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[Brammer, Lometa Pearl
Reed]
Lenox Time Table
Wednesday August 10,
1988 p. 3
LOMETA PEARL
BRAMMER
Funeral
services for Lometa Pearl Brammer were
held at the Sharpsburg Methodist Church Friday, July 29, 1988 at 10 a.m. with
Rev. Duane Ferguson officiating. Interment was at the Conway Cemetery, Conway,
Ia.
Lometa
Pearl Brammer, daughter of William
and Erma Reed, was born at Lenox,
Ia. on December 28, 1925, and departed this life on July 26, 1988 at the Clarinda
Hospital at the age of 62 years and seven months.
Lometa lived on a farm near Lenox where she attended
public school and the Methodist Church. On October 9, 1946, she was united in
marriage to Joe Creese Brammer and
they lived in the Lenox and Sharpsburg areas all their lives together.
To
this union four children were born, Jolene Fletchall, Larry Brammer, Cynthia
Campbell and William [Dale]
Brammer.
She
was a devoted housewife and a wonderful mother.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, her son Bill, a brother Orville, and a sister Nina.
Left
to cherish her memory are her husband Joe, children Jolene and
husband Danny Fletchall, Larry and
wife Michelle, Cindy and
husband Jack Campbell, and Jan
Brammer; also Dennis Cribbs and wife Barb who was like a son to Lometa; 12 grandchildren and four great granddaughters,
as well as a host of family and friends, all of whom were much loved by Lometa.
Lometa was a member of the Sharpsburg Methodist Church
and the Ladies Aid, and faithfully attended as long as her health permitted.
She
was a kind and considerate mother and friend, and will be missed by all who
knew and loved her.
[Brammer, William Dale
“Bill”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 5,
1982 p. 4
Services Held Aug. 2 For William Brammer
Funeral
services for William Dale Brammer,
24, of Conway were held August 2 at the United Methodist Church in Sharpsburg,
conducted by Rev. James Turner. Mr. Brammer died July 30 in a construction accident in Newman
Grove, Nebr. Interment was in Conway Cemetery.
William
Dale Brammer, son of Lometa
Pearl [Reed] and Joe C. [reese] Brammer, was born in Rosary Hospital, Corning, Iowa, November 13, 1957.
He
grew to maturity in Conway and Sharpsburg where he attended the Lenox Public
Schools and the Sharpsburg Methodist Church.
On
March 16, 1979 he was united in marriage to Janet Janine Hall at
Independence, Iowa and they lived in Conway. To this union one daughter was
born, Crystal Pearl Brammer.
He
was employed by the Midwest Silo Company and was a member of the Sharpsburg
Methodist Church.
Left
to cherish his memory are his wife, Janet Janine; one daughter, Crystal Pearl; his father, Joe C. [reese] Brammer; his mother, Lometa P. [earl] Brammer; two sisters, Jolene Fletchall, Grant City, Missouri and Cindy Campbell, Clearfield, Iowa; one brother, Larry Brammer, Clearfield, Iowa; five nephews and one niece.
He
was a kind and considerate father, husband and son and will be missed by all
who knew and loved him.
[Busby, Edward Lee]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 5,
1982 p. 4
Services For Edward
L. Busby, 40 Held In
Wichita
Funeral
services for Edward L. Busby,
40, former Bedford resident, were held July 27 at Church of the Savior in Wichita,
Kans. Services were conducted by Pastors Tom Rozof and Terry Hedrick. Interment
was at Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Wichita, Kans. Mr. Busby was injured in an automobile accident July 21 and
died at Wesley Hospital in Wichita July 24. He never regained consciousness.
Edward
Lee Busby was born in Maryville,
Mo., July 2, 1942, the son of Harrell L. and Gladys (Hatfield) Busby. He was a landscape designer and manager of
Stonehenge Nursery in Wichita, Kans. He was married to Kala Linck December 5, 1981, and was a member of Church of
the Savior in Wichita.
Survivors
include his wife, Kala, and
two stepdaughters, Andrea Linck and Sarah Linck of the home; a
daughter, Tracy Busby of El
Chico, Calif.; mother and stepfather, Tom and Gladys Northcutt of Las Vegas, Nev.; two sisters, Donna
Dougherty and her husband, Max of Bedford and Sandra Goudie and her husband, Gordon, of Palm Desert, Calif.; a brother, William H.
