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[Brown, Clarissa Ellen
Hamblin]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 4, 1965 p. 6
Clarissa Brown Rites Held Friday, Feb. 26
Funeral
services for Mrs William (Clarissa) Brown, lifetime Taylor county resident, were held Feb. 26 at Shum-Novinger
Funeral in Bedford with Mr. Howard Anthony officiating. Mrs. Brown died Feb. 24, 1965, at Lenox, Iowa at the age of
92 years, three months, and 17 days.
Included
in the service was the following obituary.
Clarissa
[Ellen] Hamblin Brown was born
November 6, 1872, near Sharpsburg, Iowa, daughter of Dennis and Elizabeth [McWilliams]
Hamblin.
She
was united in marriage to William Thomas Brown of Conway, on Feb. 15, 1893, and they resided on
farms in Taylor County for 64 years, until the death of her husband.
To
this union 11 children were born: seven sons and four daughters.
Preceding
her in death were her husband, who died June 25, 1956; two sons, Oran, and Dee; an infant daughter; a son-in-law, Marvin Van Loon; five grandchildren; two great grandchildren; two
sisters, Maggie West and Laura
Smith, and one brother, Willie.
In
1915 she gave her life to Christ and was faithful in her choice to the end.
She
is survived by her eight children: [William] Glenn of Bedford; Eddie of Lincoln, Nebr.; Orville of
Sharpsburg; Dale of Harlan,
Ia.; Horace of Des Moines; Mattie
Van Loon of Knoxville, Ia.; Opal
Weeda of Conway; and Jessie
Eveline Colter of Villisca; 24
grandchildren; 62 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren; several
nieces and nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.
She will be so sadly
missed by all.
[Note:
Interment was in the Conway Cemetery, Conway, Taylor County, Iowa. Source:
funeral card]
[Brown, David
Anderson]
North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)
Thursday March 2, 1916 [p. 1]
DAVID bROWN DEAD
Veteran and Old
Citizen Passes Away
D.
[avid] A. [nderson] Brown, one of
Sharpsburg's old citizens and one of the few remaining veterans of the civil
war, passed away Tuesday after an illness of a few weeks.
Mr.
Brown was an old resident in and
near Sharpsburg, and was well known, especially among the old soldiers, as he
was commander of the Conway post of G. A R., and took a very lively interest in
the doings of the old soldiers. Always of a cheerful nature, he seemed to
retain splendid health, and up to the time of his recent illness seemed very
vigorous for a man of his age, and was a familiar figure down town in
Sharpsburg, where his hearty laugh and comradeship will be missed by the old
guard.
The
funeral was held from the family home, conducted by Rev. John Doak, Thursday
morning and was attended by an immense crowd. Interment at the Conway cemetery.
The obituary will appear next week.
[Brown, David
Anderson]
North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)
Thursday March 9, 1916 [p. 1]
Obituary
David
Anderson Brown was born in Owen
County, Indiana Aug. 21, 1842, and died at his home in Sharpsburg, Ia., Feb.
29, 1916, being 73 years 6 months and 8 days old. The deceased was an old
soldier, having served over 3 years and four months in the Civil war. He joined
company "D", 50th regiment Indiana Infantry, volunteers, at the age
of 19, and was discharged Jan. 5, 1865, after being engaged in several battles.
He
was married to Miss Mattie Freeman April 6, 1865 in Owen County, Indiana. To this union were born seven children,
all of which survive him except the eldest who died in infancy. He came to Iowa
in 1868, settling in Taylor County, where he has resided most of the time since
and where his wife and surviving children still reside.
Deceased
was a kind, sympathetic, loving husband and father and will be missed by the
family, relatives and a large circle of friends.
[Brown, David
Anderson]
North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)
Thursday March 9, 1916 p. 4
Oscar
Freeman of McAlester, Rans.,
returned home Monday. He was called here to attend the funeral of his uncle, D.
[avid] A. [nderson] Brown.
[Brown, David
Anderson]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday March 2, 1916 [p. 1]
David Brown Dead
David Brown of Sharpsburg died at his home Tuesday night. He
was the father of O. [dis] M. [cKager] Brown, who is well
known in Bedford.
[Brown, Dee Anderson]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday February 12, 1920 [p. 1]
Died While on Visit.
