Maxine Buckallew Ullrick ------------ Celebrates 85th Birthday

Quad-Cities Online - 12 February 2009

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  Maxine Ullrick of 306 W. 2nd St., Box 723, Atkinson, will celebrate her 85th birthday with a family dinner Saturday, Feb. 21, hosted by her children.

  The former Maxine Buckallew was born Feb. 19, 1924 in Jerome, Iowa. She married Trenton Ullrick July 4, 1939, in Unionville, Mo. He is deceased.

  Her family includes children and spouses Roberta and Ronald Doubler, New Windsor; Larry (deceased) and Bonnie Ullrick, Centralia, Ill.; Charles and Sandra Ullrick, Geneseo; and Donald and Annette Ullrick, Rock Island. She has eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Manuel Noah Buckallew, 1930-1977

Unidentified 1977 Newspaper Obituary

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  Lt. Col. Manuel N. Buckallew, 47, a retired lt. colonel of the U.S. Army, died in the army hospital in Sierra Vista, Ariz., Monday, September 26, 1977.

  Born April 7, 1930, in Hamilton County, Ia., he was the son of Noah and Laura Buckallew. The family resided in the Jerome and Seymour communities.

  He married Betty Hawkins in October, 1949. He was retired from the army in Huntsville, Ala., November 1, 1972. His last place of duty was the Red Rock Arsenal. He had served in Hawaii, Okinawa, and Taiwan.

  His parents preceded him in death. Survivors include a daughter, Deborah Buckallew of Huntsville, Ala.; two sons, Mark Buckallew, a student at the university in Jacksonville, Fla.; and Shawn Buckallew of Huntsville; and a number of brothers and sisters.

  The casket will arrive in Centerville late Friday night. Services will be Saturday, 2 p.m., at the Second United Presbyterian Church on Seventh Street in Keokuk. Chaplain Don Ripley of Ottumwa will officiate.  Full military rites will be conducted by a contingent from Ft. Sheridan. Burial will be in Keokuk National Cemetery.

  The Miller-Wehrle Funeral Home in Centerville is in charge of arrangement.

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Manuel Noah Buckallew's Gravestone 

in Keokuk National Cemetery, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa

Manuel Buckallew Takes Officer Course

Seymour Herald - 21 February 1952

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  Manuel Buckallew of Independence, Mo., son of Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Buckallew of Seymour, left Tuesday for Fort Sill, Okla., for a 15-week officer basic course at the Artillery School. He is a second lieutenant in the Missouri National Guard.

  Buckallew is a graduate of the Seymour high school and is married to the former Betty Hawkins of Jerome. He has been employed as a chemist at the Missouri Portland Cement plant in Independence for almost two years.

  Mrs. Buckallew will remain in Independence for the present. She has employment there.