[Hilda Dowlin Simpson]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    June 8, 1972    p. 7

Last Rites Held Here Tues. For Hilda Simpson

Funeral services for Mrs. Paul (Hilda) [Dowlin] Simpson, 77, of Bedford, held Tues., June 6, at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, were conducted by Carl Cummings.  Mrs. Simpson died June 3 at the Lenox Nursing Home in Lenox.  Following cremation inurnment will be at Graceland Cemetery.

Mrs. Simpson's survivors include: one daughter, Patricia Jordan, Bethesda, Md.; one granddaughter, Miss Kathryn Holland, Kansas City; three grandsons, R. [ichard] Michael Holland, Wash. D. C.; Robert E. [ugene] Holland, Richmond, Va.; and Paul T. Holland, New York City; a sister, Mrs. Kathryn Kidder, San Diego.

[Hilda Dowlin Simpson]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    June 15, 1972    p. 9

Final Rites Held Here June 6 For Hilda Simpson

Funeral services for Mrs. Paul (Hilda) Simpson, 77, of Bedford, held June 6 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, were conducted by Carl Cummings.  Mrs. Simpson died June 3 at the Lenox Nursing Home in Lenox.  Following cremation, inurnment will be at Graceland Cemetery.

Mrs. Hilda Dowlin Simpson, daughter of Ellis C. [layton] and Mattie I. [John] Dowlin, was born at Bedford, Iowa, July 12, 1894.

She was united in marriage to Eugene Paul Simpson on December 25, 1919, at the home of her parents.

She was a member of the Bedford Baptist Church, a fifty-year member of the Bedford Chapter No. 228, Order of Eastern Star, a member of the Twentieth Century Club for many years and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Patricia Jordan, of Bethesda, Maryland, and four grandchildren:  Miss Kathryn Holland of Kansas City, Mo., R. [ichard] Michael Holland of Washington, D. C., Robert E. [ugene] Holland of Richmond, Virginia, and Paul T. Holland of New York City, and a sister, Mrs. Kathryn Kidder [Z. Dwight] of San Diego.

[Opal Marie Hunter Osburn]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    May 6, 1976    p. 4

Last Rites Held April 27 For Opal Osburn

Funeral services for Mrs. Emmett L. (Opal Marie) Osburn, 81, of Bedford, Ia., held April 27 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, were officiated by Carl Cummings.  Mrs. Osburn died April 25, 1976 at Saint Francis Hospital in Maryville, Mo.  Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

Opal Marie Hunter, daughter of Paul and Perthena Ann Payton Hunter, was born in Ross Township, Taylor County, Iowa, on September 28, 1894.

She grew to womanhood in the Bedford community and graduated with honors from the Bedford High School in 1912, having participated in music, debate, and other activities.

On December 25, 1913, she was united in marriage to Emmett L. [loyd] Osburn at her parents' rural home.  She lived her entire married life in Clayton Township, having maintained her present home on the same farm for 46 years.

Five children came to bless their home and share their love----Paul, Anita, Louise, and Lloyd, and Horace who died in infancy.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Emmett; her four children, Paul and his wife, Esther, of Clinton, Ia., Anita and her husband, H. K. Russell, Louise and her husband, Guy Weir; Lloyd and his wife, Joanne, all of Bedford; 12 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; other relatives; and a host of friends.

She loved her home, the land, the farming activities, and visits from her many friends.  She shared an active part in the lives of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.  She was a leader in many community affairs during her active years---including 4-H---and was well known among Angus cattle enthusiasts throughout the Midwest.

At an early age she became a member of the Bedford Presbyterian Church where she served as pianist for several years.

Preceding her in death were her parents, one sister, two brothers, two grandsons, and one great-grandson.

She leaves a legacy of love that will not only be treasured but shared.

God took the fragrance of a flower, the majestic of a tree, the gentleness of a morning dew, the calm of a calm sea; the tender care of an angel, the faith of a mustard seed, the patience of eternity, the depth of a family need; God took the beauty of the twilight, the soul of a starry night, the laughter of a rippling brook, the grace of a bird in flight; then God fashioned from these things, a creation like no other, and when his masterpiece was finished, He called it a dear mother.

[Richard Hedrick Thompson]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    July 6, 1972   [p. 1]

Hold Rites July 1 For Richard H. Thompson

Richard H. [edrick] Thompson, 71, of 1206 Court Street, Bedford, third generation Bedford merchant and well known Iowa business man, died June 28 at Hand Memorial Hospital, Shenandoah, Iowa, after a short illness.  He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. [eth] E. [dward] Thompson [Adelaide Stratton] of Bedford.

