Vernon Lewis Bell (1899-1957)

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Posted By: Dennis and Gail Bell (email)
Date: 8/30/2005 at 19:36:57

BELL, VERNON LEWIS (1899-1957)

NEVADA EVENING JOURNAL OR AMES TRIBUNE, Story County, Iowa, June 1957. Copy from obituary file at Nevada Public Library, Nevada, Iowa. “VERNON BELL, 58, MAXWELL, DIES. Vernon Bell, 58, of Maxwell, died Tuesday morning at Porrtland, Ore. Death was from complications from a long illness. Mr. Bell had lived in and around Maxwell most of his life. He owned and operated Cozy Corner café and service station south of Maxwell. He and his wife went west two weeks ago to see if another climate would help his health. Funeral will be Saturday at 2 p. m. at the Christian Church with the Rev. Randall Sims in charge. The body is to arrive Friday morning by train at Perry.”

BURIAL: STORY COUNTY., IA GRAVE MARKER INSCRIPTIONS Geneal. * F 627. S8 S8 Vol. IX, page 475, Maxwell Municipal Cemetery, South area, section 3, row 15, plot 4, Maxwell, Story County, Iowa. Vernon L. Bell, 1899 - 1957. Next to him (plot 3) is Martha Jane Brown 1859-1958; on the other side (plot 5) is Steven Earl son of V L & Kathleen BELL 1944.