Obituaries
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[Hart, Michael N.]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday    May 27, 1909    p. 7

Michael N. Hart

Michael N. Hart departed this life on the 18th day of May 1909.  He was born in Bombay, Franklin County, New York, February 22, 1847.  He was the oldest son of Richard and Mary [Theresa] (OÕConnell) Hart, who were both natives of the county of Cork, Ireland.  In the year of 1868 he with his parents and other members of their family emigrated from the state of New York and settled in Lake County, Illinois, near the town of Lake Forest, but a year later moved to Louisa County, Iowa, remaining in that county one year.

In the spring of 1871 he with his fatherÕs family settled in Grant Township, Taylor County, Iowa, on section 21, a few miles east of the present town of Conway and a few miles to the southwest of Clearfield.  Here he remained engaged in the pursuits of farming until 1875 when he was married to Margaret E. [llen] Shay, a daughter of Luke and Julia [Whelan] Shay, pioneer residents of Ringgold County, and shortly after his marriage he with his bride took up their residence on section 18, Benton Township, Ringgold County, where they resided until 1888, when he engaged in the hardware and implement business in the then new town of Maloy; still however retaining his farm from which he had just moved and which he later exchanged for the farm immediately north and adjacent to the town of Maloy and known as the Bazil Turner farm.  Here he resided until his death.  His death was very sudden and a shock to his relatives and friends.  He was employed about his farm as usual on Monday, May 17, 1909 and was to all appearances in the best of health.  Upon returning to the house, on the evening of that day, he was seized with a violent pain in the region of the bowels.  Dr. King was called but he grew no better and it was decided to remove him to St. JosephÕs Hospital, St. Joseph, Mo., in the hope that an operation might save his life.  The sufferer was taken to St. Joseph on Tuesday morning, May 18, his wife, pastor and a large number of relatives and friends accompanying him.  Upon reaching St. Joseph he was removed to the hospital where an operation was performed by Dr. Porter, of St. Joseph but the operation was not successful and death relieved his sufferings at about 9:30 p. m., Tuesday, May 18, 1909.

He was industrious and prosperous, a kind and affectionate husband, a loving and indulgent father and his family is among the most highly respected in the community in which they live.  He leaves surviving him, a devoted wife, three daughters and five sons, as follows:  Julia M. [ary] Nolan, of Maloy, Iowa; Mary M.[ercedes] Shiel, of Enid, Okla.; Luke E. [dward] and Richard C. [leveland], of St. Louis, Mo.; Leona, Michael, OÕConnell and Herbert [Malcolm], the latter four still being members of the parental home.  All of the children were present at the funeral, which was one of the largest ever held in the county.  Besides the immediate family he leaves to mourn him three sisters and one brother:  Elizabeth [Ellen] Jordan, of Mooreland, Okla., Mary E. [llen] Lambert and Anna M. [argaret] Shay, of Maloy, Iowa and W. [illiam] R. [ichard] Hart, of Iowa City, Iowa.  Besides these a multitude of friends and no enemies, because his life was such that he made no enemies, performing his duties and transacting his business with his fellow men on a basis of honesty and manliness.  Those who knew him best loved him most.  When a duty was to be performed he knew no personal danger and no man can say that anything ever deterred him when he believed his duty called him.  He was a man among the best of men.  He despised hypocrisy and abhorred greed and avarice.  The measure of value he used in estimating was Worth and worth to him, as he interpreted it, did not mean Òhow much money have youÓ but what are you worth as a man, as a citizen, as a neighbor.  He did his duty, as he believed a citizen should.  He reared his children in the faith of his father, teaching them their duty to their neighbor, their country, their God and he died with a full knowledge that his teachings had not been in vain.  He died as he had lived, a fervent and faithful member of the Catholic church, comforted and solaced by its last rites and sacraments administered by a priest of that church, Rev. J. C. White of Maloy, who was not only his pastor but his most dear and honored friend.  He faced death without fear of punishment because he had lived a life of honesty, integrity, purity and charity and his soul was replete with happiness, entitled to receive the reward of a life well spent---an eternity with God.  Requiescant in pace.

