Fletcher J. Rash

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I've seen his middle name reported variously as Gerard, Joyful and Jeremiah. I'm leaning toward that last one because it's the middle name on his death certificate. His grave marker and newspaper articles give his middle initial as J, which works against the Gerard hypothesis. Joyful is so unusual that I'm guessing it's a nickname, and an ironic one as it turns out, since he took his own life.

Son of Arthur Thomas Rash and Eva Darthula Rash (Hammer).
Fletcher married Lottie Laura Smith on November 30, 1910, when he was 19 years old, in a double wedding with Georgia Walton and Warren Hammer.
Fletcher and Lottie eventually divorced.
On December 9, 1933, he married his second wife, Mabel Dolan, in Waverly, Iowa.

Oelwein Daily Register, page 5, July 3 1939, Oelwein Iowa - Fletcher Rash suicide:
OELWEIN TEACHER'S STEP FATHER SUICIDES
Regarding the suicide of the stepfather of Leland Dolan, an instructor in the Oelwein schools, the Waterloo Courier says:
Missing for more than two days, Fletcher J. Rash, 48, of 415 Campbell avenue, a salesman for Standard Battery & Electric Co., was found dead of monoxide gas Thursday evening at the wheel of his automobile in a farm grove four miles south of Union, Ia., a short distance from his birthplace.
Resident of Waterloo the past 27 years and a sales representative of the Standard company since April, 1914, Rash reportedly made his last business call in Garwin, Ia., at 4 P.M. Tuesday, following which he was to have returned home.
His whereabout unknown Tuesday night, Rash was last seen shortly before 9 A.M. Wednesday when he obtained permission from a field worker on the Rash homestead farm, along the Hardin-Marshall county line, to drive toward the river and wooded tract. The man thought Rash was a fisherman.
Late Thursday afternoon, the farm hand while plowing sighted the parked automobile in the grove and on finishing work at 7 P.M. Thursday investigated, finding Rash's body and a length of hose leading from exhaust pipe into the car.
Marshall county's coroner, Dr. R.C. Wells, Marshalltown, said the death was apparently a suicide, attributed to despondency over ill health.
Fletcher J. Rash was born Feb. 24, 1891, south of Union, son of Arthur and Eva Rash. Educated in Union schools, he came to Waterloo 27 years ago to become an employee of the Galloway company and later of the Standard Battery & Electric Co.
Following a divorce from his first wife, Lottie (now Mrs. J.D. Cohn), Rash on Dec. 9, 1933, was married at Waverly, Ia., to Mrs. Mabel Dolan, who survives.
Also surviving are the mother; two stepsons, Leland Dolan, an instructor at Oelwein, Ia., high school, and John Dolan of Grimes Ia.; and three brothers, Leonard and Clement Rash, both of Union, and Errol, of Le Roy, Minn. One sister, Mrs. Viola Smith and the father preceded him in death.
In Waterloo, Mr. Rash was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian church.
Funeral services will be at 2 P.M. Saturday in Union church, Rev. Harry J. Moore, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church here, officiating. Burial will be at Union.
The body was taken to the Biersborn funeral home in Union.

Oelwein Daily Register, July 3, 1939:
Fletcher J. Rash was born Feb. 24, 1891, south of Union, son of Arthur and Eva Rash. Educated in Union schools, he came to Waterloo 27 years ago to become an employee of the Galloway company and later of the Standard Battery & Electric Co.
Following a divorce from his first wife, Lottie (now Mrs. JD Cohn), Rash on Dec. 9, 1933, was married at Waverly, Ia., to Mrs. Mabel Dolan, who survives.
Also surviving are the mother; two stepsons, Leland Dolan, an instructor at Oelwein, Ia., high school, and John Dolan of Grimes Ia.; and three brothers, Leonard and Clement Rash, both of Union, and Errol, of Le Roy, Minn. One sister, Mrs. Viola Smith and the father preceded him in death.
In Waterloo, Mr. Rash was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian church. Funeral services will be at 2 P.M. Saturday in Union church, Rev. Harry J. Moore, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church here, officiating. Burial will be at Union.
The body was taken to the Biersborn funeral home in Union.

