|
[Collar, Olen Wilt]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday July 8, 1987 p. 4
Olen Wilt Collar
Services
for Olen Wilt Collar, 85, were
held Sunday, July 5 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Rev. Ted DeHass
officiating. Burial was at Bedford City Cemetery, Bedford, Ia.
Olen
Wilts [Wilt] Collar was born
August 21, 1901 in Taylor County, Ia. to William and Faye Reeves Collar.
On
July 12, 1926 Olin [Olen] married Mary Jane Gaule at Joplin, Mo. To this union were born five
children.
Olen spent most of his life around Bedford working on
several farms. He always liked farming and working with animals.
On
January 22, 1946 Olen married Lillie
Johnson. On July 2, 1987 at the
age of 85 years, 10 months, 11 days he passed away at Bedford Manor where he
had been a resident since January 15, 1981.
He
is survived by his wife Lillie of Bedford Manor; daughter Rose Larsen, Guthrie Center, Ia.; three sons, Donald and Lawrence of Omaha, Ne., Robert of Buffalo, Mo.; nine grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; one great great
granddaughter; two stepdaughters, Helen and Pauline Sharp of Bedford; several step grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, one son, one grandson, one sister, Garnet
Alvord.
Olen will be missed by all those who knew him.
[Collar, Richard Olen]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 15,
1940 [p. 1]
Collar's Infant Son Dies Here Sunday
Richard
Owen [Olen] Collar, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen [Olen Wilt] Collar of Bedford, died at the home Sunday, Feb. 11 at the age of 2 months
and 7 days.
The
funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. C. Max Buck. Burial was in the Bedford cemetery.
[Cordell, Cecil Troy]
Bedford Times-Press
Wednesday October 10, 1990 p. 5
Cecil Cordell
Funeral
services for Cecil Cordell were held October 2, 1990 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home with Rev. Carl Cummings
officiating. Interment was at Bedford City Cemetery.
Cecil
Troy Cordell, son of Isaac
Henry Cordell and Clara Ann
Tackett Cordell was born and
raised near Athelstan, Iowa and lived his entire lifetime in Southwest Iowa. He
was born July 13, 1917 and departed this life September 29, 1990 at the Greater
Community Hospital in Creston, Iowa at the age of 73 years, two months and 16
days.
He
was united in marriage to Minnie Bell Shepherd in 1939 and together they raised seven children;
they have 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Nephews Wilbur and
Harold Durfey also made their
home with Minnie and Cecil for several years.
Cecil worked for over 40 years as a custom butcher,
driving all over Southwest Iowa and Northwest Missouri. In addition to this he
did farm work; raised and trained horses; worked in two elevators and was town
constable of Clearfield, Iowa for 12 years.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; his sisters, Mabel, Lillie and Evelyn; his brother Carl and his beloved grandson David Haidsiak.
Left
to mourn his passing are his wife of over 50 years Minnie; sons: Eugene of Creston, Iowa, Albert of Des Moines, Iowa and Richard of Byhalia, Miss, and their families; daughters: Ann
Haidsiak of Red Oak, Kay
Bolinger of Lenox, Elinor
Lumbard of Diagonal, Iowa, and Carol
Cordell of Ames, Iowa and their
families; his sister Mary Smith and family of Florence, Texas and his sister Cordys Newby and family of Bedford, Iowa; nieces, nephews,
other relatives and many, many friends.
Cecil was a kind and considerate person and he will be
sadly missed by all those who knew and loved him.
[Cowen, Mary Caroline
Dwire]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday May 3,
1900 [p. 1]
Obituary
Mary
Caroline Dwire, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. [acob] Dwire, was
born in Petersburg, Pennsylvania December 10, 1852, and died at the home of her
parents in Bedford Tuesday, May 1, 1900. She was baptised in the Methodist
church when twelve years old. Married Isaac Cowen October 9, 1872, at Cameron, Mo. There was born
to this couple three children, Della, Maude and Guy. Mr. Cowen died in
Bedford August 23, 1884. Maude died December 16, 1892. The funeral services will be held at the residence of
deceased's parents this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. A. H.