For the past several years he had been manager of the Thompson Mercantile Company, having succeeded his late father.

A native of Bedford, Mr. Thompson spent most of his life here, except for several years in sales work in the east.  He attended the University of Chicago, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Active in local civic affairs, Mr. Thompson was a member of the Lions Club, Taylor Lodge No. 156, A.F. & A.M., and the Community Club.  He had been an elder of the First Presbyterian Church.

In addition to his wife [Pauline Keister], survivors include three sisters, Mrs. J. E. [dwin] Griswold [Julia] of Wheaton, Illinois; Miss Carrolle Thompson of Bedford; and Mrs. Harry Jordan [Edith] of San Francisco; a brother, Charles, of Clarinda; a son, Richard, Jr., of Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters, Mrs. Daniel Klevos [Sylvia] of Atlantic, Iowa, and Mrs. Stephen Fendelman [Elizabeth] of Doylestown, Pennsylvania; and five grandchildren.

He was predeceased by a sister, the late Mrs. Whit [field] Hillyer [Elinor] of Evanston, Illinois, and two brothers, James S. [tratton] of Chicago, and Alan D. [e Forrest], of Bedford.

Services were held Saturday, July 1, at the First Presbyterian Church, Bedford, followed by interment at Fairview Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be sent to the Iowa Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Center, at 1818 High Street, Des Moines, Iowa, 50309.

[Archie Albert Amrine]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    April 1, 1976    p. 7

Archie Amrine, 69, Dies In Kansas city

Archie [Albert] Amrine of 2900 Shearer Road, Kansas City, formerly of Blockton, died March 7 on his 69^th birthday.  Funeral services were held March 9 in Kansas City, Kansas, with interment at the Johnson County Memorial Gardens.

His wife preceded him in death in 1961.

Those left to cherish his memory are a son, Gene; a daughter, Eileen Wohlford, of Kansas City, Kans.; two brothers, Steve, of Blockton and Delbert, of Reno, Nevada; a sister, Ula Kogers, of Grants Pass, Ore.; and an aunt, Georgia [Kemery] Ford.

[Robert Martin Shehan]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday   April 1969 [p. 1]

Robert M. Shehan Final Rites Held Here Monday

Funeral services for Robert Martin Shehan, 47, well known Bedford merchant, were held Monday, April 28, at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here with Mr. Carl Cummings officiating.  Mr. Shehan died April 24, 1969, in Clarinda Municipal Hospital.  Military honors were given by the Bedford Amriacan Legion Post No. 164 at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

Robert Martin Shehan, son of Earnest John and Ethel Blanche Martin Shehan, was born August 3, 1921, at Corning, Iowa.

He lived with his family in several southwestern Iowa communities during his youth and was graduated from the Creston (Iowa) High School.  He then attended Washington University at St. Louis, Mo., and Northwest Missouri State College at Maryville, Mo.

On January 26, 1946, he was united in marriage to Ethel Mae Newkirk at Troy, Kansas.  To bless their home and share their love were born three sons and four daughters.

He taught school at Weldon, Iowa in 1947-48 where he was athletic coach and mathematics and science teacher.  Following teaching school he was a field man for the Farm Bureau and lived in Corning, Iowa and Audubon, Iowa.

In 1952 he returned to Bedford and purchased the Martin Auto Salvage and later opened the Shehan Department Stores in Bedford, Hopkins, Mo., Albany, Mo., and Glenwood, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two daughters, Janice Lee and Susan Jane, a brother, Earnest John Shehan, who gave his life in the service of his country during World War II, a sister who died in infancy.

Left to cherish memories of his life so well lived are his wife, Ethel Mae; sons, Earnest John Shehan, and his wife, Barbara, of Glenwood, Iowa; Stephen Roy Shehan, stationed in Vietnam, and his wife Helen, of Bedford, and David Rodney of the home; daughters Patricia Kay and Joyce Elaine of the home; granddaughter, Stephanie Michelle Shehan; a sister, Maymie, and her husband Toby Lewis of Red Oak, Iowa; mother-in-law, Mrs. Flossie [Thompson] Newkirk of Bedford; uncles and aunts, nieces and nephews, cousins, other relatives and many friends.