Dee
[Anderson] Brown, son of W.
[illiam] T. [homas] Brown, who
resides in Marshall Township, died while on a visit in Minnesota, with the flu.
This is the second son to die in this family during the past year, one having
died last year at Camp Funston. The family have the deepest sympathy of all who
know them in their great sorrow.
[Brown, Dee Anderson]
New Market Herald
Thursday February 12, 1920 p. 4
Will
Brown received a telegram Monday
morning stating that his son, Dee [Anderson] Brown, who was in Minnesota, had passed away, Sunday
morning, from flu pneumonia. Will Brown and entire family were ill with flu and under the doctor’s care,
when they received this sad message. They have the sympathy of the entire
community.
[BROWN, DEE ANDERSON]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 12, 1920
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown received a message Monday morning that their son, Dee, had passed away at Argyle, Minn., where he had gone only a short time ago to visit his uncle. He was a victim of pneumonia. Several of the family at home are sick with influenza. They have the sympathy of the entire community.
[Brown, Francis Glenn]
Clearfield
Chronicle
Wednesday July 3, 2002 p. 3
Francis G. Brown
Graveside
services for Francis G. [lenn] Brown, age 85 of Bedford, were held Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at the
Washington Cemetery in Gravity with Pastor Ted DeHass officiating. Interment
was held in the Washington Cemetery. Memorials can be given in his name.
Arrangements were by Ritchie Funeral Home of Bedford.
Francis passed away on Sunday, June 23, at the Lenox Care
Center.
Francis
Glenn Brown was born March 22,
1917, in Taylor County near Sharpsburg. He was the son of William Glenn and
Hazel Frances Mohler Brown.
He
grew to maturity in the Sharpsburg and Conway area where he attended rural
school. On Sept. 12, 1940, he was united in marriage to Hazel M. Strong in Maryville, Mo. They had six children.
The
couple continued to live on the family farm where Francis spent 83 years of his life, as he was a farmer at
heart.
He
was a Farm Bureau member for many years and served 14 years as tour chairman.
He also served on various other committees. Francis was director of Harvester Farmers of America and a
Lester Pfister Hybrid Seed Corn Company dealer for 38 years. He retired from
farming in 1998.
Francis raised and sold purebred Chester White hogs for
several years. He started a dairy herd in 1956. In his station wagon, he took
Grade A milk to Pine's Dairy in Diagonal. He then switched to Borden’s in
Kansas City until the herd was sold in 1965. He then had a cow-calf herd only.
Francis is survived by his wife, Hazel; three daughters, Shirley (husband Ronald) Cramer of Connersville, Ind., Charlene (husband Alfred) Beckman of Omaha, and Gayle (husband Ellis) Houk of Bedford; two sons, Leo (wife Carolyn) Brown of Bedford and Gary (wife Nancy) Brown of Gravity; 13 grandchildren, Teresa Sellers,
Tina Cramer, Troy Cramer, Tonya Mullins, Marsha Larsen, Keith Beckman, Brenda
McMillin, Randy Brown, Todd Brown, Daryl Brown, Mary Jo Manley, Alisha and Eric
Houk; seven great grandchildren;
one great-great grandchild; a sister, Julia (husband Russell) McNees of Atlantic; nieces, nephews, cousins and
friends.
Preceding Francis in death were his
parents, Glenn and Hazel Brown;
and a son, Gordon, in 1961.
[Brown, Francis Glenn]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday July 3, 2002
Francis Glenn Brown
Graveside
services for Francis G. [lenn] Brown, age 85 of Bedford, who died Sunday, June 23, 2002, at the Lenox
Care Center, were held Wednesday June 26, 2002, at 11:00 a. m. at the
Washington Cemetery in Gravity, Iowa, with Pastor Ted DeHass officiating.
Interment was held in the Washington Cemetery in Gravity. Memorials may be
given in his name. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of
Bedford.
Francis
Glenn Brown was born March 22,
1917, in Taylor County near Sharpsburg, the son of William Glenn and Hazel
Frances Mohler Brown.
Francis
grew to maturity in the Sharpsburg and Conway area where he attended rural
school. On Sept. 12, 1940, he was united in marriage to Hazel M. [ary]
Strong in Maryville, Mo. To this
union six children were born. The couple continued to live on the family farm
where Francis spent 83 years
of his life, as he was a farmer at heart.
