Prob. not Homer - 1910 Census has family in Rock County
Find A Grave Memorial# 170572751910 Census shows family in, Rock County, NE - unlikely he was born in Homer, Dakota Co (not Dixon Co.)
1920: Rock Co., Nebraska (Bassett?) (Lyle Erb?) Shows Lyle 8 yrs - born 1912.
1930: S. Sioux, Dakota Co., Nebraska - Helper in Cream Station
Graveside services for Lyle F. Smith, 70 , Greenleaf, who died Thursday at a Caldwell hospital of natural
causes will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Greenleaf cemetery with memorial services at 11 a.m.
Monday at the Greenleaf Friends Church by Pator Paul Goins of the Greenleaf Friends Church under the
direction of Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell.
He was born July 10, 1911, in Duff, Nebraska. He moved to South Sioux City, Nebraska whre he was
raised and educated. He came to the Greenleaf area in 1936 where he married Veva Tuning, August 9, 1938 in
Greenleaf. He was self employed as a carpenter for 35 years before his retirement in 1974 and was an avid
hunter and fisherman.
He is survived by his wife of Greenleaf, a son, Clinton "Bub" Smith, Ontario, Oregon; two daughters,
Carolyn Javaux and Coleen Wikfors, both of Caldwell; Three brothers Ronald Erb, Newhall, Calif., William
Smith, Greenleaf, and Harold Smith, Minneapolis, Minn., two sisters, Lucille Williams, Nodaway, Iowa and
Beaulah Stephan, Payette. seven grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by four brothers and a sister. Caldwell News Tribune.
Cancer
Find A Grave Memorial# 17057286VEVA SMITH - Graveside services for Veva Florence Smith, 66, of Greenleaf, who died Monday,
November 24, 1986, in a Caldwell nursing home of natural causes, will be held at 10:30 am Wednesday at the
Greenleaf Cemetery. Memorial services will be held at 11 am Wednesday at the Greenleaf Friends Church.
Pastor Steve Fine of the Caldwell Friends Church and Pastor Kenneth Pitts of the Greenleaf Friends Church
will officiate, under direction of the Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell.
She was born March 12, 1920, at Norden, Nebraska, to Walter and Ruth Burley Tuning. At the age of 2,
she moved with her parents to Greenleaf, where she was reared and attended Greenleaf Friends Academy. She
married Lyle F. Smith August 9, 1938, at Greenleaf. Mrs Smith died February 25, 1982.
She managed David's Fabrics for several years, then worked at the Caldwell Care Center until her retirement
in 1981.
She was a member of the Greenleaf Friends Church, where she served as elder for the past 10 years, and had
been active in the choir for many years.
She is survived by a son, Clinton L. Smith of Ontario, Oregon; two daughters Carolyn Javaux and Colleen
Wikfors, both of Caldwell; a sister, Opal Mardock of Greenleaf; three brothers, William Tuning of Gaston,
Oregon, and Melvin and Robert Tuning, both of Caldwell; and eight grandchildren.
she was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.
I might add that they did not put in the obituary that her parents also preceded her in death.
Greenleaf Cemetery
1920 Census: Bassett, Rock Co., NE (Willard Erb?)1930 Census: S. Sioux City, Dakota Co., NE
WWII - Cpl. U. S. Army
Greenleaf Cemetery
18 Jan 1989 per Beulah Stephan, 19th per SS Death Index
1910 Census: Pewaukee, Rock Co., NE1930 Census: S. Sioux, Dakota Co., NE - Teacher
Lived/farmed Nodaway, Iowa
Killed in Korean War
Killed in Korean War - 1956?
Heart Attack
Friends Cemetery
Find A Grave Memorial# 17001574Part Indian ?
June 5, 1907 Draft Registration: Olive, Custer Co., Montana - Farm Hand
3-22-1919 Walter Tuning , gct Norden MM, NB Record Nebraska Yearly Meeting, Springbank Friends Church, Allen, NE
1920 Census: McGluris, Keyapaha Co., Nebraska
Services for Walter P. Tuning, 77 of 615 Galveston, Caldwell, Idaho who died Monday in a Caldwell
hospital, will be conducted at 10:30 AM Thursday at the Dakan Funeral Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev.
