Carl
Stanley
Atherton
Born in Hazen, Prairie County, Arkansas, United States
Son of Charles Atherton
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ruth Elizabeth (Van Nice) Atherton
— married
Oct 1913 in Des Moines County, Iowa
Husband of
Thyrza Independence (Mehaffy) Atherton
— married
9 Nov 1957 in Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Stanley Earl Atherton, Charles Elwyn Atherton, Evelyn Louise (Atherton) Stewart, Pauline Ruth (Atherton) Dotson and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at age 93
in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Nov 2017
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Biography
The Hawk Eye, page 16, February 6, 1981; Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa:
Carl S. Atherton, 93, of 205 Shields, died Thursday, February 5 (1981), at Burlington Medical Center.
He was born November 8, 1887, at Hazen, Arkansas, to Sarah Swise and Charles Atherton. He married Ruth Van Nice on October 22, 1913, near Mediapolis; she died in June 1952. He married Thyrza Evans November 9, 1957.
He was a retired farmer from the Sperry vicinity and a member of West Hill United Methodist Church.
Surviving: His wife; two sons, Stanley and Elwin, both of Burlington; three daughters, Louise Stewart, Burlington, Myrtle Hoeg, Wapello, and Pauline Dotson, Phoenix, Arizona; stepdaughter, Wanda Bellman, Bethesda, Maryland; 11 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Betty Bergs, Burlington, and Treva Gibson, Addison, Illinois.
Funeral: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Fry chapel, Pastor Vernon Anderson. Kossuth cemetery. A memorial has been established.
Carl Stanley Atherton
Marriage: date - city, Des Moines county (Des Moines), Iowa Death: date - city, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
BIRTH: 8 Nov 1887 - Hazen, Prairie County, Arkansas, United States of America
DEATH: 5 Feb 1981 - Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States of America. Buried at Kossuth Cemetery.
RESIDENCE: 1920 - city, Van Buren, Iowa
1930 United States Federal Census CENSUS, Iowa 1940 United States Federal Census CENSUS
NAME: Carl Atherton SPOUSE: Ruth Atherton RESIDENCE: 1935 - Benton, Des Moines, Iowa
1910 United States Federal Census CENSUS
RESIDENCE: 1910 - city, Louisa, Iowa
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 MILITARY NAME: Carl Stanley Atherton BIRTH: date - city, Arkansas, USA RESIDENCE: year - city, Iowa.
Sources
- Van Nice Family History 1661-1979 or Vannice, Van Nuis, Van Nuys, compiled by Carrie Allan 1916
- Find A Grave memorial ID 16338512
- The Hawk Eye, page 16, February 6, 1981; Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa:
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