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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Bedford Times-Press Thursday November 17, 1938 p. 8 Obituary - Mrs.
G. A. Dawes Maria
Kemery, daughter of George
and Elizabeth [Paul] Kemery,
was born in Lee County, Iowa, August 6, 1849, and died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Ford,
near Blockton, Nov. 10, 1938, at the age of 89 years, 3 months and 4
days. At
an early age she moved with her parents to Taylor County, where she
grew to young womanhood. On
Nov. 5, 1871, she was married to Orelva T. [homas] Gartside. To
them were born two children, Mrs. Ernest Ford [Clara Ophelia] of Blockton and Ora Gartside of Sheridan, Mo. In
the early nineties she moved with her family in a covered wagon to Bartley,
Nebr., where they made their home for a short time. On
January 29, 1914, she was married to Gustavus A. Dawes. They
moved immediately to Peculiar, Mo., making their home there for a short
time and later moving to Athelstan, Iowa. Her husband preceded her in death. Surviving
with the daughter and son are a step-son, Joe Dawes and a step-daughter, Mrs. Sam Dowden, of Long Beach, Calif.; four granddaughters, Gladys
Ford, Mrs. Elmer Fluke [Georgia Bernice], Mrs. Lloyd Larison and Mrs. Hardie Lyle; a granddaughter-in-law, Mrs. Oakley Gartside
[Iva Morris]; three grandsons,
Orville Ford, Oakley
Gartside and Gailand Gartside; four grandsons-in-law, Roy Fordyce, Hardie Lyle,
Lloyd Larison and Elmer
Fluke. Also
by ten great grandchildren, Naomi, Francis and Eldon Fordyce, Glen Kay and Earl Blaine Fluke, Oren and Garry Larison, Donna
and Donald Lyle and
Bobby Gartside. The
funeral services were held in Athelstan Sunday afternoon conducted by
Rev. C. Max Buck of Bedford. Bedford Free
Press Thursday December 3, 1925 [p. 1] Died Following
Operation C.
W. Bryant, editor of the
Lenox Time Table for
the past two or three years, died in the hospital at Creston Tuesday
evening about 10 o'clock, following an operation for appendicitis which
he underwent Monday afternoon.
He was stricken with the ailment Saturday.
When operated on Monday the appendix was bursted and complications
set in from which he was unable to rally. He
is survived by his wife and one son.
He was about 34 years of age, an upright, honorable young man,
well liked in the community he was serving as editor and publisher of
his paper. The news of
his sudden death came as a severe shock to all his friends in the county. The Free Press joins in extending deep felt sympathy to his bereaved
family. Bedford
Free Press Tuesday March 17, 1914 [p. 1] Obituary
- Mrs. F. M. Parker. Mrs. F. [rancis] M. [arion] Parker died at her home in southwest Bedford
Saturday morning after a protracted illness. Funeral services were held at the home Monday at 10 a. m.,
conducted by Elder Mart Gary Smith.
Interment was in the Bedford cemetery. Mrs. Parker, whose maiden name was Eliza Ann Penny, was born August 24, 1852, in Champaign
county, Illinois. At an
early age she removed with her parents to Omaha, Neb., her father being
the second white settler on a farm where the city of Omaha now stands. At the age of twelve she united with the
Methodist Episcopal church. April
4, 1871, she was married to Marion M. [Francis Marion] Parker, and from this union three children
were born, two of whom died in infancy. A daughter, Mrs. Guy Thompson [Myrtle Ann], is still living and has been with
her constantly during her illness. In 1893 Mr. and Mrs. Parker removed from Omaha to Bedford,
where they have since resided.
After coming to Bedford, both Mr. and Mrs. Parker united with
the Christian church, and have taken a deep interest in all church activities,
Mrs. Parker having been an active member of the different women's auxiliaries
of the church and a Sunday school teacher for many years. Aside from her church work she found time to take part in many
of the social affairs of the city.
Her kindly disposition and sympathetic nature endeared her to
a very large circle of friends, who feel the loss a personal one and
who deeply sympathise with the husband and daughter in their great bereavement. Bedford Times-Press Thursday March 1, 1956 p. 4 Mrs. S. Cirksena's Sister Died Sunday Mrs.
