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[Beck, Hallie Pearl Whittington Hall]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 26, 1965 p. 8
Hallie Beck Rites Held Here Aug. 20
Funeral services for Mrs. Francis (Hallie) Beck were held August 20 at State Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Carl Cummings officiating. Mrs. Beck died at Bedford August 18, 1965, being 89 years, three months and 29 days of age.
The following obituary was included in the services.
Hallie Pearl Whittington, youngest daughter of Rees L. [ittleton] and Martha [Ellen] Connor [Conner] Whittington, was born April 19, 1876 at Reelsville, Putnam county, Indiana.
Her early childhood was spent in Indiana from where, in 1882, she traveled to Iowa with her parents and one sister, Maude, where the family settled a farmstead 1 1/2 miles east of Bedford. Here she resided while attending the Bedford grade and high schools from which she was graduated. She later taught a Taylor county rural school.
She, with her sister, purchased and operated a retail millinery store in Hopkins, Mo. for a time before she sold her interest to her partner and returned to Bedford where, on Oct. 16, 1895, she married Charles A. Hall who predeceased her.
On Dec. 14, 1943 she was married to [William] Francis Beck. They have continued to reside in Bedford since that time.
Always active in the Baptist Church here, so long as her health would permit, Mrs. Beck was a long-time Sunday school teacher, director of the church choir and was active in other phases of community life. She was a 60-year member of the Bedford Fortnightly Club and was once president of the Iowa Legislative Ladies' League in Des Moines. She served two terms as Deputy Taylor County Auditor.
Surviving are her husband, Mr. Beck, and his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Barnes, and one nephew, M. [aurees] K. [enyon] Sawyer, his wife and family. Her only sister, Mrs Maude W. [hittington] Sawyer, preceded her in death four months ago.
Out of town relatives and friends attending the service were: Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Duling, Winterset; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Tranbarger, Jim and Tracy, Sumner, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sawyer, Lenox; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sawyer, Thornton, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. David Barnes, Maryville, Mo.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 31, 1970 [p. 1]
Francis Beck, 95 Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for William Francis Beck, 95, long time Taylor County resident, were held Tues., Dec. 29, at the Bedford Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Ollie Odle. Mr. Beck died December 26, 1970 at Pearl Terrace Manor here. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 7, 1971 p. 7
Final Rites Held In Bedford For Francis Beck, 95
Funeral services for William Francis Beck, 95, long time resident of the Bedford community, were held December 29 at the Bedford Baptist Church with Rev. Ollie Odle officiating. Mr. Beck died December 26 at Pearl Terrace Manor in Bedford. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.
William Francis Beck, son of William E. Beck and Hattie [Harriet Smith] Beck was born on a farm in a log cabin four miles southwest of Bedford, Iowa on June 25, 1875.
He attended the Patch grade school, which was near his birthplace. His mother passed away when he was a young boy and he made his home with his grandparents for several years. He then moved to Kansas for two years on a fruit farm before coming back to the Bedford community.
In February of 1902 he was united in marriage to Lillian Wakeman and to this union one daughter was born.
He was preceded in death by his wife in 1939, his parents, and two brothers.
On December 14, 1943 he married Hallie Whittington [Hall] and she passed away in August of 1965.
Mr. Beck is survived by his daughter, Hazel Barnes, and husband Allen of Bedford; one brother, Nathan E. Beck, Clovis, New Mexico; one step-sister, Mary Burkes, Nickerson, Kans.; several nieces, nephews and cousins, other relatives and friends.
He farmed on the old home place for 41 years before moving to Bedford and retirement. Outside of the two years in Kansas and three years in Shenandoah after his retirement, he spent his entire life in the Bedford Community.
He was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church, Bedford for 65 years and he held several offices in the church throughout the years.
Mr. Beck was a wonderful loving father, brother and friend. We shall always cherish the memory of his wonderful Christian example. He will be sadly missed by all those who knew and loved him.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 7, 1971 p. 7
ATTEND RITES HERE FOR FRANCIS BECK
Attending funeral services here December 29 for [William] Francis Beck from out-of-town were: Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Duling, Winterset; Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Pounds, Dolton, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Buckley, Hastings, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Mundell, Winterset, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. David Barnes, Maryville, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sawyer, Lenox; Mr. and Mrs. Roy King, Hopkins, Mo.
