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[Brill, Erica June]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday August 19, 1987 p. 3
ERICA JUNE BRILL
Graveside
services were held August 7, 1987 at Babyland, Fairview Cemetery for Erica
June Brill, daughter of Doyle
and Jenny Brill. Rev. Keith Less,
Mt. Ayr, officiated.
Survivors
include parents Doyle and Jenny Brill, sister Chandra Lea Brill, grandparents Ron and Paula Glass, Bedford and Art and Loretta Brill, Lenox.
[McLaury, Gracia Opal]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday August 19, 1987 p. 3
GRACIA OPAL MCLAURY
Funeral
services for Gracia Opal McLaury,
87, were held Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1987 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Rev.
Carl Cummings officiating. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery.
Gracia
Opal McLaury, daughter of George
Forest and Ethel Hurley McLaury was born at Clearfield, Iowa September 22, 1899 and departed this life August
9, 1987 at the Bedford Manor nursing home at the age of 87 years, 10 months and
17 days.
She
grew to maturity in Clearfield where she graduated from high school in 1917.
She attended the Clearfield Methodist Church.
The
family moved to Bedford and she was employed in J.M. Little's grocery store for
many years, later in Sid Morris store and Cudahay's plant in Bedford.
She
cared for her parents until their deaths and also for a dear friend, Francis
Mohler.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and three sisters.
Left
to cherish her memory are nieces and nephews. She delighted in their visits and
she will be remembered for her wit and humor and the love and devotion she
bestowed. She will be missed by family and friends.
[Perkins, Ella Louise
Stewart]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 14,
1974 p. 7
Ella Perkins, 88 Last Rites Held March 13
Funeral,
services for Mrs. Franklin (Ella Louise) Perkins, 88, of Hopkins, were held Wed., Mar. 13, at the
First Christian Church in Hopkins with Rev. Paxton of Savannah, Mo., and Rev.
Carl Huff, of Hopkins, officiating. Mrs. Perkins died March 9, 1974 at St. Francis Hospital,
Maryville, Mo. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
Ella
Louise Stewart, the daughter of David
McCune and Katherine Elizabeth (Bashor) Stewart was born May 6, 1885 at Siam, Iowa.
She
grew to womanhood in the Siam and Bedford, Iowa communities.
She
was united in marriage to Joseph Franklin Perkins August 30, 1908. To this union two daughters were
born, Mrs. Ralph Bix (Ferne), Hopkins, and Mrs. Elmer Barkhurst (Charlene) of Oroville, Calif.
She
joined the Christian Church early in life and remained faithful throughout. She
was active in church and club activities as long as her health permitted.
Those
who survive are her two daughters and their companions; four grandchildren, Bob
Barkhurst and wife, Connie, and Jim Barkhurst of Oroville, Calif., Mrs. Karen Swaney and husband, Richard, of Sheridan, Mo., Glenn Bix and wife, Sharon, of Hopkins, Mo., seven great grandchildren; one
brother, Delton Stewart of
Bedford; several nieces and nephews and friends.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, in 1971, her parents, five brothers and
four sisters.
She
was a kind, loving wife and mother and was always concerned of the welfare of
others. She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.
[Perkins, Joseph
Franklin “Frank”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November 11,
1971 [p.1]
Frank Perkins Rites Tuesday
Funeral
services for Frank Perkins,
84, of Bedford were held Tuesday at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here with Rev.
Fred Paxton officiating. Mr. Perkins died November 5, 1971. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
she
bestowed. She will be missed by family and friends.
[Perkins, Joseph
Franklin “Frank”]
Thursday November 18,
1971 p. 4
Joseph Perkins Rites Nov. 9
Funeral
services for Joseph Franklin Perkins, 84, of Hopkins, held November 9 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here,
were conducted by Rev. Fred Paxton. Mr. Perkins died November 5, 1971, at St. Francis Hospital,
Maryville, Mo. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
Joseph
Franklin Perkins, son of Louis
Perkins and Eva Rozella Lacy was born on a farm in Taylor County Iowa, October
16, 1887.
