[Hamblin,
Horace K.]
Times-Republican
Thursday November 22, 1917 [p. 1]
Death Calls Hamblin
After Short Illness
Died At Cottage
Hospital At Creston Tuesday
Served As Treasurer
of Taylor County For Two Terms---Operated On For Obstruction of the
Bowels--Aged 65 Years
H.
[orace] K. Hamblin, after
a short illness, died at the Cottage hospital in Creston Tuesday, November
20, 1917, aged 65 years. The
remains were brought to Bedford Wednesday.
The funeral services were held today at the Presbyterian Church,
conducted by Rev. J. A. Currie.
Interment in Conway cemetery.
After
a short illness Mr. Hamblin
was taken to Creston to be operated on for an obstruction of the bowels. Encouraging reports were received until
a few days prior to his death.
Mr.
Hamblin was treasurer of Taylor County for two terms.
[Cundy,
Jessie Pearl Hamblin]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 21, 1943 p.8
Sharpsburg
Obituary - Jessie
Cundy
Jessie
[Pearl] Hamblin Cundy,
daughter of Franklin Lee and Mary Catherine Mathers Hamblin, was born Sept. 29, 1883, at the Hamblin farm home
west of Sharpsburg, and died at her home in Sharpsburg Thursday, October
14, 1943, having just recently passed her sixtieth birthday anniversary.
She
was married on Dec. 23, 1903, to F. [rancis] L. [lewellyn] Cundy, and to them four children were born, Francis,
Howard, Mary Lou and Orrin, all of whom survive with the husband to hold her
in loving memory.
For
14 years they lived in Howard Lake, Minn., where Mrs. Cundy gave much
time and service in the church, the WCTU and other local agencies, whose
labors were given in unselfish helpfulness for others.
In
1920 they moved back to Iowa and spent 21 years on the Hamblin farm,
moving to Sharpsburg in 1941.
Mrs. Cundy united with the Sharpsburg Presbyterian Church at
its organization in 1893, and has been an active and valuable participant
in its various projects and ministries through the years.
Funeral
services were held at the Sharpsburg Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. J. W. Chase, and there was not room enough in the
building to accommodate all who had gathered to evidence their affection
and esteem for the departed, and their sympathy for the bereaved family. Burial was in the Gravity cemetery.
[Cundy,
Jessie Pearl Hamblin]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 21, 1943 p.8
Attend Cundy Rites
Those
from a distance attending the funeral services for Mrs. Lou Cundy Sunday were Lester Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Al Gentle,
Ira Bosisto, and Mr. and Mrs. Wess Richards of Corning; Mrs. Chester
Close of Aberdeen, So. Dak.; Mrs. Robert Thompson of Fedora, South Dakota;
J. E. Cundy of Cedar Falls, so. Dak.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cundy of Milwaukee,
Wisc.; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. [words unreadable], Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Boltinghouse, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Armstrong, Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Bryant of Lenox; Mrs. Gladys Brown of Grundy Center, Mr.
and Mrs. Amasa Hamblin, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Akers, Mrs. Ted Selders, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Brown of Gravity; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hamblin and Mary,
Mrs. Esther Smith, Mrs. Nelle Thomas of Bedford; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Hamblin of Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bowman and daughter of Blockton,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gaunt and daughter, Mrs. Theo Clouser and son of St.
Joseph.
[Hamblin,
Harriett Wolcott]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 18, 1940 [p. 1]
Harriett Hamblin, 87, Dies Tuesday Morning
Funeral
services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home here Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock for Mrs. Harriett Hamblin,
conducted by Rev. Stanley Schlick.
Burial was in the Conway cemetery.
She
suffered a stroke of paralysis three years ago and since that time had
been in poor health. But
she was able to be about the house every day and apparently was in her
usual condition Monday noon.
In the afternoon she suffered a chill followed by a high fever,
and soon lapsed into unconsciousness.
The doctor summoned pronounced her condition serious, stating
she had pneumonia, and a trained nurse was called from Creston to care
for her. She died at 2 a. m. Tuesday, twelve hours
after becoming ill.
