Obituaries
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[Cook, Amy Carpenter]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     April 12, 1928      p. 4

Amy Carpenter Cook

Amy Carpenter was born Nov. 11, 1855 in eastern Iowa, and died April 2nd, 1928, at San Diego, Calif., at the age of 72 years, 5 months, and 9 days.   She grew up in Iowa and spent most of her life in this state. For many years she was a resident of   Taylor County, and for about 3 years she lived in Bedford, Ia. She was united in marriage at Eldora, Ia., Dec. 24th, 1872, to Roy [Ray] D. [allas] Cook. Her husband died a number of years ago. To them were born 2 children, Mrs. I. [saac] M. Johnston [Mina Elenor] of San Diego, Calif., and C. [yrus] O.[ran] Cook of Denver, Colo. She has made her home    with her daughter, Mrs. Johnston for about 8 years.   She is survived by her two children, 2 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren and many other friends and relatives. She was converted    in the old Methodist church of Bedford, Ia., and united with    that church. She lived a loyal Christian life and was a faithful member of the church for many years. Her faith was triumphant, evidencing   itself in    qualities    that made her   a good neighbor   and endeared her to a large circle of acquaintances.

Accompanied by her daughter, her body arrived in Bedford, Saturday night, April 7th.  Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 P. M., Sunday by Rev. G. T.  Roberts at the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the body was laid to rest in the Bedford cemetery.

[Croson, Lonnie Dean]

Funeral services for Lonnie Dean Croson, age 44 of Bedford, who died Monday, October 28, 2002, at his home were held Thursday, October 31, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. at Ritchie in Bedford with Pastor Ted DeHass officiating. Interment was held in the Bedford City Cemetery. Memorials can be given in his name.

Lonnie Dean Croson was born September 8, 1958 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of Cloyd Eugene Croson and Patricia Belle McClelland Croson. He grew up in Council Bluffs graduating from the Thomas Jefferson High School in 1976. He met Cindy Schrodt in June of 1978 and the couple was united in marriage on March 28, 1980 in Council Bluffs. Lonnie and Cindy moved to Bedford where he worked at the Clarinda Treatment Complex. Lonnie loved to cook and had worked for several area restaurants. He enjoyed watching all sports, especially professional wrestling. He especially enjoyed taking his children to baseball games when they were young. Lonnie loved his family dearly and thought the world of his grandson, Clayton.

Lonnie is survived by his wife, Cindy Croson of Bedford his mother, Patricia Croson of Council Bluffs two daughters, Tracy Ebrecht and husband, Shannon of Bedford and Heather Croson of Bedford a brother, Randy Croson and wife, Nancy of Council Bluffs a sister, Linda Shelden and husband, Roger of Council Bluffs his favorite aunt, Kandy Hernandez and husband, Harry of Glenwood a grandson, Clayton Ebrecht of Bedford several sisters and brothers-in-law, along with numerous other relatives and friends.

Preceding Lonnie in death are his father, Cloyd in 1999 maternal grandparents, Leola and Roland Christianson and James McClelland paternal grandparents, Florence and George Croson and a brother, Jimmie in 1977.

Online Obituary available from Eickemeyer Funeral Chapel, Bedford, Iowa. Link: http://www.efc.cc/_main/obituaries.asp

[Dugan, Milo Albert]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      November 7, 1935     p. 3

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ALBERT DugaN DIES

Was Resident Of Taylor County For 64 Years

Albert Dugan, 80, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Ackley [Bessie], west of Gravity, Friday, Oct. 25. The funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Gravity the following Sunday, conducted by Rev. L. V. Nixon. Burial was in the Bedford cemetery.

[Milo] Albert Dugan, son of Mary [Jones] and Elisha Dugan, was born in Stark County, Ill., Sept. 5, 1855.

When a small child, his parents moved to Ringgold county, Iowa, and in 1871, they moved to a farm in Taylor county, northeast of Bedford. It was here he was married to Mary Elizabeth Masters, April 14, 1881. To them, three children were born, Bessie, Milo and Maudie.

Those who are left to mourn his passing are the three children, five grandchildren, and one great grandchild, an aged sister in California.

Mr. and Mrs. Dugan resided on farms around Gravity until 1894, when they moved into Gravity, remaining there until the death of his wife, in January 1934.

In 1893, he was converted and united with the Methodist church.

[Dugan, Mary Elizabeth Masters]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      January 18, 1934     p. 6

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Burial At Bedford

Funeral services for Mrs. Albert Dugan [Mary Elizabeth Masters], who died Wednesday Jan. 10, at the home of her son, Milo Dugan, were held Friday afternoon at the Gravity M. E. church, conducted by Rev. R. V. Felt. Burial was in the Bedford cemetery.

