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Clearfield Enterprise
Thursday May 6, 1937 p. 2
George Robert Wilson, 34, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. [erry] B. [lackburn] Wilson [Jennie Grace Henderson] of Shannon City, died at the Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, April 22. He had worked as a banker, and had been since 1924, assistant bank examiner, and as full examiner in 1929. The family was well known here, and his brother Paul was a banker here in the twenties.
[Norton, Mary Eliza Wood Loveland]
Clearfield Enterprise
Thursday May 6, 1937 p. 2
Mrs. Norton [Mary Eliza Wood Loveland] died at Conway on Friday, and the funeral was on Sunday. She was the mother of Mr. John [Paul] Norton.
[Norton, Mary Eliza Wood Loveland]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 6, 1937 p. 3
CONWAY
Mrs. Norton Succumbs
Mary Eliza Wood, daughter of Lucius and Hannah [Spicer] Wood, was born at Bedford, Iowa, Oct. 5, 1863 and departed this life at the home of her son, John [Paul] Norton, in Conway, Friday, April 30, 1937. Except for the first five years, her life was spent in Taylor County, where she grew to womanhood and where she was united in marriage to Dr. William Loveland in 1886. To this union were born three daughters, Mrs. Ina Healy of Diagonal, Mrs. Mary [Eliza] Winslow of Sharpsburg, and Mrs. Jessie Winslow of Diagonal. Her husband preceded her in death in 1890.
She was again united in marriage to Samuel H. Norton at Bedford, Nov. 10, 1895 and to this union were born seven children, five sons and two daughters. They are Arval [Wood] Norton and John [Paul] Norton of Conway, George Norton, David Norton and Mrs. Audrey [Ann] [Winslow of Bedford, and Mrs. Henry Mackrill [Helen] of Griswold. She also reared to manhood one grandson, Edison Winslow. One son died in infancy and her husband preceded her in death Jan. 28, 1905.
She united with the Christian church in Bedford in 1896 and remained true to her faith to the end. She was a kind and loving mother, very thoughtful of her home and family and will be greatly missed in the home as well as in the community where she has lived for the last twenty-nine years. She is survived by the above mentioned children, 29 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Georgie [Georgia] Lyle of San Jose, Calif.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Mr. Harland of Clearfield and assisted by Rev. J. A. Walls. Burial was in the Lexington cemetery.
Attend Norton Funeral
Mrs. Helen Mackrill of Griswold; Mr. and Mrs. Orin [Luther] Winslow [Audrey Ann Norton] and family of Bedford; Mr. and Mrs. Will Healy and Ruth and Marjorie Catuska of Diagonal; John Healy of Lenox; Mr. and Mrs. George [Roy] Winslow [Mary Eliza Loveland] and children and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Winslow and Connie Lou of Sharpsburg; Mrs. Jessie Winslow, Leona Adkisson and baby of Diagonal; Mr. and Mrs. George Norton and son and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Norton and family of Bedford, all attended funeral services for Mrs. Mary Norton Sunday afternoon.
Clearfield Enterprise
Thursday May 6, 1937 [p. 1]
Obituary---McKelvey
William H. [arry] McKelvey, brother of Jesse McKelvey, and formerly very well known in this community, died on last week Thursday at about 9:30 p. m., of a sudden heart attack, death being almost without warning.
Mr. McKelvey was born in 1877, and was at the time of death 59 yrs. and seven months of age. He had lived in Des Moines for many years, and died there as stated.
About 25 years ago he lived in Clearfield, his wife being Velva Wax, a sister of Geo Wax. Both were at that time members of the local Methodist church. He was a workman on the present church.
His wife died in about 1916 and there are no children. For about twenty years he has been a wholesale dealer in honey, and his business operations covered a wide territory.
The last services were held from the Hamilton Funeral Home, and burial was in Laurel Cemetery, in the city of Des Moines.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McKelvey attended the services in Des Moines.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 11, 1933 p. 2
SIAM
L. G. Watts Dies
L. [evi] G. [uilford] Watts of Omaha, Nebr., brother of Grandma Shields [Mary Ann Watts], died last week. Mrs. Shields' daughters, Mrs. Dell Fine [Jessie] and son Ellis of Siam and Mrs. George Fine of Braddyville, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shields of Clarinda, attended the funeral services in Omaha Wednesday.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 11, 1933 p. 2
HAWLEYVILLE
Hold Bennett Rites
Duane Bennett, who died at the sanitarium at Oakdale, Iowa, was buried in the Hawleyville cemetery Wednesday afternoon.
