Hiram Hulbert Kinner, youngest son of James Maxwell and Chloe Woodin Kinner, was born Sept/ 21, 1884 at the farm hone, at Dryden, one mile east and two miles north of Elberon, Oneida township, Tama County. He received his education in the Kinner rural school and graduated from the Dysart high school. He attended Leander Clark College in Toledo, which is now the State Juvenile Home, for one year. He also attended the Automotive Engineering School in Chicago in 1908, and took two courses in air conditioning and refrigeration. He attended the Lathe School in Newton.
One Sept. 26, 1906, married in Marion, Iowa to Misss Mary Kouba of Vining, who was born in Kiev, Russia. They were the parents of one daughter, Mildred Vivian, born Sept. 4, 1907 on the same farm as her father, where her farmed farmed for one year. from they they moved to a ranch near Buhl, Idaho where they lived for two years. While liver there Mrs. Kinner was drowned in a boating accident as they were crossing the Snake River to get eggs when the boat became entangled with a cable on a ferry, and capsized. The body of Mrs. Kinner was not recovered for over a month and was then returned for burial in the National cemetery near Vining. Also drowned was her nephew, Lawrence Kupka, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Kupka of Vining and brother of Karl Kupka of Toledo, who with his brother, Milo, were visiting there while their parents attended the Worlds' Fair in Seattle.Others visiting the Kinners at the time were her mother, Mrs. Frances Kouka and Mrs. Kinner's brother Paul Kouba, and wife of Vining.
On May 15, 1931, he was united in marriage at Bloomington, Ind. to Mrs. Marjorie Olive (Johnson) Van Buskirk of Bloomington. They have since made their home in Elberon, with the exception of two years when they were house parent at the Phiro Sigma Phi House, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In 1940 Mr. Kinner signed up to go to the arsenal but instead went to Cedar Rapids and worked at the Century Ordnance plant form 1943 to 1944. He also worned and opeated a garage and service station in Elberon, and in the air conditioning and electric business.
Mr. Kinner served on the town council and as town Marshal several times. He and Mrs Kinner operated swutcgbiard at tge tekeohibe iffuce ub Elberon for four years. When just a young man he sold the town of Elberon their first sationary pump. Mr. Kinner was a man of many talents. He built a block houg house on this parents farm, the Kaloupek garage, a block ban on his mother's property on Knob Hill in Elberon, also his own garage and service state at the corner of Main and Railroad St., across the street from their stone home on Main he built. He felled the walnut and cherry trees and cured the lumber for the woodwork and doors in their home.
He was member of the Masonic Lodge in Dysart. He was the last surviving member of the Kinner family of seven childrne. Besides his first wire he was preceded four brother and two sister, John Franklin, who died at the age of 9 months with scarlet fever, Nettie Gertrude at the age of 5, when kicked in the head by a horse. K. Kent, James Maxwell Jr.., and also Mrs. Guy (Mary Myrtle) Monroe of Belle Plaine, and Dr. Major Ransom Kinner, a dentist in Seattle, Washington. Surviving are his wife, and daughter, Mrs. Don (Mildred) B`rown of Dallas Center, one granddaughter, Mrs. Charlie I (Judith Lynne) Rinehart of Dallas Center, and a great granddaughter Rebecca Lynne. Also a stepdaughter, Mrs. Samuel (Patricia Van Buskirk) Peruch of Carmichael Calif., who was raided in the Kinner home from the age of one year, and three step-grandchildren, Robert, stationed with Air Force in Hawaii, Barbara, wh has been staying with her grandparents, and Mark Peruch at home, and a number of nieces and nephew, Mrs. Kinner a very kind and patient father and a wonderful companion.
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One Sept. 26, 1906, married in Marion, Iowa to Misss Mary Kouba of Vining, who was born in Kiev, Russia. They were the parents of one daughter, Mildred Vivian, born Sept. 4, 1907 on the same farm as her father, where her farmed farmed for one year. from they they moved to a ranch near Buhl, Idaho where they lived for two years. While liver there Mrs. Kinner was drowned in a boating accident as they were crossing the Snake River to get eggs when the boat became entangled with a cable on a ferry, and capsized. The body of Mrs. Kinner was not recovered for over a month and was then returned for burial in the National cemetery near Vining. Also drowned was her nephew, Lawrence Kupka, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Kupka of Vining and brother of Karl Kupka of Toledo, who with his brother, Milo, were visiting there while their parents attended the Worlds' Fair in Seattle.Others visiting the Kinners at the time were her mother, Mrs. Frances Kouka and Mrs. Kinner's brother Paul Kouba, and wife of Vining.
