August 1974 from its old hot-type and letterpress printing system to cold-type compositions and offset printing. The program included installations of a new million-dollar press in the newspaper plant on South Prairie Street.

Mr. Morrow insisted that the newspaper play an active role in community affairs, and its personnel voluntarily participated in countless projects.

Mr. Morrow was born July 3, 1921, at Algona, Iowa, and had lived in Audubon, Des Moines and Burlington, Iowa before he moved to Illinois.

He was graduated from Audubon High School and earned his bachelor-of-arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1942. He later did graduate work in journalism.

Before joining the Register-Mail, he had been city editor of the Advocate-Republican, a weekly newspaper in Audubon, and was a reporter for the Burlington, Iowa, Hawk-Eye Gazette. He was a public relations assistant for the Burlington Railroad in Chicago when he accepted the reporter's job in Galesburg.

Mr. Morrow was active in many civic organizations in Galesburg in a variety of capacities.

He had been a Galesburg Chamber of Commerce director for six years, a member of the St. Mary's Hospital Lay Advisory Board, was a Knox County YMCA director, and had been president of the former Community Chest and was a member of the board of its successor, the Knox County United Way.

Mr. Morrow worked on various committees to help attract new industry to Galesburg. Among the firms he helped bring here were Gates Rubber Co. and H. O. Canfield Co. He was a member of the former Galesburg Chamber of Commerce Realty Corp., which was a group of businessmen responsible for much of the development of the Galesburg Municipal Airport.

He was chairman of the Galesburg Chamber's transportation committee for a number of years, and was instrumental in persuading former Gov. William Stranton to change the proposed route of I-74 so it ran through Galesburg. He also helped secure numerous other highway improvements for the Galesburg area.

Mr. Morrow had been active in committees to adopt and later to retain council-manager form of government in Galesburg, and participated in campaigns for school tax issues and to establish Carl Sandburg College.

He wrote the application which won Galesburg the designation as an "All American City" in 1957.

He was a member of Alpha Masonic Lodge 155, AF&AM, the Moline Consistory and the Legion of Honor of the Order of DeMolay. He had served on the boards of the Carl Sandburg Birthplace Association and the Knox-Galesburg Symphony Orchestra.

He was appointed by former Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie as a trustee for the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, serving on its vestry and as senior warden and junior warden.

He was a recipient of numerous awards for his community service, including the Galesburg Cosmopolitan Club's "Distinguished Service Award" which he received in 1964.

Besides his duties with the newspaper, he was a director of First Galesburg National Bank & Trust Co. and Intra State Telephone Co. He was vice president and a director of Northwest Illinois Cable TV Corp., which operates cable television systems in Galesburg and Monmouth.

He was a director of the Illinois Daily Newspaper Markets organization, and had been active in Inland Daily Press Association and American Newspaper Publishers Association programs. He was a former member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and was United Press Illinois Editors Association vice president in 1963 and president in 1964.

Mr. Morrow served in the U. S. Army from 1942-45, and was an infantry captain. He won a Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, European Theater of Operations ribbon with three clusters, and the victory medal.

Captain Charles M. Morrow,

United States

Army, circa 1942. Photo by Howard M. Rodekohr. In possession of E. C. (Chuck) Rodekohr, 2004.

He was wounded while serving in

Germany

. He once related to a reporter that he was leading a patrol and told his men to wait while he scouted ahead in an area between two hedge rows. He said he turned a corner and found himself face-to-face with a German machine gun emplacement, which opened fire on him.

"I remember emptying my revolver and then throwing it at them," he said. He was hit a number of times by enemy bullets, and apparently was left for dead.

When he did not return, members of his squad searched for and found him where he had been gunned down. He spent a time in

England

, where he was treated for his wounds, before he was returned to the Untied States.”[42]

The Silver Star is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the U.S. Army, is cited for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force, or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the

United States

is not a belligerent party. The required gallantry, while of a lesser degree than that required for award of the Distinguished Service Cross, must nevertheless have been performed with marked distinction.

The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded for qualifying service within the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946.

The World War II Victory Medal may be awarded to all members of the Armed Forces of the

United States

or of the Government of the Philippine Islands who served on active duty in World War II at any time between 7 December 1941 and 31 December 1946, both dates inclusive.

“Between 1950-52, Uncle Chuck (after whom I was named) was visiting when we lived in Baton Rouge, around Easter time. At one point, he joked that, while driving down (from Galesburg, Ill.), he accidentally ran over the Easter Bunny. My sister Sue (Susan at the time) started crying and had to be assured by Uncle Chuck that he was just joking.

