[Graham, Kenneth
Frank]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday September 14,
1994 p. 5
KENNETH FRANK
GRAHAM
Kenneth
"Kenny" Frank Graham,
age 78, was born February 13, 1916 in Vicksburg, Miss., to parents Earl
Graham and Lota Bearco Graham. He died September 7, 1994 at the Clearview
Nursing Home in Mount Ayr.
He
grew up in the Northwest Missouri area and graduated in 1936 from the Elmo High
School, Elmo, Mo.
He
enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943. He served as a Seaman First Class
on the U.S.S. Hendry, where he specialized in amphibious training for
operations in the Pacific. This duty took him to much of the South Pacific, the
Philippines, Iwo Jima, and he was involved with clean-up operations in Japan at
the close of the war. Because of his war efforts he was awarded two medals: a
purple heart, and the Congressional Medal of Honor.
After
serving his country he returned to the Midwest where he worked in several
grocery stores as manager of the produce department.
He
was married on May 29, 1968 to Vesta Bernice Scott Waugh in Omaha. They made their home in St. Joseph,
Mo., Des Moines, Iowa, and later local Bedford, Iowa. It was noted that after
his wife's death last December, his health slipped, as he lost the will to live
after his beloved's passing.
Besides
his late wife, Vesta Bernice,
he was also preceded in death by his parents, and a daughter Janice Bishop.
Survivors
include six other children, Judy Mills, Jackie Cole, Edward Graham, Margie
Woodhull, Kerry Graham, and Roger
Waugh. Also brothers Carl
Graham and family of Maryville,
Mo., Harvey Graham and family
of Kansas City, Mo., Earl Graham and
family of Wheatfield, Kan. and sisters Betty Gilbert and family of Maryville, and Irene Fifon and family of Kansas City, Mo. Also, a sister-in-law, Mildred Scott and family of
Bedford, and a host of nieces and nephews. Also many grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
He
was a member of the local American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars
organizations.
Funeral
services were held at the Novinger-Taylor Funeral Home in Bedford September 11
with Pastor Jamie Mogler of the First Baptist Church of Bedford officiating.
Burial was at the Athelstan Cemetery.
His
family noted that Kenny and
his late wife enjoyed gardening, raising enough vegetables, especially
tomatoes, to keep the whole town supplied. He also enjoyed yard work, being
outside, tinkering with lawn mowers, CB radios, and Bingo down at the Legion
Hall.
[Graham, Vesta Bernice
Scott Waugh]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday January 5,
1994 p. 6
VESTA BERNICE
GRAHAM
Vesta
Bernice Graham was born October
4, 1923, the youngest child born to [James] Haley [Harley] and China Lantz Scott of Athelstan, Iowa. Bernice as [she] was known to family and friends grew up
in Athelstan where she attended school and church. She graduated from the
Athelstan High School in 1941.
Vesta was united in marriage to Aubrie
Waugh August 10, 1941 at
Maryville, Mo. To this union five children were born, Harrison, Reva, Gayla
Janese, Leland and Roger.
Vesta worked outside her home all of her adult life.
She cared for her ailing father until his death. Vesta was employed at many different jobs, but was most
interested in caring for other people. Vesta was employed at Sisters Hospital in St. Joseph,
Mo. as a unit secretary for many years.
On
May 29, 1968 she was united in marriage to Kenneth Graham. To this union one son was born, Kerry.
Vesta and her family moved to Des Moines, Iowa in 1972. Vesta was employed by the Des
Moines Lutheran Hospital as a unit secretary on a medical-surgical floor. While
at Lutheran Hospital, she received her Certified Nurses Aid training and
Medication Aid training.
In
1977, Vesta and her family
moved to Bedford, where she was employed by the Bedford Manor, first as a
Resident Care Tech and later as Supervisor of the housekeeping department,
until her illness forced her to retire. Vesta enjoyed her work very much and the people she
cared for.
Vesta was an excellent cook and gardener. She and her
husband Kenny raised and
canned many vegetables from their garden each year and shared with everyone in
the community.
Vesta was a kind and loving mother and cared deeply
about all of her children. Vesta was a special aunt, grandma and great grandma.
Vesta was preceded in death by her parents, Harley
and China Scott, two brothers, Herschel
(Red) Scott, Howard Scott, one
half-brother, Joe Fenwick, one
sister, Genese Branson and a
sister Hazel and a brother David who died in infancy, and one
daughter, Gayla, who died in
infancy.