[Jared, Frank Marshall]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    March 24, 1949    [p. 1]

Services For Frank Jared Held Monday

Frank Jared, a native of Bedford, Taylor County, died Tuesday, March 15 in Pendleton, Oregon.  The body was returned to Bedford and the funeral services were held at the Shum Funeral Home at 2 oÕclock, Monday afternoon, March 21, conducted by Rev. Gordon F. MacLean.  Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery.

Frank Marshall Jared, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Jared [Emily Josephine Scrivner], was born in Bedford on March 20, 1884 and passed away only a few days before his sixty-fifth birthday.

On January 20, 1907 he was married to Miss Elba Trumbo of Bedford, who preceded him in death on May 28, 1923.

He is survived by two sons and two daughters:  Harley Jared of Prescott, Arizona; Harry Jared of Fresno, California; Mrs. Garland J. Blair of Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Hazel J. Isaacs of Hiawatha, Kansas.  Also by one brother and two sisters, John Jared and Mrs. Will Robinson [Viola] of Bedford and Mrs. E.[dward] J. Hartman [Mabel] of Tama, Iowa.

[Jared, Mary Elba Trumbo]

Bedford Free Press

Thursday    May 31, 1923

Obituary - Mrs. Frank Jared

Mrs. Frank Jared, wife of Mr. Frank Jared, passed away after a long illness at her home in Ross township on Monday night, May 28.

Mrs. [Mary] Elba Jared, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. [homas] A.  [ndrew] Trumbo was born Dec. 4th, 1888, in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.

On January 30, 1907, she was married to Frank Jared of Bedford, Iowa.  Four children came to bless this home, two boys and two girls.

Mrs. Jared was of a cheerful and sunny disposition and although she was a sufferer the last few years she remained cheerful to the last.

Her going leaves a home without a faithful wife and a loving motherÕs care.  Those who are left to mourn are her husband and four children, Harley, Harvey, Garland [Eula] and Hazel [Maxine].  Her mother, Mrs. Nancy [Ellen Power] Trumbo; four brothers:  William Trumbo of Princeton, Kansas; Claud Trumbo of Bedford; Frank Trumbo of Bedford; Alva Trumbo of Greenview, Ill.   Three sisters:  Mrs. Anna Payne of Barnesville, Colo.; Mrs. Ella Hindman and Mrs. Grant Davis of Bedford.  Her husbandÕs father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. R. [obert] B. [ruce] Jared of Bedford.  His two brothers, Ora Jared of Creston and John Jared of Bedford.  His two sisters, Mrs. Viola Robinson and Mrs. Mable Hartman of Bedford.  Besides many other relatives and a host of friends.

Mrs. Jared was a member of the Baptist church of Bedford.  Funeral services were held Thursday morning at eleven oÕclock.  Burial in the Bedford cemetery.

[Jared, Lucinda McMurtry]

Times-Republican

Thursday    May 23, 1918

Mrs. Delbert Jared

Lucinda McMurtry was born in Knox County, Ill., Nov. 22, 1862, and moved with her parents to Bedford, Iowa, in 1875, where she lived until her death, which occurred May 10, 1918 at Ensworth Hospital, St. Joseph, Mo., aged 75 years, 5 months and 18 days.

She was married to Delbert Jared July 3, 1881 and to this union three children were born, Edna May, Nettie Ruth and one daughter who died in infancy.

She united with the Church of Christ in 1885, of which she was faithful member.

She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, two daughters, and two grandsons, two sisters and five brothers, Mrs. Jane Pickett of [word unreadable], Mo., Mrs. Cynthia McMahill of Osborn, Neb., R. [euben] F. McMurtry of Seneca, Neb., Bert McMurtry of Sutherland, Neb., F. R. McMurtry of Anselmo, Neb., Lon McMurtry of Calaway, Neb., and J. [ames] L. McMurtry of Lusk, Wyo., of whom all were present except three brothers.

Funeral services were held at the Berea church Monday at 2 oÕclock p. m., conducted by Brother Floyd Edwards.

[Jared, Hattie Grace Bothel]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    April 30, 1964    p. 4

Mrs. Geo. Jared Services Tues.