I remember seeing long scars on his arms which he said were bullet wounds that he received when he was shot in World War II. My mother (Helen (MORROW) RODEKOHR said he had numerous wounds and still carried some of the slugs. A number of years later, I saw his Purple Hart medal that he received for being wounded. Unfortunately, his medals appear to have been lost. He told me that had no movement in his left hand. When the doctors asked him how he wanted his hand set, Uncle Chuck replied that he wanted it set so he could hold a martini glass.

I recall our family visiting Uncle Chuck in Galesburg, Illinois, probably in 1957 or '58, (it may have been prior to that as I don't remember my brother Steve, born 1955, on the trip) where he was the editor of the Galesburg Register-Mail, a local newspaper. He had a large cabin cruiser with a flying bridge, that was named the "Siwash". It was docked, I think, on the Mississippi River. He took the family out on the river and let me drive. This was one of the high points of my young life up to that time. “

[1]

[2] City of Newhall, Newhall, Iowa, 1882 – 1982, the First Hundred Years, (Published by the Town of Newhall, Benton County, Iowa, 1982) pp. 69, 80.

[3] Printed eulogy for Merrill M. Morrow, given by Rev. James H. Buikema on February 4, 1958. In possession oif E. C. (Chuck) Rodekohr,, 2004.

[4] Copy of M. M. Martin hand written Salutation Address notes Provided by, and original in possession of, Wilson Robb Morrow, Vinton, Linn County, Iowa, 2002.

[5] News clipping, unknown newspaper, from the scrap book kept by Bessie (White) Morrow, page 53, with a hand written note, possibly by Marjorie Gertrude Morrow, across the headline "For Daddy":, Prof Bryant and Sherm Finger Select All-Time Coe and Cornell Teams.

[6] 1910 United States Federal Census, Iowa, Polk County, Series T624, Roll 419, Sheet 15B/9523, Page 282 (NYGBS, HeratigeQuest Online), Supervisor's District No. 7, Enumeration District No. 114, Des Moines City, Ward 3, Line 92, 922 8th St., Del 251, Fam 302, Morrow, Merrill Morton [sic].

[7] Certificate of Marriage, No. 15549, M. Morrow and Mary Bessie White, 26 June 1912, issued by W.L. Alexander, Minister.

[8] Newspaper article from unknown newspaper, from a scrap book kept by Bessie (white) Morrow, page 51, announcing the marriage of White-Morrow:

[9] Marjorie Gertrude Morrow Memorial at the Methodist Hospital Library, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.

[10] 1930 United States Federal Census, Iowa, Kossuth Co. Roll 663, Algona City, Ward 2, Page 10B, Image 41.0. (Ancestry.com), Enumeration District No. 55-2, Supervisor's District No. 2, Enumerated 09 Apr 1930, Line 96, 619 South Jones St., Dwel 243, Fam 257, Morrow, Merrill M., Head, Rent $35, Radio, MW44, M at 26, Iowa, Ohio, Iowa, Implement Dealer, Farm Implement; Bessie, W. Head, FW46, M at 28, Ill, Ill, NY; Helen E, Dau, FW16, Iowa, Iowa, Ill; Gertrud M., Dau, FW13, Iowa, Iowa, Ill; M. Charles, Son, MW8, Iowa, Iowa, Ill; Page 11A, Line 1, Meyer, Lydia H, Servant, FW22, Single, Iowa, Wis, Wis, Maid

[11] Conversation between Howard Rodekohr, son-in-law of Bessie (White) Morrow, to Sue Morrow, his daughter. This was related to her brother, E. C. (Chuck ) Rodekohr on 07 August 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah

[12] Conversation between Norma Worster, step-daughter-in-law of Merrill Morrow and E. C. (Chuck) Rodekohr on 09 August 2002 in Audubon, Iowa.

[13] Obituary notice from unknown newspaper found in a Scrap Book kept by Bessie (WHITE) MORROW, page 54: "Mrs. Merrill M. MORROW - Mrs. Merrill M. MORROW, died in the family home in Algona, Iowa, Saturday, according to word received today by Mrs. Don Jones, 2504 North Street, Rock Island.

[14] Conversation on Aug 7, 2002, Sue (RODEKOHR) MORROW told Chuck RODEKOHR that their Dad, Howard RODEKOHR had told her that Grandmother Bessie (WHITE) MORROW had died of Multiple Sclerosis. Aug 9, 2002, Norma WORSTER told Chuck RODEKOHR that Bessie (WHITE) MORROW had died of Multiple Sclerosis, that she had been confined to a wheelchair much of the time before her death.