He
spent most of his life farming in Taylor and Nodaway counties. He retired in
1960 and moved to Hopkins, Mo.
He
was united in marriage to Ella Louise Stewart, August 30, 1908. To this union were born two
daughters, Mrs. Elmer Barkhurst (Charlene) of Oroville, Calif., and Mrs. Ralph Bix (Ferne) of Hopkins, Mo.
As
a young man he became a Christian and as a member of the Christian Church he
remained faithful throughout his life. Alt the time of his departure, he was an
elder emeritus (lifetime elder) of the First Christian Church, Hopkins, Mo.
Those
who survive his passing are his wife Ella; two daughters and their companions; four grandchildren, Mrs.
Richard Swaney, Corning, Iowa, Glenn
Bix, Hopkins, Mo., Bob and Jim
Barkhurst, Oroville, Calif., and
four great grandchildren: two sisters, Mrs. Gayol Eighmy (Letha) of Gravity, and Mrs. Dee Smalley (Ethel) of Long Beach, Calif.; sister-in law, Mrs.
Cleo Perkins, Bedford; many
nieces and nephews.
Those
who preceded him in death were his parents and one brother, Jasper.
He
loved his church and friends and was a kind and loving husband and father. He
will be sadly missed by his family and all who knew him.
[Perkins, Katie
Kruger]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday August 20, 1896 p. 3
The
remains of Mrs. Wm. Perkins,
who died in Des Moines Wednesday, will arrive at Bedford at 3:35 Friday
afternoon. Interment will be made in Bedford cemetery.
[Perkins, Katie
Kruger]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday August 27, 1896 [p. 1]
Wm.
Perkins arrived from Des Moines
Friday on the 3:40 passenger with the body of his wife who died in that city on
Wednesday. A number of friends assembled in carriages at the depot and
accompanied the remains to the Bedford cemetery, where interment was made. Mr.
Perkins was formerly a resident
of this city.
[Perkins, Louis]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday April 9, 1931 p. 5
Louis Perkins
Louis
Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs
Pleasant Perkins [Mary Ann McIntire],
was born Aug. 23, 1862, near Albia, Iowa, and died at his home in Bedford,
April 1, 1931, at the age of 68 years, 7 months and 7 days. He moved near
Bedford when 11 years of age, and has spent most of his life in this vicinity.
He united with the Church of Christ at Berea at the age of 19, and remained a
faithful member. He was married Sept. 30, 1886, to Eva Rozelle [Rozella]
Lacy. He is survived by his wife,
two daughters and two sons, Mrs. G. [ayol] C. [layton] Eighmy [Letha Esther] of Lawrence, Kans., Mrs. D. [ee] G. Smalley [Gertrude Ethel] of
Grandview, Mo., J. [oseph] F. [ranklin] and J. [asper] D. [ean] Perkins of Bedford; 10 grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
America Kruse of Gilleland,
Texas, and many nieces and nephews. His parents, one brother Frank, one sister Ida, and five half-brothers and sisters preceeded him
in death.
Funeral services were
held at the Christian church Saturday afternoon
at
1:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. C. Harris. Burial was made in the Bedford
cemetery.
[Putnam, Alta Mae
Propst]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 4,
1952 [p.1]
Mrs. Alta Putnam Died Here Saturday
Mrs.
Alta Putnam, 79, a resident of
Bedford nearly all of her life, died here Nov. 29 after failing health for
several months.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Bedford Methodist church, conducted
by Rev. Robt. M. Peters. The body was placed in the mausoleum in Fairview
cemetery.
Alta
Mae Propst, daughter of Daniel
and Mary Burnside Propst, was
born Dec. 25, 1872, on a farm east of Bedford near Platteville, and died at the
age of 78 years, 11 months, four days.
