Gladys Belle (McLeland) Mitchell 1906-1926

MITCHELL, MCLELAND, BARKER

Posted By: Janet Beranek Hume (email)
Date: 7/28/2004 at 21:41:52

FUNERAL HELD THURSDAY

Mrs. Leon Mitchell Buried in I.O.O. F. Cemetery by side of Baby

Hundreds of friends and relatives attended the funeral services for Mrs. Leo Mitchell which were held at the First Methodist church in Bloomfield Thursday afternoon at two o’clock.

Rev. H.F. Gilbert of Milton, assisted by Rev. M.E. Nethercut, conducted the services. The pallbearers were Clell M. Leonard and Neil Corrick of Bloomfield, James Cooley, Stanley Cecil, Harold Tackleson and Lamar Leaverton of Milton.

Music was furnished by a quartette composed of Miss Grace Reynolds, Mrs. K.D. Melcher, H. Ostergaard and Walter Davis with Miss Alma Leonard at the pipe organ. Members of the Milton high school class of ‘24 of which Mrs. Mitchell was a member, attended the services in a body.

Gladys Belle McLeland, daughter of Lon and Dora (Barker) McLeland, was born in Palisade, Nebraska, on May 1, 1906, and lived there until the family moved to Milton, Iowa, in 1918, following the death of her father. She attended the Milton public schools and graduated from the high school at that place with the class of 1924. She also was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Milton.

During the school year of 1924-25, she taught at the Craven Point school in Davis county. On May 9, 1925, she was united in marriage to Leo E. Mitchell of Bloomfield, son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Mitchell, and with her husband established their happy home in this city where Mr. Mitchell was employed.

A baby boy, Floyd Dwight, was given into her tender care on July 17, 1926, but he was unable to successfully cope with vicissitudes of life and passed away on Monday, August 2. The next day at five-thirty the mother, too, passed peacefully out of this life into another and joined her dear one in their eternal home.

She is survived by her husband, Leo E. Mitchell, her mother, Mrs. Dora McLeland, two sisters, Lela and Hazel, and brother Eldred.

Card Of Thanks

We wish to thank our many friends and relatives for their kind sympathy and assistance during the illness and death of our loved ones.

Leo Mitchell

Mrs. Dora McLeland and family

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Mitchell and family

ATTENDED FUNERAL OF MRS. LEO MITCHELL

The following out-of-town relatives attended the funeral services for Mrs. Leo Mitchell which were held last Thursday afternoon at the M.E. church in Bloomfield:

Guy McLeland and family, Mrs. Bessie Creath, Earl Hoskins and family and Mrs. Addie Silvers of Cantril; Lloyd Madden and family, Chas Barker and family, Mrs. Alma Hartman and family, Harve McLeland and family of Milton; Harry McLeland and family of Fairfield; Mrs. W.P. Hall and daughters Sydney and Wilma, son Billy, Mrs. Allie Mitchell and sons Edson and Dr. Earl and wife, Mrs. Walter Murfin, Mr. and Mrs. Olin Murfin of Lancaster; Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Murfin, Mrs. W.J. Murfin, Mrs. Jacob Young and daughter Lois of Queen City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Murrell and son Charles, Mrs. Harry Livsley, of Kirksville, MO.; Mrs. Grace Larson of Albia; Miss Mae Mitchell of Girard, Ill.

(below is a printed card 4 1/2 x 3 1/2)
GLADYS McLELAND MITCHELL

Wife of Leo E. Mitchell, was born in Palisade, Nebraska, on May 1, 1906, and died at Bloomfield, Iowa, on Aug. 3, 1926, aged 20 years, 3 months, and 2 days. Funeral services, conducted by Rev.H.F. Gilbert of Milton, assisted by Rev. M.E. Nethercut, will be held at the Bloomfield Methodist church at two o’clock, Thursday, August 5th. Burial in I.O.O.F. cemetery.