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[Arnold, Sarah
Elizabeth Martin]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December
14, 1939 p. 11
ATHELSTAN
Obituary
Mrs. Sarah Arnold
Sarah
Elizabeth Martin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Rice Martin, was
born near Athelstan Sept. 4, 1851 and died at her home in Athelstan, Dec. 6,
1939, aged 88 years, 3 months and 2 days.
She
was married to Jacob Arnold August 21, 1885. To
this union five
children were born.
She
is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Cora Andrews, Mrs. Emma Morris of Des Moines and Mrs. Nellie Morris of Athelstan; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Her husband and two
sons preceded her in
death: John died in infancy and James at the age of 16, and her husband in 1897. Three brothers and
one sister also preceded
her.
She
united with the Baptist church in early life and remained faithful till the end. Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Day of
Pickering, Mo.
[Arnold, Sarah
Elizabeth Martin]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 14,
1939 p. 3
ATHELSTAN
Obituary
Mrs. Sarah Arnold
Sarah
Elizabeth Martin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Rice Martin [Rachel Jane Garrett], was born near Athelstan Sept. 4, 1851 and died
at her home in Athelstan, Dec. 6, 1939, aged 88 years, 3 months and 2 days.
She
was married to Jacob Arnold August
21, 1885. To this union five children were born.
She
is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Cora Andrews, Mrs. Emma Morris of Des Moines and Mrs. Nellie Morris of Athelstan; seven grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. Her husband and two sons preceded her in death: John died in infancy and James [Roy]
at the age of 16, and her husband in 1897. Three brothers and one sister also
preceded her.
She
united with the Baptist church in early life and remained faithful till the
end. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Day of Pickering, Mo.
[Morris, Thelma Viola Allen]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday September 26, 2001
THELMA VIOLA MORRIS
Funeral
services for Thelma Morris,
age 71 of Athelstan, who died Saturday, September 15, 2001 were held Tuesday,
September 18, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. at the Ritchie Funeral Home in Bedford with
Pastor Bill Farrens officiating. Interment was held in the Athelstan Cemetery
in Athelstan. Memorials can be given in Thelma's name.
Thelma
Viola Morris was born December
18, 1929 the daughter of John Edward Allen and Mary Catherine Booher Allen in Athelstan, Iowa. She grew up in the Blockton
area attending rural schools and the Blockton High School. On February 15,1947
she was united in marriage to Gerald "Ray" Morris in Bedford.
Thelma helped Ray run the Pritchard Lumber and Supply in Athelstan for many years. In
1955 Ray was working construction and the family moved to Kansas City until
1979 when they returned to the Athelstan area. Thelma served as Treasurer and Clerk for the City of
Athelstan and also for the Athelstan Cemetery for over twenty years. She loved
catfishing and working in her garden where she canned the produce each year.
She also enjoyed raising laying chickens and fryers. Thelma could always be found doing things for other
people. She would often put their needs before her own, especially when it came
to her children and grandchildren. Thelma was a wonderful cook who was well known for her chicken and noodles
along with fresh baked bread and rolls.
Thelma
is survived by her husband Ray of Athelstan; five sons, Gary Morris and wife Cheryl of Spring Hill, Kansas; Eddie Morris and wife Bliss of Hopkins, Missouri; Jerry
Morris and wife Vicki of Kansas City, Missouri; and Casey Morris and wife Brenda of Belton, Missouri; Mike Morris and wife Jeanne of Oak Grove, Missouri; a daughter, Renee Reeter and husband Mike of Chillicothe, Missouri; a sister, Rosene
Cook and husband Keith of Grant City, Missouri; a brother, Bobbie
Allen and wife Ruth of Grant City, Missouri; twenty-two grandchildren
and fifteen great-grandchildren.
Preceding Thelma in death are her
parents John and Mary Allen,
an infant child and a grandson Scotty.
[Murphin, Hannah
Comer]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday May 28,
1925 p. 2
ATHELSTAN ITEMS
Mrs.
Hannah [Comer] Murphin, for many
years a resident of this place, died Friday morning at, the home of her
daughter, Mrs. S. N. Barber at
Grant City, Mo., where she has made her home for several years. Mrs. Rose Fields of St. Joseph who was visiting her daughter, Mrs. Roy Tamerius at Platteville, was called to Grant City Thursday
evening by the death of her mother, Mrs. Hannah Murphin.
