Obituaries
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[Barton, Samuel]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday      October 3, 1895      p. 3

Holt Hustlings

Samuel Barton, formerly of this place, but who moved to Missouri last spring, died recently of Brights disease.

[Churchill, Samuel D.]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     June 13, 1912      [p. 1]

OBITUARY.

Samuel D. Churchill.

Samuel D. Churchill died at his home in Gravity Saturday, after an illness of about one week of paralysis. Funeral services were held at 10:30 o'clock Sunday, conducted by Rev. W. L. Dunlavy, interment being in the Gravity cemetery. He was 85 years of age.

Mr. Churchill was born at Mentor, Ohio, March 5, 1827. He resided at his birthplace until the days of his early youth, when, like all of the male members of his family, he took to the waters, where by his twenty-first year he had climbed through the various gradations of cabin boy, cook, stevedore, able-seaman, second mate, first mate and sailing master. He married Miss Serena Macomber in 1847 and forsook the waters as sailor and became a farmer and woodman. In 1853 he moved with his family to southwestern Michigan, where he resided two years. In 1855 he moved farther west, locating in this county, where he resided until death. As two of the pioneers of Washington Township they suffered the privations and hardships common to early settlers. So far as is known this old couple at the time of his death had lived as husband and wife longer in this county than any other couple in the county, representing over fifty-seven years of residence in Taylor County.

To this union were born two sons and one daughter, G. [eorge] W. Churchill of Lenox, Mrs. Ella M. Brookman of Gravity, and Charles, who died at the age of 3 years.

Mr. Churchill accepted Christianity in about 1856 and united with the Missionary Baptist church under the preaching of Uncle Jimmy Smith, and became one of the charter members of the First Baptist church of Haden Grove.

Surviving are two children, eleven grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren.

[Churchill, Samuel D.]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday     June 13, 1912     p. 5

Gravity News.

Samuel D. Churchill died in Gravity Saturday morning, June 8th. He was 82 years old at the time of his death and had been a resident of Taylor County for 57 years. His funeral sermon was preached Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, the services being conducted by Elder Dunlavy and the interment was in the Gravity cemetery.

[Churchill, Serena Macomber]

Bedford Free Press

Tuesday      July 21, 1914      p. 3

Gravity

Mrs. S. [erena] L. Churchill died Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Brokman [Brookman]. Funeral services were held at 10:30 Friday morning. Interment was in the Gravity cemetery.

[Churchill, Serena Macomber]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday      July 23, 1914      p. 3

OBITUARY

Mrs. S. D. Churchill.

Mrs. Samuel D. Churchill [Serena Macomber], who came to Iowa in 1855, and settled on the old homestead four miles north of Gravity, where she lived 52 years, died at Mrs. G. L. Brookman's residence, July 16, in Gravity, at the age of 83 years, 4 months, 18 days. She was the mother of Mrs. Brookman and George W. Churchill of Lenox. She was a woman of many excellent qualities and had been a very active member of the Missionary Baptist church for a half century, with many friends to mourn her departure.

The funeral services were conducted by W. L. Dunlavy, at the home of her daughter in Gravity the following Friday at 10:30 o'clock a. m., and her remains laid to rest in the Gravity cemetery.

[Churchill, Serena Macomber]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday      July 23, 1914      p. 8

Gravity

Mrs. S. [amuel] L. [D.] Churchill [Serena Macomber] died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Brookman, Thursday morning at 1:30 a. m., after a lingering illness of several months. Funeral services were held from the home Friday at 10:30 a. m., conducted by Rev. W. L. Dunlavy, by her request. There was also special music by her request. Interment at Gravity cemetery by the side of her husband, who preceded her two years ago.

[Dillabaugh, Omar Rose]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday       June 6, 1901      [p. 1]

Another Old Settler Dead

Monday evening, June 3, O. [mar] H. [Rose] Dillabaugh died at his home in Gravity, aged about 75 years. He was an old settler, and was highly respected by many. Interment in Holt cemetery.

