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[Hatfield, Elizabeth Mae Miller]
Clarinda Herald Journal
Thursday January 31, 1985
Mae Hatfield Former Resident
[Elizabeth] Mae Hatfield, 79, former Clarindan, died Jan. 28, 1985 at Willow Glenn Convalescent Hospital at Campbell, Ca., of complications from a fall at her home on Jan. 9
A memorial service will be held Jan. 31 at 7:30 p. m. at Campbell Church of Christ, Jerry Campbell officiating.
Mrs. Hatfield was born on Aug. 14, 1905 in Taylor County, a daughter of William W. [eston] and Loretta (Smith) Miller.
She is survived by one daughter, Evorene Davis of San Jose, Ca.; a sister, Eva N. Young of Fullerton, Ca.; two brothers, Carl W. [eston] Miller of Fullerton, Ca., and William J. Miller of Wichita, Ks.; five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Jeane E. [llen] Reber who died in January, 1965 and a brother, Floyd E. Miller.
[Hatfield, Elizabeth Mae Miller]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 7, 1985 p. 6
Mae Hatfield Services In Oregon
Memorial service was held for [Elizabeth] Mae Hatfield, 79, of Campbell, Calif. January 31 at the Campbell Church of Christ with Jerry Campbell officiating. Mrs. Hatfield died Jan. 28 at Willow Glen Convalescent Hospital in San Jose, Ca., from complications after a fall in her home Jan. 9.
She was born August 14, 1905 in Taylor County, Ia., the daughter of William W.[eston] and Loretta [Smith] Miller. She graduated from Bedford High School in 1925.
Mrs. Hatfield is survived by her daughter, Evorene Davis, of San Jose, Ca., one sister, Eva N. Young of Fullerton, Cal., two brothers, Carl W. [eston] Miller, Fullerton, Ca., and William J. Miller, Wichita, Ks., five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday December 22, 1914 [p. 1]
William Hatfield Dies On Street
Well Known Farmer Expires In Bedford Having Come To Trade
Falls and Life Is Extinct Before He Is Conveyed To Office Of A Physician—Funeral Arrangements Not Yet Made
William [W.] Hatfield, an old and well known citizen of Bedford and vicinity, suddenly dropped in the street near the Free Press office yesterday and expired in a few minutes. There was no one immediately near him at the time and on one saw him until he had fallen. T. E. Meredith and Mrs. Meredith were coming up town and when at the opposite corner by the Clark grocery, noticed him lying in the street and Mr. Meredith hastened across and at the same time others arrived on the scene and thinking he had slipped and fallen, attempted to assist him to his feet. It was then discovered that something more serious than a fall was the cause and he was carried to Dr. Standley's office and everything done possible, but life was apparently gone when the office was reached. The news spread rapidly and in a few minutes his brother-in-law, L. O. Taylor, came and shortly after his son Elmer, who came to town with him. The body was taken to his home by George Campbell, who was placed in charge. The cause of death is supposed to have been some heart affection, although the family state that he has never previously been troubled with his heart.
He had complained of not feeling well for a day or two and came to town for medicine and while here had told his son that his stomach pained him and his heart was troubling him and they would start home in a few minutes.
Deceased was 61 years old and had lived in the county the greater part of his life.
From early boyhood he had made his home with his uncle, Len Hatfield. He married Miss Emma Taylor and he is survived by his wife and four children, Fred, Elmer and Mrs. Emma John, all of whom live in the vicinity, and Mrs. Emmett Arnold, who lives near Grant City.
At this time no funeral arrangements have been made.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 20, 1938
Frank Hatfield
Frank [P.] Hatfield. 74, a resident of Bedford and community for many years, died at Tulsa, Okla., Sunday, Jan. 9, 1938.
The funeral services were held at the First Christian church in Tulsa, conducted by Dr. Claud E. Hill. Burial was at Newkirk, Okla.
Frank Hatfield was the son of Leonard and Parintha [Phelps] Hatfield and was born near Bedford. He was the oldest son of a family of six children. Mrs. Manda [Harriet Amanda] Allred, Mrs. Laura Taylor and [William] Arthur Hatfield, with the mother and father, are deceased.
Mr. Hatfield was one of Taylor County's best schoolteachers, having graduated at Valparaiso, Ind. He met his wife while in college and many of the older people of the community will remember when he came here with his bride on Nov. 28, forty-five years ago. Four children were born to them: Julia and Lena, who preceded their father in death, W. [ilber] B. [ryan] Hatfield and Miss Lucy Hatfield.
