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Los Angeles Times
Thursday November 18, 1976 p. B27
Deaths
Funeral Announcements
Conley, John W.
Service Friday, 3:30 p. m. at Utter McKinleyÕs Glendale Chapel. Interment in Bedford, Iowa.
[Hillyer, Mary Elinor Thompson]
Chicago Tribune
Saturday July 15, 1967 p. B10
Mrs. Whitfield D. Hillyer
Mrs. [Mary] Elinor [Thompson] Hillyer, 57, of 2914 Colfax St., Evanston, died yesterday in her home. She is survived by her husband, Whitfield D. [odge], assistant manager in the controllerÕs department at Northern Trust Company; three sons, John W.[hitfield], Timothy S., and Stephen C.; two grandchildren; four brothers; and two sisters. Services will be held at 10 a. m. Tuesday in St. MatthewÕs Episcopal church, 2120 Lincoln St., Evanston.
[Hillyer, Whitfield Dodge ÒWhitÓ]
Chicago Sun-Times
Saturday May 21, 1994 p. 41
Whitfield D. Hillyer, Public Relations Chief
Whitfield D. [odge] "Whit" Hillyer, a bank public relations manager and former journalist-photographer, died Thursday in Highland Park Hospital. He was 85.
Mr. Hillyer, of Evanston, was an assistant manager of public relations at Northern Trust Bank when he retired in 1968 after a decade of service. Before that, he held a similar post with Bell & Howell for four years.
After graduating college during the Depression, he held a variety of jobs, including work for City News Bureau and Evanston News-Index. Also, he was assistant editor of Popular Photography, editor of The Camera Digest and associate editor of trade books for Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.
Mr. Hillyer wrote a weekly camera column in the Chicago Sun, predecessor of the Chicago Sun-Times, for two years. In 1941, he did pioneering work in the use of stop-action photos with a miniature camera at the Chicago Open golf tournament. His experiments led to a story in the Chicago Daily News. Golf Magazine subsequently did an illustrated feature on the process. Other publications and wire services picked up on the innovation and began equipping staff photographers with similar equipment.
Mr. Hillyer graduated the University of Michigan in 1932 with a liberal arts degree. In World War II, he did defense work, working on fire control optics for the Army and Navy at Bell & Howell.
He supported a number of organizations, either as a member or officer, including the University of Michigan Club, Chicago Symphony Society, Art Institute of Chicago, Nature Conservancy, Smithsonian Institution, Sierra Club and both the Chicago and Evanston historical societies.
Mr. Hillyer is survived by his wife, Claire; three sons, John, a sportswriter for the San Francisco Examiner; Timothy, a Wheeling policeman, and Stephen, publications editor for Northwestern University Traffic Institute, and four grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 2120 Lincoln Ave., Evanston. Burial will be private.
Chicago Tribune
Wednesday August 14, 1968 p. B10
Death Notices
Hillyer
Clair R. [ichards] Hillyer of 1580 Ashland Avenue, Evanston, Aug. 12, 1968, husband of the late Helen D. Hillyer; father of Whitfield D. [odge] Hillyer of Evanston; three grandsons and three great grandchildren. Service at 11 a. m. Wednesday at St. MarkÕs Church, Ridge Avenue and Grove Street, Evanston. Burial private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. MarkÕs Church, Evanston, the Union League Club, BoyÕs Foundation, or the Chicago Heart Association.
Chicago Daily Tribune
Sunday April 15, 1956 p. 55
Mrs. Claire D. Hillyer
Mrs. Helen D. [odge] Hillyer, 79, died yesterday in her home at 1580 Ashland Av., Evanston. She is survived by her husband, Claire R. [ichards], an attorney, and a son, Whit [field] D. [odge]. Services will be held at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow in St. MarkÕs Episcopal church, Evanston.
Washington Post
Monday January 5, 1914 p. 3
Died
Dodge---On Sunday, January 4, 1914, at 5 p. m., at his residence 116 B Street northeast, William C. [astle] Dodge, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Notice of funeral hereafter.
Washington Post
Tuesday January 6, 1914 p. 2
William Castle Dodge
Funeral will be conducted this afternoon at 2 oÕclock of William Castle Dodge, who died at his home of pneumonia on Sunday afternoon. The service will be held at the family residence 116 B Street northeast, and the Rev. John Weldley, of the Church of the Reformation, will officiate. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Dodge, who was an inventor, patent lawyer, and civic worker, moved to Washington in 1860, when he was appointed doorkeeper of the House of Representatives. He is survived by his wife, three sons, and four daughters.
