In going through the “Memory Books” of my mother-in-law, Verla Malcom, I found some items of possible interest to users of thi

In going through the “Memory Books” of my mother-in-law, Verla Malcom, I found some items of possible interest to users of this Taylor County, Iowa site. I am copying the information from these books in no specific date order, just as I come across the item on a page. The following is from “Book One”- the first book I came across. The others are in boxes and I will copy the information from them as I get to them later. If you have any questions, or would like a copy of the item (they are PASTED into the books), please email me at the following address with the ‘book’ number.

Books include: Funeral or Memory Leaflets (listed below), Anniversary, wedding, birthday mementos and/or news articles. The principal names or items on these are found at the end of this list.

Sharon Malcom momalco@olemac.net [deceased]

If I can accommodate you with the copy, a SASE would be appreciated.

Book 1 of Verla Cobb Malcom’s Memory Books:

Ben and Mary Anderson Anniversary

50^th Anniversary three page with photos, list of children and grandchildren. Wedding Date June 1, 1936

Everett R. HEROLD Funeral

Born July 19, 1911, Shenandoah, Iowa. Entered into rest August 30,1986, Clarinda, Iowa. age 75 yrs, 1 mo, 11 days. Services from Haskett Funeral Home, Shenandoah, Iowa, Tuesday, September 2, 1986, Two O’clock. Interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Iowa

Darlene FINE Funeral

Born March 16,1921, at Gaynor, Missouri. Entered into rest, July 8, 1986. Services from Walker Merrick Funeral Home Clarinda, Iowa 1:30 PM, Thursday, July 10, 1986. Final resting Place, Memory Cemetery near New Market, Iowa

Leslie (Bus) WILLIAMS Funeral

Born February 29,1908. Entered into rest January 15, 1987 Age 78 years 10 months 15 days. Services from Bedford Baptist Church 2PM Mon. Jan. 19, 1987. Final resting place Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Iowa

Opal McDONALD Funeral

Born August 13, 1900 at Norwich, Iowa. Entered into rest February 16, 1986 at New Market, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa, 10AM Wednesday, February 19, 1986. Final Resting Place Memory Cemetery, Near New Market, Iowa

Harl STURM Funeral

Born April 13, 1894. Entered into rest January 20, 1987 age 92 years 9 months 20 days. Services from Shum-Novinger Funeral Home 11 AM Friday Jan. 23, 1987. Final Resting Place Washington Cemetery, Gravity, Iowa

Mrs. Elsie M. PARSONS Funeral

Born August 15, 1907, Melrose, Iowa. Entered into rest April 19, 1986 Pella, Iowa age 78 years. Services: New Market United Methodist Church Tuesday, April 22, 1986 at 2 PM. Fremont Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements. Interment: Old Memory Cemetery, New Market, Iowa

Gene Arthur GEER Funeral

Born January 30, 1943 at Sheridan, Missouri. Entered into rest March 21, 1983 near New Market, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa 11 AM Thursday, March 24, 1983. Final resting place Memory Cemetery near New Market, Iowa

Marvin G. ELLISON Funeral

Born December 28, 1926 at Clarinda, Iowa. entered into rest June 28, 1986 t Omaha, Nebraska. Services from St. Johns Lutheran Church, Clarinda, Iowa 10:30 AM, Tuesday, July 1, 1986. Military Services at the Graveside. Services arranged by Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa. Final resting place, Memory Cemetery, near New Market, Iowa

Beryl Ann KARG Funeral

Born April 11, 1930, near Gravity, Iowa. Entered into rest September 15,1983 at Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda Iowa 1:30 PM, Saturday, September 17, 1983. Final resting place Memory Cemetery, Near New Market, Iowa

Thomas L. HARRIS Funeral

Born March 2, 1903, near Gravity, Iowa. Entered into rest May 9, 1983, near New Market, Iowa. Services from Church of Christ, New Market, Iowa, 10:30 AM Thursday, May 12, 1983. Arrangements by Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa. Final resting place Memory Cemetery, New Market, Iowa

Lee LONG Funeral

Born July 8, 1904 in Taylor County, Iowa. Entered into rest March 16, 1986 AT Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa 10: 30 AM, Wednesday, March 19, 1986, Final resting place Memory Cemetery, near New Market, Iowa.

