Page County IA Archives Obituaries.....Shambaugh, Jessie Field 1971
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Jessie Field Shambaugh
"Mother of 4-H"
June 21, 1881 - January 15, 1971
Funeral services for Page County and America's "Mother of 4-H'," Mrs. Jessie
Field Shambaugh, 89, were at 10 am this Monday in the Westminster United
Presbyterian Church in Clarinda. The Rev. D. C. Davis conducted the services for
Mrs. Shambaugh who died about 7 am Friday in the Clarinda Hospital; burial was
in the Clarinda Cemetery with the Lavelle Funeral Home in charge of the
arrangements. 
Mrs. Shambaugh was admitted to the hospital during the Jan 4 blizzard following
a fall southeast of Clarinda at the home of her daughter's family, the Robert
Watkins. Jessie Field was born to Sol E. and Celestia Eastman Field June 21,
1881. She received here education at Shenandoah and Tabor College with a BA in
1903. While attending college she began teaching in the county's rural schools,
at Goldenrod near Essex planting the seeds of the interest for her agricultural
program among the youth. It was necessary to find rainy day activities at the
school so she turned to the county's leading crop--corn--and started the boys in
crop judging that eventually led to national recognition. After graduation she
taught at Antigo, Wisc; Shenandoah, and Helena, Mont, before becoming
superintendent of schools for Page County in 1906. It was at this time that the
seeds of 4-H began to prosper. 
In 1917 Jessie Field returned to Clarinda as Mrs. Ira Shambaugh, having been
married in Redlands, Calif, on June 9, 1917. Shambaugh, the son of James
Shambaugh, was partner with his father in the milling business, the town of
Shambaugh south of Clarinda named after the elder who operated mills there and
in Clarinda, having moved into the area in 1850. Ira Shambaugh died June 22, 1951. 
She is survived by a son W. H. Shambaugh of Des Moines, a daughter Mrs. Robert
(Ruth) Watkins of Clarinda, 11 grandchildren and a sister Mrs. M. H. Driftmier
of Shenandoah.
 Her daughter Ruth says her mother's philosophy behind her work can pretty well
be summed up with a quote from a book Mrs. Shambaugh wrote, 'Community Civics':
"Everywhere through the country, for those who have learned to see and
understand, are lessons which point toward the richness and strength of life." 
Honorary pall bearers were Port Stitt, Earl Thompson, Lisle Farquhar, Ralph
Brokaw, C. E. Reynolds and Lyle Cassat. Active pallbearers were Paul McElroy, J.
H. Stimson, Hilton Grimes, James Millhone, Richard Davidson, and Ferrell Reed.
Mrs. John Sperry was the organist. In charge of the register books were Mrs.
Earl Thompson and Mrs. Wayne Whitmore. Ushers were Fiddle Miller and Clark
McKeown.


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