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[Hamilton, Emily Gilpin]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday    June 24, 1937    p. 3

Death of Mrs. Hamilton

Mrs. Emily Hamilton, one of the pioneers of Clearfield, died at her home on North Street at about 2:00 last Thursday afternoon. Death was caused by complications following a bad fall and fracture of a limb. Her daughter, Mrs. Myrta Young was continually near, and the sons, Boyd and Arthur, of Des Moines, gave her much attention. Mr. Hamilton died only last year. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at the residence.

[Hamilton, Emily Gilpin]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday    June 24, 1937    [p. 1]

Mrs. M. M. Hamilton

Emily Gilpin was born at Cazenovia, Illinois, on March 22, 1855, the daughter of L. [eonidas] A. and Amelia [Talbot] Gilpin. She grew to womanhood in the pioneer years of Illinois and on Feb. 5, 1878, was united in marriage to M. [arion] M.[elville] Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton resided in Woodford County, Illinois, until the spring of 1883 when they moved to a farm east of Clearfield, Iowa. In 1890 they left the farm and purchased a residence in Clearfield, which became their home for the remainder of their lives.

Mr. Hamilton passed away Dec. 26, 1936. Mrs. Hamilton's death occurred June 17, 1937, a little less than six months after that of her husband. She leaves to mourn her passing: three children, Mrs. Myrta [Myrtella] Young of Clearfield, and J. [ohn] B.[oyd] Hamilton and Arthur [Marion] Hamilton of Des Moines; four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mrs. Hamilton is survived also by three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Hildreth of Ankeny, Iowa, Mrs. Alice Clark of Jackson, Miss., and Mrs. Susie Lockwood of Dayton, Oregon.

Mrs. Hamilton was not able during recent years to take an active part in the social and religious life of the community, being practically confined to her home since 1932 due to a fall and injury. On June 5, 1937, she again fell, breaking her left thigh, which injury resulted in her death on June 17. She was tenderly cared for during her last illness by her three children and friends and neighbors, everything possible being done for her comfort.

In girlhood Mrs. Hamilton made her profession of faith, and became a member of the Baptist church. Following her marriage she transferred her membership to the United Presbyterian Church, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton both becoming members of the Clearfield congregation on June 3, 1883.

Funeral services were held at the residence on Saturday afternoon, June 19. Rev. M. B. Hutchman was assisted by Rev. L. E. Watson of Creston. The address was based on the text, "Trade ye here with till I come."

Interment was in the family lot in Clearfield Cemetery.

[Hamilton, Marion Melville]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     December 31, 1936    [p. 1]

Marion Melville Hamilton, son of John I. and Eliza [Young] Hamilton, was born September 17th, 1853, near New Bethlehem, Penn. As a small boy he came with his parents to Woodford County, Illinois —where he grew to manhood. On February 6, 1878, he was united in marriage to Emily Gilpin.

Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton came to Iowa in March of 1883 and located on a farm one mile east of Clearfield. They were received into membership of the Clearfield United Presbyterian Church on June 3d of that year. In 1890 they left the farm and moved to town where they have since resided.

Mr. Hamilton's death occurred at his home, Saturday, Dec. 26th, 1936. He leaves to mourn his passing, his beloved wife, Emily G. [ilpin] Hamilton; and three children, Mrs. Myrta Young of Clearfield, J. [ohn] Boyd Hamilton and Arthur M. [arion] Hamilton, both of Des Moines; four grandchildren; one great grandchild; nieces, nephews and many friends.

"Be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in the Lord."

Funeral services were held at the residence Monday afternoon, at 2:00 o'clock. Rev. H. B. Hutchman officiated. Rev. L. E. Watson, a nephew from Creston, read a passage of Scripture and led in prayer. Interment in the Clearfield Cemetery.

Music was furnished by Mrs. J. M. Stephenson, Miss Lila Marie Brown, Guy Henderson, and Victor Brown, accompanied by Miss Maude Hamilton.

The pallbearers were: —Gene Baxter, Ora DeBord, Ed Owens, Claude Brown, Bert Brown and John Mosier.

[Hamilton, Marion Melville]

Clearfield Enterprise

Thursday     December 31, 1936    p. 2

Boyd and Arthur Hamilton of Des Moines drove down in the early hours of Saturday, called by the illness of their father, M. [arion] M. [elville] Hamilton. He died Saturday afternoon at 3:15, aged 83 years. He had lived here since the pioneer days of the town.

