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[Archer, Daniel
Milburn]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 25, 1968 p. 5
rites
in hopkins for m. archer
Funeral
services for Daniel Milburn Archer,
82, of Hopkins, will be held today (July 25) at the Swanson Funeral Home in
Hopkins at 2 p. m. Mr. Archer died July 22 at Nodaway Rest Home in Maryville after a long illness. Burial
will be at Hopkins cemetery.
His
survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Walker Smith, Marathon, Ia.; three sons, Donald of Seattle, Wash.; Daniel, Saint Peter, Minn.; and Milburn of Blockton; and a sister, Mrs. Jim Richardson, Maryville, [Mo.]
[Besco, Joseph Edward]
Bedford Free Press
Wednesday March 28, 1917 [p. 1]
Joseph Edward Besco
J.
E. Besco died at his home in Gay
Township on last Sunday morning. Funeral services were held at the residence
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. Mercer of Blockton. Interment made
in Platteville cemetery.
Joseph
Edward Besco, was born Oct. 5th,
1843 Scioto County, Ohio; there attained man's estate and received a common
school education.
In
1860 he came to Wapello County, Iowa, with his parents; in March 1862, enlisted
in Company C, Seventeenth Iowa Inft.; in March 1864 he re-enlisted, or
Veteraned. He was engaged in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Ft. Gibson,
Raymond, Jackson, Hiller's Creek, siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain and
Mission Ridge. Oct. 13, 1864 he was taken prisoner with the regiment at Tilton,
Georgia; was imprisoned at Millen, Georgia, and remained three months. He was
then paroled and exchanged before reaching the Union lines. He rejoined his
command at Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he received a veteran furlough and
returned home. At the expiration of the furlough he had started to his post
with the Command, and on reaching Davenport the members of his party were
ordered mustered out, the same having been done April 22nd, 1865.
And
returning to Wapello County was united in marriage to Miss Isabel Steel,
May 8th, 1865. To this union was born ten children, six sons and four
daughters, J. [ames] E. [dward] of Guthrie Okla., C. [harles] Q. [uincy], J.
[ohn] F. [rederick] of Bedford, Mrs. Lottie Jewett, Akron, Colo., G.[eorge] H. [allet] and H. [enry] E.[rnest] (twins), E. [dna] R. [ichard], Clara F.[ern]
(deceased), Mrs. Lula Harvey and Mrs. Lala [Ellen] Wintermute (twins);
thus he leaves to mourn his loss the widow, and nine children, all being
present at this time.
In
April 1871 he with the wife and three children came to Taylor County, which had
since been his place of residence.
[Besco, Joseph Edward]
Blockton News
Thursday March 29, 1917 [p. 1]
Obituary
Joseph
Ernest [Edward] Besco was born in
Scioto County, Ohio, October 5, 1843 and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Wintermute, Sunday morning at 5
o'clock, March 25, 1917.
In
the early spring of 1860 he came with his parents to Wapello county, Iowa, and
in March 1862, enlisted in Company C, 17th Iowa infantry and in 1864
reenlisted. He was engaged in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Fort Gibson,
Raymond, Jackson, Hiller's Creek, siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Mission
Ridge and several other minor engagements. October 13, 1864, he was taken
prisoner with the regiment at Tilton, Georgia, was imprisoned at Millen,
Georgia, and remained three months. He was then paroled and exchanged, but
before reaching his command was sent home on prison furlough. He rejoined the
army at Goldsborough, North Carolina, where he was given a veteran's furlough.
When he again started to rejoin the regiment and was as far as Davenport, Iowa,
on the way, he with his comrades were mustered out April 22, 1865.
Returning
to Wapello County he was united in marriage to Miss Isabelle Steele on May 8, 1865. To this union ten children were
born, six sons and four daughters, all of whom with the mother are left to
mourn his departure, save Clara,
who preceded him but a short time.