Mrs.
Hamblin (Harriett Wolcott)
was born at Waupaca, Wisconsin, July 14, 1852, coming to Iowa as a young
lady, where she taught school for a number of terms. She was married to Horace K. Hamblin Nov. 25, 1875, and they established their new home
on a farm in Marshall Township, Taylor County, where they resided until
1902, when they moved to Bedford.
Her husband died in November 1917.
Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Grace M. Whitman of Omaha, Nebr., and a son, Allen W. [olcott] Hamblin of Bedford.
A daughter Maude
died in her third year.
Many
of her friends in Bedford and the county remember her for her ability
to paint, and for her love of traveling.
She was a member of the Fortnightly club in Bedford and of the
Presbyterian Church, being active in both until infirmities of the later
years interfered.
[Webb,
Semma May Meyers]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 17, 1941 [p. 1]
Mrs. Walter
Webb Dies Saturday Night
Mrs.
Walter Webb, wife of the
chairman of the Taylor County AAA committee, died at the home of her
daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Drexel Gold,
in Bedford, Saturday night, after a long illness.
The
funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Gravity Monday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. Mr. Proctor.
Burial was in the Gravity cemetery.
Semma
May Meyers, youngest daughter
of Fred and Esther [McNerney Riggle] Meyers,
was born in Page Center, Page County, Iowa, June 18, 1891, being aged
49 years, 9 months and 24 days at the time of her death.
She
moved with her parents to a farm north of Gravity, where she grew to
young womanhood.
On
Nov. 12, 1912, she was married at the Methodist parsonage in Bedford
to Walter Webb. To them three children were born, Berniece, Bernard and Lois. The daughter, Lois, died in infancy.
Mr.
and Mrs. Webb began housekeeping on their farm 4 miles northwest of
Gravity where she lived until last October, when she came to Bedford
to be cared for by her daughter and in whose home she passed away just
prior to the Easter morn.
She
leaves to mourn her passing her husband, the daughter, Berneice,
Mrs. Drexel Gold of Bedford;
and son Bernard of Gravity; two brothers, Arthur Meyers of Gravity, and Bert Meyers, of Northboro; and one sister, Mrs. Bertha Hamblin
of Sharpsburg.
When
a child she united with the Methodist church of Gravity and for years
sang in the church choir. She
leaves not only the memory of a happy disposition and a sunny smile
but she leaves the heritage of a sweet voice, the clear, sweet strains
of "The Star of the East" will ever ring in the memory of
those who heard her as she sang in "the village choir."
[Leighton,
Roy Ellis]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 10, 1966 p. 2
Final Rites Held
For Roy Leighton
Funeral
services for Roy Leighton,
79, of Bedford, were held February 3, at 1:00 p. m. at the west Shum-Novinger
Funeral Home with Rev. J. Milton Kinney officiating. Mr. Leighton died at his home January 29. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery.
Included in the
service was the following obituary:
Roy
Ellis Leighton, son of
Elmer Ellsworth and
Loretta Frances Weaver Leighton,
was born on a farm northeast of New Market, Ia., on Dec. 31, 1886. His entire life was spent in the New Market and Bedford vicinities
except for one year in Wyoming.
Roy
was married to Grace Evangeline Sherbeck on Dec. 10, 1912 at Bedford.
To this union four children were born, all of whom survive. They are Ellsworth of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Ruth Nicholson of Merino, Colo.; Paul of Wahoo, Nebr.; and Laurel Sahlie of Arcadia, Nebr.
As
a young man he joined the Morning Star Church west of Bedford.
His
wife, Grace, preceded
him in death on Sept. 29, 1952.
He
is survived by his four children; two brothers, Don of Davenport, Iowa, and Glen of Bedford; three sisters, Coryl Leighton of Yuma, Colo., Beulah Johnson of British Columbia, Canada, and Opal Squires of Moorhead, Iowa; 15 grandchildren, several great
grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.
