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Obituaries
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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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[Geraldine
Russell Wetmore Zanoni Perkins] Bedford
Times-Press Thursday April 4, 1940 p. 5 Mrs.
G. O. Perkins,
73, Succumbs Sunday Mrs.
G. O. Perkins
died at her home in Bedford Sunday morning after an illness of several
days. She was aged 73 years,
5 months and 20 days. The
funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home at 11 o'clock
Tuesday forenoon conducted by Rev. Steffenson, and burial was in the
cemetery at Blanchard, Iowa. Geraldine
Russell,
daughter of N. J. and Sarah Russell, was born in LaSalle County, Ill., Oct. 11, 1866. She moved to Iowa when eight years old,
where she spent the rest of her life.
She was married in 1882 to R. D. C. Wetmore of Blanchard, Iowa. To them one son was born, Frank L.
Wetmore,
a funeral director in Bedford.
Mr. Wetmore Sr. passed away in November 1888. She
was later married to J. L. Zanoni. To this union
a daughter was born, Lola Zanoni Johnson, who passed away Jan. 14, 1932. She
is survived by her husband, Chalon F. Perkins; son Frank Wetmore and four grandchildren, Geraldine
L. Douglas, Maxine Johnson, Buddy Wetmore and Suzanne Wetmore. Also one great grandchild, Shirley Ann Johnson; one sister, Ada Isaacs of Seattle, Wash., and three brothers,
Seth Russell of Blanchard, Gene Russell of Pattonsburg, Mo., and George Russell of Lomita, Calif. Three sisters and one brother preceded
her in death, also her parents. [Asenath
Mary "Sena" Wray Wood] Bedford
Times-Press Thursday November 18, 1937 [p. 1] Mrs.
S. W. Wood
Ill In California Mrs.
S. W. Wood,
a resident of Bedford for many years, is in her last illness at the
home of her son, Leon Wood,
in Alhambra, Calif., according to word received by friends in Bedford. According to the information received
she is not able to move or speak and is in a coma most of the time. Mrs. Wood is in her ninety-second year. She had been ill for the past three months. [Asenath
Mary "Sena" Wray Wood] Bedford
Times-Press Thursday November 25, 1937 [p. 1] Mrs.
S. W. Wood
Dies In California Mrs.
S. W. Wood [Asenath Mary "Sena" Wray], 91, a resident of Bedford for many years, died at her
home in Alhambra, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 17, after having been in failing
health for several months. The
funeral services were held in Alhambra Friday and the body is being
brought to Bedford for burial. Mrs.
Wood is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Nicholas Van Sant [Daisy] of Rock Falls, Ill., Mrs. Will
Jenkins [Nettie]
of Rockport, Mo., and Mrs. Reid Sanford [Ella] of Missoula, Mont.; two sons,
Don Wood
and Lynn [sic] [Leon] Wood
of Alhambra, and by one sister, Mrs. Jennie [Elizabeth Jane] Conrad of Maryville; and three brothers,
I. [saac] N. [ewton] Wray of Maryville, H. [enry] T. [homas] Wray of Pickering and [James] Arthur Wray of Redlands, Calif. [Asenath
Mary "Sena" Wray Wood] Bedford
Times-Press Thursday July 21, 1938 [p. 1] Mrs.
S. W. Wood
Is Buried Here Burial
services for the late Mrs. S. W. [Asenath Mary "Sena" Wray]
Wood were held at the Bedford cemetery
Wednesday afternoon, conducted by the Methodist minister from Rockport,
Mo. The ashes were accompanied
here by a granddaughter, Mrs. George E. Brown of Rockport. Mrs.
Wood was a resident of Bedford for many years and died Wednesday, Nov.
17, 1937, at her home in Alhambra, Calif., at the advanced age of ninety-one. She was in failing health for several
months before her death. Mrs.
Wood is survived by three daughters, Daisy, who is now Mrs. Nicholas Van Sant of Rock Falls, Ill., Nettie,
Mrs. Will Jenkins
of Rockport, Mo.; and Ella, Mrs. Reid Sanford of Missoula, Mont.; two sons, Don
Wood
and Lynn [sic] [Leon] Wood
of Alhambra; by one sister, Mrs. Jennie Conrad of Maryville; and three brothers,
I. [saac] N. [ewton] Wray of Maryville, H. [enry] T. [homas] Wray of Pickering and [James] Arthur Wray of Redlands, Calif. [Sarah
Elizabeth Webb Morris Nendick] Bedford
Times-Press Thursday December 2, 1937 p. 7 Obituary Mrs. Sarah Nendick Sarah
Elizabeth Webb,
daughter of William and Martha Webb, was born in Davis County, Iowa, in 1854, and passed away
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Dresher, in Omaha, Nebr., Tuesday, Nov.
