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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday May 24, 1945 p. 4 Mrs.
Etta Titus,
Former Resident, Dies Mrs.
Etta Titus,
a one-time resident of Bedford, died at the home of her son, Reid
Titus in Fresno, Calif. The body is being brought to Bedford,
and is expected to arrive Saturday. Short
funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, May
27, at the home of Mrs. [Lu] Vira Kemery, conducted by Rev. O. H. Hallgrimson. Burial will be in the Bedford cemetery. Surviving
are one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Collins of Hollywood; two sons, Reid Titus of Fresno, and Philip Titus of San Francisco. Her husband, E. [llis] P. [hilip] Titus,
died five years ago, and a son, Worth Titus, died in 1926. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday May 31, 1945 p. 8 Obituary Mrs.
Etta M. Titus Mrs.
Etta M. [ay] Titus,
81, of 1359 Wishon Avenue, Fresno, California, died May 21, 1945. Etta
Webb Titus,
a native of Iowa, was a teacher in the schools of Iowa for several years. On
August 17, 1892, she was married to Ellis P. [hilip] Titus of Bedford. To them four children were born: Mrs. Ruth M. Collins of Hollywood, F. [rancis] Philip
Titus
of San Francisco, Worth W. [ebb] Titus, deceased, and Reid E. Titus, Fresno, California. In
1910 Mrs. Titus, with her family, moved to Clark, South Dakota. The family lived in Clark thirty years. She
was a member of the Christian Church and of the Eastern Star chapter
at Clark twenty-five years. At
the death of her husband in 1940, she went to California to be with
her children and had since made her home with her youngest son, Reid
E. Titus, and wife, of San Francisco and
Fresno. Surviving
with the children are two grandchildren:
Lex Philip Collins and Marilyn Collins, of Hollywood; three nephews and
five nieces. Funeral
services were held in Fresno and the body was brought to Bedford, where
services were held at the home of Mrs. [Lu] Vira Kemery Sunday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. O. H. Hallgrimson. Burial
was in the Bedford cemetery. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday May 31, 1945 p. 8 Attend
Titus Funeral Among
those from out of town who attended the last rites for Mrs. Etta
Titus in Bedford Sunday, were Mrs.
Ruth Collins
of Hollywood, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Reid Titus of Fresno, Calif.; Philip Titus of San Francisco; Mrs. Will
Dallison
[Winnie Morris]
of Ottawa, Kansas; Dr. Bruce Mahan and Frank Mahan of Iowa City. Taylor
County Herald March
9, 1944 [p.
1] Former
Resident Dies In Illinois Don Hoover, 75, a former Taylor County resident, died Monday
at his home in Quincy, Ill., following an illness of several months. He is survived by his wife [Myrtle
Forgy], a sister, Mrs.
Zelda Streeter, of Lompoc,
Calif., and a niece, Mrs. Roy Meikle [Mary Madge Bailie], of Bedford. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. [enjamin] B. [alsar] Hoover, five sisters and a brother preceded him in death. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday August 31, 1944 [p. 1] Anna
Park Berry
Dies At Prescott Mrs. Anna Park Berry died Monday evening at Prescott,
Iowa. The funeral services
were held this Thursday afternoon at the Funeral Home in Corning, and
burial was at the cemetery. Sgt.
Chalon Perkins
of the Marines, stationed at San Diego, attended the funeral services. Her other son, Pvt. Hal Perkins of the army paratroopers, is in
France. [Mary Eugenia "Mamie"
Bailie Savage] Bedford
Times-Press Thursday August 31, 1944 [p. 1] Mrs.
N. S. Sawyer [sic Savage] Dies In Oregon Mrs.
Roy Meikle [Mary Madge Bailie] received a telegram Friday stating her aunt, Mrs. N.
[elson] S. Savage
of Salem, Oregon, had died. She
was a sister of William, Charlie, Frank and George Bailie of Bedford of an earlier day.
She and her mother, Mrs. N. [ancy] E. Bailie
were members of the Methodist Church here for many years and Mrs. Savage
will be remembered here as Miss Mamie [Mary Eugenia] Bailie. She
leaves a husband, three sons, a daughter and two nieces and grandchildren. The daughter, Miss Eugene [Eugenia]
Savage,
is a missionary in China. Her husband, Nelson
S. Savage, was a clerk
in Thompsons Store in Bedford, at one time. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday December 23, 1943 [p. 1] Mrs.
Susan Smalley
Dies Here Dec. 20 Mrs.
Susan Anne [Stewart] Smalley was born in Canada January 27, 1864, and died at the Armstrong
Nursing Home in Bedford Monday, December 20. Her husband [Noah Wilson] died several months ago. The funeral services
were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home this afternoon, conducted by Rev.
Archie A. Ross. Burial
was in the Fairview cemetery. Bedford Times-Press Thursday December 10, 1942 Noah W. Smalley, 81, Dies Here Sunday Noah W. Smalley, a resident of Taylor County his entire life, died
of a heart attack at his home in southwest Bedford Sunday evening, December
6. The funeral services
were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. O. H. Hallgrimson.
Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery. Noah Wilson Smalley, son of Sarah Asher and George Smalley, was born July 8, 1861, in Jefferson township, Taylor
County, Iowa, being aged 81 years, 4 months and 25 days at the time
of his death. He was forced
to assume the responsibilities of a man at the age of thirteen, when
his father was taken by typhoid fever.
With the assistance of his brother, Tom, he farmed his motherŐs
Iowa prairie homestead. He was married to
Susan Ann Stewart April
15, 1888. A native of Iowa, he was a self-made scholar
and in his early life united with the Methodist church. Later, he transferred his membership to
the Baptist church. He
was superintendent of Forest Grove and Science Ridge Sunday schools
until the illness of his wife forced him to move close to Bedford in
1917. Since then his life
and time have been devoted to caring for his wife, who is an invalid. His patience and loving care with his
family were noteworthy of a great man. His constant cheerfulness
and unselfish sense of humor were his lifelong standbys. His friends or family never heard him
complain. Left with the pleasant
remembrance that his eighty-one years here have given them, are his
wife, Susan Smalley
of Bedford; two sons, Dee Smalley
of Independence, Mo., and Ralph Smalley
of Conway; one daughter, Mrs. Bethel Nash
of Bedford; twelve grandchildren and three great granddaughters. Preceding him in
death were one brother, Thomas,
and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Barnes
and Mrs. Hettie Widner. Bedford Times-Press Thursday December 23, 1943 [p. 1] Frank L. Kemery, 64, Pioneer Resident Dies Frank L. [amont] Kemery, 64, a resident of the Bedford community all of
his life, died at his farm home in Jackson Township, Wednesday forenoon,
following a heart attack. His
wife survives.
The funeral services
will be held at the Wetmore Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon,
December 24, conducted by Rev. Archie A. Ross.
Burial will be in the Fairview cemetery. |