Collins. Interment in Bedford cemetery.
[Crew, Susannah Hiatt]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday Nov. 16, 1899 p. 4
Gone Home To Rest
Mrs. Robert Crew Breathed Her Last at Her Home in This City
Tuesday Night of This Week.
Miss
Susannah Hiatt was born near
Chesterfield, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1889 [1840], and died at her Bedford home
Wednesday morning, Nov. 15, 1899, at 12:30 a. m., aged 60 years and four days. She
was married to Robert Crew in
1859, and together they moved to Iowa in 1871. Mr. Crew died Dec. 2, 1894. There were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Crew, nine children. One
died in infancy, while the rest have attained manhood and womanhood, as
follows: Mrs. John Ruby,
Knowlton, Ia.; Mrs. H. B. Westlake,
Grinnell, Ia.; J. [eptha] M. and Jesse [Batty] Crew, Fayetteville, Ark.; Misses Emma [Arthaud],
Grace [Anna], Bertha and Marie of
Bedford. The four young ladies were at home at the time of their mother's
death. Mr. and Mrs. Crew had
been reared as Quakers, but when they came to Iowa joined the M. E. church,
both being consistent members up to the time of their death. Mrs. Crew had been an invalid for about ten years, and had
been confined to her bed for four months and five days previous to her death.
Through all her great suffering she was patient and resigned, never murmuring
nor complaining. She was a kind, considerate, devoted mother and friend, ever
looking to the welfare of others and forgetting self. She always appreciated
every little act of kindness during her illness and looked to her daughters
comfort more than to her own. These orphans who are now left alone are commended
to the kind and watchful care of Him who cares for the fatherless. The funeral
services will be conducted in the M. E. church by Rev. Collins at 1 o'clock
today, after which the body of Mrs. Crew will be laid to rest by the side of her husband in Bedford cemetery.
[Faith, Ella Mary
Lewis]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 10,
1944 [p. 1]
Mrs. Ella Faith, 92 Dies Here Sunday
Mrs.
Ella [Lewis] Faith, 82, a
resident of the Bedford community practically her entire life, died at the home
of Mrs. May Hartzler, where she made her home, late Saturday afternoon.
She
is survived by two daughters, Harlie Wilkins of Pocatello, Idaho, and Cleo Wall of Des Moines; two grandsons, Sgt. Paul Crum of Pyote, Texas, and Capt. William Wall of Greenland; and by one sister, Mrs. James Daugherty of Bedford.
The
funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Wetmore Funeral Home,
conducted by Rev. A. A. Ross. Burial was in the Bedford cemetery.
Obituary
will be given next week.
[Faith, Ella Mary
Lewis]
Taylor County
Herald
Thursday February 10,
1944 [p. 1
Mrs. Ella Faith Dies Suddenly
Mrs.
Ella Faith died unexpectedly at
the home of Mrs. Mae Hartzler in northwest Bedford about nine o'clock Saturday
evening.
She
had been in her usual health and had spent a pleasant day with friends and a
daughter, Mrs. Cleo Wall, of
Des Moines, who had come to spend the weekend and attend a dinner that day in
honor of her mother's 92nd birthday anniversary which would have been Tuesday,
Feb. 8.
Mrs.
Faith was a well-known and highly
respected woman in Bedford, where she at one time taught in the public school.
She remained active in club and church work until failing health forced her to
retire four years ago.
She
is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harley Wilkins, of Pocatello, Idaho, and Mrs. Wall of Des Moines; two grandsons, Sgt. Paul Crum, stationed at Pyote, Tex., and Capt. William
Wall, serving with the armed
forces in Greenland; a sister, Mrs. J. [ames] H. Dougherty [Daugherty] of Bedford, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Wetmore funeral home, conducted by
the Rev. A. A. Ross of the Presbyterian Church. Interment was made in the
Bedford cemetery.