He
was a Farm Bureau member for many years, serving 14 years as tour chairman,
also serving on various other committees. Francis was director of Harvester Farmers of America and a
Lester Pfister Hybrid Seed Corn Company dealer for 38 years. He retired from
farming in 1998.
Francis raised and sold purebred Chester White hogs for
several years. He started a dairy herd in 1956 and every morning he took Grade
A milk to Pine's Dairy in Diagonal, Iowa, in a station wagon. Francis then switched to Borden’s in Kansas City until
the herd was sold in 1965, leaving him with a cow-calf herd only.
Francis is survived by his wife, Hazel; three daughters, Shirley and husband Ronald Cramer of Connersville,
IN, Charlene and husband Alfred
Beckman of Omaha, Nebraska, and Gayle and husband Ellis Houk of Bedford; two sons, Leo and wife Carolyn Brown of Bedford and Gary and wife Nancy Brown of Gravity, Iowa;
13 grandchildren, Teresa Sellers, Tina Cramer, Troy Cramer, Tonya Mullins,
Marsha Larsen, Keith Beckman, Brenda McMillin, Randy Brown, Todd Brown, Daryl
Brown, Mary Jo Manley, Alisha and Eric Houk; seven great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; one
sister, Julia and husband Russell
McNees of Atlantic, Iowa; nieces,
nephews, cousins and friends.
Preceding Francis in death were his
parents, Glenn and Hazel Brown;
and a son, Gordon, in 1961.
Francis will be remembered as a kind and loving husband,
father, friend, and neighbor, and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
[Brown, Martha
“Mattie” Freeman]
North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)
Thursday May 9, 1918 [p. 1]
Mrs. D. A. Brown Dead
Mrs.
D [avid] A. [nderson] Brown died
Saturday afternoon, May 4, at 7:15 p. m., after a short illness of pneumonia,
which her age rendered her too weak to withstand. She was the wife of the late D.
[avid] A [nderson] Brown, and
with him had long been a citizen of this community. They were among the
old-time residents of this county, and among the most respected, as Mr.
Brown was one of the old
soldiers, and enjoyed a wide acquaintance.
OBITUARy
Mattie
A. Freeman was born Dec. 15,
1845, in Owen County, Ind., and was married to David Brown, April 6, 1865. They moved to Taylor County many
years ago, where they since resided, moving to Sharpsburg 10 years ago.
Six
children survive to mourn her loss: Wm. [William Thomas], Odis [McKager],
Maggie [Margaret Jane], and Guy [Roy] Brown, and Mrs. Orie [May] McKay and Mrs Daisy [Lee] Hamblin, all of whom reside near Sharpsburg.
Mrs.
Brown was a devoted mother and
wife, an earnest and sincere Christian, and dear to all who knew her.
Unpretentious and modest, her work and training shows in her splendid family,
and her friends who esteemed her so highly, and will join with the Review in extending their sympathy to the bereaved ones.
The
funeral services were held from her late home, Herbert Vitzhum officiating, in
the presence of a large attendance of friends and neighbors. Interment was at
Conway cemetery.
[Brown, Martha
“Mattie” Freeman]
Bedford Free Press
Wednesday May 22, 1918 p. 3
SHARPSBURG
Mrs.
D. [avid] A. [nderson] Brown [Martha
“Mattie” Freeman] died Saturday
afternoon, May 4, after a short illness of pneumonia. The funeral services were
held at her late home Tuesday forenoon, in the presence of a large attendance
of friends and neighbors. Burial took place at Conway cemetery.
[Brown, Mary Elizabeth
Richey]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 1, 1955 [p. 1]
Mrs. O. M. Brown, 76, Dies At Lenox
LENOX,
IOWA — Mary E. [lizabeth] (Mrs. O. M.) Brown, 76,
died Wednesday, Aug. 24 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Kirby in Lenox. Mrs. Brown's home was in Lenox, but she
had been staying at the home of her daughter since she suffered a stroke.
Survivors
are her husband, O. [dis] M. [cKager] Brown; 2 sons, Marvin of Lenox and Charles of Sharpsburg; daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Kirby
[Oma] and Mrs. Ted Solders [Selders],
of Lenox; 16 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren and one brother, Shannon
Richey of Sharpsburg. One
daughter and two sons preceded her in death.
