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[BATES, GLENN CLIFFORD] Bedford Times-Republican, Thursday, July 2, 1903, Funeral Notice Glenn Clifford Bates died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bates in this city, Tuesday, June 30, 1903, at 9:30 o’clock a. m. The funeral services will be held at the family residence at 4 o’clock p. m., Thursday, July 2, 1903, Rev. D. W. Griffith officiating. Interment at Fairview cemetery. Friends are invited. Deceased was aged 3 years, 9 months and 4 days. He was taken suddenly ill last Friday with congestion of the bowels and lived but a short time. He was born Davenport, Iowa, August 26, 1899. Bedford Free Press, Thursday, November 12, 1903, [p. 1] Passes to A Just Reward Joseph A. Bruner Dies Suddenly at the Home of His Daughter, Mrs. G. K. Worth, Whitesville, Mo. Last Friday evening the sad news reached Bedford by wire that Joseph A. Bruner had dropped dead at Whitesville, Mo. His sons, J. [ames] W. [allace] and W.[illiam] T. [heophilus], left on the first train for that town. Mr. Bruner and wife, about two weeks ago, went to Whitesville to spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs. G. K. Worth, little dreaming of the sad ending. Previous to their departure, Mr. Bruner had worked hard to prepare everything at his home for the winter, and left with anticipations of a pleasant visit. Friday evening Mr. Burner was feeling as well as usual, and after partaking of a hearty supper went out in the back yard. Not returning as soon as expected, Mrs. Worth went to see about him, and was horrified to find her father lying on the ground dead, with no evidence of a struggle or visible marks of the fall. Everything indicated that he had expired almost instantly and with no warning. Biographical Joseph A. [rmes] Bruner was born in Orange County, Indiana, May 20, 1830, and died November 6th, 1903, aged 73 years, 5 months and 17 days. He was married to Miss Kern Holmes May 30, 1852. To this union nine children were born, Nancy V. and Edwin O. died in infancy. Albert D., who died March 23, 1873, aged 12 years, and Maggie M. died June 28, 1877, at 5 years of age. J. [ames] W. [allace] and W.[illiam] T.[heophilus] live in Bedford. Mrs. Alice Worth of Whitesville, Mo., and Mrs. Dora Holmes of North Henderson, Ill., were present at the funeral, together with the stricken wife and mother. The only member of the family absent was Frank T. [olliver] of Ottawa, Kansas, who started, but failed to reach the place in time for the funeral service. Mr. Bruner was a quiet, hard working man, a model father and husband as well as neighbor and citizen. He never spoke evil of others. He was loved by all who knew him. He has lived in Bedford some four years, and in that time has made many friends. He was a devout, Christian man and a member of the M. E. church of this place. The funeral services took place at the home of his son, J. [ames] W.[allace] Bruner, of this city, on Sunday, November 8, at 2 p. m. In the absence of his pastor from the city, Rev. Griffith officiated, in the presence of a large company of friends and neighbors, who gathered to show their love and respect for the departed as well as sympathy for the bereaved family and relatives. The singing of the Methodist choir was very appropriate. Interment took place in Fairview cemetery. The bereaved widow and family have the sympathy of the community. [BRUNER, JOSEPH ARMES] Bedford Times-Republican, Thursday, November 12, 1903, p. 2 Requiescat in Pace One of Our Aged and Most
Respected Citizens Joins The Silent Majority—Funeral Services Yesterday
Joseph A. [rmes] Bruner was born in Orange County, Indiana, May 20, 1830, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alice Worth, of Whitesville, Mo., Nov. 6th, 1903, aged 73 yrs. 5 month and 17 days. He was married to Miss Keren Holmes, May 30, 1852; to this union 9 children were born, Nancy and Edwin O., died in infancy, Albert D. died March 23, 1873, aged 12 years, Maggie M. aged 5 years died June 28, 1877, J. [ames] W. [allace] and W. [illiam] T.