Busby and his wife, Sandee, of Las Vegas, Nev.; nieces and nephews, Greg
Goudie of Palm Desert, Calif.; Terry
Dougherty, Debbie Green, Sandra Longfellow, all of Bedford, and Jacki Thrasher of Richardson, Tx.
[Little, Harry
Cornelius]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 1,
1942 [p.
1]
H. C. Little Dies Following Operation
H.
[arry] C. [ornelius] Little, a
resident of Bedford for the past thirty-one years, died at the Methodist
hospital in Des Moines early Tuesday morning, September 29, following an
operation on Monday.
The
funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. G. L. Hufstader. Burial was in the cemetery at Braddyville.
Business houses here were closed during the services.
He
is survived by his wife [Olive White] and five children: Mrs. Ruth Price, Mrs. Naomi Damman and Mrs. Mary Ellen Stelck of Des Moines; Leland H.[arry] Little and George H. [aines] Little of Bedford; also by three grandchildren.
Mr.
Little was engaged in the grocery
business in Bedford during his residence here and had many friends in the
community. He was an active member of the Bedford Methodist church.
[Little, Harry
Cornelius]
Taylor County
Herald
Thursday October 1, 1942 [p. 1]
H. C. Little Dies Suddenly; Final Rites Held Here
Funeral
services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Wetmore funeral home for Harry
Cornelius Little, 74, who died
suddenly Tuesday at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines after a major
operation.
The
Rev. G. L. Hufstader was in charge of the services. Burial was in Braddyville
cemetery.
Little, a well-known Bedford grocer in business here for
30 years, was born at Circleville, Ohio, on Nov. 28, 1967 [1867]. He was an
active member of the Methodist church.
Besides
his wife [Olive White], he is
survived by two sons, Leland Harry and George Haines of Bedford;
three daughters, Ruth Price, Naomi Damman and Mary Ellen Stelck of Des Moines; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers
were Elmer Brice, Homer Carmichael, H. E. Nelson, Jason Nevius, Ray Kennedy and
John Prugh.
All
business houses in Bedford closed from 1:30 to 3 p. m. Wednesday so that the
businessmen could attend the funeral.
[Little, Leland Harry “Pete”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 5,
1982 p. 4
Last Rites Held For Leland
Little
Leland
H. [arry] (Pete) Little, 74, of
4150 Maple St., Des Moines, Ia. died July 26, 1982 in Veterans Hospital, Des
Moines.
Pete, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. [arry] C. [ornelius]
Little, was born in Braddyville,
Ia. and moved to Bedford shortly afterwards where he grew up and attended
school. He will be especially remembered as a great football athlete. He served
in the Air Force in WWII and afterwards made his home in Des Moines.
He
is survived by his wife, Marjorie [Betz], a son, Jack of
Lawndale, Calif.; a brother, George [Haines], of Fort Dodge, Ia.; and three sisters, Ruth
Price of Des Moines, Naomi
[Olive] Damman of Des Moines, and Mary Ellen Stelck of Ankeny,
Ia.
Burial
was in Des Moines.
[Reeve, Herbert Louis]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 5,
1982 p. 4
Herbert L. Reeve Services Held July 31
Final
rites were held July 31 for Herbert L. [ouis] Reeve, 91, of Gravity. Mr. Reeve died July 28, 1982 at Bedford Manor in Bedford.
Herbert
L. [ouis] Reeve, son of Jerome
C. [harles] Reeve and Celesta
Barton Reeve was born June 6,
1891 on a farm northwest of Gravity, Iowa where he attended the rural Barton
School in Dallas Township and graduated from the eighth grade.
He
started farming at the early age of fourteen and continued in that profession
until 1922 when he moved with his mother and stepfather to Gravity where he
resided until ill health caused him to enter the Bedford Manor Nursing Home. He
was employed by the Farmers Union for two years after he moved to Gravity and
after that he was self-employed as a paperhanger, painter and carpenter.
He
was a member of Taylor Lodge No. 156 of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
His
loved ones and friends will remember him as a true and considerate person and
he will be missed by all those who knew and loved him.
[Reeve, Jerome Charles]
Gravity Independent
Thursday August 27,
1914 [p.