In
the spring of 1871 he moved with the family, then consisting of wife and three
children, from Wapello county to Taylor county, landing here April 2d and
locating on what was known as the George Smith farm about 2 miles northwest of
what is now Blockton and with the exception of three years' residence west of
Bedford has lived in the vicinity since that time.
The
children all live in the county with the exception of James E. who lives at Guthrie, Oklahoma, and Mrs.
Lottie Jewett, of Akron,
Colorado. They were all present at the funeral, the sons acting as pallbearers.
The
funeral services conducted by Rev. William Mercer, assisted by Rev. Burroughs,
and held at the home one mile north of Platteville at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon,
were largely attended. Interment was made in the Platteville cemetery.
[Besco, Joseph Edward]
Blockton News
Thursday March 29, 1917 p. 4
James
Besco, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, came
Monday afternoon called here by the death of his father, Joseph E. [dward]
Besco.
Mrs.
Lottie Jewett, of Akron,
Colorado, came Monday called here by the death of her father Joseph E. Besco.
George
Besco, of Eddyville and his sons, Quincy, of Albia, and Fred, of Murray, came Monday to attend the funeral of
his uncle, Joseph E. Besco.
Mrs.
Joseph Roberts, of Eddyville, and
daughter, Mrs. Reed and son,
of Hampton, came to attend the funeral of J. [oseph] E. [dward] Besco.
[BESCO, JOSEPH EDWARD]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Wednesday, March 28, 1917
Mrs. B. J. Jewett arrived from her home in Akron, Colo., Monday morning to attend the funeral of her father, J. E. Besco, held Tuesday afternoon.
[BESCO, JOSEPH EDWARD]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 29, 1917
J. E. Besco Victim of Heart Failure
Joseph W. Besco died very suddenly at 5 o'clock Sunday morning from heart failure. He was visiting his daughter Mrs. Wintermute near Clearfield and on retiring to bed the evening before was apparently in the best of health.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from the home at Platteville, Rev. Mercer of Blockton officiating and interment was made in the cemetery at Platteville.
Joseph Edward Besco was born Oct. 8th, 1843, in Scioto county, Ohio. There he attained man's estate and received a common school education.
In 1860 he came to Wapello County, Iowa, with his parents; in March 1862, enlisted in Company C, Seventeenth Iowa Infantry; in March 1864 he re-enlisted, or Veteraned. He was engaged in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Ft. Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Hiller's Creek, siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. Oct. 13, 1864 he was taken prisoner with the regiment at Tilton, Georgia; was imprisoned at Millen, Georgia, and remained three months. He was then paroled and exchanged before reaching the Union lines. He rejoined his command at Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he received a veteran furlough and returned home. At the expiration of the furlough he had started to his post with the Command, and on reaching Davenport the members of his party were ordered mustered out, the same having been done April 22nd, 1865.
Returning to Wapello county he was united in marriage to Miss Isabel Steele, May 8th, 1865. To this union was born ten children, six sons and four daughters, J. [ames] E.[dward] of Guthrie Okla., C. [harles] Q. [uincy], J. [ohn] F. [rederick] of Bedford, Mrs. Lottie Jewett, Akron, Colo., G.[eorge] H. [allet] and H. [enry] E.[rnest] (twins), E.[dna] R. [ichard], Clara F.[ern] (deceased), Mrs. Lula Harvey and Mrs. Lala Wintermute (twins); thus he leaves to mourn his loss the widow, and nine children, all being present at this time.
In April 1871 he with the wife and three children came to Taylor County, which has since been his place of residence.
[BESCO, JOSEPH EDWARD]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 29, 1917
Attended Besco Funeral.
Out-of-town visitors who were here to attend the funeral of Joseph Besco on Tuesday were George Besco, a nephew, of Eddyville, Iowa, and his two sons, Quincy of Albia and Fred of Murray, Iowa; Mrs. Joe Roberts and daughter Mrs. Reed and her son George of Hampton, Iowa; J. E. Besco of Guthrie, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Ben Jewitt of Akron, Colo., children of the deceased were also present.