The children are Philip T. Dodge, of New York; William W. and Horace A. Dodge, of Washington; Miss Jennie Dodge and Mrs. Thomas J. Johnston, of Brooklyn; Mrs. Clair Hillyer [Helen], of Chicago, and Mrs. J. W. Murphy, of this city.
Times-Republican
Thursday May 9, 1918 [p. 1]
William Dale Dead
Funeral Services Were Held Today At the Christian Church
Word was received in Bedford Tuesday of the death of William Dale of Boulder, Colo., who died at Pueblo, Colo., where he had been taking treatment. The remains were sent to Bedford for burial. The funeral services were held at the Christian church today at 2:00 p. m., conducted by Rev. E. E. Lowe.
Mr. Dale was formerly a resident of Bedford for many years.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 29, 1953 [p. 1]
Stewart Dale Died In Omaha Sunday
Stewart B. Dale, 63, former resident of Bedford, died in Omaha Sunday, Jan. 25. Services were held in Omaha Wednesday afternoon and committal was in Forest Lawn cemetery there.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edna Dale; one son, Stewart Dale, Jr.; one daughter, Barbara Dale, all of Omaha; also by his father, Jere M. Dale of Des Moines and long-time resident of Bedford; one sister, Mrs. Frances Dale Mayo of Des Moines; one brother, John E. Dale of Kansas City.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 1, 1953 [p. 1]
J. M. Dale Buried Here Sunday
Jere Dale, 87, long-time resident of Bedford, died in Des Moines Sept. 24. The body was brought to Bedford and last rites were held at Wetmore Funeral Home Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Clement Loehr. Burial was in Fairview cemetery.
Mr. Dale was a mail clerk on the Creston-St. Joseph branch of the Burlington for many years. After his retirement and the death of his wife, he went to Des Moines to live with his daughter Frances and husband, Mr. and Mrs. R. [oy] A.[lfred] Mayo.
He is also survived by a son, John Dale of Kansas City. Another son, Stuart [Stewart] Dale preceded his father in death.
[Melvin, Mary Emma Melissa Eggers]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 19, 1968 p. 7
Emma M. Melvin Rites Held Tues.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clyde (Emma M.) Melvin, 85, of Bedford, were held Tuesday at the Bedford Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Ollie Odle. Mrs. Melvin died Sunday at Court Street Rest Home here. Interment was at the Hopkins Cemetery, Hopkins, Mo.
[Melvin, Mary Emma Melissa Eggers]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 26, 1968 p. 3
Emma M. Melvin Rites Dec. 17
Funeral services for Mrs. Clyde (Emma M.) Melvin, 85, of Bedford, held December 17 at the Bedford Baptist Church, were conducted by Rev. Ollie Odle. Mrs. Melvin died Dec. 15 at Court Street Rest Home in Bedford. Interment was at the Hopkins Cemetery, Hopkins, Mo.
Mary Emma Melissa Melvin, daughter of William and Mary Ann [Houser] Eggers, was born in Taylor County, five miles from Hopkins, Mo., June 8, 1863.
On July 2, 1905 she was married to Clyde R. Melvin at the home of her parents and to this union one son was born.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Clyde in 1954, their son at the age of 10, and seven brothers and three sisters.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Walter Harris, New Market, and Mrs. Charlie Cook, Lockwood, Mo., several nieces and nephew and other relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin lived on several farms in the Hopkins area and 20 years in Hopkins before moving to Bedford in 1953.
Mrs. Melvin became a Christian at the age of 19 and united with the Baptist Church of Hopkins, Mo., in 1902. In 1938 she transferred her membership to the First Baptist Church of Bedford where she faithfully attended and supported her church as long as her health permitted.
Emma was a wonderful and kind neighbor and a friend of many, and she will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved her.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 28, 1950 [p. 1]
Services Held Here For B. F. Miller
B. F. Miller, a resident of Bedford and Taylor County for many years, died Dec. 20 in Bedford.
The funeral services were held at the Shum Funeral Home Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Robt. M. Peters. Burial was in the Bedford cemetery.
Benjamin Franklin Miller was born in Darts County, Ohio, December 28, 1856, having reached the advanced age of 93 years, 11 months, and 22 days.
He was married to Agnes Jane Stewart, who preceded him in death, April 24, 1945. To them were born four sons, all of whom survive. They are: [Benjamin] Roy Miller of Hopkins, Port [Portland Isaiah] Miller of Gravity, John Arthur Miller of Edina, Missouri; Rolly [Franklin] Miller of Bedford. There are also 18 grandchildren, and 20 great grandchildren.