1]
An Old Pioneer Gone
A
shadow of gloom was cast over the community where Jerome C. [harles] Reeve has lived the greater part of his life, when his
many friends learned of his death, which occurred on the 23d day of August
1914. Although he has been in failing health for about three years, the latter
part of which he has been a constant sufferer. Yet with great patience and
resignation he has endured it all until death relieved him of his pain. He was
a man of excellent habits of life, an affectionate husband and father, a good
citizen, and a kind neighbor, with splendid social qualities in his nature that
made him many lasting and confidential friends, as well as a great reader,
which kept him in touch with the most modern ideas and advancements in thought
civilly, socially and politically.
He
was born March 30, 1851, in Stockholm, New York, being 63 years, 4 months and
23 days old at the time of his death. He was the son of Charles J. F. Reeve and Irene A. Bastin Reeve. While in his youth, he with his parents, brother
and sister and their families decided to immigrate west, coming to Missouri in
the fall of 1869, thence removing to Taylor County, Iowa, where his father
purchased the farm where he lived the greater part of his life and where he
still resided at the time of his death.
He
was married February 19, 1890, to Celesta Bastin [Barton]. To this union were given one son, Herbert Louis. There remains one sister; Mrs. S. B. Smith, of Gravity, Iowa; one niece, Mrs. Walter
Lawger, and three nephews, Charles,
Milton, and John Reeve, with a
host of friends and neighbors to mourn his departure.
“He is gone, but not forever,
There will be a glorious dawn
We shall meet to part, no
Never,
On the resurrection morn.”
The
funeral services were conducted by the writer at the home eight miles northwest
of Gravity, on the following Tuesday at 10 o’clock a. m. in the presence of a
large audience of sympathetic friends and relatives, after which the remains
were laid to rest in the Maple Grove cemetery.
W.
L. Dunlavy
[REEVE, JEROME CHARLES]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, August 27, 1914
GRAVITY – J. [erome] C. [harles] Reeves [Reeve] died Saturday night at his home, west of Gravity after a lingering illness of dropsy. Funeral services were held from the home Monday at 10:30 a. m. conducted by Rev. W. L. Dunlavy. Interment was made at Guss cemetery.
[REEVE, JEROME CHARLES]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, September 1, 1914
Jerome C. Reeves Dies.
Jerome C. [harles] Reeves [Reeve], of Dallas township, died at his home, Aug. 23, after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday, Aug. 25, conducted by Elder W. L. Dunlavy. Interment was in the Maple Grove cemetery.
Mr. Reeve[s] was born at Stockholm, N. Y., coming with his parents to Missouri when a child, where they lived for a time, coming from there to Taylor county, where he has lived since.
In 1890 Mr. Reeve was married to Miss Clesta [Celesta] Barton, who with a son, survives him.
[Note: The last name is spelled Reeve on his headstone.]
[Savage, Frances
Gillispie Robinson]
Gravity Independent
Thursday March 18, 1915 [p. 1]
Mrs. C. C. Savage Passes Away
Tuesday
morning, a little after midnight, the angel messenger of death called home the
waiting spirit of Mrs. C. [hester] C. [harles] Savage. Death came after a long patient fight against
the dreaded disease consumption. For several years the patient sufferer has
fought the inroads of the enemy and loving hands and tender hearts have done
every thing possible to check the work of the grim reaper. It has failed and
the final summons came gently and peacefully just after the turning of the
midnight hour Monday night.
Mrs.
Savage has made a brave struggle
and was able to be up a part of each day until the day of her death. A cloud of
sadness and sympathy has passed over the entire community and the bereaved
husband, the two lovely little daughters, and the father and brothers have the
sincerest sympathy of every citizen of this town and community.
The
family went west a little more than a year ago and spent nearly a year in
California and Arizona in the hopes that a change of climate would benefit her
rapidly failing health. No permanent benefit was received and they returned to
their home here a few months ago to await the end. The sacrifice and solicitude
shown by the relatives of the stricken one were certainly all that tender
hearts and loving hands could do with the assistance of skilled medical advice
and the losing fight to prolong life was made bravely. The patient, hopeful
courage of the sufferer made the case a particularly sad one and there has
perhaps not been a death here for years that has stirred the sympathetic hearts
of this community as has this one. A young mother at the very noonday of a
happy life, gradually slipping away from the ones she loved better than her own
life, and all conscious of the fact that no power on earth could stop the
onward march of the reaper.
The
funeral service is being held this afternoon at the home, conducted by Rev. C.
W. Proctor, pastor of the Methodist church here. The body will be taken to the
Gravity cemetery as its final resting place. Beautiful floral tributes
literally covered the casket.