[BESCO, JOSEPH EDWARD]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, April 5, 1917
CLAYTON TOWNSHIP – Mr. Joe Besco unexpectedly passed away Sunday morning at 5 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harley Wintermute, where he was visiting. He had been troubled considerably during the winter with heart trouble but had been feeling better for some time previous to his death. The funeral was conducted Tuesday at the home at 2 p. m. by Rev. Mercer of Blockton, Iowa, and Rev. Burroughs of East Mission and was largely attended by his old neighbors and friends. This family has the sympathy of the entire community, for but a couple of months ago the death angel had called Miss Clara Besco to the One "who doeth all things well."
[Blakslee, Louis G.]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday January 22, 1925 [p. 1]
L. G. Blakeslee of Gravity Dead
Word
was received here Tuesday morning that L. [ouis] G. Blakeslee [Blakslee] of Gravity had died the night before after an illness of several,
months. Mr. Blakeslee [Blakslee] had lived at Gravity for several years where he
engaged in the business of buying and selling stock and grain. This business
had greatly widened his acquaintances over the county and his many friends will
be saddened to learn of his death.
[Blakslee, Louis G.]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday January 22, 1925 p. 5
The
funeral of L. [ouis] G. Blakeslee [Blakslee] of Gravity, well known over the county, is being
held in Gravity, today. Many Bedford people are attending the funeral, as Mr.
Blakeslee [Blakslee] had many friends here.
[BLAKSLEE, LOUIS GEORGE]
Clarinda Herald (Clarinda, Iowa), Monday, February 2, 1925
DALLAS (Taylor County) Jan. 29 – L. [ouis] G. [eorge] Blakslee who was a resident for several years of northeast Dallas passed away last week in Gravity where he had been in business for several years.
[BLAKSLEE, LOUIS GEORGE]
Villisca Review (Villisca, Iowa), Friday, February 6, 1925
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McKune returned from Gravity last Saturday where they had been to attend the funeral of their brother-in-law, Lewis Blakslee.
[Clark, Rufus]
Thursday October 27, 1910 p. 4
Mrs. F. E. Walker's Father Dead.
Mr.
and Mrs. F. [rancis] E. [ells] Walker returned Friday from Denver, Colo., where they had been called by the death of Mrs.
Walker's father. The following is
the obituary of that gentleman as it appeared in the Denver Post of Oct. 15:
Rufus
Clark is dead. With his passing
the career of one of the early pioneers of Colorado is closed, one whose life
was strange and unusual, spent in many climes. Rufus Clark arose from a sailor, through vicissitude and
adventure, to one of the most respected citizens of the community.
His
death is mourned by all who knew him and loved him for his sterling worth and
his unquestioned integrity.
Death
came to the aged pioneer Friday night at 9:30 o'clock, at his home, 1395 South
Cherokee street, the homestead he filed upon more than a half century ago, when
Denver was but a small trading or frontier post. For several months Mr.
Clark had been failing in health.
Last July his condition became so serious that his only child, a daughter, Mrs.
F. [rancis] E. [ells] Walker [Mary] of Bedford, Iowa, was sent for. For a time it
was feared that the end was near at hand, but Mr. Clark's strong vitality conquered and he regained a
semblance of his former health. The recovery was only temporary, however, and
about three weeks ago he began failing rapidly. Death was due to a complication
of diseases, superinduced by old age. The end came peacefully.
Rufus
Clark was born in Coventry, Conn.
Had he lived until Dec. 4 next he would have been 88 years of age. The lure of
the sea called him and when about 13 years old he ran away from home and
shipped as a cabin boy out of Bar Harbor, Maine. For nearly fifteen years he
followed the precarious life of a sailor, then he gave up the water for a life
ashore and in the early 50s journeyed overland to Iowa, where he resided until
the summer of 1859, when the first Pike’s Peak excitement drew him to Colorado. Mr. Clark arrived from the
vicinity of Bedford in the fall of that year.