He became a member of the church at Sharpsburg in 1914.
[Larison, Sarah Elizabeth Ulrich]
Taylor County Herald
Thursday March 23, 1933
Mrs. Enoch Larison
[Sarah] Elizabeth Ulrich, daughter of Edmond and Sarah [Ann Tobias] Ulrich, was born near Upper Sandusky, O., on March 17, 1876, and departed this life from the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. [harles] E. Wilson [Ethel], in Hopkins, Mo., on March 17, 1933, at the age of 57 years.
She was the youngest of a family of six children and was left an orphan at three years of age, when she was brought to Iowa by her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Moser, where she lived until her marriage to Enoch Larison September 12, 1894. To this union 10 children were born, four of whom died in infancy. She moved to her present home Jan. 3, 1896.
Mrs. Larison leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Enoch Larison of Bedford; six living children, Elmer of Bedford, Wilbur of Hazelton, Idaho, Wade of Bedford, Mrs. Charlie Wilson [Ethel] of Hopkins, Mo., Mrs. Leslie Williams of Prescott, Iowa, and Beulah at home. She leaves seven grandchildren, her aunt, Mrs. Barbara [Ann Ulrich] Moser of Bedford, one sister, Mrs. Harry Caylor [Mary Jane] of Bucyrus, O., one brother, Will Ulrich of Sandusky, O., and one brother-in-law, J. E. Althouse of Bucyrus, O. There are many other relatives and many near and dear friends.
Mrs. Larison united with the First Presbyterian Church in Bedford at a very early age in life, later transferring her membership to the Baptist church in Hazel Dell, southwest of Bedford.
One of the outstanding characteristics of the Larison family was its love for its mother and one another. Mrs. Larison was loved and respected by all who knew her and she will be missed from her community. The sympathy of her many friends go out to her remaining family in this hour of sorrow.
The funeral services were held in the Baptist church of Bedford, Monday afternoon at 2:30 oÕclock, Rev. Clark M. Crowell, assisted by Rev. Ray Dick of Hopkins, officiated. Interment was in the Bedford cemetery.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 8, 1982 p. 4
Elma Larison, 73, Final Rites Held Here July 5
Funeral services for Mrs. Wade (Elma Rae) Larison, 73, of Bedford, held in the Bedford Baptist Church July 5, were officiated by Rev. James Nelson. Mrs. Larison died July 3 at Bedford Manor Nursing Home. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Ia.
Elma Rae Allen, daughter of Millard and Minnie Allen, was born at Mount Moriah, Missouri.
On July 5, 1930 she was united in marriage to Wade Theron Larison at Princeton, Missouri. They lived near Bedford for a number of years, then moved to Pontiac, Michigan, returning to Bedford in 1964.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Wade, brothers Truman [George] and Gilbert Allen and sister, Mary Herbst.
Left to cherish her memory are sisters, Mrs. Doyle (Agnes) Thompson, Mrs. Glen (Lucille) Cooper; brother, Corwin Allen; 11 nieces; four nephews; several sisters and brothers-in-law, including Fern and Bus Williams and Thena Larison, Bedford; as well as many friends.
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday May 17, 2000 p.11
Ruby Avey
Ruby Ann Avey, daughter of Samuel James and Hulda McMullen, was born April 18, 1909, in the New Market/Clarinda area, and passed away on December 29, 1999, at the St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, MO. at the age of 90 years, 8 months, and 11 days.
She was married to Elbert James Avey on February 24, 1933 and had five children: James Allen of Princeton, MO; Kenneth Charles of Westminster, CO; Wilbur Floyd of Windsor, MO; Dolores Jo Boone of West Des Moines, IA; and Paul Burton of Windsor, MO. Ruby was employed at the Armstrong Nursing Home, and later at the Bedford Manor. She dedicated her life to Jehovah God, and was baptized in symbol of that dedication on October 15, 1988. She was a member of the Bedford Congregation of JehovahÕs Witnesses from that time on.
Ruby was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and one sister, and her husband. She is survived by her five children and one granddaughter, Holly, and two grandsons, Darrell and Josh.
Graveside services were held on Sunday May 14 at the Fairview cemetery conducted by Ritchie Funeral Home.
Taylor County Herald
Thursday April 6, 1933
Mrs. P. A. Blake
Hollie G. Powell was born near New Windsor, Ill., Oct. 10, 1875, and passed to her eternal home on Thursday morning at about nine oÕclock March 29, 1933, age 57 years, 5 months and 19 days.
When about two and one half years of age she moved with her parents to a farm about a mile and a half east of Conway. This was her home until 1903 when she moved to Bedford.
