RIDENOUR, Cyrus C[1]
1872 - 1962 (89 years)-
Name RIDENOUR, Cyrus C Birth 28 Oct 1872 Honey Creek Twp., Iowa County, IA 
Gender Male Death 30 Jul 1962 Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA Person ID I65375 Laur from Germany Last Modified 1 Oct 2016
Father RIDENOUR, Cyrus, b. Abt 1821, MD d. Yes, date unknown Mother Sarah, b. Abt 1842, New York d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F23222 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 BRENTLINGER, Alice Grace, b. 6 Sep 1874, Tama County, IA d. 28 Sep 1943, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA (Age 69 years) Marriage 16 Feb 1893 Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA [1] Children 1. RIDENOUR, Mary Grace, b. 1 Aug 1896, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA d. 13 Sep 1954, Iowa City, Johnson County, IA (Age 58 years)2. RIDENOUR, Nellie Elizabeth, b. 13 Sep 1898, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA d. 1 Nov 1923, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA (Age 25 years)3. RIDENOUR, Carrie Viola, b. 21 Oct 1901, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA d. 2 Sep 1970, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 68 years)4. RIDENOUR, Cyrus Charles, b. 20 Dec 1902, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA d. Yes, date unknown5. RIDENOUR, Thomas Calvin, b. 31 Jul 1905, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA d. 17 Jul 1976, Altadena, Los Angeles County, CA (Age 70 years)6. RIDENOUR, Alice Jeanette, b. 31 Dec 1907, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA d. 10 Jun 1984, San Diego County, CA (Age 76 years)7. RIDENOUR, Ruth Angeline, b. 23 Nov 1910, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA d. 26 Feb 1995, San Diego County, CA (Age 84 years)8. RIDENOUR, James Emerson, b. 28 May 1914, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA d. 30 Dec 2000, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA (Age 86 years)9. RIDENOUR, Gayle Mardelle, b. 1916, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA d. 1918, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA (Age 2 years)Family ID F15670 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
Family 2 CRONBAUGH, Myrtle Matilda, b. 11 Dec 1883, Honey Creek Twp., Iowa County, IA d. 28 Feb 1964, Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA (Age 80 years) Marriage 16 Oct 1951 Belle Plaine, Benton County, IA [1] Family ID F23221 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
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Notes - Belle Plaine Union Aug 1962
Cyrus C. Ridenour, 89, died Monday afternoon, July 30, at the Plaine Crest nursing home, Belle Plaine. Mr. Ridenour had been in failing health for several years and cause of death was due to complications of old age.
Mr. Ridenour, the son of Cyrus and Sarah Ridenour, was born Oct. 26, 1872, in Iowa county near Belle Plaine. At the age of eight years he moved to Belle Plaine where he had since made his home. He attended the Belle Plaine schools. His occupation during his lifetime was during vacations and on Saturdays worked as a printer's devil at the Lever newspaper office operated by Myers. In 1890 he began working for the Chicago & North Western railroad as a machinist and specialist and became a machinist and then mechanical foreman. Before his retirement with 50 years of service in October, 1940, he was a roundhouse foreman and then general foreman. He was a member of the Belle Plaine fire department for 30 years. The family attended the Congregational church.
He was married in 1893 to Grace Brentlinger at the Congregational church in Belle Plaine and to this union nine children were born. Mrs. Ridenour preceded him in death in 1943 and four children, Mrs. Mary Cronbaugh, Nellie and Gayle and Charles Ridenour.
In 1954 he was united in marriage to Myrtle Gates, who survives. Also surviving are five children: Mrs. Alice Gerard, Mrs. Ruth McCarty, and Tom Ridenour, Pasadena, Calif.; James Ridenour, San Bernardino, Calif.; and Mrs. Carrie Cameron, El Monte, Calif.; several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Aug. 3, at 2 p.m. at Peffers funeral home, Belle Plaine. Rev. Louis Cronbaugh, Ladora, will officiate. Mrs. Grace Morek will be organist and Dick Gatrelle soloist. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery
- Belle Plaine Union Aug 1962
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Sources - [S1826] Ridenour Family.
- [S1826] Ridenour Family.