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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Bedford Times-Press Thursday September 28, 1944 p. 5 Obituary - L.
C. Widner L.
C. Widner, a resident
of Taylor County the past sixty-seven years, died at his home in north
Bedford Friday afternoon, Sept. 15, following an illness extending over
several years. The
funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. G. L. Hufstader.
Burial was in the Platteville cemetery. Lytle
C. Widner was born in
Fauquier County, Virginia, January 28, 1860, being aged 84 years, 7
months and 17 days at the time of his death.
He was one of a family of eleven children of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Widner [Mary Litteer],
and came to Iowa with his parents in 1877. He
was married to Hettie V. Smalley
on September 5, 1886. To
them were born two sons and five daughters, as follows: Geo. H. Widner
of Wichita Falls, Texas; Major Glynn B. Widner, D. C., who is with a hospital unit overseas; Mrs.
J. [oseph] T. Brackett
[Audra] of Fremont, Nebr.; Mrs. Floyd B. Robbins [Antha] of Bedford; Mrs. Ann Davis and Miss Myrtle Widner
of Omaha, Nebr.; and Alice,
who died in infancy. Mrs.
Widner died May 19, 1916 and in January 1922 he was married to Mrs.
Syrena [Jane Edwards] Canon,
who survives. Surviving
with the wife and six children are one sister, Mrs. Claude B. Frantz [Ruth]
of St. Joseph, Missouri; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The Widner family
resided in Jackson Township for many years before moving to Bedford. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. and
Royal Neighbors for many years and at the time of his death was a member
of the Modern Woodmen of America. Attend Widner Funeral Among those from
out of town who attended the last rites for L. [ytle] C. Widner in Bedford Tuesday afternoon were George H. Widner
of Wichita Falls, Texas; Mrs. Ann Davis, Miss Myrtle Widner, George
Smalley, Mrs. Harold Stephens of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. J. [oseph] T. Brackett [Audra] and daughter Betty
of Fremont, Mrs. Glynn B. Widner [Verna Lacy]; T. Sgt. Leon Canon of Camp Claiborne, La.; Cpl. Carl Anderson of New Orleans, La.; Mr. and Mrs. Jay Sutherland
of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ayers
and daughter of Shenandoah; Mrs. Leon Canon, Dr. and Mrs. Roy V.
Canon of Maryville. Bedford Times-Press Thursday July 6, 1944 p. 4 W. V. Parks Dies; Was Former Resident W.
[illiam] V. Parks, a former
resident of the Bedford and Conway communities for many years, died
at his home in Maywood, Illinois, Saturday, July 1, after having been
in failing health for several years. Funeral
services were held in Maywood and the body was brought to Bedford, arriving
today. The funeral services
will be held at the Wetmore Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. O. H. Hallgrimson.
Burial will be in the Lexington cemetery. Mrs.
Parks, and her daughter
and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Redman
accompanied the body here. Bedford Free
Press Thursday July 14, 1914 [p. 5] Obituary - Harold
Fern Beard. The
funeral services of Harold F. Beard
were held at the home on Pennsylvania Street, Thursday afternoon at
3 o'clock, conducted by his pastor, Rev. John A. Currie, of the Presbyterian
Church. A quartette composed of Misses Dorothy
Miller and Ellen Crosson and Messrs. Guy Thompson and Kenneth Stephens
rendered several beautiful selections.
Special solos were rendered by Miss Crosson and Mr. Thompson. Interment was in the Fairview cemetery.
A large concourse of friends attended the funeral and followed
the remains to their last resting place, attesting their deep sympathy
for the grief stricken parents and their love and esteem for the deceased,
stricken just at the threshold of manhood. Harold
Fern Beard was born Oct.
