[Evalene Grace Hays]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday   June 15, 1961    p. 7

Mrs. Wm. Hays Rites Held In Clearfield

Last rites for Mrs. William Hays of Bedford, who died in Clearfield, Sunday, May 28, were held in Clearfield, the following Wednesday, at the Varner-Crew Funeral Home.  Burial was in Fairview cemetery at Bedford.

Evalene Grace was born November 16, 1871, at Monmouth, Ill., the eldest daughter of Jesse and Jane Grace.  She moved as a child with her family by oxen and covered wagon to Iowa, residing on a farm in Jackson Township, Taylor County.  There she grew to womanhood and on February 17, 1897, was united in marriage to William Hays.

To this union were born five children: Verla, now Mrs. Frank Ecklin of Lenox; Sheila, Mrs. Herman Wurster of Clearfield; Argyl Hays of Afton; Berthel, Mrs. Nelson Ledgerwood of Bedford; Virgil Hays of Diagonal.

She lived her entire married life in Taylor County.  She was a member of the Christian church in Bedford, active in church work until stricken with a stroke 12 years ago, since which she had been an invalid.

Surviving with her husband and the five children are 20 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren.  Also one brother, Clark Grace of Bedford.   Three sisters, one brother and one grandson preceded her in death.

[Helen Dowlin Beauchamp]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    February 17, 1949

Former Resident Dies In Sioux City

Mrs. Helen [Dowlin] Beauchamp, 56, a resident of Sioux City, Iowa, since 1920, died in the early morning, Feb. 11, at a hospital there, after a long illness.

She was born July 23, 1892, in Bedford and was married here June 6, 1920, to Harry E. Beauchamp, also of Bedford.  They moved to Sioux City the same month and had resided there since.

Mrs. Beauchamp was a member of Calvary Episcopal church, Morningside chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, the Sioux City Women's Club, Delta Zeta Sorority and the Amphictyon Club, all of Sioux City.

Survivors include her husband; her mother, Mrs. E. [llis] C. [layton] Dowlin [Mattie John] of Bedford; two sisters, Mrs. E. [ugene] P. [aul] Simpson [Hilda Dowlin] and Mrs. Z. D. [wight] Kidder [Kathryn] of Chula Vista, California; two nieces, Mrs. R. [ichard] E. [dward] Holland [Patricia Simpson] of La Porte City, Iowa, and Miss Marilyn Kidder of Chula Vista.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Heaton Funeral Home in Sioux City, Rev. J. D. Salter of the Calvary Episcopal church officiating.  The ashes will be returned to Bedford at some future time for interment.

Attending the last rites from Bedford were Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, who were called to Sioux City on Tuesday before Mrs. Beauchamp's death.  Mr. Beauchamp's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. A. [rnold] W. Lauer [Bertha] of Tulsa, Oklahoma, flew to Sioux City also for the funeral services.

[Garland Clark Crum]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    July 5, 1962    [p. 1]

Final Rites For Mrs. Crum, 73, Held Sunday

Funeral services for Mrs. Garland Clark Crum, 73, lifelong Bedford resident, were held here at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home on State Street last Sunday afternoon.  Included in that service was the following obituary:

Garland Clark, daughter of John J. and Ella Steele Clark, was born in Bedford, Iowa, February 7, 1889, and departed this life at the Missouri Methodist Hospital in St. Joseph, Mo., June 29, 1962, at the age of 73 years, 4 months and 22 days.

She graduated from the Bedford High School and then received an advanced music education from Drake University in Des Moines, Ia.

In her early youth she united with the Presbyterian Church in Bedford, thereby giving the Master a place in her daily living.

On August 6, 1910, she was united in marriage to W. [illiam] E. [dwin] Crum, Jr., and they had the experience of over 50 wonderful years together.  Mr. Crum passed away on March 18, 1961.

She leaves to cherish her memory, one son, W. [illiam] E. [dwin] Crum III and his wife, Virginia, of Bedford, one daughter, Ann Crum Smith and her husband Jack of St. Joseph, Mo.  Five grandsons: Jon Clark Crum and Carolyn, his wife, of Torrance, Calif., William E. Crum IV, Michael Laird Crum, Steven Perkins Crum, all of Bedford, William Crum Swinehart of St. Joseph, Mo.  One great granddaughter, Catherine Elaine Crum of Torrance, Calif.

A sister-in-law, Mrs. Helen Crum Thompson of New York; three nieces, Mrs. Hortense Reynolds Echols of Lynchburg, Va., Mrs. Harriet Reynolds Noble of Roslyn, New York, Mrs. Virginia Thompson Rosenblueth of Mexico City, Mexico; one nephew, Mr. William Crum Thompson of Paris, France.

Mrs. Crum was a lifelong resident of Bedford and some of the history of this city might well be considered a part of her life, for she has observed the change from the past to the present, not only in buildings and business, but in personnel.

The State Street Shum-Novinger funeral home originally was the home of her grandparents Steele, and she had many happy memories of family activities there.   It was her wish that her memorial service be conducted from this place.

She will be greatly missed by her family and her many friends.

[Billie Wilson]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    April 7, 1949    [p. 1]

Uncle Billie Wilson Died At Blockton

Uncle Billie Wilson, well known Blockton resident, succumbed to asthma and heart ailment this morning.

Funeral services will be held at the Blockton Christian Church Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., G. W. Swan officiating.  Masonic rites at the grave.

[Elton Beal Lambley]

Bedford Times-Press

Thursday    September 4, 1947     p. 7

In Memoriam

"This Is His Town"

In Memory of Our Dear Brother, Elton B. Lambley of Conway, Iowa, who was killed in Mandeville, France, August 24, 1944.

He's walking down the main street every night,

Pausing to peer through lighted windows; for

It's supper time.  There are the elm trees right

As he left them; their leaves fall by his door.

And just across the path the yellow corn

Is ripe and harvest time is in the air;

This is his town, the place where he was born;

Remembered sights and sounds are everywhere.

We don't see him these troubled days although

He whistles as his old Ford clatters by.

For he's beneath a marked cross; we know

This soldier left his town to die.

And now his spirit walks the country lane;

Listen, he comes as memory comes again."

            Lela, Quatin and Frederick Lambley