On May 15, 1931, he was united in marriage at Bloomington, Ind. to Mrs. Marjorie Olive (Johnson) Van Buskirk of Bloomington. They have since made their home in Elberon, with the exception of two years when they were house parent at the Phiro Sigma Phi House, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In 1940 Mr. Kinner signed up to go to the arsenal but instead went to Cedar Rapids and worked at the Century Ordnance plant form 1943 to 1944. He also worned and opeated a garage and service station in Elberon, and in the air conditioning and electric business.
Mr. Kinner served on the town council and as town Marshal several times. He and Mrs Kinner operated swutcgbiard at tge tekeohibe iffuce ub Elberon for four years. When just a young man he sold the town of Elberon their first sationary pump. Mr. Kinner was a man of many talents. He built a block houg house on this parents farm, the Kaloupek garage, a block ban on his mother's property on Knob Hill in Elberon, also his own garage and service state at the corner of Main and Railroad St., across the street from their stone home on Main he built. He felled the walnut and cherry trees and cured the lumber for the woodwork and doors in their home.
He was member of the Masonic Lodge in Dysart. He was the last surviving member of the Kinner family of seven childrne. Besides his first wire he was preceded four brother and two sister, John Franklin, who died at the age of 9 months with scarlet fever, Nettie Gertrude at the age of 5, when kicked in the head by a horse. K. Kent, James Maxwell Jr.., and also Mrs. Guy (Mary Myrtle) Monroe of Belle Plaine, and Dr. Major Ransom Kinner, a dentist in Seattle, Washington. Surviving are his wife, and daughter, Mrs. Don (Mildred) B`rown of Dallas Center, one granddaughter, Mrs. Charlie I (Judith Lynne) Rinehart of Dallas Center, and a great granddaughter Rebecca Lynne. Also a stepdaughter, Mrs. Samuel (Patricia Van Buskirk) Peruch of Carmichael Calif., who was raided in the Kinner home from the age of one year, and three step-grandchildren, Robert, stationed with Air Force in Hawaii, Barbara, wh has been staying with her grandparents, and Mark Peruch at home, and a number of nieces and nephew, Mrs. Kinner a very kind and patient father and a wonderful companion.
samue; Buskirk
Hiram Hulbert Kinner, youngest son of James Maxwell and Chloe Woodin Kinner, was born Sept/ 21, 1884 at the farm hone, at Dryden, one mile east and two miles north of Elberon, Oneida township, Tama County. He received his education in the Kinner rural school and graduated from the Dysart high school. He attended Leander Clark College in Toledo, which is now the State Juvenile Home, for one year. He also attended the Automotive Engineering School in Chicago in 1908, and took two courses in air conditioning and refrigeration. He attended the Lathe School in Newton.
One Sept. 26, 1906, married in Marion, Iowa to Misss Mary Kouba of Vining, who was born in Kiev, Russia. They were the parents of one daughter, Mildred Vivian, born Sept. 4, 1907 on the same farm as her father, where her farmed farmed for one year. from they they moved to a ranch near Buhl, Idaho where they lived for two years. While liver there Mrs. Kinner was drowned in a boating accident as they were crossing the Snake River to get eggs when the boat became entangled with a cable on a ferry, and capsized. The body of Mrs. Kinner was not recovered for over a month and was then returned for burial in the National cemetery near Vining. Also drowned was her nephew, Lawrence Kupka, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Kupka of Vining and brother of Karl Kupka of Toledo, who with his brother, Milo, were visiting there while their parents attended the Worlds' Fair in Seattle.Others visiting the Kinners at the time were her mother, Mrs. Frances Kouka and Mrs. Kinner's brother Paul Kouba, and wife of Vining.
On May 15, 1931, he was united in marriage at Bloomington, Ind. to Mrs. Marjorie Olive (Johnson) Van Buskirk of Bloomington. They have since made their home in Elberon, with the exception of two years when they were house parent at the Phiro Sigma Phi House, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In 1940 Mr. Kinner signed up to go to the arsenal but instead went to Cedar Rapids and worked at the Century Ordnance plant form 1943 to 1944. He also worned and opeated a garage and service station in Elberon, and in the air conditioning and electric business.
Mr. Kinner served on the town council and as town Marshal several times. He and Mrs Kinner operated swutcgbiard at tge tekeohibe iffuce ub Elberon for four years. When just a young man he sold the town of Elberon their first sationary pump. Mr. Kinner was a man of many talents. He built a block houg house on this parents farm, the Kaloupek garage, a block ban on his mother's property on Knob Hill in Elberon, also his own garage and service state at the corner of Main and Railroad St., across the street from their stone home on Main he built. He felled the walnut and cherry trees and cured the lumber for the woodwork and doors in their home.
