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Clearfield Enterprise
Thursday October 12, 1916 p. 5
Jas. Moneyhan [Monahan], father of Mrs. C. [harles] B. [lakely] Menoher [Lillie] of this community and of Mrs. E. [dwin] S. [mith] Menoher [Mary Eliza] of Villisca, died at Villisca on Oct. 4th. He was 86 years of age, and had resided nearly four years in Taylor Co., for the most part near Gravity. He was in the army four years. Nine children survive their father. Mr. Moneyhan was often in Clearfield when E. [dwin] S. [mith] Menoher was pastor of the Methodist church here.
[MONAHAN, JAMES] [HARDENBROOK, WILSON SHANNON]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, October 5, 1916
Death Visits in Two Homes
Moneyhan and W. S. Hardenbrook Dead
Former Was Pioneer Settler of Gravity—Latter Had Traveled Extensively Over United States
James Moneyhan, a well known and pioneer resident of Gravity vicinity, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. S. Menoher of Villisca, Iowa, yesterday morning about 9 o'clock, following an illness of several years, his ailment being due to the infirmities of old age. The death of the deceased was hastened by an accident which occurred a year ago at which time he suffered a fractured hip which had never thoroughly healed because of his advanced years. The deceased was 86 years old on the 7th day of July and his residence in Taylor county was close on the half century mark. During the last term of years which he had spent in the community he made many friends, being a man of upright character and generous disposition, and his demise will be greatly regretted by a wide acquaintanceship. In addition to being a pioneer of Taylor county, he was also an old soldier, having fought through the four long years of rebellion in the interests of his country.
The deceased leaves a large family of children to mourn his death, his wife having preceded him to the land beyond and they are: Mrs. R. B. West of Holt township; Turns Moneyhan of Idaho; Mrs. E. S. Menoher of Villisca; John Moneyhan of Creston; Mrs. Minnie Whitwell of Gravity; James Moneyhan of Gravity; Mrs. Charles Menoher of Nodaway; R. B. Moneyhan and Mrs. W. J. Nevius of Bedford.
The remains were taken to Gravity and the funeral will be held tomorrow, interment being made in the Gravity cemetery beside those of his wife.
The bereaved children have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community.
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Wilson Shannon Hardenbrook died very suddenly at his home in Bedford Saturday, death being due to a hemorrhage. The deceased had been in poor health for three years and during the last two months his illness became acute but the final cause of his demise was very unexpected.
The deceased was a well known resident of Bedford and during his life had been a consistent traveler, having visited at practically every point of interest in the United States. While on his many travels he became acquainted with a large number of our country's famous men and women of the present century.
He was born at Mont [Mount] Gilead, Ohio, September 26, 1845, and early in childhood moved to Monmouth, Ill., where he resided until young manhood had been reached when he started the first of his series of travels, going westward to Montana and other points in general.
Early in life he accepted the faith and became a member of the Presbyterian church. He was a man of serene and noble character and enjoyed talking over his travels and experiences with anyone who appeared interested.
The deceased is survived by three brothers, who are Dr. Allan Hardenbrook, of Missoula, Mont.; C. [harles] K. [elly] Hardenbrook of Lompoc, Cal. and L. [ewis] D.[uff] Hardenbrook of Wakefield, Kan. He was a brother of the late R. [ichard] L.[ockwood] Hardenbrook and is an uncle of the Misses Jessie, Helen, Inez and Persis Hardenbrook in northeast Bedford.
Funeral arrangements have been made for Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the house, the services to be conducted by Rev. Hatcher of the Baptist church, assisted by Rev. Currie of the Presbyterian church. Interment will be made in the Bedford cemetery.
[MONAHAN, JAMES]
Villisca Review (Villisca, Iowa), Saturday, October 7, 1916
James Moneyhan Dies Wednesday
His wide circle of friends in Taylor, Adams, Page and Montgomery counties will regret to learn of the death of James Moneyhan, who died Wednesday morning of this week at about nine o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. S. Menoher. Old age complications are given as the direct cause of his death. For many months Mr. Moneyhan had been an invalid, having fallen while at the home of his daughter in Gravity more than a year ago and from that fall sustained injuries that made the last months of his life ones of suffering.
