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Times-Republican Thursday September 27, 1928 [p. 4] Newton Dickey Kelly Newton Dickey Kelly, fourth son of Jefferson
and Catherine Patterson Kelly, was born near Franklin, Johnson County,
Indiana, February 7, 1840. In his 17th year he came with
his parents to Iowa where the family settled on a farm near Hawleyville. In
1861, he answered the call of his country and went to Omaha, Nebr., where he
was mustered into service in Co. F, First Nebraska Infantry, on the 24th
of June, Capt. Bowen of Clarinda being in command. At this time no regiment was being
organized in Iowa. He served in Co. F.
until December 1864, when he was mustered out and returned home. In 1865 he went to Colorado. After spending four years there he returned
to Hawleyville in December 1869. On February 9, 1870, he was united in
marriage with Miss Laura Sturman [Sterman]. They
came at once to Taylor County, Iowa, and settled on a farm in Mason
Township. To them was born one son, Guy
Kelly, who passed away in his 22nd year. Leaving the farm, Mr. Kelly engaged in
business for several years, but retired from active work shortly after the
death of his son. Mrs. Kelly passed
away on November 8th, 1923, after more than a half century in
happy association in the home. Both
were active members of the Presbyterian church of Bedford, in which Mr. Kelly
was a trustee for many years. In a
short life history dictated by himself in speaking of this church he used
these words, "truly enjoying the church and the associations
there." He was a believer in civic improvement and during his less
active years undertook the erection of a number of beautiful homes, which he
occupied for a time and later sold to folks who did not care to plan and
build for themselves. He was a good
neighbor, a devoted friend and a loyal citizen and kept the good will and
respect of all who knew him. After a
short illness, he passed away Wednesday night, September 19th,
1928, aged 88 years, 7 months and 22 days. The funeral was held at the
Presbyterian Church, Sunday, September 23, 1928, at 2:00 p.m. The service was conducted by Rev. John A.
[?], a former pastor and friend.
Interment was made in Graceland cemetery. Times-Republican Thursday January 14, 1926 [p. 6] Catherine Hook Aiton Mrs. Catherine Hook Aiton was born in Catskill, New York state, June 13,
1836, and departed this life January 6, 1926, at her home in Bedford,
Ia. She was united in marriage to William
Aiton in New York City on March 15, 1854, and
shortly after that they moved from New York City to Columbia County,
Wisconsin, where they set up a new home.
In 1869 they located in Taylor County, Iowa, settling on a farm west
of Bedford where they resided for 34 years, moving to Bedford some 22 years
ago. On March 13, 1924, Mr. and Mrs. Aiton were very happy in celebrating their 70th
wedding anniversary, a rare privilege in this age. Mrs. Aiton's life
was a long and useful one, being marked by a cheerful disposition and winning
the love and respect of all. Hers was
an unbroken record of membership in the Presbyterian Church and up to within
a few days of her death, she sustained an active interest in the local
church. Mrs. Aiton
passed away surrounded by six of her eight surviving children, Mrs. R. [ufus] A. Mason [Emily] and Mrs. G. [eorge] E. Clayton [Grace] of Miami, Florida,
not being able to be here. In addition
to those just mentioned, there are living, Mrs. Wm. Meikle
[Ella], Mrs. C. [harles] O. [scar] Dresher
[Jennie], Mrs. H. [enry] K. [irk] Hall [Mary
Alice], J. [ames] W. Aiton
and A. [rchibald] T. Aiton
of Bedford, and Mrs. A. [lbert] V. Hunt [Agnes]
of Clarinda, Iowa. (One child of Mr.
and Mrs. Aiton died in infancy.) There are also seventeen grandchildren and
fourteen great grandchildren living. Funeral
services for Mrs. Aiton were held in the First
Presbyterian church of Bedford, conducted by Rev. Paul G. Luce. Interment was given in Fairview cemetery,
at Bedford. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday February 19, 1976 p. 9 Albert John, 63, Last Rites Held February 16 Funeral
services for Albert W. John, 63, of Corning, held February 16 at
Larkin-Roland Funeral Home in Corning, were officiated
by Rev. James W. King. Mr. John died
in Rosary Hospital in Corning February 13, 1976. Interment was at Oak Hill Cemetery,
Corning. Albert Wendell John,
youngest son of Leon E. [lgin] and Girda Stickelman John,
was born in Bedford, Iowa, on March 20, 1912.
