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Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 23, 1942 p. 7
Charles D. Weller
Charles D. Weller, son of William E. [astley] and Lucinda Wright Weller, was born Sept. 16, 1882 near Creston, Iowa, and died at his home east of Gravity, Tuesday, July 14, 1942, at the age of 59 years, 9 months and 21 days.
In 1891 he moved with his parents to Montgomery County. In 1901 he came to Taylor County where he had resided since, except for five years when he worked on the Union Pacific railroad out of Cheyenne, Wyoming. In 1912 he rented the farm that he afterwards bought and has practiced Modern Methods of farming, increasing the fertility of the soil, improving and repairing, in general making of the farm a "Home."
On March 8, 1916 he was married to Mrs. Fannie [Belle Greeley] Woodyard and to them were born two children: Ralph E. and Mrs. Corwin Hicks [Laura], who together with their mother and two half sisters, Miss Ruby E. [stella] Woodyard and Mrs. Harold [Raymond] Barchus [Harriett Lucille], remain to mourn the loss of a kind and loving husband and father. He also leaves two brothers, Winfred [Earl] and Smith [Edwin], and a cousin, Mrs. Belle Norton, who lived in the home from a baby until grown and was a sister to the family of boys. One brother, Willie Weller, died April 2, 1937.
When a small boy he accepted Christ as his Savior and joined the Cramer Chapel Church. Later affiliated with the Sharpsburg Methodist church, where his membership remains. His life is an example of daily Christian living.
[Weller, Fannie Belle Greeley Woodyard]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 10, 1977 p. 2
Last Rites Held February 7 For Fannie Weller, 88
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles D. (Fannie) Weller, 88, of Bedford, held February 7 at the Bedford United Methodist Church, were officiated by Rev. Dwayne E. Madsen. Mrs. Weller died February 4, 1977 in the Rosary Hospital in Corning. Interment was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity, Ia.
Fannie Belle Greeley, daughter of Frank and Rachel Barnes Greeley, was born near Gravity, Iowa, March 16, 1888.
She grew to maturity in the Gravity community, where she attended the rural schools of Washington Township. She graduated from Gravity High School with the class of 1905 and was the last living member of that class.
In her early childhood she joined the Methodist Church at Gravity, Iowa, and has remained a faithful member wherever she has lived. At present she was a member of the Bedford Methodist Church.
She was a loyal member of the Eastern Star Chapter in Bedford as long as her health would permit.
On March 8, 1916 she was united in marriage to Charles D. Weller at Clarinda, Iowa, and they lived on the farm three and one half miles east of Gravity, where her son now resides. To this union was born a son, Ralph, of near Gravity, Iowa, and a daughter, Mrs. Corwyn (Laura) Hicks of Indianola, Iowa. There are also two daughters from a former marriage, Ruby Woodyard of Waterloo, Iowa, and Mrs. Harold (Harriet) Barchus of near Vinton, Iowa. There are six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
She taught in the rural schools of Washington Township, and also in the Gravity schools before her marriage.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, her husband Charles, her brothers Millard and John, and her sisters, Anna, Ida, and Jennie. A brother, Harry, died in infancy.
Left to cherish her memory are her brother, David of Burlington Junction, Missouri; sister Ethelinda Hadley of California; four children; grandchildren, great grandchildren; nieces; nephews; and a host of friends.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 21, 1963 p. 4
Death Takes Mrs. Weller
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertie May Weller, Taylor County resident, were conducted March 16 from the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford by Rev. A. J. Clements of Lenox. Burial was in the family lot at Washington cemetery, Gravity, Iowa.
Included in the service was the following obituary:
Gertie May Piper, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah [Jane Shepherd] Piper, was born north of Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, April 4, 1890, and died at the Rosary Hospital in Corning, Iowa, Thurs. morning, Mar. 14, 1963, at the age of 72 years, 11 months and 10 days, after an illness of several months.
Most of her early life was spent in Page County, later moving to a farm west of Sharpsburg, Ia., and the remainder of her life in Taylor County, Iowa.
