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[Straight, Bernard Edwin “Eddie”] Blockton News Thursday October 19, 1933 p. 2 Obituary [Straight, Bernard Edwin “Eddie”] Bedford Times-Press Thursday October 12, 1933 [p. 1] Boy Dies After Fall From Baler Edward Straight, 8, Succumbs Sunday Edward Straight, 8 years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mercer of Platteville, fell from a hay baler Sunday about noon, sustaining injuries that caused his death that evening. Mercer was bringing the baler home, the Straight boy and his little sister riding back of the driver on the machine. In some manner the boy fell off, the back wheel of the heavy machine passing over his body. The accident occurred about a mile east of Platteville near the M. R. Brant farm. In a semi-conscious condition Mercer carried the boy to the Brant home where medical aid was summoned. Later the injured lad was taken to a hospital in St. Joseph where he died, presumably of internal injuries. Funeral services were held at the Platteville church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev. W. H. Warrior. [Straight, Bernard Edwin “Eddie”] Bedford Times-Press Thursday October 19, 1933 p. 5 BLOCKTON BOY'S FUNERAL HELD Edwin Straight Buried at Platteville Oct. 11 Funeral services for Bernard Edwin Straight, 8, who was injured when he fell from a hay baler and died later, were held at the Platteville church Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 11 conducted by Rev. W. H. Warrior of Blockton. The senior class of the Blockton high school, of which Glen Straight is a member, attended in a body, the four boys of the class acting as pall-bearers. He was born at Stillwater, Nev., April 6, 1925. At the age of two years his mother died and the following year he went to Blockton to live with his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mercer, and had since made his home there. Surviving relatives are the foster parents, his father, C. [harles] W. Straight of Minatare, Nebr., five brothers, William Curtis of Scottsbluff, Nebr., Daniel Wayne and Charles Boyd of Hyattville, Wyo., Truman Glenn of Blockton, Jack Rolland of Minatare, Nebr., and one sister, Mary Ida of Madison, Wis. There are also two grandmothers and a grandfather. [STRAIGHT, BERNARD EDWIN "EDDIE"] Bedford Times-Press Thursday August 7, 1952 [p. 1] Straight Child Died July 30 Marvin Joe, six-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. Luther Straight, Clearfield, died at 12:45 a.m., Jul 30 at St. Francis hospital, where he was admitted July 17. He was born Jan. 30, 1946, and was a member of the Methodist church. The body was returned to Clearfield. Bedford Times-Republican Thursday September 9, 1920 [p. 1] PROMINENT CITIZEN TAKES HIS OWN LIFE People Were Greatly Shocked Monday Evening on Learning That Wm. Straight Had Ended His Existence by Hanging. No Feasible Cause For the Rash Act. Mr. Straight was one of Taylor County’s old and respected citizens, and financially he was well to do. Why he committed this rash act no living soul will ever know. He leaves a wife and five children with broken hearts to mourn his death, and many relatives and friends who will share their sorrow with the bereaved family. [STRAIGHT, WILLIAM CURTIS] Blockton News, Thursday, September 23, 1920, [p. 1] Obituary – Nature gathers her harvest almost continuously throughout the year. Some plants come to maturity almost before we are aware of their presence and ere others indicate their life by the first branches. The Alpine Primrose and the beautiful pink Andromeda of the Arctic regions and some of the [beautiful flowers] of our own land [words unreadable] the snow and [word unreadable] of early maturity. And even so appears some lives; and "if we could but see," doubtless they have served an important mission, even as the flowers. Other lives come to the full development of the later summer and while in full strength are overtaken by disease or storm and are stricken in their strength. Thus it was with him who lies before us. Wm. Curtis Straight was born in Taylor County, October 30, 1860, and departed this life Sept. 6, 1920, at his home in Jackson Township, at the age of 60 years. With the exception of two years spent in Cleveland, Ohio, during his boyhood days, he has lived in Taylor County, where by industry and study he became one of the most successful farmers in this section. Strictly honest in all his business relationships, a faithful, companionable husband, loving and thoughtful father, a kind and helpful neighbor and business associates, the admiration of many friends, the love and trust of his family. And today the sympathy of the community is ungrudgingly given. Mr. Straight was united in marriage to Ida Mae Stoner Sept. 21, 1884; and to them was born eight children, all of whom are living: Mrs. Chas. Mason and Chas. W. Straight, Terrebonne, Oregon; Mrs. Geo. Crilly, Campbell, Neb.; Miss Ella Straight, Des Moines; Truman Straight, Mrs. B. C. Fent, Jesse G. Straight and Miss Ethel Straight, Bedford. Besides the immediate family two sisters and three brothers and nine grandchildren are living; another sister and a brother preceeded him to the great beyond. Another name is added to the long list of toll taken by the dread epidemic, the influenza, so prevalent the past two winters, as Mr. Straight never recovered from that sickness. Blockton News Thursday March 6, 1919 [p. 1] Obituary Rebecca [Ann] Morris was born in Illinois February 22, 1833, and passed away at the home of her son, C. [yrus] V. [inson] Swett, in Blockton, Saturday morning, March 1, 1919, aged 86 years and 8 days. She was united in marriage to Cyrus Swett on March 4, 1852, in Des Moines, Iowa. To this union were born eleven children, eight of whom remain to mourn the loss of a faithful and loving mother. The surviving children are William [Thomas] Swett, of Benton; Mary C. [atherine] Rusco, of Athelstan; Caroline Reed, of Bedford; Ida A. [lice] Merriman, of Armington, Montana; Rosa Bella Walston, of Blockton; Dora F. [rances] Older, of Blockton; Cyrus V. [inson] Swett, of Blockton, and John [Alvin] Swett, of St. Joseph, Missouri. Besides the children she leaves to cherish her memory a brother, James Morris, and two half-brothers, Walter Morris of Wenatchee, Washington, and A. K. Morris, of Bedford; forty-three grandchildren, seventy great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. Within a year after their marriage in 1852 the family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Swett and their infant son, William, came to Jefferson Township, Taylor County, and their second child, Mary C. [atherine] Rusco was the first white child born in the township. The husband died January 5, 1892. Mrs. Swett united with the Mt. Zion Baptist church over a half century ago and continued a faithful and consistent Christian until death called her. She realized that [rest of sentence unreadable] and expressed [rest of sentence unreadable]. Funeral services were held at the Blockton Christian church Sunday afternoon at one o’clock, conducted by Rev. Grover C. Flannery, and interment was made in the Platteville cemetery. Blockton News Thursday May 12, 1927 [p. 1] James Tamerius Dead The report was received in town yesterday morning that James Tamerius had shot himself. Whether intentionally or accidentally we do not know. Later he was reported dead. Mr. Tamerius was in the employ of James Ray near Isadora. [Tamerius, James Henry] Blockton News Thursday May 19, 1927 [p. 1] Obituary James H. [enry] Tamerius was born in Marion County, Iowa, Oct. 27, 1881, and departed this life May 11, 1927, at his home near Isadora, Mo., at the age of 45 years, 6 months and 14 days. He was married in 1906 at Bedford to Elizabeth [Louisa] Reeves. To this union six children were born, all of whom are at home at the present time. He moved to Worth County about 16 months ago, near Isadora where he resided until the time of his death. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, six children—Florence, Carl, LaVerne, Josephine, Andrew and Pauline; father and mother, two sisters and four brothers—Mrs. Joe Matheny, Mrs. Paul Matheny, Frank, Woody, Roy and Hoyet [Hoyt] Tamerius, besides a number of other relatives and friends. The funeral was conducted from the home to Platteville by Rev. L. B. Day where the body was laid to rest. The Allee Brothers furnished the music, singing "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," "Death Is Only a Dream," "Nearer My God to Thee," and' "Does Jesus Care?" Mrs. Geo. Allee presided at the organ. The pallbearers were Herald Hall, T. E. Gould, James Gould, C. Mosier, Phillip Delles and Geo. Scroggie. We extend our deepest sympathy to the bereaved family and ask God's mercy upon them in their deep sorrow. May they look to the Father in heaven for comfort from whence cometh all our help. Bedford Times-Press Wednesday January 10, 1996 p. 8 RALPH FRANK TAMERIUS Ralph Frank [lin] Tamerius, age 77 years, 24 days, was born December 4, 1918 at home in Ringgold County, near Maloy, Iowa to parents Frank Cleveland and Ruth Scott Tamerius. He died on December 28, 1995 in St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. He lived and grew to maturity in the Blockton, Iowa area where he attended the Blockton Public Schools and the Christian Church. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on August 20, 1940 and served until August 1946. He served as a Torpedo man’s Mate Second Class serving on the U.S.S. Morrison during WW II. This ship was sunk near Okinawa on May 4, 1945 by a kamikaze pilot. In this skirmish he was wounded and received a purple heart. After coming home from the service he was engaged in farming for a few years in the Bedford area. He then moved to San Diego, California where he was employed by the U.S. Navy Department in the Electronics Command for about 10 years. He received several citations of merit awards for his work there. He then lived in the state of Washington and worked for AT&T before returning to the Bedford area in 1970. He was employed by Taylor County as Weed Commissioner for several years before his retirement. He was preceded in death by his parents: Frank and Ruth Tamerius, and a brother: John D. [onald] Tamerius. Left to cherish his memory are his daughter Rhonda Lee Key and her husband, Ivan, granddaughter Tisha Key, and grandson Christopher Key. Also, two sisters: Francel Barton and Thelma Walston, and one brother: Terence Tamerius, and many nephews and nieces. Ralph delighted his many relatives and friends with colorful stories from his life's adventures. He was known as a practical joker to friends and family. He was also a regular at the Cafe for coffee and the social hour. He was a kind and generous father and grandfather, a considerate son, brother, and uncle and will be greatly missed by all his loved ones. |