She
attended the neighborhood rural school as a girl, and later attended the
Stanberry, Mo., normal school, where she met Jason Prentiss Putnam of Bedford and they were married Feb. 15, 1894.
She served as a rural schoolteacher for a time.
She
and her husband resided on a farm west of Bedford all of their married life,
except one year in California and three years in Shenandoah. To them were born
two children: Virgil Glenn Putnam of Bedford and Ferne Lorraine,
now Mrs. Lester [Earl] Clayton of Callender, Iowa.
As
a young girl she united with the Baptist church. During the ministry of Rev. M.
R. Talley, she and her husband reunited with the Bedford Methodist church from
the Methodist church in Shenandoah.
She
was preceded in death by her husband in May 1935; three sisters: Elsie
Propst, Mrs. S. J. Harley and Mrs.
Will Stephenson; and by her
parents.
She
is survived by the two children: Virgil and Ferne; three
grandchildren; one great grandchild; and one nephew, E. W. Stephenson of Pleasantville, Iowa.
[Putnam, Harry Edward]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday November 21,
1985 p. 6
Services held for Harry
E. Putnam
Services
for Harry E. Putnam, 79, were
held November 18 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford. Rev. Marcia Smith
Wood officiated. Burial was at Fairview Cemetery in Bedford. Mr. Putnam died Nov. 15, 1985 in Taylor County.
Harry
Edward Putnam, son of Edward
S. and Mable Snyder Putnam, was
born Dec. 7, 1905, northeast of Bedford, Iowa on a farm. He lived in the
Bedford community all his life, attended public school there and graduated from
high school in 1924. He farmed all his life, living on his family farm for 65
years.
He
married Ruth Burner on Dec.
22, 1928, in the Christian Church parsonage in Council Bluffs, Ia. They would
have celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary next month. They lived on the
family farm and to this union was born a daughter, Barbara Ruth. Harry
Putnam was baptized as a young
man in the Bedford Christian Church and was a member of the United
Christian-Presbyterian Church. He was an active member of the Masonic Lodge AF
& AM - 156, the Commandery and Moila Shrine.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and leaves to cherish his memory, his
wife, Ruth; his daughter Barbara
DeHeus and her husband Marvin of Walnut Creek, California; a grandson Michael
Harry DeHeus of Riverside,
California; a sister-in-law, Pauline Wood of Hamilton, Illinois; a nephew, Earl Thomas Wood of Macomb, Illinois; a niece, Eldora Wood of Rock Island, Illinois; several grand nieces
and nephews, and many close cousins and friends.
[Putnam, Henry
Harrison]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday December 21,
1911 [p. 1]
H. H. PUTNAM DIES IN BOULDER HOME
Remains Being Brought
to Bedford for Interment—Son and Daughter There
H.
[enry] H. [arrison] Putnam died
at his home in Boulder, Col., at 5:50 o'clock Monday evening. The body will be
brought here for interment and funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock
Friday afternoon at the First Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by Rev. W.
B. Thompson, the pastor. His son, Jason Putnam, and daughter, Mrs. W. E. Fitch, were summoned to his bedside the latter part of
last week and were with him at the time of death. He had been ill about ten
days. Mr. Putnam was 70 years
of age.
Mr.
Putnam was a native of Vermont,
but had been a resident of this county for forty years. In April, 1910, Mr.
and Mrs. Putnam went to Boulder,
and have since resided there. During his long residence here Mr. Putnam became one of the best known citizens of the
county, rearing a large family of sons and daughters, who were afforded liberal
educations and have taken prominent places and been rewarded with success.
Surviving
are Jason P. [rentiss] Putnam and Mrs. W. E. Fitch of
Bedford, Mrs. W. W. Mason of
Wathena, Kan., Irving and Charles of Chicago, Clyde of Armor, S. D., Leslie of Helena, Mont., and Stella of Boulder, Col.
