Colo IA Old Photos

Colo High School Basketball Team, Colo, Iowa 1907

Diane Eileen Davis Simpson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:52:14 -0500

Colo High School, Colo, Story County, Iowa 1907 basketball team.

First row: Edgar Eastman, Glenn Rinehart, Prof. Morrison, Hugh Hostetter, ____ Kelley.

Second row: Leo Croker, Ora Brouhard, ____ Kelley, George Johnson, Dr. Hartwell and Grant Ginter.

Ora Brouhard and Glenn Rinehart were uncle and nephew.

Glenn's mother, Ica Brouhard Rinehart was the oldest sister of Ora Brouhard. She was 18 years older than Ora and he was only about four years older than her son, Glenn.

Hugh Hostetter was the son of the town doctor - Dr. John I. Hostetter. Doc Hostetter delivered most of the babies in Colo, Iowa for about 50 years and served as coroner for most of the last quarter of the 19th century. He was much loved and respected in the town.

Submitted by Diane Eileen Davis Simpson, granddaughter of Ora Brouhard, and second cousin of Glenn Rinehart

Jennie Morgan Perry

LStand1388 — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:32:43 -0500

Jennie Morgan, born on Nov 23,1869 in Sycamore, IL. She married Fred Charles Perry in Harlan, Iowa on Aug 2,1893. They then moved to Colo, Iowa where they farmed.

She passed away in Colo on Aug 18,1952.

George Benfer

LStand1388 — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:28:59 -0500

George Benfer was born in Huxley, IA on Feb 10,1890. He married Mary Ann Perry in Colo, Iowa in 1916. He was a mechanic at a garage in Colo. He passed away of a heart attack while fighting a grass fire on his property in Colo in 1950.

F. Perry Benfer

LStand1388 — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:28:58 -0500

F. Perry Benfer, born June 10, 1918, Colo, Story Co., Iowa, died April 8, 1945 over Brenner Pass, Italy during World War II.