[Brant,
Fern Fordyce]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 10, 1966 p. 2
Mrs. Mel Brant Rites Feb. 7
Funeral
services for Mrs. Mel (Fern) Brant,
89, lifetime Taylor County resident, held February 7 at the west Shum-Novinger
Funeral Home, were conducted by Rev. J. Milton Kinney. Mrs. Brant died February 5 at Ringgold
County Hospital in Mount Ayr, Iowa.
Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
The following obituary
was included in the services:
Fern
Fordyce, the daughter
of A. [rthur] B. [onner] and Rachael [Bowers] Fordyce, was born one mile east of Platteville, Iowa, on
Nov. 3, 1876. Much of her
life was spent around Platteville.
She lived in Bedford for twenty years, where her husband served
as an attorney. She received
her education in the public schools of Taylor County, and also attended
Drake University one year.
She
and Melbon Roscoe Brant
were united in marriage at Wichita, Kansas, in 1907. To this union two children, Melbon Roscoe Brant [Jr.], and Beth Alberta Brant Ritz, were born.
Mrs.
Brant is survived by her
two children, two sisters-in-law, Mrs. John Fordyce of Blockton, and Mrs. Eldon Mattson, Long Beach, Calif.; a nephew, John Junior Fordyce,
Blockton; and many friends.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three brothers, John,
Benson, and Ernest
Fordyce, and one sister, Frankie Fordyce, who died in infancy.
She
will be remembered by her friends as a person who loved gardening, flowers,
and her home. She was a
great reader. She also
traveled much for a person of her age.
When she was able she attended church.
[Fordyce,
Leroy]
Iowa South-West
Saturday October 14, 1876 p. 2
Died----Fordyce, Oct. 11th, 1876, at his residence in Conway, of typhoid
fever, Leroy Fordyce,
aged 28 years, 6 months and 13 days.
[Fordyce,
Leroy]
Iowa South-West
Saturday November 4, 1876
Conway
Editor
South-West:--Since our
last communication to your valuable paper, many things have transpired. The saddest of all is the death
of Mr. Leroy Fordyce,
a highly respected citizen of our town.
It is no exaggeration to say that his death is regretted by all
who knew him.
[Fordyce,
Arthur Bonner]
Times-Republican
Thursday June 22, 1911 [p. 1]
Stroke of Apoplexy
Results In Death of A. B. Fordyce----Pioneer of County
A.
B. Fordyce, one of Taylor
County's old pioneers, having lived in the same place near Platteville
for 42 years, died at his home near Platteville Tuesday morning at 5:15,
death resulting from apoplexy.
Mr. Fordyce got up as usual Tuesday morning and started to build
the fire, when he felt a sharp pain across his breast and called to
his son, John, who resides at home. He went to bed and a doctor was called but death came before
the physician arrived.
The funeral services were held at the home, Thursday morning at 10 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. Fred N. Willis of Bedford. Interment at Fairview cemetery, Bedford.
Arthur
Bonner Fordyce was born
in Green County, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1842, and was next to the oldest
child of a family of nine children, all of whom are deceased except
Hayes C. Fordyce of Creston, Iowa. He was the son of Benson and Mariah [Nichols] Fordyce. On
the 14th of May 1866 he was united in marriage to Miss
Rachael Bowers and in
1869 he left Green County, and moved to Taylor County, Iowa, and settled
on a farm 1 mile east of Platteville, where he has continuously resided
until his death. To Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Fordyce
were born five children, two having died in infancy, leaving John
Fordyce, living at home, B. [enson] W. Fordyce, of Des Moines, and Fern Fordyce Brant, wife of M.[elbon] R. [oscoe] Brant of Bedford.
Melbon Roscoe Brant, Jr.,
and Beth Alberta Brant,
two grandchildren, also survive.
