Page County IA Archives Obituaries.....Lisle Sr., Edwin 1936
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Clarinda News
Edwin Lisle, Sr.
"President of Lisle Corporation"
1881 - 1936
Edwin Lisle, son of Charles Albert and Frances Lavina Lisle, was born December
8, 1881, at Burlington, Iowa. He was the fourth child in a family of seven
children. The three who preceded him in death are Charles Vernon, Lorance Spry,
and Vesta Lisle Greene. Those living are Stella Lisle Turner of Clarinda, Edna
Lisle Jeffrey of Columbia, Mo., and Harvey Hugh Lisle of Hastings, Iowa. 
Edwin was educated in the Clarinda Public Schools and at Iowa Wesleyan College
in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and then returned to Clarinda and held the position of
business manager of The Clarinda Herald, of which his father was owner and
editor. Two years later the Lisle Mfg. Co. was formed to engage in the
manufacture of well machinery. Edwin was appointed secretary of this company
which position he held until the death of his father, C. A. Lisle, in 1920,
after which he became president of the company. 
Under his management the Lisle Co., Ltd., was established at Windsor, Ont. This
firm distributed the products of the Lisle Mfg. Co. throughout Canada. Among his
many services to the community are the years he served as member and president
of the board of education, and at the time of his death he was president of the
Clarinda Country Club. He was a member of the Methodist Church of Clarinda since
his childhood and affiliated with Nodaway Lodge No. 140 A. F. and A. M. 
On March 31, 1903, he and Edith Allison Crane were married at Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa. Into this unusually happy home five children were born, Helen Lisle
Greenlee of Oskaloosa, Charles Vernon of Clarinda, Edith Lisle Arthur of
Clarinda, Marcia Lisle McClintock of Chicago and Edwin, Jr., of Clarinda.
Besides his family of five children he had six little grandsons, one of whom
lived a very short time.
The following tribute was received by the family from the Clarinda chamber of
Commerce: Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Edwin Lisle Again the grim reaper
has come into our midst and taken from us our beloved citizen and friend;
therefore, in our feeble but sincere effort, we attempt in this way to pay our
respects to the memory of the one departed, and to assist his bereaved loved
ones to bear their burden of grief. In such a time we are compelled to submit to
the inadequacy of the words at our command to express the depth of our feelings
and extent of our loss. When such a man passes, it is not enough to say that he
was one of our most highly respected and beloved business men. He was so much
more than that. he was an inspiration to many, not only those with whom he was
associated in business, but to many of his business friends here and elsewhere.
And now we are saying goodbye but we shall not forget; we shall always cling to
the memory of the one who has so enriched our lives Our testimony is, that
Clarinda is an immeasurably better place in which to live because of the life
work and influence of Edwin Lisle. 
The simple services were held at the home on Willow street at nine o'clock
Saturday morning, August 22, and interment at the Clarinda Cemetery. The
services were conducted by Dr. A. B. Thutt, a friend of many years standing.


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