Funeral services for Hattie Grace [Bothel] Jared, 70, were held Tues. (April 28) at 708 State Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home.  Mrs. Jared died last Sunday at her home north of Bedford.  Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

[JARED, HATTIE GRACE BOTHEL]

Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, May 7, 1964, p. 8

Funeral services for Mrs. George (Hattie Grace) Jared, held April 28 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, were conducted by Carl Cummings. Mrs. Jared died April 26 at her home north of Bedford. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

The following obituary was included in the services:

Hattie Grace Bothel, daughter of Sylvester and Josephine [Marshall] Bothel, was born near Bedford on April 5, 1894. She attended Taylor County rural schools and Teachers Normal at Maryville, Mo. Later she taught several years in the Taylor County schools.

In 1918 she, along with her parents, brothers and sister, moved to Denver, Colo.

On September 21, 1919, she was united in marriage to George William Jared. The following year they moved to Taylor County. To this union one son, Eugene, was born.

Mrs. Jared was a member, since childhood, of the Bedford Baptist church. She was also a member of Auxiliary 1366 and Mizpah Chapter of Daughters of Ceres social club.

She is survived by her husband, George; son, Eugene, daughter-in-law, Mrs. Irene Jared; two brothers and three sisters: Francis Bothel, Guy Bothel, Mrs. Maude Clayburn, Mrs. Amy Burch and Mrs. Helen Trumbo, all of Denver and vicinity; two granddaughters, Suzanne and Catherine, as well as many other relatives and a host of friends.

[Jared, Jesse Emmet]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    November 23, 1950    [p. 1]

Emmet Jared Died Oct. 27 In California

[Jesse] Emmet Jared, 74, a former resident of Bedford died at his home in Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 24.  The last rites were held there and burial made in the Forest Lawn cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Grace Golding of Bedford; a daughter and two grandchildren.  Also by two sisters, Mrs. Frank Townsend of Bedford, and Mrs. Maude Van Camp of Los Angeles.  The Jareds moved from Bedford 30 years ago.

[Jared, Ruth Lou Hurt Branson]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    October 22, 1981    p. 4

Lou Ruth Jared, 85, Final Rites Were Held October 16

Funeral services for Mrs. George W. [illiam] Jared, 85, of Gravity, held October 16 in the Gravity Christian Church, were officiated by Rev. Roger Charley.  Mrs. Jared died October 13 in Rosary Hospital, Corning, Ia.  Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge No. 134 of Bedford conducted Fraternal Honors with interment at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

Ruth Lou Jared, daughter of George W. [ashington] Hurt and Murtru Alice [Early] Hurt, was born in Greenville, Tennessee on July 31, 1896.

At the age of four years RuthÕs family moved to Taylor County, where she grew to maturity and attended the public schools.

On February 2, 1916, she was united in marriage to Locklin Branson, at Platteville, Iowa.  Ruth loved the farm and there she spent most of her life.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Locklin Branson, on June 13, 1952.

In August 1965 she was married to George W. [illiam] Jared who preceded her in death on January 24, 1966; also by her parents, three sisters and a brother.

Ruth was a member of the Christian Church of Gravity and 37 year member of the Golden Rule Rebekah Lodge No. 134 in Bedford.

Left to cherish her memory are sister Trula M. Braun, Naperville, Ill.; brother, Lowell H. (Bud) Hurt, and wife, Ethel, of Cheyenne, Wyo.; step-son, Eugene Jared, and wife, Irene, of Bloomington, Minnesota; a number of nieces and nephews, and a host of friends.

Her family and friends will remember her as a kind and considerate loved one, and she will be missed by those who loved her.

[Taylor, Glenn Osburn]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    June 25, 1970    p. 9

Glenn Taylor, 61, Rites Held Mon.

Funeral services for Glenn O. Taylor, 61, former Bedford resident, were held Mon., June 22, at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Mr. Carl Cummings officiating.  Mr. Taylor died at the Gentry County Hospital in Albany, Mo., on June 19, 1970.  Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

Glenn Osburn Taylor, son of W. [illiam] F. (Col.) Taylor and [El] Vira [Mable] Randall Taylor, was born May 28, 1909 at Spokane, Washington.  When a small lad he came with his parents to the Bedford community, where he grew to adulthood and attended the rural school and the Bedford High School.

He worked for the Cudahy Packing Co., for a good number of years and he had lived in Sheridan, Mo., where he was engaged in business in recent years.

He was united in marriage to Audrel Jeffers on July 28, 1955.