George
Barber and Ben Weese attended the funeral of Mrs. Hannah Murphin Saturday at the Isadora cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Stout and Mrs. C. E. Stout also attended the services.
[Naill, Roy Lewis]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 20,
1967 p. 7
Final Rites Held July
14 For Roy L. Naill
Funeral
services for Roy L. Naill, 79,
of Blockton, were held July 14 at the Madison Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Mr. Carl Cummings officiating. Mr. Naill died at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville July 11. Interment was at Athelstan Cemetery, Athelstan,
Iowa.
Roy
Lewis Naill, son of David and
Frances Naill, was born April 26, 1888 at Jewel County, Kansas. When he was a small child, he moved with his parents to Missouri and later to Iowa.
On
Nov. 9, 1914 he was united in marriage to Roxie Fern Older of Blockton, and to them were born two children, Lewis and Garland.
He
was engaged in farming most of his life and he served Jefferson Township as
assessor for many years.
Preceding
him in death were his parents; four brothers, William, Oscar, Samuel and Arthur
Naill; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Wilson and a sister who died in infancy.
He
is survived by his wife, Roxie;
one son, Lewis and his wife Estelle of Blockton; one daughter, Garland, and her husband, Delbert Surplus of Blockton; two grandsons, Russell and Stanton Naill;
one sister, Mrs. Fannie Boyer of St. Joseph, Mo.;
many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Roy was a friend of all that knew him and memory of a good and faithful
life will long be
remembered by family
and friends.
[Naill, Roxie Fern
Older]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April
Roxie Naill, 75 Rites Held Tuesday
Funeral
services for Roxie Fern Naill,
75, of Blockton, were held Tuesday at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Carl Cummings officiating. Roxie Naill died April 8 at Ringgold County Hospital in Mt.
Ayr. Interment was at Athelstan Cemetery.
[Naill, Roxie Fern Older]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 20,
1972 p. 7
Roxie Naill, 75 Rites Held April 11
Funeral
services for Mrs. Roy Lewis (Roxie Fern) Naill, 75, of Blockton, were held April 11 at
Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Carl Cummings
officiating. Mrs. Naill died April 8 at Ringgold County Hospital in Mt.
Ayr. Interment was at Athelstan Cemetery.
Roxie Fern Naill, daughter of Albert and Dora Older,
was born May 15, 1895 near
Blockton, Iowa.
On
November 9, 1914 she was united in marriage to Roy
Lewis Naill of Blockton, Iowa,
and to them were born two children, Lewis and Garland.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Roy
L. Naill who died July 11, 1967,
one brother, Roy Older, and a great
grandson, Jared Naill, who died in infancy.
She
is survived by one son, Lewis Naill,
and his wife Estelle; one
daughter, Garland, and her
husband, Delbert Surplus, all
of Blockton; two grandsons, Russell Naill and his wife, Amy, and Stanton Naill; one great granddaughter, Angela Naill; one sister, Nola McCalla of Blockton; one brother, Guy Older of Clearfield, Iowa; nieces, nephews, other
relatives and many friends.
She
was a kind and considerate mother, sister, friend and neighbor and she will be
sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.
[Older, George
William]
Blockton News
Thursday November 12,
1925 [p.
1]
Obituary
George
Wm. Older was born in New York,
Oct. 18, 1841, and departed this life at his home in Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 6,
1925, aged 84 years [words unreadable] and 18 days.
He
was united in marriage to Elizabeth Jane Fursee August 16, 1867, [rest of sentence unreadable]
eight children, as follows: John Older, who died in infancy; A.[lbert] F. [rederick] Older, Blockton; Ida May Frisbee, Fort Morgan, Colo.; Anna [Alice] King, Westphalia, Kansas; M. [elvin] F. [rancis]
Older, Athelstan; Etta [Maude]
Bownes, Tabor; Nellie Mabel, who died in infancy; Wm. J. Older, Conception, Mo. County, Mo. They moved from
South Dakota to Worth County, Mo., in 1869, on Nov. 15. From here they moved to
Taylor County, Ia., March 4, 1879.
His
companion preceded him in death March 7, 1906. He was then united in marriage to Mattie
Freestone Feb. 20, 1909. They
moved to Des Moines in
1922 where they have
since resided.
He
leaves to mourn his departure, besides his companion and the children already named,
one brother, F.M. Older, of
Athelstan one sister, Arilla Burcham, of Los Angeles, Calif., and the following step-children: Martin,
Phil, Bud, and Dolly, all of Des Moines, and Goldie, of Brooks. Also 24 grandchildren, and 13 great
grandchildren.
