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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Bedford Times-Press Thursday May 28, 1936 [p. 1] E. E. Leighton, 74, Succumbs Saturday E.
E. Leighton, 74, a former
resident of this community, died at his home in New Franklin, Mo., Saturday,
May 23. The
body was brought to Bedford and the funeral services were held at the
Wetmore Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Robert Boshen. Burial was in the Dallas Center cemetery,
near New Market. Elmer
Ellsworth Leighton, oldest
son of David and Mary Ellen Leighton,
was born in Page County, Nov. 27, 1861. When
a small child he moved with his parents to Illinois and at the close
of the Civil War they moved to Taylor County, Iowa, where he resided
until eleven years ago, when he moved to Missouri. He
was married to Loretta Frances Weaver on Sept. 6, 1883. Twelve
children were born to them, five dying in infancy. The remaining children are Roy Leighton,
Glenn Leighton, and Mrs.
J. F. (Blanche) Ridnour
of Bedford; Don Leighton of
Nodaway, Iowa; Mrs. Opal Squires
of Moorhead, Iowa; Mrs. Coryl Leighton
of Otis, Colo; and Mrs. (Beulah) Ray Price
of Fruita, Colo. Mrs. Leighton
died in 1917. Surviving
with the seven children are twenty-four grandchildren, and three great
grandchildren. When
a young man Mr. Leighton united with the Presbyterian church, in later
years transferring his membership to the Methodist church. Bedford Times-Press Thursday May 28, 1936 [p. 1] Russell Gant, 31, Dies In Hospital Russell
H. [obart] Gant died at
4:30 Sunday morning in the Missouri Methodist hospital in St. Joseph,
at the age of 31 years, one month and eighteen days. He
was taken ill on Monday and rushed to the hospital Tuesday, where he
submitted to an operation for acute appendicitis, being seriously ill
from the first. He
was given a blood transfusion and every effort was made to save his
life. He
leaves his wife, Audrey Smith Gant,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gant, four sisters, Mrs. Mable Carmichael and Mrs. Mary Allison of New Market, Mrs. Alma Bix, in Buchanan Township and Mrs. Ethel Gray of Siam, and one brother, Orville Gant, at home. He
was a devoted member of the Christian church and had served as a member
of the church board and as Sunday school superintendent for a number
of years. He will be greatly missed. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon
at the Christian church in Siam. Bedford Times-Press Thursday December 26, 1935 [p. 1] Mrs. David
Greeley Dies In Hospital Mrs.
David Greeley, 33, of
Burlington Junction, Mo., died at the St. Francis hospital in Maryville
early Tuesday morning. The
funeral services were held in Burlington Junction at 10 o'clock this
morning and again at 1 o'clock this afternoon at a country church in
that northern part of the county where burial was made. [Grace]
Lavada [Louvada] Brown
was born at Prescott, Iowa, Oct. 17, 1897, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harper Brown [Maude McPherren]. She was five years old when the family
moved to Corning. On
Feb. 12, 1919, she was married to David Greeley and later the couple moved from Corning to Braddyville
where they resided for one year. Then they moved to a farm seven miles southwest of Burlington
Junction where they had since lived. Surviving
are the husband, five children, Geraldine, Robert, Richard, James and infant daughter, Grace; her father, Harper Brown, and six sisters and a brother. Mrs. Charles Perdew [Nettie] of Gravity is a sister. [Ada
Belle "Addie" McCormick Montgomery] Bedford Times-Press Thursday May 19, 1955 p. 4 Obituary - Addie
M. Montgomery Mrs.
Addie Belle McCormick Montgomery,
88, widow of Robert J. [ohn] Montgomery, died Sunday, May 1, at her country home four miles northeast of Pickering. She
was born at Kirkwood, Ill. Her
parents were Mr. and Mrs. Elisha McCormick [Susan Jane Cummings]. Private
funeral services were held Tuesday, May 3, at the Price funeral home
in Maryville. Burial was
in a Bedford cemetery [Fairview Cemetery]. Survivors
are four daughters, Mrs. [Elizabeth] Lizzie Killman of Pickering, Mrs. Fannie Sparks of McMinnville, Ore., Mrs. Gladys Gonser of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Garland Holt of Maryville; two sons, Elmer Montgomery and [Donald] Beryl Montgomery
of the home; 12 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, three great great
grandchildren; two brothers, Ed McCormick and Fred McCormick
of Bedford. Her husband
preceded her in death in 1936. Bedford Times-Press Thursday October 4, 1956 [p. 1] Levi Kernen Dies Unexpectedly Levi Kernen, farmer residing north of Bedford, died at Hand
hospital, Shenandoah, Tuesday, October 2.
Mr. Kernen had gone to the hospital to visit his wife, who had
been taken there by ambulance Monday, and while there decided to have
a check-up of his own health, death coming unexpectedly late Tuesday
afternoon. No funeral arrangements are made as we
go to press. The body is
at the Wetmore Funeral Home. [Levi Kernen] Bedford Times-Press Thursday October 18, 1956 p. 4 Obituary -
Levi Kernen Levi
Kernen, son of Fred
and Rosa Wolfe Kernen,
was born August 17, 1883, in a log cabin three miles northeast of Nodaway
in Adams County, Iowa, and died October 2, 1956, at Shenandoah, Iowa,
at the age of 73 years, one month, 15 days. He
was preceded in death by two brothers, Fred Kernen and Jacob Kernen, the latter of whom died as a child, when the family
lived in Berne, Switzerland. He
was a resident of the Gravity community from the time his family moved
to his present home at the age of nine until the time of his death. He
was married to Miss Lula Mae Humphrey on March 24, 1914. To
them two children were born, Ray
and Dale, both of Conway. He
is survived by his wife and two sons; two granddaughters, Sandra
Jean and Sonya Jo-An; one grandson, Fredrick Lee; three brothers, John, Jake and Carl Kernen of Bedford; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Mitchel of Bedford, Mrs. Mary Robey of Gravity. Funeral
services were held at the Methodist church in Gravity, Friday afternoon,
October 5, conducted by Rev. Howard DeVore. Burial in Lexington cemetery. |