 

[Ray, Audrey Violet Zeluf]

Thursday      October 7, 1939     p. 4

Audrey Zeluf Ray

Audrey Violet Zeluf was born in Hastings, Nebr. April 22, 1908 and died at the Iowa State Hospital, Sept. 29, 1939 at the age of 31 years, 5 months and 6 days.

She was married to Harold Ray of Sharpsburg in 1924. To them 3 children were born, Albert, Kathleen and Roberta,

She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeluf of Bedford; 3 brothers and 3 sisters, Forest [Edgar] Zeluf of Bedford, Esther Beltz and Lena Foster of Council Bluffs, Paul Zeluf, Ralph Zeluf and May Martin, all of Gravity.

She spent most of her life in Taylor County except the past two years, which she spent in Texas.

The funeral services were held at the Walker & Shum Funeral Home Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. Douglas Steffenson. Burial was in the Bedford Cemetery.

 

 

[Schrodt, Evelyn Lorraine Harris]

Bedford Times-Press

Wednesday       July 31, 1996      p. 4

Evelyn L. Schrodt

Mrs. Evelyn L. [orraine] Schrodt, 70 of Bedford, IA died Sunday evening, July 21st at her home.

She was born April 21, 1926, near New Market, IA, the daughter of Edgar and Neva Milligan Harris. On December 23, 1943 she married Lewis C. [harles] Schrodt who preceded her in death September 18, 1991. They farmed in the rural New Market and Bedford areas. Mrs. Schrodt moved to Bedford in 1992. She had worked in Council Bluffs, and Bedford businesses and was helping her sister, Trula Schrodt, with the Clarinda Auction lunches at the time.

Mrs. Schrodt is survived by nine children: Mrs. Dale (Rena Pauline) Fearnot, Kenesaw, NE; Mrs. Mike (Scharry Ann) Hipsley, Bedford, IA; Mrs. Donald (Phyllis Irene) Barrett, Council Bluffs, IA; Mrs. Everett (Karen Lou) Herzberg, Gravity, IA; Mrs. Leroy (Kay Ellen) Dukes, Bedford, IA; Mrs. Lonnie (Cindy Jane) Croson, Bedford, IA; Janice Lorraine Schrodt Campbell, Bedford, IA; Lewis Schrodt Jr., and wife Theresa, New Market, IA; John Paul Schrodt and wife Julie, Bedford, IA. There are 19 grandchildren, two step grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

Sisters are: Trula Schrodt, Bedford, IA; Anna May McMillin, Bedford, IA; and Lois Newby, Mt. Ayr, IA.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son Charles Edgar Schrodt, brother, Robert Leroy Harris and sister Dorothy Whitfield.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 25th at Walker-Merrick Funeral Home with burial in the Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, IA.

Evelyn was a loving and giving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend and will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

[Sheley, Cornelius “Case”]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday      October 17, 1907     p. 5

Death of Case Sheeley

Case Sheeley [Sheley] was born in Sullivan County, New York, June 23, 1820, and died at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. L. [emuel] B. [rance] Cantner [Elsie Decker], two miles south of town, October 13, 1907.

In 1846 Mr. Sheeley [Sheley] was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Vandermark [Vandemark], Monticello, N. Y., and to them one child was born, Mrs. J.[onathan] H. [enry] Decker [Hattie Ann], Woonsocket, S. D. In 1868 they moved to Taylor County and this has been their home ever since. Mr. Sheeley [Sheley] has made his home with his granddaughter, Mrs. Cantner, since the death of his wife, which occurred February 1905. For twenty-two years he has been a member of the Christian church dying in that faith. Mr. Sheeley [Sheley] was always an exceptionally hearty man in his younger days, and for 17 years he hauled lumber for the county. He was a kind, indulgent and affectionate husband and father, and a man universally esteemed by his neighbors and friends. The funeral was held Tuesday from the Cantner home, conducted by Elder Edgar Price, and the remains were laid to rest in Bedford cemetery. The bereaved have the sympathy of all.

[[Note: The last name is spelled Sheley on his gravestone.]