He attended school in Bedford. On
July 6, 1932, he was united in marriage with Alice L. Straight of
Corning at Maryville, Mo. The three
children born to bless this union are: Marian Everhart of Skidmore,
Mo., Gary who is an electronic technician on the US Poseidon Missile
Submarine Alexander Hamilton, stationed at Groton, Conn., and Cathy Stillinger of Chula Vista, Calif. Albert
was a member of Company K, Iowa National Guard for 12 years before entering
military service in WWII on March 26, 1944.
He served overseas in the 76th Division Field Artillery
under General Patton from the Battle of the Bulge to the Elbe River prior to
receiving his discharge on November 8, 1945. He
entered the construction field in July of 1949 and helped build several
Corning buildings including the National Guard Armory, Omar Plant, and Rosary
Hospital. He then worked with the Irvinbilt Construction Co. of Chillicothe, Mo., where his
self-taught skills led to promotion as job superintendent for numerous
factories, schools and churches. For
the past 10 years Albert was an area supervisor for the Austin Co. of Des
Plaines, Ill. Albert's
work often kept him away from home for extended periods and he used this time
to develop an appreciation for antique clocks to the extent he also learned
to repair them. This led to his hobby
of collecting both clocks and pocket watches in which he took pride, found
much satisfaction and deeply enjoyed sharing with others. He was a member of the National Association
of Watch and Clock Collectors. Albert
was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Harold and Donald. His remaining family include his wife Alice
at home; a brother, Vearon J. John
and his wife, Ruth, of Bedford; his three children and their families;
Marian and her husband William Everhart, Jr., and their
children, David and Cindy; Gary and his wife, Fran, and
their children, Mary Patricia and Michael; and Cathy and
her husband, Ron Stillinger; sister-in-law, Dorothy
John, of San Francisco, Calif.; nieces, Martha John and Judy Hynnek of Brooks, Iowa; one great nephew, Mark Hynnek; uncles, aunts and a host of friends. His
greatest pride and joy was his family in whom he invested all of his love and
who deeply loved him in return. Albert
was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Corning. [Helen
Josephine Keith Timberlake] Bedford
Times-Press Thursday September 12, 2001 p. 5 Helen K.
Timberlake Helen K. Timberlake,
age 96, passed away on September 9, 2001, at her residence in Norwalk,
Iowa. Funeral services were September
11, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. at the Norwalk United Methodist Church, in Norwalk,
Iowa, and also September 11, 2001, at 2:30 p.m. at the Bedford United
Methodist Church in Bedford, Iowa.
Burial was in the Graceland Cemetery at Bedford, Iowa. Funeral arrangements were conducted by the
Brooks Funeral Care, Clive, Iowa. Helen
was born in Bedford, Iowa, to Joseph Keith and Pollie
Helm Keith. Helen married Verne
Timberlake on December 25, 1925.
Helen lived most of her life in Bedford, Iowa, moving to Norwalk in
1988. Mrs. Timberlake was a homemaker
and was a member of the Bedford United Methodist Church, 50 year member of
the Order of Eastern Star, Farm Bureau Women’s Club, Taylor County Democrats, 20th Century Federated
Club and M. D. Club. Helen
is survived by daughters, Gretchen T. Hensley, Dow City, Iowa, and Ann
Robinson, Norwalk, Iowa; one grandchild and one great grandchild. [She
was] preceded in death by her parents, and husband, Verne. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday August 5, 1965 p. 2 Paul L. Beezley,
59, Rites In Sheridan Funeral
services for Paul Laomer Beezley,
59, of Sheridan, Mo., were held July 27 at the Sheridan Christian Church with
Rev. Cleo Colville, Methodist minister, officiating. Mr. Beezley died
July 24 at an Albany, Mo. hospital.
