[DEVOE, ANSON JAMES CURTIS]
Courier (Waterloo, Iowa), Tuesday, April 28, 1936
Anson Curtis De Voe – Funeral services for Anson Curtis De Voe, 82, who died Sunday night at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meyers, 748 Conger street, will be at 2 p. m. Wednesday at Petersen Bros. chapel, in charge of Rev. David Alexander, associate pastor of Burton Avenue Baptist church. Burial will be in the family lot in a Clarinda, Ia., cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, formerly Mrs. Eliza Houseworth, whom he married in Waterloo in 1917 and four sons and two daughters. Miss Mary Smith, whom he married at Clarinda, preceded him in death 43 years ago, and he later married Miss Alice Drennen, who died in Waterloo in 1911.
[DONALDSON, ORVILLE W.]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Monday, January 31, 1921
Ed Ahrens returned home from Creston, Friday afternoon where he has been during the illness and death of Mrs. Ahrens's cousin, Orville Donaldson. Mrs. Ahrens returned home Thursday afternoon.
John Donaldson of Mason City, is here visiting at the Dick Donaldson home and also attended the funeral of his nephew, Orville.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ahrens and Dick and John Donaldson took the noon train Monday for Lenox to accompany the body of Orville Donaldson to its last resting place in the Lenox cemetery.
[DONALDSON, ORVILLE W.]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 3, 1921
Into The Beyond
The death on Jan. 27, 1921, of Orville W. Donaldson, one of our highly respected young married men, has cast a spell of gloom over the people of Conway and vicinity as the deceased was well known and highly respected by all, and the nature and long extent of his sickness had touched the hearts of his many friends and acquaintance.
Being just in the prime of young manhood and having less than two years past, taken unto himself a wife and established a home of his own, he had laid great plans for the future which at the outset has looked so promising, but which he was called upon so soon to leave, makes his passing away so much harder for his family and friends to bear.
During his young life at Conway, Orville was a special favorite in the social circle of his friends and by his true manliness he won the esteem of all who formed his acquaintance and knew him best. The deepest sympathy goes out to the bereaved ones in the hour of sorrow.
Orville W. Donaldson, son of George and Lilly Donaldson, was born at Greenview, Ill., oct. 24th, 1894 and departed this life at the Unity Hospital in Creston, Jan. 27th, 1921, age 26 years, 3 months and 3 days.
The family moved from Greenville, Ill., to Sheridan, Mo., when Orville was about 5 years old and at the age of 7 moved to Taylor County, Iowa where Orville has spent most of his young life. On February 6th, 1918, he was married to Miss Irene Francis Phelan of Conway, Iowa, and the same spring started housekeeping on their farm near Philips, Nebr., and spent one year at that place, then returned to their farm near Conway and because of failing health moved into Conway last October, hoping it would be possible for Orville to regain health, but after months of patient suffering when skill and tender nursing had failed to restore health, without complaining the patient sufferer said: "God's will be done not Mine." In the month of September 1920, Orville received the sacrament of Baptism by the Episcopal minister of St. Joseph, Mo., and made a very beautiful confession of faith and in this faith triumphantly claimed victory over death.
Besides a host of friends and relatives he leaves to mourn his loss, his beloved companion, father and mother and one sister, Mrs. Fern Hainey, all of Conway.
Funeral services were conducted at Conway on Sunday Jan. 30th, 1921, by Rev. F. N. Redinger, a former pastor of the Conway Methodist church and Rev. C. G. Bundy the present pastor.
Interment was made in the Lenox cemetery on Monday, Jan. 31st, Ralph Crew of Clearfield being the funeral director in charge.
The male quartet composed of H. O. Smith, J. Roy Cooper, Homer Stuart, Floyd Burge, Gus Godfrey, and Cliff Rosebaugh. Mrs. Gus Godfrey, Mrs. Cliff Rosebaugh and Miss Leah Litteer had charge of the flowers which were beautiful beyond comparison.
[DONALDSON, ORVILLE W.]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 3, 1921
Mrs. A. Jarvis of St. Joseph was here last week attending the funeral of Orville Donaldson and visiting at the home of her son, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hainey and family south of Conway.
[DONOVAN, DOROTHY DICKEY]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri), Friday, January 9, 1987
Donovan, Dorothy D. (nee Dickey), Thurs., Jan. 8, 1987, wife of the late John E. Donovan, dear mother of J. Richard, Robert A., William P. and Dorothy G. Donovan and Mary E. Straka, dear mother-in-law, grandmother of nine, great-grandmother of eight, sister-in-law, aunt and cousin.