Clearfield Enterprise
Thursday January 25, 1940 p. 2
The infant son [Billy Hugh] of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Buchanan [Ruth Parrish] died Monday morning in Creston hospital.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 25, 1940 [p. 1]
Buchanan Infant, Billy Hugh, Dies
Billy Hugh Buchanan, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Buchanan [Ruth Parrish] of near Clearfield, died at the Community Hospital in Creston early Monday morning, where he had been taken the Thursday before for medical care.
Short funeral services were held at the home Tuesday afternoon and burial was in the Conway cemetery. The Buchanans have one other child, a daughter.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 22, 1945 [p. 1]
Buchanan Killed In Action
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Buchanan of Lenox received word this week that their son, Homer B. Buchanan, formerly reported missing, has now been reported by the German government as killed in action on November 8, over Italy. The report was made through the International Red Cross.
Homer, 34, unmarried, was residing in Buhl, Idaho, at the time of his enlistment three years ago, and saw service with the Army Air Corps in Africa and on up into Italy. He had not been home after his entry into the service. He wrote his parents in October that he had made his 34th mission on his 34th birthday anniversary.
With a 12th Army Marauder Bomber Group, Sgt. Buchanan, had won the Distinguished Unit Badge, mark of the highest citation that is awarded units of the American Armed Forces. His group in the Mediterranean theater had been cited by the War Department for outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy. On May 12, in direct support of French Army drive towards Rome, the group achieved spectacular results in an aerial attack on heavily defended enemy troop concentrations. The group also received the Croix de Guerre from General DeGaulle and the provisional French government.
[Note: Homer B. Buchanan is buried in Florence, Italy. Source: U. S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 29, 1959 p. 4
H. M. Buchanan Dies At Lenox
Lenox, Iowa----Hugh M. Buchanan, 79, died Saturday at 3 a. m. at his home in Lenox. He was a retired farmer and was a pioneer resident of Taylor County.
He was a member of the National Farm Loan Association of Clarinda, serving as director and president, resigning recently as president due to ill health. He was director of Clarinda Production Credit Association for several years. He served his lifetime on many government boards in Taylor County and on township boards in Grant Township. He was Taylor County supervisor for two terms.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Bender Funeral Home here with Rev. Robert Duckett officiating. Burial in the Lenox cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Maude; two sons, Roy of Conway and Taylor county Deputy Sheriff, T. C. Buchanan of Lenox; one daughter, Mrs. Helen Douglas of Hampton, Iowa; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Edna Brown of Clearfield, Mrs. Lois Aitken and Mrs. Edith Carlton, both of Bedford. One son, Homer, died in military service in Italy.
[Buchanan, Maude Louisa Bucher]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 22, 1964 p. 12
Mrs Buchanan Services Oct 15
Funeral services for Mrs. Hugh M (Maude) Buchanan were held Oct. 15 at the Bender Funeral Home in Lenox with Rev. David Shaeffer officiating. Mrs. Buchanan died Oct. 12, 1964 in a hospital in Denver, Colo. Interment was at Fairview cemetery at Lenox.
Included in the services was the following obituary.
Maude L. [ouisa] Bucher, daughter of Thomas [Wesley] and Lucinda [Bell] Bucher, was born March 29, 1879.
She was united in marriage Dec. 20, 1905 to Hugh M. Buchanan at Gravity, Iowa. To this union were born four children, three of whom survive:
Helen Douglas, Hampton, Ia.; Roy Buchanan, Torrance, Calif.; and T. C. Buchanan, Westminster, Colo.
They spent most of their married life on a farm east of Conway, moving to Lenox in 1943, and living there until Sept., 1981 when she went to make her home with her son T. C. in Westminster, Colo.
She joined the Christian Church in Gravity, and later attended the Christian Church In Lenox.
