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Clifford Jesse Dinnell

3 Apr 1890 – 2 Feb 1948

Birth	3 Apr 1890
Death	2 Feb 1948
Cemetery	Mount Calvary Cemetery Cedar Rapids , Linn County , Iowa , USA
Added by	Gail Wenhardt on 04 May 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69293351

Bio

Clifford Jesse Dinnel was born 3 April 1886 in Kansas, died 1948 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. He was the seventh and final child of George Graham Dinnel and Fanny Elvira Wilcox. Friday, Sept. 15, 1905, will be remembered for years by the present inhabitants of Burwell as the day of the great tornado.About six o’clock the death dealing funnel shaped cloud appeared to the northwest of town and in a few moments death and destruction was dealt out. ...Mrs. George Dinnel’s home south of McKinney’s was swept out of existence. Mrs. Dinnel and son Clifford were carried up into the whirling mass of clouds and debris then thrown to earth close together. Mrs. Dinnel sustained bruises and cuts about her head and body and was hurt internally. Clifford had his arm badly lacerated and broken.

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Family

Parents

• George Graham Dinnell 1841–1930
• Fanny Elvira Wilcox Dinnel 1844–1912

Spouse

• Florence L. Stubbs Welbes 1902–1981

Siblings

• Oscar Melvin Dinnel 1865–1951
• Mary Idelia "Estella" Dinnel King 1867–1939
• John Carruthers Dinnel 1869–1947
• Rosa Isabelle "Belle" Dinnel Rice 1876–1932
• Lura A. Dinnell Hoppes 1877–1961
• Hattie Pearl Dinnell Erington 1879–1972

Children

• Eldon M. Dinnell 1918–1986
• Clifford Dinnell 1934–1995

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