Left
to cherish her memory is her husband Kenny of the home; sons Harrison Waugh and wife Linda of King City, Mo., Leland Waugh and wife June, Roger Waugh and wife Sherry, Kerry Graham, all of Des Moines, Iowa; a daughter, Reva
Weathered of Parksville, Mo.;
seven grandchildren; one great granddaughter; seven nieces and two nephews;
four stepchildren; one sister, Joyce Rockafellow of Des Moines and one sister-in-law, Mildred
Scott, Bedford.
Vesta will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved
her.
[Green, Gerald Laverne
“Jerry”]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday December 28,
1988 p. 3
JERRY GREEN
Funeral
services for Gerald "Jerry" Laverne Green were held at the Blockton Christian Church on
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1988 at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. Scott Marcum. Interment
was in the Athelstan Cemetery. Services were under the direction of the
Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home.
Gerald
"Jerry" Laverne Green was
born April 5, 1955 in Mt. Ayr, Iowa to Gerald W. and Norma Jean Wildt Green, and departed this life December 19, 1988 at his
home near Blockton, Iowa, at the age of 33 years, eight months and 14 days. Jerry lived in Athelstan, Iowa until
the age of nine years when he moved to Missouri. In 1974 he moved back to the
Athelstan area.
He
married Charlene Gipe on May
4, 1974 in Elmo, Mo. To this union two daughters Andrea Kay, age 12, and Belinda Jean, age 9 were born.
Jerry was a member of the Sheridan Christian Church, a
4-H leader, member of the Advisory Board of MFA, and was a graduate of Sheridan
Community High School. He had played Santa the past two years for the Blockton
community. His chosen occupation was farming.
In
addition to his wife, daughters, and parents, Jerry is survived by one sister, Sherry and her husband Fred Skinner and children Jennifer and Willie of Blockton; one brother Terry Dean and his wife Lori of Grant City; his mother and father-in-law, Jim
and Bonnie Gipe of Albany, Mo.;
sisters-in-law Benita and
husband Martin Lane, Cristie, Keri and Kyle of Houston,
Texas; Carolyn and husband Scott Davenport and Jodi of Des
Moines; grandmothers, Mrs. Mae McIntyre of Elmo, Mo., and Mrs. Neva Green of Shenandoah; aunts and uncles are Mr. Donald
Green, Wahoo, Neb.; Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond White, Shenandoah; Mr.
and Mrs. Leland Laghry, Coin; Mr.
and Mrs. Junior Green, Council
Bluffs; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Green,
Keystone, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Green, Mt. Ayr; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Green, Perry, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Wildt, Bedford; and other families; other relatives,
many friends and neighbors.
[Grubb, Ralph John “Tony”,
Sr.]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 8, 1984 p. 8
Ralph [Tony] Grubb,
Sr. Final Rites Were Held
February 28
Funeral
services for Ralph (Tony) J. [ohn] Grubb Sr., 65, of Shenandoah, Iowa, were held February 28
in St. John's Episcopal Church with Father Paul Shaffer officiating. Mr.
Grubb died February 25, 1984 in
Veterans Administration Hospital in Omaha, Nebr. Interment was at the Athelstan
Cemetery, Athelstan, Iowa.
Ralph
J. [ohn] Grubb Sr. was born on
April 17, 1918, in Ruthven, Iowa, to Charles [Wesley] and Louise [Louisa
Katherine Handke] Grubb.
He
married Viola E. Booher on
December 9, 1948, in Shenandoah, Iowa. Viola preceded him in death in October of 1981.
He
was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church and was a nurseryman for many years
for Mt. Arbor Nurseries in Shenandoah.
Mr.
Grubb served during World War II
for the United States Army.
He
was preceded in death by his wife Viola, his parents, and three brothers, Leroy, Franklyn, and Edward; also a sister Rose.
Left
to cherish his memory are: a son, Ralph J. (Jim) Grubb Jr., of Shenandoah; a daughter, Mrs. Larry (Vera)
Dumler, of Cumberland; two
sisters: Mrs. Floyd (Ruth) Woods Sr. of Ackworth, Iowa, and Mrs. Lyle (Mary) Hilker of Bristow, Iowa; seven grandchildren, Jody,
Amy, Colby, and Rawn Grubb, and Derek,
Dustin and A. J. Dumler;
brothers-in-law Glade Booher of
Clarinda, and George Booher of
Shambaugh, Iowa; three sisters-in-law Marce Binau of Shenandoah, Darlene Jones of Shenandoah, and Leona Williams of Athelstan, Iowa.