Fortune in gardening
He
soon came to the conclusion that mining was a precarious means of livelihood at
best, as was evidenced by the numerous failures recorded by hundreds of those
who delved after the riches hidden by Mother Earth. He filed a homestead entry
on land along the Platte, part of which is represented by the present grounds
of Overland park. He devoted his time to gardening and sold his vegetables and
other produce to the miners who came through Denver or made the post their
headquarters. In one year he made $30,000 from the sale of potatoes alone, and
thus laid the foundation for the fortune he afterwards amassed and possessed at
the time of his death. He had ninety-five men working for him that year. He
sold the part of his land now comprised in Overland park about twenty-eight
years ago.
Mr. Clark was a member of the territorial legislature in
the early days when the capital was located at Golden. He declined to run for
re-election, asserting he was too honest a man for the office and it was better
for someone else to have the place."
BUILT A COLLEGE.
Mr.
Clark always took a great
interest in the work of the Salvation Army. With another person he gave the
building in which the army had its headquarters for many years. In 1896, in
Shangay Sherbro, Africa, sixty miles from Freetown, on the West Coast, he built
a college known as the Rufus Clark and Wife Theological Training School. The
corner stone was taken from John Newton's slave pen. Mr. Clark also gave the site for the University of Denver,
and since that time has given many thousands of dollars to the institution. His
gifts to other charitable institutions have been large.
Mr.
Clark at his death left a large
estate, the exact value of which can only be approximated, because of the rise
in real estate values, but it will easily reach several hundred thousand
dollars.
The
deceased was a member of the Pioneer society. Many years ago he united with the
United Brethren church. The funeral will be held at the house, Monday
afternoon, at 1 o'clock. The services will be under the auspices of the
Salvation Army. Interment will be made at Riverside.
Surviving Mr. Clark are his widow, Mrs.
Ella [Perryman Knight] Clark, and
a daughter, Mrs. F.[rancis] E. [ells] Walker [Mary]
of Bedford, Iowa.
[Egleston, Vera
Glorene Houk Blakslee]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 4, 1971 p. 7
Vera Egleston Rites Feb. 27
Funeral
services for Mrs. W. J. (Vera) Egleston, 79, formerly of Gravity, held February 27 at the Bedford Baptist
Church, were conducted by Rev. Ollie Odle. Mrs. Egleston died at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Okla.,
February 24. Interment was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity.
Vera
G. [lorene] Egleston, daughter of Fred [Arthur] and Clara [Mae Swander] Houk was born at Bedford, Iowa, on April 20, 1891. She
attended the Gravity school and also the Normal Training School at Rapid City,
South Dakota. After this training she taught seven years in the Taylor County
school system.
On
June 19, 1919 she was united in marriage to Louis G. Blakslee and to this union two daughters were born. She
was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Lewis in 1925, three brothers and one sister.
She
was married to W. [ill] J. [ay] Egleston on September 22, 1932 and he passed away in 1955.
Mrs.
Egleston spent her entire life in
Taylor County except for the past two years when she made her home with her
daughter, Mary Ellen Vore and
family.
Mrs.
Egleston is survived by her two
daughters, Mrs. Louise Pershin,
Mobridge, So. Dak.; and Mary Ellen Vore and husband Calvin of Tulsa, Okla.; two brothers, Leo and Truman Houk, Rapid City, So. Dak.; two sisters, Bessie
McKune, Golden, Colo.; Verna
[Beatrice] Johnson, Bedford; six
grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews, other
relatives and a host of friends.
At
an early age she accepted Christ and joined the Advent Christian church in
Gravity. She moved her membership to the Baptist Church at Bedford in 1967. She
also was a 50-year member of the Rebekah Lodge of Gravity.