He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother, Ivan.

Left to cherish memories are his wife, Audrel, of Des Moines, Iowa; a daughter, Glenna Mason; a stepson, Dennis Underwood; three grandchildren; three sisters, Dorothy Williams of Omaha, Nebr., Edna Bumgardner of Las Vegas, Fern Stowell of Portland, Oreg., two brothers, Donald Taylor of Pasco, Wash., and Marvin Taylor of Yellville, Arkansas; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Glenn was a kind and considerate husband, father, brother, friend and neighbor, and he will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved him.

[Knox, John Jasper]

Bedford Free Press

Tuesday    February 16, 1915    p. 5

J. J. Knox

John Jasper Knox was born March 22, 1843 in Mexico, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and died February 3, 1915 at Clearfield, Iowa, after a short illness lasting but four days.  When 13 years of age he moved with his parents to Lacon, Ill.  The following year he moved to Tiskilwa, [Bureau County] Ill.

In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Ninety-third Illinois volunteers and served until the close of the war.  Among the battles in which he fought were Vicksburg, Altoona Pass and Corinth and he marched in ShermanÕs army to the sea.

In the spring of 1868 he came with his parents [Thomas Lyon Knox and Sophia Hester Leonard] to Clearfield, Iowa, and settled on the farm three miles west of town, which was his home until his death.  With one exception he has resided longer in Grant Township than any other person now living there.

On December 31, 1879 he was married to Lucy Etta Sargent, who departed this life March 14, 1905.  To this union were born seven children.   Three sons, Bert [Elbert], Howard [Leonard] and John [Cleveland] and four daughters, Mrs. Dan Bruner [Mary Blanche], Mrs. Granville Harvey [Dora Eva], Mrs. Clyde Owens [Nellie Alice] and Miss Clara [Eugenia] Knox, all of whom reside within less than two miles of the paternal home.  Besides these there remain to mourn his death one sister, Mrs. John Schuler [Mary Almira] of Creston, a brother, Alva L.[eonard] Knox of Kansas City, seventeen grandchildren and a host of friends and neighbors.

[KNOX, JOHN JASPER]
Clearfield Enterprise (Clearfield, Iowa), Thursday, February 4, 1915
Another Veteran Gone
On Tuesday night, John Knox died of paralysis at the home of his son Bert, southwest of Clearfield. He had lived for a very long time in this community and was known to everyone over a wide radius. On last Friday at about noon Mr. Knox was out in the yard with his son Bert and complained of not feeling well. Soon after he fell. Help was summoned, and he was taken indoors and was unconscious much ot the time from that hour. Mr. Knox was a veteran and his death removes another from the decreasing company of Civil War veterans in this community.

[KNOX, JOHN JASPER]
Clearfield Enterprise (Clearfield, Iowa), Thursday, February 11, 1915, [p. 1]
Obituary – John Jasper Knox
John Jasper Knox was born March 22, 1843 in Mexico, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and died February 3, 1915 at Clearfield, Iowa, after a short illness lasting but four days.  When 13 years of age he moved with his parents to Lacon, Ill.  The following year he moved to Tiskilwa, [Bureau County] Ill.
In 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Ninety-third Illinois volunteers and served until the close of the war.  Among the battles in which he fought were Vicksburg, Altoona Pass and Corinth and he marched in Sherman's army to the sea.
In the spring of 1868 he came with his parents [Thomas Lyon Knox and Sophia Hester Leonard] to Clearfield, Iowa, and settled on the farm three miles west of town, which was his home until his death.  With one exception he has resided longer in Grant Township than any other person now living there.
On December 31, 1879 he was married to Lucy Etta Sargent, who departed this life March 14, 1905.  To this union were born seven children. Three sons, Bert [Elbert], Howard [Leonard] and John [Cleveland] and four daughters, Mrs. Dan Bruner, Mrs. Granville Harvey, Mrs. Clyde Owens and Miss Clara Knox, all of whom reside within less than two miles of the paternal home. Besides these there remain to mourn his death one sister, Mrs. John Schuler of Creston, a brother, Alva L.[eonard] Knox of Kansas City, seventeen grandchildren and a host of friends and neighbors.
He was held in high esteem by all who knew him for his honesty of purpose and high moral character. In his death, the family has lost a kind and loving father, the community, a good citizen.
The funeral services were held in the Clearfield Methodist church at 10:30 a. m. Friday, February 5th, conducted by the family's pastor, Rev. Mitchell of Conway, assisted by Rev. Flannery of Sharpsburg. A very large congregation assembled to pay their last respects to the deceased. Interment followed in the Clearfield Cemetery by the side of his wife.