Blockton News
Thursday May 11, 1933 [p. 1]
Obituary
Marilyn Joan, daughter of James G. [erald] and Lela Stephens Harvey, was born February 17, 1932, at Clearfield, Iowa, and was called to her heavenly home May 4, 1933, aged one year, two months and 17 days, after an illness of about five weeks.
Her happy and loving disposition endeared her in the hearts of many. We will miss her but can look forward to a happy reunion in the land that knows no sorrow. She is in the safe and kind arms of the Master who said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
She leaves to mourn her loss the father and mother, one sister, Carolyn Elaine; two grandmothers, aunts, uncles and cousins, and many friends.
"Dear little hands, they have gone
from me now,
Never again will they rest on my
brow;
Never again soothe my sorrowful
face,
Never clasp me in childish em
brace.
Dear little hands, once resting
there,
Dear little hands, I will clasp you
somewhere."
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the United Presbyterian Church in Clearfield, conducted by Rev. H. B. Hutchman, and the little body was laid to rest in Rose Hill cemetery at Mt. Ayr.
[Note: The same obituary was published in the Clearfield Enterprise, May 11, 1933.]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 11, 1933 p. 3
CLEARFIELD
Marilyn Harvey Dies
Little Marilyn [Joan] Harvey died at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Harvey. She had the mumps and then gland infection set in.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 18, 1933 p. 3
SHERIDAN
Infant Daughter Dies
Carroll Joyce, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith of the Harmony community died Saturday afternoon. The funeral services were held at the Brethren church Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Mr. Pritchard, pastor of the Sheridan Methodist Episcopal church. Burial was in the Brethren cemetery. Surviving are the parents, four sisters and two brothers.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 18, 1933 p. 5
Mrs. Lon [Alonzo Bartlett] Davidson [Tressie Barbara Reith Hardesty] of Bedford accompanied her brother and sister, Theodore [Joseph] Reith of Grant City, Mo., and Mrs. Katie Aldrich of Sheridan, Mo., to Kensington Kans., Saturday, called there by the death of their niece, Mrs. James Gibson [Vera Ann Reneberg]. Miss Lena Reith of Bedford also went with them. They attended the funeral services Monday, returning to their homes Tuesday.
[Aldrich, Katherine Mabel ÒKatieÓ Reith]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 28, 1935 p. 3
SHERIDAN
MRS. ALDRICH DIES
Was Assistant Postmaster In Sheridan, Mo.
Mrs. Katherine [Mabel Reith] Aldrich, 63, died at the St. Francis hospital in Maryville Friday, March 22, after an illness of several weeks with pneumonia. The funeral services were held at the Christian church in Sheridan, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. C. C. Pritchard. Burial was in the Sheridan cemetery.
Mrs. Aldrich was the assisting postmaster at Sheridan. Surviving relatives are two sons and two daughters: N. [oble] R. [eith] Aldrich of Jefferson City, Mo., Roy [Winfield] Aldrich of Beatrice, Nebr., Mrs. Pansy [Mabel] Brown, of Sheridan, and Mrs. Daisy [Viola] Jenkins of Blockton.
[Aldrich, Katherine Mabel ÒKatieÓ Reith]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 28, 1935 p. 5
Arthur Nash and Ed Clarey attended the funeral of Mrs. Katie Aldrich in Sheridan Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank [Bruce] Hardesty [Ida E. Reith] of Kearney, Nebr., Mrs. [Omar] C.[urtis] Cline [Margaret Eliza Reith] of Wilsonville, Nebr. and Mrs. Ed Reneberg [Anna Reith] of Kensington, Kans., arrived Saturday for a visit at the home of their sister, Mrs. Lon [Alonzo Bartlett] Davidson [Tressie Barbara Reith Hardesty] and also called by the death of another sister, Mrs. Kate Aldrich of Sheridan, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reith of Denman, Nebr., spent the weekend with relatives in Bedford. They also attended the funeral of Mrs. Kate Aldrich in Sheridan, Mo., Sunday afternoon.