Frances
Gillispy [Gillispie Robinson] Savage was born in Gravity, Iowa, December 25, 1884, aged 30 years, 2 months and 18
days, and died at her home here about one o'clock a. m. Tuesday, March 16th.
She
united with the Presbyterian Church in Gravity while yet a child, and later
united with the Methodist Episcopal church and through all the years adorned
her Christian profession with a sincere Christian character.
[SAVAGE, FRANCIS GILLISPIE ROBINSON]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 18, 1915
GRAVITY – Mrs. C. [hester] C. [harles] Savage died Tuesday morning at their home here after a lingering illness of several months from tuberculosis.
[SAVAGE, FRANCIS GILLISPIE ROBINSON]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 25, 1915
GRAVITY – Funeral services of Mrs. C. C. Savage were held Thursday at 2:30 p. m. from the home, conducted by Rev. C. W. Proctor. Interment at Gravity cemetery.
[Slack, Caleb]
Gravity Independent
Thursday February 15,
1917 p. 8
obituary
Caleb, son of George and Hanna Slack, was born near Nenah, South Ireland, January 1,
1839; died at his home 3 1-2 miles east of Gravity, Iowa, on the morning of
Tuesday, February 13, 1917, aged 78 years, 1 month and 13 days.
When
about 15 years old he came with his parents to America, settling on Staten
Island and later came to Illinois. He was married to Elizabeth Nelson in August 1869, and in the autumn of 1870 he,
with his wife, came to Villisca, Iowa, settling on a farm 4 1-2 miles south of
that place. From there they moved to Chillicothe, Mo., where they resided until
they removed to the present home in the spring of 1907, where they have since
resided.
Five
children were born to them: two sons and three daughters. A daughter, Clarie, died in early childhood; a son, Robert
Francis, died January 3, 1917, at
the age of 42 years. There yet remain Leslie George Slack, two daughters, Rachael Crouch of Lenox, Iowa, and Mary Crouch of Osawatomie, Kan., besides the wife and mother.
All of whom have the heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends.
He
was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, having united with the church
in his youth. He was a good man and kind to all who knew him, the soul of honor
in all his dealings, a loving father and husband, and a good neighbor.
The
funeral service was conducted from the home and the body interred in the
Gravity cemetery, yesterday.
[SLACK, CALEB]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 22, 1917
GRAVITY – C. [aleb] Slack died Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock at his home east of town after suffering several days from a stroke of paralysis. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. from the home, conducted by Rev. C. W. Proctor.
[Slack, Elizabeth
Nelson]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 15,
1934 [p. 1]
Slack Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs.
Slack, mother of Leslie Slack, who resides in the community east of Gravity,
were held this afternoon at the Methodist church in Gravity. Burial was in the
Gravity cemetery.
[Slack, Elizabeth
Nelson]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 22,
1934 p. 2
GRAVITY
SLACK SERVICES HERE
Burial Made In The
Gravity Cemetery
Funeral
services for Mrs. Caleb Slack [Elizabeth Nelson], who died at the home of her son, Leslie Slack east of Gravity Thursday morning, were held at the
Methodist Episcopal church in Gravity Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. B. V.
Felt. Burial was in the Gravity cemetery.
Mrs.
Slack was taken ill while
assisting her daughter-in-law with the morning work and was only sick a very
short time, death coming unexpectedly.
[Slack, Elizabeth
Nelson]
Gravity Independent
Thursday February 15,
1934 [p.
1]
Funeral of Mrs. Slack
Today
Mrs.
Caleb Slack [Elizabeth Nelson],
84, died suddenly Tuesday at the home of her son, Leslie Slack, three miles east of here. She was taken ill while
helping with the family work and died in a short time.
The
funeral service will be held this afternoon in the Methodist church at two
o'clock, and interment will be in the Gravity cemetery.
[Slack, Leslie George]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 9, 1950 [p. 1]
Leslie Slack, 63, Dies At Home Wednesday
Leslie
Slack, 63, died at his home in
Marshall Township Wednesday evening, February 8. He is survived by his wife and
a daughter.
The
funeral services will be at the Wetmore Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, Feb. 12, Conducted by Rev. D. C. Callison of the Gravity Methodist
Church. Burial will be in the Gravity cemetery.