[Fordyce,
Benson, 1816-1895]
Waynesburg
Republican (Greene
County, Pennsylvania)
September 26, 1895
Death
of a Former Honored Citizen of Greene County
Benson Fordyce died at his home in Bedford Iowa, September 14, 1895, at the age
of 78 years, 8 months and 23 days. He was born in Greene county, Pa.,
December 21st, 1816, and was the youngest of a family of eight sons
and three daughters, who are now all gone, he being the last one to
cross over the shore beyond. He was married to Miss Maria Nichols April 28, 1838. From this union was born nine children, six sons
and three daughters. All of them grew to manhood and womanhood and four
survive him, three sons and one daughter, located as follows: A.
[rthur] B. [onner] Fordyce,
Platteville, Iowa; C. G. Fordyce,
near Carmichaels, Greene County, Pa., H. [ayes] C. Fordyce, Creston, Iowa and Mrs. Lizzie J.
Connett, Great
Bend Kansas. His wife, Maria, died March 25th, 1868, at their home in Greene County, Pa. On April
25th, 1873 he was again married to Mrs. Frances A. Dale of Bedford, Iowa. At the age of 16 years,
deceased united with the Methodist Protestant church and remained a
faithful member of this church up to his death, which called him to
the church above. In the spring of 1873 he migrated to Taylor County,
Iowa where he resided the last 12 years of his life. He was a man of
wonderful energy, a kind and indulgent father, and a true, faithful
Christian man, who always had the faculty of looking upon the bright
side of his misfortunes. He was universally respected, and few men had
more friends. He was always a welcome addition to the social circle
of the young, middle-aged and the old. He was a man singularly free
from ostentation, a character in which were blended the sterling qualities
that inspire and retain friendship and respect.
Father Fordyce had enjoyed more than ordinary health through a long
and active life up to an early day in July of this year when a heavy
stroke of apoplexy made him an invalid. For a time he slowly improved
then suddenly grew worse and his life gradually faded out at 11:20 p.m.
The funeral took place from the family residence in Bedford, Iowa,
at 2 o'clock p.m. September 16. Services were conducted by Rev. M. C.
Waddell, pastor of the M. E. church, who paid a high tribute to the
deceased. The very large gathering of people and the long funeral procession
expressed better than words could the large place he held in the hearts
and affections of those who knew him best. A grand old man with spotless
character has gone to the grave in peace. The memory of such men should
be perpetuated and their graves kept green to remind us of the many
noble acts and the characters they represent.
[Fordyce,
John]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday November 20, 1958 p. 6
John
Fordyce
Dies
John Fordyce, 91, of Blockton, died at his home Friday, November 14. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon
at the Blockton Methodist church. Rev. I. G. Wilkins and Rev. Lowell Hall officiated. Burial was in Fairview cemetery.
John Fordyce, son of A. [rthur] B. [onner] and Rachel Fordyce, was born March 24, 1867, in Green County,
Pennsylvania and moved with his parents to Iowa when he was two years
old.
On Sept. 2, 1913, he was married to [Mary] Louvada Rhinehart. To this union two children were born. The daughter, Rachel, preceded him in death.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife; son, John Junior, of Blockton; one sister, Mrs. M.
[elbon] R. [oscoe] Brant [Fern]; a nephew and a niece, and other relatives and friends.
John's entire life was spent in Taylor County, as a farmer. He was a member of the Blockton Methodist
church.
[Fordyce,
Corbly Vincent "Corb"]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday August 3, 1933 [p. 1]
Blockton
Man Is Found Dead
C.
V. Fordyce
Is Found Under Wagon
By
the Times-Press Blockton Reporter
C. [orbly] V. [incent] Fordyce, 60, resident of Blockton, was found
dead at one of his farms west of Blockton Tuesday afternoon.
He had gone to the farm to haul a load of corn and in some manner
the load rolled back into a ditch to upset, pinning him beneath. His neck was broken and his back injured,
death resulting instantly.
It is
believed he had been dead about 24 hours when his body was found. It had been his custom to stay all night
at the farm with his son, Roy Fordyce, at times, so when he did not return
to Blockton Monday evening, his wife was not especially concerned; and
the son believed his father had returned to Blockton. His continued absence from home led to a search that revealed
the tragedy.