On Sept. 21, 1910, she was united in marriage to Fred [Winfred Earl] Weller and in the year of 1911 they moved to a farm east of Conway where they lived until 1948, then moving to Lenox, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her husband Jan. 9, 1958, her parents, one brother and two sisters. She was the last member of her family.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews and many friends. She was a faithful member of the Methodist church, having united with that denomination in her early teens and attended church services until failing health.
[Hicks, Alva Corwyn, 1885-1965]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 23, 1965 p. 4
Alva Hicks, 80, Rites Dec. 19
Funeral services for Alva Corwyn Hicks, 80, long time Taylor County resident, held December 19 at the west Shum-Novinger Funeral Home, were conducted by Rev. Lester Greenwood. Mr. Hicks died December 16, 1965, in Indianola, Iowa. Graveside Masonic services by the New Market Lodge were held at Guss Cemetery, Taylor County.
Alva Corwyn Hicks, son of [Horace] Butler and Dora [Elizabeth Thomas] Hicks, was born September 8, 1885.
Wit the exception of the past 3 years, his entire life was spent on a farm in Taylor County.
On Feb. 15, 1917, he was united in marriage to Vida [Kate] Nichols and to this union were born three sons: Corwyn of Indianola, Talton of Gravity and Bruce of Council Bluffs, all of whom survive; six grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Oren Phipps [Alta] of Farragut; and a brother, Harold of St. Louis.
He was a member of the Unitarian Church and a 53-year member of the Masonic Lodge of New Market.
[Dey Ermand, Lucinda Ellen Ables Hadley]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 6, 1934 [p. 1]
Editor's Mother Succumbs At Lenox
Mrs. W. [illiam] J. Dey Ermand, 74, mother of George N. Hadley, and a former resident of Bedford, died at her home in Lenox Friday, Nov. 30, after having been in ill health for some time.
The funeral services were held at the Arnold Funeral Home in Lenox Sunday afternoon, Dec. 2, conducted by Rev. W. A. Thompson. Following the services the body was taken to Mount Washington cemetery in Kansas City, for burial.
Lucinda Ellen Ables was born June 10, 1860, at Fort Wayne, Ind. With her parents she moved to Maryville, Mo., where her early childhood was spent. In 1876, she was married at St. Joseph, Mo., to G. [aston] N. [apoleon] Hadley of Bedford. They were the parents of seven children, all of whom were born at Bedford: Anna Jane, M. May, Nelle C., E. [dgar] Paul, George N., Eva M.[argaret] and A. [lice] Bonna Hadley.
In 1907 Mr. and Mrs. Hadley and the two youngest children moved to Oklahoma where they resided until 1911, when Mr. Hadley died. His widow and the two children returned to their former home in Bedford.
August 25, 1920, she was married at Lenox to Dr. W. [illiam] J. Dey Ermand of that city, where she resided until her death. She is survived by her husband, Dr. W. [illiam] J. Dey Ermand; her children, Mrs. [Anna] Jane Kemper of Aurora, Nebr., Mrs. Nelle Cole of Toledo, O., [Edgar] Paul Hadley of Hollis, Okla., George Hadley of Bedford; Mrs. [Robert] Bonner Miller [Eva Margaret] of St. Louis; and Miss Bonna Hadley of Chicago.
Four sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Schier of Rock Island, Ill., Mrs. Mary Cook, and Mrs. W. [illiam] B. [erkely] Sinclair [Effie], both of Kansas City, and Mrs. Alice Elliott of Los Angeles, Calif., a brother, Richard Ables of Santa Rosa, Calif., seventeen grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 1, 1940 [p. 1]
Dr. Dey Ermand Dies Tuesday, July 30
Dr. W. [illiam] J. Dey Ermand, a long-time dentist at Lenox, died Tuesday afternoon, July 30 at the age of 82 years.
The funeral services will be held in Lenox Friday morning at the Arnold Funeral Home and burial will be in the Lenox cemetery.