She was married to Perley A. [rthur] Blake on March 20, 1906, at her home here in Bedford, and this has been her home since her marriage. One child, a daughter, Lucille, was born to this union.
Mrs. Blake was a lover of home and yet found time to be with her husband in the store when needed. She became well known to the people of the town and community and had many friends and acquaintances over the entire county. She was always pleasant to meet and made friends easily and held them well.
For six months or more she has not been in the best of health but it was not until late in the last year that her husband became worried about her condition. In her quiet determined way she went ahead with her work at home and at the store and those who met her little dreamed that she was not in the best of health. Soon after Christmas she had to give up and went home. All has been done that love and medical skill could do to bring her back to health but both love and skill fought a losing battle. If hope and courage could have brought back health she would have won for she had both to an unusual degree. Like one who Òfolds the drapery of her couch about her and lies down to pleasant dreamsÓ she slipped away to that land where suffering is a stranger.
She began the Christian life when quite young in years and united with the Methodist Church at Conway. After her marriage she transferred her membership to the Bedford Church and has been a member of this church for about 25 years. With a busy life at home and at the store she did not give as much time to church work as she doubtless would have otherwise, but she has always had a real interest in the church and its work.
Mrs. Blake has three brothers, Bert and Clint Powell of Conway and Cliff Powell of Omaha, all of whom were present for the funeral service. There is one nephew, Earl Powell of Corning and one niece, Bessie P. Ford of Gray, Canada.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon at two oÕclock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. M. R. Talley, and burial was made at Conway cemetery.
Bedford Free Press
Thursday November 18, 1909 p. 7
R. M. Powell
R. [obert] M. [assie] Powell was born in New Hampshire County, Va., June 2nd, 1836. When he was about one year old his parents [Horatio Nelson Powell and Elizabeth Ely] moved to Illinois where he resided until 1873.
February 20, 1873, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth J. [ane] Chiles and to them were born four children, viz B. E. and C. H., residing at Conway; C. D. at Loveland, Colorado and Mrs. P. [erley] A. [rthur] Blake [Hollie], of Bedford. In 1875 Mr. Powell came to Taylor County, Iowa, and has resided here until his death, which occurred suddenly at his home in Bedford Saturday Nov. 6th at 4:30 p. m.
There were eleven children in his fatherÕs family, six of whom preceded him in death and one brother and three sisters remain.
His wife, three sons and one daughter survive him and today are bowed beneath their sorrow which none of us escape and yet never loses its poignancy though the scene of death may grow familiar and men are kept busy digging our graves.
Mr. Powell was a man of sterling integrity and worth, whom men respected and loved, and the community was greatly shocked when the news of his sudden death became known.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Fred N. Willis and after brief services at the home the remains were taken to Conway, where neighbors and friends crowded the church to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed and after the service there the burial was in the Conway cemetery.
The pallbearers were R. W. Robinson, D. Roberts, J. E. DeHaven, J. R. Cooper, John Dotts, W. D. Blakemore.
Times-Republican
Thursday November 11, 1909
R. M. Powell
Death came suddenly to R. [obert] M. [assie] Powell at his home in this city at 4:30 oÕclock Saturday afternoon. He had been around as usual during the day, and had come down on the afternoon train from Conway. He walked up through Main Street and the many people who had seen him were shocked upon hearing of his death a few minutes later. Mr. Powell went to his home and had been in the [rest of sentence garbled].
R. [obert] M. [assie] Powell was born in New Hampshire County, Virginia, June 2, 1836, and was 73 years of age at the time of his death. When he was about a year old his parents [Horatio Nelson Powell and Elizabeth Ely] moved to Illinois, where he resided until 1873. February 20 of that year he was united in marriage with Elizabeth J. [ane] Chiles. In 1875 they came to Taylor County and have since resided here. Mr. Powell resided during most of that time on a farm near Conway, having been a successful farmer. A few years ago he came to Bedford, and has since made this his home.
Mr. Powell had ten brothers and sisters, six of whom preceded him in death, one brother and three sisters surviving. Of his own family besides the wife there survive three sons and one daughter, Bert E. [arl], and Clint H. [oratio], residing at Conway, Cliff D. [allas], at Loveland, Col., and Mrs. P. [erley] A. [rthur] Blake [Hollie] of Bedford.
Short services were held at the residence Tuesday, conducted by Rev. F. N. Willis, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church. The remains were taken to Conway by train in the afternoon, accompanied by about fifty friends and relatives, a service being held in the Methodist Episcopal church there. All of the business houses closed in Conway during the hour of service and the church was crowded to its capacity with acquaintances of Mr. Powell.