[Evans, Etta Belle Craig]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      April 3, 1941     [p. 1]

Mrs. J. A. Evans, 81, Succumbs Tuesday

Mrs. J. [ames] A. [lexander] Evans [Etta Belle Craig], 81, died at her home in Bedford early Tuesday morning, April 1, after having been in ill health for several months.

The funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home at 11 o'clock this forenoon, conducted by Rev. O. H. Hallgrimson. Burial was in the Bedford cemetery.

Mrs. Evans is survived by her son, Walter Evans and wife of Omaha, and by her daughter, Mrs. Grey Miller and husband of Norris, S. Dak.

[Evans, Etta Belle Craig]

Taylor County Herald

Thursday      April 3, 1941     [p. 1]

Services Today for Etta Evans

Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock this morning from the Wetmore Funeral Home for Mrs. Etta B. [elle Craig] Evans, 81.

Mrs. Evans died at her home here Tuesday after a long illness.

She is survived by her son, Walter, of Omaha and by a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Miller who lives in the Dakotas.

The rites were conducted by the Rev. O. H. Hallgrimson of the Bedford Baptist church. Interment was in Bedford cemetery.

[Fulton, Eliza]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     May 12, 1904     p. 4

A message has been received conveying the news of a sad coincident connected with the death of Uncle Jesse Fulton. His youngest sister, who resides in Pittsburg, Pa., and who was apparently in the best of health, dropped dead Sunday morning.

[Fulton, Jesse]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     May 12, 1904     [p. 1]

Called To His Reward

Jesse Fulton After a Lingering Illness Passed Away At 1:45 This Morning

From Wednesday's Daily

Jesse Fulton, familiarly known as "Uncle Jesse Fulton, " died this morning at 1:45 at his residence in the southeast part of Bedford, age 67 years, 7 months and 28 days, after a lingering illness of nearly seven weeks.

The deceased was born September 18, 1836 in Butler county, Pa. On April 22,1858 in Bakerstown, Pa., he was married to Miss Margaret Huey, who for nearly half a century was his companion and loving help meet; forty-six years ago, back in the old "Keystone state" when both were in the spring time of life, plighted their troth, and ever since, through the changeful years, through the snows of winter and summer's pleasant days, they have journeyed together. Little ones came to bless their home, and life looked bright and cheery; then came the hour of our nation's peril, and shouldering his musket the husband and father tore himself from his family's loving embrace and marched away to protect his country's flag. As a member of Company A, 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (also known as the 212 Pennsylvania) he faced southern lead and steel, and only after the surrender at Appomattox did he lay down his musket and receive his discharge in June 1865. Soon after the war they moved to Iowa, and in 1867 settled on a farm south of Bedford. Affairs here were then unsettled, and the husband and family saw many a dark day in their pioneer life, but keeping always a brave heart and a cheerful face, he met life’s troubles as they came. A loving husband and father, he fed, clothed and reared his family, standing as a bulwark between his loved ones and the rough jostlings of pioneer life. Later they moved to Bedford and for the last twenty-four years they have resided here.

During their married life seven children have came to Mr. and Mrs. Fulton; two have died, while the bereaved wife and mother and five children, now grown to maturity, are still left to mourn the loss of husband and father. The children living are: Elizabeth Derrickson, of Taylor county; Samuel Fulton, Bedford; Josephine Libby, Whatcom, Wash; Milo Fulton, Bedford; and Augusta Moody who has been living with her parents.

All his life the deceased was a strong rugged man to whom sickness was unknown. He was apparently stout and hearty up to last fall, when he met with an accident and later took a severe cold, and during the entire winter his health was poor; seven weeks ago, when he suffered a stroke of paralysis, due to a complication of diseases. Since that time it has been known that his days on earth could be but few. At times he has rallied, but there could be no hope of eventual recovery. The day before his death was one of suffering, and to him death came as a relief. The funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 p. m., on Thursday, May 12th, conducted by Rev. Barackman. Interment at Bedford cemetery.

[His gravestone gives his birth date as 1837.]

[Fulton, Jesse]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday     May 19, 1904    [p. 1]

Biographical

Jesse Fulton was born September 18, 1836, in Butler county, Pa, He married Margaret Huey in Bakerstown, Pa., April 22, 1858. To this union was born seven children. Those living are Mrs. Elizabeth Derrickson, Taylor county; Sam Fulton, Bedford; Mrs. Josephine Libby, Whatcom, Wash., Milo Fulton, Bedford, and Augusta Moody, who has been living with her parents. The aged and widowed wife is left to mourn the loss of the companion of many years.