Interment was at the Sheridan Cemetery. He
is survived by his wife, one son, Paul F. Beezley
of Sheridan, two grandchildren; his father, A. R. Beezley
of Sheridan; and a brother, Lee Beezley of
Cheyenne, Wyo. He
was preceded in death by his mother and sister. Mr.
Beezley united with the Methodist Church when he
was a young man. [Emma
Gertrude Ackerman Vandenberg Kimpton Van Reenen] Times-Republican Thursday June 20, 1921 p. 4 Mrs. Van Reenan
Passes Away Mrs. [John] Dave Van Reenan [Emma Gertrude
Ackerman Vandenberg Kimpton] of Bedford, who has been ill for some time,
died at the home of her son, Frank Kimpton,
of near Gravity, Saturday morning at 2 o'clock. Mrs.
Van Reenan had been in failing health for the past
few years and was making her last visits to her children at Gravity when
death overtook her. The
funeral service was held at Guss, Sunday at 2:00
o'clock p.m. Times-Republican Thursday November 14, 1918 p. 4 Lloyd O'Dell Mrs. Lloyd O'Dell
received the announcement of the death of her husband somewhere in
France. The word came in an official
dispatch from the War Department and said he had died in a hospital from
pneumonia on October 15. The
young man was a son of Warren O'Dell from near New Market, and a son-in-law
of Richard Campbell, County recorder of this city. He was united in marriage to Miss Floris Campbell about a week before he left for Camp
Dodge. Lloyd O'Dell was born
on a farm near New Market June 27, 1895, and was 23 years, 3 months and 18
days old at the time of his death. He
grew to manhood on the farm, staying there with his father, Warren O'Dell,
after the death of his mother. When
the call came for him last spring he was attending school at Ames, but he
returned home and on May 20, 1918, was married to Miss Floris
Campbell. He left here May 25 for
Camp Dodge. His skill with horses was
soon discovered and he was assigned as wagoner,
left with the 88th Division, arriving in France August 8. He was taken ill with pneumonia, his wife
having just received word by mail about a week before the announcement of his
death arrived. He was a fine young
man, progressive and energetic, and a bright future was ended when disease
removed him. It is doubly sad just now
to have to record these sacrifices by our boys just at the time we are all so
pleased over the announcement of the cessation of hostilities. He was a cousin of Louie O'Dell, who
lost his life earlier in the summer while fighting for his country. Taylor County is thus called upon to add
another gold star to her service flag, and sympathy is extended to the widow
and the father, as well as the other relatives of this fine young man. [The
same obituary was reprinted in the Times-Republican, May 30, 1921.] Times-Republican Thursday May 30, 1921 [p. 2] Lloyd O'Dell Word
was received last week by Warren O'Dell of near New Market that the
body of his son who died of pneumonia in France on October 15, 1918, had
reached Hoboken, New Jersey, and would be shipped to the family home some time this week to be laid to its eternal rest in the
family burial lot beside the remains of his mother. The following obituary,
printed in the Times-Republican, under the date of Nov. 14, 1918, we
reprint for the benefit of those who perhaps have forgotten the details, as
at that time things were changing fast and furious, and loved ones were
paying the supreme sacrifice on every hand throughout the nation: [Original
obituary follows. See the Times-Republican
under Lloyd O'Dell for the date given above for the obituary.] Times-Republican Thursday May 30, 1921 [p. 2] Laid To Rest With
Military Honors The Funeral Services
of Lee B. Nelson Were Held In Court House Park Sunday Afternoon,
Attended By a Host of His Friends. The
last funeral rites were performed over the remains of Lee B. Nelson,
one of our worthy young married men, on Sabbath afternoon, the services
taking place in Court House Park. Mr.