[Faith, James
Anderson]
South-West Democrat
Friday August 31, 1888 p. 4
Obituary
James
Anderson Faith was born in Holmes
County, Ohio, April 1, 1830, near the village of Winesburg. At the age of
eighteen he went to Millersburg, the county seat, and began his business career
as a clerk in a dry goods house. He remained at Millersburg until the year
1853, when he came west and located at Springfield, Illinois, where he engaged
as a clerk in a mercantile establishment and afterwards went into business for
himself. After the fire, which consumed his business in Springfield, he made a
short sojourn in Kansas and then came to Iowa and located at Burlington. He
remained at Burlington until the spring of 1862, being all the time employed
with a dry goods firm.
In
the spring of 1862, in company with his brother, William, and three other gentlemen of Burlington, he made
an overland trip to Oregon. One year was spent on the Pacific coast and then he
returned to Burlington.
After
eight years more in business at Burlington, in the year 1871, he came to
Bedford, where he has constantly resided until his death, which occurred
Friday, August 23, 1888.
The
funeral services were held on Sunday last, conducted by the Knights of Pythias,
of which he was a member. The attendance at his funeral was large.
Mr.
Faith has been in declining
health during several years past and it was probably from that cause that he
had sold out and was closing up his business.
[Faith, William]
Bedford Free Press
Thursday June 17, 1909 p. 4
Obituary of William
Faith
William
Faith was born in Holmes County,
Ohio, March 12, 1836, and died at his home in Bedford, Iowa, June 14, 1909. He
came to Iowa when seventeen years of age and located at Birmingham. After a few
years residence there he went west with his brother, James, where after a residence of three years he
returned to Birmingham, Iowa. At that place he remained until 1871, when he
moved to Bedford and entered the mercantile business. Two years after his
arrival here he was married to Ella Lewis and to this union two children were born—Mrs. [Charles]
Elmer Crum of Blockton and Mrs.
E. [d] F. [Theodore] Wall of
Osceola, Iowa. Aside from these children he leaves to mourn a heart broken
wife, one grandchild and two sons-in-law.
The
funeral services were held at the residence, conducted by Rev. S. E. Henry, and
the Presbyterian choir rendered some beautiful hymns.
Mr.
Faith has long been a resident of
Bedford and is well known to all. He was an honorable and upright citizen and a
fond and devoted husband and father. To the bereaved relatives we extend the
sympathy of the entire community.
[Faith, William]
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday June 17,
1909 [p. 1]
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE
William
Faith died at his home in West
Bedford at 7:30 o'clock p. m. Monday, aged 73 years and 3 months. Funeral
services were held at the residence yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Conducted
by Rev. S. E. Henry. Interment was at Bedford cemetery.
William
Faith was born in Holmes County,
Ohio, March 12, 1836, and remained there until 17 years of age. In 1853 he came
to Iowa and settled at Birmingham, where he made his home for eight years. In
1861, with his brother James,
he started for the west traveling the hundreds of miles that intervened, on
foot and in a slow moving prairie schooner. Ten years he remained in the west
and then returned to Iowa and settled at Bedford, which was ever after his
home.
In
1873, Mr. Faith was married to Miss Ella Lewis, and to this
union was born two children, Mrs. E. [d] T. [heodore] Wall [Cleopatra] of Osceola and Mrs. [Charles] Elmer Crum [Harlie] of Blockton.
Soon
after coming to Bedford Mr. Faith engaged in the mercantile pursuits and for many years he was one of the
best-known businessmen of the county. In that early day, towns were farther
apart and farmers came many miles to Bedford to do their trading. An became
acquainted with Mr. Faith. He
was a man of rugged honesty and integrity and in each of his patrons he had a
friend and admirer.