She was a member of the Lenox Fortnightly Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a son Homer, her parents, five sisters, three brothers.
She is survived by two sisters, her three children, eight grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, two daughters-in law, one son-in-law, also a host of other relatives and friends.
She was a loving and wonderful mother and grandmother who will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
Clearfield Chronicle
Thursday June 24, 1971 [p. 1]
Roy Buchanan Passes Away
Roy M. Buchanan, 62, of Redondo Beach, California passed away at his home Saturday, June 19, 1971. He had suffered a heart attack.
He and his family resided on a farm southwest of Clearfield for many years before moving to California 12 years ago.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth, two daughters, Mrs. (Joan) Keith Denton of Conway and Mrs. (Barbara) Mike Doyle of Redondo Beach, California; two sons, Eddie Buchanan of Truro, Iowa and David Buchanan of the home; six grandchildren and one brother, T.C. Buchanan of Denver, Colorado.
Final rites were conducted Wednesday, June 23rd from the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with burial in the Conway cemetery.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 24, 1971 [p. 1]
Roy Buchanan, 62, Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Roy Buchanan, 62, of Redondo Beach, Calif., formerly of Conway, were held Wednesday, June 23, at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here. Mr. Buchanan died June 19 in Redondo Beach. Interment was at the Conway Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth; daughters, Joan Denton of Conway and Barbara Doyle of Redondo Beach; sons, Ed of Truro, Ia., and David at home; one brother, T. C. Buchanan of Westminster, Colo.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 1, 1971 p. 2
Last Rites Held June 23 for Roy M. Buchanan
Final rites were held here June 23 for Roy M. Buchanan, 62, of Redondo Beach, Calif., a former resident of Taylor County. Mr. Buchanan died June 19, 1971 at his home in Redondo Beach. Interment was at the Conway Cemetery.
Included in the service held at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Carl Cummings officiating was the following obituary:
Roy M. Buchanan, eldest son of Hugh and Maude [Louisa] Bucher Buchanan, was born in rural Taylor County Iowa on November 12, 1906.
After completing rural school in this area and graduating from Conway high school where he excelled in athletics, he attended business college in Des Moines, Iowa, before engaging in farming in the Conway area.
Always an industrious worker, he continued farming as long as his health permitted.
He was united in marriage to Ruth Parrish of Bedford on May 28, 1931. To this union five children were born: Jo Ann Denton of Conway, Billy Hugh who died in infancy, Ed of Truro, Iowa, Barbara Doyle and David Buchanan both of Redondo Beach, Calif.
In 1959 he moved to California where he resided in Redondo Beach until the time of his death.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Homer, who was killed during World War II, a sister, Helen Douglas and the infant son, Billy Hugh.
Among the survivors are his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Jo Ann and Barbara; two sons, Ed and David, a brother T. C. Buchanan of Denver, Colo., an aunt, Mrs. Edith Carlton of Bedford; two granddaughters, Dena Doyle and Tonia Buchanan; four grandsons, Steven and Scott Denton, Brian Doyle and Billy Buchanan; a daughter-in-law, DeVona Buchanan; two sons-in-law, Keith Denton of Conway and Michael Doyle of Redondo Beach; one niece and three nephews, many other relatives and friends.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 3, 1981 p. 4
Final Rites Held In Denver For T.C. Buchanan, 67
Memorial services for T. C. Buchanan, 67, of Denver, Colorado, held August 25 in Fairmount Mausoleum Chapel, were conducted by Rev. J. A. McKenry III of Idledale Community Church. Mr. Buchanan died August 25 in Denver. Interment was at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver.
T.C. Buchanan, son of Hugh M. and Maude [Louisa Bucher] Buchanan, was born December 19, 1913 in Taylor County.
He was a member of the Methodist Church in Clearfield, Iowa, later transferring to the Christian Church in Lenox, Iowa. He attended school in Conway and Clearfield, Iowa.
Mr. Buchanan was united in marriage to Sylvia Adams on February 18, 1935 in Denver, Colorado. To this union two sons were born: Richard H. and James H.[omer] He was a former Deputy Sheriff in Taylor County, Iowa.