Funeral Sat., 10:30 a. m. at BOPP Chapel, 10610 Manchester Rd., Kirkwood. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Mrs. Donovan was employed by the Kirkwood Library for many years; also active in the League of Women Voters and Kirkwood Fortnightly Club. Should friends desire, memorials may be made to a charity of your choice. Visitation at time of service only.
[DONOVAN, DOROTHY DICKEY]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri), Saturday, January 10, 1987
Dorothy Donovan; Ex-Kirkwood Librarian
A funeral service for Dorothy D. Donovan, a retired librarian, will be at 10:30 a. m. today at Bopp Chapel, 10610 Manchester Road in Kirkwood. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery.
Mrs. Donovan, 94, died of pneumonia Thursday at St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood.
Mrs. Donovan, of Kirkwood, retired in 1973 as a cataloger of the Kirkwood Library's new books. She had started with the library in the 1950s. Mrs. Donovan also had worked for the St. Louis Public Library and had graduated from its school of library science in 1912.
She was a past president of the League of Women Voters and a founder of the International Group in Kirkwood.
Surviving are three sons, John Richard Donovan of Town and Country, Robert A. Donovan of Albany, N. Y., and William P. Donovan of St. Paul, Minn.; two daughters, Dorothy G. Donovan of Chicago and Betsy Straka of Kirkwood; nine grandchildren; and eight great grandchildren.
[DONOVAN, JOHN ELMER]
Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio), Friday, April 23, 1965
John Donovan – Requiem High Mass for John Elmer Donovan, 74, a native Cincinnatian who later became president of the Security National Bank of St. Louis, will be sung today in St. Louis. Mr. Donovan died Tuesday in a St. Louis Hospital.
Mr. Donovan was a son of the late Fire Marshall Pat Donovan of Cincinnati.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Donovan; three sons, Dr. Robert Donovan, a university teacher in Utica, N. Y., Prof. William Donovan of the University of Illinois at Urbana, and Richard (Dick) Donovan now associated with the Monsanto Chemical Co. in St. Louis; three daughters, Misses Didge Donovan, Miss Dorothy Donovan, and Miss Betsy Donovan, Pasadena, Calif., a brother, Emmett Donovan of Hyde Park; and four sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Faller, Bronxville, N. Y., Mrs. Mildred DeVidts and Mrs. Eleanor Healy of Coral Gables, Fla., and Mrs. Marie Obert of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
[DURHAM, INA E.]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, April 21, 1921
School Teacher Dies
Ina E. Durham died at the George Hadley home Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. at the age of 57 years and 29 days. Her mother, of Des Moines, and an aunt of Carson, Iowa, were present at her death.
Miss Durham taught school east of Bedford and was taken sick a short time ago and taken to the home of a relative, Mrs. George Hadley, where she passed away.
A brief funeral service was held at the Hadley home at 2:00 p. m. today, conducted by Rev. Goble and the body was shipped to Carson, Iowa, for burial.
[ELLIOTT, JAMES E., 1862 – 1921]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, October 27, 1921
GRAVITY – Robert Wallace and wife, Kent Wallace and wife, T. C. Netherly and wife, attended the funeral services of James Elliott at Prairie City, Iowa, Friday.
[ERDMANN, GWENDOLYN DICKEY]
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida), Tuesday, September 23, 1986
Gwendolyn Erdmann, 96, 70 W. Lucerne Circle, Orlando, died Saturday. Born in Storm Lake, Iowa, she moved to Orlando from Clermont in 1976. She was a homemaker and an Episcopalian. Survivors: sons, George, Palm City, James, Denver; sister, Dorothy Donavan [Donovan], St. Louis; nine grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren. Woodlawn Funeral Home Orlando.
[ERDMANN, MORRIS HAMON]
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida), Tuesday, July 4, 1972
Erdmann, Mr. Morris H. – Funeral Services for Mr. Morris H. Erdmann of 207 Magnolia Street, Clermont, Florida who died Saturday will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the Kurtiss Funeral Chapel with the Rev. William Seitz Jr. officiating. Interment will be at a later date. Kurtiss Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.