Dr. Dey Ermand's last wife was the former Mrs. Lou [cinda Ellen Ables] Hadley of Bedford, who died a number of years ago. He is survived by six children.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 8, 1940 p. 8
Last Rites Friday
Dr. W. J. Dey Ermand Buried in Lenox Cemetery. Was Dentist Here Many Years
Funeral services were held at the Arnold Funeral Home Friday morning for Dr. W. [illiam] J. Dey Ermand, 82, former Lenox dentist. Services were in charge of Rev. E. F. Hagee and interment was in the Lenox cemetery.
Dr. Dey Ermand is survived by six children, Mrs. Vinnie Simpson of Pasadena, Calif., Don Dey Ermand of Dalton, Nebr., Leo Dey Ermand of Grand Island, Nebr., Wm. Dey Ermand of Lenox, Mrs. Ruth Smith of Portland, Oregon, Catherine Dey Ermand of Philadelphia. There are also seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 29, 1979 p. 13
Ethelinda Hadley, 88, Dies In California
Ethelinda Greeley Hadley, 88,daughter of Frank and Rachael [Jane Barnes] Greeley, died March 20 at Woodland Hills, Calif. at the home of her daughter, Lindy Lou. She was a former resident of Bedford.
She was born near Gravity on August 4, 1890, one of eight children. A graduate of Gravity High School, she taught in the rural schools in Taylor County.
On August 12, 1912 she married George [N.] Hadley. They were the parents of four sons and one daughter. In 1937 the family moved to California.
Surviving to cherish her memory are: John and wife, Angie, of Tampa, Fla.; Allan and wife, Esther of Orange Co., Calif.; Frank and wife Jean, of Casa Grande, Ariz.; and Lindy Lou of Woodland Hills, Calif.; a niece, Mrs. Merle M. Harland [Pauline Greeley] of Clarinda; 11 grandchildren; a brother, David [Barnes] Greeley of Elmo, Mo.; a son, Garfield, and her husband, George Hadley, are deceased.
Mrs. Hadley willed her body to science.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 20, 1968 p. 2
George Hadley Rites In Calif.
George [N.] Hadley, 81, of Randsburg, California, a native of Bedford, died there February 5. Funeral services and burial were in Ransburg.
Mr. Hadley was born in Bedford, October 19, 1887. He learned the printer's trade under John Clark when a young boy and worked on the local newspaper here before going to California in 1938. In California he continued working as a printer, locating at Randsburg.
He was married to Ethelinda Greeley August 12, 1912. To this union five children were born: Garfield of Randsburg, Calif.; Allen of Saugus, Calif.; John of Tampa, Fla., Frank of Casa Grande, Ariz., and Lindy Lou of Woodland Hills, Calif. He was a brother-in-law of Jennie Newkirk and Fannie Weller of Bedford.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 10, 1941 p. 3
Mrs. Myra Mahan
Mrs. Myra Mahan died at the home of here son, Claude W. [illiam] Mahan, in Butler, Mo., Monday, June 30, 1941. Her age at death was 79 years, 10 months and 19 days. Mrs. Mahan had been in failing health for the past two years.
Myra Graffis, daughter of Levi and Clara [Van Cleave] Graffis, was born near Lancaster, Indiana, August 11, 1861. When a young girl she moved with her parents by wagon trail to Lee County, Iowa. In 1880 the family located in Taylor County, Iowa, near Bedford. She was engaged in school teaching, having taught for 12 years.
On March 13, 1885, Myra Graffis was married to John S. [amuel] Mahan of Bedford, Iowa. After their marriage they continued their home in Iowa until 1903, when, with their children, they moved to Shelby County, Missouri. The Mahan family, Mr. and Mrs. Mahan and their four children, went to Bates County, Mo., locating on a farm 3 miles east of Adrian. It was at this home Mr. Mahan died August 3, 1925.
Mrs. Mahan is survived by four sons: Claude W. [illiam] Mahan of Butler, Mo.; Harris S. [amuel] Mahan of St. Joseph, Mo.; Glen C. [larence] Mahan of Norborne, Mo.; and Guy E. [lmer] Mahan of King City, Mo. One daughter, Lila V. Mahan, preceded her in death on March 27, 1936. Also two sisters and a brother survive: Mrs. Belle Morgan of Washington, Mrs. Lula Griffith of Bedford, and Frank Graffis of Benden, Nebraska. There are several grandchildren.