After
retiring from active business Mr. Faith lived a more retired life, and to the younger generation was not so
well known. Among the old settlers, however, there is scarcely one who did not
know him and the news of his death will bring sadness and sorrow to many
hearts.
[Fitzgerald, Harry]
Iowa South-West
Saturday August 5, 1876 p. 3
Died,
on the 30th ult., Harry Fitzgerald, infant son of R. [obert] W. and K. [ittie] L.
Fitzgerald, aged three months and
[?] days.
[Fitzgerald, Robert
W., Infant of]
South-West Democrat
Friday May 25,
1888 p. 4
__T.
F. Fitzgerald, of New Market, was in the city Friday and Saturday attending the
funeral of Robert Fitzgerald’s child.
[Gilchrist, Alexander]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday March 4, 1915 p. 5
Alexander Gilchrist.
Alexander
Gilchrist died at his home in
south Bedford Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The funeral services will be held
at the home this afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Elder William Cobb.
Interment will be made in the Bedford cemetery.
[Gilchrist, Alexander]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday March 11, 1915 p. 8
Alexander Gilchrist
Alexander
Gilchrist died at his home in
south Bedford Tuesday, March 2. The funeral services were held at the home
Thursday afternoon, conducted by Elder William Cobb. Interment was made in the
Bedford cemetery.
Mr.
Gilchrist was born in Trumbull
County, Ohio April 9, 1834. At the age of 18 years he moved to Illinois and in
1868 came to Iowa. He came to Taylor County in 1870 and has since resided here.
He was married to Miss Carrie Mahan of Illinois and to this union one child was born, James Gilchrist of Collinsville, Okla., who with the wife,
survive. At the outbreak of the civil war, Mr. Gilchrist enlisted in the seventh, Illinois, cavalry.
[Gilchrist, Alexander]
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday March 9, 1915 p. 5
Alexander Gilchrist.
Alexander
Gilchrist, died at his home in
south Bedford, Tuesday March 2nd. Funeral services were held from the home
Thursday, conducted by Elder William Cobb. Interment was in Bedford cemetery.
Mr.
Gilchrist has been in poor health
for several years, the infirmities of age and chronic troubles being the
immediate cause of his death.
He
was born In Trumbull County, O., April 9, 1834. At the age of 18 he removed to
Illinois and in 1868 came to Iowa, and to Taylor County in 1870 where he has
since resided.
He
settled on a farm in Clayton township where he lived until his retirement from
the farm and removal to Bedford a few yeans ago. He was married December 23
[1866 in Stephenson Co., Illinois], to Miss Carrie Mahan of Illinois, who survives him. One child was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Gilchrist, a
son, James Gilchrist, who
resides at Collinsville, Okla., but who came in response to a message
announcing the critical condition of his father.
Deceased responded to his
country's call for defenders at the outbreak of the Civil war and enlisted in
the 7th, Ill. cavalry. He has during his long residence here been identified
with every movement for the benefit of the community and his death removes a
good man and an excellent citizen.
[Note: Source of marriage
date and place: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index.]
[Gilchrist, Grace
Johnston]
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday March 9, 1915 p. 4
James
Gilchrist, who was called here
from his home at Collinsville, Okla., by the death of his father, received a
message here Saturday morning announcing the death of his wife, which occurred
Friday evening. Mr. Gilchrist left for Collinsville on the afternoon train, accompanied by Charles
Johnston, a brother of Mrs.
Gilchrist. This is an
overwhelming blow, as Mrs. Gilchrist, who was recovering from pneumonia, was pronounced out of danger
when he left, and seemed to be regaining strength rapidly and no intimation had
been received that she was worse. The remains will be brought here for
interment. Funeral arrangements will not be announced until after they reach
here.
[Gilchrist, Grace
Johnston]
Bedford
Times-Republican
Thursday March 11, 1915 p. 8
Mrs. James Gilchrist
Mrs.
