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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Winterset
Madisonian, Winterset,
Iowa Wednesday March 18, 1998 O. GUY TURRENTINE, Colorado O.
[rion] Guy Turrentine,
78, of La Junta, Colo., died Feb. 27, 1998, at Arkansas Valley Regional
Medical Center in La Junta. Memorial
services will be held June 17 at the United Methodist Church in La
Junta. O.
[rion] Guy Turrentine
was born June 17, 1919, in Smithville, Okla. He married Rena C.
(Martin) Wolfe, formerly of Madison County, May 31, 1970, in La
Junta. He worked as a communication operator with the Santa Fe Railway
for 35 years. He also was a member of the United Methodist Church
in La Junta. Survivors
include his wife; two sons, Phillip
of Duluth, Minn., and Robert of
Omaha, Neb.; two daughters, Marjorie Radebaugh of Cheraw, Colo., and Caro Wolfe of Cheyenne, Wyo.; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
[Mary
Elizabeth Bailie Martin] Bedford
Free-Press Thursday April 21, 1904 [p. 1] Old Resident
Passes away Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Martin
Dies After Five Years of Suffering----Lived In Bedford Forty Years. Saturday
evening at eight o'clock at her residence in this city, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Martin passed
from this world of pain to her home of eternal peace.
She had reached the good old age of 75 years, but the last
five were years of sickness and suffering, and death came as a welcome
release. The
funeral service was conducted at the Presbyterian Church on Monday
morning by the Rev. Barackman.
Interment was in Fairview cemetery. Mrs.
Martin's name was Mary Elizabeth Bailie. She was born in Allegheny
County, Penn., in 1828. At
an early age she moved to Ohio where in 1854 she married E. [dmund]
C. Martin. For fifty years they enjoyed the blessings
of married life. As no
children came to gladden their home their parental affections were
turned towards the children of others.
These were Charles [Gray] Martin of this city, and Mary Cook, now Mrs. Kendrick,
of Evansville, Wisconsin. In
addition to these, two brothers, Dickson Bailie, of this county, and J. L. Bailie, of California, survive her. Laura Toner, another adopted child, preceded her to her heavenly
home. For
the last forty years, Mrs. Martin has been a resident of Bedford. She was known as a woman of sweet, Christian
character, who at an early day was prominent in the social and religious
circles of her city and church.
Her friends are comforted by the knowledge of her certainty
of a heavenly home and are inspired by her life to aim at the same
safe goal. [Mary
Elizabeth Bailie Martin] Times-Republican Thursday April 21, 1904 p. 2 Death of Mrs.
Edward C. Martin At
about 8 o'clock Saturday evening, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Martin, wife of Ed [mund] Martin, quietly passed away, changing from a world where
sickness and suffering had been for years her daily lot to one where
all is perfect happiness and bliss.
She was at the time of her death 75 years of age, and for the
last 40 years of her life she had resided in Taylor County.
Her maiden name was Mary Elizabeth Bailey [Bailie], but for almost the length of a natural life she
has been the wedded companion of Edward [Edmund] C. Martin, and for a longer time than most of us can hope
to live they have met life's vicissitudes and enjoyed its happiness
together. No
child ever came to gladden the fireside, but her mother love was not
wasted; two little orphans, now past the hilltop of life, found a
refuge in her home and heart, and grew to maturity protected by her
love. One of these children is Chas. Martin,
now cashier of the Bedford National Bank, and the positions of trust
and honor he has held and now fills shows how well his young steps
were guided, and his reverence for the name of the departed one is
proof that the lines of his young life fell in pleasant places, and
that to him she well filled the reverenced place of mother. The
other child is grown to womanhood and resides in Evansville, Wisconsin;
her name is Mrs. Mary C. Hendricks. At
an early age the deceased united with the Presbyterian church and
was always afterwards a conscientious and faithful member. Five
years ago, an attack of sickness brought on a derangement of the mind,
from which she never recovered, and her last years were full of suffering
and pain, so that to her death was a welcome relief. Her reward was sure and she was anxious to go and enjoy it. The
funeral services were conducted at the Presbyterian church by Rev.
Barackman, after which all that was mortal was laid to rest in the
Fairview cemetery, but her soul, now free and untrammeled, has gone
soaring upward and is even now free from all pain and safe in the
arms of Jesus. Bedford
Free Press Thursday April 21, 1904 [p. 1] Death of George
R. John. Died,
at his home in Ross Township, April 16, 1904, at 4 o'clock a.m., of
typhoid fever, George R. [iley] John,
aged 47 years, 1 month and 8 days.
Deceased was born March 8, 1857, in Shelby County, Indiana. His parents came to this county in 1866
when he was 9 years of age, where he has ever since resided. He was married May 14, 1882, to Miss
Mary E. [lizabeth] Van Camp,
who died about one year later.
He was again married April 3, 1887, to Mrs. Emma Jones, of Nodaway County, Mo. To them were born two children, a son and a daughter, both
of whom, with his second companion, survive him and deeply mourn his
loss. Mr.
John made public profession of his faith in Christ and obeyed the
gospel in February, 1880, since which time he has ever been an earnest,
devoted and orderly walking Christian, well and faithfully discharging
his duties, both publicly and privately.
For many years he has faithfully served as a deacon of Berea
church, and was also on the building committee of three, who superintended
the building of the church house at that place. Deceased
was a kind hearted, peaceable and valuable citizen of the community
in which he lived, a tender and affectionate husband and father, and
an humble, devoted and orderly walking Christian.
In his death a sad bereavement falls upon his family, his community
and his church relation. The
funeral services were held at Berea church on Sunday, April 17, at
1 o'clock p.m., and was very largely attended, the services being
conducted by Elder Wm. Cobb.
The discourse was preached from Rev. 14.13: "Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord," after which, followed by a great
concourse of people, his remains were laid quietly to rest in the
Bedford cemetery. |