Mr. Fulton was one of the hardy pioneers. He was a faithful and honored member of the 6th Penn. heavy artillery, and served his country faithfully and well. He and his family came to Iowa and settled on a farm south of Bedford in 1867, and later moved to Bedford. He was a kind, considerate father and a loving husband, and his presence will be sadly missed at the fireside of his home that knew him so long.

The funeral services were held at the home, and was largely attended. Many beautiful flowers attested the love and respect in which deceased was held.

Even tho the rain was pouring down at the time of the burial, quite a number of friends followed the remains to their final resting place in Fairview.

[Note: He was buried in the old Bedford or Bedford City Cemetery, not Bedford Fairview as stated in the obituary. His gravestone gives his birth date as 1837.]

[FULTON, JESSE]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, May 19, 1904
Funeral of Jesse Fulton
In spite of the very bad weather the funeral of Jesse Fulton was quite well attended. The number of friends who gathered to pay their last respects to the departed was as large as the house would accommodate. The address of Rev. Barackman was short but touching and filled with kind words of sympathy for those left behind. Although a heavy rain was falling, numerous carriages formed the cortege that conveyed the body of the deceased to its last resting place in Fairview cemetery.

[Fulton, Margaret Huey]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday     March 8, 1923     p. 8

Mrs. Fulton Buried Today

Mrs. Jesse Fulton died at her home in Bedford last Tuesday evening, March 6th at 6:45 after an illness of several days with pneumonia. She would have been 83 years of age next July. The funeral services are being held this afternoon at 2:30 from the Wetmore Funeral Home, conducted toy Rev. Lumbar of the Presbyterian Church and interment will be made in the Bedford cemetery. Following is the obituary:

Margaret Huy [Huey], daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Huy [Huey], was born near Pittsburg, Pa„ July 28, 1840. In April 1860 she was married to Jesse Fulton, and about '69 they came with their four children to Taylor county, Iowa, locating on a farm south of Bedford, where they lived for quite a number of years, until they moved into Bedford, where their other three children were born. Cora, Nancy and Samuel died in early childhood. She is survived by four children: Mrs. Wm. Derrickson of near Bedford; Mrs. Chas. Libby of Tilden, Nebr; Mrs. Ralph Breece of Bedford and Milo Fulton of Bedford. There are also thirteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Early in life, Mrs. Fulton united with the church and for many years has been a member of the Presbyterian Church here. For several years she has been unable to attend services but she remained true to the Kingdom. A pioneer of a new country has gone to seek a Better Country".

[Fulton, Margaret Huey]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     March 8, 1923     p. 8

Mrs. Jesse Fulton Dies

Mrs. Jesse Fulton died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Breece, in Bedford, Monday evening at 8 o’clock, of that dread disease pneumonia. She was among the oldest settlers and had many friends who will mourn in the loss of Mother Fulton.

Obituary

Another pioneer moves into a new house.

Margaret Huy [Huey], daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Hulean Huy [Huey], was born near Pittsburg, Pa., July 28, 1840. In April, 1860, she was married to Jesse Fulton, and about 1869, they came with their four children to Taylor county, Iowa, locating on a farm south of Bedford, where they lived for quite a number of years, until they moved into Bedford and where their other children, three, were born. Cora, Nancy and Samuel moved on to that Greater Country in childhood.

Mrs. Fulton is survived by four children: Mrs. Wm. Derrickson of Bedford, Mrs. Chas. Libby of Tilden, Nebr., Mrs. Ralph Breece of Bedford, and Milo Fulton of Bedford, and by 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

Early in life Mrs. Fulton united with the Church, and for many years has been a member of the Presbyterian Church here; and though for several years she has been unable to attend she has maintained her interest in it and in the Kingdom. A pioneer of a new country she has gone to seek "A Better Country".

The funeral took place from the Wetmore funeral parlors this afternoon, conducted by Rev. Lumbar, and the body laid beside that of her husband, in Bedford cemetery, who proceeded her several years ago.

[Goodrich, Horace]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     April 12, 1928      p. 4

Horace Goodrich

Horace Goodrich, who lives about 9 miles southwest of Bedford, died this (Thursday) morning at 2:00 o’clock. Funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time of going to press. For information call the Stithem Funeral Parlors.