Buchanan worked for Packaging Corp. of America in Denver for many years, retiring in 1977 from that company.
He loved all sports, especially golf and football.
He was a devoted husband and father and a friend to all he met and knew. He will be deeply missed by all.
T.C. Buchanan is survived by his wife, Sylvia; two sons: Richard H., Westminster, Colorado and James H. [omer], Denver, Colorado; one grandson, Gregory H.; and one daughter-in-law, Marlene; other relatives and friends. Mrs. Keith Denton, Bedford, and Mrs. Ruth Buchanan, Redondo Beach, California attended the services.
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday March 1, 1917 p. 4
CLEARFIELD
T. [heodore] C. [alhoun] Buchanan, one of the oldest residents of this section, died at his home in Clearfield at about 3 a. m Wednesday.
[Buchanan, Theodore Calhoun]
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday March 1, 1917 p. 5
T. [heodore] C. [alhoun] Buchanan, one of the oldest residents of this section in the length of time he has lived in the community, died at his home in Clearfield at about 3 a. m. Wednesday. He had felt quite well on Tuesday, was down town, and so his death comes as a great shock. Mr. Buchanan spoke of growing indisposition at bedtime, was nervous and restless, but no alarm was felt until after 2 o'clock. Then he failed rapidly to the end.
[Buchanan, Theodore Calhoun]
Clearfield Enterprise
Thursday March 1, 1917 [p. 1]
Obituary – T. C. Buchanan
Theodore C. [alhoun] Buchanan was born in Washington Co., Penn., March 18th, 1848 and departed this life on Feb. 21st, 1917, being at the time of his death 68 years, 11 months and 8 days of age.
When he was seven years of age his parents determined to come west, so they left their Pennsylvania home and settled in the state of Illinois. Here the family lived until 1871, when they came to Iowa and settled on the old homestead, what is known as the Buchanan farm, in Taylor County. Thus in his early manhood he began the struggle of life in this part of Iowa, and continued an active force in the town and community until last Wednesday morning, when he laid aside the cares and toils and answered the summons that await us all sooner or later.
He was united in marriage with Eudora Darlington on Jan. 11, 1877. The children who were given to this union are as follows: Miss Lois Buchanan, Hugh M. Buchanan, Mrs. Edna Brown, Mrs. Edith Carlton and Miss Anna Buchanan, all living in or not far distant from Clearfield. All of the children together with the sorrowing mother are left to mourn for the departed. One brother and two sisters of Mr. Buchanan are still living. They are: - John A. Buchanan, Kincaid, Kansas; Mrs. Anna Nichols, Longmont, Colorado; and Mrs. Elizabeth Larison, Alberta, Canada.
In the year 1904, with the members of the family still at home, he left the farm and moved near Clearfield. Since 1909 he has lived in his late home. While he had in sense retired, he never lost interest in his old homestead, or in his home neighborhood. Honorable in all his dealings, very considerate of the members of his family, cordial to all with whom he met, faithful in all relations of trust and responsibility, he was a man who was universally claimed as a friend.
Bro. Buchanan united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Nov. 18 [?]. This step he took after the most careful thought and consideration. His large business relations in earlier life and the many affairs in which he was interested absorbed his thought and energies. But when his mature judgment was free to act, he saw that the right and noble thing to do was to cast his lot with the people of God. His devotion to his Redeemer was not of the shallow or superficial nature. His love to his God was deep and abiding.
As neighbors and friends, we will miss Mr. Buchanan from our midst, but nothing that is really good and noble is ever lost. His high honor, his business integrity, his rugged honesty, and his manly sympathy, all these are a heritage which he has left behind, and with which we are enriched.
Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, C. A. Carlson, at the Methodist church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A large number were in attendance, many being unable to find room inside. Interment was made in Clearfield Cemetery.
[BUCHANAN, THEODORE CALHOUN]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 1, 1917
CLEARFIELD – Frank Darlington has been here visiting and had returned home when the death of T. C. Buchanan occurred. He came back to attend the funeral on Friday.