Surviving with the wife and two children are a sister and a brother, Malissa Hatfield and Charles Hatfield of Hydro, Okla.
Mr. Hatfield taught in Taylor County for many years. He also taught in the schools at Newkirk, Ponca City, and Fairfax, Okla., but retired several years ago. He had resided in Tulsa for the past nineteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield visited in Bedford four years ago.
[HATFIELD, FRANK P.]
Newkirk Daily Reporter (Newkirk, Oklahoma), Monday, January 10, 1938
F. P. Hatfield Buried Monday
Former Newkirk Resident Died at Tulsa Sunday
Burial services were held at the Newkirk cemetery this afternoon for F. [rank] P. Hatfield, former resident of Newkirk, who died at Tulsa Sunday, it was announced at the Hill Funeral Home, which had charge of local arrangements.
Hatfield had been away from the city for about 15 years. While here he was a teacher in several rural schools in the Newkirk area and taught for a short time in the Newkirk schools. Cause of death was not known.
[HATFIELD, FRANK P.]
Newkirk Daily Reporter (Newkirk, Oklahoma), Tuesday, January 11, 1938
Frank P. Hatfield Burial Here Monday Former Resident Died at Tulsa Sunday
A former resident of Newkirk who never lost contact with friends here, Frank P. Hatfield was laid to rest in the Newkirk cemetery Monday afternoon in the same lot with his two deceased daughters, Lena and Julia.
Mr. Hatfield died at Tulsa Sunday, Jan. 9 after an illness which had lasted for two years since he underwent a serious operation. He was born May 6, 1863 at Bedford, Iowa and died at Tulsa, Jan. 9, 1938 at the age of 74 years, 8 months and 3 days.
He spent his early life in Taylor county, Iowa and received his education in the Bedford schools and the Northern Indiana Normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana. He spent the early part of his life teaching school in Iowa and Oklahoma.
He was married to Minnie Gilmour, Nov. 28, 1892. To this union four children were born, two of whom preceded him in death. Survivors are Minnie Hatfield, his widow and a daughter Lucy of the Tulsa home and a son Wilbur who also lives in Tulsa, by a sister Mrs. Melissa Hatfield, Ponca City and a brother, Charles of Hydro, Okla., and by five grandchildren.
When the family lived in Newkirk Hatfield taught in several of the rural schools about the city and also for a time in the Newkirk schools. He owned a business building here, the one now owned and occupied by Tom McKeaigg north of the post office.
The family left here many years ago, but Hatfield was always a visitor on Memorial Day when he returned to the graves of his two daughters in the local cemetery. He was superintendent of the Sunday school and also an elder in the Christian church. On moving to Tulsa, he transferred his membership to the First Christian church there. The family home is at 1137 N. Main street, Tulsa.
Burial services were held at the Newkirk cemetery Monday afternoon with the Hill Funeral Home in charge. The Hill Funeral Home were in charge of arrangements.
[Hatfield, Evelyn Alice Mitchell]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 17, 1967 p. 2
Final Rites Held Aug. 12 For Evelyn Hatfield
Funeral services for Mrs. Rex (Evelyn) Hatfield, 55, lifetime Bedford resident, were held August 12 at the State Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here with Mr. Carl Cummings officiating. Mrs. Hatfield died August 10, 1967 at Clarinda Municipal Hospital. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
Evelyn Alice Hatfield, daughter of Edgar H. [owe] and Hattie Redman Mitchell, was born August 4, 1912, on a farm near Bedford, Iowa.
On December 4, 1937, she was married to Thomas Rex Hatfield. They had five children: Harold Dean, Boulder, Colo., Larry Dale, Washington, D. C., Kenneth Lee, Pierre, South Dakota, Alan Rex, who died at birth and Richard Gail, Knoxville, Ia.
She was a member of the Bedford Christian Church.
Her husband and one son preceded her in death. She is survived by her four sons, her parents, two sisters, Pauline Rogers and Edna Boyer, three daughters-in-law and three granddaughters.
Evelyn was a kind and considerate person, and she will be missed by both family and friends.
