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Obituaries
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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Bedford Times-Press Thursday September 26, 1963 p. 4 Final Rites For
Lena C. Jared Funeral
services for Mrs. Lena C. Jared,
91, long-time Bedford resident, were held Aug. 15 at the Keating and
Beemer funeral home in Creston.
Rev. Myron E. Hayes, retired Methodist minister, officiated. Mrs. Jared died at the Olson nursing home
in Creston Aug. 13, following a long illness. Burial was at Prairie Lawn cemetery at Spaulding. Lena
C. Busby was born at Hebron,
Feb. 3, 1872. She was the
daughter of Dudley F. and Elizabeth Tucker Busby. When she was 17 years old she began a
teaching career which included work in the Orient, Greenfield and Bridgewater
schools. In 1906 she gave
up her teaching career and entered nurses training at the Presbyterian
hospital at Chicago, Ill. She
graduated as a registered nurse at Greater Community Hospital and for
several years was superintendent of the hospital, during which time
she conducted the school of nursing at the hospital.
She gave up her nursing career when she married Delbert Jared at Creston on Oct. 27, 1925.
Mr. Jared died in 1947. Mrs.
Jared is survived by a large number of nieces and nephews. Mrs.
Jared was a member of the First Methodist Church in Creston. She had been a member of the P. E. O.
Sisterhood for 60 years and had been a member of Chapter CU (Bedford)
since 1927. Bedford Times-Press Thursday September 26, 1963 p. 4 Rev. Robb Dies In California Rev.
Winfred E. Robb, former
Bedford pastor, died recently [August 28th] in Riverside,
Calif. Rev. Robb, former pastor of the Bedford
Christian church, was pastor of the Arlington Christian church in Riverside
at the time of his death. During
World War I he served as a chaplain and after the war he conducted graveside
services for many Iowa servicemen shipped home from Europe. He served as sheriff of Polk County before
moving to Calif. Survivors
include his wife, Helen,
and two sons, Robert and
Martin of Riverside. Funeral
services were held in Riverside with burial in Olivewood cemetery. Bedford Times-Press Thursday September 26, 1963 p. 4 Former Bedford
Resident Dies Mrs.
Daisy Martin, 84, of Omaha,
Nebr., died in that city Mon., Sept. 16, following injuries received
two weeks previously when she was struck by a car.
Last rites and burial were in Omaha Saturday, Sept. 21. Mrs.
Martin was a resident of Bedford many years ago when she was Daisy
Keene, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Keene. Her nephews, also former residents of Bedford, Vernon Ashford
of Des Moines, and Ray Ashford
of Chicago, were in Omaha for the funeral services.
She was the last of the Keene family and is survived by one son,
Beryl Martin, of Omaha. [Loretta
Frances Weaver Leighton] Bedford Free
Press Wednesday August 1, 1917 [p. 1] New Market Lady
Dies From Heat Mrs.
Elmer Leighton [Loretta
Weaver] died at her home five miles northeast of New Market
Monday morning after an illness of but a few hours. The family had spent the day visiting
at the home of their son, who lives west of Bedford, and on arriving
home in the evening, Mrs. Leighton remarked, as she got out of the automobile,
of not feeling well and before she reached the house she lost consciousness
and never regained it. It
is supposed she was overcome with the excessive heat.
She leaves to mourn her death, a husband, seven children and
an aged brother. Obituary
will be printed next week. |