[Hamilton, Mary Louise Dresher]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    June 3, 1937    p. 8

Mrs. Louisa Hamilton Died Here June 2nd

Mrs. Louisa [Mary Louise] Hamilton, a resident of Bedford and community for many years, was found dead at her home in west Bedford Wednesday afternoon, June 2.  She is survived by a sister and a brother, Mrs. Walter Myers [Lydia Arminta] of Bedford and Jess [Jesse Albert] Dresher of Sharpsburg.

The funeral services will be held at the Wetmore Funeral Home at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. F. Overhulser. Burial will be in the Bedford cemetery.

[Hamilton, Mary Louise Dresher]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    June 10, 1937    [p. 1]

Hold Last Rites For Mrs. Louise Hamilton

Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Hamilton, who died at her home in west Bedford Wednesday, June 2, were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. F. Overhulser. Burial was in the Bedford cemetery.

Mary Louise Dresher, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles [Franklin] Dresher [Nancy Jane Morris], was born Dec. 26, 1860 and died at the age of 76 years, 5 months and 6 days. Her young womanhood was spent with her parents on the farm in Polk Township.

Dec. 25, 1883 she was married to Frank Hamilton. To them was born one child, a son Ross, who died when three years of age.

Several years were spent in Washington, D. C., where Mr. Hamilton was employed in the Pension Office. He died Nov. 9, 1918. Mrs. Hamilton continued to reside on the farm after her husband’s death, until 1925, when she moved to Bedford, where she had since resided.

She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Walter [Edward] Myers [Lydia Arminta] of Bedford, and one brother, Jess [Jesse Albert] Dresher of Sharpsburg. Also by two nieces and three nephews.  Her husband, father, mother, sister Anna and brother Charles Oscar Dresher, preceded her in death.

She was a member of the Methodist church.

[Hamilton, Mary Louise Dresher]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    June 17, 1937    p. 8

Here For Funeral

Among those from out of town who attended the funeral services for Mrs. Louise Hamilton Friday, June 4, were the following: Mrs. Sam Dresher, Mrs. Bone, and Miss Josephine Myers of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wheelock, Mrs. Harold Booker and Mrs. Ida Ross of Kansas City; Mrs. Helen Albert of Cedar Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Pfander of Blockton; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hagan of Chicago.

[Hayes, Paul Leroy]

Bedford Times-Press

Wednesday    March 31, 2004

PAUL HAYES

Funeral services for Paul Hayes, age 83 of Council Bluffs, who died Thursday, March 18, 2004, were held Monday, March 22, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. at the McCurdy Funeral Home with Reverend Marvin Arnpriester officiating. Interment was held in the Garner Township Cemetery in Council Bluffs. Memorials can be directed to the Broadway United Methodist Church or to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements were entrusted to the McCurdy Funeral Home of Council Bluffs.

Paul Leroy Hayes was born February 21, 1921 in Raymond, South Dakota the son of Glen Hayes and Mable Inman Hayes. He grew up attending school in Bedford, Iowa graduating with the Class of 1939.

Paul answered the call to serve his country during World War II. He served in Iran, Iraq, France and Germany from November 1942 until November of 1945. He served with the 334th Army Engineers. He was issued the Victory Medal, the European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Battle Stars, six Overseas Service Bars, a Service Stripe and the Good Conduct Medal. After his discharge, Paul was a heavy equipment operator.

Left to cherish Paul's memory are his wife Shirley (Putnam) Hayes of Council Bluffs; three sons, Merlin Hayes and wife Mary of Denton, Nebraska; and Marvin Hayes and wife Myung of Denton, Nebraska; a daughter, Cindy Hayes of Istanbul, Turkey; a stepdaughter, Linda Bolton and husband John of Harlan, Iowa; two step-sons, Douglas Hicks of Neola, Iowa; and Wayne Hicks and wife Linda of Council Bluffs; three brothers, Vernon Hayes of Glenwood; Dean Hayes and wife Jeannine of Osage Beach, Missouri; and Dennis Hayes and wife Ruth of Ellston, Iowa; four sisters, Marie Nissen and Ruth Huddle, both of Omaha, Nebraska; Lola Wright and husband Russell of Spencer, Iowa; and Jeannette Williams and husband Harold of Kellerton, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Wilma Hayes of Lenox, Iowa; seven grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren; and a host of friends.