[Mitchell, Alice "Allie" Howe]
Times-Republican
Thursday May 21, 1903
Mortuary
Alice Howe was born in Pike County, Ohio, April 28, 1855. She came to Mason County, Ill., in 1864. She was converted and united with the M. E. church when about 18 years of age, and has lived a life of trust in her Saviour ever since. She came with her parents to Taylor County, Iowa, in 1878, where she was married a year later to [Edward] Olney Mitchell. To this union was born two sons, Melvin V. [ern] and Edgar H. [owe]. She leaves also two brothers, J. [ames] M. and E.[dward] J.[efferson] Howe, and an aged father, who will especially miss her. She was a kind mother and loving sister and devoted and dutiful daughter, always patient and gentle towards every one. She will be greatly missed in the community as well as in the home where she has lived so long. Her last illness was some two weeks duration but with all her suffering she was wonderfully patient. The funeral service took place at the home some 5 miles northeast of Bedford on Wednesday, May 13, 1903, at 2 o'clock. Rev. D. W. Griffith conducted the service in the presence of a large company of neighbors and friends who came to show their sympathy and respect for the family in the hour of their bereavement. Interment took place at Lexington cemetery. It may be fittingly said of her she rests from her labor and her works do follow her.
Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose
Untrodden by the host of foes.
C.
[MITCHELL, ALICE REBECCA "ALLIE" HOWE] [MITCHELL, ALICE REBECCA "ALLIE" HOWE] |
Times-Republican
Thursday March 31, 1910
Edward Howe
Edward Howe, aged 85 years and 11 months, died Monday afternoon at his home four miles northeast of Bedford. The following day word was received of the death of his brother, Isaac Howe, which had occurred in Montrose, Colo., two days before. About ten days before the death of the two brothers, took place the death of a sister, Mrs. Mary J. [ane] Roberts, in Maryville, Mo.
Funeral services over the remains of Edward Howe were held at the home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, after which the body was laid to rest in the Lexington cemetery.
Edward Howe was born in Claiborne County, Tenn., April 27, 1823, and when a boy moved with his parents to Ohio. December 3, 1850, he was united in marriage with Nancy A. Johnson at McArthur, Ohio. They were the parents of four children, two of whom preceded him to the grave. The surviving ones are Edward J. [efferson] Howe and James M. Howe. The family moved to Illinois in 1864, and two years later, to Iowa, locating near Corning. In the spring of 1877 they came to Taylor County, locating on the farm four miles northeast of Bedford, which has since been his home.
[HOWE, EDWARD]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 31, 1910
Edward Howe Dead
Edward Howe died at his home four miles northeast of Bedford, Monday afternoon, March 28. At the time of death, he was 85 years and 11 months old.
Edward Howe was born in Claborn [Claiborne] County, Tenn., April 27, 1824 and moved with his parents to Ohio when but a small boy. He was united in marriage to Nancy A. Johnson at McArthur, Ohio, December 3, 1850 and to this union four children were born, two of whom have preceded him to the grave. The surviving ones are Edward J. Howe and James M. Howe. He moved with his family to Illinois in 1864 and two years later he moved to Iowa and located near Corning. He moved to Taylor County in the spring of 1877 and located on the farm four miles northeast of Bedford which has ever since been his home. The funeral services were held at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock conducted by Rev. D. McMasters, assisted by Rev. Fred N. Willis, after which the body was laid to rest in Lexington cemetery.
Times-Republican
Thursday March 31, 1910
Sister of Edward Howe
Mrs. Mary Jane Roberts died Tuesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. E. Gault, on West Second Street. Funeral services were held at the Gault residence Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock conducted by Dr. S. S. Martin of the First Methodist church. The body will be taken Thursday morning to Graham and interred in the Grove cemetery beside that of her husband. She was ninety-seven years of age and was born December 19, 1812, Tazewell, Tenn. She was married to Andrew Roberts in 1831. In the year 1869 they moved to a farm west of Maryville. Since the death of her husband in October, 1870, she made her home with her children. She leaves seven children, John Roberts of Savannah; Mrs. Rhoda Dorst of Ionia, Kan.; Mrs. Margaret Burkhead of Skidmore; Norton Roberts of Maitland; Mrs. Angelettie Phipps, Claiborn Roberts and Mrs. Mary Jane Gault of Maryville. All of the children were present at the funeral except Mrs. Burkhead, Mrs. Dorst and Norton Roberts, who, on account of sickness, were unable to come. She is also survived by three brothers, Edward Howe of Bedford, Ia., Isaac Howe of Montrose, Colo., and Joseph Howe of Buryville, Kan.---Maryville Tribune
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 20, 1938 [p. 1]
J. M. Howe Dies At His Home Here
J. [ames] M. Howe, long time resident of Bedford and Taylor County, died at his home in Bedford Monday evening, following an illness of several months.
