J. Frank STAGEMAN b: 1870 Garner Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa d: __ May 1956 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa s/o Mary E. Williams & James STAGEMAN, m1: Hazel Dell Iowa 09 Sept 1896 Lillie I SCOTT b: 18 Oct 1873 Hazel Dell, Pottawattamie, Iowa d: 24 Sept 1928 of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa d/o George Scott (1843-bef1910) & Fanny Hoen? (1845-aft1910); m2: bef 1944 Mrs. Grace (CLEVELAND) Flury b: 1888 d: __ March 1948 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa d/o Mack CLEVELAND (1863-aft1920) & Caroline Pengelly (1859). *1 Daughter Opal M. (1898-aft1948) m1: bef 1920 Edwin F. HUBBARD (1892-1946) m2: 06/29/1948 Olen ELLIOTT. & granddaughter Charlotte Hubbard Leed (1920-aft2004). Frank also had a step-son Harold Flury (1915).

Iowa Gravestone Walnut Hill Cemetery, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Section 12, Lot 197. Lillie I. STAGEMAN Oct 18, 1873 Sept 24, 1928. placed 2004 by deblidgettgordon.
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Iowa Gravestones:
Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Pottawattamie County, Iowa John F. STAGEMAN husband 1869-1956. Section-Acacia, Lot 230. +plus wife Grace STAGEMAN 1888-1948.
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Obituary: Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa 1956 May 02. J. Franklin STAGEMAN. Obituaries Ex-Alderman STAGEMAN DIES, Retired Switchman Was Ill Long Time. J. FRANKLIN STAGEMAN, 86, 332 Frank St., a former City Councilman, died Wednesday at a local hospital after a lengthy illness.
Mr. STAGEMAN was a retired switchman for the Chicago North Western Railroad.
He had served as alderman of the second Ward and then alderman-at-large for several years.
Lifelong Resident -- Mr. STAGEMAN, born in Garner Township, had been a lifelong resident of Council Bluffs and this area.
He was a member of the National Assn. of Retired Veteran Railway Employs, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Excelsior Lodge No. 259. AF and AM. the Low Twelve Club, and the Abu Bekr Shrine Temple, Consistory of Sioux City.
Surviors include: daughter Mrs. Opal STAGEMAN ELLIOTT of Coucil Bluffs, Stepson, Harol Flury of Council Bluffs; four Brothers, Pete of Council Bluffs, Jerad of Omaha, Mark of Neola, and Phillip of Randolph. Neb; a grandaughter; and two great-grandchildren.
Meyer Funeral Home is in Charge. Column 2, [Image #24]. *anc.com01/01/2009. Photo included in the Obituary *FYI: Frank STAGEMAN (1870-1956) s/o Mary E. Williams & James STAGEMAN. Frank married to Lilly Scott (1875) d/o George Scott & Fanny Good__. I believe in 1925 Iowa census daughter Opal M. (1897) was married to Edwin Hubbard (1892). +obit: 1956 May 03. FRANK STAGEMAN. [Image #4].

Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa 1956 May 03. Funeral -- Funeral services for J. Franklin (FRANK) STAGEMAN, 86, 332 Frank St. will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Meyer Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Philip Durham of First Christian Church will officiate.
Graveside services will be conducted at Cedar Lawn Cemetery by Excelsior Lodge 259, AF and AM.
Mr. STAGEMAN, a former City Councilman and retired switchman for the Chicago and North Western Railroad, died Wednesday at a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Column 3. [Image #15]. anc.com01/01/2009.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa 1956 May 03. RETIRED RAILWAY EMPLOYES-- The National Assn. of Retired Railway Employes, Unit 30, will meet at 1:30p.m. Friday at Meyer Furneral home to attend the funeral of FRANK STAGEMAN. Column 1. [Image #16]. *anc.com01/01/2009.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa 1956 May 05. FRANK STAGEMAN Took Life In A Gracious Stride.
Young people can well look at FRANK STAGEMAN's Way of life and take profit.
Mr. STAGEMAN, a retired North Western Railroad switchman and former City Councilman, died this week at 86. Until his last illness Mr. STAGEMAN was always an active man -- in a quiet sort of way.
He had served back in the days when membership on the City Council was enough to bring almost any person's blood pressure boiling toward the top.
But Mr. STAGEMAN always remained calm, cool and collected. While a man with stronger convictions, he was always willing to listen to other point of view. He might change his mind; he might not.
If he won his point, that was fine. If he lost, he held no grudges. The majority had spoken and he was willing to accept it outwardly, as well as inwardly.
Typical was a talk he had with a city official when he was last elected to the Council.
"I have heard that you had said a word or two in favor of my opponent." The newly elected alderman-at-large said. "Whether it's true or not, I do not care. We're all on the same team now, so let's play ball together." [Image #7]. anc.com01/01/2009.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1948 March 17. Mrs. GRACE STAGEMAN.
Mrs. Grace STAGEMAN, 60, 332 Frank street, died Wednesday morning at her home after a lingering illness. A resident of Council Bluffs all of her life she had been a member of the Ladies Trainmen auxillary and of the VFW auxiliary.
Survivors include her husband Frank, former alderman-at-large; one son, Harold of Council Bluffs; two sister Mrs. Violet Cheever of Omaha, Mrs. Mae Nichols of Thermopolis, Wyo.; two brother, Albert JOHNSON of Wiggins, Col., and Minor CLEVELAND of Alphina, S.D.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Meyer chapel, the Rev. Loren Works officiating, Interment will be in the Cedar Law Cemetery. Column 6. [Image #2]. *anc.com01/01/2009. Grace CLEVELAND was married first to Flury guy. I believe this is Frank Stageman's 2nd wife, as on the 1925 Iowa census it states his wife as Lily SCOTT. Lily died 1929 according to Cemetery records.