[FORD, CARRIE NOEL RITCHEY]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, April 7, 1921
GRAVITY – Mrs. J. [ohn] P. [aul] Rowland received a telegram last week of the death of her sister in Russellville, Kentucky.
[FREEMYER, MICHAEL LESLIE]
Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Sunday, May 14, 1995
Michael L. Freemeyer, 37, of Litchfield Park, a real-estate investor, died May 9, 1995. He was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa, and was an Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Debra; daughters, Chelsi, Melissa, Christina, Maria and Natalia; sons, Michael and Nikolai; parents, Beverly and Wesley; sisters, Terry Bridgeman and Kim Thurman; brothers, Wesley, Jr. and Rob; and one grandmother. Services have been held. Greer Wilson Funeral Home.
[GALLAGHER, DOROTHY "DOTTIE" POSTEN]
Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa), Sunday, January 6, 2008
Dorothy Gallagher – Dorothy (Dottie) Posten Gallagher, age 92, formerly of Fairfield Bay, AR, died December 31, 2007, in Des Moines, IA.
Dorothy was born July 25, 1915, in Gravity, IA to Stella and Oliver Posten. She was a graduate of Drake University where she majored in music. While attending Drake she sang in a trio performing on the WHO Saturday Night Barn Dance. She also formed and sang in a barbershop quartet called The Chord Queens. Music was her passion, and she was instrumental in the establishment of the bell choir at St. John's Lutheran Church in Des Moines. She was a member of Delta Gamma sorority.
Dorothy married Leonard W. Gallagher in 1935. They both were active in Drake Relays, as Leonard and his brother Roland both ran track for Drake University.
She was preceded in death by her parents and by her husband, Leonard, in 1987. Survivors include her son Jeff (Jane) Gallagher of West Des Moines, IA and daughter Debby (Denny) Battrick of Folsom, CA. Also included are four grandchildren: Kathleen Gallagher of Chicago, IL; Jeff (Trisha) Battrick & Scott (Krista) Battrick of Bothell, WA; and Jason Battrick of Snohomish, Wa; along with six great grandchildren: Brianna, Tyler, Ashley, Hanna, Kayleigh and Taylor Battrick of Bothell, WA. Additional survivors include her Sister-in-law, Evelyn (Roland) Gallagher of Des Moines, IA; niece, Melinda Neumann of Des Moines, IA and nephew, Tim Gallagher of Littleton, Co.
A family service will be held at Resthaven Cemetery on January 18, 2008.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in Dorothy's name for the Alzheimer's Association of Iowa.
[GORDON, GEORGE]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Monday & Thursday, December 26 & 29, 1921
Called to Illinois by Death of Brother
Joel Weeks received a telegram Tuesday announcing the death of Mrs. Weeks' brother, George Gordon, who resides at Havannah [Havana], Ill. His death was caused from injuries received by a fall on the icy sidewalk Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Weeks left yesterday to attend the funeral.
[GRAFF, VALENTINE "VAL"]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, October 13, 1921
Val Graff Dead
Val Graff, one of Clarinda's pioneer merchants and a brother of our late John Graff, died at his home in Clarinda, Sunday night at 10:30. The funeral took place from the Presbyterian church in Clarinda, Tuesday at 2:30. Mr. Graff had many friends in Bedford and Taylor county, who will be grieved to hear of his death.
[GROFF, JOHN]
Villisca Review (Villisca, Iowa), Wednesday, July 17, 1901
Committed Suicide! John Groff of Near Guss Took His Own Life.
Found Dying Behind the Barn. Worried Over Being Behind With Work and Drank Carbolic Acid.
The vicinity of Guss was shocked Saturday night when the news spread over the community that John Groff, a well-to-do farmer, had committed suicide that evening by taking carbolic acid. Mr. Groff is reported to have been slightly deranged for the past couple of weeks on account of his worrying over the great amount of work he had before him and was unable to find help. A short time ago he sold sixty shoats before they were ready for the market and worried over that matter until the boys went and bought back the hogs. He has been pumping water for forty head of cattle during our hot weather and some think he became overheated. Then he had over fifty acres of hay to put up and couldn't find anyone to help do it. All these things combined seemed to be too much for the old gentleman. Last Friday morning George Farquhar was out to his place and made arrangements to put up a windmill for him, but Mr. Farquhar states that he didn't see anything wrong with Mr. Groff only that he was considerably worked up over the work he had on hand. The boys told Mr. Farquhar, however, that they didn't know what would become of their father if he continued to worry over these things. Mr. Groff committed the deed at about 8 o'clock in the evening. Mrs. Groff and one of her daughters were out milking and upon returning to the house found the cellar door open. They thought something had gone wrong and the wife went out to the barn where she found her husband in a dying condition, lying north of the building with a bottle of spavin cure and a can of carbolic acid close beside him. Neighbors were immediately notified, and Dr. R. T. Smith was summoned at once but before he arrived Mr. Groff had accomplished the deed which he set out to do. The coroner went out early Sunday morning and took what evidence was necessary. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the residence and the remains were buried in the Brown cemetery.