He was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, having served his country during World War II in the European Theatre, seeing action in the Battle of the Bulge.

He was a member of Taylor Lodge No. 158 [?] of A. F. & A. M. Bedford.

Early in his youth he was baptized in the Church of Christ at Shambaugh, Iowa.

He was a kind and loving husband and father, brother, friend and neighbor and he will be missed by his family and his many friends.

[Emmett Reid Sanford]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    November 22, 1951  

Former Resident Dies in California

E. [mmett] R. [eid] Sanford of Santa Monica, Calif., a former instructor in the Bedford schools, died at Mentone, Calif., Nov. 11, according to word received by relatives in Maryville.  He had been ill for two years.  The body will be cremated and the ashes will be returned to Bedford for burial.

He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Ella Wood of Bedford, who was also a teacher in the Bedford schools many years ago.

[Emmett Reid Sanford]      [Antoinette "Nettie" Wood Jenkins]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday  Jun 5, 1952    [p. 1]

Bring Ashes From West to Bedford

Mrs. Ella Wood Sanford and Mrs. Daisy Wood Van Sant of Pacific Palisades, Calif., former residents, were in Bedford over the weekend, bringing the ashes of the late Mr. Sanford for burial in Bedford Cemetery.

Emmett Reid Sanford, 78, died at San Bernardino, Calif., Nov. 11, 1951.  Graveside services were held at Bedford Cemetery at 3 p.m. June 1, conducted by Rev. Robt. M. Peters.

Mrs. Sanford and Mrs. Van Sant also brought the ashes of their sister, Mrs. Nettie Wood Jenkins to Clearfield cemetery Sunday forenoon.

Mrs. Jennie Craddock of Morrison, Ill., and Miss Bertha Williams of Genoa, Ill., came to Bedford for the week end to be with the Wood sisters and Mrs. Van Sant accompanied them home Monday.   Mrs. Sanford went from Bedford to Rockport, Mo., to visit relatives.  Mrs. Craddock and Miss Williams, also former residents of Bedford, were houseguests while here in the Miss Alice Nelson home.

[Sandra Louise Thompson]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    May 8, 1952    [p. 1]

Thompson Infant Dies

Graveside services for Sandra Louise Thompson, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thompson [Mary Lee Williams] of east of Bedford, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 8, at New Hope Cemetery.  The little girl died at birth at St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, May 6.

[Carl Dudley Newkirk]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    March 29, 1956    [p. 1]

Carl D. Newkirk Dies At Blockton

Carl D. [udley] Newkirk of the Blockton community, died at his home Saturday, March 24.  Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Blockton Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Clarence Moore, pastor of the church.  Burial [was] in the Blockton cemetery with the American Legion in charge of the services at the grave.

Newkirk was born in South Dakota, June 8, 1894, and died at the age of 61 years, nine months, 16 days.

[Newkirk, Carl Dudley]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday     April 12, 1956    p. 8

Obituary - Carl D. Newkirk

Carl Dudley Newkirk, youngest son of Albert and Amanda Newkirk, was born near Rapid City, South Dakota, June 8, 1894 and died at his home near Blockton, March 24, 1956 at the age of 61 years, nine months, 16 days.

He moved with his parents from South Dakota when he was only a child, to a farm northwest of Bedford in Taylor County, where he attended rural schools and grew to manhood.

He served in the 35lst Infantry during World War I, being stationed in France and has been an active member of the American Legion Post No. 443 at Blockton.

He was married to Jennie Greeley on March 3, 1920 at Bedford. To them were born five children, three sons and two daughters. They are Cecil of Cove, Arkansas; Dean and Dale, twins, of Blockton; Jean Ellen, now Mrs. Joe Vance of Tarkio, Mo.; Anna Lee, now Mrs. Edgar Meek of Blockton. There are also six grandchildren.

Besides his wife and family, he leaves two brothers, Roy Newkirk of Bedford, Clyde Newkirk of Tacoma, Wash. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Ruby.

He was a member of the Methodist church and active in church work wherever he lived. At the time of his death, he was superintendent of the Blockton Methodist Sunday school and held other official positions on the church board.

He loved music and often shared hymn singing around the piano with the family at home. He was a good friend and neighbor and highly respected by his neighbors and many friends.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Blockton March 24, conducted by the pastor of the church, Rev. Clarence Moore. Burial in the Blockton cemetery with the American Legion in charge of the services at the grave.