She
was a wonderful loving mother, grandmother and friend. She will be sadly missed
by all those who knew and loved her.
[Egleston, Vera
Glorene Houk Blakslee]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 4, 1971 p. 4
ATTEND RITES HERE FOR VERA
EGLESTON
In
town for the funeral services of Mrs. Vera Egleston, Feb. 27 were: Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Vore and
Bobby, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mrs.
Louise Pershin and Susan,
Mobridge, S. Dak.; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Frame, Las Vegas, Nev.; Mrs. Julia Youngwirth, Glendora, California; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pershin, San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Lynda Davis, Kaycee, Wyo.; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Houk, Mr. and
Mrs. Truman Houk and Mrs. Mary
Houk of Rapid City, S. Dak.
Mrs.
Myrtle Houk, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wilson and Marshall Jr., Guthrie Center, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Houk, Grant City; Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Hendricks and family,
Skidmore, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Dukes, Ellston, Iowa and Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Pershin, Lenox.
[Holloway, John
Arthur]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 23, 1978 p. 12
Gravity Resident Dies
Feb. 20 in Grant City
Services
ware held February 20 at Larkin-Roland Funeral Home in Corning, with Rev. Mel
Smith officiating, for John Arthur Holloway, 76, Gravity. Mr. Holloway died February 17 in Grant City, Mo. Graveside
services were held at Hillcrest Cemetery in Omaha.
John
Arthur Holloway was born November
19, 1901, at Trenton, Mo., to John W. and Lilly Johnson Holloway. He was married on July 1, 1922 in St. Joseph,
Mo., to Zetta Corinne Sutton.
He was retired from Wilson and Company, and had lived the past ten years in
Gravity. Prior to that he was a resident in the St. Joseph, Omaha and Bellevue
areas.
Survivors
include his wife of Gravity, one daughter, Corinne White, Gravity; two sons, Arthur W., Garden Grove, Calif, and William B. of Omaha; ten grandchildren; 11 great grand children; one sister, Ella Christopher, Bloomington, Calif.; and a brother, Joseph, of Brooks, Ia.
[Johnson, George
Raymond “Ray”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 13, 1977 p. 9
George Johnson Last Rites Held October 8
Funeral
services for George Raymond Johnson,
86, longtime resident of Bedford, held October 8 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home
here, were conducted by Pastor Carter Smith and Mr. Carl Cummings. Mr.
Johnson died October 5, 1977 in
the Municipal Hospital in Clarinda.
Interment
was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity. The Bedford firemen were named honorary
pallbearers.
George
Raymond Johnson, son of [George] David and Mary Ellen Johnson, was born at Monmouth, Illinois on April 11,
1891. When a small boy, he moved with his parents to Parnell, Mo. and he grew
to manhood in the Parnell and Blockton, Iowa areas.
On
March 1, 1914 he was united in marriage to Verna Beatrice Houk. To this union were born three children, Ilene
(Mrs Harold Hendrix) of Skidmore,
Mo.; [Theron] Eugene
Johnson of Bedford, and Annabelle
(Mrs. Ronald Lucas) of Bedford.
In
1915 he united with the East Mission Church, and later with the Bedford Baptist
Church after moving to Bedford.
Ray worked as a plumber in the Bedford area for
approximately 50 years. He was a member of the Bedford Fire Department, and was
very proud of having received his 50-year badge of Service with the Department.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.
He
is survived by his wife, Verna;
son, [Theron] Eugene; daughters Ilene and Annabelle; two sisters, Mrs. Nina Stone of Bedford and Alta Bristow of Ottumwa; Iowa; 13 grandchildren; and 19 great
grandchildren; many other relatives, and a host of friends.
He was a kind and loving
husband, father, and grandfather. He will be sadly missed by all who knew and
loved him.
