Bailey, Van Buren – 1883-1976

BAILEY, BAKER, COOPER, DICK, GAUZE, KINGSLEY, STANLEY

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 6/13/2022 at 13:17:04

Van Buren Bailey, Former Resident Of Bethel, Dies
Bethel Community – Van Buren Bailey, 92, of Valley View Village in Des Moines, a resident of the Bethel Community in southeast Jasper County for more than 60 years, died Tuesday at the Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell.
The Rev. Carl Klein, pastor of the Kellogg United Methodist church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell.
Survivors are his wife, Marjorie, two daughters, Mrs. Clair (Alice) Baker of Rt. 1, Grinnell, and Mrs. E. Wallace (Eleanor) Dick of Des Moines; three grandchildren, a great-grandchild and a sister, Mrs. Loring (Laura) Stanley of Dallas, Tex.
Mr. Bailey was preceded in death by two brothers, Ora Bailey and Will Bailey; and a sister, Mrs. Len (Nellie) Gauze.
He was a member of the Bethel Grange, Farm Bureau, Bethel United Methodist Church and a former member of the Elks Lodge in Grinnell.
The son of John and Harriet Kingsley Bailey, he was born Aug. 14, 1883 near Searsboro and attended rural schools. He was graduated from Grinnell Community High School and was a 1907 graduate of Grinnell College.
He was married to Marjorie Cooper June 26, 1918 at Lamberton, Minn.
Mr. Bailey moved to Des Moines when he retired in 1969.
Source: Newton (IA) Daily News; Wednesday, February 18, 1976, page 4