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[Baughman,
Clay]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday January 14,
1937 p. 2
Conway Locals
Henry Burge, Mr.
and Mrs. W. [illiam] C. [laire] Burge and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Burge attended funeral services in Diagonal Tuesday afternoon of Clay Baughman, a nephew of Mr. Burge.
[Burk,
Lucinda Lasswell Hibbs]
Bedford
Free Press
Thursday January 2, 1908 [p. 1]
Obituary.
Miss Lucinda
Lasswell was born in Hardin
County, Kentucky, Dec. 24, 1825. When two years of age she moved with her
parents to Sullivan county, Ind., where she lived until she was eighteen years
of age. While living there she united with the Church of Christ, under the
ministry of John Bailey.
In 1847 the deceased
was united in marriage to Jonathan Hibbs, and they moved then to Coles County, Ill., where she lived four
years. They then moved back to Sullivan county, Ind., where she lived until the
death of her husband which occurred in 1857. To this union three children born
were, Jesse, Elizabeth and Julia. Jesse died before his father and all preceded their mother.
In the fall of 1857
she moved to Taylor county, Iowa, and in the fall of 1859 she was again united
in marriage with Moses W. [alker] Burk. To this union four children were born, Leana, Sylvanus, Charles
W. and Wm. J., all of whom
survive their mother. They moved from Taylor County to Kansas and from there to
Oklahoma, where she was again left a widow in July 1894. She then returned to
Taylor County where she has since lived with relatives until she departed this
life at the home of her only surviving sister, Mrs. Rosanna Oxley, at 7:20 p. m., Sunday, December 29th, 1907.
Deceased was a member of a family of nine children, of which one sister and
three brothers, survive her, Mrs. Oxley, and Jesse, John and Benjamin Lasswell. She was a member of the organization of the
Church of Christ known as the Berea congregation, south of Bedford, in which
she retained membership and faith in Christ until death. The funeral was held
Tuesday, conducted by Elder Wm. Cobb. The sympathy of the entire community is
extended to the bereaved.
[Chapman,
Agatha Louisa Young]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday July 15,
1909 p. 5
Agatha
L. Chapman
Agatha Louisa
Young was born in New York City,
Feb. 6, 1840. She was married to Justus E. Chapman May 2, 1858. She united with the church in her
early life and has been a model of patience and had unbounded faith in God.
She has been a
devoted mother and exemplary Christian. She was the mother of twelve children
of whom nine survive her, three sons and six daughters. She died July 6, 1909.
The funeral services were held at the home of her son near Conway, Saturday,
July 10, conducted by the pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church. The body
was taken to East Concord, Minn., where interment took place. S.
[Dougherty,
Evelyn Naomi Cameron]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday February 8, 1962 p. 4
DIES
IN CALIFORNIA
Pete Dougherty of Gravity received the word last week of the
death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Seymour [Russell] Dougherty [Evelyn Naomi Cameron] in Palmdale, California.
[Dunlavy,
Mary Ellen Burge]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday August 9,
1951 [p.
1]
Hold
Gravity Rites For Mrs. Dunlavy
Mrs. Mary [Ellen
Burge] Dunlavy, 94, long time
resident of Gravity, died in Sterling, Col., Aug. 5, where she had made her
home for many years.
Graveside services
were held at the Gravity cemetery at 10 a.m. Aug. 9, with Rev. Evan Routh as
the officiating minister. Gravity chapter, Order of Eastern Star, of which Mrs.
Dunlavy was a charter member,
gave the service at the grave.
[Dunlavy,
Mary Ellen Burge]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday August
16, 1951 p. 2
CONWAY
Attend
Services
Mrs. Orda [Ellen]
Hess and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Burge attended the graveside
[Dunlavy, Mary Ellen Burge]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday August
16, 1951 p. 3
Obituary
- Mrs. Mary Dunlavy
Mrs. Mary Ellen
Dunlavy, 93, died August 5 in her
home at Sterling, Colo., after an illness of 15 months. She had been bed-ridden
since she fractured her hip in May of 1950.
Mrs. Dunlavy was born August 27, 1857, in Gravity, the
daughter of Elizabeth [Ellen
Morehouse] and William D. [ale]
Burge. She was married in
February of 1878 to Rev. William Dunlavy, pastor of the Gravity Christian Church.
Mr. and Mrs.