Memorials
are suggested to the Cancer Society or the Pioneer Hospice Program.
[Hanks, Claude Friend]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 24,
1964 p. 8
Claude Hanks Rites Yesterday
Funeral
services for Claude Friend Hanks,
44, former Blockton resident, were held yesterday (Sept. 23) at 708 State
Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Rev. Ward Campbell officiating. Mr.
Hanks died in Kansas City Sept.
20. Military honors were conducted by Blockton American Legion at Athelstan
Cemetery.
[Hanks, Claude Friend]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 1,
1964 p. 10
Claude Hanks Rites Sept. 23
Funeral
services for Claude Friend Hanks,
formerly of Blockton, held Sept. 23 at State Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home
in Bedford, were conducted by Rev. Ward Campbell. Mr. Hanks died Sept. 20, 1964, in Kansas City, Mo. at the
age of 44 years, one month and 18 days. Interment was at Athelstan Cemetery,
Athelstan.
Included
in the services was the following obituary.
Claude
Friend Hanks, son of Charles
and Dorothy Hanks, was born Aug.
4, 1920 at Blockton, Iowa. He attended school at Blockton.
Later
he moved to the state of Missouri.
He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Hanks of Kansas City; two sons, Lavond and Phillip Hanks of Lathrop, Mo.; three brothers, Otis of Redding, Ia., Orville of Skidmore, Mo., Harold of Butte, Mont.; five sisters, Mrs. Nancy
Turner of Burbank, Calif., Olive
Flanders of Cucamonga, Calif., Margaret
Persons and Maude Holland both of Des Moines and Orda Moss of Bolton, Mo.; four granddaughters and one
grandson as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
His
father, mother and one brother preceded him in death.
[Hays, Gertrude Mayer]
Blockton News
Thursday April 3,
1930 [p. 1]
Obituary
Miss
Gertrude Mayer was born in
Chicago, Illinois, March 17,1880, and died March 27, 1930, in St. Joseph, Mo.,
aged 50 years and 10 days. She moved from Chicago to St. Louis, Mo., in 1890,
where she resided until 14 years ago when she removed to St. Joseph, Mo.
She
was united in marriage to Clyde Hayes [Hays] Feb. 2, 1925. She was taken to a hospital March
14 where she died March 27.
Besides
her companion she leaves to mourn their loss two sisters and one brother, Mrs.
J. B. Meeder, Mrs. M. Steck, and Harry
Mayer, all of St. Louis, and a
host of other relatives and friends.
She
was a faithful, loving wife and good neighbor, and will be sadly missed by all
who knew her.
The
remains were brought to Athelstan March 29th where the funeral services were conducted
in the Baptist church by Challie E. Graham, and the remains laid to rest in the
cemetery at the same place. The music for the occasion was furnished by Marion,
William and Calvin Jenkins, and Ella Knop, with Miss Eleanor McDonald at the
piano. The pallbearers were L P Jenkins, Lon Kemery, J. E. Jonathan Vanskyock,
and Ernest and Thomas Ford.
The sorrowing ones have
the sympathy of a host of friends. May the great loving Father comfort, bless
and guide them all into that tearless Home above where is joy forever more.
[Note:
The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Times-Republican, April 3, 1930, page 5 through the sentence “and
the remains laid to rest in the cemetery at the same place.”]
[Hays, Lydia Bryant
Mitchell]
Blockton News
Thursday February 12,
1920 [p. 1]
Obituary
Lydia
Bryant Mitchell was born in
Illinois Sept. 9, 1845, and departed this life at her home in Athelstan, Mo.
[Iowa], Feb. 3, 1920,aged 74 years, 4 months and 24 days.
She
was united in marriage to C. [aleb] M. Hayes [Hays]
in 1872. To this union was born seven children, as follows: Ella Pratt,
Clarence L. [eRoy], Vernon D., Carl L.[eslie], Floyd H., Charlie C. and Styles E., all of whom are living except Floyd H., Charlie C., Styles E. and Vernon D. She
also leaves to mourn her departure, her companion and the following brothers: William
Mitchell, Styles Mitchell and Dan Mitchell. Also six grandchildren.
