Bishop, Emma (Eckels) (1859-1935)

ECKELS, ECKLES, BISHOP, CORL, RICHTER, REICHERT, HUFF, MASCHING, BEERS, SIMPSON, HENSLEY, HANSEN

Posted By: Ken Akers (email)
Date: 9/3/2012 at 20:49:50

Audubon County Journal (IA)
Thursday, June 6, 1935, pg. 1

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Mrs. J.H. Bishop
Dies Following
A Long Illness

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Had Been Resident of Coun-
ty Fifty Years. Funeral
Services Held Tuesday

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Final rites were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Corl funeral home
for Mrs. Emma Bishop, 76, wife of
J. H. Bishop, pioneer Exira den-
tist. Mrs. Bishop died at the home
of her son, John Bishop, shortly
before midnight following an ill-
ness of several months.

A daughter of James and Maria
Richter Eckels, she was born in
Ohio and had lived here with her
husband for fifty years. Mr. Bish-
op retired from dentistry about
twenty-five years ago.

He and two children, John and
Will Bishop, both of Exira, survive.

The Rev. O. C. Huff, pastor of
the Federated church conducted the
services Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Pallbearers were Clarence
Masching of Casey, J. S. Beers,
Lafe Simpson, Walter Hensley,
Roy Hensley and Hans Hansen, Jr.
Burial was in the Exira cemetery.