James Gilchrist died at her home
in Collinsville, Okla., Friday, March 5, 1915. The remains were brought to
Bedford and funeral services were held at the home of her father, J. T.
Johnston, in north Bedford,
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. J. W. Goodsell, pastor of
the First Methodist Episcopal church. Interment was in the Bedford cemetery.
Grace
Johnston was born in Bedford,
Iowa, September 26, 1870. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. [ames] T.
Johnston, the mother having died
in 1908. December 28, 1905 [1904], she was united in marriage to James
Gilchrist. To this union were
born two sons, Henry and Howard. In May 1908 the family moved to Collinsville,
Okla., where they have since resided. Mrs. Gilchrist was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, having united with the Bedford church in 1889. She is survived by her
husband and two sons, the father, and four brothers: Charles M. [ilton]
Johnston of Bedford; James E.
Johnston of Moffat, Colo.; [Henry] Pearl Johnston of Hopkins, Mo.; and Willis L. Johnston of Hydro, Okla. All were present at the funeral
except J. [ames] E. Johnston.
Funeral services were held at the home in Collinsville, conducted by the pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal church. The order of Odd Fellows assisted in the
exercises and accompanied the friends to the train.
Mr. Gilchrist was in Bedford attending the funeral of his
father when news of the death of his wife came. He and C. [harles] M.
[ilton] Johnston went to Oklahoma
immediately and accompanied the remains to Bedford.
[Note:
The correct marriage date is Dec. 28, 1904. Source: Iowa marriage certificate,
Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992.]
[GILCHRIST, GRACE JOHNSTON]
Collinsville Times (Collinsville, Oklahoma), Saturday, March 6, 1915
Death of Mrs. Gilchrist.
Had Been Ill But Two Days When Death Came.
Mrs. James Gilchrist died last night at 6:40 following an illness of only two days from double pneumonia.
Mr. Gilchrist left the city Tuesday to attend the funeral of his father at Bedford, Iowa, and at the time of his departure Mrs. Gilchrist was apparently well and he will have the sympathy of the people of this city in his double affliction.
Mrs. Gilchrist was 45 years old, and they had two sons, Henry, aged seven, and Howard, five.
The children are heartbroken and are being cared for by Mr. and Mrs. O. H. McCarty.
The funeral services will not be arranged until Mr. Gilchrist arrives home. Her brother will arrive this afternoon from Hydro, Oklahoma.
[GILCHRIST, GRACE JOHNSTON]
Collinsville Times (Collinsville, Oklahoma), Saturday, Saturday, March 13, 1915
Mrs. Gilchrist Dead.
Mrs. Jas. Gilchrist died last Friday night at her home in the northwest part of the city after an illness of only two days from double pneumonia. Mr. Gilchrist was not at home at the time of his wife's death, having been called to Bedford, Iowa, by the death of his father. she was apparently as well as usual when he left home the fore part of the week. Mrs. Gilchrist was 45 years old and leaves a husband and two little boys aged seven and five years to mourn their loss.
Mr. Gilchrist arrived home Sunday morning. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the home under the auspices of the Odd Fellows, conducted by Rev. Euster and the remains were taken to Bedford, Iowa, Monday for burial.
[GILCHRIST, GRACE JOHNSTON]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, March 18, 1915
Willis Johnston, who had been here to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. James Gilchrist, returned Friday to his home at Hydro, Okla.
[Gilchrist, James]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 18,
1960 p. 4
James Gilchrist, 91Died Here Wednesday
James
Gilchrist, a long-time resident
of Bedford, died at his home Wednesday, February 10, after having been in
failing health for several years.
Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon, February 14 at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Service
Home on Madison Street. Rev. E. M. McGehee of the Presbyterian Church
officiated.
James
Gilchrist, only child of Alexander and Caroline Gardner Gilchrist, was born in Bellevue, Jackson county, Iowa, on
July 11, 1868 and died at the age of 91 years and seven months.