23, 1937, after an illness of three years. She
came with her parents to Taylor County, Iowa, in 1855. She was married to Lindsay Morris in 1873. To them were born three children, Mrs.
William Dallison
of Ottawa, Kans., W. Clair Morris, deceased, and Mrs. Charles Dresher of Omaha, Nebr. Mr. Morris preceded her in death. She
was married to William Nendick in 1896. He
died in 1913 and Mrs. Nendick had since made her home with her daughter. She
united with the Christian church of Bedford when sixteen years of age. After moving to Omaha she united with
the North Side Christian Church and was a member there until her death. Surviving
relatives are the two daughters, nine grandchildren, three great grandchildren,
and a sister, Mrs. E. [llis] P. [hilip] Titus [Etta] of Clark, S. Dak. The body was brought
to Bedford, where funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the
Wetmore Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. C. Max Buck. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday January 6, 1938 [p. 1] Thompson
Is Slugged; Dies Son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson of Bedford Mr.
and Mrs. R. [alph] W. Thompson [Elizabeth Delight Sanborn] of Bedford received word by telephone
Monday forenoon of the death of their son, Ralph W. Thompson, Jr., of Chicago. Little detail was given them in the message
other than that the body had been found in the loop district, the skull
fractured. Bulletin Led
by his father, Harold L. Patterson, Jr., 21, appeared at the state's
attorney's office in Chicago Tuesday and confessed responsibility for
the death of Thompson. He
admitted knocking Thompson down after a quarrel Saturday night in the
alley where the body was found.
Patterson is being held to the grand jury on a manslaughter charge
and police are checking his story. There are some discrepancies showing up
in the stories he tells. Tuesday
morning's Chicago Tribune carried the following story of the death: Investigators
were striving last night to determine whether Ralph W. Thompson, magazine editor, who was found
dead early Sunday morning in an alley behind 79 West Lake Street, was
killed accidentally or was the victim of murder. Thompson,
who was 33 years old, had been connected with the National Safety Council
for the last two years and was in charge of the organization's Public
Safety magazine. He was formerly employed by the Institute
of American Meat Packers. The
body, when it was first discovered, was lying on a loading platform
bordering an alley. The
skull had been fractured at the rear and there was blood under Thompson's
head. It
was first assumed that Thompson might have been slugged and robbed. This theory was weakened when $10.53 was
found in the pockets untouched, as were his ring and his stickpin. Paul Jones, publicity representative of
the National Safety Council, who identified the body, said that Thompson
did not carry a watch. It
was suggested that death might have been caused by a fall. Thompson
resided in a bachelor apartment at 1306 Asbury Avenue, Evanston. Mrs. W. F. Butterworth, from whom he rented
the quarters, said that he left home after 9 p.m. Saturday. The investigators
have not been able to find anyone who remembered seeing him alive after
that. The
editor was a graduate of Northwestern University in the class of 1927. He was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity.
He was a native of Bedford, Iowa, where his immediate relatives
still live. His friends said that he was quiet and
reserved and that they knew of no enemies he might have had. They could not, however, think of any
reason why he should have gone into the alley. Deputy
Coroner Edward English continued the inquest to Jan. 13 to allow the
police time to complete their investigation. The
body was returned to Bedford Wednesday morning and funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Wetmore Funeral Home,
conducted by Dr. E. J. Hough, Presbyterian minister, Shenandoah, and
Rev. Stanley Schlick, Presbyterian minister at Bedford.
Burial was in the Bedford cemetery. The
entire community is shocked and grieved by this tragedy, and the entire
circumstances surrounding his death may never be fully determined. Thompson was well liked and respected in Chicago
and his death is just as much a mystery and shock to his friends and
associates there as it is here.
In a letter written to Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Thompson of Bedford, parents of the young man, W. H. Cameron,
managing director of the National Safety Council of Chicago writes: He was one of the
most admired and dependable employees of the council, and we were looking
forward to a brilliant future for him in our activities. No one has ever been more loyal or devoted than Ralph |