Preceding in death were his parents, Glen and Mable; a son, Daniel Hayes; a grandson, Chris Rucker and a brother Richard J. Hayes.

[Lowry, Donald Fay]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday     August 12, 1987    p. 4

Donald F. Lowry

Services for Donald F. [ay] Lowry, 69, were held August 8 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Rev. Carl Cummings officiating. Burial was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Ia. Mr. Lowry died August 5, 1987 in Bedford.

Donald F. [ay] Lowry, son of George Raymond Lowry and Lottie M. Gray Lowry was born at Hopkins, Nodaway County, Missouri, July 1, 1918. He grew to maturity in the Hopkins community where he attended the public school and was graduated from Hopkins High School.

In November 1939 he was united in marriage to Dora Louise Coates at Troy, Ks., and they made their home in Bedford where he was first employed by the Cudahy Packing company and then by the Standard Oil Company until retiring following 32 years of employment as tank wagon operator and service station attendant.

To this union four children were born: Carol Louise, Donna Marie, George Thomas and Phillip Charles. Dora passed away in August of 1958.

On September 1, 1973 he was united in marriage to Enola Hunt Henry at the United Methodist Church in Bedford, Iowa and they have resided in Bedford.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Enola of the home; the children, Carol Louise and her husband Hal Sayler of Bedford; Donna Marie and her husband Randy Hunt of Council Bluffs, Ia.; George Thomas Lowry and his wife Shirley of Omaha, Ne.; and Phillip Charles Lowry of Lenox, Ia.; five grandchildren, Michael Dean Saylor, David Lee Saylor, Christopher Lowry, Kimberly Lowry and Amber Hunt; one sister, Elizabeth Calvin of Lenox, Ia., and one brother, Ralph Lowry of Ashland, Ne.; two stepchildren, Burl and Patrick Henry, other relatives and friends.

He was a member of the Bedford United Methodist Church; Taylor Lodge #156 of A. F. and A. M., Bedford, Ia.; Bedford American Legion Post 164 and he had served 45 years as a member of the Bedford Volunteer Fire Department and several terms on the Bedford City Council.

His family and friends will long remember his good life so well lived.

[Lowry, Dora Louise Coates]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday     August 7, 1958    [p. 1]

Mrs. Don Lowry Succumbs After A Long Illness

Mrs. Don Lowry of Bedford, who had been ill for many months, died at St. Francis hospital, Maryville, Sunday, August 3. Last rites were held Tuesday   afternoon   at      the Bedford   Methodist   church.    Rev. Anthony Blankers, pastor of the church, officiated. Burial in Fairview cemetery. Dora Louise Coates, daughter of Charles [Roy] and Della [Rosa Peterson] Coates, was born    May 8, 1919    at    College Springs, Iowa and died at the age of 39 years, two months, 25 days.

On November 26, 1939, she was united in marriage to Donald F. [ay] Lowry at Troy, Kansas, and she and her husband had made their home at Bedford since. To them were born two daughters, Carol Louise and Donna Marie; and two sons, George Thomas and Philip Charles.

Mourning her loss are her husband and the four children; her father, Charles [Roy] Coates of Elmo, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Pruitt of Elmo, Mrs. Vivian [Blanche] Horn of Des Moines, Mrs. Charlene Parham of Tupelo, Mississippi; many nieces and nephews. Her mother preceded her in death on April 2, 1953.

At an early age, Mrs. Lowry joined the Methodist church in Elmo, later transferring her membership to the Bedford Methodist church. She was a kind, loving mother, a good neighbor and friend, and was marvelously cheerful and patient in her suffering. 

[O’Grady, Helen Jane Connor Standard]

Bedford Times-Press

Wednesday    April 7, 2004

HELEN O'GRADY

Celebration    of    life services for Helen O' Grady, age 85 of Bedford, who died Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at the Alegent Health Center in Corning were held Sunday, April 4, 2004 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Red Barn located at the Taylor County Fairgrounds in Bedford. Helen donated her body to science and interment will be held at a later date. Memorials can be given in Helen's name. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.