[Slack, Leslie George]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 23, 1950 p. 6
Gravity
Obituary - Leslie
Slack
Leslie
George Slack, son of Caleb and
Elizabeth [Nelson] Slack, was
born near Villisca in Page County, Iowa, August 26, 1886 and died at his home 3
miles east of Gravity, Feb. 8, 1950, age 63 years, 4 months, 12 days.
His
early life was spent near Villisca until the family moved to Chillicothe, Mo.,
where they resided until they moved in 1907 to the present home east of
Gravity, where he had since lived.
On
January 27, 1915 he was married to Vivian Greenway. Into this home one daughter, Edith, was born.
He
was a Master Mason and was very interested in the work.
Les, as he was familiarly called, was an industrious
and quiet man; a friend to all who knew him.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Claire, who died in childhood, and Mrs. Rachael
Crouch of Lenox; and one brother, Robert Francis Slack.
He
is survived by his wife; the daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Barker; one grandson, Kennard
Leslie Barker; one sister, Mrs.
Mary Crouch of Osawatomie,
Kansas.
The
funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home in Bedford, Sunday
afternoon, February 12, conducted by Rev. D. C. Callison of Gravity. Burial was
in the Gravity cemetery.
[Slack, Robert Francis
“Frank”]
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday January 9, 1917 p. 6
Frank
Slack, who had been in the
hospital at St. Joseph for several weeks, passed away Wednesday following an
operation. The remains were brought to Conway Wednesday and funeral services
were conducted at the home Friday afternoon at 1:30 P. M. Interment was In the
Gravity cemetery.
[Slack, Robert Francis
“Frank”]
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday January 9, 1917 p. 7
Gravity
Frank
Slack, who, resides east of
Gravity, died in a hospital in St. Joseph Wednesday. The funeral services were
held at the home Friday afternoon and interment was made in the Gravity
cemetery.
[Smith, Celesta Barton
Reeve]
Gravity Independent
Thursday November 9,
1950 [p. 1]
Obituary of Celesta
Smith
Celesta
Barton was born in Keokuk County,
Iowa on May 7, 1868, and departed this life at the Municipal hospital,
Clarinda, Iowa, on October 30, 1950, at the age of 82 years, 5 months and 23
days. She was the daughter of Hiram and Mary Barton, and was united in marriage to Jerome C.
[harles] Reeves [Reeve] at
Bedford, Iowa, on February 19, 1890. One son, Herbert L. [ouis], blest this union. Jerome C. [harles] Reeves
[Reeve] passed on August 23,
1914.
Celesta
Reeves [Reeve] was united in
marriage to Singleton B. Smith in Bedford, Iowa, June 10 1921. Singleton Smith died April 6, 1927.
Celesta
Smith accepted the Lord Jesus
Christ as her personal Saviour at an early age. She later became a member of
the Gravity Christian church and, as she was able, she was active in the work of
the church. She was a member of the Social Hour Club and the Study Club and was
also a member of the Eastern Star.
Celesta
Smith spent practically all of
her life in Iowa, except for a short time in 1873, when her parents moved to
Ness County, Kansas.
She
is survived by one son, Herbert L. [ouis] of Gravity, one sister, Mrs. Irene Rodgers of Chamberlin, South Dakota, and one brother, Chester
T. Barton of Mapleton, Iowa and a
sister-in-law, Mrs. Helen Barton of Santa Ana, California. The many friends and neighbors mourn her passing. She
was a helpful neighbor, a kind and sympathetic wife and mother.
I think the gentle soul of her
Goes gladly in some pleasant place
With the old smile, time may not blunt
Upon her face.
She who was lover of the spring
With love that never quite forgets
Surely sees roses blossoming
And violets.
She who so loved companionship
I may not think she walks alone
Failing some friendly hand to slip
Within her own.
Those whom she loved aforetime still,
I doubt not, bear her company;
Yea, even laughter yet may thrill
Where she may be.
For God is gentle to his guest
And therefore may I gladly say
Surely the things she loved the best
Are hers today.
Order of Service
Opening Sentence
Prayer
Solo: "Does Jesus Care?"
Scripture
Obituary
Message: "Jesus and His Three
Friends"
Prayer
Solo: "Abide With Me"
Pallbearers: Homer Kimpton, Ollen Mothershead,
Cleo Batten, Ed Lock, Harry Stafford, Paul Greeley.
Soloist: Gordon Hill
Pianist: Mrs. Lillian Savage
[Smith, Celesta Barton
Reeve]
Gravity Independent
Thursday November 9,
1950 p. 5
Mr.
and Mrs. G. S. Rogers of
Chamberlin, South Dakota came Thursday to attend the funeral of her sister, Mrs.