[Putnam, Virgil Glen]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October
20, 1983 p. 3
Services Pending For Virgil
Putnam
Services
for longtime Bedford resident Virgil Glen Putnam, 84, of St. Joseph, Mo., will be Thursday,
October 20, at 2: 30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Bedford. Interment
will be in the Bedford Mausoleum. Shum-Novinger Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
[Putnam, Virgil Glen]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October
27, 1983 p. 9
Final Rites Held In
Bedford For Virgil Putnam,
84
Funeral
services for Virgil Glen Putnam,
84, of St. Joseph, Missouri, a native of Taylor County, held October 20 in
Bedford United Methodist Church, were officiated by Rev. James Dale and Rev.
Carl Cummings. Mr. Putnam died
after a long illness October 17, 1983 at St. Joseph. Interment was in the
Mausoleum at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Ia.
Virgil
Glen Putnam, son of Jason P.
[rentiss] Putnam and Alta
Propst Putnam, was born in Taylor
County, Iowa May 19, 1899.
His
early years were spent on a farm west of Bedford except for a year in California.
He attended Bedford High School and entered officers training S. A. T. C.
College, Des Moines, Iowa in 1918. Following his honorable discharge from the
army he was engaged in farming west of Bedford.
On
December 24, 1921 he was united in marriage to Mary Nancy Livingston. They farmed and raised registered Hereford
cattle until 1951 when they moved to Bedford and operated a service station
through 1955. During these years they raised three children: two daughters and
a son who survive: Mrs. Donald (Margaret) Trout of St. Joseph, Missouri; Mrs. Duane (Mary Lou)
Jackson of St. Joseph, and Howard [Dean]
of Plano, Texas.
Also
surviving is one sister, Ferne Putnam Clayton of Harlingen, Texas, six grandchildren: Robert
and Jim Trout, Mark and Janet Jackson, Michael and Susan Putnam and two great granddaughters, Cristi Campbell and Stacie Trout. He is also survived by one daughter-in-law, Krista
Putnam and two sons-in-law, Don
Trout and Duane Jackson.
Virgil became a member of the Baptist Church at an early
age; later he joined the Methodist Church.
In
1955 they moved to Chillicothe, Missouri where he was employed in men's
clothing as well as being elected police judge and being active in Republican
politics. He was a flying farmer getting his pilot's license in 1945 and owned
his own plane on the farm for many years. Mary and he enjoyed many flying trips around the
Midwest.
Due
to Mary's illness they moved to St. Joseph in August 1972 where she died a few
weeks later. In St. Joseph he was a member of Hyde Valley United Methodist
Church.
Virgil was a hard and tireless worker all his life. He
set an example for his family, neighbors and friends that emphasized honesty,
integrity and kindness in all his actions and deeds. His life was always full
and useful and he received great enjoyment and satisfaction from his family,
church and community.
He
will be remembered as a loving, caring father, a good friend and neighbor and a
man who believed in and lived Christian values.
[Rea, Dorcas E.
Larkins]
Iowa South-west
Saturday May 17, 1879 p. 3
-Elder J. P. Roach will
preach the funeral sermon of Mrs. D. [orcas Larkins] Rea, at the Christian church on next Lord's Day, the
18th of May, at 11 a. m.
[Note:
The same announcement was printed in the Bedford Argus, May 15, 1879, page 8.]
[Richardson, Lillie
Elizabeth Hudson Wilcox Winemiller]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 8, 1957 [p. 1]
Mrs.
Lillie Richardson Dies At
Maryville
Mrs.
Lillie Elizabeth Richardson, 50,
of near Hopkins, died Tuesday, August 6 at St. Francis hospital, Maryville,
after a long illness. She had been a patient at the hospital the past five
weeks.
Mrs.
Richardson was born May 24, 1907,
at Clarinda, the daughter of Mrs. Bert Hudson of Bedford and the late Mr. Hudson. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church.