Mr. Groff lived about two miles northeast of Guss and was an old settler in that community. He owned 420 acres of good land, and his buildings were of the very best. He was 61 years of age and was a fine old gentleman in every respect, and that he should take his own life was indeed a sad surprise to his family as well as to the community. He leaves a grief stricken family consisting of a wife, three daughters and two sons.
[Note: The same article was published in the Clarinda Journal, July 19, 1901.]
[HAMILTON, CALISTA KAY SEXTON]
Bedford Times Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, December 22, 1966
Mrs. Hamilton Rites Dec. 12
Funeral services for Mrs. James P. (Calista Sexton) Hamilton, 86, formerly of Gravity, were held at Oak Hill Church Dec. 12 with Rev. Ivo Randels in charge. Mrs. Hamilton died at Concord Manor Nursing Home in Garner, Ia., Dec. 9, 1966. Interment was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity.
Calista Sexton-Hamilton daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Sexton, was born April 4, 1880, at Cainsville, Mo.
On Feb. 25, 1900, she was married to James P.[eter] Hamilton. They moved to Gravity in 1905 and lived there until 1948 when they moved to Garner, Ia.
They were leaders in establishing the Oak Hill Church in 1907 and both served as Sunday school teachers and officers in the church in many different capacities.
Mrs. Hamilton is survived by her husband, James P. [eter] Hamilton; one son, Dr. C. [ecil] V. Hamilton of Ames, Ia.; two grandchildren, Dr. J. C. Hamilton of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. John L. Henss of West Des Moines, Ia.; five great grandchildren; nieces and nephews, cousins and a host of friends.
She possessed a generous amount of the ordinary and common virtues of life that made her beloved, but her outstanding contribution was her loyalty and service to her church.
[HANKS, CLEMINTINE VIRGINIA ALLEN]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Monday, February 28, 1921
Clemintine Virginia Allen – Miss Clemintine Virginia Allen was born Dec. 18, 1846, in Carl county, Ind., where she lived until 9 years old, when she moved with her parents to Story county, Iowa in 1855, where she grew to womanhood.
She was united to the Dunkerd [Dunkard] Church in 1866 at Iowa Center, Iowa, and was a faithful member. It was May 3, 1868, she married Mr. Jarvis Hanks, a Civil war soldier at Iowa Center, Story county, Iowa. To this union were born 8 children, 5 of whom passed into the far of beyond. Three remain, Mrs. Sarah Lambert of Bedford, Mrs. Kaite [Katie] Muisc [Music] of New Haven, and Mrs. Lucy Hanks of Fort Des Moines, Iowa and 8 grandchildren but only 2 were present.
She moved from Iowa Center, Iowa, to Parnell, Mo., where she lived about 18 years. After her husband's death, May 14, 1914, she came to Bedford, Iowa, where she died Feb. 25, 1921, at the age of 75 years, 1 month and 25 days.
Rev. Lowe conducted a brief funeral service at the home Saturday afternoon and the remains were laid to rest in the Rose Hill cemetery at Parnell, Mo.
[Note: The same obituary was published in the Bedford Free Press, March 3, 1921.]
[HANKS, CLEMINTINE VIRGINIA ALLEN]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Monday, March 7, 1921
Joe Allen returned to his home in Cambridge, Thursday, after attending the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Clementine Hanks.
Mrs. Lucy Hanks returned to her home in Des Moines, Monday noon after attending the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Clementine Hanks.
[HARGIN, HAZEL]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, January 6, 1921
Child is Fatally Injured by Burns
CLEARFIELD, Iowa, Jan. 3. – Hazel, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hargin, was seriously, perhaps fatally burned when her clothing caught fire from the stove.