[KNOX, JOHN JASPER]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, February 9, 1915
CLEARFIELD – The funeral of Mr. John J. Knox was held Friday morning at the M. E. Church. Mr. Knox had been sick but a short time and his death came as a shock to his friends.

[Hunter, Abbie McAlpin]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    February 11, 1954    p. 3

Obituary - Mrs. Abbie Hunter

Mrs. Abbie Hunter of New Market died at Municipal Hospital, Clarinda, Jan. 24, after a lingering illness.

Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in New Market, Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 26, conducted by Rev. Earl Streyffeler.  Burial was in Dallas Center cemetery.

Abbie McAlpin, daughter of Robert [H.] and [Martha] Susan [Harris] McAlpin, was born Nov. 11, 1866, near Hawleyville, Iowa, and died at the age of 87 years, two months, 13 days.   She spent her childhood near the place of her birth and all of her married life on a farm near New Market.  She was married to Frank U.[lysses] Hunter on June 23, 1889.  They had no children of their own but reared a niece, Dorothy Owen, who is now Mrs. Elmer Roberts of Bedford.

She is survived by Mrs. Roberts and her husband; also by a half-brother, Worthy Werts of New Market; several nieces and nephews.  Mr. Hunter died April 21, 1951.

Mrs. Hunter was a member of the New Market Methodist church and of the Rebekah lodge at New Market.

[Longfellow, Ruth Opal Snyder]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    February 11, 1954    p. 3

Obituary - Ruth Opal Longfellow

Mrs. Ruth Opal Longfellow, daughter of Glen [Weaver] and Cassie [A. Ervin] Snyder, was born July 28, 1922 at Bedford and died Saturday, Jan. 23, near her home at Lenox.

She was one of four children of Glen and Cassie Snyder, sister of Donald and Paul Snyder and Lucille McCandliss.

Ruth Opal was married to Carl A. [exander] Longfellow, son of Henry [Wadsworth] and Alta [Nash] Longfellow, on April 28, 1938 at Maryville.  They have always resided on the farm in Taylor County.

To them five children were born, two sons and three daughters, Jerry Dale, Paul Dean, Linda Louise, Julia and Alice Ann.

Her mother died April 4, 1926.

Surviving with her husband and children, are her father and step mother; four half sisters, and three half-brothers, Ferne Lois Mingus, Harold Dean, Leo Louis, Eddie Glenn, Elinor Jean, Donna May, Betty June.

Funeral services were held at the Christian Church in Clearfield Wednesday afternoon Jan. 27 with interment at Bedford.  Rev. Howes officiated.

[Longfellow, Carl Alexander]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    March 2, 1972    p. 6

Last Rites Held Feb. 25 For Carl Longfellow

Funeral services for Carl A. [lexander] Longfellow, 59, of Lenox, held February 25 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, were conducted by Carl Cummings.  Mr. Longfellow died February 23, 1972 at Greater Community Hospital in Creston.  Interment was at Fairview Cemetery.

Carl A. [lexander] Longfellow, son of Henry W. [adsworth] and Alta Nash Longfellow, was born September 5, 1912 near Clearfield, Iowa in Taylor County.

He attended the public schools of Taylor County and the Conway High School.

On April 26, 1938 he was united in marriage to Ruth Opal Snyder and to them were born two sons and three daughters to bless their home and to share their love.

Carl had lived his entire life in Taylor County, Iowa where he had been engaged in farming.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Opal Longfellow in 1954, his father, Henry W. [adsworth] Longfellow, in 1964.

Left to cherish memories are his mother, Alta; his children:  Jerry and his wife Jeannette; Paul; Linda and her husband, Rolland Grindstaff; Julia and her husband, Dean Day; Alice and her husband, Steve Schieffer; ten grandchildren, Joan, Jeffery, John, Craig, Kyle, Jesse Warren, Danny, Dawn Michelle, Angela and Christa; a sister, Mary C. [harlotte] Hunter; two brothers, Wilson and Ivan Longfellow; uncles, aunts, other relatives and many friends.