Helen Jane O'Grady was born November 14, 1918, in Conway, Iowa the daughter of Charles Connor and Ada Scott Connor. She grew up in the Conway area graduating from Conway High School in 1936, where she enjoyed and excelled in basketball. After graduation, she attended nursing school in St. Joseph, Missouri. She worked as a private practice nurse and in 1942 she was united in marriage to Roger Standard. After World War II she and Roger lived in various places in the United States. Together they had a son Roger and the couple divorced in 1949. Helen moved back to the Conway area and in 1951, she was united in marriage to Leo O'Grady. Together they lived on a farm north of Conway and Helen worked as a nurse for Dr. Hardin in Bedford for several years. She then took a job as school nurse for the Bedford Community School and worked there for twenty-six years, retiring in 1982.

Helen was passionate about being the school nurse. Her job description also included, but was not limited to, splinting arms, pulling teeth and counseling kids. She has been involved in the memories of thousands of students over the years. She liked living on the farm and spending time outdoors with her cats and dogs. She also spent many hours in her garden. She enjoyed picnicking in the timber with her family and neighbors. She loved to cook and it even made her feel better when she did so! She was an excellent baker, specializing in fruit pies and rolls. She enjoyed watching sports, especially college and NBA basketball, (the Iowa Hawkeyes were her favorite) and NASCAR racing, with Jeff Gordon being her favorite driver.

Left to cherish Helen's memory are her two sons, Roger Standard and wife Connie of Fort Lupton, Colorado; and Richard O'Grady and wife Judy of Bedford; a brother, Charles Connor of Oroville, California, and two grandchildren, Kathleen Standard of New York and Roger Allen Standard of Wyoming.

Preceding Helen in death were her parents, Charles and Ada; her husband Leo in 1992; two brothers Harold and Ralph Connor and four sisters, Hazel Miller, Mary Hamilton and Ethel Law, and Betty Jean Connor at infancy.

[Phelps, Clarence Alva]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    August 23, 1956    p. 5

C. A. Phelps Died Here Sunday

C. [larence] A. [lva] Phelps, a long-time resident of Bedford and community, died unexpectedly at his home in west Bedford late Sunday evening.

Funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Clement Loehr. Burial in Fairview cemetery.

Clarence Alva Phelps, son of William Sylvester and Louisa Adeline Campbell Phelps, was born June 6, 1873 in Jasper County, Iowa.

In 1889 the Phelps family moved to Taylor County, to a farm two miles west of Bedford and here Alva grew to manhood.

On January 1, 1903 he was married to Miss Mable Olmsted of Genoa, Ill. The young couple then moved to a farm two miles farther west, where route No. 2 makes the big swing to the north, where they lived most of the time until 20 years ago when they moved to Bedford.

Mr. and Mrs. Phelps united with the Gilead church northwest of Bedford, and when it ceased to function their membership was transferred to the Bedford Methodist church.

Two children were born to them: Mrs. Nita Verlee Griffith, who resides seven miles northeast of Bedford, and Chester Phelps, a custodian at the local school building.

Mrs. Phelps and their two children survive, as well as two grandchildren, Evelyn and Floyd Griffith, Mrs. Stella Tointon, Bedford, a sister, and another sister, Mrs. Ola [Maude] Cook resides in Denver, Colo.

[Phelps, Louisa Adeline Campbell]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday     September 26, 1907    [p. 1]

LOUISA CAMPBELL PHELPS

Louisa Adeline Campbell was born in Jasper County, Iowa, May 3, 1854, and died at St. Mary's hospital, Pueblo, Colo., Tuesday, September 17, 1907, from pneumonia.

The remains were brought here Saturday, and on Sunday the funeral was held from the residence 2 miles northwest of town, conducted by Rev. Wm. B. Thompson and interment was in Fairview cemetery.

On December 8, 1872, she was united to William S. [ylvester] Phelps, near Lynnville, Iowa, where they made their home until moving to Taylor County in March, 1889. Here they bought a farm and for the past eighteen years they have occupied this same place. It was here they reared a family of four children, Clarence A., Bedford; Mrs. Tully Fox [Dona Fay], Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs. Charles Tointon [Dorothy Estella], Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. C. [yrus] O. [ran] Cook [Ola Maude], Durango, Colo. All the children were present at the funeral. Early in life she united with the M.E. church and has always lived a conscientious Christian life.