The
remains were brought to the home of his son, M. [elvin] F. [rancis] Older at Athelstan Nov. 8, and the funeral services
were conducted from the Athelstan Baptist church Nov. 9, by Challie E. Graham,
after which the remains were interred in the cemetery at the same place There
was a large concourse of friends and old neighbors present to pay their respects
to the memory of the deceased. The floral offerings were many and beautiful,
and the music by the Blockton quartette, and Mrs. Matie Miller presiding at the
piano, was very appropriate and well rendered. Pallbearers were Frank Cavin,
Elbert Adams, C. W. Childers, Chas. Rusco, Ab. Rusco, and Marion Jenkins.
The
sympathy of the many friends is extended to the bereaved ones in this hour of
their sorrow. May the richest blessing and the comforting grace of the kind
Heavenly Father accompany them through life, and bring them home to Him at
last.
[OLDER, GEORGE WILLIAM]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, November 12, 1925
The relatives attending the Wm. Older funeral from a distance were W. J. Older and family, of Conception, Mo.; Thos. Bownes and family of Tabor; Mrs. Roy Raper, of Cedar Rapids; Frank Biggerstaff and family, of Mt. Ayr; Mrs. Goldie Hancock, of Brooklyn; Martin Johnson and wife and Bert Wells, wife and son, Gerald, of Des Moines; Mrs. J. Johnson, of Kanawha.
[O’Neal, Melvin
Millard]
Melvin
Millard O'Neal was born on
February 25, 1925. He was born on a farm near Bedford, Iowa to Millard Aden
and Beulah Divia (Clark) O'Neal.
On October 31, 1942 he married Geraldine Clayton. When Melvin passed away October 20, 2007 at Clarinda, Iowa, they were just ten
days away from celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. They had three sons
together.
Melvin served in the U.S. Marine Corp during World War
II. He saw action on Saipan and was very proud of his time served. After the
war he learned to fly on the GI Bill. He split his time between crop dusting in
the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and driving truck for Navajo in Nebraska and
Iowa. He was a member of the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows, Masonic
Lodge, and the American Legion. He enjoyed cooking and his family enjoyed the
rewards of his cooking.
Melvin is survived by his wife, Geraldine, of New Market, Iowa; his sons and
daughters-in-law, Duane and Sandy O'Neal of Gretna, Nebraska, Mark and Nancy O'Neal of Sour Lake, Texas, and Larry and Patricia
O'Neal of New Market, Iowa;
brother and sister-in-law Charles and Ann of Benton City, Washington; grandchildren: Lee and Lisa O'Neal and Lori and Scott Wagner of Gretna, Nebraska, Justin O'Neal, Brandon
O'Neal and Aaron and Maja
O'Neal of Sour Lake, Texas, Michella
and Shelly Lininger of New
Market, Iowa; and twelve great grandchildren.
Graveside services were
held Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at Athelstan Cemetery, Athelstan, Iowa with
John F. Hardin American Legion Post 164 of Bedford providing military honors.
Chaplain Rex Wyckoff officiated. Memorial Masonic services were held Tuesday,
October 23, at Walker-Merrick Funeral Home. A memorial fund is established in
Melvin's name. Walker-Merrick Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
[On-line
obituary available from Eickemeyer Funeral Chapel http://www.efc.cc/_main/obituaries.asp]
[Osborn, Edith Rena
Lilley]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 15,
1971 p. 8
Edith Osborn Rites April 11
Funeral
services for Mrs. Elmer
(Edith) Osborn [Edith Rena Lilley] of Athelstan were held April 11, at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here. Mrs.
Osborn died April 7 at her home
in Athelstan. Interment was at the Athelstan Cemetery.
Her
survivors Include her husband, Elmer; three
sons, Lester, Holdrege, Nebr., Raymond and Eldon of Chippewa Falls, Wisc.; sisters, Bea Poldberg and Mrs. D. C. Fox of Bedford.
[Osborn, Elmer Ray]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 8,
1982 p. 10
Elmer Ray Osborn Services Held April 4
Funeral
services for Elmer Ray Osborn,
89, of Athelstan, held April 4 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home, were conducted by
Pastor Peter Dible. Mr. Osborn died in Mt. Ayr, Iowa April 2, 1982. Military
honors were presented by Blockton American Legion Post with interment at
Athelstan Cemetery at Athelstan, Ia.