Nelson passed away on Thursday evening, May 19th, at a Maryville
hospital after he had undergone a surgical operation. His sickness, coupled, no doubt, with his
exposure to the late war while on duty in the trenches in France, weakened
his physical condition to such an extent that he did not have the vitality to
throw off the shock of the operation and died last Thursday. His
remains were brought back to Bedford for interment. The
services at the Park were attended by a large crowd of people, and members of
the American Legion were present from every town in the county, and also from
Maryville and Hopkins, Mo. The funeral
was a military one and was in charge of the Legion boys, who paid due honor
to one of the number who had passed on to join that Grand Army across the sea
of Death, where long marches, parting from loved ones and suffering is
unknown. The
service was very impressive throughout and those who were present will not
soon forget the eulogy pronounced by Rev. Lowe, of the Christian church, who
conducted the service. In
the gathering besides his comrades of the late war, there were represented in
large numbers, boys of the Grand Army of the Republic, members of the I. O.
O. F. lodge of which he was a member, Rebekahs and
others, who joined with the large concourse of neighbors and friends, in paying
their last tribute of respect [to one] who had fallen in the battle of life. Appropriate
songs were rendered by a male quartette of Legion boys. These songs were appropriate to the
occasion and were feelingly rendered. Following the services
at the Park the funeral cortege wended their way to the Bedford cemetery
where all that was mortal of Lee B. Nelson was laid to rest with full
military honor, there to await the sound of the trumpet of His Lord when he
shall call the dead to life again. Solider rest! Thy warfare''s o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not Breaking; Dream of battlefield no
more, Days of danger, nights of
Waking. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday April 17, 1958 p. 4 Mrs. Iva D.
Sawyer Rites Were
Saturday Funeral
services for Mrs. Iva D. Sawyer were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home
Saturday afternoon, April 12, with Rev. Elmer Baker officiating. Burial in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Sawyer passed away Tuesday, April 8,
at St. Francis hospital, Maryville, Missouri. Iva DeHaven, daughter of John H. and Martha DeHaven, was born November 28, 1870, in Marion
County, Iowa, and died at the age of 87 years, four months, 10 days. On
Jan. 16, 1894, she was united in marriage to Melvin A. Sawyer, who
preceded her in death on October 28, 1942. She
is survived by two sisters, Mrs. A. A. Taylor and Mrs. Budd
Chamberlin of Bedford; one brother, John K. DeHaven
of Miami, Florida; two nieces, Mrs. Frances Morlan
of Des Moines and Mrs. Helen Samuelson of Colorado; three nephews, Roy
Haynie of Kansas City, Donald Haynie of Bedford, Kenneth Shaw of Colorado. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday April 17, 1958 p. 4 Newby Infant Son Buried Here Monday Graveside
services for Roger LeRoy Newby, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Newby of Maloy, were
held in Bedford cemetery Monday afternoon.
Rev. Elmer Baker of the Christian church officiated. Surviving
with the parents are a sister, Patricia Ann and a brother, Kenneth
Eugene. Times-Republican Thursday January 5, 1911 [p. 1] Supervisor Sharp
Dies At His Home Term of Office to
Have Expired Two Days After Date of His Death Prominent Farmer in
This County for Many Years----Member of Blockton
Council Two
days before the expiration of his term as a member of the board of
supervisors, William G. Sharp of Blockton
passed away at his home, after an illness of several weeks, of
pneumonia. Mr. Sharp died Saturday and
the funeral services were held in Blockton Tuesday
afternoon. He was 51 years of age. Mr.
Sharp had served since 1906 on the county board of supervisors, prior to
which he had served for nine years as a township trustee. He was for many years known as a prominent
farmer in the southeastern part of the county, but about a year ago he moved
to Blockton, and later was made a member of the
town council. William G. Sharp was
born in Shelby County, Indiana, April 25, 1860. At the age of 11 years he accompanied his
parents to Mercer County, Illinois, and grew to manhood in that
locality. In 1872 he was united in
marriage in Mercer County to Maria Nelson, and they were parents of
five sons and four daughters; one son died at the age of 5 years. The other children are Warren, John,
Arthur, Claude, Mrs. P. P. Ledgerwood, Mrs. W. A.
Livingston, Addie and Zelda, all of whom reside in the county. In
1877 Mr. Sharp came to Taylor County, locating near Blockton,
and in that community had since made his home. He was a member of the Blockton
lodge of Knights of Pythias. |