 

[Sheley, Cornelius “Case”]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday      October 17, 1907      p. 3

Death of Case Sheeley

On Sunday evening, at about 9 o'clock occurred the death of Cornelius Sheeley [Sheley], at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. L. [emuel] B. [rance] Cantner [Elsie Decker]. The funeral was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. L [emuel] B. [rance] Cantner on Tuesday at 2 o'clock p. m., conducted by Rev. Price.

Cornelius Sheeley, or better known as Case Sheeley, was born in Sullivan County, New York, on June 23, 1820, and at his death was 87 years, 3 months and 20 days old. He was married at the town of Mansello [Monticello], in the county where he was born, to Miss [Sarah] Vandermark [Vandemark], on September 4, 1846. To this union was born one child, a daughter, Mrs. J. [onathan] H. [enry] Decker [Hattie Ann], who now resides at Woonsocket, North Dakota.

For sixty years less only five months, Mr. and Mrs. Sheeley [Sheley] lived together as man and wife, and until February 11, 1905, when the wife and mother was called to the better land, there to await the coming of him who had so long on earth been her companion.

Thirty-nine years ago, Mr. Sheeley [Sheley] with his family moved to Taylor County, and ever since his home has been in the vicinity of Bedford. During so long a residence here he formed a large circle of acquaintances, and he was honored and respected by all.

[Note: The last name is spelled Sheley on his gravestone.]

[Sheley, Sarah Vandemark]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday      February 16, 1905      p. 8

Death of Mrs. Case Sheeley

Saturday morning of last week death claimed Mrs. Case Sheeley [Sheley], who had been sick for about a week from an attack of pneumonia, aged 78 years, 8 months and 5 days. While she had been an invalid for a long time, the recent sickness that came so suddenly hastened the end. The funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Elder Ferguson in the Christian church. Interment in Bedford cemetery.

[Sheley, Sarah Vandemark]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     February 16, 1905       p. 7

A Long Life Ended

From Saturday's Daily

Mrs. Case Sheeley [Sheley] died at her home in west Bedford at 4:50 this morning of pneumonia, age 78 years, 8 months and 5 days.

The deceased was born in New York, moving to Illinois when about 40 years of age. Four years later she accompanied her husband to Iowa, where she has since made her home. Her husband, who is at this time very ill and on the verge of the grave, one daughter and five grandchildren survive her. The daughter, Mrs. J. H. Decker, resides at Woonsocket, S. D. Of the grandchildren none reside near here except Mrs. L. B. Cantner, who was with her when she died.

Mrs. Sheeley [Sheley] has been an invalid for 20 years, but was taken with pneumonia only a week ago, which caused her death.

The funeral will be held tomorrow (Sunday) at the Christian church, at 2 p. m., Elder Furgeson officiating. All friends are invited.

The casket will be open at the house from 10 to 12, and will not be opened at the church. Interment at Bedford Cemetery.

[Sheley, Sarah Vandemark]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     February 16, 1905       p. 7

Fred Sheeley [Sheley], an implement dealer, and Albert Sheeley [Sheley], lumberman, both of Hopkins, arrived here Saturday night and remained over Sunday to attend the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Case Sheeley [Sheley].

 

[Thomas, Sarah Owens]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday      August 4, 1910      p. 8

J. [ulius] Thomas, who has been attending the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Jacob Thomas, returned Saturday to his home in Tyrone, Okla.

[Walker, Mary Beatie Gallagher]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday     June 25, 1896      p. 3

Died at Omaha.

Mrs. Mary B. [eatie Gallagher] Walker, mother of Mrs. Chas. Nelson, Sr., died Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Terpening, at Omaha The remains arrived in this city on the 3:40 passenger Tuesday evening. The funeral, the hour for which was fixed at 5:00 o'clock p. m., on Tuesday was from the home of Chas. Nelson Jr., on Central Avenue, Rev. J. C. Lewis officiating.