Elmer
Ray Osborn was born August 12, 1892 at Mingo, Iowa.
He was married January 24, 1921 to Edith R [ena] Lilley and to them were born three sons: Eldon and Ray of Chippewa
Falls, Wisc., and Lester of Berrien Springs, Mich. Mr. Osborn was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and served in World War I.
He
was preceded in death by his
wife, Edith, four brothers and
four sisters.
Left
to cherish his memory are his sons, Lester, Raymond, and Eldon, one sister, Zella McKennen of Dixon, Mo.; 15 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. An honest, hard working man, he will be
missed by all who loved him.
[Parker, Edward
Howard]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 14,
1963 p. 7
Athelstan
Those
from a distance attending the funeral services for Ed Parker were Bill Parker and daughters, Donna and Janet
of Creston; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Parker and son of Graham, Mo.; Mrs. Burl Huff,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. James Farrell, all of Sheridan; Mrs.
Maggie Morris of Parnell; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boner of
Albany; Mrs. Herman Wise and Vicki of Tabor, Ia.; Mrs. Floyd Smith of Council
Bluffs; Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Reynolds all of Kansas
City; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Dugan of Creston; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shackelford and
daughter of Kansas City.
[Parker, Edward
Howard]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 14,
1963 p. 8
Edward Parker Rites Feb. 7
Funeral
services for Edward Howard Parker were held in the Athelstan Community church Feb 7 with Rev. Ward Campbell
officiating. Interment was in Athelstan cemetery, Athelstan, Ia.
Included
in the services was the following obituary:
Edward
Howard Parker, son of Stephen
[Marion] and [Sarah] Ann [Adams] Parker, was born March 28, 1903 near Parnell, Mo., and passed away in the
hospital in St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 5, 1963 at the age of 59 years, 10 months and
8 days.
He
was united in marriage to Vivian H. Arnold Dec. 6, 1931. To this union six children were born: four daughters
and two sons.
He
leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Vivian Parker of Athelstan; four daughters, Mrs. Fern Clark and Mrs. Ann Bryant of Parkville, Mo., Norma Ruth and Carol Sue
Parker of Athelstan; two sons, Edward of Parkville, Missouri, and Daniel Lee of Athelstan; also six grandchildren, all of
Parkville, Mo.
His
father and mother, five brothers and five sisters preceded him in death.
He
leaves two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Morris of Parnell,
Mo. and Mrs. Alma Wiggins of Pontiac, Ill.; three
brothers, Tom Parker of
Athelstan, Steve Parker of
Jackson, Mich., and Harvey Parker of Burbank, Calif.; also
a host of other
relatives and many friends.
[Parker, Homer James]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November
7, 1946 [p. 1]
Homer Parker, 65, Athelstan, Hangs Self
Homer
Parker, 65, took his own life by
hanging at Athelstan, presumably last Saturday evening. The body was found late
Monday afternoon in the hayloft the barn on the C. R. Sickles place, just
across the road from the Parker home, when Mr. Sickles went to the barn to do his chores. Parker had used a halter rope belonging to Sickles, to
do the deed.
Parker was unmarried and was caring for
his father, who is in failing health.
The
funeral services were held at the Community Church in Athelstan Wednesday
afternoon conducted by Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Overholt. Burial was in the
Athelstan cemetery.
[Parker, Homer James]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November
21, 1946 p. 2
Obituary – Homer
James Parker
Homer
James Parker was born near
Sheridan, Missouri, August 13, 1882, and died in Athelstan, Iowa, November 2,
1946.
He
was the second child in a family of 16 children, being 64 years, 2 months and
20 days of age at the time of his death. He was preceded in death by his mother,
3 sisters and 3 brothers. His entire life was spent near Parnell, Mo., and in
Athelstan, Iowa. Since his mother passed away 12 years ago, he has cared for
his aged father in their home in Athelstan.
Besides
his father, he is survived by 3 sisters and 6 brothers: Mrs. Alma Miller of Maryville; Mrs. Ada Runyon and Mrs. Mag Morris of Sheridan; Harve of San Diego, Calif.; Steve of Jackson, Mich., Charlie of Albany, Mo., Ed of Kansas City, Mo.; Joe of Bedford; and Tom of Athelstan.
Funeral
services were conducted in the Community Church of Athelstan, Iowa on the
afternoon of November 6, 1946 by Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Overholt. Interment was
made in the Athelstan cemetery.