[heophilus] live in this city, Mrs. Alice Worth of Whiteville, Mo., and Mrs. Dora Holmes, were present with their husbands at the funeral, Frank T. of Ottawa, Kansas failed to reach here on account of railroad connections. All other members of the family were present with the bereaved widow to look for the last time upon the face of beloved father and husband. Mr. Bruner was a kind, affectionate husband and father and a good neighbor. His neighbors who knew him best speak in the highest terms of him. He was a quiet hard working man who never spoke evil of other. He was a member of the M. E. church and lived a godly consistent Christian life from early boyhood. He had been a resident of this county for nineteen years and of this city for the past four years, and all who knew him honored him as an honest and upright man. The funeral services too place at the home of his son J. [ames] W. [allace] Bruner of this city on Sabbath, Nov. 8th at 2 p. m. In the absence of his pastor Rev. D. W. Griffith officiated. A very large company of friends and neighbors gathered to show their respect for the deceased and sympathize with the bereaved family. The text for the occasion was found in Matt. XXII-31, God is not the God of the dead but of the Living. The singing by members of the Methodist choir was very appropriate. The entire community sympathized with sorrowing ones. Interment in Fairview cemetery. [BRUNER, KEREN HAPPACH HOLMES] Bedford Times-Republican, Thursday, April 1, 1909, p. 4 A Mother Gone The funeral of Mrs. Bruner was held today at 1 o’clock p. m. at the home of her son, W. [illiam] T. [heophilus] Bruner; Rev. Dudley officiated. Interment was made at Fairview. Mrs. Bruner died at her home in North Henderson, Illinois Monday afternoon. She had been ill for a long time but only for a few days prior to her death was her condition such as to be considered critical. Her son, W. [illiam] T. [heophilus] was notified by telegram Monday and although he left on the first train he did not arrive in time to see his mother alive. Another son, Frank, who resides at Ottawa, did not receive the sad news in time to go to North Henderson, but came to Bedford and was present at the obsequies. [BRUNER, KEREN HAPPACH HOLMES] [BRUNER, KEREN HAPPACH HOLMES]
[HOUCK, MARY ANN DEWOLF SALSBURY COPE] Bedford Times-Republican, Thursday, November 22, 1917, [p. 1] Another Pioneer Passes Away Mary A. Cope Was Nearing Century
Mark in Life
Came to Bedford in “Prairie
Schooner” Drawn by Cattle---Requested America Be Sung at Her Grave---Aged 95
Years
Mary A. [nn] DeWolf was born in Erie County, Pa., Sept. 28, 1822. She died at the home of C. [hristian] H. Mosier [Moser] in Bedford, Iowa, Friday, Nov. 16, 1917, aged 95 years. In 1846 she was united in marriage to John F. Salsbury and lived in Erle County until 1856, moving from there to Waterloo, Iowa. July 1, 1857, they left Waterloo, going westward to Council Bluffs, and from Council Bluffs via Clarinda to Bedford. As railroads had not then made their appearance in western Iowa, their means of transportation was necessarily that of a covered wagon, more familiarly known as a “prairie schooner,” drawn by a yoke of oxen (“Buck and Bright”). In that year Mrs. Salsbury assisted her husband in school teaching in a frame building, which stood on the lot about where the law office of McCoun & Brant now stands. There are a few of the persons still living in or near Bedford who were pupils of Aunt Ann and her husband. At the outbreak of the civil war Mrs. Salsbury’s husband joined the army, enlisting in Co. F of the 29th Iowa Vol. Infantry, Aug. 9, 1862, and died of sickness at Helena, Arkansas, May 4, 1863. On the 14th of February 1864, Mrs. Salsbury, then a soldier’s widow, was wedded to Charles Cope, who died at Bedford, Iowa, May 4, 1891. Subsequently Mrs. Cope united in her third wedlock to Edwin Houck, now deceased. Auntie Cope was a charter member of the Woman’s Relief Corps and as long as her health permitted was a faithful attendant and willing worker at all the meetings and socialbilities of the order. She was an ardent patriot, a lover of her country, a worshipper of the old flag and was in the height of happiness when she mingled with the old comrades whom she was pleased to call “my boys.” Her last meeting with any number of her sisters accompanied by a few comrades, was at the recurrence of her birthday, Sept. 28, 1916, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Moser. Mrs. Moser sent invitations to a few who came with filled baskets, which occasion was heartily enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Mosier, Auntie (whose 94th birthday it was) and by all present. Funeral services were held at the house on Sunday, Nov. 18, 1917, at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Revs. Wm. Cobb and C. C. Hatcher. The pallbearers were W. F. Evans, Alex John, Geo. Wallace, Wm. Cobb, F. E. Walker and Wm. Wilkins, all of whom were members of her solder husband’s company. At her request the services at the cemetery were concluded by singing “America.” The room occupied by the casket and the casket itself were literally, beautifully and appropriately decorated with choice floral offerings . . . Mrs. Jennie Freswick of Iowa City, the only known relative, was present during the illness and death of Mrs. Cope. [HOUCK, MARY ANN DEWOLF COPE] Bedford Times-Republican,