The deceased was one of the oldest residents of Taylor County, and a large circle of friends will be pained to learn of her death. Mrs. Walker, nee Mary J. Gallagher, was born in New York City, May 25th, 1822 and was united in marriage to Joel Walker, at Belleview O., Dec. 2nd 1842. They moved to Bedford in May 1856. There were born to them seven children, of whom four survive.

[Note: Correct marriage date and place is December 22, 1842 in Bellville, Richland County, Ohio. Source: Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 database]

[Webb, Melvina Amanda Allen]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday      September 1, 1910     [p. 1]

MRS. LUKE WEBB.

Melvina Amanda Allen was born August 29th, 1826, it Baltimore, Fairfield County, Ohio, and after an earthly pilgrimage of nearly 84 years she fell asleep August 27, 1910, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bella Langdon, in Pleasanton, Kas.

She went from Ohio to Illinois when a little girl and there grew to womanhood and at Maquon in that state on the 22nd of February 1849, she was united in marriage with Luke Webb.

Ten children were born to them, eight of whom are still living, namely, H. [enry] C. [lay], F. [ielding] B. [radford], J. [ohn] V. [alentine], and W. [illiam] E. [rnest] Webb, of Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Martha Smith of Dillon, Colo.; Mrs. Lulu Renner and Mrs. Lizzie Palmer, of Denver, Colo.; and Mrs. Belle Langdon, of Pleasanton, Kansas. A son, Elmer E., died in infancy Nov. 16, 1866, and another son, Ira, died at Maquon, Ill., Sept. 1st, 1872, at the age of 16 years. Her husband, Luke Webb, died in Bedford, Iowa, Feb. 23, 1890.

Mrs. Webb united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Bedford August 24, 1893, and remained a member of this church until her death when she was called to join the church triumphant. She was a life member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of this church and her name was always called at the meetings at roll call.

The body was brought back to Bedford Monday evening and funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home of her son, F. [ielding] B. [radford] Webb. Interment was made in the Bedford cemetery.

[Webb, Melvina Amanda Allen]

Bedford Times-Republican

Thursday     September 1, 1910     p. 5

Mrs. Melvina A. Webb.

Mrs. Melvina Webb, formerly of this city and mother of four prominent citizens of Bedford, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Belle Langdon, in Pleasanton, Kan., Saturday. The remains were brought here Monday evening for interment, and funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home of F. [ielding] B.[radford] Webb, conducted by Rev. Fred N. Willis, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Interment was in Bedford cemetery.

Melvina Amanda Allen was born August 29, 1826, at Baltimore, Fairfield county, Ohio, and went to Illinois when a little girl and there grew to womanhood. At Maquon in that state on Feb. 22, 1849, she was united in marriage with Luke Webb. To this union ten children were born, eight of whom are still living: H. [enry] C. [lay] Webb, F. [ielding] B. [radford] Webb, J. [ohn] V.[alentine] Webb, and W. [illiam] E. [rnest] Webb of Bedford; Mrs. Martha Smith of Dillon, Colo., Mrs. Lulu Renner and Mrs. Lizzie Palmer of Denver, Colo; Mrs. Belle Langdon of Pleasanton, Kan. A son, Elmer E. died in infancy Nov. 19, 1866, and another son, Ira, died at Maquon, Ill., Sept. 1, 1872. Her husband Luke Webb died in Bedford Feb. 23, 1890. Mrs. Webb united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Bedford and remained a member until her death. She was a life member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of this church and her name was always called with the roll.

[Zeluf, Benjamin Franklin “Frank”]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday      July 29, 1943      p. 4

Ben F. Zeluf, 80, Dies In Conway

Benjamin Franklin Zeluf, 80, died at his home in Conway about 10 o'clock Tuesday forenoon, July 27, following a long illness.

The funeral services were held at the Walker & Shum Funeral Home at 2 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Rev. G. Hufstader. Burial was in the Bedford cemetery.

He is survived by his wife and six children: Forest [Edgar] Zeluf, Paul [Augustus] Zeluf, Ralph [Maven] Zeluf and Mrs. Ralph Beltz of Omaha; Mrs. Walter Martin of Gravity and Mrs. Albert Yorrington of Conway.