[Powell, Elizabeth Jane Chiles]
Times-Republican
Thursday November 1, 1928 [p. 1]
Elizabeth Jane Chiles
Elizabeth Jane Chiles was born in Des Moines, Iowa, November 3, 1846 and departed this life on October 25th, 1928. If she had lived until November 3rd she would have reached the age of 82 years. She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Chiles, with whom she moved to east Tennessee in the year 1858, and from there to Texas in 1860. Six years later they moved to Illinois where she lived until her marriage to Robert M. [assie] Powell, which occurred on February 20, 1873.
To this union four children were born, Bert E. [arl] Powell of Conway, Mrs. P.[erley] A. [rthur] Blake [Hollie] of Bedford, Clinton H. [oratio] Powell of Conway, and Clifton D. [allas] Powell of St. Petersburg, Florida. There are four grandchildren, Earl Powell of Corning, Mrs. Bessie Ford of Canada, Frank Powell of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Lucille Blake of Bedford. There are also eight great grandchildren. Her husband, Robert M. [assie] Powell, preceded her in death 19 years ago and sleeps in the Conway cemetery, by whose side Mrs. Powell will be buried.
Mrs. Powell leaves two brothers and two sisters to mourn her going, George W. and James F. Chiles, Mrs. Sarah Longley and Mrs. J. E. Powell, all of San Diego, California. The sisters are here today but it was not possible for the brothers to be in attendance for her funeral.
She was converted and joined with the Methodist Episcopal Church when just a girl and had been a member of the church in Bedford for the past 25 years.
All of her children and her sisters were at her bedside at the time of her death.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 11, 1945 p. 5
Bert Powell Succumbs
Bert [Berton Earl] Powell, 71, who was injured in a car wreck last May and had been bedfast since that time, died Sunday, Jan. 7, at a nursing home in Bedford. The funeral services were held at the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon. Burial was in the Conway cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Ford of Regina, Sask., Canada, two sons, Earl Powell of Los Angeles and Frank Powell of Burbank, Calif.; two brothers, Clint [Clinton Horatio] Powell of Conway and Cliff [Clifton Dallas] Powell of Omaha.
[Powell, Berton Earl “Bert”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 18, 1945 p. 3
Obituary – B. E. Powell
Berton Earl Powell, eldest son of Robert [Massie] and Elizabeth [Jane Chiles] Powell, was born in Illinois, December 26, 1873, and died in Bedford Sunday, January 7, at the age of 71 years and 12 days.
He came to Iowa with his parents when he was about five years of age, living on a farm near Ladoga. A few years later he moved with his parents to a farm two miles east and south of Conway, where he resided until his marriage to Lillie Pitman on March 26, 1892 in Conway.
To them three children were born, Earl L. Powell of Los Angeles, Mrs. Bessie Ford of Gray, Sask., Canada, and Frank J. Powell of San Jose, California. He spent his life in Conway and vicinity with the exception of a few years in Canada.
He is survived by his wife and children, two brothers, Clint Powell of Conway and Cliff Powell of Omaha. His parents and one sister, Mrs. P. [erley] A. [rthur] Blake, preceded him in death.
He also leaves one niece, Lucile Blake, Bedford, seven grandchildren, Dorothy Powell of Salinas, Calif., Darrell Powell of Los Angeles, Robert M. Powell in the armed forces, Leroy Ford, of Gray, Canada, Drexel Ford in the Canadian armed forces, Betty G. LeVine of Regina, Canada, John Elwin Ford in the Canadian armed forces, Karen Lynn Powell of San Jose, Calif. Also two great grandchildren.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 26, 1962 p. 4
Fred Ford Rites Held July 10
Funeral services were held for Fred Ford, 70, at Gray, Sask., Canada. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Bessie Powell, three sons and a daughter, nine grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Ethel Maybee of Des Moines, a brother Frank of Stockton, Calif. Mr. Ford has visited many times in Conway at the late Bert Powell home.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 11, 1945 p. 5
Former Resident Dies
Henry Simmons, long time resident of Conway, who had spent the last few years in Creston, died there Sunday, Jan. 7. Burial was in the Conway cemetery Tuesday.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 26, 1962 p. 4
Grant Dowell Dies July 25
Grant [U.] Dowell of Fairfield, Iowa, died yesterday (July 25). Area relatives include two sisters, Mrs. Lela Snyder and Mrs. Jack Beaver, Bedford; one brother, Irven [Irvin] Dowell, Diagonal.