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[Abbott, Hiram
Charles]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday June 14,
1917 [p. 1]
Hiram
Charles Abbott died at his home
in Bedford on Saturday evening following a several weeks illness. The deceased
had been bedfast for some time, but on Thursday felt able to walk up town. He
appeared in very poor health however, and the trip was his last away from home
until called to the Great Beyond.
Hiram
Charles Abbott was born in Ohio
October 6, 1853. His early childhood days were spent with his father in St. Joseph,
Mo., where he grew to manhood and was for thirty years employed with the Davis
Live Stock Commission Co.
In
1910 he came to Bedford to live and engaged in the live stock business. On May
5, 1914, he was united in marriage to Miss Mildred I. [sabell] Tinder of this city.
Beside
the bereaved wife there remain two brothers and three sisters residing in
California, Texas and Missouri. An adopted daughter, Miss Helen Corine
Abbott also lives in St. Joseph,
Mo.
The
deceased suffered the loss of his mother when but a small child and was his
father's companion as he went about buying stock which trade later became his
life's occupation.
The
funeral was held on Monday afternoon from the home, Rev. C. C. Hatcher
officiating and interment was made in Bedford cemetery.
[Abbott, Mildred
Isabell “Millie” Tinder]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday March 22, 1923 p. 5
Obituary.
Mildred
Isabell, daughter of Charles and Synthia [Cynthia] Ann [Haggard] Tinder, was born in Hendricks County, Indiana, May 13,
1859, and died at her home in Bedford, Iowa, March 20, 1923, aged 63 years, 10
months and 7 days.
June
5, 1916, she was married to Charles Abbott, at Clarinda, Iowa, but no children were born to them. Since the
death of her husband in September 1917 [June 10, 1917], Mrs. Abbott has been a resident of Bedford, Iowa, excepting
about one year spent in Colorado.
Of
a family of 3 children, two sisters and one brother, one sister, Mrs. Mary
N. Barnes, Bedford, Ia., and her
children, of the immediate relatives remain.
About
20 years ago Sister Abbott united with the Christian Church and has ever
endeavored to live up to the teachings of the Bible as she understood it. Some
weeks ago she contracted a heavy cold, from which she seemed to recover until
about ten days ago when she suffered a relapse which finally resulted in her
death.
After
a long, busy and useful life she died as she had lived—honored, trusted
and loved. She reared her own monument while she lived in the hearts of all who
knew her.
Our
little city and its hospitable people ever held a warm corner in her heart. It
was here the best days of her life were spent and when her last hour came and
the God of eternity called her to her everlasting rest, it was her desire that
beneath the shady trees of our Silent City, on its sloping hillsides,
surrounded by the beauty, happiness and contentment of our people, should be
the eternal abiding place of all that was mortal of her.
Funeral services were
held at the home Thursday, March 22, at 2 p. m. in charge of Elder S. D. Harlan,
her pastor, and the body tenderly laid to rest in the Bedford cemetery.
[Note:
The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Times-Republican, March 22, 1923,
page 4. The correct marriage date is May 5, 1914. Source: Clarinda Herald, May 7, 1914.]
[Alcorn, John Scott]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday March 22, 1923 [p. 1]
MORE CONCERNING DEATH
OF FORMER BEDFORD MAN
Scott Alcorn’s Obituary; Many Tributes Paid Deceased.
Since
announcing the sad news of the death of Scott Alcorn in our issue of last week, copies of Oklahoma
papers have come to our hands and below we print excerpts from them giving more
of the details of the funeral, the tributes paid him by friends and his
obituary.
It
happened that on the day of the funeral of Mr. Alcorn, a quarterly meeting of the directors of the
Marland Oil Company was being held in Arkansas City, Oklahoma. Immediately
following the meeting a special train was chartered and the run from Arkansas
City to Ponca City made in 30 minutes that the Marland officials might reach
there in time to attend funeral services of Scott Alcorn, father of John Alcorn, vice-president and director of the Marland firm.
A
procession one-half mile long was silent evidence of respect and friendship of
fellow-citizens for Scott Alcorn,
who died Monday afternoon, at his funeral held at the Methodist church
Wednesday afternoon, March 14th.
Beautiful
wreaths of roses and sprays of spring flowers and Easter lilies covered the
pulpit, the altar, the organ loft rails and made of the platform a bower of
blossoms. A quartet sang "Onward Christian Soldiers," "Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere" and "Abide With Me."
