John William KIRKENDALL ¹⁶

  Death Notes:

From The Gospel Messenger, April 17, 1937

Kirkendall, John W., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Kirkendall born Jan. 28, 1859 in Iowa and passed away in a Sioux Falls hospital, following an illness of mastoid infection. He with his parents left Iowa during his early childhood and moved to a farm in Kansas. He was baptized and was an active member of the Dunker Brethren church in Independence, Kans. Jan. l, 1880 he married Rebecca Needles. To this union twelve children were born. In November, 1915, he located on a farm near Parker, S. Dak., where he remained until 1936 when he retired and moved near Sioux Falls, where he resided at the time of his death. He leaves his wife, ten children, forty-four grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren. Funeral services at the Parker Presbyterian church by Rev, Middents and Rev Tell. Burial in the cemetery near Parker. Mrs. J. K. Kirkendall, Parker, S. Dak.

  Burial Notes:

Kirkendahl, J. W.; grave 4; lot 150; sec. B; DOD 1937; age 78; sex m.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Moved, Nov 1915, Parker, Turner, South Dakota, USA. ⁵⁴⁰

2. Moved, 1936, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA. ⁵⁴⁰

John married Rebecca Delilah NEEDELS, daughter of Erwin (Irwin) Minor NEEDLES and Mary Elizabeth BYERLY, on 1 Jan 1880.⁵⁴⁰ (Rebecca Delilah NEEDELS was born on 27 Jan 1860 in , Warren, Iowa, USA,⁵⁴² died on 27 May 1937 near Sioux Falls, SD. ⁵⁴² and was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Parker, Turner, South Dakota, USA ⁵⁴³.)