Mr, and Mrs. Lon [Alonzo Bartlett] Davidson [Tressie Barbara Reith Hardesty] and daughter Pauline, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wildman attended the funeral services for Mrs. Davidson's sister, Mrs. Kate Aldrich in Sheridan Sunday afternoon.
[Aldrich, Katherine Mabel ÒKatieÓ Reith]
Blockton News
Thursday March 28, 1935 p. 4
Mrs. W. W. Aldrich Dead
Mrs. Katherine [Mabel Reith] Aldrich, mother of Mrs. Reed Jenkins of west of town, died at a Maryville hospital Friday evening after a several weeks illness. Funeral services were held at the Sheridan Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial in the Sheridan cemetery. Mrs. Aldrich was the widow of the late W. [ashington] W. [infield] Aldrich, who died six years ago. She was about 63 years of age. Four children survive the mother---Roy [Winfield] Aldrich, of Beatrice, Nebraska; Noble [Reith] Aldrich and Mrs. Leland Brown [Pansy Mabel], of Sheridan, and Mrs. Reed Jenkins [Daisy Viola], of Blockton.
Blockton News
Thursday May 18, 1933 p. 3
Word was received here on Monday that Mrs. F. A. Greenlaw, formerly Mrs. Frank Downing of Blockton, had passed away at her home at San Bernardino, California, April 24—Sheridan Missourian.
Taylor County Herald
Thursday March 16, 1933 p. 6
Jerald Wade Jackson
Jerald Wade Jackson was born April 29, 1925, at New Market, Iowa, and departed this life after an illness of several months, on March 7, 1933, at the age of 7 years, 10 months and 8 days.
He leaves to mourn his departure his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Jackson [Gladys Brown] and one brother Max, three years old; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Brown, and [Mr. and] Mrs. C. [argil] C. Jackson [Mary Holland], a host of relatives, playmates and friends.
Little Jerald was a loving little boy, and loved by everyone that knew him. He was a patient little sufferer, never complaining through all his illness and was always cheerful and on being asked how he was he would always answer, all right.
All was done that loving hands could do to save his life but Jesus called our precious darling and he had to go.
Funeral services were held at the New Market Methodist church, the pastor Rev. L. M. Kirby being in charge of the service and the little body was laid to rest in Memory cemetery.
Bedford Times Press
Thursday March 16, 1933 p. 2
NEW MARKET
GERALD JACKSON, 7, DIES
Death Comes After Illness of Several Months
Gerald [Jerald] Wade Jackson, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Jackson [Gladys Brown] of New Market, died Tuesday, March 7, following an illness of several months.
He is survived by his parents, one brother, Max, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. [argill] C. Jackson [Mary Holland] and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Brown.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. L. M. Kirby, on Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church. Burial was in Memory cemetery.
Bedford Times Press
Thursday March 16, 1933 p. 2
ATHELSTAN
Word was received here of the death of Mrs. John [A.] Sleeth [Sarah Jane Tackett] on March 8, at Clarinda. She was formerly of Athelstan.
[SLEETH, SARAH JANE TACKETT]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, March 9, 1933
Sarah Jane Sleeth – Sarah Jane Tackett, daughter of James and Elizabeth Tackett, was born in Cedar Co., Mo., Feb. 17th, 1857 and departed this life at her home in Clarinda, March 5th, 1933, age 76 years and 16 days.
In the year of 1863, she moved with her parents to LaSalle Co., Ill., where she lived till the close of the civil war. The family again moving to Worth Co., Mo., where Sarah Jane grew to womanhood. On September 17th, 1876 she was united in marriage to Mr. John Sleeth. To this happy union three children were born, all girls, the youngest having preceded her mother to the Great Beyond. Mrs. Sleeth leaves to mourn her going, her faithful husband, John Sleeth, two daughters, Mrs. John Daily and Mrs. Will Hayes, both of Clarinda, Iowa. One brother, Thomas Tackett of Tabor, Iowa, and one sister, Vina Smith of OsKosh, Nebr. Twelve grandchildren and five great grandchildren, with many other relatives and a great host of true friends.