Dunlavy moved to Alvin, Tex., in
1893, and in 1899 moved back to Gravity. It was there that Mr. Dunlavy died on October 28, 1915.
Mrs. Dunlavy moved to Sterling In 1921.
She la survived by a
son, [Oliver] Ortus Dunlavy of Sterling; two daughters, Mrs. E. [rnest] F.
[loyd] Wagner [Grace] and Mrs. Roy [William] Hanna [Osa], also of Sterling.
A brother, G.
[eorge] H. [arlan] Burge, lives
in Gering, Neb.
Services were held
Tuesday, August 7, In the Christian church at Sterling. Burial was Thursday,
August 9, at Gravity, with graveside services conducted by Rev. Evan Routh,
pastor of the Christian church at Bedford. The Gravity Order of Eastern Star
gave its burial service at the grave.
[Francis,
James Smith]
Adams
County Free Press (Corning,
Iowa)
Thursday August 11, 1949 p. 8
James
S. Francis
James S. [mith]
Francis of Gravity, publisher of
the Gravity Independent weekly
newspaper for the past 42 years, died at his home there at 10:30 a. m. Monday. Mr.
Francis was a former resident of
Union County and had taught in the rural schools of the county and in the Kent
school before moving to Gravity.
Funeral services will
be at the Methodist church in Gravity at 2 p. m. Wednesday, Rev. D. C.
Callison, the pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the Gravity cemetery.
His body will lie in state at the church from noon to 2 p. m. Wednesday.
James S. [mith]
Francis was born and grew to
manhood on a farm in the Kent vicinity. He taught several years in the Union
county rural schools and was principal of the Kent school for two years before
moving to Gravity 42 years ago.
Surviving are his
widow, the former Mary Coen [Coan] of Creston; a daughter, Mrs. Scott Cramer [Georgina] of Chicago, Ill.; a granddaughter, Jeanette [Ann] Cramer of Chicago; three brothers, C. [harles] J. and
A. [lfred] R. Francis of Creston
and George Francis of Kent;
and a sister, Mrs. R. X. Smith [Anna] of Okmulgee, Okla.
services of their
aunt, Mrs. Will Dunlavy [Mary
Ellen Burge] at Gravity Friday.
[Francis,
James Smith]
Gravity
Independent
Thursday August 18, 1949 [p. 1]
James
S. Francis, 75, Many Years
Editor of The Independent, Passed Away At His Home Here Aug. 8
JAMES
SMITH FRANCIS
-OBITUARY-
James Smith
Francis, the son of Alfred and
Georgina Jane Davidson Francis was born September 27, 1873 on the old home farm south of Kent, Iowa, and
passed away at his home in Gravity, Iowa, on August 8, 1949 at the age of 75
years, 10 mos. and 11 days.
He was the seventh of
10 children.
He received his
education in a country school near Kent. Later he attended Highland Park
College in Des Moines, Iowa.
On August 1, 1906 he
was united in marriage to Mary Coan of Creston, Iowa. Into this home one daughter, Georgina was born.
James Francis acted as superintendent of the Kent school for
one year. During this period his wife taught the primary class. When a young
man he united with the Prairie Star Presbyterian Church, a country church his
mother and sister, Mary,
organized.
In the month of June
of 1907 he purchased the Gravity Independent Newspaper. He and Mrs Francis have lived in
Gravity since and have published the paper for 42 years.
When he moved to
Gravity he transferred his membership to the Methodist church and has worked
faithfully in the Church for 60 years and has acted as teacher of an adult
Sunday school class for 50 years.
James Francis sang tenor in many quartets; he acted in any
other capacity in the church when requested, if possible. He served on the
school board for twenty years, on the city council several years, in the lower
house of the State Legislature in 1919 and 1921.
He was voted into the
Masonic Sunrise Lodge 459 in the year of 1916. He was very much interested in
the work and served in the different offices.
One of his
outstanding qualities was his broad knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. He
supported all enterprises that improved community life, always giving liberally
of mental and financial assistance.
James Smith
Francis was preceded in death by
his parents, four sisters and one brother.
He is survived by his
wife, one daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Cramer of Chicago, Illinois, and one granddaughter, Jeanette
Ann; one sister, Mrs. Anna
Smith of Okmulgee, Oklahoma,
three brothers, Chas. J. and Alfred
R. of Creston, and Geo. C. of Kent and many nieces and nephews other
relatives and a host of friends.