Mrs. Mahan was a member of the Adrian, Mo., Christian Church and had been a member of that denomination since childhood.
She was an ardent worker in the church and especially was devoted to the work of the Bible School. She was regular in her attendance at all church services, was a home loving woman and was very devoted to her family.
Funeral services were held from the Adrian Christian church, Wednesday afternoon, July 2, conducted by Elder Ralph A. Fox, pastor of the Harrisonville Christian church. Burial was in the Crescent Hill cemetery there.
Bedford Free Press
Thursday December 11, 1924
Mrs. Caroline Mahan Dead
Mrs. Caroline [Harris] Mahan died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jane Hanna, at Hopkins Wednesday. She had been in ill health for some time and the immediate cause of her death was given as pneumonia. Funeral arrangements have not been completed as word from sons living in California is being waited for. Burial will be made in the Graceland cemetery west of Bedford.
Times-Republican
Thursday December 11, 1924
Aged Lady Passed Away Yesterday
Mrs. Caroline [Harris] Mahan, aged 78 years, passed away at 7 o'clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Hanna. No arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral and will not be until word is received from sons living in the west. Mrs. Mahan had been in failing health for several years, the immediate cause of her death resulting from pneumonia. The deceased is well known in this vicinity.---Hopkins Journal
Funeral arrangements have not been made at this writing. Stithem's Funeral Parlor will make known the time as soon as notified.
Times-Republican
Thursday December 18, 1924
Obituary Of The Late Mrs. Mahan
Caroline Mahan, daughter of Shelton and Lucinda [Childers] Harris departed this life in [the] early morning of Dec. 10, 1924. She was aged 78 years and a few days.
Caroline was born in Orange County, Indiana, in the spring of 1846. The family of parents and four living children moved to Taylor County, Iowa, in the spring of 1859. The trip was made overland with teams and covered wagons. They located on the farm familiarly known as the old Wight farm about 1 ½ miles southwest of Bedford. They lived on this place some five or six years and then moved to the farm now known as the Daughtery farm about 4 miles southwest of Bedford. She here met and wed William N. [ewton] Mahan in the year of 1864. To this union twelve children were born. The present living are, Thomas [Shelton] Mahan of Denver, Colo.; William [Henry] of southwest of Bedford; Joseph [J.] and Charles [C.] of California; Mrs. Jennie Hanna of Hopkins; Mrs. Lucinda [Ellen] Allen of northeast of Hopkins. In the year 1901, her husband passed away at the family home in Hopkins. She spent a few years in Hopkins and later moved to California and made her home until early last spring, coming back to live with her daughter, Mrs. Hanna. Sickness soon after caused her to be a sufferer until the end came to her. So ends the earthly life of another pioneer [gone] from us. We will remember her as a kind wife, a loving mother and a good citizen. Her remains were laid at the side of her husband in Graceland cemetery. Funeral services were held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Hanna in Hopkins, Mo., conducted by Rev. E. G. Foreman of Bedford.
[Note: The same obituary was published in the Bedford Free Press, December 18, 1924.]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 24, 1953 [p. 1]
Frank T. Mahan, Jr., Dies of Polio
Frank T. [itus] Mahan, Jr., 30, of the Lake of the Forest Club, Edwardsville, Kans., died at St. Margaret's Hospital, Kansas City, at 9 a. m., Saturday, following an attack of polio.
Mr. Mahan was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. [itus] Mahan of St. Joseph, and a grandson of Mrs. Luvira Kemery of Bedford. He was a nephew of Dean Bruce E. [llis] Mahan, Iowa City.
He received a B. S. in Mechanical Engineering from the S. U. I. College of Engineering in April 1944, and served as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War II. Following the war he became a planning engineer for an aircraft company, and for the past few years has been a staff member of the Midwest Research Institute, an engineering firm in Kansas City.
Mr. Mahan married Helen Fountain, a graduate of the School of Nursing at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Leo Fountain near Hills, Iowa.
