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Thursday September 24, 1925 [p. 1] Mrs. A. Goodspeed Died Last Monday Mrs. Arthur Goodspeed, 48 years of age, died last Monday, September 21st, at the home of her parents here, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. [William] Meikle [Ella Aiton], following an illness of several weeks. The funeral is being conducted this afternoon, September 24th, at 2 p.m. at the Wm. [William] Meikle home by Rev. Paul G. Luce of the Presbyterian Church, and interment is to be in Fairview Cemetery. She is survived by her husband and son Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. [William] Meikle, her parents, and brothers, Roy, John and William Meikle. |
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Thursday October 1, 1925 [p. 5] Obituary--Agnes Meikle Goodspeed Agnes Meikle was born in Mason Township near Bedford, Iowa, December 26, 1878, and passed away from this life in Bedford, on September 21, 1925. The deceased grew to womanhood on a farm west of Bedford, the country home of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. [William] Meikle [Ella Aiton] and on September 16, 1902, she was united in marriage to Arthur Goodspeed and thereafter spent most of her life on a farm near her girlhood home. Two children were born to them, a son, Robert F. [ranklin] of Bedford and a daughter [Ella] who died in infancy. Early in life Mrs. Goodspeed became a member of the Morning Star Presbyterian Church and was always interested, taking an active part in church and Sunday school. Her life was a useful one and an unselfish spirit manifested itself in her love and devotion for others. Those who knew her best will always remember her quiet and cheerful disposition. For some time her health had not been good yet she patiently and bravely bore her sufferings. Surrounded by her loved ones as her strength ebbed she quietly and peacefully passed away. Besides the bereaved husband and son she leaves to mourn her departure, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. [William] Meikle [Ella Aiton], three brothers, John and Roy Meikle of Bedford, and Wm. F. [sic] [Thomas] Meikle of St. Joseph, Mo., and an aged grandmother, Mrs. Wm. [William] Aiton, and in addition to these a host of friends and relatives. Funeral services were conducted at the home of her father by the pastor and choir of the local Presbyterian Church and interment given September 24th, 1925. |
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Thursday March 11, 1926 [p.7] Blanch Bailie McCormick Blanch B. Bailie, daughter of Wm [William] W. [allace] Bailie and Nancy E. (Hoover) Bailie, departed this life at St. Anthony's Sanitarium, Amarillo, Texas, Feb. 18, 1926. She was born on Jan. 4, 1883, in Jackson Township, Taylor County, Iowa, where she lived with her parents until Feb. 18, 1902, when she was united in marriage with Walter E. McCormick of the same neighborhood. Of their family of seven, their daughter Edna passed away last May. With the exception of a married daughter, Mrs. Lois Kellogg, all are at home with the father on the farm 10 miles south of Amarillo. They are: Bailie, Maxine, Wayne, Erma and Myron. Besides the husband and six surviving children, Mrs. McCormick leaves one sister, Mrs. Madge Meikle of Bedford, Ia., to mourn her departure. Mrs. McCormick leaves a host of friends in her home neighborhood and also of her girlhood home. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church at Amarillo, conducted by Rev. R. Thomson. Interment in Llano cemetery. |
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Thursday January 17, 1929 [p. 3] John Kemery The following was taken from the Chadron (Nebr.) Chronicle: John Kemery, Jr., was born in Taylor County, Iowa, October 5th, 1851, and died at Chadron, Nebr., December 31st, 1928, at the age of 77 years, 2 months and 16 days. He is survived by 4 sisters and 2 brothers: Miss Rose Kemery, Miss Anna Kemery, Miss Vivandra Kemery, of Bedford, Iowa, and Mrs. Effie Goff of Chadron, Nebr. Mr. Kemery came to Chadron about 1884 and settled on a homestead 12 miles southwest of Chadron and lived in and near Chadron until his death. Funeral services were conducted at the Erlewine Funeral Home by Rev. W.H. Shoaf of the Methodist Church, Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 2nd, at 2:30 o'clock. Interment was at Greenwood Cemetery. Besides Mrs. Goff and family, one brother from Bedford, Iowa, was present at the funeral. |
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Thursday March 21, 1929 [p.6] Lemuel Deremer Lemuel Deremer was born in Allamuchy, New Jersey, Sept. 5, 1846, and passed beyond March 17, 1929, after an illness of two months and 7 days. He leaves one sister and one brother living in New Jersey. The wife and four children survive. He came west to Iowa as a young man. Was married in 1878 to Mrs. Fannie Gilbert Thompson, a widow with two children, Ralph and Blanche. To this union another daughter and son, Anna and Roy, were born. He united with the Methodist Church in middle life and was an active member of the Bedford I.O.O.F. for many years. All these years since early manhood have been spent in this community, either farming or in the grocery business. The funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Wetmore Funeral Home. The body was interred in the Mausoleum and will later be removed to Graceland Cemetery. |
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Thursday April 4, 1929 [p. 3] Nancy Webb Taylor Nancy J., daughter of William and Martha [Goodwin] Webb, was born in Park County, Indiana, Feb. 28th, 1849, and died at her home in Bedford, Iowa, March 25, 1929, aged 80 years, and 25 days. She was married to Charles Taylor, Jan. 5, 1868. He passed away in 1907 [sic] [1906]. Four children were born to them: May, Wm. L., Edna, and Iva. All of the girls, also a granddaughter, Bessie Taylor, preceded Mrs. Taylor in death. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Titus of Clark, S. Dak. and Mrs. Nendick of Omaha, Nebr., who have been with her for several weeks; also a number of nieces and nephews. At the age of 16 years, Mrs. Taylor united with the Christian church of Bedford. For the past few years the condition of her health made it impossible for her to attend services, but she was a faithful Christian woman, patient through suffering and sorrow and will be fondly remembered by a host of friends. The funeral services were held at the Christian church Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. J. C. Harris. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery [Bedford]. |