Rev.
C. N. Hewitt took his text from the Biblical verse "If a man dies he shall
live again."
Burial
was made in the mausoleum of the I. O. O. F. cemetery where a crypt is in the
possession of the Alcorn family.
Scott Alcorn—A Tribute.
The
stealthy footfalls of the dark winged messenger have been heard upon the
threshold of the home of Scott Alcorn, and taken from that home a matchless husband, a kind and indulgent
father, and from the city of Ponca City one of its good citizens.
Scott
Alcorn died at his home in Ponca
City, Okla., on March 12, 1923, at the age of 67 years. Until the past four or
five years he lived a strenuous life, realizing that life was a battlefield;
but whether in the forefront or the quiet bivouac, he met conditions in a fair
open field and won or lost with the conscientious convictions of right as he
knew the right.
I
have known Scott Alcorn 45
years and I never knew of a mean motive in his makeup; he did right because it
was right, not through fear of punishment or hope of reward, but from a high
sense of honor.
But
now he is dead and he died as he lived; he met the pitiless, unrelenting
harbinger with his usual fortitude and said to those about him: "I believe
I am going to leave you" and the wish that prompted the expression,
"No, no!" came from the hearts and lips of those who loved him and
whom he loved and he said, "good bye." He smiled and bade the world
adieu and passed into the unknown and the unknowable eternity.
Scott
Alcorn was brave because he took
a stand for right and made a fight to maintain his position; he died without a
flinch, without a murmur.
It
does not require much bravery to live, but it takes heroism to die without a
murmur.
It seems to us that he
must have caught his inspiration from the grand old bard who said: 'So live,
that when the summons comes to join that innumerable caravan, where each must
take his chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry
slaves, scourged to his dungeon, but soothed and sustained by that unfaltering
trust, like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to
pleasant dreams."
D.
LAFE HuBBER,
Fairfax, Okla.
[Alcorn, John Scott]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday March 22, 1923 [p. 1]
Obituary—John
Scott Alcorn
John
Scott Alcorn was born June 13,
1856, at Drury's Landing, Ill. He grew to manhood in Washington county, Iowa,
living there continuously except for a two years trip to Smith county, Kans.,
with his uncle. He married Sarah Alice Singleton of Johnston county, Iowa, in 1879, and they
removed to Clark county, Kansas in 1885, living there for four years when they
returned to Bedford, Iowa, where they resided until 1911, moving to Ponca City
in the spring of that year, which has been their home since.
Mr. Alcorn was in good health all his life until about six
months ago when the first symptoms of heart aneurism developed which resulted
finally in his death on the afternoon of March 12. He would have been 67 years
old on June 13 of this year. He leaves a wife, daughter and son, all of Ponca
City, and a sister living in Fairfax. There was a son, Karl, who will be the first to welcome him on the
other shore, Karl having died
when 15 years old in Bedford, Iowa, 1902.
[Nearhood, Ester
Jenkins]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday November 5,
1931 p. 3
ATHELSTAN
Chas.
Jenkins and wife of Newton,
Kans., came Saturday to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Hester [Ester]
Nearhood. Interment was made in
the Athelstan cemetery.
[Thomas, Guy C.]
Iowa South-west
Saturday November 30,
1878 p. 3
—While
many persons were indulging in Thanksgiving, roast turkey, gaiety and
mirthfulness, Thursday, there was deep sorrow in the family of Mr. Charles
Thomas and a large circle of
friends, who were mourning the loss of handsome, bright, little Guy Thomas. He died Tuesday evening, after an illness of
only a few hours. He was slightly indisposed in the morning, and between twelve
and one o'clock it was noticed that his breathing was laborious. Physicians
were called, but to no purpose. The symptoms were very similar to those caused
by poison although the parents stoutly deny his having any access to poison of
any kind.
[Thomas, Guy C.]
Taylor County Republican
Thursday November 28,
1878 p. 3
—Guy
Thomas, a son of Mr. Charles
Thomas, aged four years, died
very suddenly last evening about five o’clock of some disease the nature of
which does not seem to be well understood, though it resembles congestion of
the brain. He was perfectly well during the forenoon, was taken sick while
eating dinner, and at five was dead.
[Thornton, George
Carl]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 23,
1970 p. 6
George Thornton Rites April 18
Funeral
services for George Carl Thornton,
71, of Bedford were held April 18 at Shunt-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford. Mr.