Stella Mae SMITH Funeral

Born May 21, 1888 at Forest City, Missouri. Entered into rest January 7, 1987 at Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa, 1:30 PM, Sunday, January 11, 1987. Final resting place Oak Grove Cemetery, near Clarinda, Iowa.

David Wayne DAVIES Funeral (has Timothy Wayne Hiatt on same - listed below)

Born December 14, 1966 at Omaha, Nebraska. Entered into rest April 27, 1986, near Clarinda, Iowa. (Double) Services with Tim Hiatt from New Market High School Gymnasium, New Market, Iowa, 10:30 AM, Friday May 2, 1986. Final resting place Guss Cemetery, Guss, Iowa

Timothy Wayne HIATT Funeral (see above)

Born August 13, 1967 at Clarinda, Iowa. Entered into rest April 27, 1986, near Clarinda, Iowa. Final resting place Memory Cemetery, near New Market, Iowa. Walker-Merrick Funeral Home in change of arrangements for both funerals.

Edna MOORE Funeral

Born August 26, 1886, near Braddyville, Iowa. Entered into rest March 12, 1986 at Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Christian Church, Braddyville, Iowa. 2 PM Saturday, March 15, 1986. Walker-Merrick Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Final resting place Braddyville Cemetery, Braddyville, Iowa

Hazel Marie PRATHER Funeral

Born September 4, 1904. Entered into rest June 22, 1984 age 79 years 9 months 18 days. Services from Shum-Novinger Funeral Home 2 PM Monday June 25, 1984. Final resting place Clearfield Cemetery, Clearfield, Iowa.

Lawrence S. INGRAM Funeral

Born December 2, 1905, Taylor County, Iowa. Entered into rest May 28, 1984, near Gravity, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home 2 PM Thursday, May 31, 1984. Masonic Services by New Market Covenant Lodge #453. Final resting place Memory Cemetery, near New Market, Iowa.

Roy Marvin DUNN Funeral

Born January 28, 1898, in Taylor County, Iowa. Entered into rest March 2, 1984, at Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home 3 PM Monday, March 5, 1984. Final resting place Shearer Cemetery, near Braddyville, Iowa.

Charles L. SMITH Funeral

Born August 4, 1909, at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Entered into rest June 8, 1986, at Omaha, Nebraska. Services by Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa, 10:30 AM Tuesday, June 10, 1986. Military services by New Market American Legion. Final resting place Memory Cemetery near New Market, Iowa.

Estelle V. HIPSLEY Funeral

Born October 4, 1904, at Blockton, Iowa. Entered into rest October 4, 1986 at Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Walker Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa 1:30 PM Tuesday, October 7, 1986. Final resting place Dallas Center Cemetery, near New Market, Iowa.

Faye H. CADE Funeral

Born February 3, 1899 at Hepburn, Iowa. Entered into rest September 16, 1986 at Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Church of Christ, New Market, Iowa, 10 AM Friday September 19, 1986 by Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa. Final resting place Fairview Cemetery, near Hepburn, Iowa.

Ina Fern WILLIAMS Funeral

Born August 1, 1910. Entered into rest June 29, 1986, age 75 years 10 months 19 days. Services from Bedford Baptist Church, 2 PM Wed. July 2, 1986. Final resting place Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Iowa.

Orval Cabbage Funeral

Born August 1, 1904, Sioux County, Iowa. Entered into rest August 19, 1986 at Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa, 1:30 PM Friday, August 22, 1986. Final resting place Memory Cemetery near New Market, Iowa.