Celesta Smith Friday afternoon.
C.
[hester] P. Barton of Mapleton,
Iowa came Thursday to attend the funeral of his sister Mrs. Celesta Smith Friday afternoon.
Mrs.
Helen Barton of Santa Anita
[Santa Ana], Calif., came Thursday to attend the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Celesta Smith Friday afternoon.
[Stimson, John
Sullivan]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday June 12,
1913 p. 6
GRAvity
Kent
Stimson of Kansas was called here
this week by the illness and death of his father, J. [ohn] H. [Sullivan]
Stimson.
J.
[ohn] H. [Sullivan] Stimson died
at his home here Friday night, after a short illness. Funeral services were
held Sunday at 2:30 at the Christian church, conducted by Rev. I. E. Wade.
Interment at Gravity cemetery.
[Stimson, John
Sullivan]
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday June 17,
1913 p. 5
John S. Stimson.
Another
old settler of the county has answered the final summons. John
S.[ullivan] Stimson, an old and respected citizen of Marshall
Township, who has been for several years gradually failing in health died at
his home in Gravity. Following is the obituary notice appearing In the Independent:
John
S. [ullivan] Stimson was born at
Springfield, Vt., February 28, 1835, and died at his home in Gravity, June 6,
1913.
Mr.
Stimson with his father's family
moved to Montello, Wis., in the spring 1853, and was married to [Martha] Elizabeth Truesdell of Harrisville, Wis., April 27, 1862. To this
union was born four children, Harry J. of St. Joseph, Mo.; Mary L.[ucretia] of Gravity
Iowa; Frank T. [John] of Sheridan, Mo., and Kent T.[ruesdell] of Emporia, Kan., who with their mother were with him at the time
of his death.
In
the spring of 1879 Mr. Stimson came
to Iowa and prepared a home for the family who came the following August. For
twenty-four years they resided on his farm and saw it develop into a beautiful
home which they were compelled to leave because of his failing health and moved
to Gravity in the spring of 1903.
Besides
his immediate family, he leaves a brother in Portland, Oregon, a sister in
Jasper, Mo., and a host of friends to mourn his departure.
[Stimson, Kent
Truesdell]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 17,
1944 [p. 1]
K. T. Stimson Dies
K.
[ent] T. [ruesdell] Stimson, 70,
a former resident of the community east of Gravity, died at his home in
Emporia, Kansas, Wednesday. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss
Nellie [Mable] Wilson, a sister
of E. I. Wilson of Bedford.
[Stimson, Martha
Elizabeth Truesdell]
Gravity Independent
Thursday August 27,
1914 p. 4
Elizabeth Stimson Passes Away
Mrs.
[Martha] Elizabeth [Truesdell] Stimson died Tuesday night [August 25, 1914] at the home of her son, Frank, near Sheridan, Mo., where she had gone for a
visit. The body will be bro't here for burial and funeral service is being held
this afternoon at two o'clock in the Christian church. Interment will be made
in the Gravity cemetery. Mrs. Stimson was one of the pioneer and most highly respected citizens of the
county. Obituary next week.
[Stimson, Nellie Mable
Wilson]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 9, 1964 p. 5
Mrs. K. Stimson Rites in Kans.
Funeral
services for Mrs. K. [ent [T. [ruesdell] Stimson, 1014 Merchant St., who died Dec. 24, were held
Dec. 26 in Emporia, Kans., conducted by the Rev. Samuel B. Maier, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Members of the
Rebekah Lodge, the Women’s Relief Corps and the Happy Hour Club attended in
groups.
Relatives
who attended from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Verne Caven and Mrs. Ilo
Wilson, Bedford, Ia., and Mr. and Mrs. James C. Ellis, Kansas City, Mo.
Nellie
M. [able] Wilson, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Cole Wilson,
was born Aug. 2, 1882, in Gravity, Iowa, and she was married to Kent
Truesdale [Truesdell] Stimson June 22, 1904, in Gravity.
For
many years they had lived on a farm four and one half miles northeast of
Emporia. She had moved to town not long after the death of her husband, on Feb.
16, 1944.
She
was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Happy Hour Club, a member
and Past Noble Grand of the Rebekah Lodge and a member and past president of
the Women’s Relief Corps. There were no immediate survivors.
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