James Smith
Francis will be greatly missed in
our community, in the church and by his many friends he has served so faithfully through the years.
Funeral services were
held at the Methodist church Wednesday at 2 p. m., Rev D. C. Callison
officiating. The singers were Mrs. Pink Gold and Mrs. Frank Bordner with Mrs
Callison as pianist. Mrs Paul Greeley, Mrs Elmer Brown, Mrs. Iona Heninger and
Mrs L. T. Reed arranged the flowers. Casket bearers were six nephews of the
deceased; Paul, LeRoy, Raymond and Donald Francis, Ralph Tripp and Gene Lucas. Interment was in the Gravity cemetery.
[Holsapple,
Scott]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday February 13,
1986 p. 6
Death
of Scott Holsapple reported
Services for Scott
Holsapple, 20, formerly of the
Blockton area will be held Thursday, Feb. 13 at 10:30 a.m. at Shum-Novinger
Funeral Home.
The family requests
memorials to the Christian Church at Pawnee Rock, Kansas.
[Larabee, Beverly Ola
Beal]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday January 24,
1996 p. 8
BEVERLY OLA LARABEE
Mrs.
Beverly Larabee, 58 of Clarinda
died Sunday morning, January 14, 1996 at her home in Clarinda.
She
was born March 29, 1937 to Arlie and Marie Kent Beal. She was married to Kenneth Dale Larabee. He preceded her in death in 1966. She had worked
at MHI in nursing service.
Mrs.
Larabee is survived by six
children: Jerry Dean Larabee,
Adams, NE; Josephine Goetz and
husband Robert, Clarinda, IA; Larry
Lee Larabee, Fremont, NE; Charles
Daniel Larabee, Siam, IA; Jeffery
Scott Larabee, Coin, IA; Arlin
Edward Larabee, St. Paul, MN; 12
grandchildren; one great grandchild; sisters Arleata Umphenour, Beatrice, NE and Agnes Hemmingway, New Berlin, WI.
She
was preceded in death by parents, husband and daughter Wanda [Kaye].
Funeral
services were held Wednesday, January 17, 1996 at Walker-Merrick Funeral Home
with Rev. Richard Iske officiating. Burial was in Siam cemetery.
[Miller,
John Duncan]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday September 28,
1933 p. 7
hopkins
Pioneer
Dies
John [Duncan]
Miller, 74, died unexpectedly
Wednesday at his home in Hopkins. Funeral services were held at the home
Tuesday afternoon. He is survived by his widow, five daughters, Mrs. Pearl
Goodwill of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Nora Greer of Clarkston,
Wash.; Mrs. Nellie Henderson, Mrs. Vira Smith and Mrs. Irene Stone, all of Wenatchee, Wash.; two sons, Lawrence
Miller of Council Bluffs, and James
Miller who is with the
reforestation camp in southern Missouri. There is also a sister, Mrs. W. C.
Herbert of Hopkins.
[Miller,
Leanah Burk]
Adams
County Free Press (Corning, Iowa)
Thursday August 18,
1949 p. 11
Mrs. John Miller
Leanah
Burk Miller was the oldest
daughter of [Moses] Walker
and Lucenda [Lucinda Lasswell Hibbs] Burk. She was born in Ross Township, Taylor County, Iowa, May 27, 1861,
was 88 years, 2 months and 16 days old. She united with the Christian church
when a young girl. May 19, 1881, she was united in marriage to John
D.[uncan] Miller, who preceded
her in death September 20, 1933. To this union were born nine children, of whom
four preceded her in death. The remaining ones to mourn her death are Mrs.
A. [rdin] B. Goodwill [Pearl], Prescott, Ia.; Mrs. W. [illiam] O. Greer [Nora], Clarkston, Wash.; James Miller, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Harry Smith, Wenatchee, Wash.; Mrs. E. [arl] J. [ennings]
Stone [Grace Irene Miller],
Bedford, at whose home she died August 12, 1949. There were 21 grandchildren,
31 great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Swanson’s Funeral
Home at Hopkins, Mo., Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, by Rev. Ben Sinderson of
the Christian church of Bedford. Interment was at Hopkins cemetery.
[Miller, Leanah Burk]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 18,
1949 p. 5
Mrs. John Miller Dies Here Friday
Mrs.
