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Lester Wakeman

Birth	:	20 Oct 1835 New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death	:	17 Feb 1908 Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Riverside Cemetery, Akron, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.8367004, -96.5453033
Description	:	DIED WAKEMAN--At his home in Akron, Iowa, Monday, February 17, 1908, Lester Wakeman, of paralysis, aged 72 years, 3 months, and 28 days. About the first of last November appeared the initial indication of the dread malady. he had been confined to his bed a trifle over three weeks when the final summons came. Lester Wakeman was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, October 20, 1835, and early in life affiliated with the Baptist church. Like many another hardy young New Englander, there came to his ears the voice of the young and mighty West.... Read More	DIED WAKEMAN--At his home in Akron, Iowa, Monday, February 17, 1908, Lester Wakeman, of paralysis, aged 72 years, 3 months, and 28 days. About the first of last November appeared the initial indication of the dread malady. he had been confined to his bed a trifle over three weeks when the final summons came. Lester Wakeman was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, October 20, 1835, and early in life affiliated with the Baptist church. Like many another hardy young New Englander, there came to his ears the voice of the young and mighty West. he with hunreds of others, hearkened to the call, leaving the old home state in 1866 and locating on a homestead about five miles northwest of Akron, in Sioux Valley township, Union county, South Dakota (then Dakota territory). With only a very few settlers within a wide ara, there was then little except a wonderfully fertile soil, to commend this section for settlement, but he had an abiding and not-mistaken faith in its future possibilities, which even the terrible winters, periods of drouth, Indian scares, grasshopper scourges and other discouragements of pioneer days could not shake. it was the joy of his life to see the Big sioux Valley made to bloom as the rose and finally brought to that uncontestable plane, the "garden spot of the world"--in the transformation of which he did his part nobly and well. In the spring of 1888 he and his wife ladi aside the activities of farm duties and came to reside in Akron, which has since been their home. Personally, too much of good cannot be saif of Lester Wakeman--a model citizen, a true friend, modest and unassuming. To the needy his store of plenty was never closed and full justice marked his dealings with all men. The community mourns his departure, along with the bereaved family. Besides the wife, there survive two sons and one daughter--George, of Montrose, S. D.; Frank and Mrs. D. K. Bennett, of Chatsworth, Iowa. He also has four brothers, Hiram, Sherwood and Andrus, of New Canaan, Conn., and Alsop, northwest of Akron, and one sister, Mrs Hattie Crawford, of New Canaan. Two sisters, Mrs. andrew Hoyt and Mrs. Louise Raymond, are deceased. At the funeral, held yesterday afternoon in the Akron Baptist church, many friends assembled to pay a last tribute of respect. A strong sermon was delivered by W. T. Rateliffe, pastor of the Christian church. The local Masonic, Odd Fellow, Eastern Star and REbekah lodges, of which the deceased was a member, attended in a body. The Masons took charge upon leaving the churh and the beautiful and impressive burial service of that order was exempliefied at the grave, in Riverside cemetery. The pallbearers chosen from the Masonic brethren were: Boyson Ross, Peter Ide, E. J. Bradley, A. U. Wilson, H. W. Nelson and W. W. Meredith. Akron Register Tribune Thursday, February 20, 1908 Akron, Iowa

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Lester Wakeman death on 17 Feb 1908 in Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.8367004
Longitude: -96.5453033

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Harriet Emily Cox Wakeman

(1843 - 1920)

Siblings

Alsop Wakeman

(1845 - 1925)

Children

Frank Wakeman

(1858 - 1941)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Riverside Cemetery
Akron, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8367004, -96.5453033

2. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Akron, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8232300, -96.5374800

3. Mount Hope Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8885994, -96.5667038

4. Union Creek Cemetery
Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8911018, -96.5863037

5. Gores Bluff Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8035069, -96.6260468

6. Westfield Township Cemetery
Westfield, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7510986, -96.5914001

7. Richland Cemetery
Richland, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7682991, -96.6624985

8. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Spink, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8741000, -96.6876000

9. Big Springs Cemetery
Big Springs, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9379000, -96.6090000

10. Old Big Springs Cemetery
Big Springs, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9455986, -96.5868988

11. Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery
Ruble, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8372000, -96.3799000

12. Mills Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7188460, -96.6019280

13. First Brule Creek Cemetery
Elk Point, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7943993, -96.7069016

14. Pleasant Hill Cemetery Old
Spink, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8588462, -96.7215592

15. Brule Creek Cemetery
Spink Township, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8346510, -96.7324350

16. Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Adaville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7494011, -96.4005966

17. Saint Paul Cemetery
Elk Point, Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7641983, -96.7061005

18. Union County Poor Farm Cemetery
Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7649210, -96.7077580

19. Nora Cemetery
Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9314003, -96.7061005

20. Plymouth Presbyterian Cemetery
Brunsville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8208760, -96.3318410

21. Ahlsborg Lutheran Cemetery
Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8228000, -96.7612000

22. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Johnson Township, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7416992, -96.3707962

23. Peace Lutheran Cemetery
Union County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9805984, -96.6481018

24. Saint Johns Cemetery
Craig, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8939018, -96.3225021