He is survived by his wife and his parents; a four-year-old son, Johnny; one brother, James B. [ruce] Mahan, an I. N. S. news picture editor of Washington, D. C.
Funeral services were held at 10 a. m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Cathedral in St. Joseph. Burial was in Mount Olive cemetery there.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 28, 1954 [p. 1]
Frank T. Mahan, 56, Died In St. Joseph
Frank T. [itus] Mahan, 56, of St. Joseph, Mo., died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday afternoon, October 20. He is the son of Mrs. Luvira Kemery of Bedford and a brother of Dean Bruce E. [llis] Mahan of Iowa City.
Frank was born and raised in Bedford, graduating from high school in 1917. He attended the State University of Iowa in 1918 and at the close of the war joined a lumber firm in St. Joseph.
He was married to Margaret Moeck of St. Joseph in 1924.
From 1940 to 1950 he lived in Iowa City and has been in St. Joseph for the past five years.
He belonged to the American Legion both at Iowa City and at St. Joseph.
He is survived by his mother, his brother, his widow, a son, James B. [ruce] Mahan of Washington, D. C.; a daughter-in-law, Helen, and a grandson, Johnny. Another son, Frank T. Mahan, Jr., died in September 1953.
His funeral was held at 9 a. m. Saturday, October 23 at St. Joseph's Cathedral. Arrangements were in charge of O. H. Sidenfaden and Son Funeral Home. He was buried in Mt. Olive cemetery at St. Joseph, Mo.
Bedford Free Press
Thursday May 16, 1901 [p. 1]
An Old Pioneer Gone
Died, at the home of his son, John Mahan, on the J. J. Laws farm east of Bedford, on Friday, May 10, 1901, William Mahan, at the age of about 65 years. He was one of Taylor County's pioneers, having located here about forty-five years ago. He was born in Hendricks County, Indiana, and came to this county when but a lad. His life was full of useful deeds, and his friendship was prized by a large circle of friends. He had been suffering from an attack of dropsy for some time and gradually succumbed to the disease. He leaves a son and a daughter.
The funeral services were conducted at the residence Sunday afternoon by Elder Wm. Cobb. Interment in Lexington cemetery.
Bedford Free Press
Thursday November 28, 1901 [p. 1]
A Sad Death
T. [homas] S. [helton] Mahan received the sad intelligence Monday of the death of his brother, Harvey N. [ewton] Mahan, at Los Angeles, California. The word came by telegram and as yet the particulars of his death are not known. It was only a week ago last Saturday that Harvey, accompanied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] N. [ewton] Mahan [Caroline Harris], and younger brother, left here for Los Angeles and his death must have occurred shortly after arriving there. His body is expected to arrive at Hopkins, his former home, today.
[MAHAN, HARVEY NEWTON]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, November 28, 1901
H. Mahan Is Dead
Telegram That Harvey Mahan Died in California November 25
Cause of His Sudden Death Not Stated—It Is Supposed That He Was Injured in a Railroad Wreck
Wm. Mahan, residing a few miles south of here near the state line, received a telegram yesterday informing him that his brother, Harvey Mahan, who left Bedford a few days ago died Monday, Nov. 25th, in California.
The remains were started yesterday to Hopkins, Missouri, where the funeral and interment will occur. The deceased was a young man and when he left Bedford was supposed to be in robust health, hence his sudden death was a surprise and shock to his friends.
Though the telegram did not state the cause of Mr. Mahan's death, the relatives and other friends think that he was on the train that was wrecked in Arizona a day or two before his death and received fatal injuries.
Of course, this inference as to the cause of his sudden death may not be correct but it is in harmony with all the facts reported at this time.
