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Obituaries
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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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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]. |
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Times-Republican Thursday February 10, 1927 [p. 1] Receives Word of Death of Mother Mother of Chas. Cornell Passed Away on Sunday Night Charles Cornell received
word Sunday night that his mother [Sarah Alice Webb] had died very suddenly that evening. Mr. and Mrs. Cornell [Marie Parker] left immediately for the old home at Burlington
Junction, Mo., to attend the funeral services. |
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Times-Republican Thursday May 24, 1928 [p. 1] William Meikle William Meikle passed
away at his home on West Main Street Wednesday afternoon about 4:00
o'clock. The funeral services
will be held from the home Friday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock. Interment will be made in the Fairview
cemetery [Bedford]. Mr.
Meikle was 87 years old. An
obituary will be published in this paper next week. |
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Times-Republican Thursday
June 7, 1928 [p. 6] William Meikle William Meikle, son of John and Agnes Meikle,
was born at Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on August 20th,
1840, and died at his home in Bedford, Iowa, May 23rd, 1928,
aged 87 years, 8 months, and 23 days.
He was the second son and one of twelve brothers and sisters
all of whom, except his sister, Agnes Campbell of
Bedford, Iowa, preceded him in death. William Meikle came
to this country in 1869 and settled on a farm six miles west of Bedford
and resided in that vicinity until his retirement from active business
about ten years ago, since which time he has made his home in Bedford. On April 17th, 1873, he was united in marriage with Ella
Aiton, daughter of the
late William and Catherine [Hook] Aiton, and to this union was born four children, John,
Agnes, Roy and William, all of whom survive his death except his only daughter,
Agnes Goodspeed, who
preceded her father in death on September 28th, 1925. He is survived also by his widow, Ella
Meikle, and nine grandchildren. William Meikle was
always interested in the welfare of the community in which he lived. He was one of the organizers of the Morning
Star Presbyterian Church and remained a staunch Presbyterian until his
death. He was a Presbyterian
of the old school, a Christian gentleman whose character was above reproach. William Meikle was
a man of strong and indomitable will, keen in affairs of business and
firm in his convictions of right as he was given to see the right and
was not swerved from the pathway of his convictions by the opinion of
the others or by any wind of fashionable doctrine.
In his death the community has lost a staunch defender of right
and justice; the church, a power for righteousness; his neighbors a
true friend and advisor; and his relatives a kind and loving husband,
father and kinsman. |
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Times-Republican Thursday May 24, 1928 [p. 3] The body of Vern [e] Davidson, who passed away at his home in Wichita, Kans., May 7, 1928, is expected
to be brought to Bedford the last of the week for interment in the Mausoleum.
The body will probably be taken to the cemetery directly from
the train. |
The Times-Republican 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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Bedford
Free Press Tuesday November 18, 1914 p.3 Mrs.
Green
[Latitia Elzina Henkle--niece
of Mary Ann Henkle Hoover], widow of Miles W. Green, a former well known resident of
Clearfield, died at Clearfield last week. |
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Bedford Free
Press Thursday January 9, 1902 [p. 4] A Very Sudden
Death Henry Kemery Dies of Apoplexy. After Trying
to Eat His Supper Mr. Kemery Suddenly Expires at His Home in Jackson
Township. A very sudden death
occurred in Jackson Township last Thursday night. Henry Kemery Sr.
had been in failing health for a year or more, but no serious consequences
were anticipated. That
evening he went to the supper table but was unable to partake of any
food, saying he felt badly. Upon
arising from his chair he sank to the floor in an almost unconscious
condition. In a short time he became unconscious
and died at 11 o'clock. Dr.
Dunlavy was hurriedly summoned, but to no avail. Mr. Kemery was one
of the old settlers of Taylor County, having lived in his present home
a long term of years. He
leaves a large family. He
was aged 62 years, 5 months and 15 days.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. N. Ware. The bereaved ones
have universal sympathy in their time of trouble and trial |
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Bedford Free
Press Thursday October 10, 1895 [p.4] Death of Alonzo
Kemery Alonzo Kemery, who was a son of John Kemery and formerly lived in Jackson township, this county,
died Saturday, Oct. 5, in a hospital at St. Joseph, Mo., where he had
been taken for treatment, his disease being typhoid fever. The remains were
brought to this city on the 12:55 passenger, Sunday, and were taken
in charge by the members of the Bedford Lodge No. 101, Knights of Pythias,
of which fraternity the deceased was a member.
The body was taken to the Forest Grove schoolhouse, in Jackson
Township, where a K. of P. funeral sermon was delivered by Rev. M.C.
Waddell, to one of the largest assemblages ever witnessed in that vicinity. After the sermon,
the solemn ritual service of the K. P. for the dead was performed and
the body laid to rest in the Forest Grove cemetery.
The deceased was 27 years of age, was well known in this community
and highly respected. |
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Bedford
Free Press Thursday April 22, 1897 [p. 2] Died,
Saturday, April 17, 1897, aged 16 years, 2 months and 4 days, Edna
C. Taylor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Taylor [Nancy Webb]. Miss
Edna had been an invalid for nearly eighteen months, her first illness
resulting from an injury received by being thrown from a buggy. Her injury terminated in a tubercular
affection of the side, a disease that baffles the skill of the medical
profession. During the
last months of her illness she was under treatment by two skilled physicians,
but all to no avail. Death
truly loved a shining mark in this instance, and a large circle of both
young and old sincerely mourn with the family the untimely death of
one so young, and possessed of such a lovable disposition.
The funeral services were conducted from the Church of Christ
at 2 P.M. Sunday, with a sermon by Elder Wm. Cobb.
Interment was at Fairview. |
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The
Bedford Free Press Thursday January 27, 1898 [p. 1] Wm.
A. Webb Died
at his home in Bedford, Friday night, January 21, at 11:30 o'clock,
Wm. [William] A. [dams] Webb,
aged 75 years, 1 month 19 days. Deceased
was born in Shelby County, Kentucky.
At the age of eleven years his parents moved to Indiana, from
there to Putnam [Fayette County] Iowa, where he was married to Martha
Goodwin, and came to Taylor County in 1855,
where he has since resided. He
has been a professed Christian forty years. He leaves a wife and six children. Mr. Webb was also a faithful member of the Masonic order, and
under his management were the funeral exercises conducted at the grave.
The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Wm. Cobb, at the Christian
chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, after which the remains were interred
in the Bedford cemetery. |