The funeral services were held at the Walker & Shum Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Stanley Schlick and Rev. C. Max Buck. The body was place in the mausoleum in the Fairview cemetery.
James M. Howe, youngest son of Edward and Nancy [Johnson] Howe, was born at McArthur, Ohio, June 25, 1863, being aged 75 years, 3 months and 22 days at the time of his death.
When two years of age he moved with his parents to Mason City, Ill., where they resided until 1876, when the family moved to Corning, Iowa. In 1877 they moved to Taylor County and settled on a farm in Clayton Township, where he resided until the spring of 1901, when he was married to Julia M. Riley of Maitland, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Howe resided on their farm in Jackson Township until 1911 when they moved to Bedford, where they have since resided.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, Julia M. Howe and two nephews, Melvin V. [ern] Mitchell of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Edgar H. [owe] Mitchell of Bedford, and other more distant relatives and friends.
Times-Republican
Thursday April 8, 1926
Edward Jefferson Howe
Edward Jefferson Howe was born in McArthur, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1857, where his early youth was spent. When a boy of eight years he came with his parents to Mason City, Ill., and later to Corning, Ia. After a short residence there the family moved to Taylor County, Iowa, and settled on the old home place in Clayton Township. For more than 25 years he served on its school board in an official capacity. On April 12th, 1904, he was married to Linnie M. [aude] Snyder [Schneider], afterward residing on the farm until 1920 when they moved to Bedford. Though his life was quiet and unassuming, he responded to any call from his neighbor or friend. In the early years of his life he united with the Conway Presbyterian Church. He departed this life on Monday evening, March 29, 1926, after an illness of three months. Though the end came suddenly he had attended to everything in his business affairs and met the end calmly and with patience. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Howe; the little daughter, Gayle; one brother J. [ames] M. Howe, and two nephews, Melvin [Vern] and Edgar [Howe] Mitchell, all of Bedford.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Mar. 31, at 2 p. m., at the Baptist church, conducted by Rev. Fletcher. Interment was made in the Bedford Mausoleum in Fairview Cemetery.
[Howe, Linnie Maude Schneider]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 20, 1945 [p. 1]
Mrs. Linnie Howe, Former Resident, Dies
Mrs. Linnie Howe, a resident of Bedford for many years, died Saturday, December 15, at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Jean Hoff in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoff accompanied the body to Bedford, funeral services being held this afternoon, Thursday, at the Walker-Shum Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. O. H. Hallgrimson. The body was placed in the Mausoleum in the Fairview cemetery.
Linnie Maude Schneider was born December 28, 1867 in Francisville, Indiana, the youngest of nine children, all of whom preceded her in death.
For fourteen years she taught in the schools of Indiana, where she was a pioneer in the advancement of primary education.
In 1900 she came to Taylor County, Iowa, and on April 12, 1904, was married to Edward J. [efferson] Howe of Clayton Township. In 1920 they moved to Bedford. It was here that Mr. Howe passed away March 26, 1926. For the last three and a half years Mrs. Howe lived with her daughter and family.
She had been in failing health the past year.
All of her life she was active in the Baptist church and for many years was teacher of the Gleaners class of the local church.
She is survived by her daughter, Gayle and husband, three grandchildren, Peter, Marilyn and Sylvia Hoff, all of Fergus Falls; six nieces and nephews; one of whom, Edgar [Howe] Mitchell, lives in Bedford.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 28, 1936 [p. 1]
Attend Livingston Funeral
Among those from out of town here to attend the funeral services for B.[enjamin] P. [erry] Livingston last week, were the following: John Cochran, Mrs. Alma Cochran, Mrs. Fannie Cochran and son Ted, of Good Hope, Ill.; George Botorff of Augusta, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. John Livingston and son Lyle of Burnside, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McFarland and daughter, Mrs. Billo Brookman, and Mrs. Claude McFarland of Blanchard; Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Fisher and daughter, Mrs. Ellis Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Willison and daughter, Mrs. Roy Davidson, Mrs. Omar Willison, Jasper Willison and son Franklin, all of Clarinda.