Funeral
services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Lenox United Presbyterian church
with Rev. Willard Morris officiating. Burial in the Lenox cemetery.
[Brown, Mary Elizabeth
Richey]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 8, 1955 p. 7
Obituary - Mrs. O.
M. Brown
Mary
Elizabeth Brown, daughter of Isaac
and Abigail Richey, was born
Sept. 12, 1878, in Van Buren county, Iowa, and died August 24, 1955, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Oma Kirby in Lenox, after several weeks of serious illness. She was 76 years,
11 months. 12 days old at the time of her death.
She
was married to Otis [Odis] M. [McKager] Brown on Jan. 19, 1898. To them three daughters and
four sons were born. She united with the Presbyterian church at an early age,
and was an active member in the church, and in later years, in the United
Presbyterian church. With the exception of two years spent in Minnesota, she
lived all of her life In the Lenox and Sharpsburg community.
Two
sons, Roy and Clyde, and a daughter, Daisy Baggstrom preceded her in death.
She
is survived by her husband, Otis [Odis] M. [McKager] Brown; a brother, Shan Richey of Sharpsburg; two sons, Charlie of Sharpsburg and Marvin of Lenox; two daughters, Oma Kirby and Grace Selders of Lenox; 16 grandchildren, 17 great
grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held at the United Presbyterian church in Lenox Friday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. Willard Morris. Burial in Lenox cemetery.
[Brown, Odis McKager]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 11, 1964 [p. 1]
O. M. Brown, 88, Rites Yesterday
Funeral
services for O. [dis] M. [cKager] Brown, long-time Taylor County resident were held yesterday (Wednesday) at
Bender Funeral Home in Lenox Mr. Brown died Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Kirby [Oma], with whom he made his home, at the age of 88
years, 8 months and 3 days.
Included
in the services was the following obituary:
Odis
McKager Brown of Bedford, Iowa,
was born to David [Anderson] and [Martha] Mattie [Freeman] Brown, on October 4, 1875, in Taylor County, Iowa, and
spent most of his life in Taylor County, with the exception of 3 years spent in
Argyle, Minn. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
He
united in marriage to Mary Elizabeth Richey on Jan. 19, 1898, and to this union, seven
children were born, three of whom survive: Oma W. Kirby and Marvin "Skeeter" Brown of Bedford and Grace A. Selders of Lenox, Iowa.
He
was preceded in death by his wife Mary, three sons, Roy, Charlie and Clyde, one daughter Daisy Baggstrom, his parents, one brother and two sisters.
He
is also survived by one brother, Guy [Roy] of Sharpsburg and one sister, Orie McKay of Mt. Ayr, Iowa; 17 grandchildren; 30 great grand
children; 7 great great grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends.
His entire life was spent
in the farming and trucking business and he will be greatly missed by all who
knew him.
[Brown, Oran A.]
North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)
Thursday October 10, 1918 [p. 1]
ORAN BROWN DIES
Spanish Influenza
Claims Soldier Boy at Fort Riley
Oran
A. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. [illiam] T. [homas] Brown,
died of Spanish influenza and pneumonia Oct. 3, at Fort Riley, Kans., at 8:35
p. m. His parents, who had been called, arrived too late to see him alive. His
illness lasted less than a week.
He
entered the service the 27th of August, after a sale at which he
disposed of all his property, and was a private in the quartermaster's
department, 3rd Division, at Fort Riley.
OBITUARY
Oran
A. Brown was born Jan. 26, 1896,
near Conway, Iowa, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] T. [homas] Brown, who are well known to all Taylor county folks,
and resided all his life in this vicinity.
He
stayed with his folks till the last two years, when he started farming for
himself, selling out his farm equipment just before he left for the cantonment.
He
was a splendid young man of sterling character, and had been a follower of
Christ for three years and a half. He was heartily liked by all who knew him,
and gave his life for his country just as truly as those who have fallen on the
field of battle.
It is not known when the
body will arrive so we are unable to announce the date of the funeral.
[Brown, Oran A.]