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Thursday April 25, 1929 [p.4] Mrs. Joe Hoover Following is an obituary of Mrs. Annetta Jones Hoover, who passed away at her home at Bartley, Nebr., and who was a former resident of Bedford. The item is from the Bartley, Nebr. Inter-Ocean, and reads: Annetta Jones was born at Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, Aug. 29, 1856. At this place she grew to womanhood. She was united in marriage to Joseph] [Josiah] Hoover, Oct. 24, 1875. To this union ten children were born, two dying in infancy. She leaves to mourn her demise her husband, one brother, J.A. Jones, of Portland, Oregon, eight children, Mrs. Estella Denton, Bedford, Iowa; Mrs. Jessie Ernest, McCook, Nebr., Roy Hoover, Mountain Grove, Mo.; Clay Hoover, Bartlett, Kas; Jay Hoover, Bartley, Nebr.; Mrs. Goldie King, Zampa, Idaho; Mrs. Ethel King, Bartley, Nebr.; Mrs. Hazel Book, Lodge pole, Nebr.; twenty-seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She passed away April 2, 1929, at her home in Bartley. Interment was made in the Bartley cemetery, April 5, 1929. |
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Thursday October 24, 1929 [p.3] S.F. Fiester Miss Ella Hoover has received word of the death of her sister's [Ophelia Hoover] husband, S. [imon] F. [orrester] Fiester, which occurred at Washington, D.C., Friday, October 11. The funeral services were held at the home in Washington, D.C., and interment was made at the old home in Shechequin, Pa. Mr. Fiester will be remembered by many in this community, having visited here many times and having been a teacher in Jackson Township in the eighties. [The same notice was published in the Bedford Times-Republican, October 31, 1929, [p. 3] |
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April 23, 1931 Obituary----Mrs. Lemuel Dremer] Fannie Lucinda Gilbert, daughter of Gershom Waite Gilbert and Emmie Turner Gilbert, was born near Colon, Michigan, on September 1, 1853, and passed away on April 10, 1931, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert E. Coe [Anna Deremer], of Des Moines, Iowa. She was well past her seventy-seventh birthday when death came in a sudden heart attack, claiming her mercifully without illness or pain. She was united in marriage with Orson Thompson on November 24, 1870. Two children were born to this union, Ralph A. Thompson of Bedford, Iowa, and Mrs. Blanche Wood of Alhambra, Calif. Mr. Thompson passed away on October 8, 1878. She was again married on October 18, 1881, to Leonard Deremer. To this union two children were born: Mrs. Anna Coe and Roy Deremer. Mr. Deremer preceded her in death, passing away on March 17, 1929. In early girlhood she began the Christian life in the Methodist church and just one week before her decease she partook of the Communion at her home church in Des Moines, and afterwards expressed the feeling that it had been the most beautiful service of the kind she had ever attended. She was a kind and unselfish mother, always unsparing of herself wherever she could be of service. Even her last hours found her loving hands busy with a loving token for one of her grandchildren. Of her immediate family there remain four children: Blanche, Ralph, Anna and Roy; one sister, Mrs. Ellen Patton of Bedford and four grandchildren, Donald Wood, Dorothy Coe, and Helen and Dorothy Fay Deremer. The funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, April 14, and burial was in the Graceland cemetery west of Bedford, Rev. M.R. Talley of the local Methodist church in charge. |
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Thursday July 30, 1931 [p. 4] Charles Kemery Charles Kemery passed away at his farm home southeast of Bedford at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, aged 64 years, 5 months and 1 day. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Forest Grove church, conducted by Rev. J. C. Harris. Interment was made in the Forest Grove Cemetery. Charles Lionel Kemery, son of John and Mary [Jane Hoover] Kemery, was born in Taylor County, Feb. 24, 1867. He was a graduate of Chadron Academy of Chadron, Nebr. He taught school for several years, but worked at the carpenter trade the greater part of his life. He was a fine workman, having made several violins and cellos. He was a great lover of children and in return was loved by them. Surviving are four sisters and one brother, Miss Anna, Miss Rose, Miss Vivandra, and Henry, all of Bedford, and Mrs. Effie Goff of Chadron, Nebr. [KEMERY,
CHARLES LIONEL] |
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Tuesday February 6, 1917 p. 5 Miss Mabel Taylor Miss Mabel Irene Taylor, daughter of Mrs. Charles Taylor [Nancy Webb], was born in Montgomery, Kansas, January 20, 1871, and died at her home in Bedford Sunday morning at 4 o'clock. The funeral services will be held at the home Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock conducted by Elder William Cobb. Interment will be made in the Fairview Cemetery. Miss Taylor had been a resident of Bedford for the past twenty-five years. She had been in failing health for several years. Mabel Taylor] Bedford Free Press Tuesday February 13, 1917 p. 4 After suffering for two years the ravages of a lingering sickness, Mabel E. [sic] [Irene] Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor, of Bedford, passed [words missing] been quite active in every day [word missing] and was known and loved by a wide circle of friends. Mabel Taylor was born January 20, 1871, near Elk City, Chautauqua County, Kansas. At the age of four years she came to Bedford with her parents, which place has since been her home. At the age of sixteen years she united with the Christian Church and for 12 years was a member of Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her father [Charles] and twos sisters, Edna and Ivy. Those remaining to mourn her demise are her mother, Mrs. Nancy [Webb] Taylor, of Bedford, and a niece, Miss Bessie Taylor, also of this city, besides a large number of other relatives and friends. The funeral was held on Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, from the home, Rev. William Cobb conducting the service. Interment was made in the Fairview cemetery [Bedford]. [TAYLOR, MABEL] |