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BEDELL, Bertha Isabel (NAYLOR)

BEDELL, NAYLOR, CAVE, STRAIGHT, RICE, TRICE, RAMSEY

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/12/2018 at 01:37:22

Bertha Isabel (Naylor) Bedell
January 17, 1884 ~ November 06, 1987

Leon Journal-Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Bertha I. Bedell, 103, of Savannah, Missouri, died Nov. 6, 1987, in a Savannah nursing home.

She was born on a farm in Decatur County, Iowa, on Jan. 17, 1884, the daughter of Feal (sic, Joseph Seeley) and Carrie (Cave) Naylor.

Mrs. Bedell was a member of the Christian Church.

She was preceded in death by her 1st and 2nd husbands: Isaac Bedell and Sherman Bedell; two children: daughter, Zoretta Straight (died 1936), and son, Wayne Bedell (died 1967).

Surviving are two daughters: Mable Rice, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada; and LaVerne Trice, Kellerton, Iowa; 12 grandchildren, three of whom she raised: Beatrice Ramsey, Savannah, MO., Donald Straight, Fountain Hills, AZ., and Monte Straight, Ashland, NE; 20 great-grandchildren, 19 great-great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.

[Interment was made at Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Iowa.]

NOTE: Bertha married first Isaac W. Bedell on June 23, 1901, in Decatur, Iowa. After Isaac's death, Bertha married his first cousin Sherman Bedell. Isaac's father, Caleb, and Sherman's father, John, were brothers.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2018


 

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