Peter Alexandra Pink
Born: May 13,1887 near Colfax, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: February 6, 1946 in Rock Island, Rock Island Co., Illinois
Buried: Lot 86, plot 5
Married: Edith G. Miller on February 9, 1910 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa1
Children: Clarence W., Logan, Charles
Married: Ella Kredill
Parents: William and Mary Klos Pink
P. A. Pink Dies In Rock Island,
Services Here
Peter A. Pink, 58, former Jasper county resident, died yesterday at his home in Rock Island, Ill.
The body will be brought to Newton, where services will be held Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. in the Sacred Heart church. Father T. J. McCann will officiate, and interment will be in the Sugar Grove cemetery. Rosary will be said tonight at 5:00 in the Murdoch funeral home.
Mr. Pink was born on May 13, 1887 west of Newton in the Sugar Grove district.
He is survived by his wife, the former Ella Kredill, three sons, Charles Pink, a member of the Newton police force, Clarence Pink of Colfax and Logan Pink of Rock Island, and two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Benedict of Madrid, Ia., and Mrs. Mae Stewart of Des Moines. ~ Newton Daily News, February 7, 1946.
Mary Edith (Miller) Pink
Born: May 9, 1887 Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: November 29, 1940 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 88, plot 4
Married: Peter A. Pink on February 9, 1910 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa1
Children: Clarence W., Logan, Charles
Parents: William John and Emma (Leeper) Miller
Edith Pink Dies at 53
Services To Be held Sunday at
Murdoch Funeral Home
Mary Edith Pink, 58, died at 3 o'clock this morning at the O.A. Snodgrass home, following a prolonged illness.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 o'clock at the Murdoch funeral home with the Rev. W. W. Johnson, pastor, of the United Presbyterian church, in charge.
Mary Edith Pink, daughter of W.J. and Emma Leeper Miller, was born in Newton, May 9, 1887, and spent her entire life in this vicinity.
She is survived by three sons, Clarence Pink of Mitchellville, Charles Pink of Clinton, and Logan Pink of Newton; also two grandchildren, Darlene and Julene Pink, one brother, John I. Miller, and a sister, Florence Miller, of Newton, and her step-mother, Mrs. Lulu Belle Miller of Denver, Colo. ~ Newton Daily News, November 29, 1940
Clarence W. Pink
Born: February 23, 1911 in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: February 8, 1975 in Colfax, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 11, plot 4
Married: Ruth Davison in 1932.
Children: Darlene, June and Della Jean
Married: Anna Kec Sept 17 1956 in Nashua, Chickasaw Co., Iowa
Children: Ronald
Parents: Peter Pink and Edith (Miller) Pink
Clarence Pink Dies Saturday; Rites Wednesday
Colfax--Clarence William Pink, 63, a lifelong resident of Jasper County, died Saturday at the Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax.
Father Karl Holtkamp of Fairfield, former pastor of the immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Colfax, will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery near Newton. Memorial contributions to the Colfax Interfaith Center will be accepted. memorials may be left at the funeral home.
Survivors are his wife, Anna; a son, Ronald Joe of Colfax; a step-son, Gary Vander Schel of Des Moines; two daughters, Mrs. Darlene Kono of Colfax and Mrs. Robert F (June) Readapt of San Antonio, Tex.; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Charles S. Pink of Woodside, N.Y., and Logan M. Pink of Colorado Springs, Colo. He was preceded in death by his parents, and an infant daughter.
Mr. Pink, a retired farmer, also had been employed at the Colfax Sale Barn and had operated oil business in Colfax. The son of Peter and Edith Miller Pink, he was born Feb. 23, 1911 at Newton. He was married to Ruth Davison in 1932. He married Anna Kec Sept 17, 1956 in Nashua. ~ The Newton Daily News, February 10, 1975
1. Jasper Co. Iowa Marriage Record 3 1907-1916, page 43 #4929
Anna K. (Kec) Pink
Born: May 21, 1920 in Jasper Co., Iowa
Died: August 16, 1997 in Baxter, Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Cremated, memorial on Lot 11, plot 4
Married: Unknown Vander Schel
Children: Gary Vander Schel
Married: Clarence Pink Sept 17 1956 in Nashua, Chickasaw Co., Iowa
Parents: Frank and Anna (Vykuka) Kec
Anna K. Pink
Funeral services for Anna K. Pink, 77, of 1800 S. 4th Ave. E., will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax with the Rev. Jill Flyr, pastor of First United Methodist Church, officiating.
Cremation will follow services. Burial of the cremains will be held at a later date at Sugar Grove Cemetery.
Family will be present at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Mrs. Pink died Saturday, Aug. 16, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines.
The daughter of Frank and Anna Vy Kuka Kec, she was born May 21, 1920 in Colfax. She was a graduate of Colfax High School and Simpson College. She married Clarence Pink Sept. 17, 1956, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua.
A lifelong resident of Jasper County she was employed as a rural school reacher and was co-owner of a service station.
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Ronald and Kristi of Colfax and Gary Vander Schel of Texas; two step-daughters, Darlene Houk of California and Judy Raddatz (June Readapt in Clarence obit ) of Texas; and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband. Newton Daily News, 1997.