She leaves to mourn her death, aside from the children mentioned, a husband, one brother, M. E. Campbell, of Seattle, Wash.; two sisters, Miss Olivia Campbell and Mrs. S. Campbell. She had been visiting her daughter at Pueblo since about the first of the year.

[Phelps, Louisa Adeline Campbell]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     September 26, 1907    [p. 1]

Wife and Mother Gone

Mrs. William S. [ylvester] Phelps died at St. Mary's hospital in Pueblo, Colorado, of pneumonia, on Tuesday, September 17th, 1907, aged 53 years, 4 months and 14 days. The body was shipped to Bedford, arriving here Saturday. The funeral services were held at the home two miles west of Bedford on Sunday, September 22nd, at 2 o'clock p. m., conducted by Rev. W. B. Thompson. Interment at Fairview.

Louisa Adeline Campbell was born May 3, 1854, and was married to William S.[ylvester] Phelps at Lynnville, Jasper county, Iowa, on December 8, 1872. Of the children born to this union, Clarence Alva, the youngest, still resides at the parental home, Mrs. Tully Fox [Dona Fay] lives at Pueblo, Colo., Mrs. C. [yrus] O. [ran] Cook [Ola Maude] at Durango, in the same state, and Mrs. Charles Tointon [Dorothy Estella], near Bedford. All were present at the obsequies.

Her daughter, Mrs. Fox has not been in good health for some time and a few months ago Mrs. Phelps went to Pueblo to help care for her. About two weeks ago Mrs. Phelps was taken ill with pneumonia and her condition becoming serious, she was removed to St. Mary's hospital where the best of care and skillful medical aid could be given her. All, however, was in vain. The Grim Specter had marked her as his own, and human aid could not avail, nor push back the dark and rolling clouds that intervened between her and the great beyond. She died peacefully, afar from home, but surrounded by friendly hearts and loved ones, and her last hours were soothed and robbed of anguish so far as love, care and skill could avail.

[Phelps, Mabel Gertrude Olmstead]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    January 2, 1964    p. 4

Mable Phelps Services Monday

Funeral services for Mable [Mabel] Gertrude Phelps, 93, lifetime Taylor County resident, were held December 30 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Rev. John D. Kerr, local Presbyterian minister officiating. Mrs. Phelps died December 27 at Rosary Hospital in Corning. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

The following obituary was included in the services:

Mable [Mabel] Gertrude Olmstead, daughter of Martha Jane Thompson and Chester Henry Olmstead, was born September 14,1870 in Genoa, Ill.

She was married to [Clarence] Alva Phelps on January 1, 1903 at Rockford, Ill., and to this union two children were born, Neta Griffith and Chester Phelps, both of Bedford, Ia.

She spent most of her married life near Bedford, Iowa. She was a member of the Gilead Church and later was a member of the Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.

Those left with memories are Mr. and Mrs. Chester Phelps, and Mr. and Mrs. Fern Griffith, and two grandchildren, Floyd and Evelyn Griffith of Bedford.

[Phelps, William Sylvester]

Bedford Free Press

Tuesday    August 22, 1916     [p. 1]

Obituary—W. S. Phelps

W. [illiam] S. [ylvester] Phelps died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.[harles] L. [ewis] Tointon, Thursday, August 10, having been failing in health for a long time. The funeral services were held at the Tointon home at 1 P. M. Monday, conducted by Rev. J. W. Goodsell of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Interment was made in the Fairview cemetery.

Mr. Phelps lived on a farm west of town for many years until after his health failed and he was no longer able to do heavy physical work. Since which time he had made his home principally with Mrs Tointon and his son [Clarence] Alva west of town.

William Sylvester Phelps was born in Richland Township, Mahaska County, Iowa, August 27, 1847. He was united in marriage to [Louisa] Adaline [Adeline] Campbell in 1872 and to this union four children were born, C. [larence] A. [lva] Phelps, west of Bedford; Mrs. Dorothy [Estella] Tointon, north of town; Mrs. Ola Maude Cook of Durango, Col., and Dona Farilla Fox, who died in 1908. The wife and mother died in September 1907. Deceased is survived by a brother, Sam Phelps, of the state of Washington, a sister, Mrs. Florence Timberel, of Idaho, and a half sister, Mrs. Mary L. Talbott of Marshalltown, Iowa, who was present at the funeral.