Henry Livingston and son Roy of Clearmont, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Leonard of Corning; Mrs. Fred Wisecup and son Sterling of Villisca; Mr. and Mrs. Orson Cochran, Mrs. Sarah Becherer and daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nelson, all of Lenox.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 19, 1964
A. H. Warneke Rites March 12
Funeral services for August H. [enry] Warneke, life-long Taylor County resident, held March 13 at Berea Church of Christ, were conducted by Jerry Samples of Hopkins. Mr. Warneke died March 9 at his home near Bedford. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
The following obituary was included in the services:
August Henry Warneke, son of August Fred and Minnie [Dorthea] Pflug Warneke, was born near Hopkins, Mo., Oct. 5, 1891. When a small child the family moved south of Bedford, where he grew to manhood.
On August 10, 1921 he was united in marriage to Vera [Ellen] Van Camp. They moved to the farm home where they have made their home through all the years.
Three children came to bless this union: [David] Duane of Tempe, Arizona, Robert of Bedford, and Mrs. Ilene Cotter of Savannah, Mo.
Early in life he was baptized in the Church of Christ at Berea where his membership remains.
He was a World War I Veteran, and a member of the Odd Fellow Lodge at Bedford.
He loved his church and friends, was a kind and loving husband and father.
He is survived by his wife, the three children and their companions, six grandchildren, Sharon and Larry Warneke, Billy and Timothy Warneke, Stephen and Patti Cotter; one sister, Mrs. Bertna Steeve of Bedford; two nephews, August and Harold Steeve; two nieces, Mrs. Dale Standage and Mrs. Harold Snyder and their families.
[WARNEKE, AUGUST HENRY]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, March 27, 1941
According to the radio August H. [enry] Warneke, about 75, south of Bedford, burned to death Tuesday afternoon at a point about three-fourths of a mile from his home. It is presumed that the man overexerted himself in fighting a weed fire and fell in the path of the flames. The body was found by his wife who had started a search when he failed to return home. Besides his wife he is survived by a son and daughter.
Times-Republican
Tuesday January 16, 1906 [p. 1]
Another Old Resident Gone
Mary Ann [Morgan] Craig, wife of Charles C. Craig, and an old resident of Bedford died at her home in this city yesterday evening at 4 o'clock of paralysis, aged 84 years, 1 month and 17 days.
The funeral will occur at the residence tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday) at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev. Edgar Price.
Mrs. Craig was born in Ohio. Here her girl and early womanhood were spent, and here she was married to Charles C. Craig on March 17, 1843. For seven years after their marriage, this young couple remained in Warren County, Ohio, and then moved to Illinois, settling in a county of the same name as the one they left, near the city of Monmouth. This continued to be their home until 1869, when they decided to move to Iowa, and coming here arrived in Bedford, on Nov. 25th of that year. Since that time this has been their home.
Mrs. Craig always had good health, up to three years ago, when she suffered a stroke of paralysis, which left her helpless. Since that time she has been confined to her bed. Never since the stroke came has there been any hope of her recovery; her suffering has at most of the time been intense, and her death was to her only a happy release from pain and agony.
A husband and five children survive her, all but one living at Bedford. The children are as follows: Sarah Starling, Minerva Vaughn, O. L. Craig, Etta Evans of Bedford and Lydia Golding of Kansas City.
[CRAIG, MARY ANN MORGAN]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Friday, January 19, 1906
Funeral of Mrs. Craig
The funeral of Mrs. Chas. C. Craig occurred Wednesday afternoon at the family home in East Bedford. The services were conducted by Rev. Price and were attended by many old friends of the deceased who have known her for many years. The interment was made in Bedford cemetery.
[CRAIG, MARY ANN MORGAN]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, January 18, 1906
Mrs. Charles C. Craig Dead
Mrs. Ann Craig died at her home in Bedford Monday, Jan. 15, at 4 o'clock p. m., aged 84 years, 1 month and 17 days.
Mrs. Craig was one of Bedford's oldest residents, having come here in November 1869. She was married to Chas. C. Craig March 17, 1843. She leaves a husband and five children, all [of] whom live here but one. The children are: Sarah Starling, Minerva Vaughn, O. L. Craig, Etta Evans of Bedford and Lydia Golding of Kansas City.
Funeral services took place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev. Edgar Price.
[Springstead, Minerva Craig Vaughn]
Times-Republican
Thursday February 23, 1922
Laid To Rest
The body of Mrs. Minerva [Craig Vaughn] Springstead arrived in Bedford, Tuesday noon from Kansas City, and was laid to rest in the Bedford cemetery. It was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. J. [ames] A. [lexander] Evans [Etta Craig] of this place, who has been in Kansas City for the past two or three weeks helping care for the deceased.
