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Subject: [IADECATU] OBITUARY - MARION FLOYD STOOKEY
Decatur County Journal
Thursday, April l0, l9l9
MARION FLOYD STOOKEY was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, March l9, l846,
and died at his home in Leon, Iowa, April 2, l9l9, aged 73 years and l3
days. With his parents he moved from Indiana to Linn County, Iowa, in the
fall of l857 and settled on a farm. His education was acquired in the
district school supplemented by a term in the high school at Cedar Rapids
and a year at Western College. He followed the occupation of teaching for
several years, teaching during the winter months and working on a farm
during the summer. He enlisted in Company C, Forty-seventh Iowa, during the
Civil War and served until that regiment was discharged. He graduated from
the Law Department of the State University in l877 and immediately settled
in Leon, Iowa, where he has since continued the practice of law. Shortly
after his location in Leon he formed a partnership with E.W. Haskett which
terminated several years later when Mr. Haskett was appointed U.S. District
Attorney for Alaska. A!
s a lawyer the deceased was known throughout the country as a safe
counselor and he soon developed a broad and deep comprehension of the
fundamental principles of the law. He always enjoyed a lucrative practice
which furnishes evidence of his integrity and ability. He has served as
Mayor and City Attorney of Leon and also County Attorney of Decatur County.
He was elected to the Senate in l903 and served during the Thirtieth,
Thirty-First and Thirty-Second General Assemblies. On September l, l88l, he
was married to MISS ELIZABETH BROOKS at Leon, Iowa, who with their
daughter, MRS. MARION E. WASSON, of Des Moines, and his brothers, NELSON,
of Palo, and CHARLES, of Shellsburg, and his sister, MRS. MARGARET
LIGHTFOOT, of Palo, survive him. For over forty years MR. STOOKEY has been
an honored resident of Leon during which time he has served both city,
county and state in honored positions. He was a man of exemplary character
marked for his quiet and even tempered disposition!
. His life speaks louder than any words that could be spoken in his praise.
For many years he was one of the owners of the decatur county Journal.
Under this influence and management the paper prospered and its sphere of
usefulness was greatly extended. The editorials were widely quoted and it
became one of the ablest and strongest defenders of the principles of the
Republican Party in the eighth Congressional District. The deceased
believed in the fundamental principles of Christianity. He believed that
religion is essential and indispensable to the welfare of men and
governments. To one who had known him for many years he once remarked: The
greatest message ever delivered to mankind is contained in the words of the
Master, "I am the resurrection and the life."
MARION F. STOOKEY was a patriotic American and loved his country. He was
devoted to his party but that devotion to party was superinduced by his
love of his country. He was always prominent in the councils of his party
and "we shall meet but we will miss him."
He was sick for over nine weeks gradually growing weaker and weaker, until
the end came. The funeral services were held from the home Friday
afternoon, April 4th, and were in charge of Rev. C.H. Hiller, Pastor of the
Leon M.E. Church, assisted by Rev. Brooks, of Colfax, and also the Masonic
Fraternity of which he was for many years a prominent member.
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