North Taylor Review (Sharpsburg, Iowa)
Thursday October 17, 1918 p. 3
Brown Funeral Thursday
The
body of Oran Brown, who died
sometime ago at Ft. Riley of influenza, has arrived and the funeral will be
held at the W. [illiam] T. [homas] Brown home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
[Brown, Oran A.] [Clary,
Ord Thomas]
Bedford Free Press
Wednesday October 9, 1918 [p. 1]
TWO SOLDIERS DIE AT
TRAINING CAMPS
Two
soldier boys whose homes were in this county died at training camps last week
of Spanish influenza.
Oren
Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam]
T. [homas] Brown, northeast of
Gravity, died at Camp Funston. He left from this county alone and in the
vicinity where he lived was known as a young man of sterling qualities. He was
brought home and burial was made at Gravity.
Mrs.
Charles Adkins, west of Bedford,
received word Monday morning that her brother Ord Thomas Clarey had died of the Spanish influenza at Camp
Sheridan, Ala. The young man was about thirty years old and had made his home
in this county for many years prior to the four years he had been employed at
Boone. He was called from Boone and was sent to the Alabama camp. He leaves
four sisters, Mrs. Charles Adkins, Mrs. Roy Bailey, Misses Ina and Grace
Clarey. The body was sent by the
authorities to Bedford but burial will probably be made at Neosho, Mo.
[Brown, Oran A.]
Bedford Free Press
Wednesday October 23, 1918 [p. 1]
Oren Brown Buried
Oren
[Oran] Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. [illiam] T.[homas] Brown, northeast of Bedford, who died at Camp Funston,
was buried in the Conway cemetery, Thursday afternoon. The funeral services
were held at the home.
[Brown, Oran A.]
Bedford Free Press
Wednesday October 23, 1918 p. 7
Sharpsburg
The
funeral of Oren [Oran] Brown who
died two weeks ago at Ft. Riley, Kansas of Spanish flu, was held at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam] T.[homas] Brown, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment took
place at Conway.
[Brown, Oran A.]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday October 10, 1918 [p. 1]
SUPREME SACRIFICE PAID
BY ANOTHER
PRIVATE ORAN A.
BROWN DIed AT CAMP FUNSTON, KANSAS, THURSDAY
Parents Go to See Him
But Arrive Too Late—Body Brought Back Sunday Night and Interment In the
Conway Cemetery
Another
Taylor county boy has made the supreme sacrifice and has given his life for his
country. It was not Hun bullets, it is true, that brought to a sudden ending
the promising young life of Oran A. Brown, but it was the same spirit that caused the forfeiture of life as
though it had been. The Spanish influenza, which is filling the hospitals of
the cantonments in this country with its victims, was the cause of his death,
while stationed at Camp Funston, Kas.
Oran
A. Brown was the second oldest
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. [illiam]
T.[homas] Brown living nine miles
north of Bedford in Marshall Township. It was on Aug. 27 that he left Bedford
with the selective men, filled with ambition and hope of doing his part toward
making this country safe for us all to live in and to continue to prosper in.
Strong, bright and manly, his parents bid him farewell at the Bedford depot,
little thinking that disease would so soon send him home to them. He was at
home just two weeks ago to spend his Sunday furlough with his parents. It was
but seven hours that he was permitted to remain, as he had to be back for role
call Monday morning. During his life at camp he was developing rapidly and was
gaining in weight every week, weighing 150 pounds when taken sick. He wrote his
parents two weeks ago Monday, just after his return to camp, that he wasn't
feeling well, and that he thought he had taken a cold. Tuesday following he wrote
his brother Eddie, telling him
he was not a bit well, but that the boys in his company were doing most of his
work for him — he being assistant cook. That was the last they heard from
him until they got word from the hospital authorities at Ft. Riley, saying he
was critically ill. Mr. and Mrs. Brown at once left to be with him, arriving there Friday morning, but he
had died at 8:35 the preceding night. He had been in the hospital since the
Friday before, suffering from Spanish influenza that developed into pneumonia.
The parents arranged for the shipment of the body back home, and it arrived
Sunday night and the funeral service was held at the home Monday conducted by
Evangelist John Doak. Due to the nature of the disease the funeral was private
and the casket remained sealed. Interment was in the Conway cemetery.