Her face and nearly all of one side were burned badly, her hair burned off and it is thought she inhaled fire.
Her mother received serious burns on the side and arm while smothering the flames to save the child.
[HEGWOOD, EDWIN EUGENE]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, June 23, 1921
Brother of Mrs. T. J. Sturm Dies.
We are in receipt of a clipping from a Peoria, Ill. paper telling of the death of Edwin E. [ugene] Hegwood, aged 54, who was a brother of Mrs. T. J. Sturm of Conway, Iowa. He was unmarried and had been in the teaching profession for a number of years and had served for 18 years in the revenue collection department. At the time of his death he was principal of the East Peoria schools. He was prominent in Masonic circles and was a shriner. His death came after an illness of about two months and rather unexpectedly as he seemed to be getting much better.
[HENIGER, ANDREW JACKSON]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, May 11, 1939
GRAVITY – Aged Resident Dies
Andrew J. Heninger, 89, Dies After Two Weeks' Illness
Andrew J. Heninger, 89, died at his home in Gravity Friday afternoon after an illness of two weeks. He had been in failing health because of his advanced years, for some time.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Gravity Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev. Mr. Proctor of Clearfield. Burial was in the Clarinda cemetery.
Mr. Heninger had been a resident of Gravity for twenty-five years. His widow and several children survive.
[HIBBS, VILAS LESLIE]
Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri), Monday, February 21, 2000
Vilas Leslie Hibbs – Vilas Leslie Hibbs, 88, of Sheridan, MO, died Saturday, February 19, 2000, at Laverna Village Nursing Home, Savannah, MO. Services will be at 11 a. m. Tuesday, February 22, at the Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home, Grant City, MO; burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Blockton, IA. Visitation will be 7-8 p. m. Monday, February 21, at the funeral home. Memorial gifts may be made to the American Cancer Society of Laverna Village Nursing Home.
Mr. Hibbs was born My 12, 1911, in Worth County, Mo. He graduated from Sheridan, MO, High School in 1931. He married Pauline Marion Mitchell on December 31, 1937; she preceded him in death on November 17, 1985. He farmed near Sheridan, MO, for many years, as long as health permitted. He was a member of the Christian Church, Sheridan, MO, and the Masonic Lodge, Sheridan, MO. His parents, Oscar and Elva E. (Lantz) Hibbs, and his sister, Vera Brown also preceded him in death. Survivors include a son, Larry V. Hibbs, Sheridan, MO; a daughter, Mary Lou Piveral, St. Joseph, MO, three brothers, Leroy Pershing Hibbs, Raytown, MO, Duane Hibbs, Arlington, TX and LaVelle Hibbs, New London, IA; and two sisters, Edna Van Hoet, Shawnee, KS, and Lola Haley, Lee's Summit, MO. Other survivors include four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. (Arrangements: Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home)
[HIBBS, VILAS LESLIE]
St. Joseph News-Press (St. Joseph, Missouri), Monday, February 21, 2000
Vilas L. Hibbs 1912 – 2000
SAVANNAH, Mo. – Vilas Leslie Hibbs, 88, Savannah, formerly of Sheridan, Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 29, 2000, at a Savannah health-care center.
Mr. Hibbs farmed near Sheridan for many years.
Born May 12, 1911, in Worth County, Mo., he was a graduate of Sheridan High School.
Mr. Hibbs was a member of Sheridan Christian Church and Sheridan Masonic Lodge.
On Dec. 31, 1937, he married Pauline M. Mitchell. She died in 1985.
Mr. Hibbs also was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Elva E.; and a sister, Vera Brown.
Surviving: a son, Larry V., Sheridan; a daughter, Mary L. Piveral, St. Joseph; three brothers, Leroy P., Raytown, Mo., Duane, Arlington, Texas, and LaVelle, New London, Iowa; two sisters, Edna Van Hoet, Shawnee, Kan., and Lola Haley, Lee's summit, Mo.; four grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.
Service: 11 a. m. Tuesday, Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home, Grant City, Mo. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Blockton, Iowa. Family visitation: 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be sent to the American Cancer Society or LaVerna Village health-care center, Savannah.
[HINDMAN, FREDERICK EVERETT "FRED"]
Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), Sunday, October 30, 1921
Denver Couple Killed in Wreck Near Flagstaff
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Oct. 29. – Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hindman of Denver were killed today when their automobile was struck by an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train east of here. Other tourists said Mr. and Mrs. Hindman were on their way to California to visit friends when the accident occurred. Both were said to be about 45 years old. Mr. Hindman was said to be a Mason and Mrs. Hindman was declared to be a member of Fern chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, at Denver.