[MAHAN, HARVEY NEWTON]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, December 5, 1901
A Sad Death
On Monday, November 25, 1901, in Los Angeles, Cal., occurred the death of Harvey N. [ewton] Mahan, mention of which was made last week. Mr. Mahan accompanied by his father and mother and a younger brother had but recently visited in Bedford before starting for California where they expected to spend the winter. He was taken with cerebral meningitis on No. 22 while enroute and died after reaching his destination three days later. The body was accompanied back to his home in Hopkins, Mo., by his sorrowing father and mother and brother and appropriate funeral services were held Sunday, December 1, at 10:30 a. m. in Hazel Dell church conducted by Rev. Wm. Cobb, interment following in Titus cemetery. The relatives were all present at the funeral with the exception of the father and mother, who were in poor health and one brother who recently went to Dillon, Montana. The deceased was born in Bedford, June 8, 1872 and was consequently 29 years of age. He was a good young man of exemplary habits and enjoyed the respect of many friends here. With them we unite in expressing our sympathy to his brother, T.[homas] S.[helton] Mahan of this city and to his other relatives in their bereavement.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday Jan 2, 1969 p. 2
Joseph Mahan Dies In Colo.
Joseph Bryan Mahan of Stanley Avenue in Estes Parks died in the Boulder Community Hospital Dec. 15 following a six-month illness.
Mr. Mahan was with the Bureau of Reclamation in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Born in Bedford, June 22, 1897, to William [Henry] and Lettie [Leora Mobley] Mahan, he was married in Bedford February 27, 1926. He and his wife moved to Estes Park in 1938 from Bedford.
Surviving are his wife, Mabel [Sharp]; a daughter, Mrs. Peggy Clymens of Boulder; and three sisters, Mrs. Lola [May] Wilson of Bedford, Mrs. Perry Carmichael of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Mrs. Fay Gaddis of Clarinda, Ia.
Funeral services wee held December 18 at the Community Church of the Rockies with Rev. E. Melvin Kessinger officiating.
Burial was in Mt. View Memorial Park in Boulder.
Mrs. Carl Wilson and Mrs. Clair Souder attended the funeral services, returning home Christmas eve.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 1, 1949 [p.1]
James Allen Dies In Iowa City Hospital
James C. [larence] Allen, 81, a long-time resident of the Bedford community, died at the University Hospital in Iowa City, Saturday, August 27. He had been in failing health for several months and was taken to Iowa City two weeks ago.
The funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Gordon F. MacLean. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.
James C. [larence] Allen, son of James and Sarah Bragg Allen, was born in Knox County, Illinois, on September 7, 1867.
When about 20 years of age he moved with his parents to this area, making his residence in Taylor County abut 60 years.
In April of the year 1896, he was married to Ella [Lucinda Ellen] Mahan. Of their children, eight survive: Mrs. Eva Madsen, Burl B. [ragg], Mrs. Carolyn Wieder, Mrs. Ella Bailey, James W. [illiam], Maurice C., Mrs. Charlotte Hendry, all of California; and Orval T. [roy], of Gravity. Two other children and his wife preceded him in death.
With 14 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren, there also survive him, his brother, Frank Allen of Hopkins.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 1, 1949 p. 4
Attend Allen Rites
Those from out of town who attended the last rites for James [Clarence] Allen in Bedford Tuesday, were Elliott Stackhouse, Mrs. Lamont LaMiester and Mrs. Robert Stackhouse of Galesburg, Illinois; Mrs. George Lowell of Aurora, Ill.; Mrs. Ralph Black of Iowa Falls, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Allen of Abingdon, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gaddis, Mr. and Mrs. William Gaddis of Braddyville.
[Allen, Lucinda Ellen "Ella" Mahan]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 20, 1934 [p. 1]
Mrs. James C. Allen Dies At Iowa City
Mrs. James C. [larence] Allen, 58, died at the University Hospital at Iowa City Wednesday, Sept. 19, after having been in ill health for several years. The funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home this afternoon, conducted by Leslie R. Cobb. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.
Mrs. Allen, whose maiden name was Miss Lucinda Ellen Mahan, was born in Taylor County, Iowa, Oct. 15, 1875. She was married to J. [ames] C. [larence] Allen April 22, 1895. To them were born ten children, eight of whom, with the husband, survive. They are Mrs. Eva Madsen and Mrs. Ella Fenton of Santa Barbara, Calif., Mrs. Carolyn Wieder of Mason City, Burl [Bragg] Allen, Orville [Troy] Allen, James [William] Allen, Maurice [C.] Allen, and Charlotte Allen of Bedford.