Alta M. (Peggy) Malcom Memorial

Services were held Friday, March 11, 1977 from Adamson Memorial Chapel. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens. (Greeley, CO) Exerpts from obituary on the : Born Nov. 10, 1903 at New Market, Iowa. Married to David Malcom January 18, 1922. They moved to Brush, CO in 1929 and to Greeley in 1932. Survived by husband, David, a son, Leo D. of Greeley, three brothers, Carl Glassgow of Loveland, Estle Glassgow of Clarinda, Iowa and Ernie Glassgow of New Market, Iowa, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Roy A. JOHNSON Funeral

Born April 7, 1897, near Hepburn, Iowa. Entered into rest August 14, 1986. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa 1:30 PM Monday, August 18, 1986. Military services at the graveside. Final resting place Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, Iowa. (this contains a lengthy obituary as well)

Effie Fern FAUBION PAYNE Funeral

Born October 11, 1901, near Grant City, Missouri. Entered into rest December 7, 1985, Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa, 1:30PM Tuesday, December 10, 1985. Final resting place Grant City Cemetery, Grant City, Missouri

(Obituary on also)

Orville MANLEY Funeral

Born July 8, 1915, Taylor County, Iowa. Entered into rest December 10, 1985, near Siam, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa, 1:30 PM, Saturday, December 14, 1985. Final resting place Siam Cemetery.

Sylvia Rose COMBS Funeral

Born September 26, 1895. Entered into rest February 22, 1986 age 90 years 4 months 16 days. Services from New Market Church of Christ 2 PM Monday Feb. 24, 1986. Final resting place Memory Cemetery, New Market, Iowa.

Delphia E. PITMAN Funeral

Born September 20, 1902, south of New Market, Ia. Entered into rest September 27, 1986 at Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa. Final resting place Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, Iowa.

Ruby HOLLAND Funeral

Born February 25, 1906 at New Market, Iowa. Entered into rest May 7, 1986 at Clarinda, Iowa. Services from Walker-Merrick Funeral Home, Clarinda, Iowa, 1:30 PM Saturday, May 10, 1986. Final resting place Memory Cemetery, New Market, Iowa.

Edna May LACY Funeral

Born September 13, 1897. Date of Death April 21, 1961. Services 708 State St., April 24, 1961 Interment Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Iowa.

Mrs. I.W. MALCOM Funeral

Date of birth: May 23, 1867. Date of Death, December 18, 1945. Services held at Christian Church December 20, 1945. Place of Interment: Farragut Cemetery (Farragut, Iowa. This was Mary Etta JAMES MALCOM, mother of the late Robert Malcom of New Market. The Isaac Walker MALCOM family moved to New Market in 1912.)

Names from MISC ‘stuff’:

Newspaper history of Bedford United Methodist Church (not dated- approx 1985)

50^th anniv napkin- Ben and Mary Anderson 1936-June 21 – 1986

Newspaper article “Phone exchange ending New Market service” (no date)

Newspaper article with old and new photos of M/M Guy Nobles’ 50^th anniversary.

Times Press article with photo of Verla and Genevieve Pendergraft when Verla took over as TP correspondent from Genevieve. (No date)

Invitation to wedding of Evelyn Fidler and Michael Gibson.

A tribute to my father John- written by Doris W. Jeffers of John Lacy. John was also Verla’s uncle.

Newspaper write-up of wedding, with photo, of Deborah Jean Beaver and Harold Murran, Jr.

(No date found).

Newspaper article with photo from the New Market Monitor of M/M G.L. Fuller’s 55^th anniversary.

Remembrance leaflet of 50^th anniversary of Halbert and Beatrice Orme Hensley, 1931-1981.

Leaflet of the “History of the New Market Church of Christ, from the establishment in 1860 to the Bi-Centennial year 1976”.

Dedication leaflet of the “House of Worship, Sunday January 21, 1968, Church of Christ, Sidney, Iowa, Loren E. Daley, Minister”

50^th anniversary napkin- “Doris and Herman O’Dell 1935- June 1 – 1985.”

Happy 80^th Birthday napkin for Hazel Howes, October 16, 1986.