Local officials are making efforts to locate relatives of the couple.
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DENVER, Colo., Oct. 29. – F. E. Hindman, who with his wife was killed today in an automobile accident near Flagstaff, Ariz. until recently was employed as a draughtsman by the Midwest Refining company of Denver. They were said to be on their way to Los Angeles to visit a daughter, Miss O. Hindman of 6108 ½ Santa Monica boulevard and later to make their home in California.
[HINDMAN, FREDERICK EVERETT "FRED"]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, November 3, 1921
Former Bedford Boy Killed
A telegram was received Monday by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mohler, announcing the death of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hindman, former residents of Bedford. Both were killed last Saturday. They were driving from their home at Denver, Colo., to Los Angeles, Calif. While crossing the railroad at Flagstaff when they were struck by a train and instantly killed. Mr. Hindman was a brother of Mrs. Mohler who was almost prostrated when receiving the news of her brother's death. The sympathy of all is extended to the bereaved ones.
[HURT, GRANVILLE S.]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Monday, March 7, 1921
Well Known In Bedford
Friends will be shocked to learn of the death in Horace, Kansas, Feb. 28th, of Mr. Granville Hurt. Mr. Hurt's wife was before her marriage, Miss Cora Wilson, daughter of the late Caleb Wilson and sister of Mrs. Frank Wakeman.
Mr. Hurt's death was caused by burns received while starting a fire with coal oil, which exploded, throwing the blazing oil over his clothing.
The sympathy of many friends go out to the stricken family in their great sorrow.
[HURT, GRANVILLE S.]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 24, 1921
In Loving Memory of Granville S. Hurt.
The relatives and friends of Granville Hurt were shocked last Wednesday when it was announced that he had passed on to higher plains. Brother Hurt was one of Greeley county's most devout Christians. To know him was to love him and he was known by everybody in the county. While he was always very busy looking after his own affairs, he could always lend a helping hand to those who needed it. He received the burns which caused his death, Saturday, February 19th at his home while kindling a fire. He mistook the gasoline for the coal oil can, the gas exploded throwing fire all over his body. He carried the can to the door and threw it out before he tried to extinguish the flames from his body. Before he could get the fire put out which he finally did by rolling in the snow, he was severely burned.
While we knew his burns were painful and he was suffering greatly, none of us knew his condition was serious until he reached the hospital at Scott City. That is why his death was such a shock, so hard for us to realize and it leaves a sad spot in our hearts that will take some time to heal.
Mrs. Hurt went to his bedside Tuesday and remained with him until the end. She said her greatest comfort was from the fact that he remained conscious until the last and that she had the privilege of remaining with him until the end came. He realized for several hours that his work on earth was done. They had a long talk together and he said to her that they had spent fifteen happy years together but if it was God's will for him to go, he was ready. While he regretted to part from her and the children, he had great comfort in knowing that he was not leaving them in destitute circumstances and he hoped to meet them all in heaven.
Brother Granville S. Hurt was born in Pike county, Ind., Aug. 16, 1865. In 1872 he moved to Chautaqua couny Kansas with his parents, where they resided until 1887. He was married to Miss Cora Ina Wilson. Three children were born to this union, one of whom died in infancy, leaving a boy and girl, Housten 14 and Elva 11 years old. He is survived by his wife and two children, his mother, four brothers and one sister, all of whom attended the funeral except two brothers, Harrison and Oscar, the former residing in southwestern Colo., and the latter in New Mexico.
Those of us who have had the pleasure of visiting in their home, went away with the feeling that we wanted to go back again for there was a Christian air about that home that makes one happy.
Mr. Hurt was converted when a boy in his teens and became a member of the Baptist church and remained faithful and loyal to the end. He had been a Christian for nearly 40 years, and we shall miss him more than words can tell but his influence will remain with us.
He was a member of the Woodman Lodge, also of the Masonic Lodge of Horace, the latter having charge of the funeral services, which were conducted in the Horace Baptist church, interment being made in the Tribune cemetery. Nothing can better tell of his many friends than the large crowd that attended the funeral, it being the largest ever held in the county.
May God bless and comfort his dear ones that are left to mourn his absence, is the prayer of A Friend.