[Meehan, Effie May]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     April 12, 1928      p. 4

Effie May Meehan

Effie May Meehan, daughter of   Mr. and Mrs. John [Campbell] Meehan [Margaret Lydia Cox], was born on a farm near Bedford, Ia., on May 6, 1875, and departed this life at Bedford, Ia., on April 9th, 1928, at the age of 52 years, 11 months and 3 days.   Miss Meehan was never permitted the God given privilege    of    enjoying    good health, and for many years    she was more or less afflicted and robbed of many things which have been the privilege of others to enjoy.   For nearly twenty years she made her home with Mr. and Mrs. James Walkup of Bedford, Iowa, and we feel   they should have   a word of praise and an expression of appreciation    relative to    the very kind and loving manner   in which they have cared for their less fortunate sister.    This kindness will not go unrewarded. Sister Effie was one of a family of 14 children, eight brothers, and five sisters, six who are now living as follows: Mrs. Mary Walkup of Bedford, Ia.; Sarah   Walkup   of Deep Rock, Mo.; John Meehan of Marble Hill, Mo.; Chas. Meehan of Moore, Mont.; Silas Meehan of State of Pennsylvania; and Mrs. Madge Burnette    of Duke, Okla. Aside from these mentioned she   leaves many other relatives   and admiring friends. Miss Meehan has spent her entire life in and near Bedford, Ia., and at a very early age she united with the Baptist church, and was a member in good and regular standing at the time of her death. Thus we shall draw to a peaceful close the life of one who has seen both the dark and the light sides of life. But in all we will not question the acts of Divine Providence.

Funeral services were held at 3:00 o’clock from the James Walkup home Wednesday afternoon, April 11, 1928, in charge of Rev. Clark M. Crowell, pastor of the First Baptist Church.

[Proctor, Minnie Osceola Arterburn Dale]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      December 4, 1958    p. 4

Mrs. Minnie Proctor Buried Here Friday

Graveside services for Mrs. Minnie Proctor, 92, who died in Sterling, Colo., were held at the Bedford cemetery Friday afternoon, November 28. Rev. Elmer Baker of the Christian church officiated. Mrs. Proctor is a former resident of this community and will be remembered as Mrs. William Dale.

Her daughter, Mrs. Glemma Chapin of Brush, Colo., accompanied the body to Bedford.

[Walker, Joel]

South-West Democrat

Friday     January 20, 1888     p. 4

Death of Joel Walker

At about 12 o’clock on last Thursday [January 19th] Mr. Joel Walker, of this city, bade adieu to the affairs of this life and passed to the conditions of that life beyond, of which so much is said and so little is known. He was 72 years, 3 months and 13 days old and has spent a little more than 31 years of his life in Bedford. He died of an internal tumor. Mr. Walker was a native of Maine. He lived a number of years in Ohio and his first marriage occurred in that State. He moved to Bloomfield, Iowa, in 1854 and to Bedford in 1856. He was one of the charter members of Bedford Lodge, No. 91, I. O. O. F., which, if memory serves us correctly, was organized in the winter of 1856-7. He has been a leading and active member of the organization ever since, and during his late sickness has received over fifty dollars in benefits. He had many warm personal friends, to whom he always proved true, and we think it may be truthfully said of him that he never knowingly or willfully wronged any man. He had some peculiarities, like most of us, which rendered him unpopular with many people but over these the mantle of charity must now be drawn, for they were the result of certain conviction of the mind honestly entertained. He was a firm and sincere believer in the doctrine that the spirits of the departed can and do communicate with people in this life and the life hereafter is but a continuation of this under more favorable conditions. He leaves five children, all by his first marriage, two sons, Elwin and Lee, and three daughters, Mrs. V. D. Nelson, Mrs. Emma Terpening and Mrs. Cora Winslow.

The funeral services take place tomorrow, in charge of the Odd Fellows.

And thus we bid adieu to another of our aged friends, but not without hope of a reunion.

[Walker, Joel]

South-West Democrat

Friday     January 27, 1888     p. 4

--C. W. Terpening came over from Omaha, where he has been during the last two or three months, to attend the funeral of his father-in-law, Joel Walker. Mr. Terpening says he is getting good wages as a house joiner and is [rest of sentence unreadable].

[Walker, Martha M. Everitt]

Bedford Daily Republican

Wednesday     June 8, 1904    p. 4

Burial Of Mrs. Walker

The body of Mrs. M. [artha] M. Walker arrived here on the noon train and was buried in the Bedford cemetery. There was no funeral held here and the services at the cemetery were conducted by Rev. Jones.

The deceased was for many years a resident of Bedford, but several years ago she removed to Atchison, Kans., where up to the time of her death, she resided with the family of her daughter's husband W. [illiam] W. [ilson] Clark. She was the relict of Joel Walker, who was well known to all the older residents, and prior to their marriage her name was Mrs. Everett [Everitt].

The deceased suffered [a] paralytic stroke over a year ago, and for the past three months has been confined to her bed. She had been gradually sinking for days, until death came painlessly at 12 last night. The body was accompanied here by W. [illiam] W. [ilson] Clark and his son, Robert. Many of the old settlers who had known Mrs. Walker when she lived here gathered at the depot, and when the body arrived, accompanied it to its last resting place.