Person:Charles Reddin (1)

Thomas Reddin and Anna Koster Reddin had one son Charles Henry Reddin , born January 5, 1919. We were married November 11, 1945. (Doris Jean Emerson, b. April 11, 1925 at Viola, Iowa , daughter of Eugene O. Emerson and Dorothy F. McElrath Emerson) We moved to Cascade, and Charles drove truck and hauled coal out of Illinois . He also drove truck for a local stone quarry. John Deere & company built a large tractor plant near Dubuque and Charles was one of the first group of men hired. He became a tool maker and retired after 30 years of service. We tried our luck with a laundry mat in Potosi, Wis. This didn't work out and we moved back to Dubuque. I had several years to teach in order to complete my retirement plan. Charles became bored with staying at home and worked short term for various small companies. He then taught machine shop at Northeastern Iowa Community College for five years. I taught 38 years, starting in the rural schools of Jones and Dubuque Counties. ending with special education classes in the city system of Dubuque. Together we raised six children, three boys and three girls.

POPULAR COUPLE EXCHANGE VOWS (Nov. 10, 1945)

Miss Doris Jean Emerson and Mr. Charles H. Reddin Were united in marriage Saturday morning, November 10, at 5 o'clock in St. Mary’s Chapel with J. F. Mauer performing the ceremony. Rev. H. J. Ginter of Temple Hill was also present. The couple were attended by Mr. And Mrs. J. A. Zoller The bride was becomingly attired in a two piece gold suit with brown accessories and her corsage was bronze and white Chrysanthemums. Mrs. Zoller wore a black and gold two piece suit with accessories to match. White chrysanthemums made up her corsage. The bride is the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Eugene Emerson and a graduate of S. Mary's School, class of 43.She has taught Jones County Schools the past two years and will finish the present school year. Mr. Reddin, son of Mrs. Anna Reddin is also a graduate of St. Mary's School, having finished in 1937. A wedding breakfast was served at the Julien Hotel, Dubuque, following the ceremony. The young couple will make their home on the farm now occupied by Mr. Reddin.

CHARLES H. REDDIN Bellevue, Iowa October 16, 1999

Charles H. Reddin 80, of 400 3rd, St. Bellevue, died Saturday morning Oct. 16, 1999, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be held at 10o'clock Tuesday at St. Joseph's Church Bellevue, with the Rev. Steven L. Myer officiating. Burial will be In St. Mary's Cemetery, Cascade. Friends may call from 4 to 8p.m. today at Kingery Funeral Home, Bellevue, where there will be a Scripture service at 6 p.m. Mr. Reddin worked as a tool and die maker for John Deere Dubuque Works. After retiring in 1976 he taught at Kirkwood Community College for 5 years and also at Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids. He was born on Jan. 5, 1919, in Cascade, son of Thomas J. And Anna (Koster) Reddin. He married Doris J. Emerson on Nov. 10, 1945 at St. Mary's Church, Cascade. He graduated from St. Mary's High School Cascade. He was a member Of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bellevue, and the United Auto Workers Local 94. He was an avid Cubs fan and enjoyed photography, woodworking, fishing, reading and spending winters with his wife in Florida. Surviving are his wife, Doris of Bellevue, three sons, Robert (Ann) of Zwingle, Galen of Iowa City and Thomas (Mary) of Cedar Rapids; Three daughters, Gail (David) Weitz, Of Dubuque, Cathy (John)Myers of Bellevue, and Amy (Steve,Zeke) Ehlinger of St. Donatus; 16 grandchildren and four Great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his Parents.

The following are notes from Doris Reddin about Cascade, Iowa and her husband, Charles Reddin. There were two Catholic churches and schools clear back when Tom Reddin and George Rice each had their own schools . The kids were always bugging each other, especially when walking home from school. My husband Charles lived out in the country and walked when the weather permitted. He said he always carried a dinner pail as it was used to defend himself against the St. Martins bunch. A friend of mine that was in our wedding, said she took piano lessons at St. Mary’s with Charles and she would wait and walk home with him for protection . Even when our children went to grade school, they had over a mile to walk to school, and there were still problems, the Irish kids were rock throwers. The kids from St. Mary’s were called "kraut heads" and they in turn called the St. Martins kids "potato heads". The community finally built a grade and high school that forced them altogether. But it took several years before communication between the two groups smoothed out. The priests in the parishes didn't do much to help the situation. We went to church at St. Martins as we were both working and with a split schedule it was more convenient The priest came off the alter and started pointing a finger at different people sitting in the front pews. "you don't belong here , you need to go to your own church". Thank goodness he turned around about half way down the isle. ! Things changed as younger priest were assigned to the parishes. There was a large theater on Main Street and over the years many excellent stage plays were presented. It was turned in to a movie theater and eventually torn down. A library now has been built on the lot. An older couple by the name of Becker were actors on the vaudeville circuit in their younger days. When they retired to Cascade, they started a theater group which put on plays throughout the years. The public school on the East Side of Cascade was an old rock mansion owned by the Pattersons. Mary Reddin worked for them. In later years it was converted into a grade and high school. It was a beautiful building. A group of us tried to save it for a museum but the school district tore it down and built a new school building

Great-grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his Parents.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States)
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Cascade, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll: T625_488; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 114; Image: 830.

   Birth date: abt 1918Birth place: IowaResidence date: 1920Residence place: Cascade, Dubuque, Iowa _APID: 6061::83584997

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2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626)
   Year: 1930; Census Place: Cascade, Dubuque, Iowa; Roll: 653; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 599.0.

   Birth date: abt 1919Birth place: Residence date: 1930Residence place: Cascade, Dubuque, Iowa _APID: 6224::26684428

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3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa).

   Birth date: abt 1919Birth place: IowaResidence date: 1 Jan 1925Residence place: Cascade _APID: 1084::76802

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   Number: 484-16-1067; Issue State: Iowa; Issue Date: Before 1951.

   Birth date: 5 Jan 1919Birth place: Death date: 16 Oct 1999Death place: Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa, United States of America _APID: 3693::51104746

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