[Johnson, George
Raymond “Ray”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 13, 1977 p. 2
Large Group Attend Johnson Funeral From Out of Town
Attending
the Ray Johnson funeral
October 8, from out of town, were Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shannon, Joy, Patty,
Ren, Dan and Dan McMahan, Omaha,
Nebr.; Mrs. Myrtle Houk,
Atlantic, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wilson and Jenny, Guthrie Center, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Houk, Grant City, Mo.; Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Vore and Bob, Tulsa
Okla.; Helen Crawford,
Clarinda; Stanley Crawford,
Minneapolis, Minn.; Renee Hill,
Maryville, Mo.; Connie Castillo,
Council Bluffs, Ia.; Dorothy McCoy,
Red Oak, Ia.; Joe Matheny,
Gentry, Ark.; David Johnson, Canon City, Colo.; Carol Bruntmeyer, Maitland, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Cochran,
Lisa and Ricky and Mr. and
Mrs. Dannie Strough, Maryville,
Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Butely Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hendrix,
Savannah, Mo.; Joyce Hendrix,
St. Joseph, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Aulare Hendrix, Farragut, Ia.; and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Hendrix and James, Skidmore, Mo.
[Johnson, Theron
Eugene “Tuffy”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 14, 1983 p.
"Tuffy"
Johnson Services Were Held
Here April 11
Funeral
services for Theron Eugene Johnson,
62, of Bedford were held April 11 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with
Rev. Carl Cummings officiating. Mr. Johnson died April 7, 1983 in Rosary Hospital in Corning,
Ia. Military Honors were conducted by Bedford American Legion Post 164 and
Conway American Legion Post 591 with interment in Conway Cemetery, Conway,
Iowa.
Theron
Eugene Johnson, son of Ray
Johnson [George Raymond] and Verna Houk Johnson, was born in Bedford, Iowa August 26, 1920. He
grew to maturity in the Bedford community where he attended the public school
and the Baptist Church.
On
April 3, 1943 he was united in marriage to Martha Smalley and they lived in Bedford, Iowa. Three children
were born to them: Connie, David and Marc.
On
July 21, 1968 he was united in marriage to Bette [Jean] Hill and they have made their home in Bedford, Iowa.
He
served his country during World War II from September 1942 until November 1945
in the Southwest Pacific as Ordnance Supply Technician. He served with the
Bedford Fire Department for over 25 years.
He
was employed by the Ford Garage for many years and since has been self
employed.
Preceding
him in death were his parents.
Left
to cherish his memory are his wife, Bette of the home; three children: Connie, David and his wife, Johnnie-Lynn, and Marc; two step-children: Lana and her husband, Gail Christensen and Renee Hill and her fiancé Shane
Schrader; six grandchildren; two
sisters: Annabelle Lucas and
her husband, Ronald, and Ilene
Hendrix and her husband, Harold; nieces; nephews; other relatives; and friends.
His
family and friends will remember him as a kind person with a desire to help
other people at all times.
[Johnson, Verna
Beatrice Houk]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 23, 1978 p. 12
Verna Johnson, 83, Final Rites Held February 20
Funeral
services for Mrs. Ray (Verna Beatrice) Johnson, 83, of Bedford were held February 20 in
Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here with Rev. Carter Smith and Mr. Carl Cummings
officiating. Mrs. Johnson died
in Bedford Manor Nursing Home on February 16, 1978. Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge
134 presented fraternal honors with interment at Washington Cemetery, Gravity,
Iowa.
Verna
Beatrice Houk, daughter of Fred
[Arthur] and Clara Mae [Swander] Houk,
was born near Gravity, Iowa, on November 16, 1894. She grew up in the Gravity
vicinity and graduated from high school there.
On
March 1, 1914 she was united in marriage to Ray Johnson [George Raymond], and they lived in the Bedford area all through
their lives together. To this union were born three children: Ilene (Mrs.
Harold Hendrix) Skidmore, Mo.; [Theron] Eugene Johnson of Bedford and Annabelle (Mrs. Ronald Lucas) of Bedford.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, four brothers and two
sisters.