[Jefferies, Elizabeth Rosetta Ball]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 20, 1972 p. 4
Last Rites Held In Bedford for Mrs. Jefferies
Funeral services for Mrs. Ernest A. [lfred] (Elizabeth) Jefferies, 86, of Bedford, were held July 14 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Rev. C. Ray McCain officiating. Mrs. Jefferies died July 12 at Pearl Terrace Manor in Bedford where she had resided since November 1967. Interment was at Bedford Cemetery, Bedford.
Elizabeth Rosetta Jefferies, oldest daughter of Sinecy and Chloe Churchill Ball, was born Sept. 8, 1885 at Hopkins, Mo.
On Sept. 22, 1909 she was united in marriage to Ernest A. [lfred] Jefferies at St. Joseph, Mo., who preceded her in death Jan. 24, 1964.
To this union two daughters were born, Mrs. Stanley Swanson (Fern) of Hopkins, Mo., and Mrs. Paul Walrod (Eula) who preceded her in death, October 1964. She was also preceded in death by two sisters.
She resided in the Hopkins and Bedford communities her entire life, living in Bedford the last 53 years. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star #228 and the Thursday Club, all of Bedford.
She is survived by one daughter, Fern, and her husband, Stanley; four grandchildren, Mrs. Ed Farquhar and Duane Swanson of Maryville, Mo., Mrs. Eugene Welch of Waseca, Minn., and James Walrod of Seattle, Wash.; seven great grandchildren, Louise, Carl and Tim Farquhar, Mathew Swanson - - Lori and Larry Welch and Robert Walrod; one sister, Mrs. Cecil Downing (Cleo) of Spokane, Wash.; several nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.
She will be sadly missed by her family and friends who knew and loved her.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 30, 1964 [p. 1]
E. A. Jefferies Dies Tuesday
Funeral services for E. [rnest] A. [lfred] Jefferies, long-time Taylor County resident, will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 2:00 p. m. at Madison Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home. Mr. Jefferies died Tuesday at St. Francis hospital in Maryville, Mo.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 6, 1964 p. 5
Final Rites for E. A. Jefferies Held Jan. 31
Funeral services for Ernest Alfred Jefferies were held Jan. 31, 1964, at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Rev. John D. Kerr, local Presbyterian minister, officiating. Mr. Jefferies died Jan. 28 at St. Francis hospital in Maryville, Mo. at the age of 79 years, ten months and 20 days. Graveside services were conducted by Taylor Lodge No. 156 A. F. and A. M. at Bedford Cemetery.
The following obituary was include in the services:
Ernest Alfred Jefferies, son of Rachel Ellen Chapman and Robert Ernest Jefferies, was born March 8, 1884, in Abingdon, England.
At the age of five, in the year 1889, he immigrated to the United States, on Great Worland ship, with his parents and brother and came to Hopkins, Mo., where he grew to manhood.
On Sept. 22, 1909, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth R. [osetta] Ball and the couple celebrated their 50th anniversary in Sept. 1959. To this union two daughters were born, Mrs. Stanley Swanson (Fern) of Hopkins, Mo., and Mrs. Paul K. Walrod (Eula) of Des Moines, Ia.
He was engaged in farming in the Hopkins and Bedford communities until 1920 when they moved to Bedford and was engaged in the dry cleaning business until he retired in 1947.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and Taylor Lodge No. 156 A. F. and A. M. at Bedford and served on the city council here.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, James C. and a niece, Mildred, and a nephew, Orville C. Jefferies.
He is survived by his wife and two daughters and their husbands, four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, five great grandchildren and three nephews.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 22, 1964 p. 12
Mrs. Paul Walrod Dies in D. M.
Funeral services for Mrs. Paul (Eula) Walrod, daughter of Mrs. E. [rnest] A.[lfred] ]Jefferies [Elizabeth Ball] of Bedford, were held Monday, Oct. 19, at Dahlstrom Funeral Home in Des Moines. Mrs. Walrod died Oct. 16 in a nursing home in Des Moines. Interment was at Highland Memory Garden, Des Moines.