In
1870, when he was less than two years old, the family moved to Taylor County,
locating in what later became the East Mission community. Their first year was
spent in a log cabin and it was on this farm, which was improved as the years went
by, that he grew to young manhood. He attended rural schools and later was
graduated from the Western Normal College at Shenandoah. Except for the time
away at school and a brief sojourn in Chicago, he and his father continued to
operate the farm together.
On
December 28, 1904 James Gilchrist was united in marriage to Grace Johnston at Bedford. In 1907 a son was born to them whom they named George
Henry. A year later, James moved his family to Hinton in the Cherokee Strip
in Oklahoma because of the promise of greater opportunity then bubbling over in
the newly opened Territory. He established an insurance and real estate
business and prospered during several good crop years. He built a house and it
was here a second son was born in 1909. He was named James Howard. The family's good fortune was to be short lived,
however, for a series of severe droughts brought on an economic depression and
they were forced to sell out. They moved then to Collinsville in northeastern
Oklahoma. James had found work
there in a large zinc smelter and he again started to prosper.
In
March 1915 Alexander Gilchrist died
in Bedford and James was
persuaded by his wife, who was recovering satisfactorily from pneumonia and who
was, her doctor said, out of all danger, that he should go to his father's
funeral. The morning after he had helped bury his father he was called to the
telephone office in Bedford and was told by long distance his wife had a
relapse and died the night before. Grief stricken, he hurried back to Oklahoma
to bring his beloved wife's body and his two sons, aged 7 and 5, back to Iowa.
He and the boys took up residence with his mother and James found work in Bedford as a carpenter. In
September 1920 Caroline Gilchrist died and James proceeded single handedly to finish the task of raising his two
boys.
In July 1928 the son Howard, then 19, suffered a broken back in an automobile
accident. The injury left him paralyzed from the waist down. His father gave up
his work and assumed the sorrowful burden of caring for him. Howard continued to live, a helpless invalid, for seven
heartbreaking years and died in June 1935.
ATTEND GILCHRIST RITES
Out-of-town
relatives and friends here Sunday for the last rites for James Gilchrist,
included Mrs. Cina Johnston, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Johnston of
Hopkins; John Chudley, Mrs. Ruth Diehl, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Diehl, Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. McKee, Eva McMillin of
Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. John Shubert, St. Joseph.
[Gilchrist, James
Howard]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 13,
1935 [p. 1]
Death Comes To
"Gilly" Tuesday a.m.
Paralyzed for Seven
Years
Howard
Gilchrist died Tuesday morning
about 7 o'clock, after lying a helpless cripple, paralyzed from the waist down,
for almost seven years.
He
was injured in an automobile accident near the fairgrounds seven years ago this
coming July 23.
Every
effort was made following his injuries, in which his back was broken, to get
relief from surgeons. He was taken to several leading hospitals of the country,
but in vain.
Surgeons
stated he could live but a short time.
His
father, Jim Gilchrist, had
been his constant attendant during the years of suffering.
The
boy, stalwart and active before his injury, held grimly to life and to his
cheerful disposition, in spite of a pain-racked body.
He
adjusted his life in time to the confines of a cot and a wheel chair; His
radio, his books, magazines, and friends brought him pleasures.
On
special occasions he asked to have his chair wheeled to a ball game or to the
theatre; or up town. Jim, his
dad, granted his every whim, within reason, night or day, throughout seven long
years.
The
funeral services were held this afternoon at the Methodist Episcopal church
conducted by Rev. M. R. Talley of Mount Ayr. Burial was in the Bedford
cemetery.
James
Howard Gilchrist, son of James
and Grace Johnston Gilchrist, was
born in Hinton, Okla., June 29, 1909, and died at his home in Bedford June 11,
1935, at the age of 25 years, 11, months and 13 days.
He moved to Bedford from
Oklahoma when six years of age and grew to young manhood here. His mother died
[in Okl.].
Surviving relatives are
his father and a brother, [George] Henry Gilchrist. He was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
|