[Rosa Kemery Bothel]

Bedford Times Press

Thursday    February 6, 1958   p. 5

Mrs. Cliff Bothel Dies in Denver, Colo.

Mrs. Cliff [ord] Bothel, 71, of Denver, Colo., died unexpectedly on Monday, January 27, following a stroke.  Last rites and burial were at Denver on Friday, January 31.

She is survived by her husband, two married daughters, [and] three grandchildren.  Also by a sister, Mrs. Georgia Ford of Bedford.

The Bothels were residents of the Bedford community before moving to Canada many years ago.  They moved to Denver in 1936, which city has since been their home.  Mrs. Bothel was Miss Rosa Kemery before her marriage and was a sister-in-law of Mrs. George Jared.

[Susannah May Adams Campbell]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    September 18, 1958    [p.] 6

Mrs. Dick Campbell Rites Here Saturday

Mrs. Dick [Richard] Campbell, a long-time resident of Bedford and Taylor County, died in Chicago early Wednesday morning.  The body is being returned to Bedford, arriving here Thursday night.

Funeral services will be held at the Shum Funeral Home at two o'clock Saturday afternoon.  Rev. Colvin Caughey of the Baptist Church will officiate.  Burial in Memory Cemetery at New Market.

Mr. Campbell died March 25, 1950.

She is survived by two sons and four daughters.  They are Archie Campbell of Arkansas, Albert Campbell of Bedford, Mrs. Glenn Leighton [Floris Hazel] of Bedford, Mrs. Violet Henry of Clarinda, Mrs. A. F. Cirksena of Des Moines, Mrs. Alta Dubach [Alta Marie] of Chicago.

[Estella Hoover Denton McCormick]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    May 7, 1959    [p.]4

Mrs. McCormick Dies After Long Illness

Mrs. E. [dwin] C. [ummings] McCormick of Bedford died at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville [Missouri], Friday, May first, where she had been a patient and under medical care the past three months.

Funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Monday afternoon, May 4, with Rev. Colvin Caughey officiating.  The body was placed in the mausoleum in Fairview cemetery.

Estella Hoover, daughter of Josiah and Annetta [Jones] Hoover, was born August 13, 1876 in Taylor County, Iowa, and passed away at the age of 82 years, eight months, 18 days.

She was married to [John Alvin] Al Denton in 1896 and they resided on a farm in the Forest Grove community.  Mr. Denton died March 5, 1945.

She was married to Edwin C. McCormick on November 21, 1947 and had lived in Bedford since that time.

She is survived by her husband and by a foster daughter, Miss Esther Golding of El Monte, California.  Also by four sisters and three brothers:  Mrs. Jessie Ernest, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Goldie King, McCall, Idaho; Mrs. Ethel King, Nampa, Idaho; Mrs. Hazel Book, Denver, Colo.; Roy Hoover, Washington, Mo.; Clay Hoover, Bartlett, Kansas; Jay Hoover, Nampa, Idaho.

[Susanna May Adams Campbell]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    September 25, 1958    [p.] 4

Mrs. Dick Campbell Rites Were Saturday

Funeral services for Mrs. Richard Campbell, who died in Chicago, September 16, were held at the Shum Funeral Home Saturday afternoon, Sept. 20.  Rev. Colvin Caughey of the Baptist Church officiated.  Burial in Memory Cemetery at New Market.

Susanna [Susie] May Adams, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Fuller Adams, was born near New Market, Iowa, July 22, 1873, and died at the age of 85 years, one month, 25 days.

On December 25, 1890 she was married to Richard Campbell.  To them were born ten children, four of whom preceded their parents in death.

Mrs. Campbell was a member of the Church of Christ of Bedford.  She lived all her life in Taylor County until September of 1951 when she went to Chicago to make her home with her daughter, Alta.

Surviving are two sons, Archie L. Campbell of West Fork, Arkansas, Albert E. Campbell of Bedford; four daughters, Mrs. Violet Henry, Mrs. Glen Leighton [Floris Hazel] of Bedford; Mrs. A. F. Cirksena of Des Moines, Mrs. Adrian Dubach [Alta Marie] of Chicago.

Mr. Campbell died in 1950.  There are 17 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren..

[Charles Clifford Bothel]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    December 10, 1959    [p. 1]

Cliff Bothel Dies

Cliff Bothel [Charles Clifford], 80, of, Denver, Colorado, brother of Mrs. George Jared of Gravity, Iowa, died Friday, December 4, in a hospital there.  Mr. Bothel resided in Bedford a number of years ago.  [He married Rosa Kemery.]

[Floyd Kemery]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    December 10, 1959    [p.] 6

Last Rites Today For Floyd Kemery, 65

Floyd Kemery, 65, died Monday evening, December 7, in the hospital at Iowa City.  He had been taken by ambulance from the Municipal Hospital, Clarinda, to Iowa City Friday of last week, for treatment of injuries received in a fall from his upstairs apartment on Court Street, Bedford, early Tuesday morning, December 1.

Last rites will be conducted at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home, 709 Madison, here Thursday afternoon [today] at 2 o'clock, by Rev. Colvin Caughey of the Baptist Church.  Burial will be in the Forest Grove Cemetery.

Surviving are his son Bill, now in Seattle, Wash., and his daughter, Mrs. Lois Scott of Corning.  Mrs. Georgia Ford is a surviving sister.

[Floyd Kemery]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    December 17, 1959    [p.] 4

Floyd Kemery Rites Were Held Thursday

Funeral services for Floyd Kemery, who died at University hospital in Iowa City, Monday, December 7, were held at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home on Madison, Thursday, December 10.   Rev. Colvin Caughey of the Baptist Church officiated.  Burial was in Forest Grove Cemetery.

Floyd Kemery, son of B. [enjamin] F. [ranklin] and Anna I. [owa Allcott] Kemery, was born on a farm in Taylor County, Feb. 28, 1895.  His death came from injuries received in a fall.

He is survived by two children, a daughter, Mrs. Lois M. Scott of Corning, and a son, Billy.  Also by a sister, Mrs. Georgia K. Ford of Bedford.

He was preceded in death by four sisters, Mrs. Osta Amrine, Miss [Mary Iowa] Ode Kemery, Mrs. Mattie Davidson and Mrs. Rosa K. Bothel.

Mr. Kemery farmed in Taylor County until 1924 when he moved to Des Moines, later to Rockford, Ill., Chicago and Detroit, Mich.  He had lived in Bedford since September 1955.