John Miller [Leanah Burk] of Hopkins died at the home of her daughter and
husband, Dr. and Mrs. Earl J. [ennings] Stone [Grace Irene Miller] in Bedford, Friday afternoon, August 12.
The
funeral services were held at the Swanson Funeral Home in Hopkins Saturday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. Ben W. Sinderson of Bedford. Burial was in the
Hopkins cemetery.
[Scroggie, John
William]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 9, 1998 p. 5
John W. Scroggie
John
W. [illiam] Scroggie, age 71, of Ravenwood,
Missouri passed away December 3, 1998 at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville,
Missouri.
John was born to George Washington
Scroggie and Maggie May
Schafer on July 1, 1927 and was a
lifelong area resident of Ravenwood.
On
May 6, 1950, John was united in marriage to Zeta Christina Hopkins in Maryville, Missouri.
He
was a self-employed truck driver for 28 years. John belonged to the Hopkins First Christian Church in
Hopkins, Missouri.
John was preceded in death by his
parents; one brother, Charles Scroggie (died earlier this year) and two stepsisters, Inez and Opal.
Survivors
include his wife Zeta Scroggie of their home in Ravenwood; four daughters, Gloria Burns, Platte City, MO; Denise Wallace, Hopkins, MO; Twila Swinford, Maryville, MO; and Carla Schmitz, Parnell, MO; one son, Ronald Scroggie, Ravenwood, MO; 18 grandchildren; 2 great
grandchildren; two sisters, Jennie Webb, Phoenix, Arizona and two brothers, Robert Scroggie, Bedford, Iowa and Jesse Scroggie, Arizona; sister in law, Beatrice Scroggie, Blockton, Iowa; nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services were held at Price Funeral Home Chapel in Maryville on Monday,
December 7, 1998. Burial at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Maryville
[Shrimpton,
Alvin Charles]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 6, 1984 p. 6
Alvin Shrimpton burial at New Market
Services
for Alvin Charles Shrimpton,
51, were held November 28 at the United Methodist Church in Deloit, Ia.,
officiated by Rev. Jim Gubser. Burial was at Memory Cemetery near New Market,
with full military honors. Mr. Shrimpton died November 25, 1984 at Veterans Hospital in Omaha, Ne.
Alvin
Charles Shrimpton was born on
January 23, 1933 at New Market, Iowa, the son of Forest and Viola Parsons
Shrimpton. Alvin was raised by his grandparents due to the early
deaths of his parents. He completed his education in the Bedford, Iowa Schools.
He was employed for a time with a Bedford auto dealer. After serving in the
Army during the Korean conflict, he returned to Iowa. For more than 23 years he
was employed with the Husker News Company. In 1979 he moved to Denison where he
was employed with Farm Service Coop.
On
April 25, 1981, Alvin was
united in marriage to Viola Mathies Riley at the United Methodist Church in Deloit. Together they made their
home in the Denison area.
Survivors
include his wife Viola of
Denison, two sons, Douglas Shrimpton of Atlantic, and Elvin Shrimpton of Exira, Iowa and one daughter, Sonia
Shrimpton of Denison. Also
surviving are two stepsons, Rick Riley of Deloit and Joe Riley Jr. of Storm Lake and one stepdaughter, Lesa, Mrs. Tom Lewis of Griswold, Iowa, one grandchild, four step
grandchildren, of Clearfield, Iowa and two brothers, Marlin Shrimpton of Clearfield, Iowa and Lyle Shrimpton of Atlantic.
[Spencer, Ruth Naomi
Croy]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November 29,
1984 p. 6
Graveside services
held for Ruth Croy Spencer
Graveside
services for Ruth Croy Spencer,
66, former Bedford resident, now of Florida, were conducted by Rev. Carl
Cummings Friday, November 23, 1984 at Fairview Cemetery. Her husband and son
were here for the inurnment.
Mrs.
Spencer died November 15, 1984 at
Humana Hospital North Side, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Ruth
Naomi Croy Spencer, daughter of Thomas
O. [scar] Croy and Sylvia
Snyder Croy was born December 3,
1917 at Bedford, Iowa and grew to maturity in the Bedford community where she
attended both rural school and Bedford High School.
On
March 6, 1936 she was united in marriage to Glen A. [rlin] Spencer at Albany, Missouri and they lived in Colorado
for two years and returned to Bedford to farm for a time before moving to
Buffalo, N.Y. where they lived until February 1976 when they moved to Florida,
where they continued to reside. In addition to being a homemaker she was
employed by the Greater Buffalo Press for several years.