21, 1894, and spent his entire life in this vicinity. In 1909 he united with the Presbyterian Church here, where
his membership has since been retained. He
attended the Bedford high school, graduating with the class of 1913,
in which he ranked high in scholarship, and he also took a prominent
part in all the various school activities, being popular both with the
teachers and his fellow students. In
September 1913, he entered the state university at Iowa City, taking
up the two years' work preparatory to the engineering course. During
the last months of the school year he suffered some pain from, what
physicians consulted pronounced, symptoms of appendicitis. After coming home at the close of the year at the university,
it was decided that he should go to Rochester, Minn., for treatment. He
entered St. Mary's hospital and was operated on July 1, and died July
6, aged 19 years, 8 months and 16 days.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. [reeman] P. Beard [Mary McCormick], were with him at the time of his death. Bedford Free
Press Thursday August 18, 1914 [p. 4] Obituary - Mrs.
John Park. Mrs.
John Park [Catherine] was born in Glasgow, Scotland, October 31, 1830,
and died in Petersburg, [Menard County] Ill., August 1, 1914. She
came to Petersburg at the age of 23 years and was married to John
Park. To
this union were born 7 children, one daughter dying about ten years
ago. Her
husband died July 2, 1904. The
children living are Thomas
and John of Bedford,
Hugh, Mrs. Margaret Childers, Mrs. Catherine Montgomery, and Mrs. Barbara McNabb,
all of Petersburg. All
were present at the funeral. She
also leaves besides the children, one brother of Lincoln, Neb., and
forty grandchildren, besides other relatives and friends, to mourn her
departure. She
was a member of the Presbyterian church of Petersburg. She made her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Lou Childers, and spent
one year with her son, Thomas Park at
Bedford. She died at the
home of her daughter. The
funeral was held at the home of her daughter, August 3, at 2:30 o'clock. Bedford Free
Press Thursday June 8, 1915 p. 4 Obituary -
Mrs. T. E. Cobb. Edna
A., daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. [harles] A. Perkins [Mary Augusta Davis], was born November 24th, 1870. On November 27th, 1894, she was married to T.
[homas] E. [lmer] Cobb. She died at the old home where she was
born, June 4th, 1915.
She was the mother of two children, Francis E., aged six years, and Edna Irene, aged two weeks. The sorrowing husband, these two children, with one brother,
C. [halon] F. Perkins,
and one sister, Mrs. Hattie Bishop,
are left to mourn her decease.
Some years ago her parents preceded her to the other shore. Her kind ways won for her a host of friends
who will greatly miss her in the social affairs of life. Many
years ago she gave herself to the Lord, and has ever since lived a consistent
Christian life. This fact
is worth more at this time, than all else, as it enables the bereaved
ones to "Sorrow not as those who have no hope."
Funeral services were held at the family home in Ross Township,
Sunday afternoon, conducted by Elder D. J. Poynter, of Albion, Nebraska. The high esteem, in which the deceased
was held, was manifested by the largest concourse of people ever assembled,
in this part of the country, on such an occasion. Interment was in the Bedford cemetery, where the Odd Fellow
and Rebekah organizations attended in a body, and another gathering
of friends almost, if not equal, to that at the home, assembled to see
the body placed in its last resting place. Bedford Free
Press Thursday May 2, 1917 [p. 1] Former Jackson
Twp. Woman Dies Sheriff
Keith received word a few days ago of the death of his sister, Mrs.
Anna Leathart, at Redland, Alberta, Canada, Easter Sunday April
8, 1917. She came to Iowa
in 1879 and resided on a farm in Ross Township where she will be remembered
by many friends and her death came after an illness of only a few hours. Mrs.
Leathart leaves a husband
and one son by a former marriage, Lafe Poore, of Coules, Washington. She
was a sister of J. [oseph] H. and W. [illiam] C. Keith,
of Bedford, Sile [Silas],
of Blockton, L. [evi] N.
of Fairmount, Okla., Charles M.
of Des Moines, Bert
of Phoenix, Arizona, and Mrs. Maggie Day of Hart, Mich. Interment
was made in the family cemetery at Latah, [Spokane County] Washington.
Mr. Poore having died in [August 3] 1905. |