2nd marriage:
Williamsburg Journal Tribune, Dec. 14, 1933:
FINLEY-RASH
The marriage of Mrs. Mabel Finley of Mason City and Mr. Fletcher J. Rash of Waterloo look place at 4 p.m. December 9 at Waverly, the Rev. George Temple officiating. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Neil Nutting. Mrs. Rash is well known here where she made her home several years. Their present home is at Waterloo where Mr. Rash is a representative of the Standard Battery and Electric Company.

Mabel's last names are a source of some confusion for me:
Her parents last name was Wilson.
The above marriage story gives her last name as Finley.
Findagrave lists her husband's names as Rash and Nolan,
yet lists her sons' last names as Dolan.
Her obituary gives her last name as Nolan.
So apparently she's Mabel Wilson Finley Rash Dolan Nolan.

Obituary of 2nd wife, Cedar Rapids Gazette: Fri., Nov. 13, 1981:
Mabel Nolan, 88, a former Cedar Rapids resident, died at Perry Thursday after a long illness.
Born June 7, 1893, at Ryan, she resided in Cedar Rapids 40 years before moving to the Lutheran Home at Perry six years ago.
Survivors include three granddaughters.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69919730/mabel-louise-nolan

1st marriage:
Marriage record of Fletcher Rash and Lottie Smith
Name Fletcher Rash
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 30 Nov 1910
Event Place Hardin, Iowa, United States
Age 19
Birth Year (Estimated) 1891
Father's Name Arthur Rash
Mother's Name Eva D Hammer
Spouse's Name Lottie Smith
Spouse's Age 20
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1890
Spouse's Father's Name Charlie Smith
Spouse's Mother's Name Mary Jane Hoffman
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
GS Film Number 001034941
Digital Folder Number 004265546
Image Number 00118
Citing this Record: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJQC-8MX : 18 October 2017), Fletcher Rash and Lottie Smith, 30 Nov 1910, Hardin, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,941.

Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951:
Name Fletcher Jerimah Rash
Event Type Death
Event Date 28 Jun 1939
Event Place Iowa, United States
Gender Male
Age 48
Birth Year (Estimated) 1891
Father's Name Arthur Thomas Rash
Mother's Name Eva D Hammer
Spouse's Name Mabel Dolan Finley Rash
Certificate Number 6480
Digital Folder Number 101821079
Image Number 00085
Citing this Record: "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24D-KMY6 : 18 March 2018), Fletcher Jerimah Rash, 28 Jun 1939, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #6480, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101821079.

1900 census:
Name, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace:
John A Rash Head M 66 Tennessee
Arthur T Rash Son M 37 Iowa
Evianna Rash Daughter-in-law F 32 Iowa
Leonard Rash Grandson M 13 Iowa
Fletcher Rash Grandson M 9 Iowa
Viola Rash Granddaughter F 5 Iowa
Clem Rash Grandson M 1 Iowa
Abram C Cox Servant M 43 Iowa
Event Place Union Township Whitten town, Hardin, Iowa, United States
United States Census, 1900
District 156
Sheet Number and Letter 3B
Household ID 53
Line Number 56
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number T623
GS Film Number 1240435
Digital Folder Number 004119859
Image Number 00897
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9K5-XDZ : accessed 10 September 2018), Arthur T Rash in household of John A Rash, Union Township Whitten town, Hardin, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 156, sheet 3B, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,435.

• Residence: 1930 -  Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA
• Race: White
• Updated from MyHeritage Match by SmartCopy: Oct 8 2014, 15:52:42 UTC

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Birth: 1891 Iowa, United States

Son of Arthur Thomas Rash and Eva Darthula Rash (Hammer)