Mr. Phelps held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church at Sully, Jasper County, Iowa.

[Robbins, Hezekiah Alexander]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday     March 26, 1908     p. 8

Hesakiah A. Robbins Dead

Hezekiah A. [lexander] Robbins was born in North Carolina Feb. 8, 1859, died March 24, 1908, at his late home in Bedford, Iowa. He went with his parents to Salem, Ind., when 12 years old and continued to live there until he came to Bedford 24 years ago, at which place he has resided almost continuously with the exception of one year spent at the old home in Indiana.

He was married to Miss Eva [lina] B. [Belmont] Norton in Bedford Jan. 19, 1890. To this union nine children were born, six of whom are living—three having gone on before. The oldest of the remaining children is 13 years of age and the youngest one month old. All the sympathy of the human heart is called forth from its hiding place in an hour like this. A woman with six little children certainly calls for the most abiding sympathy of our hearts. In a land of Bibles and Christianity there will be no lack of that sympathy so necessary to the lightening of the burdens that fall so heavily upon the home and the hearts bereft.

The deceased was a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge at this place and the M. W. A. In the latter he carried insurance for the protection of his loved ones. He united with the Christian church some 17 years ago and remained a strong believer in the teachings of that body till death called him. He leaves three sisters and three brothers, besides the widow and six children to mourn his loss.

He has been prominently connected with the interests of this place for years. Was a member of the Fire Department for ten years, ever ready to protect and serve his fellow men. He has been a contractor and builder and held a strong place in the estimation of those who knew him best for years gone by.

The funeral will be held from the home at 4:30 this afternoon in charge of Geo. A. Hendrickson, pastor of the Christian church, and the fraternal body of I. O. O. F.

[ROBBINS, HEZEKIAH ALEXANDER]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, April 2, 1908
The funeral of H. [ezekiah] A. [lexander] Robbins, which was held at the home Thursday afternoon of last week, was very largely attended. The Odd Fellows lodge had charge of the ceremonies and more than fifty members were in line. The Woodman lodge, of which Mr. Robbins was also a member, was represented by a large delegation. The floral offerings were extremely beautiful. Rev. Hendrickson delivered the address, which was able and eloquent, and voiced the sympathy which all feel for the heartbroken widow and the fatherless little children.

[Rogers, Sarah Hunnel]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      July 7, 1921     p. 7

Another Old Resident Dead

The following clipping taken from the Phillipsburg (Kansas) News, relates the death and burial at that place of Mrs. Sarah H. Rogers, who in early years was a resident of Bedford and will be remembered here by many of the older residents of this city. The deceased was a schoolteacher in the Bedford schools and while here was married to Mr. Rogers, who was then in the mercantile business here. This was in the year 1861. They left here a few years later for Kansas. The paper was sent to Mrs. E. R. Hall, who was a life-long friend of the deceased and who kindly permitted us to use the same for publication:

"Sarah Hunnel was born near Argyle, Wisconsin, July 29, 1837, and passed to her heavenly home from Phillipsburg, Kans., June 18, 1921, aged 83 years, 10 months, 19 days. She was the daughter of Frederic and Ruth Marshall Hunnell [Hunnel], the latter being a niece of John Marshall, first chief justice of the United States.

"She lived with her parents in Wisconsin until 1858, when she went with the family of an older sister to Bedford, Iowa, where she was employed as teacher in the schools. She was married to Reuben Rogers, January 26, 1861. They resided for several years in Bedford, being engaged in the mercantile business. During the war of the rebellion they were annoyed and suffered much from bushwhackers, being surrounded by sympathizers from both factions. In 1875 on account of ill health of Mr. Rogers, they came to Phillipsburg, and with but slight intermissions this has been her home since. She was the last of a family of five sons and four daughters. Her husband preceded her in death some years ago. She has no children, being survived only by nieces and nephews.

"At the age of 26 she united with the Presbyterian Church and remained a member of that church till the day of her death. Upon her arrival in Phillipsburg she identified herself with the small but hopeful little band of Presbyterians here and has since that time been a loyal, faithful supporter and helper in the work. She was a teacher in the Sunday school. Men in the community are glad to recall that in their young manhood they were in her class and treasure the bibles which she gave them at that time. She was ever ready to help with her means and many of the institutions of the church as well as the local congregation have been aided by her generosity."