Survivors
include her husband, Elmer Richardson, of the home; her mother of Bedford; a daughter, Mrs. Helena
Walker, Lisco, Nebr., two sons, Bennie
Winemiller of the home and Vernon
Wilcox, Bedford; three stepsons, William
Richardson of Omaha, Gary and
James Richardson of the home;
five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Anada Larson of Bedford, and Mrs. Yvonne Snyser of Sheridan; two brothers, Lowell Hudson of Hopkins, and Dale Hudson of Bedford.
[Richardson, Mary
Elizabeth Burch]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 11,
1947 p. 2
HOPKINS
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Mrs. Elmer
Richardson Dies When Her
Car Overturns
Mrs.
[William] Elmer Richardson [Mary Elizabeth Burch], who resided seven miles southwest of Hopkins,
met a tragic death Wednesday, Sept. 3, when the car she was driving left the
gravel road about five miles east of here, and overturned. She was caught
underneath the car and her neck was broken. She was accompanied by Clyde
Garten, a mechanic of Hopkins. He was uninjured. A jury inquest was held with
the verdict of "Accidental Death."
Funeral
rites were held at the Pickering Christian church Saturday afternoon. Burial
was at Elmo, Mo. Rev. L. B. Day, of Maryville was in charge of the service.
She
is survived by her husband and four sons; her mother, Mrs. George Burch of Pickering; three brothers and three sisters.
[Richardson, Mary
Elizabeth Burch]
Maryville Daily
Forum
Thursday September 4, 1947 [p. 1]
Woman Suffers Broken
Neck in Auto Accident
Mrs.
[William] Elmer Richardson,
33-year old farm wife of six miles southwest of Hopkins, was instantly killed
at 5:45 o’clock Wednesday afternoon when the car she was driving, a 1947
Chevrolet coach, overturned in a ditch five and a half miles east of Hopkins on
a gravel road.
Passenger Not Injured
Clyde
Garten, 27-year-old Hopkins resident who was riding with Mrs. Richardson was uninjured.
Mrs.
Richardson’s death was due to a broken neck according to a report by Dr. L. E.
Dean of Maryville, county coroner. A coroner’s inquest was held at 2 o’clock
this afternoon in the Swanson funeral home at Hopkins.
Mother of Four Boys
Garten,
who was held in the county jail here last night to await the inquest today told
Deputy George Beverlin that he and Mrs. Richardson, mother of four small boys were returning from
Sheridan when the car overturned.
Elmer
Richardson, owner of the car his
wife was driving, was on the streets of Hopkins waiting for her to pick him up
when the accident occurred, according to Beverlin. He was not notified of his
wife’s death for several hours after it happened.
Going Over 60 Miles an Hour
An
investigation made at the scene by Beverlin and Sgt. J. W. Whan, state trooper,
showed that the car going west, began swerving at the top of a hill, skidded
approximately 100 feet, then overturned into a ditch on the south side of the
road.
Garten
told Beverlin and Sgt. Whan that Mrs. Richardson was driving between 60 and 70 miles an hour when
it began swerving.
The
car was demolished according to the accident report.
Four Children Survive
Mrs.
Richardson was born March 2, 1914 at Pickering, the daughter of
the late George [Holmes] Burch and Miss Lola Myrtle Burch of
Pickering. Her maiden name was Mary
Elizabeth. On Nov. 14, 1934 she
was married to Elmer Richardson.
They have four sons, Bill, 11, Gary, 8, Larry, 7, and Jimmie, 5.
She
is survived by her husband; her mother; three sisters, Mrs. Esther Mozingo, Elmo; Mrs. Maybelle Fields, Richmond, Calif., and Mrs. Ethel Reichardt, Massena, Ia., and three brothers, Frank Burch, Marcus, Ia., Forest Burch, Minden, Ia., and George Ruola Burch, Cherokee, Ia. Her twin sister, Martha Lee, died in 1941.
Mrs.
Richardson had lived in the
Hopkins vicinity all her life.
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