Left
to cherish her memory are her son, [Theron] Eugene; daughters Ilene and Annabelle; one sister, Mrs. Bessie McKune of Golden, Colorado; one brother, Leo Houk of Rapid City, South Dakota; 13 grandchildren; 19
great grandchildren; many other relatives and friends.
She
was a member of Bedford Baptist Church having united at East Mission in 1915.
She was a member of Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge #134, and received her 60-year
membership pin on January 21, 1978. She was also a member of the Baptist
Women's Society and B.B.B Club.
She
was a kind and loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be greatly missed
by all who knew and loved her.
[Richardson, Vera
Young]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday October 15, 1908 p. 4
Obituary.
Vera
Young Richardson was born near
Bedford, Iowa, March 23, 1881, and died October 7, 1908, at her late home in
Lincoln, Neb., being at the time of her death 27 years, 6 months and 14 days
old. She was raised in Bedford and for a long time was in the telephone office,
and is well remembered by many of our citizens. She was the daughter of James
and Christina Young, the latter
dying some five or six years ago.
She
was united in marriage to J. [ohn] M. Richardson in Shenandoah, Sept. 8, 1903, who remains to
mourn her loss. She leaves in addition her father and one brother and five
sisters to mourn her loss. Mrs. Chas. [Brooks] Rhoades [Nancy Belle], of this place is her sister with whom she once
made her home. Another sister, Mrs. Wallace [Mansfield] Hindman [Dora Lee], of Geneva, Neb., who with her husband and Theresa, the younger sister, accompanied the body on the
sad journey to Bedford, arriving here at 7 o'clock Friday morning. Mrs. O.
R. Osborn, of Villisca, a cousin,
was also one of the company who came with the heart broken husband to Bedford.
The
funeral was held at the Christian church Saturday at 10 o'clock a. m.,
conducted by Geo. A. Hendrickson, an intimate friend of the family and once
pastor of a part of the family at Shenandoah. Vera united with the Christian church when a girl and
was for a long time active in the church here.
Mrs.
Bert Wolford and husband, the
former a sister of Vera, and Ebert
Young, the only brother, were
accompanied to Bedford from Shenandoah by a very dear friend, Mrs. S. I.
Roscoe, on Friday and remained
until Monday. The father is in Louisiana and Mrs. Lou Allen, a sister, is in New Mexico, and unable to be
present.
The
family have the sympathy of a host of friends in their sad bereavement. There
were many floral offerings, the Degree of Honor, of which she was a member at
Shenandoah, sent a beautiful heart anchor as a token of esteem, and the Christian
church of Bedford placed a tender offering on her casket, and many friends
placed their tokens of respect and affection. The body was laid to rest in the
Forest Grove cemetery beside her mother, where she requested her body should be
laid. C
[Young, Christina
Spargur]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday April 2, 1903 [p. 1]
After A Long Illness
Died,
at her home in Bedford, on Monday morning at 7:30 o’clock, Mrs. James [William]
Young [Christina Spargur], after
a long illness caused by cancer. Funeral services were conducted in the
Christian church yesterday at 10 o’clock, by Elder Flynn, of Hopkins. Interment
in Forest Grove cemetery.
[Young, Christina
Spargur]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday April 2, 1903 p. 8
The Funeral,
From Wednesday's Daily
What
was earthly of Mrs. Christina [Spargur] Young was today consigned to the earth. The funeral
services were held at the Christian church this morning at 10 o'clock,
conducted by Elder E. M. Flynn, of Hopkins, and the remains were laid to rest
in the Forest Grove cemetery. Many sympathetic friends assembled to take a last
farewell, and the casket was surrounded by a number of relatives. The floral
offerings were beautiful and appropriate, and thus are the last tributes paid
to a woman who bore the storms of life bravely.
There are yet little
hearts to ache who will miss a mother's loving care, and who will long to hear
her voice and see her face. The mother will be sadly missed from the home.
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