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Obituaries
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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Taylor
County Herald Thursday June 22, 1939 [p.1] Buried
Here Short
funeral services were held Monday at the Wetmore Funeral home for Martha
F. [lorence] Hoover,
80, who died June 17 at Albia, Ia.
The widow of the late Edgar D. Hoover, she leaves a daughter [Minnie
J. Hoover]
who resides in Albia, a sister, Mrs. Lillian Allcott of Salt Lake City and a brother,
A. B. Davidson,
of Bedford. Burial was
in Fairview cemetery [Bedford]. |
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday June 22, 1939 [p. 1] Mrs.
Edgar D. Hoover Buried
Here June 19 Mrs.
Edgar D. Hoover,
for many years a resident of Jackson township southeast of Bedford,
died at her home in Albia, Iowa, Saturday, June 17. Funeral
services were held at the Humeston Funeral Home in Albia at 9 o'clock
Monday morning and the body was then brought to Bedford for further
services, which were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Monday afternoon,
conducted by Lela H. Gass, reader of the Christian Science Society of
Albia. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery [Bedford,
Iowa]. Martha
Florence Davidson,
daughter of John and
Hannah Davidson,
was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5, 1858, being aged 80
years, 6 months and 12 days at the time of her death. She
was married to Edgar D. Hoover on March 31, 1887.
He preceded her in death Nov. 20, 1924. She
is survived by a daughter, Minnie J. Hoover of Albia, Iowa; one sister, Mrs.
Lillian Allcott
of Salt Lake City, Utah; one brother, A. B. Davidson of Bedford; sixteen nephews and
nieces. Among
those from Albia, Iowa, who accompanied Miss Minnie J. Hoover to Bedford Monday with the body
of her mother, Mrs. Edgar D. Hoover for burial, were the following: Lela H. Gass, reader; Adrienne Moser,
soloist; Mrs. John F. Abeggian, pianist; Wiley Hartzell, Isaac Allison,
Francis Harbison, Donald O. Smith, Dean Bellman and Edwin S. Gantz,
pallbearers. |
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Taylor
County Herald Thursday August 31, 1939 [p.1] Funeral
Sunday for Rose Kemery Funeral
services were Sunday from Forest Grove church for Rose Ann Kemery, a long time resident of Jackson
Township who died Friday at her home. Surviving
the 83-year-old woman are her two sisters, Anna and Vivia [Vivandra] who were her companions in the
home. The
rites were conducted by the Rev. C.M. Buck of the Bedford Church of
Christ. Burial was in Forest
Grove cemetery. |
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Taylor
County Herald Thursday September 28, 1939 [p.1] Ella
Hoover
Dies in Blazing Home Cause
of Fire Remains Unknown; Woman Believed to Have Fallen Down Closed Stairway Ella
Hoover,
77-year-old spinster, died Friday afternoon in the flaming ruins of
her farm home 9 miles southeast of Bedford. An
extensive landowner, Miss Hoover lived alone in her rambling dwelling,
one of the oldest structures in Taylor County.
Neighbors said the house was 84 years old, it having been hauled
piece-by-piece from St. Joseph, Mo. and Ottumwa, Iowa. The
blaze was first discovered by Jesse Straight, Ellis and Oakley Rowe
who were able to enter the burning building and remove but a small part
of the heirlooms and antique furniture which it housed. According
to Straight, the fire had not yet penetrated the main portion of the
home when he entered the building.
He said he called repeatedly but received no answer. His opinion, then, he said, was that Miss Hoover was away from
home at the time. Summoned
to the farm, the Bedford fire department laid hose lines from a nearby
pond. They battled the
fire, which had gained tremendous headway before they arrived, for 2
hours, but were unable to save any of the structure. Body
Found Miss
Hoover's body was found, facedown, beneath 2 1/2 feet of debris by firemen
who were sweeping the smoldering ashes with hose streams. From the location of the body, it is surmised that she had
either fallen down the closed stairway which led from the room in which
she was found or she had been suffocated in an upstairs room, and had
been [plunged?] to the ground level when the upper flooring burned through
and collapsed. A
light iron bed, known to have been in the upstairs room, had fallen
in such a manner as to partially cover the body.
Flooring beneath Miss Hoover's body was not completely burned
which led investigators to believe that she probably was laying at the
foot of the stair at the time the three men called to her. Call
Coroner Deputy
Sheriff T.V. Lacy was called and was present at the time the body was
removed. County Coroner
Roe B. Reed of Clearfield was also summoned but announced no inquest
would be held. Lacy
told The Herald he
had learned Miss Hoover was seen alive about three o'clock Friday afternoon
by a trio of Hopkins men who came to her farm with a proposition to
rent some pasture. Lacy
branded as false an early report that Miss Hoover had been seen driving
her car toward her home but a short time before the blaze was found. Lacy
said it was apparent that the fire started in a small lean-to shed in
which the woman kept straw, kindling and cobs for fuel. From it, the fire had spread through the entire building. Whether
she had first attempted to battle the blaze and then had gone upstairs
to save some valuables and had there become trapped or had fallen down
the stairs, is a matter which, probably, will never be known. Rites
Held Funeral
services were held Tuesday from the Wetmore Funeral Home in Bedford
conducted by the Rev. Stanley Schlick.
Burial was in Forest Grove Cemetery. Surviving
are two brothers, Oswald O. Hoover of Modesto, Calif., and Don Hoover of Quincy, Ill., and a sister,
Zelda T. Streeter
of Lompoc, Calif. She also
leaves 5 nieces, 5 nephews and 29 great-nieces and great-nephews. |
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Taylor
County Herald Thursday October 5, 1939 [p.8] Ella
Hoover Ella
Hoover,
daughter of Benjamin B. [alsar] and Mary Ann [Henkle] Hoover, was born February 19, 1862, and died at her home
southeast of Bedford Friday, September 22, 1939. One
of a family of 11 children, two brothers and one sister are left to
mourn her passing. They
are Oswald O. Hoover,
Modesto, Calif., Don Hoover
of Quincy, Ill. and Zelda T. Streeter of Lompoc, Calif.
She also leaves 5 nieces, 5 nephews, 29 great nieces and nephews,
together with other relatives and friends. Almost
her entire life was spent in the old home in Jackson Township where
she was born and met her death when it was destroyed by fire. She
was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Bedford and a member of the
Jackson Grove Grange. She
was a graduate of the College of Music of Shenandoah and taught music
for a number of years in the county. Many
of the early years of her life were devoted to teaching in the rural
schools. Being
a great lover of nature, much of her time was spent in the great outdoors,
enjoying nothing so much as a beautiful sunset. She met all difficulties thrown in her path with great fortitude. It
seems fitting that the last fleeting moments of her life be spent in
the dear old home for she loved it.
Everything in it to her was precious memory and a sentiment deeper
than understanding. Funeral
services were held Tuesday from the Wetmore Funeral Home in Bedford,
conducted by the Rev. Stanley Schlick of the Bedford Presbyterian Church. Interment was in the Forest Grove Cemetery. |