Times-Republican
Tuesday February 20, 1906 [p. 1]
A Sudden Summons
Charles C. Craig, An Old Resident Of Bedford, Found Dead In Bed
Charles C. Craig died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Starling, in the northeast part of the city on Friday night, Feb. 16th, of apoplexy; age, 84 years, one month and five days.
The death of Mr. Craig was sudden and unexpected. On Friday he was up and around and apparently in his usual health. When he retired he made no complaint, and no one dreamed that his death was only a few hours away. Saturday morning, her father, not arising at his usual hour, Mrs. Starling went to his room to call him. One glance told her that her father was no more. During the still hours of the night the angel of death had come, and Mr. Craig had gone to meet the companion of his life who but one month before had crossed the dark river. The deceased was one of the oldest settlers of Bedford and Taylor County---the fourth to be called within a few days. He came to Bedford in 1869, and ever since that time had made this his home. During the nearly two score years of his life here, Mr. Craig had proved himself an exemplary citizen, a considerate husband and a kind father.
His wife, to whom he had been married for 63 years, died on January 15th. Five children, all grown to maturity, survive him. They are, Sarah Starling, Etta Evans, Minerva Vaughn and O. L. Craig, of Bedford, and Lydia Golding, of Kansas City.
The funeral was held at the home at 2 p. m. yesterday, conducted by Rev. Price. Interment was made at the Bedford cemetery.
[CRAIG, CHARLES C.]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 22, 1906
Charles C. Craig was born in 1822 and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. Starling in northeast Bedford on Friday, Feb. 16, 1906, aged 84 years, 1 month and 5 days of apoplexy.
In 1843 the deceased was united in marriage and about a month ago his companion of more than 60 years preceded him to the world beyond. To this union five children were born, all of whom are still living. They are Mrs. Sarah Starling, Mrs. Etta Evans, Mrs. Minerva Vaughn and O. L. Craig, of Bedford and Mrs. Lydia Golding of Kansas City.
In 1869 they moved to Taylor county, settling at Bedford which has since been his home. He has always been a respected citizen and had many friends here. His death was quiet and painless and in fact was not known until his daughter went to call him in the morning when she discovered he had passed away during the night, presumably from apoplexy.
The funeral was held from the home at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Price, and interment was made in the Bedford cemetery.
[Spurgeon, Ella Rachel Hindman]
Times-Republican
Thursday February 23, 1922
Obituary
Ella Rachel Hindman was born May 1, 1872, in Fremont County, Iowa. In early infancy her parents moved to Taylor County, where she spent the remainder of her life. She united with the Methodist church in Platteville, Iowa, at the age of eighteen. Was married to Frank Spurgeon, Feb. 11, 1914. Departed this life at the home of her sister, Mrs. James Dallison [Lauretta], Feb. 20, 1922. She leaves to mourn, a mother, Mrs. Wm. Hindman, two brothers and two sisters, all living in Bedford, Iowa.
Funeral services, attended by only the relatives, were held at the home Tuesday at 11:00 a. m. Interment at Forest Grove cemetery.
[Lyddon, Delbert Eugene "Bert"]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 17, 1967 p. 2
Bert Lyddon, 84, Rites Aug. 13
Funeral services for Bert [Delbert Eugene] Lyddon, 84, of Clearfield, a retired farmer, were held Sunday Aug. 13 at the Clearfield Christian Church. Mr. Lyddon died August 10 at his home in Clearfield. Interment was at the Clearfield Cemetery.
Mr. Lyddon is survived by his wife, Edna [Ruth Jarvis]; three sons, Ralph of Oskaloosa, Richard of Fountain Valley, Calif., and Dean of Clearfield; one sister, Maude [Gertrude] Lyddon of Clearfield; and several grandchildren.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 17, 1967 p. 2
Addis Routh, 73, Rites August 8
Funeral services for Addis Routh, 73, of Clearfield, where held Aug. 8 at the Clearfield Methodist Church. Mr. Routh died Aug. 6 at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Interment was at the Clearfield Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Gladys [Bailey]; one daughter, Mrs. Spencer Sanderman [Gwendola] of Creston; six sons, J. B., Richard [Claire] and Bernard of Clearfield, Ronnie of Creston, Billy of Danvers, Mont., and Mick of Emmetsburg, and one sister, Mrs. Iva Cochran of Clearfield.