Glenn Armstrong of the Caldwell Friends Church.Interment will be in the Greenleaf Cemetery.
He was born March 2, 1895 at Allen, Nebraska. He grew up there and was a veteran of World War I. He
married Ruth Burley at Norden, Nebraska December 7, 1918. They moved to the Greenleaf community in
1922 and resided in this area where he was a farmer and stockman with the exception of five years when they
lived in Woodland, Idaho.
He is survived by his wife; four sons, Earl, Melvin and Bob Tuning, all of Caldwell, and Bill Tuning of
Portland; two daughters, Opal Mardock and Veva Smith, both of Greenleaf; four brothers, Jess of Caldwell,
Evert of Klamath Falls, Oregon, Theo of Cambridge and Ray Tuning of Kamiah, Idaho; three sisters, Olive
Piersall of Caldwell, Viola Fleming of Lancaster, Calif., and Bethel Cronrath of Nampa; 24 grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter
[Thelma] and son, [James] a sister[Florence] and a brother [Harlen]. Memorials may be given to the Greenleaf
Academy. Article in the "The News Tribune" Caldwell, Idaho August 1 1972.
Suffered from Heart disease & diabetes
Friends Cemetery
Find A Grave Memorial# 17001578Written by Ruth; "Moves we have made since Jan 7, 1919"
January 7, we moved up on the Weston place stayed until in June and moved once while there, then moved to Norden with Walters's folks lived there until in September moved from there down to Will Langers, stayed there until in February then we moved in with A. D. Piersall for 2 or 3 weeks, then moved on the Nickerson place lived there a year. Left Nebraska then and moved to southern Idaho arrived on March 19th. In this state we lived with Otto Pressnall for a week then March 27 moved up on the Will Winslow place from there we went to Clark Smiths place in May then back upon the Winslow place in June from there we moved in the tent on the side hill north of the R. R. track in August. Stayed there until November 17th from there we moved out on the Bowman place and stayed there until March 12 then we moved on the Mills place. In 1926 we moved to the Commons place. From there in 1927 we moved to the Griffith place. On January 1 1936 we moved to the College of Idaho place known as the Street Ranch. August 27, 1946 moved to Woodland, Idaho onto the Clyde Moon place. January 11, 1950 moved from Kamiah or Woodland back to south Idaho on the Clayton Barnes place. Fall of 1951 we moved to the Carter place and worked for Paul Holmes. On July 17 we bought the Patrick place and moved there. We lived there until April 1960, when we left the farm and moved into the tenant house of Virgil Farner. On August 22, 1963 we bought the house at 615 Galveston in Caldwell.RUTH TUNING - Funeral services for Ruth Tuning, 80, Caldwell, Idaho, who died Tuesday, November 4, 1980, in a Caldwell hospital, will be conducted at 2:00 pm Wednesday at the Caldwell Friends Church by the Rev. Willard Black of Caldwell Friends Church and Paul Goins of Greenleaf Friends Church, under the direction of Dakan Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in Greenleaf Cemetery.
She was born June 16, 1900, in Norden, Nebraska, to Howard and Alice Burley. She married Walter Tuning on December 7, 1918 in Springview, Nebraska. They moved in 1922 to the Caldwell area, where they farmed until retiring. Her husband died in 1972. She was employed by Evan's Fish Fly Factory for 13 years. She is survived by two daughters, Opal Mardock, of Caldwell and Veva Smith of Greenleaf; three sons, Melvin and Robert C. both of Caldwell, and Bill of Gaston, Oregon; two sisters, Florence Wright of Caldwell and Belle Eglehoff of Springview, Nebraska; four brothers, James of Epsie, Montana, William of Homedale, Marvin of Greenleaf, and Kenneth of Boise; 26 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, two sons and a sister.
Marriage Notes for Walter Pressnall Tuning and Ruth Hazel BURLEY-387789
Dec 7, 1918 per obituary?
Friends Cemetary
Surgery complications
Find A Grave Memorial# 62135538