Grandma Sleeth was a good and true wife, a loving mother, a valuable citizen and a true Christian and friend to all. Early in life she gave her heart to God, and united with the Zoin Baptist Church and remained faithful to her church and to her God till death. Mother Sleeth was an invalid for many years through which she bore her suffering patiently knowing that her redeemer liveth and that he at his good pleasure would call her from labor to refreshment when her work was finished.
Services were held Tuesday at the Walker Funeral Home, sermon by the Rev. Carl Lyle Windsor, pastor of the Church of United Brethren in Christ. Burial was in Memory cemetery near New Market. The pall bearers were the grandchildren, Bennie Daily, Ernest Daily, Guy Daily, Vollie Hays, Claude Blair and Buddie Hughes.
Bedford Times Press
Thursday March 16, 1933 p. 3
HOPKINS
TRASTER SERVICES HELD
Had Lived in Hopkins Since A Young Man
Funeral services were held at the Swanson Funeral Home, Thursday afternoon for Samuel Traster, who died Wednesday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Traster, after a long illness.
He was sixty-three years old and was born in Madison County, Iowa. He came to Hopkins when a young man. He was never married. Surviving relatives are one sister, Mrs. Ella Dunkle, Greeley, Colo., two brothers, George Traster of Casner, Ill., and Frank Traster, Hopkins. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.
[Dennis, Leonard Eugene ÒLeo,Ó Jr.]
Blockton News
Thursday May 6, 1937 [p. 1]
Leo Dennis, Jr. Dead
Leo [nard Eugene] Dennis, Jr., the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mr. Leo Dennis of 114 West Hyde Park Avenue, St. Joseph, Mo., and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Dennis, died Friday night at the Missouri Methodist hospital, St. Joseph, where he had been taken Thursday evening in a critical condition from mastoid abscess and pneumonia. Funeral services were held Monday.
[Boatwright, William Edward ÒEdÓ]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 6, 1937 p. 3
SHERIDAN
Auctioneer Succumbs
Ed Boatwright [William Edward], 40, of Parnell, an auctioneer and stockman, died Tuesday evening in the office of Dr. Crowson in Parnell of a heart attack. He was taken ill on his return home from Maryville where he attended a sale.
He is survived by his wife and daughter, Wilda.
Blockton News
Thursday March 28, 1935 p. 4
Frank Hass Dead
W. C. Wilson, W. H. Adkins and E. K. Wilson and wives were called to the Frank [Benjamin] Hass [Haas] home northeast of Lenox Sunday. Mr. Hass [Haas], who has been fatally ill for several weeks, passed away Saturday forenoon about 11 o'clock. Funeral services were held at Lenox Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. W. C. Wilson and wife remained at the Hass [Haas] home Sunday.
[Note: The last name is spelled Haas on his gravestone but it is spelled Hass on his World War I draft registration card.]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 4, 1935 p. 8
LENOX
FRANK HAAS DIES
Wife and Two Daughters Survive—Burial At Lenox
Frank [Benjamin] Haas, 45, died at his home northeast of Lenox, Saturday, March 23, after an illness of several months, He is survived by his wife, Edna, and two small daughters, Nadine and Marjory; also four brothers, Will, Fred, Bob, and Jack, and one sister, Minnie. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Arnold Funeral Home. Burial was in the Fairview cemetery.
[Note: The last name is spelled Haas on his gravestone but it is spelled Hass on his World War I draft registration card.]
Blockton News
Thursday March 28, 1935 [p. 1]
W. J. Clark Dead
W. [illiam] J. [oseph] Clark, formerly of Bedford and a brother of the late John J. Clark, died last week at his home in San Francisco, California at the age of 62 years. Mr. Clark was publisher of the Lenox Time-Table a third of a century ago and after leaving Lenox published a paper at Independence, Oregon, for a number of years. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss [Carrie] Childs of Lenox, and a daughter of the late H. [orace] A. [ugustine] Childs, and two sons.