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Obituaries
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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday October 5, 1972 [p. 1] Final
Rites Held Wednesday for Glade Keith Funeral
services for Glade Keith, 79, of Bedford, were held Wed., Oct. 4, at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home
here, conducted by Carl Cummings and Gil Peters of the Church of Christ
in Maryville. Mr. Keith
died Monday at the Clarinda Municipal Hospital.
Interment was at Fairview Cemetery. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday October 12, 1972 p. 7 Glade
Keith
Last Rites Held October 4 Funeral
services for Glade Keith, 79, of Bedford, lifetime Taylor County resident, were held October
4 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Carl Cummings and Gil
Peters officiating. Mr.
Keith died October 2, 1972, at Municipal Hospital in Clarinda. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford. Glade
Keith,
son of Silas and Mary Jane John Keith, was born in Ross Township, Taylor County, Iowa, April 18, 1893. He
moved with his parents to Bedford when he was five years old and here
he grew to adulthood. He
attended the public schools and was active in the various community
activities. On
May 5, 1917, he was united in marriage to Gail Reece and to them were born three children:
James, Marjorie and Lois Jean. They
were engaged in farming in the Blockton area for several years, moving
to the farm south of Bedford where they resided from 1928 until they
moved into Bedford in 1968; here they have continued to reside. He was employed by the Taylor County A. S. C. for 15 years
prior to his retirement. He
was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Lois Jean Rush, two sisters, Florence Snyder and Ruth Cheshire, one brother, Theron Keith, a granddaughter, Jana Keith, and a grandson, Alan Deal. Left
to cherish memories of his good life are his wife, Gail; son, James R. [eece] Keith of Clarinda, Iowa; daughter, Marjorie
Ginn
of Boone, Iowa; two sisters, Minnie Journey and Mildred Spencer, both of Bedford; eight grandchildren; and five
great grandchildren; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. He
was a member of the Berea church of Christ. He
was a kind, loving and considerate, husband and father, brother, friend
and neighbor, and he will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved
him. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday November 15, 1973 p. 6 Guy
Roy Brown,
85, Final Rites Held November 15 Funeral
services for Guy Roy Brown, 85, of Lenox, will be held Thurs., Nov. 15, at Shum-Novinger
Funeral Home in Bedford with Rev. Nelson Wallace of Lenox officiating.
Mr. Brown died November 12 at Crest Haven Nursing Home in Creston. Interment will be at Washington Cemetery, Gravity. Included in Mr.
Brown's survivors are his wife, Susie,
son, Harold Brown,
and daughter, Mrs. Irene Kadeau,
both of Detroit, Mich. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday March 18, 1976 p. 4 Edith
Carlton,
86, Dies In New Mexico A
memorial service for Mrs. C. C. (Edith) Carlton, 86, of Albuquerque, New Mexico,
a former Bedford resident and widow of the late C. [ecil] C. [laire]
Carlton, Clearfield banker, will be held
Fri., Mar. 19, in Trinity United Methodist Church in Albuquerque. Mrs. Carlton died March 12 in a hospital
in Albuquerque. Her
survivors include a daughter, Catherine Cofer, and her husband, Don H. Cofer;
six grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Bedford
Times-Press Thursday March 25, 1976 p. 11 Memorial
Service For Edith Carlton In New Mexico A
memorial service for Mrs. C. C. (Edith) Carlton, 86, of Albuquerque, New Mexico,
a former Bedford resident and widow of the late C. [ecil] C. [laire]
Carlton, Clearfield banker, was held March
19 in Trinity United Methodist Church in Albuquerque. Mrs. Carlton died March 12 in the Four
Season's Nursing Home in Albuquerque where she had been for two weeks. Edith
Buchanan Carlton
was born in Taylor County October 3, 1889. She was the daughter of Eudora Darlington Buchanan of West Branch, Iowa, and Theodore
Calhoun Buchanan
of Washington County, Penn. In
October 1908, she married Cecil Claire Carlton, a son of Irish immigrants and
a native of Taylor County. To
them were born two daughters and one son, Pauline Carlton Thompson, Donald Edward Carlton and Catherine Carlton Cofer. The
Carltons lived in Clearfield where Mr. Carlton was a banker with First
National Bank of Clearfield. They
moved to Bedford in 1934 and Mr. Carlton went into [the] real estate
business. Edith
Carlton
was lifelong member of the Methodist Church and a member of the P. E.
O. Sisterhood. After
the death of her husband in 1947 she lived alternately with her two
daughters' families, Pauline in Bedford and Catherine in Albuquerque. Mrs.
Carlton was preceded in death by her husband, a daughter, Pauline, son, Donald, three sisters, Lois Aitken,
Edna Brown
and Anne Williams
and one brother, Hugh Buchanan. She
is survived by her daughter, Catherine, and husband, Don H. Cofer of Albuquerque; six grandchildren,
David Thompson, San Francisco, Edward Thompson, Iowa City, Michael Thompson, Albuquerque, Rebecca Anne Cofer
Shryock
of San Antonio, Texas; and three nephews, T. C. Buchanan, Denver, Bob Williams, Clarinda, and Paul Brown, Clearfield. Her
family and friends will cherish Mrs. Carlton's pleasant mien, unselfish
outlook, sense of humor and positive philosophy of life.
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