Blocked

                   Personal knowledge.
Collett Farm is located just outside of Fairfield in Liberty
Township, Jefferson County, Iowa.  According to cousins still living in
Fairfield there was, at one time, a railroad stop called Collett Station.
Conversations with "Clark" as Ellis Clark Rail is known to friends, reveal that
while he was still young, the family moved to Corning, Iowa and lived there
until the late 1930's.

Family Records in Possession of Ellis Clark Rail
Residences:
3106 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA (1940)
6300 Arroyo Glen, Los Angeles, CA (   -1952)
1505 Poppy Street, Long Beach, CA (1952-1960)
2615 Vuelta Grande Avenue, Long Beach, CA (1960-Present(1994)


Ellis Clark Rail1918 ~2003 Ellis Clark Rail, age 84, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at his home in Provo, Utah on November 21, 2003. He was born December 24, 1918 in Fairfield, Iowa, a son of Ellis William Schilling Rail and Inez Josephine Clark. He married Ruth Eleanor Moor on December 24, 1940 in Yuma, Arizona. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. Clark served in the US Navy during Wold War II. He was a convert to the LDS Church along with his wife and two sons in 1953. He served faithfully in many callings during his life, including eight Stake missions. Clark served on the board of Cable TV for Provo during the 1990's. He loved to play Bridge, work on his computer doing genealogy and he especially loved going to the temple. He retired from McDonnell Douglas after 42 years, and then worked for Northrop Company where he retired for good in 1989. He moved to Utah in 1997. Survivors include his children: Ellis Charles (Paula) Rail of Fontana, CA; David L. (Janet) Rail of Provo, UT; John S. (Joan) Rail of Provo, UT; Joseph H. (Laurel) Rail of Midway, UT; Thomas A. (Linda) Rail of Murietta, CA; Marilyn R. (Skip) Teague of Coarsegold, CA; Shirley R. Miller of Ontario, CA; Robert S. (Marta) Rail of Omaha, NE; his brother Robert D. Rail of Ojai, CA; 31 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Ruth, his twin sister Elizabeth and brother Paul B. Rail. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 24, 2003, at 9:00 a.m. in the Cascade Chapel at the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary, 495 South State Street in Orem. Friends and family may call Sunday from 6-8 p.m. and also Monday one hour prior to the services at the mortuary. Interment will be in the Rose Hills Memorial Park on Saturday, November 29, 2003 where services will also be held.Published in the Deseret News on 11/22/2003.