Fred Marion Cheville

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Fred Marion Cheville BIRTH 16 Sep 1904 Maxwell, Story County, Iowa, USA DEATH 20 Jul 1994 Rhodes, Marshall County, Iowa, USA BURIAL Eden Cemetery Rhodes, Marshall County, Iowa, USA MEMORIAL ID 30852510 MEMORIAL PHOTOS 5 FLOWERS 5 Married Lucille Kollman June 26, 1930

Fred Marion was born on a farm near Maxwell, Iowa. He moved to Rhodes with his parents in 1911. He graduated from Rhodes school in 1922 and attended Graceland College in Lamoni, IA for 2 years.

After college, he returned to Rhodes and worked at the Phillips 66 service station. He worked there nearly 20 years and in 1943 he went to work for Hildreth Produce, staying there 10 years. In 1953 he joined the Rhodes Lumber Co. and retired in 1970.

On June 26, 1930 at Westgate IA he was married to Lucille Kollman. They had 2 son, Norman and Terry. They lived in the same house from the time they married. He served on the Rhodes school board for 23 years and the town council for 12 years.

As a boy, Fred was riding his horse too close to a barbed wire fence and tore his leg open. He cleaned the wound and sealed it with tar before his parents came home. On the farm, his father never used anything but horse drawn equipment, until his death in 1951.

The family enjoyed growing up on the farm. It was the second farm owned by his father. After George developed heart problems, he sold the larger farm and bought a smaller farm in 1911, when Fred was 7. Fred remembered it was an adventure, riding to the new farm by horse and buggy. Like a lot of farms, an indoor bathroom was added, but not until after his father's death. Fred put the bathroom in for his elderly mother.

The children loved growing up on the farm. Norman raised chickens one summer, and plucked and plucked and plucked. The next summer he didn't raise chickens. There was an old twisted tree in the front yard that was perfect for climbing with a branch for each cousin. There were pony cart rides around a track Fred made in the field north of the house, pulled by either Pokey or Pat. Fred rode horses well into his eighties.

The farm is no longer there. As the years took it's toll, the family used the house on weekends. Norman's family kept a large garden and strawberry patch on the farm. His wife, Beth, showed their daughter Amy how to make hollyhock dolls. Eventually, the house stood empty. It was home to only raccoons in 1990. Water damage led to the decision in 1996 to tear the old buildings down. The family said "it's all right because we've packed up a lot of stories and memories and taken them with us."

Fred owned the farm after his parents died. His sons had children of their own. Norman married Beth Clark and they were parents of Julie, Carol, John and Anne. Terry married Mary Millius and were parents of Amy and Paul.

__________________________________________________ The information about Fred came from M Cheville, who graciously shared family records with our family.

Family Members

Parents Photo George Cheville 1867–1951

Photo Charlotte Mary Backous Cheville 1872–1966

Spouse Photo Lucille Harriet Kollman Cheville 1907–1984

Siblings Photo Mabel Ann Cheville Atkinson* 1892–1983

Photo Cora Ellen Cheville Shimel* 1895–1981

Photo Roy Arthur Cheville* 1897–1986

Photo Mildred Laura Cheville* 1906–1925

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