[Parker, Martha
Caroline Irvin]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday September 6,
1923 p. 6
ATHELSTAN NEWS.
Word
was received here Thursday of the death of Mrs. Martha Parker at Marshalltown, Iowa. Mrs. Parker had been seriously ill for several months, and
her death was not unexpected.
[Parker, Martha
Caroline Irvin]
Blockton News
Thursday September 6,
1923 [p.
1]
Obituary
Martha
Caroline Irvin was born in Bates
County, Mo., March 12, 1866, and moved to Taylor County, Iowa, where she had
lived most of her life, in 1873.
She
was married to John S. [cruggs] Parker in May 1894. To
this union was born one
child, John F. Parker.
She
was a member of the Baptist church.
She
departed this life August 29, 1923, aged 57 years, 5 months and 17 days.
She
leaves to mourn her loss her
son and one granddaughter, and three brothers—O. S. Irvin and E. E. E. Irvin, of
Athelstan, and W. P.
Irvin, of St. Joseph, and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were
conducted by W. M. Hunt at
the Baptist church at
Athelstan on Saturday, September 1, and interment was made in the Athelstan cemetery.
[Note:
The correct marriage date is May 11, 1895.]
[PARKER, MARTHA CAROLINE IRVIN]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, September 6, 1923
ATHELSTAN – The body of Mrs. Martha Parker who died at Marshalltown Thursday, arrived here Saturday and was buried in the Athelstan cemetery Saturday afternoon. Rev. Hunt conducted the funeral services.
[Parker, Stephen
Marion]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 7, 1947 p. 7
athelstan
S. M. Parker Dies
S.
[tephen] M. [arion] Parker, 92,
died at his home Thursday evening. He had been in failing health for several
months. His son Tom had cared
for him.
[Parker, Stephen
Marion]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 7, 1947 [p. 1]
Stephen M. Parker Dies At Athelstan
Stephen
M. [arion] Parker died at his
home in Athelstan, Thursday, July 31. The funeral services were held at the
Community Church in Athelstan, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. and Mrs. T.
J. Overholt. Burial was in the Athelstan cemetery.
Stephen
M. [arion] Parker was born April
8, 1854 in Taylor County, Iowa, being aged 93 years, 3 months and 23 days at
the time of his death.
He
was married to Sarah Ann Adams,
April 21, 1878. To them were born 16 children.
He
leaves to mourn his loss six sons and three daughters: Joe of Bedford, Tom of Athelstan, Ed of Kansas City, Charley of Albany, Mo., Steve of Jackson, Michigan, Harve of San Diego, Calif., Adaline
Runyon of Sheridan, Alma
Miller of Maryville, Maggie
Morris of Sheridan; one
half-brother, John Cordell of
Nebraska City; two brothers, one half-sister, one half-brother, 53
grandchildren, 57 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren.
His wife and seven
children preceded him in death.
[Note:
His gravestone gives his birth date as 1856. The most probable date is 1858 as
his parents were married July 5, 1857.]
[Parker, Vivian
Hortence Arnold Payton]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday November 1, 1995 p. 5
VIVIAN H. ARNOLD
PARKER
Vivian
H. [ortence] Arnold Parker, age
80, of Adrian, Missouri passed away Sunday, October 22, 1995 at the Bates
County Memorial Hospital in Butler, Missouri.
She
was born October 27, 1914 in Taylor County, Iowa. Vivian was united in marriage to Edward Howard Parker on December 6, 1931 and to this union six children were
born. Vivian enjoyed quilting and gardening.
She
was preceded in death by her mother, husband, one brother, Rex Morris, two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Vivian is survived by her two sons, Danny Parker of Adrian, Missouri and Bud Parker and wife Glenda of Holly Springs, Mississippi; her four daughters, Fern Clark of Adrian, Missouri, Ann Bryant and husband Jim of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, Sue Ward and husband Richard of Mound City, Missouri, and Norma Ruth Wilson of Honoeye Falls, New York; one brother, Ray Morris of Athelstan, Iowa; one sister, Doris Shackelford of Indio, California; thirteen grandchildren;
eleven great grandchildren; and several step-grandchildren and step-great grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday, October 25, 1995 at the Novinger-Taylor Funeral Home in Bedford, Iowa with Reverend Paul Evans
officiating. Interment
was in Athelstan cemetery.
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