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Obituaries
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submitted by: Julia Johnson - juliajoh@usc.edu
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday September 12, 1968 [p.7] Final
Rites Held September 3 For Arthur Thompson Funeral
services for Arthur G. [arrett] Thompson, a life time Taylor county resident, held September
5, 1968 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, were conducted by
[?} Berne. Mr. Thompson
died at his home in Bedford September 3.
Interment was at Bedford Cemetery [Fairview], Bedford. Arthur
Garrett, son of Ira Graff and Iowa Alice [Warder] Thompson was born May 15, 1884, in Taylor
County near Gravity, Iowa. He
was united in marriage to Zetta Keith on Feb. 15, 1911, at Bedford. To this union three children were born. They are Alice (Mrs. Karl Cobb), Allen
J. [oseph] Thompson, both of Bedford and Robert Keith Thompson of Conway. Zetta passed away at their home south
of Bedford on Jan. 1, 1942. He
became a member of the Berea Church of Christ when a young man and was
a faithful member until his death. On
Sept. 11, 1943, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Alta [Weatherly]
Miller and they made their home on a farm
northwest of Bedford until 1961 when they moved to their present home
in Bedford. He
was preceded in death by his father and mother; four brothers, Elmer, Lester, Troy, and Walter; two sisters, Effie (Mrs. Bert Taylor), and Bertha (Mrs. Blaine Ratliff). In
the surviving family are his wife, Alta and children: Mr. and Mrs. Karl Cobb [Alice], Mr. and Mrs. Allen Thompson
[Hazel Stephens],
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson [Ruth Hickman]; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren;
one sister, Mrs. Flossie Newkirk; two sisters-in-law; many nieces, nephews; also several
step-nieces and nephews. |
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday December 31, 1970 [p. 1] Eugene
Bailie,
59 Rites
Tuesday Funeral
services for Eugene Bailie [son of Louis Bailie], 59, who lived north of New Market, were held Tues.,
Dec. 29 at Walker Funeral Home in Clarinda. Mr. Bailie died Sunday, December 2, at Clarinda Municipal Hospital.
Interment was at Memory Cemetery, New Market. Survivors include his wife, Lenore; four children, Richard of Ft. Dodge, Marilyn of West Des Moines, Judy of Omaha and Janet of Peru, Nebr.; a brother, Bill Bailie of Bedford; a nephew, Steve Bailie of Great Falls, Montana. |
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday April 29, 1971 [p.4] Gilbert
Henry,
51, Final Rites are Held April 24 Funeral
services for Gilbert Charles Henry, 51, of Denver, a native of Bedford, were held April 24
at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Carl Cummings officiating. Mr. Henry died April 20, 1971 near Denver,
Colo. Military honors were
given by Bedford American Legion Post No. 164 with interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery. Gilbert
Charles Henry,
son of Beryl
and Violet Campbell Henry, was born near Bedford, Iowa, September 27, 1919. Soon
after he graduated from the Bedford High School he joined the Armed
Forces of his country; serving in Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines,
and later stationed in Germany.
Returning to the states he was stationed for various periods
of times at Fort Dix, N.J., Washington, D.C., where he was in the adjutant
general's office located in the Pentagon; then at Ft. Meade, Md., and
Fort Bliss, Texas, where he retired from the Armed Forces as a first
lieutenant in the infantry. Following
his retirement from the service, he has been associated with the National
Park Service for the past 12 years and was stationed at the Dinosaur
National Monument, near Denver, Colo., at the time of his passing away,
due to a heart attack. He
was preceded in death by his father, Beryl Henry. Left
to cherish memories are his wife, Mearl Enola Hunt Henry; a daughter, Carole Henry Pasach;
two sons Burl
and Patrick; two grandchildren; his mother,
Violet; two sisters, Virginia Perkins
and Margaret King;
nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and many friends. He
was baptized in the Catholic Church while residing in Omaha, Nebr. Gilbert
was a kind and loving husband, father, brother, and friend and he will
be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him. |
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday August 26, 1971 [p.1] Last
Rites Held Tuesday for Bill Bailie, 63 William
W. (Bill) Bailie,
a longtime businessman and operator of Bailie's Repair Shop here, died
Sunday in Municipal Hospital, Clarinda, after an illness of several
months. He was 63 years of age. Mr.