Carl was a kind and considerate, son, brother, father and friend, and he will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.

[Longfellow, Lemuel Alexander]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday   September 14, 1967    p. 6

Final Rites Held September 9 For L. A. Longfellow

Funeral services for Lemuel A. [lexander] Longfellow, 89, long time Taylor County resident, were held September 9 at the State Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. J. Milton Kinney and Mr. Carl Cummings.  Mr. Longfellow died September 6, 1967, at Clarinda Municipal Hospital.  Interment was at Conway Cemetery, Conway.

Lemuel Longfellow, son of Mary [Josephine] Elder and Joseph [Purcell] Longfellow, was born at Muscatine, Iowa, July 19, 1878.

He was united in marriage to Fonta [Lee] Smith on March 5, 1903.  To this union one daughter, Ruby Dale, was born.

He was the eldest of seven children.  His parents, a sister, Lucy, and a brother, Henry, preceded him in death.  He is survived by his wife; daughter; four brothers, Frank and Charley of Bedford; Joe of Perry, Iowa, Tom of Newberg, Oregon; and a host of relatives and friends.

As a young man, Lemuel joined the Conway, Iowa Methodist Church, and in his later years, after moving to Bedford, he had his membership moved to the Bedford Methodist Church.

[Longfellow, Fonta Lee Smith]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    July 2, 1981    p. 5

Fonta Lee Longfellow Final Rites Were Held June 29

Graveside services for Mrs. Lemuel A. (Fonta) Longfellow, 97, of Bedford, held June 29 in the Conway (Ia.) Cemetery, were conducted by Rev. Carl Cummings.  Mrs. Longfellow died June 26, 1981 in Rosary Hospital in Corning, Iowa.

Fonta Lee Smith, daughter of Oscar E. [ldridge] Smith and Minnie Williams Smith, was born near Albany, Missouri, September 27, 1883.

She grew to maturity in the area where she was born and moved with her parents to the Blockton area when she was a young lady.

On March 5, 1903 she was united in marriage to Lemuel A. [lexander] Longfellow at Bedford, Iowa, and they lived in various places in Taylor County where he was engaged in the blacksmith business and farming.  Later, they resided in Omaha, Nebraska, and upon retirement they returned to Bedford, where she has continued to reside the past several years at Bedford Manor.  Her husband died September 6, 1967.

She was a member of the Bedford United Methodist Church.

One daughter, Ruby, was born to bless their home.

She was preceded in death by her parents [and] her husband.  She was the last member of her family of ten children.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Ruby Dougherty of Bedford, Iowa; nieces, nephews; other relatives and friends.

She will be sadly missed by all those who knew and loved her.

[Longfellow, Joseph Freeman]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    December 10, 1970    p. 3

Last Rites Held Here Tuesday For Joe Longfellow

Funeral services for Joseph Freeman Longfellow, 83, of Perry, Ia., formerly of Bedford, were held Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Carl Cummings officiating.  Services were held at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday at Fouch Funeral Home in Perry.  Mr. Longfellow died in Perry Sunday.  Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

Mr. Longfellow was associated with the Bedford National Bank for 48 years.

Included among his survivors are his wife, Orpha; son, Howard, of Rockwell City; daughter, Helen (Mrs. LaVern Utterback) of Perry, four grandchildren; three brothers, Charles and Frank of Bedford and Thomas N. [elson] of Newberg, Oregon.

[Longfellow, Joseph Freeman]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    December 17, 1970    p. 3

Last Rites Held Dec. 8 For Joe Longfellow

Funeral services for Joseph Freeman Longfellow, 83, of Perry, Ia., former Bedford banker, held December 8 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, were conducted by Carl Cummings.  Services were held Tuesday morning at Fouch Funeral Home in Perry.  Mr. Longfellow died at his home December 6, 1970.  Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

Joseph Freeman Longfellow, son of Joseph P. [urcell] and Mary [Josephine Elder] Longfellow, was born October 9, 1887 at Platteville in Taylor County, Iowa.  He grew to adulthood in the community east of Bedford where he attended the public school and was active in the various community affairs.