Thornton died April 15 at
Veterans Hospital in Omaha, Nebr. Interment was at Bedford Cemetery, Bedford.
George
C. Thornton, son of John and
Lara Woodside Thornton, was born
at Maloy, Iowa, April 8, 1899.
He
served his country in the U. S. Navy during World War I and several additional
enlistments.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and sisters and brothers, Elizabeth, Herschel, Allie, Alonzo, Ellen and Cecil.
A
sister, Mrs Viola Clark of
Clarinda, Iowa, survived also; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
George had been in many foreign countries and had
traveled extensively in the United States. He had made Bedford his home for the
past several years.
[Tinkham, Benjamin
Raymond “Ben”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 6,
1950 [p. 1]
Ben Tinkham Burial Here On Wednesday
Ben
Tinkham, 60, a former resident of
Bedford but for the past several years of Corning, died unexpectedly at the railroad
station in Omaha Saturday evening.
The
funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home in Bedford Wednesday
forenoon, conducted by Rev. Russell G. Nye of the Bedford Methodist Church. The
Masonic burial service was given at the grave in the Bedford cemetery.
He
is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fern Kloepper of St. Louis and Mrs. Norma Ann Hoskinson of Lawrence, Kansas; a sister, Mrs. Flo
Schumacher of St. Paul, Nebr.; a
brother, Guy [Ransom] Tinkham of Omaha; and five grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by his wife, the former Miss Laura [Fern] McBrien; by three daughters; and by a son, who lost his
life in World War II.
[Tinkham, Darl Morgan]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 14,
1944 [p. 1]
Memorial For Darl
Tinkham
Memorial services for Pvt.
Darl Tinkham, who was killed in
France on October 17, were held at the Presbyterian Church Red Oak Sunday. Lee
R. Watts of Corning, Pvt. Tinkham's former home, delivered the tribute. Members
of the American Legion and its Auxiliary, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the
State Guard, attended in a body. Pvt. Tinkham was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tinkham, former residents of Bedford. He is a grandson of Mrs
W. A. Buckner of Bedford. His wife resides with her parents in Red
Oak.
[TINKHAM, DARL MORGAN]
Adams County Free Press, Corning, Iowa, Thursday, November 9,
1944, [p. 1]
Tinkham, Cotter Are “Killed In Action”
Two more Adams county boys have made the supreme sacrifice,
giving their lives in defense of their country. Pvt. Darl Tinkham and Sgt.
Francis Cotter have both been reported killed in action.
Mrs. Theresa Tinkham of Red Oak, received word Monday morning
that her husband, Pvt. Darl Tinkham, was killed in action in France, October
17. Mrs. Tinkham has been living in Red Oak with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.
R. Nash. Pvt. Tinkham was the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. [enjamin] R. [aymond] of
Corning, and had lived in Red Oak for a year previous to entering the service.
He went overeats in April 1944. Further word has not been received at this
time.
[TINKHAM, DARL
MORGAN]
Adams County Free Press, Corning, Iowa, Thursday, June 10,
1948, p. 6
Services Sunday
Body of Pvt. Darl Tinkham, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. [enjamin] R.
[aymond] Tinkham will be returned to Red Oak on Thursday, June 10 and graveside
services will be held on Sunday, June 13. Tinkham was killed in France on
October 17, 1944. Immediate relatives from Corning who will attend the services
are his parents, his sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hoskinson and son.
His sister, Mrs. H. C. Kloepper, of St. Louis, Missouri, will also attend the
services. His wife resides in Red Oak.
[Tinkham, Florence
Frances]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday February 8,
1912 p. 3
J.
McBrien and daughter came from
Savannah, Mo., Thursday and attended the funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Tinkham's baby.
[Tinkham, Florence
Frances]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday February 8,
1912 p. 5
Florence Tinkham.
Florence
Frances Tinkham, the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. [enjamin] R.[aymond] Tinkham, died Wednesday, January 31. A brief service was
held at the house Thursday afternoon, conducted Rev. J A Currie. Interment was
in the Bedford cemetery.
[Tinkham, Laura Fern
McBrien]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 26, 1948 [p. 1]
Mrs. Ben Tinkham Buried At Bedford
Funeral
services for Mrs. Ben Tinkham of Corning were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home in Bedford at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. Russell G. Nye of the Bedford Methodist Church.
Burial was in the Bedford cemetery.
