May 1, 1942 – B. B. Putman Memorial Hospital closes
Marceline’s first hospital, the B. B. Putman Memorial Hospital, closed on May 1, 1942.
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St. Francis Hospital
EARLY HISTORY
St. Francis Hospital as it is known today, originated as a ten-bed structure built in 1923 by Floyd Neiman, Marceline Contractor, for Ola Putman. M. D., as a memorial to his father, Benjamin S. Putman, M. D., who had served the Marceline area forty-seven years as physician and surgeon. He called it the … > More >
Marceline past and Present Progress and Prosperity
MARCELINE, MISSOURI
ITS INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL INTERESTS GROWTH AND PROSPERITY
HISTORY OF MARCELINE, METROPOLIS OF LINN COUNTY.
The decade from 1880 to 1890 will go down in history as the greatest ten years of railroad construction on the American continent. Jt was during this period of unparalleled industrial progress that the … > More >
December 15, 1966 – Walt Disney passes away
Walt Disney passed away on December 15, 1966 at Saint Joseph Hospital in Burbank, CA.
… > More > Sister Assunta – March 18, 1992
Interviewed by Kristin Huber.
Raw, uncleaned transcript
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OK.
00:00:04 Speaker 2
And we’ll start. When did you come to Marceline?
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1946.
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56 years.
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46 years ago.
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Where did you originally come from?
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Before you moved here.
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Michael R. Haley (born 1947)
US Army, 1966-1968
My name is Michael Roy Haley, born August 9, 1947 at the old old St. Francis Hospital in Marceline. My parents were Warren F. Haley and Pearl Lourene Cowser Haley.
After the death of a cousin the family broke up. Uncle Howard, a WWII veteran of Europe, moved back to Hammond, IN. … > More >
John B. Krumpelman
This is my Story…
I graduated from Marceline high school in 1961 and farmed with my dad until being drafted May 17, 1966. I was inducted in the army at the induction station in Kansas City and got orders to go to Fort Leonard Wood, MO for basic training. While at the reception center I … > More >
Erastus Taylor (1832-1909)
US Army, 1864-1865
Erastus Taylor was born in Elba, Genesee County, New York on December 24, 1832. On November 27, 1856 he married Elizabeth Malvina Howe, also of Elba. In 1858 they moved to western Wisconsin where Erastus farmed and taught school. Their first son, Manly Howe, was born February 25, 1859. January 16, 1862 … > More >
Lt. Colonel George Larry Pollard (b.1942)
US Army, 1966-1969
I joined the Army in 1966, serving in Vietnam and retired in 1992 from the Army Reserves. My first training took place at Fort Leonard Wood, MO and Fort Belvoir, VA, as an Army Engineer. I returned to Fort Leonard Wood for a year in 1967. I served in the 86″ Engineer … > More >
Edwin Franklin Hayden
Edwin Franklin Hayden, son of W. S. and Eunice E. Hayden, was born December 10,1866, at Detroit, Illinois. In 1874, when he was about 8 years old, he and his parents moved to a farm in this community. It was located near the site of the Marceline Coal & Mining Company Mine No. … > More >