No Inquest
Sheriff Tom Lacy, accompanied by Acting County Coroner Willis Paul
and County Attorney Roger Warin, went to the scene of the accident,
but decided an inquest was not needed.
A team
of mules used by Fordyce was found loose in a field nearby. It is believed they had been unhitched
from the wagon while the corn was being loaded and that the loaded wagon
had started rolling back, Fordyce attempting to hold it from upsetting
as it went toward a ditch.
Services Today
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Methodist
church at Blockton and burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery.
Surviving are Mrs. Fordyce and three children, LeRoy Fordyce, Blockton, and daughters, Garland and Vivian, at home.
[Fordyce,
Corbly Vincent "Corb"]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday August 10, 1933 p. 8
Services
Held For C. V. Fordyce
C. [orbly] V. [incent] Fordyce, 60, was found dead at his farm near
Blockton Monday, July 31. The
funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Blockton Thursday
afternoon conducted by Rev. W. H. Warrior.
Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery.
He was born in Taylor County July 17, 1873, and was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Fordyce [Sylvia Grove Reed]. He was left
fatherless at the age of three and one half years. A part of his boyhood was spent with his
grandfather [Jacob] Reed. Later he moved with
his mother and stepfather, Will Brown, to Worth County, Mo., where he grew to young manhood.
In 1897 he was married to Miss Della [Austa Fidella] Davidson and they moved to a farm near Blockton,
where they have since resided.
Four children were born to them, Leroy, Crystal, who died in 1929, Garland and Vivian at home. Surviving with the wife and children are three grandchildren,
Naomi, Francis, and Eldon Lynn; two sisters, Mrs. Ophie Bishop of Weldona, Colo., and Mrs. Clara
Ostrander
of Redding; two brothers, Wade Brown of Aurelia, Iowa, and J. C. Brown of Ideal, S. Dak. He was a member of the Methodist church.
[Fordyce,
Corbly Vincent "Corb"]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday August 10, 1933 p. 8
Mrs. Ophie Bishop of Weldona, Colo., arrived Thursday morning to attend the funeral
of her brother, C. [orbly] V. [incent] Fordyce.
[Fordyce,
Benson]
Times-Republican
Thursday March 10, 1904 p. 4
Benson Fordyce, the brother of James Fordyce of Bedford, and a man well known here,
died in Pennsylvania a few weeks ago of pneumonia, after a period of
dreadful suffering. He
was a man of genial, happy face and of a fun loving spirit. He was buried from the home of his brother, Morton Fordyce. A division of the estate will be made
at Waynesburg, Pa., on the 29th of March.
[Fordyce,
Austa Fidella "Della" Davidson]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday April 15, 1943 p. 8
Obituary
- Mrs. C. V. Fordyce
Austa Fidella Davidson, daughter of Mordicia and Mary Ella Davidson, was born May 15, 1874, in Worth County,
Mo. and died at her home in Blockton, Tuesday, April 6, 1943, at the
age of 68 years, 10 months, and 22 days.
She attended school in Grant City, Mo., and afterwards taught in
Missouri and Iowa schools.
In 1897 she was married to Corb. V. [incent] Fordyce and they moved to Taylor County where
they had always made their home.
To them four children were born, Leroy A., Crystal, Garland and Vivian West. Crystal preceded her mother in death in 1929 and Mr. Fordyce died in 1933.
She joined the church when but a young girl and always remained loyal
to her beliefs. She was
a faithful friend, kind and loving mother.
She is survived by her immediate family, four grandchildren, Naomi,
Francis and Eldon Fordyce and Averill A. [llen] West; two brothers, Orlie and Dale Davidson of Sheridan, Missouri.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. B. Stewart at the
Methodist church Friday afternoon, April 9. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery.
[Fordyce,
Austa Fidella "Della" Davidson]
Bedford
Times-Press
Thursday April 15, 1943 p. 8
Mr. and Mrs. O. [rlie] H. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Davidson, Dale
Davidson and
family, all of Sheridan, and Mrs. Clara Ostrander of Kellerton, attended the funeral services
for Mrs. Della Fordyce Friday.