Thursday, August 15, 1918, p. 5
Answers Final Summons
Mrs. Mabel Warren Chudley
Passed Away Monday, Buried Wednesday
After a long and protracted suffering Mrs. Mabel Warren Chudley passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Warren Monday, leaving to mourn her death her parents, a husband, Al[bert] H. Chudley of Villisca, and two children: Ruth, aged nine years, and John, aged five years. The funeral was held at the M. E. church Wednesday forenoon at 10 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Goodwin, assisted by Rev. Hatcher. Interment was in Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Chudley was born in Conway, Iowa, July 9, 1886, and when still a child moved with her parents to Bedford, Iowa. Here she grew to womanhood and fifteen years ago was married to Al[bert] H. [enry] Chudley of this city. To this union two children were born, whose names appear above. Mrs. Chudley was a member of the M. E. church, was a strong Christian woman and a devoted mother, a dutiful daughter and most affectionate and helpful wife. The sympathy of the community goes out to the bereaved relatives. [CHUDLEY, MABEL WARREN] Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, June 10, 1971, [p. 1] Claude E. Clark Rites Held Wed. Funeral services for Claude E. [ugene] Clark, 88, of Bedford were held Wed., June 9, at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford conducted by Rev. Lester Greenwood. Mr. Clark died June 5 at West Heights Manor in Clarinda. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford. He is survived by his daughter, Helen Neve; a grandson, Steve; son-in-law, Herbert Neve. [CLARK, CLAUDE EUGENE] Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, June 17, 1971, p. 2 Last Rites Held In Bedford For Claude E. Clark Funeral services for Claude Eugene Clark, 88, of Bedford, were held June 9 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home here with Rev. Lester Greenwood officiating. Mr. Clark died June 5 at West Heights Manor in Clarinda. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford. Claude Eugene Clark, son of Harrison and Mary Clark, was born at Cameron, Missouri. He was of a family of seven children, four brothers; Ernest, Joseph, Granville and Vernon, and two sisters; Bertha and Jennie. He was united in marriage to May Denny. To them was born one daughter, Helen. After their marriage they lived on a farm near Walker, Missouri. They moved to Kellerton in 1913 and lived there until 1933 when they moved to Bedford where they spent the rest of their lives. He was a member of the Methodist Church in Bedford. For years he was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Past Master of the Kellerton Lodge. He has been preceded in death by all his immediate family, except a brother, Vernon Clark of Kansas City, Missouri, and a sister, Mrs. William Reitz of Kansas City, Kansas. His wife passed away November 26, 1963 after more than fifty years of wonderful love and devotion to one another. He is survived by his daughter, Helen Neve, her husband Herbert Neve and son Steve; other loved ones and many friends. Out of town relatives and friends who attended the services are: Mr. and Mrs. Otis Mix, Cameron, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Park Mix, Wichita, Kans., Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mix and Shirley, Maysville, Mo.; Mr. Henry Neve and Mrs. Douglas Neve, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Venus Krieger, Avoca, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. William Lawrence and Mr. and Mrs. Lorance Swanson, Clarinda; Mr. Harry Baker, Farragut, Iowa, Miss Helen Woodcock, Granby, Mo. Bedford Times-Press, Thursday,
December 5, 1963, [p. 1]
Final Rites for Mrs. C. Clark
Funeral services for Mrs. Claude (May) Clark, 80, held Nov. 30 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford were conducted by Rev. J. Milton Kinney, Bedford Methodist minister. Mrs. Clark died Nov. 26 at Clarinda Municipal hospital. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford. The following obituary was included in the services: May Drucilla Denny was born on Nov. 7, 1883 at Lathrop, Mo., to Thomas and Elvira Denny. Her schooling was begun in the Columbus, Kansas public schools and later she attended college in Lamar, Missouri. On Sept. 22, 1912 she and Claude Eugene Clark were united in marriage (at high noon) in Nevada, Missouri. Their marriage was part of a double wedding service shared with her sister. To this union one daughter, Helen Cora, was born. They established their home in Missouri and later moved to Kellerton, Iowa, and then to Bedford, Iowa, where they spent the remaining part of their married life together. In her youth she united with the Presbyterian Church. Later she joined the Methodist Church at Kellerton, Iowa, and then transferred to the Bedford Methodist Church. As long as she was able to be active she was a member of the Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and two sisters. She is survived by her husband, Claude Clark, Bedford, Iowa; a daughter, Mrs. Herbert Neve, Bedford, Iowa; a grandson, Steven Neve, Bedford, Iowa; one brother, John Denny, Golden City, Missouri; and two sisters, Mrs. Lenford Sadler, Columbus, Kansas, and Mrs. Sue Seaver, Everett, Washington. She is also survived by a number of nieces, nephews and many friends. Relatives from out-of-town attending last rites were: Park Mix, Wichita, Kans.; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mix, Otis Mix, Mrs. Albert Graeff, Leo Mix, Mrs. Olive Doaks, all of Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. Hersh Siemering, Omaha; Mrs. Oscar Rock, Mrs. Hans Thomsen and Mrs. Venus Krieger, all of Avoca, Iowa. Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, June 1, 1933, p. 1, 4 A Scarlet Fever Victim Ila May Crites Succumbs After
Brief Illness
Ila May, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. [ella] A. [lbert] Crites of northeast Bedford, died at the home early Sunday morning following an illness of only a few days of scarlet fever. Burial services were held at the Fairview cemetery Monday forenoon conducted by Rev. M. R. Talley. Bedford Times-Press,
Thursday, March 24, 1966, p. 4
Mrs. T. A. Crites Dies In
California
Word was received here of the death of Mrs. T. [ella] A. [lbert] (Martha) Crites of Los Angeles, Calif., formerly of Bedford. Mrs. Crites died March 21 in a Los Angeles hospital. Services and interment were held March 23 at Forest Lawn at Glendale, Calif. Survivors include her husband, a son, Tilton, of the home and Lem Dant of Bedford, a brother. Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, May 25, 1961, p. 4 Mrs. Walter E. Dean Dies In Calif. Mrs. Walter E. [dward] Dean, 83, a former resident of Bedford, died Saturday, May 13 at her home in Compton, Calif. Death came unexpectedly although she had been hospitalized for a few days recently. Last rites were in Compton Tuesday. Mrs. Dean was the former Miss Cordius Cole, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cole, long-time residents of Bedford. She was a cousin of Miss Hermia Rhoads and Miss Beryl Rhoads. Her husband and an infant daughter preceded her in death. Bedford Free Press, Thursday, October 11, 1906, [p. 1] Little Nann Dean Dead Little Nann Cordius Dean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dean, mention of whose illness was made in these columns last week, passed away Thursday night at her parents’ home in Denver, Colo. The remains were brought here Saturday night and the funeral was held Sunday morning at 10 o’clock from the home of Mrs. Dean’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. [acob] Cole. The services were conducted by Rev. Barackman. While this little cherub was but thirteen months old she had won such a strong place in the hearts of the parents and relatives that it was indeed hard to give her up. Her infant prattle and baby lispings are hushed by the silence of death, but the innocent one is transformed to a better home and has added another jewel to the diadem of Him who has said “Suffer little children to come unto me.” Our sympathy is extended to the bereaved ones. [DEAN, NANN CORDIUS] Bedford Times-Republican, Thursday, October 11, 1906, [p. 1] Death of Little Nann Dean The funeral of little Nann Cordius Dean occurred Sunday at 10 o’clock at the Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. Barackman. Baby Nann was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dean and died Thursday evening age fourteen months and nine days at Denver, Colo. Arrangements were at once made to bring the body to Bedford for interment, and it was expected that they would arrive here Saturday noon. The train, however, arrived at St. Joseph late, and they were therefore delayed until the body and its sorrowing escort did not reach Bedford until Saturday night. Nann was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dean, and the only surviving grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cole. Both parents and grandparents idolized the little girl, and her death brings to them the most poignant grief, the deepest sorrow with which humanity can be stricken. Bright, loveable, loved and adored, her baby fingers seemed