Laura
[Fern], daughter of James and
Eunice Howard McBrien, was born
February 25, 1894, in Craig, Missouri, and died August 19, 1948, at the age of
54 years, 5 months, 24 days.
When
a young girl she came to Bedford with her parents and grew to young womanhood
in this community. She was a member of the Bedford Methodist Church and
participated in its activities.
On
April 5, 1910, she was married to Benjamin Tinkham. Their married life was spent in this section of
Iowa and for some time previous to her death, the home was in Corning.
Three
daughters, Florence, Phyllis and Vara preceded her in death. A son, Darl, was killed October 17, 1944 while serving with
the United States Army in France.
Among
the survivors are her husband and two daughters: Mrs. Norma Hoskinson of Corning and Mrs. Ferne Kloepper of St. Louis; her mother, Mrs. Eunice Buckner of Bedford; one sister, Mrs. Mary Beebe of Bedford; two brothers, Ira McBrien of Burlington and Charles McBrien of Chicago.
[TINKHAM, LAURA FERN MCBRIEN]
Adams County Free Press, Corning, Ia., Thursday, August 26,
1948, p. 6
Mrs. Laura Tinkham
Laura F. McBrien Tinkham was born February 25, 1894 at Craig,
Missouri, daughter of Eunice and James McBrien.
She passed from this life August 19, 1948 at the age of 54
years, 5 months, and 25 days.
April 5, 1910 she was united in marriage to Benjamin Tinkham.
To this union were born six children, three daughters and a son preceding her
in death.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Fern
Kloepper of St. Louis and Mrs. Ann Hoskinson of Corning; three grandchildren,
Daniel and Nancy Kloepper and Gregory Hoskinson. Also her mother, Mrs. Eunice
Buckner of Bedford; two brothers, Ira McBrien of Burlington, Iowa and Charles
McBrien of Chicago, Illinois; and a sister, Mrs. Mary Beebe of Bedford, nieces
and nephews.
Mrs. Tinkham was a member of the Methodist Church of Corning.
Her Heavenly Father was her strength in her many tribulations and she always
turned to Him in times of need. She had been in failing health for some time.
Funeral services were held Sunday, August 22, 1948, at the
Wetmore Funeral Home in Bedford, Iowa, conducted by the Reverend Russell G.
Nye. Music was by Miss Dorris Hoskinson, accompanied by Mrs. Mildred Stacy.
Pallbearers were Charles Stalders, Richard Steinhurst, Robert Easterlie, Leroy
Thompson, Frank Townsend and Harry Schlapia. Interment was made in Bedford
Cemetery.
[Walker, Carolyn Fern]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 22, 1943 p. 5
Carolyne Walker, 2, Dies In Hospital
Carolyne
[Carolyn] Fern Walker, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Walker [Iola Strong] of southeast of Bedford, died at the St. Francis
Hospital in Maryville Monday afternoon, following an operation on Sunday
evening for a ruptured appendix. She was an only child.
The
funeral services were held at the Walker & Shum Funeral Home Wednesday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. O. H. Hallgrimson. Burial was in the Bedford
cemetery.
Carolyne
[Carolyn] Fern was born at
Braddyville, Iowa, October 18, 1940, being aged 2 years, 2 months and 1 day at
the time of her death.
She is survived by her parents, her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Strong of southwest
of Bedford; a great grandmother, Mrs. Dollie Strong of Oakland, Iowa; a great grandfather, Frank
J. West of Bellevue, Nebr.
[Walker, Claude Charles]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 12, 1968 p. 2
Graveside Services In Bedford Sept. 5 For Claude Walker
Graveside services for Claude Walker, 63, of Shenandoah, formerly of Bedford, were
held September 5 at the Bedford cemetery following services in Shenandoah. Mr.
Walker died at Clarinda Municipal
Hospital September 1.
Claude Charles Walker, son of John C. [alaway] and Florence [Etta]
Kline Walker, was born June 4,
1905 near Randolph, Ia.
On Oct. 21, 1937, he was united in marriage to Iola
Mae Strong. To this union four
children; a daughter, Carolyn Fern,
preceded her father in death at the age of three in 1943.
Survivors include his wife, Iola; three sons, Charles Eugene of Shenandoah, sp. 5 Allan Harold, who is serving in the Army in Vietnam; Dennis
Craig of the home; a
daughter-in-law, Joyce; two
grandchildren, Claudia Jo, and Brice Scott.
Mr. Walker joined the Methodist Church at Randolph when a young man and also
attended school there. He had farmed the greater portion of his life in
southwest Iowa.