The
living children were all present at the funeral except Clarence L. [eroy]. The funeral services were conducted from the home
Feb. 5 by Challie E. Graham, pastor of the Isadora Church of Christ after which
the remains were laid to rest in the Athelstan cemetery.
The
bereaved ones have the sympathy of the many friends, all of whom wish for them
the blessing and help of God in this hour of sorrow.
[Hays, Martha Mignon
Idleman]
Bedford Free Press
Wednesday January 16, 1918 p. 6
Mrs.
[Martha]Mignon [Idleman] Hays died at the Noyes hospital in St. Joseph Tuesday [Jan. 8, 1918] following an
operation for appendicitis.
[Kemery, Vesta Mabel
Adams]
Blockton News
Thursday February 12,
1920 [p.
1]
Obituary
Vesta
Mabel Adams, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John [Morgan] Adams, was
born Feb. 11, 1897, and departed this life Feb. 7, 1920, lacking 4 days of
being 23 years of age.
She
was united in marriage to Ira [Birl] Kemery Dec. 13, 1914. To this union was born one son, Clyde
Kenneth, aged 2 years.
She
confessed faith in Jesus Christ a few years ago and was ever a consistent
Christian, telling her friends during her sickness that heaven was like a land
of flowers, and that she was going home.
She
leaves to mourn her departure, her husband, son, father, mother three sisters
and three brothers, Effie, Etta, Myrtle, Elbert, Warren and John, Jr. [words unreadable] only a few days ago. She also
leaves her aged grandparents and many other relatives and friends.
The
funeral services were conducted from the home Feb. 9 by Challie E. Graham,
pastor of the Isadora Church of Christ, and the remains laid to rest in the
Athelstan cemetery.
The
bereaved ones have the sympathy of their many friends. We commend them to the
kind heavenly Father, and pray his blessings upon them.
[Hiatt, Violet Vivian
White Acklin]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday July 6, 1988 p. 3
VIOLET VIVIAN HIATT
Services
for Violet Vivian Hiatt, 73,
were held June 25, 1988 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Steve
Hansen. Burial was at Athelstan Cemetery, Athelstan, Ia. Mrs. Hiatt died June 23, 1988.
Violet
Vivian Hiatt was born October 8,
1914 in Athelstan, Ia., the daughter of Luey Franklin and Bertha (Lee) White.
Violet was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Alma Shifflet. She was also
preceded in death by her husbands, Clarence Acklin and Elvin [George] Hiatt.
Violet is survived by her daughter, Lois Henry, who describes her mother as her best friend and
four granddaughters, Mrs. Carl (Karen) Cain, Mrs. David (Susan) Stevens,
Sandra Sons and Amy Henry.
Violet is also survived by five
great grandchildren: Angela, Jonathan, and Clarissa Cain, Stephanie Sons and Matthew Stevens; a brother Raymond White, and a sister, Anis Long.
Her
family was the most important thing in her life and she had given her children
a treasury of precious memories that they will carry with them always.
[Long, Annis White]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday February 3,
1993 p. 5
Services Wed. for Annis
Long
Word
has been received here of the death of a former Bedford resident, Annis Long, 80, of Glenwood.
Services
were held at 10 a. m. Wednesday in Glenwood with burial at Athelstan Cemetery.
[Long, Annis White]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday February 10,
1993 p. 5
ANNIS LONG
Funeral
service for Annis (Mrs. Mervin) Long of Glenwood, were held Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1993 at Peterson Mortuary
in Glenwood, Iowa with Rev. Richard T. Wheatley officiating. Graveside service
was held at the Athelstan Cemetery.
Annis
[White] Long, formerly of
Bedford, Iowa was born November 13, 1912 at Athelstan, Iowa and died January
31, 1993 at GlenHaven Home, Glenwood, Iowa.
She
married Mervin Wilder Long April 7, 1937 in Grant City, Mo. To this union, four children were born: Vivian
Tribbie of Glenwood, sons, Glen
Long of Clarinda, Mervin
Eugene Long of Glenwood, and Donald
Lee Long of Tabor, Iowa.
She
lived in Bedford, Clarinda and Corning. She was a housewife.
Left
to cherish her memory are her children and 13 grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
[Long, Mervin Wilder]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 6, 1979 p. 6
Mervin Long, 68 Last Rites Were Held Dec. 3
Funeral
services for Mervin Wilder Long,
68 of Glenwood, Iowa, held December 3 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford,
were conducted by Rev. Del Kande Krol. Mr. Long died November 30, 1979 in Jenny Edmundson
Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Interment was at Athelstan Cemetery,
Athelstan, Iowa.