He attended Business College in Omaha, Nebr., and was employed by the Bedford National Bank, Bedford, from 1909 until his retirement in 1956, being vice-president at that time.  He did continue as director until 1968 and was listed by the Iowa Banker Association among the over 59 year bankers of the State.

On September 10, 1913 he was united in marriage to Orpha Holmes at New Sharon, Iowa.  To them were born two children:  Helen and Howard.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.

Left to cherish memories are his wife, Orpha of Perry, Iowa; Mrs. L. A. (Helen) Utterback and her husband, Dr. LaVern Utterback of Perry, Iowa; Howard Dean and his wife, Pauline of Rockwell City, Iowa; four grandchildren, Minette Longfellow Hendricks, Joseph and DeAnn Longfellow and David Utterback; three brothers, Charles E. [lder] and Frank T. [ennyson] Longfellow of Bedford and Thomas N. [elson] Longfellow of Newberg, Oregon.

He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Perry, Iowa.  He was a kind and loving husband, brother, friend and neighbor and will be missed by all who knew and loved him.

[Longfellow, Uryth Sparks]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    January 8, 1981    p. 6

Mrs. Don Longfellow Dies In Georgia

Graveside services for Mrs. Don (Uryth Sparks) Longfellow of Powder Springs, Georgia, former resident of Hopkins, Missouri were held at the Hopkins Cemetery Wed., Jan. 7, at 4 p. m.  Services were held in Powder Springs January 6.  Mrs. [Donald Jay] Longfellow died January 4 in an Atlanta (Ga.) hospital.

Mrs. Longfellow was the daughter-in-law of Frank Longfellow and sister-in-law of Mrs. Merle Stewart [Jean Frances Longfellow] of Bedford.

[Longfellow, Salome Ophia Marshall]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday   November 6, 1947    [p. 1]

Former Resident Buried Here Wed.

Mrs. A. [lfred] N. [elson] Longfellow [Salome Ophia Marshall], 87, a resident of the Bedford community for many years, died in Clarinda Monday, November 3.  She made her home there with her two daughters, Mrs. Edna Hendrix and Mrs. Opha Greenlee.

The funeral services were held at the Walker Funeral Home in Clarinda Wednesday afternoon and burial was in the Fairview Cemetery at Bedford.

[McAlpin, William Eugene]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    April 18, 1935    p. 5

W. E. McAlpin, 73, County Pioneer, Dies

W. E. McAlpin, 73, a resident of the New Market community all of his life, died at his home in Dallas Township Friday, April 12, following a weekÕs illness with pneumonia.  The funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. C. K. Shackelford of the New Market Baptist church.  Burial was in the Memory cemetery.

William Eugene, second son of [David] Russell and Susan Anna Swift McAlpin, was born March 28, 1862, on a farm north of New Market, and spent his entire life of seventy-three years in the same community.

December 27, 1885, he was married to Amanda Weaver.  To them were born seven children.  Mrs. McAlpin died in 1905.  April 13, 1910, he was married to Effie Hancher.  To them were born three children.  Had he lived one day longer, he and his surviving companion would have passed their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.

Mr. McAlpin was typical of the older generation in his life work:  industrious and thrifty, always busy, and a firm believer that a man should live by the sweat of his brow.  He had few associations outside of his home, only as work or business demanded, rather preferring to live a quiet life and enjoying the companionship of his own family, where he will be greatly missed.  A man of few words, seldom expressing himself, only those nearest him knew his real convictions were for the better things of life.

Surviving relatives are the wife and ten children, seventeen grandchildren, four great grandchildren, two brothers, Dr. D. [avid] E. [lford] McAlpin of Long Beach, Calif., and S. [tephen] A. McAlpin of Des Moines, Iowa.

The children are Mrs. Worthy Werts [Nettie], Earl McAlpin, Mrs. Orville Slaight [Agatha], Dennis McAlpin, Mrs. Harvey Anderson [Glocile], Mrs. Albert Holland [Ruby] and Eugene [Austin] McAlpin, all of New Market; Russell McAlpin of Villisca; Mrs. Floyd Dougherty [Susanna] of Trenton, Mo.; and Norma Jean, still at home.  Two nephews, Les Alexander of Coin and Russell Alexander of Boone, Iowa, are also claimed as members of the family circle.