Kilgore, Teressa Bell – 1856-1934

JONES, KILGORE

Posted By: Donna Sloan Rempp (email)
Date: 6/19/2016 at 08:33:56

Bell Kilgore was buried Monday P.M.
Monroe Lady, 77, died Saturday A.M. From Hip Fracture
Funeral services for Miss Bell Kilgore, 77, of Monroe, were conducted Monday afternoon at three o’clock from the Monroe Methodist Episcopal church, with Rev. Raoul R. Moser, pastor, in charge.
Miss Kilgore’s death, which occurred Saturday morning at 9:00 o’clock at the Skiff Memorial hospital in Newton, resulted from a fractured hip received in a fall Thursday, February 15th, when she went to the home of her neighbor, Mrs. L. F. Beyer, to tell her that her washing was sweeping the ground. A large German police dog, which was chained to the Beyer garage, leaped playfully at Miss Kilgore, as she neared the Beyer residence, throwing her to the ground.
Although a number of people passed within a short distance of where Miss Kilgore lay, she was unable to make them hear her cries for help. It was not until forty-five minutes had elapsed that she was found by Mrs. Frank Garnant, another neighbor, who summoned aid, and Miss Kilgore was removed to her home.
Had Made Funeral Arrangements
For only a short time after Miss Kilgore had been removed to the Newton hospital, did she hope to live, and it was while she was there that she made her funeral arrangements, even to choosing her singers, songs and pallbearers. Her obituary was found in her Bible, with facts and dates pertaining to her early life systematically set down. She also chose the dress in which she was buried.
The music for the services was furnished by a male quartet composed of Horace Cash, Carl Ammer, Erie Le Grand and Merritt McCauley, with Mrs. Ammer as accompanist. “Going Down the Valley” and “No Night There” were the selections used.
Pallbearers, all of whom were friends and neighbors of the deceased, included Mark I. Shaw, J. F. Wolcott, Frank Chipps, Wm. Livingston, Albert Van Houwelingen and John Palmer. Interment was in the Monroe cemetery.
The beautiful floral tributes were banked before the altar of the church, and around the casket.
Extreme pain, severe shock and exposure gradually weakened Miss Kilgore’s frail body, and although her death seemed almost inevitable, it came as a shock to her many friends.
Mill Kilgore is survived by her sisters, Misses Nettie and Margaret Kilgore, both of Monroe, two nephews and eight nieces.
Obituary
Some one has said that, “Death brings with it a sorrow from which we cannot be divorced; and from which, we would not if we could.” It was just such sorrow that visited Monroe and vicinity, when it became known that Miss Bell Kilgore was no longer numbered with the living.
Teressa Bell Kilgore was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20, 1856, and departed this life at the Skiff hospital in Newton, Iowa, March 3, 1934. She came with her parents to Iowa in 1868. They first settled in Iowa county, later in 1876 they moved to Jasper county, where they made their home in the Bellvue neighborhood. In 1903 she moved with her two sisters, Nettie and Margaret to Newton.
The Winter of 1919-1920 she spent with her sister, Mrs. Dora Jones at Reasnor. In the spring of 1920, with her sisters Nettie and Margaret, she came to Monroe, where she has resided ever since.
In young womanhood, Miss Kilgore was converted in a revival meeting held at Bellvue. Immediately she joined the Methodist Episcopal church, and has been a faithful member of the same ever since. With her membership in the church was more than merely a nominal affair. She was active in all of its endeavors, and faithful to all of its calls. She served almost continuously as a Sunday school teacher, and was a teacher of a class in the Monroe Methodist church school at the time of her departure. She also served as class leader in the ladies Aid society, the W.F.M.S. and kindred church organizations. Miss Kilgore was a woman with an unusually clear mind and ready understanding. She knew her Bible and lived its precepts and teachings. She was always willing and ready to serve. Even her last days which were spent in feebleness and much suffering, found her constantly considering the welfare and well being of others.
The departure of Miss Kilgore is mourned by her sisters Nettie and Margaret. There are also two nephews, eight nieces, a number of grand nephews and nieces, and a multiplied number of friends and acquaintances who will miss her presence and counsel.
Source: Newspaper Unknown; __ March 1934, page 12