Oran
A. Brown was born in Taylor
county January 26, 1896, and this has always been his home, where he assisted
his father on the farm. He leaves his father and mother and nine brothers and
sisters to mourn. The children are: [William] Glen,
who is married and lives near the home place; Dee, Eddie, Orville, Mattie,
Dale, Horace, Opal and Jessie
Evalyn, all living at home. As
the star of blue in their service flag is turned to gold, the entire county
extends to them their sympathy, knowing not when the same service may be
performed in their own family, nor where the next call will be made to meet a
similar sacrifice. But the one comforting thought they can have is that his
life was offered for his country.
[Brown, Orville
Theodore]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 4, 1968 [p. 1]
Orville Brown Rites
Friday
Funeral
services for Orville [Theodore] Brown, 65, of Sharpsburg, will be held Friday, April 5, at 1:30 p. m., at
708 State Street Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford. Mr. Brown died Tuesday at Rosary Hospital in Corning.
Interment will be at the Conway Cemetery.
[Brown, Orville
Theodore]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 11, 1968 p. 2
Final Rites Held April
5 For Orville Brown
Funeral
services for Orville Theodore Brown,
65, of Sharpsburg, held April 3 at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here, were
conducted by pastor David Leonhardt. Mr Brown died suddenly April 2 at Rosary Hospital in
Corning. Interment was at Conway Cemetery.
Orville
Theodore Brown, son of William
[Thomas] and Clarissa [Ellen Hamblin] Brown, was born April 12, 1902, on a farm near Conway, Iowa.
He
was united in marriage to Ruby Marie Hancock on January 16, 1923. To this union eight children
were born, of whom three sons and three daughters are living.
He
is survived by his devoted wife, Ruby, and their children: Viola and husband Richard Guess and three children, Vicki, Carolyn and Steve of Catlin, Illinois; Betty and husband, Donald Donaldson and three children, Craig, John, and Donette of Sharpsburg; Jean and husband, Richard Fitzgerald, and two children Ronnie and Christi of Conway; Orville T. [heodore] Jr. and wife, Lonnie, and five children, Jim, Joyce, Linda, Judy,
Doyle and his wife, Elaine, of Phoenix, Arizona, Harlan and his wife, Zelma, and five children, Dennis, Barbara, David,
Tom, Larry and wife, Judy of Lenox, Robert and wife, Judy, and two children, Laurie and Rodney of Sharpsburg; also Fern Moore Travis, who was like a daughter and who made her home
with them during her last year of school and until her marriage.
Also
surviving are his three sisters: Mattie Hayes of Knoxville; [Clarissa] Opal Weeda of Conway, Jessie Colter of Shenandoah, four brothers: [William] Glenn of Bedford, Eddie of Lincoln, Nebr., Dale of Harlan and Horace of Des Moines, one uncle, one aunt; many nieces;
nephews and a host of friends.
He
was preceded in death by two daughters, Ruth and Dorothy; his parents, and two brothers, Oran and Dee [Anderson].
Orville accepted Christ as his Saviour at an early age
and led his life as a faithful example for his family and friends unto the end.
He
spent his entire life farming in Taylor County near Sharpsburg. One of his many
enjoyments was serving on the School Board of Conway and his interest in all
school activities of all ages of children He was a kind and loving husband,
father, brother and uncle, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Just
like a whisper, and then no more. For it was God who was at the door. He took
our loved one home to rest. One so special, one of the best. No one loved
family more than dad. No one can count the friends he had. We knew someday he
would depart. But to us . . . So Young At Heart.
Preceding
him in death were his parents; three brothers, Oran, Dee [Anderson], and Orville [Theodore], and one grandchild, Gordon Brown.
Left
to cherish his memory are his wife, Hazel; son, Francis and
wife, Hazel, of Conway; and
daughter, Julia, and husband, Russell
McNees of Atlantic; eight
grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Dale of Harlan, Iowa; Eddie of Lincoln, Nebr.; and Horace of Lenox, Iowa; three sisters Mrs. Mattie Hays of Knoxville, Iowa; Mrs. [Clarissa] Opal Weeda, Bedford, and Jessie Colter of Kalispell, Montana; 23 nieces and nephews; and
a host of other relatives and friends.
He will be remembered by
his family as a loving and devoted husband and father, a cherished grandfather,
and a true friend, one who was giving of his time in helping others as long as
health permitted. He will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.
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