[15] Obituary notice from unknown newspaper found in a Scrap Book kept by Bessie (WHITE) MORROW, page 54: "Mrs. Merrill M. MORROW - Mrs. Merrill M. MORROW, died in the family home in Algona, Iowa, Saturday, . . . Burial will be Wednesday in Algona."

[16] Standard No. 40 Diary, 1884, belonging to John Wilbur WHITE: Entry for February 11, 1884: "Reach [?] Father Payson’s at 1:30 a.m. Found Lizzie very sick Dr Gorden [?] attending Mrs. John White. At 6:30 baby born - a little girl.

[17]

[18]

[19] Printed eulogy for Merrill M. Morrow, given by Rev. James H. Buikema on February 4, 1958. Original in possession of E. C. (Chuck) Rodekohr, 2004.

[20]

[21] Personal recollection of visits in the 1950’s of E.C. (Chuck) Rodekohr

[22] Personal knowledge as related to E. C. (Chuck) Rodekohr by Norma Worster, daughter-in-law of Pauline (Worster) Morrow on 09 August 2002

[23] Hand written notation on Family Tree by Hklen Estella (Morrow) Rodekohr.. Original in possession of. (Chuck), 2004.

[24] Personal knowledge as related to E. C. (Chuck) Rodekohr by Norma Worster, daughter-in-law of Pauline (Worster) Morrow on 09 August 2002

[25] Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original electronic data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health, Name: Rodekohr, Helen M; Social Security #; Sex: Female; Birth Date: 16 Apr 1913; Birthplace: Iowa; Death Date: 17 Mar 1962; Death Place: Contra Costa; Mother's Maiden Name: White

[26] Certified copy of Certificate of Death, Certificate # 0700-478, for Helen M. Rodekohr, Date of Death: March 17, 1963, 1:30 p. m., by Eugene B. Whitney, M. D. Physician. Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa, County, California.

[27] Original Application for Membership to the National Daughters of the American Revolution, completed by Marjorie Gertrude Morrow.

[28] Memorial Biography of Marjorie Gertrude Morrow at the Iowa Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Des Moines, Iowa.

[29] Original Diploma for Marjorie Gertrude Morrow, from the Iowa School of Nursing, Des Moines, Iowa, dated 06 Sep 1938.

[30] Memorial Biography of Marjorie Gertrude Morrow at the Iowa Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Des Moines, Iowa.

[31] Memorial Biography of Marjorie Gertrude Morrow at the Iowa Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Des Moines, Iowa.

[32] Charles M. Wiltse, WWII Medical Services in the Mediterranean and Minor Theatres (Washington D.C. 1963), pg 275

[33] Colonel R. L. Bauchspies, M.D., "Military Medicine - Part II" - "The Courageous Medics of Anzio", February 1958. p. 120.

[34] Edith A. Ayres, major, A.N.C., U.S.A., Retired, From Nightingale to Eagle: An Army Nurse's History (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 1973) pp. 247/248.

[35] Original letter, dated 16 October 1945, from the War Department to Mr. Merrill M. Morrow, Audubon, Iowa. Original in possession of E. C. (Chuck) Rodekohr, 2004.

[36] The American Battle Monuments Commission publication, Sicily – Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, (U. S. Government Printing Office, O – 426515, 1957. In possession of E.C. (Chuck) Rodekohr, 2004) p. 3.

[37] Marjorie Gertrude Morrow Memorial at the Iowa Methodist Hospital Library, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.[38] Copy of obituary for Charles M. Morrow, from the Galesburg Register-Mail, Galesburg, Illinois, September 29, 1975, provided by Wilson Robb Morrow, May 30, 2002.

[39] Copy of a funeral program for Charles Merrill Morrow, Grace Parish (Episcopal), Galesburg, Illinois.

[40] Copy of obituary for Charles M. Morrow, from the Galesburg Register-Mail, Galesburg, Illinois, September 29, 1975, provided by Wilson Robb Morrow, May 30, 2002.

[41] Copy of a funeral program for Charles Merrill Morrow, Grace Parish (Episcopal), Galesburg, Illinois.

[42] Copy of obituary for Charles M. Morrow, from the Galesburg Register-Mail, Galesburg, Illinois, September 29, 1975, provided by Wilson Robb Morrow, May 30, 2002.

Merrill Martin MORROW 1886-1958

Merrill Martin MORROW
1886-1958