Citizen of the Week, Juanita Matthews

Morrow, Juanita Marie 1 2a

Birth Name Morrow, Juanita Marie
Gender female
Age at Death 92 years, 3 months, 5 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 22 Jan 1923 Diagonal, Ringgold, Iowa, United States of America    
Census 1 Jun 1925 Diagonal, Ringgold, Iowa, United States of America Ervin E. Morrow Household, 1925 Iowa Census 3a
  Name: Morrow, Juanita Marie 3a
  Relation: daughter 3a
  Sex: F 3a
  Color or Race: W 3a
  Age: 2 3a
  Marital Status: S 3a
  Place of Birth: Iowa 3a
  Father's Name: Morrow, Ervin 3a
  Father's Place of Birth: Iowa 3a
  Father's Age: 47 3a
  Mother's Name: Strong, Ethel 3a
  Mother's Place of Birth: Indiana 3a
  Parents Place of Marriage: Arkansas 3a
  Church: Christian 3a
Census 1 Apr 1930 Diagonal, Ringgold, Iowa, United States of America Ervin E. Morrow Household, 1930 Census 4a
  State of: Iowa 4a
  County of: Ringgold 4a
  Incorporated place: Diagonal 4a
  Supervisor's Dist. No.: 13 4a
  Enumeration Dist. No.: 80-30 4a
  Sheet No.: 5A 4a
  Enumeration Date: 8 April 1930 4a
  Name: Morrow, Juanita M. 4a
  Relationship to head: daughter 4a
  Sex: F 4a
  Color: W 4a
  Age: 7 4a
  Marital condition: S 4a
  Attended school since Sept. 1, 1929: yes 4a
  Place of birth: Iowa 4a
  Place of birth of father: Iowa 4a
  Place of birth of mother: Indiana 4a
  Occupation: none 4a
Census 1 Apr 1940 Diagonal, Ringgold, Iowa, United States of America Ervin E. Morrow Household, 1940 Census 5a
  State of: Iowa 5a
  County of: Ringgold 5a
  Division of County: Washington township 5a
  Incorporated place: Diagonal 5a
  Supervisor's Dist. No.: 5 5a
  Enumeration Dist. No.: 80-28 5a
  Sheet No.: 7A 5a
  Enumeration Date: 27 April 1940 5a
  Name: Morrow, Juanita Marie 5a
  Relationship: daughter 5a
  Sex: F 5a
  Color/Race: W 5a
  Age at Last Birthday: 17 5a
  Marital Status: S 5a
  Attended school/college since March 1, 1940: yes 5a
  Highest grade completed: H-3 5a
  Place of birth: Iowa 5a
  City (April 1, 1935): same house 5a
  At Work during week March 24-30: no 5a
  public Emergency Work?: no 5a
  Seeking work?: no 5a
  Have a Job?: no 5a
  housework (H), school (S), unable to work (U) or other (Ot): S 5a
  # weeks worked in 1939: 0 5a
  Amount of money, wages, salary in 1939: 0 5a
  Income of more than $50 from other sources?: no 5a
Death 27 Apr 2015 Clearview Home, Clearfield, Taylor, Iowa, United States of America    
Note

Juanita Matthews

Diagonal

Published: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 10:45 a.m. CDT • Updated: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 10:53 a.m. CDT

Juanita Matthews, 92, of Diagonal died April 27, 2015, at Clearview Home in Clearfield. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 1, at the United Church of Diagonal. The Rev. Ed Shields will officiate. Burial will be in Diagonal Cemetery. Visitation will be noon to 8 p.m. Thursday with family present 6 to 8 p.m. at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home, Diagonal. Memorials may be given to Diagonal Printing Museum, United Church of Diagonal or Fogle Lake.

Juanita Marie (Morrow) Matthews, daughter of Ethel Mae (Strong) and Ervin Edward Morrow, was born Jan. 22, 1923, in Diagonal.

Juanita graduated from Diagonal High School in 1940.

On March 17, 1941, Juanita married Carrol Perry Mathews of Clearfield in Gallatin, Mo.

In December of 1945, the family moved to Carrol’s grandparents farm near Maloy, after the war, where Carrol farmed, and Juanita was a homemaker for three years. In 1949, they bought a farm on the west edge of Diagonal. They built a house and surrounding buildings where they have resided for 52 years together. Juanita and Carrol continued raising cattle after retirement.

Juanita is survived by her son Robert Matthews of Diagonal; daughter Janis (Robert) Imhoff of Atlantic; grandchildren, Julie McKay of Seymour, John (Sandra) Matthews of Smithville, Mo., and Chris (Tina) Ambrose of Diagonal; and great-grandchildren Jodi McKay and Cole Matthews.

Juanita was preceded in death by her parents; husband; siblings, Esther, Leonard, “Pete” Loren, Lela, Alma, Ken, Cleon, Don and Elaine; granddaughter Dusty Nicole Dodson; and great-grandson Joshua McKay

Burial 1 May 2015 Diagonal Cemetery, Washington, Ringgold, Iowa, United States of America    
Occupation     Homemaker  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Morrow, Ervin Edward25 Nov 187720 Apr 1967
Mother Strong, Ethel Mae10 Nov 18832 Dec 1948
    Sister     Morrow, Esther Lucille 31 Jan 1902 4 Nov 1979
    Brother     Morrow, Leo Otto 12 Nov 1903 2 Jan 1904
    Brother     Morrow, Leonard Edward 16 Dec 1906 6 May 1983
    Sister     Morrow, Lela Alberta 2 Jan 1911 20 Jul 2002
    Sister     Morrow, Elma Louise 14 Dec 1912 17 Mar 1989
    Brother     Morrow, Loren Ellis 10 Aug 1914 9 Feb 1994
    Brother     Morrow, Kenneth Ivan 30 Oct 1915 25 Aug 2003
    Brother     Morrow, Cleon Eldred 27 Dec 1916 1 Jan 1995
    Brother     Morrow, Donald Wayne 7 Nov 1918 30 Apr 1984
    Sister     Morrow, Marjorie Elaine 19 Jul 1920 3 May 2014
         Morrow, Juanita Marie 22 Jan 1923 27 Apr 2015

Families

Family of Matthews, Carrol Perry and Morrow, Juanita Marie
Married Husband Matthews, Carrol Perry ( * 3 Sep 1921 + 4 Mar 2001 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 17 Mar 1941 Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri, United States of America    
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Matthews, Robert Edward
Matthews, Janis Elaine

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Source References

  1. Ruth Crider: Genealogy Data for Crider/McDowell Families
  2. Find A Grave
      • Page: Memorial ID 149067490
  3. 1925 Iowa State Census
      • Date: 1 Jun 1925
      • Page: Diagonal, Ringgold county (pages 11-13), Lines 24-94
      • 1925 Iowa Census, Diagonal, Ringgold county
      • 1925 Iowa Census, Diagonal, Ringgold county
      • 1925 Iowa Census, Diagonal, Ringgold county
  4. U.S. 1930 Federal Census
      • Date: 1 Apr 1930
      • Page: Iowa, Enumeration District 80-30, Supervisor's District 13, Sheet 5A, Lines 25-33
      • 1930 Census, Diagonal, Ringgold county, Iowa
  5. U.S. 1940 Federal Census
      • Date: 1 Apr 1940
      • Page: Iowa, S.D. 5, E.D. 80-28, Sheet 7A, Lines 21-25
      • 1940 Census, Diagonal, Ringgold county, Iowa

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