almost like tendrils to have entwined themselves about the hearts of those who knew her, and to take her away, brought anguish such as no one can know who have been spared such an ordeal. Words of sympathy at such a time seem weak and insufficient but that is all the friends of the sorrowing parents can give. Sympathy they give them, deep, heartfelt and sincere, but for their real consolation they can only look to Him who doeth all things well; whose heart is more tender and loving than a mothers and in whose protecting arms Baby Nann is now resting ready to take her place in that cherubic throng whose inheritance is happiness supreme and joy ecstatic through all immortal life. [DEAN, NANN CORDIUS] [DEAN, NANN CORDIUS]
Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, October 22, 1942, p. 2 Walter E. Dean Dies Former Bedford Man Walter E. Dean, a former resident of Bedford, died at his home in Compton, California on Sunday, October 4, following a long illness. The funeral services were held at the Neels Memorial Chapel in Compton the following Wednesday afternoon and interment was in Angeles Abbey Mausoleum. Mr. Dean was born November 11, 1873 at Hanover, Michigan. He was a graduate of Albion College at Albion, Mich., of the Chicago College of Pharmacy and the Chicago College of Ophthalmology. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, was both a Scottish Rite and a Knight Templar in the Masonic order. He was a member of the Al Malaikal Temple of the Shrine. He was a nephew of the late A. L. Bibbins of Bedford and was employed in the Bibbins Drug Store in Bedford for several years before moving to Denver, Colo., and later to Long Beach and Compton, California. He has given much of his time for the benefit of the community’s youth and in welfare work in connection with being the successful operator of Dean’s Pharmacy in Compton for many years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cordius Cole Dean, also a former Bedford resident; and by one sister, Miss Mary L. Dean of Petaskey, Michigan. A daughter died at the age of two years. Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, January 14, 1932, [p. 1] Arthur Evans Dies Monday Burial of Former Resident Made in Bedford Cemetery Yesterday Arthur Evans of Minneapolis, Minn., died at 2:07 Monday morning in a hospital in Minneapolis, according to a telegram received here Monday forenoon by Mrs. R. A. Taylor, Jr. The funeral services were held at his home Tuesday and the body brought to Bedford where it was buried in the Fairview cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Evans died following an operation for appendicitis. He was born and reared in Bedford, son of the late Will Evans. [EVANS, ARTHUR B.] Bedford Times-Press, Thursday, January 21, 1932 Arthur B. Evans Arthur B. Evans of Minneapolis, Minn., died in the Veterans Hospital at Fort Snelling, Minn., Monday, Jan. 11, after an illness of several months. He was born in Bedford October 25, 1889 [1878] and grew to manhood here. He was a Spanish-American veteran, being a member of Co. I, 51st Volunteer Infantry. In 1901 he was married at Grinnell, Iowa, to Miss Bertha Crew. To this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Budinger, who with the wife survives. There is also one grandchild, Billie Budinger. Mr. Evans had two brothers, O. [mer] L. Evans of Pitcher, Okla., and C. [harles] I. [ra] Evans of Parsons, Kans., who were present for the funeral services. The Evans family moved from Bedford 27 years ago, Mr. Evans being a traveling salesman for several years. Funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral home Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Clark M. Crowell. Interment was made in the Fairview cemetery. Bedford Times-Republican, Thursday, January 22, 1931, p. 5 Frank Gillam Frank Gillam [Gillham] passed away at the St. Francis Hospital in Maryville this morning at 9 o’clock. The body was brought to Bedford, but as we go to press the funeral arrangements have not been made. Mr. Gillam [Gillham] was taken to the Hospital last Sunday, after having ill a week. [GILLHAM, FRANK]
Bedford Times-Republican,
Thursday, January 29, 1931, p. 5
Out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral of Frank Gilham [Gillham] in Bedford Saturday, were: Mrs. Dorothy Currell and Mrs. Eva When of Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Grey Miller of Norris, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Rector Searle of Ogallala, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilcox of Omaha; Worth Miller of Hastings, Nebr., and Lew Gilham [Gillham] of Leon.
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