One
son, David E. Spencer was born
to bless their home and to share their love.
She
was preceded in death by her parents.
Left
to cherish her memory are her husband, Glen A. [rlin] Spencer; her son, David E. Spencer and his wife Carol and two grandchildren, Karen and Jeffrey all of Clearwater, Fla.; a brother, Glen Croy of Buffalo, N.Y. and other relatives and friends.
She
was a member of the Baptist Church for over 50 years.
She
was a kind and considerate wife and mother and she will be missed by all those
who knew and loved her.
[Spencer, Ruth Naomi
Croy]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 6, 1984 p. 6
Here for Spencer services
Those
from a distance attending funeral services for Ruth Spencer were Glen Spencer, Clearwater, Fla.; David Spencer, Clearwater, Fla.; Mrs. Merrill Chilcote, Mrs. Gary Chilcote, St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Major Lewis, Denver, Co.; Mr. and Mrs. Ron Spencer and family, Belton, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Spencer, Kansas City, Mo.; and Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Latta and
family, Maitland, Mo.; and Mr. and Mrs. Don Glass, Comanche, Ia.
[Straw, Israel Samuel]
Gravity Independent (Gravity, Iowa)
Thursday August 28,
1941 p. 2
Israel Straw
Funeral
services for Israel Samuel Straw,
Afton retired farmer who died Friday at the age of 79, were held Monday at the
McGregor Bros. and Coen's chapel in Creston, at 1:30 p. m.
Mr.
Straw died at the home of a son, Vern
Straw of Spaulding, following an
illness of one week.
He
was born near Gravity, Ia. Nov. 29, 1860, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Straw, and had lived near Afton since 1909. His wife
the former Emaline Gartreal,
died in 1910.
Seven
daughters, five sons, two brothers and a sister survive. The daughters are Bessie
Eiler, Inez Salisbury and Ethel
England all of Red Oak; Anna
Lackey of Torrington, Wyom.; Ollie
Jones, Davenport; Ida Mitchell, Santa Rosa, California; and Mary Polsen, Council Bluffs.
Surviving
sons are William of
Minneapolis, Vern of
Spaulding, Ben and Jesse of Afton, and Ira of Oakland.
The
brothers, Frank and Geo., live at Jasper, Minn.; and a sister, Ida
Tate, in Sioux City.
The
Rev. F. D. Reeves, pastor of the Creston Congregational church, conducted the
funeral services. Burial was in Holt cemetery north of here Monday afternoon.
[Warneke, David Duane]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 6, 1984 p. 6
Services for David
Duane Warneke held Nov. 20
Graveside
services were held for [David] Duane Warneke, 62, of Moses
Lake, Washington, were held November 20 with Rev. David Ladd officiating.
Duane, the son of August H. [enry] and Vera [Ellen]
Van Camp Warneke was born at
Bedford, Ia. August 15, 1922.
He
attended the public schools and grew to maturity in Taylor County.
He
married Irene Groppe in
Maryville, Mo. May 16, 1942.
He
joined the U.S. Air Force in 1943 and worked alternately in Arizona and
Washington as an automobile mechanic, truck driver and custom farmer. He
enjoyed camping, traveling, boating, fishing and was known to his friends and
family as a natural musician. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
He
was preceded in death by his father, August H. [enry] Warneke, and a nephew Billy Warneke.
Survivors
left to cherish his memory are his wife of 42 years, Irene of Moses Lake, a daughter Sharon Sanquest and husband Carl, Orlando, Fla., a son Larry and his wife Marcia, Moses Lake and four grandchildren, David and
Gynell Sanquest and Amy and
Sabrina Warneke, his mother, Vera
Warneke, Bedford, a brother Robert and his wife, Eula, Council Bluffs, a sister Ilene Cotter and her husband Don, Savannah, Mo., and nieces and nephews.
He
will be remembered by family and friends as a kind and friendly person who will
be sadly missed.
[Whiteman,
Wilburforce]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 21,
1939 [p. 1]
Paul Whiteman's Father Succumbs
Wilburforce
Whiteman, father of Paul
Whiteman and a former resident of
Bedford, died at his home in Denver, Colo., the first of the week. Mrs.
Whiteman died several years ago.
He is also survived by a
daughter, the former Miss Fern Whiteman. The family is well known in Bedford.
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