Mervin
Wilder Long, son of Lon
[Alonzo] and Millie [Amelia Boatman] Long, was born at Gayner City, Missouri April 10, 1911. He lived on a
farm near Hopkins, Missouri where he grew to maturity and attended the public
school and the Methodist Church.
On
April 7, 1937 he was united in marriage to Annis White at Grant City, Missouri and they lived near
Bedford, Iowa for a number of years. To this union four children were born, Mrs.
Vivian Marie Tribbie, Glenwood, Glen, Clarinda, Eugene, Pacific Junction, Donald, Tabor.
He
was engaged in farming until 1963 when he moved to Glenwood, Ia., where he was
employed at the Glenwood State Hospital School until his retirement and illness
in May 1978.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, George Long.
Left
to cherish his memory are his wife, Mrs. Annis Long; four children, Mrs. Delbert Tribbie, Glen,
Eugene and Donald Long and 10 grandchildren; Darol and Dennis; Larry,
Kenny and Karen; Lee, Carlie and Verann; Ricky and Brenda.
He
was a kind and loving husband and father and will be missed by all who knew and
loved him.
[White, Bertha Alice
Lee]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 17, 1946 p. 3
ATHELStAN
Obituary - Mrs.
Frank White
Bertha
Alice Lee, daughter of W.
[infield] S. [cott] and Annie [Malinda Anna Bryan] Lee, was born at Parnell, Mo., May 10, l887 and died
at her home northwest of Athelstan, Saturday, October 5.
As
a child she moved with her parents to Blockton, where she grew to womanhood. At
an early age, she was converted and became a member of the United Brethren
church, and to this Faith she remained true.
She
was married to Frank White of
Athelstan on January 1, 1911. To them were born four children: Mrs. Annis
Long of near Bedford, Raymond
White, of Isadora, Mrs. Alma
Shiflet of Athelstan, Mrs.
Violet Acklin at home.
She
is survived by her husband, four children and six grandchildren.
She
was a kind and loving wife and mother and her many deeds of kindness will never
be forgotten in the community in which she lived.
Services were held at the Community church in
Athelstan Tuesday October 8, conducted by Rev. L. B. Day of Maryville. Burial
was in the Athelstan cemetery.
Attend White Rites
Among
those from a distance who attended the last rites for Mrs. Frank White, included the following:
Mrs.
Paul Booher of Sidney; Jesse
Smith and son Tommy Smith and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wise of Tabor; L. G. Gavin and family of Shenandoah; Berl Brown and family, Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Alexander of Essex; Mr. and Mrs. Clellan White and sons, Virgil and Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell White, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray White of Malvern; Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Brumfield, Mrs. Herman Miller, Mrs. Roy Weaver, Mrs. Nellie
Townsend, Mrs. Jim Hensley, Mrs. Glenn Walkup, Harold Brown and family, all of Bedford; Mrs. Bert Goff,
Mrs. Jay Goff, Mrs. Anna Brumfield of Isadora; Mr. and Mrs. John Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Weaver, Mrs. Glenn
Stroburg of Blockton.
[White, Luey Franklin “Frank”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 9, 1966 p. 8
Luey White, 78, Rites Tuesday
Funeral
services for Luey Frank [lin] White,
78, of Athelstan, were held May 31 at the Community church in Athelstan with
Rev. Lawrence B. Day officiating. Mr. White died May 29, 1966 at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Annis Long near Glenwood, Ia.
Interment was at Athelstan Cemetery, Athelstan.
Luey
Frank White, son of [David] Frank [lin] and Mary [Elizabeth Brumfield]
White, was born June the 10th 1887, near Athelstan.
On
January 1, 1911, he was united in marriage to Bertha Alice Lee.
To
this union four children were born: Annis, Violet, Raymond and Alma.
He
was preceded in death by his wife, Bertha; one daughter, Alma;
his parents; two brothers, Floyd and Tom; three sisters, Della,
Alma and Madge.
He
is survived by two daughters, Annis Long of Glenwood and Violet Hiatt of Farragut; a son, Raymond of Shenandoah, Iowa; one brother, Clellan of Malvern, Ia.; two sisters, Anna Brown of Essex, Ia., and Mary Booher of Sidney, Iowa; eight grandchildren; six great
grandchildren; nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
He
was a kind and loving father and was loved by all who knew him.
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