Grace Muppenau, a sister
of Mrs. Sophia [Ehmen] Cirksena
of Bedford, died in Oregon, Illinois Sunday, February 26, after an illness
of only a few days. Last
rites and burial were in Illinois Wednesday.
One brother also survives. [Susan Jane Cummings
McCormick] Bedford
Free Press Tuesday July 25, 1916 [p. 1] Mrs.
McCormick
Dies Sunday At Her Home Follows
Beloved Husband To Grave In Less Than Year Funeral
Services Held At Late Home This Afternoon----Pioneer of Ross Township
and Mother of Ten Children----Eight Survive Her Death Eleven months almost to the day after the death of
her husband, E. [lisha] McCormick, Mrs. Susan J. McCormick died at her home in Bedford Sunday
afternoon. The funeral
services were held at the late home this afternoon at 2:30, conducted
by Rev. J. A. Currie of the Presbyterian Church.
Interment was made in Fairview cemetery. Susan Jane Cummings was born at Lewistown, Fulton County,
Illinois, April 9, 1843, and was the daughter of James and Mary Cummings. She was married to Elisha McCormick at Monmouth, Illinois, March 13,
1861. After living in Illinois for a number of years they
came to Taylor County, where they settled on a farm in Ross Township. After farming many years they retired
from the farm and came to Bedford in 1907 and purchased a home and continued
to reside here until their death.
Mr. McCormick died August 24, 1915. For several months Mrs. McCormick had been feeble
and in failing health and on Sunday afternoon departed this life, age
73 years, 3 months and 14 days. She was the mother of ten children. Her first born, Fannie, died in 1885, Elmer died in his sixteenth year in 1888.
The surviving children are Walter McCormick,
Amarillo, Texas, Edgar D. [ean] McCormick, Edwin C. [ummings] McCormick and Fred McCormick of Bedford, Mrs. R. [obert]
J. Montgomery
[Ada Belle]
of Nodaway county, Missouri, Mrs. F. [reeman] P. Beard [Mary], Mrs.
C. E. [lza] Jones
[Ann Villa]
and Mrs. C. A. [Alva Claude] Trumbo [Ruby]
of Bedford. The only other surviving relatives are a brother,
James Cummings
of Burlington, Wash., and two aunts, Mrs. Sybill Moran of Canton, Ill., age 87 and Mrs.
Susan Dean
of Swan Creek, Ill., age 93. [Edith
Grace Fitzgerald Cowden] Bedford
Free Press Thursday June 30, 1914 [p. 5] Here
On Visit. Mr. and Mrs. T. [urner] F. [rederick] Fitzgerald
[Martha Ophelia "Orpha" Thompson], now of Huntley, Mont., were here last week visiting
Mrs. Fitzgerald's [step] mother, Mrs. J. [ames] M. [onroe] Thompson [Martha Hedrick] and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald were called here
at this time on a sad mission.
Their daughter, Mrs. J. C. [harles] Cowden [Edith Grace], of Riverton, died June 14 in a
hospital at Omaha from burns received a year ago. The following taken from the Page County Democrat gives the full particulars of this
extremely sad affair: Fred Fitzgerald and wife [Martha Ophelia "Orpha" Thompson] of Huntley, Mont., were in the
city the latter part of last week, visiting friends at their former
home. They were called to Riverton, Fremont
County, on the sad mission of attending the funeral of their eldest
daughter, Edith [Grace],
wife of J. C. [harles] Cowden of Riverton. Her death
occurred June 14 at the Methodist hospital in Omaha where she had been
for nearly a year receiving treatment for severe burns received June
13, 1913, by the explosion of a lamp which set fire to her clothing. She had been a great sufferer during all
that time and looked forward to the last with courage for recovery and
the joy of home happiness again.
She was the mother of four children:
John, aged 7, Dorothy, 5, Russell, 3 and Gerald 16 months. These with the stepdaughter, Josephine, are left to mourn the loss of
a devoted mother. John and Josephine will remain with their father,
while Russell
and the baby go with Mrs. E. Myers of Villisca and Dorothy will make her home with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, at Huntley, Mont.
The funeral was held in Farragut and her remains laid to rest
in city cemetery. |