He was member of the Masonic Lodge in Dysart. He was the last surviving member of the Kinner family of seven childrne. Besides his first wire he was preceded four brother and two sister, John Franklin, who died at the age of 9 months with scarlet fever, Nettie Gertrude at the age of 5, when kicked in the head by a horse. K. Kent, James Maxwell Jr.., and also Mrs. Guy (Mary Myrtle) Monroe of Belle Plaine, and Dr. Major Ransom Kinner, a dentist in Seattle, Washington. Surviving are his wife, and daughter, Mrs. Don (Mildred) B`rown of Dallas Center, one granddaughter, Mrs. Charlie I (Judith Lynne) Rinehart of Dallas Center, and a great granddaughter Rebecca Lynne. Also a stepdaughter, Mrs. Samuel (Patricia Van Buskirk) Peruch of Carmichael Calif., who was raided in the Kinner home from the age of one year, and three step-grandchildren, Robert, stationed with Air Force in Hawaii, Barbara, wh has been staying with her grandparents, and Mark Peruch at home, and a number of nieces and nephew, Mrs. Kinner a very kind and patient father and a wonderful companion.
samue; Buskirk
One Sept. 26, 1906, married in Marion, Iowa to Misss Mary Kouba of Vining, who was born in Kiev, Russia. They were the parents of one daughter, Mildred Vivian, born Sept. 4, 1907 on the same farm as her father, where her farmed farmed for one year. from they they moved to a ranch near Buhl, Idaho where they lived for two years. While liver there Mrs. Kinner was drowned in a boating accident as they were crossing the Snake River to get eggs when the boat became entangled with a cable on a ferry, and capsized. The body of Mrs. Kinner was not recovered for over a month and was then returned for burial in the National cemetery near Vining. Also drowned was her nephew, Lawrence Kupka, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Kupka of Vining and brother of Karl Kupka of Toledo, who with his brother, Milo, were visiting there while their parents attended the Worlds' Fair in Seattle.Others visiting the Kinners at the time were her mother, Mrs. Frances Kouka and Mrs. Kinner's brother Paul Kouba, and wife of Vining.
On May 15, 1931, he was united in marriage at Bloomington, Ind. to Mrs. Marjorie Olive (Johnson) Van Buskirk of Bloomington. They have since made their home in Elberon, with the exception of two years when they were house parent at the Phiro Sigma Phi House, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In 1940 Mr. Kinner signed up to go to the arsenal but instead went to Cedar Rapids and worked at the Century Ordnance plant form 1943 to 1944. He also worned and opeated a garage and service station in Elberon, and in the air conditioning and electric business.
Mr. Kinner served on the town council and as town Marshal several times. He and Mrs Kinner operated swutcgbiard at tge tekeohibe iffuce ub Elberon for four years. When just a young man he sold the town of Elberon their first sationary pump. Mr. Kinner was a man of many talents. He built a block houg house on this parents farm, the Kaloupek garage, a block ban on his mother's property on Knob Hill in Elberon, also his own garage and service state at the corner of Main and Railroad St., across the street from their stone home on Main he built. He felled the walnut and cherry trees and cured the lumber for the woodwork and doors in their home.
He was member of the Masonic Lodge in Dysart. He was the last surviving member of the Kinner family of seven childrne. Besides his first wire he was preceded four brother and two sister, John Franklin, who died at the age of 9 months with scarlet fever, Nettie Gertrude at the age of 5, when kicked in the head by a horse. K. Kent, James Maxwell Jr.., and also Mrs. Guy (Mary Myrtle) Monroe of Belle Plaine, and Dr. Major Ransom Kinner, a dentist in Seattle, Washington. Surviving are his wife, and daughter, Mrs. Don (Mildred) B`rown of Dallas Center, one granddaughter, Mrs. Charlie I (Judith Lynne) Rinehart of Dallas Center, and a great granddaughter Rebecca Lynne. Also a stepdaughter, Mrs. Samuel (Patricia Van Buskirk) Peruch of Carmichael Calif., who was raided in the Kinner home from the age of one year, and three step-grandchildren, Robert, stationed with Air Force in Hawaii, Barbara, wh has been staying with her grandparents, and Mark Peruch at home, and a number of nieces and nephew, Mrs. Kinner a very kind and patient father and a wonderful companion.
samue; Buskirk
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