[JOHNSTON, BENJAMIN F. "BEN"]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, June 16, 1921
Boy Drowns.
Chas. Johnston received word the first of the week of the tragic death of his nephew at Alamosa, Colo. Ben Johnston, the 15 year old son and youngest child of J. [ames] Eliza [Elzia] Johnston, was drowned Sunday, June 12, 1921, at 3:00 o'clock. He was swimming in the Rio Grande river when he was taken with cramps and went under. He was taken out of the water still alive but died a short time later before he could be taken to his home. The relatives have our heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement.
[KEITH, JAMES MONROE]
Nodaway Democrat (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, October 23, 1884
--Hopkins Journal: A little boy, aged seventeen months, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Keith, was drowned at the residence of his parents, about four miles northwest of Bedford, on Thursday of last week under peculiarly distressing circumstances. There was on the premises a barrel sunk in the ground for the purpose of receiving swill. It was slightly covered with a couple of pieces of board and was full of milk at the time the misfortune occurred. The little fellow fell into the barrel, head downward, nobody being present at the time. When found one of the boards had been removed and a portion of the child's dress was all that was visible floating on the surface of the milk. He was quite dead when taken out and had apparently been dead for some time. A singular fatality seemed to attend the child. He had always been in perfect health, but had been the victim of several accidents, any one of which, it would seem, might have proved fatal to any other child. A short time ago he fell out of a second-story window, head first, and was picked up for dead, but presently recovered, apparently uninjured. A little while before he was caught eating at a piece of alkali, which burned and scarred his mouth somewhat but which, fortunately, did not reach his stomach. Only a little while previous to that he fell on a hot cooking stove and was very severely burned, and he lived through all these accidents and mishaps only to die at last by drowning at the age of seventeen months.
[KELSO, BENJAMIN H.]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Monday, May 23, 1921
Benjamin H. Kelso (From Clarinda Herald)
Another old soldier has answered the final summons, the funeral of Benjamin H. Kelso having been held Monday afternoon, short services being held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. McAlpin, conducted by Rev. J. M. Williams, followed by services in New Market, in charge of Rev. Joseph E. Penn, with interment in Old Memory cemetery.
At Clarinda his G. A. R. comrades attended the funeral and at the cemetery near New Market the Masonic lodge of which he was a member recited their impressive ritual.
Benjamin H. [all] Kelso was born in Dubois County, Indiana, March 19th, 1842, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George McAlpin, in Clarinda, on May 7, 1921, at the age of past 79 years. He was one of thirteen children. Living in Indiana until the opening of the Civil War, he answered the call of the war in the 24th Ind. Inf. The spirit of patriotism was ever with him.
At the close of the conflict, coming to Taylor County, Iowa, he settled near Siam, where he has spent the better part of his life. In 1865 he was united in marriage to Ellen Turner of Taylor County, who passed away in in 1884. Their seven living children are Sanford G. [rant] Kelso of Long Beach, Calif.; Lemuel L.[ocke] Kelso of St. Joseph, Mo.; Benjamin F.[ranklin] Kelso of New Market; C. [harles] O.[liver] Kelso of Des Moines; J. [ohn] F.[oster] Kelso of Belton, Mo.; Mrs. Effie F. McAlpin of Clarinda, and Bert Kelso of Chilmark, Canada. One sister also survives, Mrs. Mollie Stewart of Hemmington, Ind.
In 1912 he was married to Mrs. Mary Mann of New Market, who passed away four years ago, since which time his home has been with his daughter in Clarinda.
Since 1883, when he was converted, he has been an active Methodist, first at Siam, later at New Market, and more recently in Clarinda. For over fifty years he has been a Mason, his membership being in the New Market lodge at the last. Several years ago he suffered a paralytic stroke, which incapacitated him for some time.
[KINSEY, ARMISTA FLORENCE "MITTIE" BURRIGHT]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, October 27, 1921
GRAVITY -- Miss Olia Burright, one of the teachers in the Gravity high school received a message Monday morning of the death of her sister in Oklahoma. Mrs. J. S. Francis is substitute for her this week.
[KNAPP, RUTH KATHRYN]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 17, 1921
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jackson were called to Omaha last week by the death of Mrs. Jackson's niece, Ruth Knapp, who died last Friday evening. Miss Knapp's mother is a sister of Mrs. Jackson.
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