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Obituaries
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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Bedford Free
Press Thursday February 21, 1924 [p. 5] Mrs. C. C.
Corson Died Monday. Mrs.
C. [orwin] C. [alvin] Corson
died at her home here Monday after a lingering illness of several weeks. The funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon, February 19th, at the Methodist church at 2 oÕclock
conducted by the minister, Rev. Talley, and interment was in Fairview
cemetery. Mrs.
Corson was one of the very pleasing women of the community and her presence
and place in the activities of the city will be greatly missed. She was stricken some time ago with the
malady that finally caused her death and she met the end bravely. Following is the obituary as read: Coryl
M. Walker was born Sept.
22, 1867 at Monroe, Iowa. She
moved with her parents, Calvin and Rebecca [Johnston] Walker to their farm home near Gravity when she was but
a child. After finishing
school she began teaching and was for a while one of the teachers of
the New Market school. She
was married to C. [orwin] C. [alvin] Corson February 13th, 1895. They moved to Bedford soon after their
marriage and this has been their home ever since. Her
mother died in 1913, and her father in 1896. One sister, Mrs. Retta Scane, died in 1915. She has a brother living, A. [ndrew] S. [cott] Walker of Prole, Iowa. She
joined the church in early life, probably soon after coming to Gravity
with her parents. She was
received into the Bedford church by Rev. A. H. Collins. She
had been, for a number of years, a member of the Rebekah lodge of Bedford. Her
life has been as an open book.
Her friends are many in number.
Her Christian life is revealed in her every day life, and is
well known to you all. She loved life. One of my memories of her will be the
uncomplaining way with which she met her sickness. In our visits to her home there was never a word of complaint.
She treated the matter of her sickness lightly and tried to be
always as cheerful and sunshiny in her meeting as one could be under
such conditions of health as she faced. But to the last she was determined to
keep up just as long as possible, and was not confined long to her [word
missing] and on Monday morning of last week she fell asleep. Bedford Free
Press Thursday February 21, 1924 [p. 5] Robert Hanson Died Monday The
community was deeply grieved to learn Monday that Robert Hanson, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hanson, had passed away at his home here after a very few
days illness of pneumonia. The
family had just moved to Bedford from the East Mission neighborhood
the day before the boy took sick.
He became sick on Thursday and was unable to recover from the
attack of double pneumonia. The
funeral services were held at the Baptist church Wednesday, the 29th,
by the pastor, Rev. Fletcher, and interment was in the Lexington cemetery. Below is the obituary read at the service. Robert Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hanson was born September 23, 1913, and passed away on
February 18th, 1924, age 10 years. Little Robert was born on a farm east of Bedford, where
he lived and was loved by all who knew him, until a few days ago, when
the family moved to Bedford. After
a brief illness he went to live in the land with our heavenly father
where sickness never comes. There is no flock
however watched and
tender, But one dead lamb
is there; There is no fireside however de fended, But
has one vacant chair. They are gone to that land On whose blissful
shore There rests no shadow, falls
no strain, Where those that
meet shall part no more, And those long parted
shall meet again. Little
Robert leaves to mourn his early demise, his parents, one sister, Francis
Lavan, and one brother,
Walter Edwin, his two
grandmothers and grandfather and other relatives and friends. The
Free Press joins in
extending kindest sympathy to the bereaved ones. Bedford Free
Press Thursday June 25, 1925 [p. 8] Obituary - William
Henry Lee William
Henry Lee was born in
Danville, Ill., July 8, 1833, and died at the home of his son in Lewisburg,
Kansas, June 15, 1925, age 91 years, 11 months and 7 days. He
came to Taylor County in the year 1874, and settled on a farm southeast
of Gravity, where he resided until 1894, when he moved to Texas. He came to Kansas in 1907 where he spent
the remaining days of his life. He
was united in marriage to Elizabeth Mary Dick in 1857. To
this union ten children were born, one daughter having died in infancy
and one son, Ira, passed
from this life in June 1886. He
was a member of the Church of Christ, and served this congregation as
Elder for a number of years. He
was ever faithful in attendance and loyal to the Church. To him the Bible was a Holy Book through which God spoke to
His children. Upon it he
built his home; its teachings guided his life; its promises sustained
and comforted him; and he has entered into the fellowship of immortals
with his living faith confirmed and justified. Four
daughters and four sons survive him.
They are: Mrs. Eunice Moore
of Three Lakes, Washington; Mrs. Jennie Reynolds of Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Ida Scales, of San Antonio, Texas; Mrs. Essie Millis, of Dallas, Texas; Levi and Carey Lee of Paolo, Kansas; Oda Lee of Lewisburg, Kansas, and Riley Lee of Gravity, Iowa. Truly,
a good man has departed, but his memory will be cherished by those who
knew him, and the sweet fellowship renewed in the Celestial Land. Funeral
services were conducted by Chas. A. Burkhart, from the Gravity Church
of Christ, Wednesday, June 17, at 2 o'clock.
Interment was made in the Ladoga Cemetery. Bedford Times-Press Thursday April 27, 1933 p. 3 Miss Lotta
Hills Funeral Friday Funeral
services for Miss Lotta Hills,
52, who died very unexpectedly from an attack of heart failure, Monday
night, April 17, were held Friday afternoon at the Christian church,
conducted by Rev. Hall, pastor of the Christian Church of Clarinda. The
pallbearers were members of her Sunday school class, Mrs. Ralph Kendrick,
Mrs. Earl Ripsley, Mrs. Margaret Fuller, Mrs. Richard Wallace, Miss
Corda Fuller, and Miss
Fornia Fuller. Burial
was at Memory cemetery. Miss
Hills had been a resident of this community for forty-three years. She was very interested and active in
church work, having taught in the Sunday School for twenty-six years,
and had held offices in the county Sunday School organizations and W.
C. T. U. society for a number of years. She
is survived by her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hills, of New Market, and a sister, Mrs. Lillie Crawford,
of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bedford Times-Press Thursday August 31, 1933 p. 4 C. B. Kimpton, 75, Dies Gravity Man Had
Been Ill for Several Months C.
[harles] B. Kimpton, 75,
died at his home in Gravity, Tuesday, August 22.
He had been ill for several months. The funeral services were held at the Christian church Thursday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. Mr. Eppard of Clarinda. Burial was in the Guss cemetery. Mr.
Kimpton was born Nov. 3, 1857, in New York. He had been a resident of Gravity for the past fourteen years.
Surviving relatives are his wife [Frances Vandenberg]
and two daughters. |