The last eight and a half years after a forced
retirement following a stroke, he has lived in Shenandoah except the past year
he has been a patient in the Clarinda Rest Home following a broken hip.
He was preceded in death, besides his daughter,
his parents, four sisters and a brother.
He is survived by two brothers, Howard of Council Bluffs and Merle of Spring Lake, Mich.; also many nieces and
nephews and other relatives.
[Wilkinson, Elizabeth Hess]
Lenox Time Table
Thursday April 13, 1916 p. 9
Bedford News
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson died at San Diego, Cal., March 26th, at
the home of her son George Wilkinson. The remains were brought to Bedford and the funeral occurred today
from the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Wilkinson was an old resident of Bedford, and for a number
of years had charge of the Elmwood hotel.
[Wilkinson, Elizabeth Hess]
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday April 4, 1916 p. 5
Obituary—Mrs. E. Wilkinson
Mrs Elizabeth Wilkinson died at the home of her son, George Wilkinson, in San Diego, Cal., March 26. The remains were
sent to Bedford, arriving here Sunday evening, and the funeral services were
held at the First Presbyterian church Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. John
A. Currie. Interment was made In the Bedford cemetery.
Elizabeth Hess was
born in Canada East, January 11, 1846. She went to the state of New York in
early life and later went to Illinois, where she was united in marriage to John
[Hedges] Wilkinson at Peoria.
About thirty-five years ago they came to Bedford. For many years Mr. and
Mrs. Wilkinson were engaged in
the hotel business in Bedford. Mr Wilkinson died about twenty-seven years ago and for a few
years afterward Mrs. Wilkinson carried on the business. A year ago she went to California to make her home
with her two sons, George Wilkinson and Leslie Wilkinson at San Diego, both of whom survive. Her son, W. [illiam] J.[ustus] Wilkinson died about two years ago. She is also survived by
a brother at Rock Island, Ill.
[Note: The same obituary was printed in the Bedford
Times-Republican, April 6, 1916,
page 4. Her gravestone gives her birth date as 1844.]
[WILKINSON, ELIZABETH HESS]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, April 11, 1916
Mr. and Mrs. R. Vickery of Dallas township were in Bedford Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. E. [lizabeth] Wilkinson.
[Wilkinson, George Peckenham]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 28, 1949 [p. 1]
Former Resident Dies In The West
George P. [eckenham] Wilkinson, 73, died in San Diego, California, Saturday,
April 23 after a prolonged illness, according to word received by friends in
Bedford. Burial was made there.
Mr. Wilkinson was associated with the Elmwood Hotel in Bedford
many years ago. His wife, the former Miss Virginia Fluharty, died February 1, 1939. He is survived by one
son, Kirby K. Wilkinson, also
of San Diego.
[Zeluf, Mary Jane Gaule Collar]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday December 20, 1984 p. 6
Mary Jane Zeluf services here
Funeral service for Mary Jane Zeluf, 76, former resident of this area was conducted
by Rev. Carl Cummings December 17 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home. Burial was in
City Cemetery at Bedford. Mrs. Zeluf died December 14, 1984 at Douglas County Hospital in Omaha,
following a lengthy illness.
Mary Jane Gaule, daughter of Lawrence [Francis] Gaule and Martha [Susan Reed] Gaule was born July 12, 1908 in Taylor County near
Blockton, Iowa. On July 12, 1926 she was united in marriage to Olen [Wilt]
Collar at Joplin, Missouri. To
this union five children were born.
In 1941 she was united in marriage to Forest
Zeluf; one child was born to this
union.
Mary lived the last 44 years of her life in Omaha, Nebraska.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Forest
[Edgar] Zeluf; her parents; a son Richard Collar; a grandson who
died in infancy; and a brother, William Gaule.
Left to cherish her memory are two daughters: Rose
Larsen of Guthrie Center, Iowa;
and Shirley Johannes of Omaha,
Nebraska; three sons: Donald Collar; Lawrence Collar and Robert
Collar all of Omaha, Nebraska;
two stepsons: Dwayne Zeluf and Jack Zeluf both of Omaha,
Nebraska; 21 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren; a sister, Nellie
Williams, of Belle, Missouri and
a brother, Luke Gaule, of
Springfield, Illinois and other relatives and friends.
Her family and friends will remember her as a kind and considerate
loved one, friend and neighbor and she will be sadly missed by all who knew
her.
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