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Obituaries
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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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[Elizabeth
Louisa Reeves Tamerius] Bedford Times-Press Thursday March 5, 1953 p. 6 Obituary - Elizabeth
Tamerius Elizabeth
Louisa Reeves, daughter
of James and Isabel Reeves,
was born Jan. 28, 1881, at Bedford, Iowa, and died at the home of her
daughter, Florence Kemery,
Blockton, Feb. 26, 1953 at the age of 72 years, 20 days. She
was married to James Henry Tamerius,
June 8, 1906 and to them were born eight children, Florence Kemery of Blockton, Carl Tamerius of Clearfield, Luvern of Durbin, N. D., Mrs. Josephine Duttinlinger of Iowa City, Andrew of the home, Mrs. Pauline Kehrer of Palo Alto, Calif. Two died in infancy. Her
husband preceded her in death May 11, 1927. Mrs.
Tamerius has been an invalid for the past two years and had made her
home with her daughter, Florence and son Andrew. She
became a member of the Methodist church at Platteville, when a young
girl. She had lived all her life in Taylor County
except two years in Missouri. Bedford Free
Press Thursday December 2, 1909 p. 5 Mrs. Elizabeth
Russell Miss
Elizabeth Kemery was born
in Union County, Pa., April 10, 1844, and died at her home in Taylor
County, Iowa, November 29, 1909, aged 65 years, 7 months and 19 days. She was baptized in infancy in the Lutheran
church. In 1846, when two
years of age, she moved with her parents to Lee County, Iowa, and in
1854 moved with them to Taylor County, which has since been her home. On June 4, 1875, she was married to Wm.
H. Russell. To this union four children were born,
three girls and one boy, who were with their mother at the time of her
death. Mr. Russell died
in January 1905. She also
had six sisters and five brothers, all of whom are dead excepting two
sisters, Mrs. Gartside [Maria] and Mrs. Brown [Margaret], who were also with her at the time of her death. Mrs.
Russell was an old settler, having lived in this county 55 years, and
knew all the privations and hardships incident to home building in a
new country. Her last days were full of pain and yet
through it all she was ever patient.
Truly death's touch seems not so cruel when there comes release
from great suffering. However
much we hate death and shrink from the shadow, yet God's good Providence
has robbed it of its sting. Funeral
services were held December 1 at Forest Grove church, conducted by Rev.
Fred N. Willis, pastor of the M. E. church at Bedford, and interment
was in Forest Grove cemetery. Bedford Free
Press Thursday December 2, 1909 p. 5 C. P. Kimpton. Cornelius
P. [hilip] Kimpton was
born in Georgia, Vermont, January 21st, 1833, moved with
his parents to St. Lawrence, New York when a boy, thence in 1876 he
moved to Iowa and settled on the farm three miles southeast of Guss,
where he resided 33 years or until the time of his death, which occurred
Nov. 21st, 1909, after being in declining health for several
weeks, at the mature age of 76 years and 10 months. On
March 13th, 1855, he was married to Augustus Woodard and to this union were given 12 children, 7 girls
and 5 boys; 4 boys and 2 girls having preceded him to the better land,
5 girls and one boy living and all at the funeral, except one girl and
she was at the bed side of her father four weeks before his death. His
first companion died Nov. 18th, 1896. He was remarried to Emma Vandenberg June 10th, 1877 [1897] and to this union
were given 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls, one having died in infancy,
4 boys and 2 girls are living and were all present at his bedside during
his sickness and at the funeral. He
was an honorable citizen of no bad habits, kind hearted and sympathetic,
intelligent and industrious. Through
his good management and energy he reared a large and highly respected
family of children, meanwhile leaving a good home for his companion,
who survives him in her declining years. It
was his dying request that the writer preach his funeral in the Guss
church which was complied with Tuesday at 2 o'clock, following his death. Though the roads were very bad a very
large audience was in attendance, showing the esteem in which he was
held in the community where he resided so long.
W. L. Dunlavy. |