Bailie was born in Taylor County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis L.
Bailie [Maude Weir],
both of whom preceded him in death.
He attended the Bedford Baptist Church was a member of the American
Legion by virtue of military service from 1942 to 1946. A major part of which was spent overseas. Mr.
Bailie was an avid outdoor sportsman and was active in the Wildlife
Conservation Club and the Bedford Gun Club. He participated in local government, serving on the city council
and water board. |
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday May 6, 1971 [p.3] Final
Rites at Arlington for Maj. Gen. Hoover Major
General Hubert D. [on] Hoover, Washington, D.C., died on April 9 at Silver Springs, Md.
Interment, with full military honors, was held in Arlington National
Cemetery. Major
General Hoover, the youngest son of Oswald (Os) and Ketura Hardenbrook Hoover, was born near Bedford [in Jackson
Township] Oct. 15, 1887. The
family moved to California where he graduated from the University of
California Law School. He
made a career of the army, working in the Judge Advocate Division in
Washington, D.C. He is survived by
his widow [Gertrude Haverstick]
and two sons. He was a
first cousin of Mrs. Roy Meikle [Madge Bailie] [daughter of Nancy Hoover Bailie], Maryville and the late Mrs. Persus Wier, and a
second cousin of Miss Minnie Hoover,
Bedford. |
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday October 26, 1972 p.3 October
22 Rites Held Here for Alma McCormick Funeral
services for Mrs. Edgar (Alma May) McCormick, 93, of Bedford, were held October
22, at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Rev. Robert Truitt
officiating. Mrs. McCormick
died October 18, 1972 in Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Ia. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford. Daughter
of Matthew
and Zoa Orton,
Alma May McCormick
was born July 26, 1879, in the farm home in Benton Township near Bedford,
Iowa. Here she grew to
womanhood. As a young girl
she was united with the Gilead Methodist church and participated faithfully
in all the church activities. She
was united in marriage to Edgar Dean McCormick on March 16, 1904. They lived on a farm southeast of Bedford.
To this union one daughter was born, Zoa Rita. Part
of Alma's life was spent on the farm where she was a good neighbor and
friend, and always willing to help where there was a need. She remained on the farm for some years following the death
of her husband. In 1940 she decided to move to Bedford and here she
enjoyed her flowers and garden, which she loved to share with her neighbors
and friends. With
failing health she moved in with her daughter and husband and stayed
until 1970. She lived with
her youngest granddaughter, Lois, and family for half a year in Council
Bluffs but longing to return to neighbors and friends she returned to
Bedford and entered the Thogmartin Nursing Home. Preceding
her in death were her parents, a baby brother, her husband Dean, and son-in-law, Laurel Stithem. She
is survived and missed by her daughter Zoa Rita Stithem; four grandchildren, Doris Christensen
and husband, Harold;
Eldon Stithem and
wife, Darlene;
Lois Minnick
and husband, Bill;
Robert Stithem
and wife, Nelda;
11 great grandchildren and one great great grandson. She
will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her. |
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday November 30, 1972 p. 2 Doyle
Thompson
Dies in Calif. Rites Held
Tues. [Forest]
Doyle Thompson,
59, of Mountain View, California, formerly of Bedford, died November
24 at his home in Mountain View.
Services were held Tuesday at Hayward, California with interment
in Hayward. Mrs. Cleo Thomas and Paul Thompson, sister and brother, flew to California Monday to
attend the services. |
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Bedford
Times-Press Thursday March 22, 1973 p. 4 Last
Rites Held March 20 for Mrs. Roy Meikle Funeral
services for Mrs. Roy (Mary Madge) Meikle. 88, of Maryville, Mo., long time Bedford resident,
were held Tuesday, March 20 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home, Bedford,
with Rev. C. Ray McCain officiating.
Mrs. Meikle died March 16, 1973, at Park Dale Manor in Maryville,
Mo. Interment was at Fairview
Cemetery, Bedford. Among
Mrs. Meikle's survivors are two daughters, Marjorie and her husband, Homer Jensen, of Maryville, Mo., and Ruth, and her husband Mort [on] Koser, of North Liberty, Ia.; five grandchildren; and
eight great grandchildren. |