Short funeral services were held Thursday at 12:30 at the Methodist parsonage in this city. Rev. E. B. Pratt had charge. Mr. and Mrs. Moody sang. The remains were then taken to Gravity. Members of the local G. A. R. also assisted as pallbearers. The services at Gravity were held Friday afternoon at 2:30 conducted by Rev. Mueller and at the First Christian church in that city. Interment was made in the Gravity cemetery.
James Moneyhan was born at Terre Haute, Indiana, on July 7, 1830, and when eighteen months of age moved with his parents to Louisville, Kentucky, where the family made their home for a time. He then went to Washington county, Indiana. While a resident of that county he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Walker on February 12, 1851. Ten years later Mr. and Mrs. Moneyhan came to Iowa, residing first in Monroe County, near Albia. In 1870 they moved still further west and took up their residence near Gravity, where he remained most of the time during the remainder of his life. Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Moneyhan. Nine Survive. Three daughters, Mrs. Menoher of this city, Mrs. R. B. West of Brooks and Mrs. Chas. Whitwell of Gravity were the only children at the bedside of the father at the time of death.
By faith the deceased was a member of the Christian church, having united in an early day at Carter's Creek, Indiana. At the time of death he was a member of the Gravity Christian church.
Mr. Moneyhan was also a veteran of the Civil War. He was a member of Company K, thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry and served his country for two years and ten months. Ten months of that time were spent in the Tyler (Texas) prison.
[Note: The last name is spelled Monahan on his headstone.]
[MONAHAN, JAMES]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, October 10, 1916
James Moneyhan Died In Villisca Wednesday
James Moneyhan, father of Mrs. W. J. Nevius and Bruce Moneyhan, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. S. Menoher, in Villisca Wednesday. His death was hastened by a fall he received about a year ago when he received a fractured hip. He was 86 years old and had been a resident of Taylor county nearly fifty years. The funeral services were held at Gravity Friday and interment was made in the Gravity cemetery. He is also survived by seven other children. They are: Mrs. R. B. West of Holt township, T. [urns] Moneyhan of Idaho, Mrs. E. S. Menoher of Villisca, John Moneyhan of Creston, Mrs. Minnie Whitwell and James Moneyhan of Gravity and Mrs. Charles Mencher of Conway.
[Note: The last name is spelled Monahan on his headstone.]
[Monahan, James]
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday March 31, 1914 p. 2
GRAVITY
Mrs. James Moneyhan [Sarah Walker Monahan] died at her home here last Saturday and funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Christian church, conducted by Elder Wade, assisted by Elder Dunlavy and Rev. Corder.
[Monahan, Sarah Walker]
Bedford Times-Republican
Thursday March 26, 1914 p. 8
GRAVITY
Mrs. James Moneyhan [Sarah Walker Monahan] died at her home here Saturday morning. The funeral services were held Monday at 2 p. m., at the Christian church, conducted by Rev. I. T. Wade. Interment was made in the
Gravity cemetery.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 27, 1961 p. 4
Former Resident Dies In Colorado
Mrs. Mary E. [liza Monahan] Menoher, wife of the late Rev. E. [dwin] S. [mith] Menoher of the Des Moines Methodist Conference, passed away in Pueblo, Colorado, Saturday, April 22. Last rites and burial were there.
Mrs. Menoher was a sister of Mrs. Lilly Menoher of Bedford and an aunt of Mrs. Virgil Vincent of Bedford.
[Menoher, Mary Eliza Monahan]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 4, 1961 p. 4
Mrs. E. S. Menoher Rites In Pueblo
Last rites for Mrs. E. [dwin] S. [mith] Menoher, a former resident of Taylor County, were held in Pueblo, Colo., recently, conducted by her pastor, Rev. Thomas L. Kleen, minister of the First Methodist church in Pueblo. Burial was also there.
Mary Eliza Monahan, daughter of James and Sarah Walker Monahan, was born in Lucas County, Iowa, Feb. 11, 1866 and passed away April 22, 1961 at Pueblo, Colo., after a long illness.
On August 23, 1893 she was married to Edwin S. [mith] Menoher. To them were born three children, Helen S. Pyle of Pueblo, Mary E. Pratt of Cedar Rapids, Paul E. [dwin] Menoher of Anderson, Calif., all of whom were in Pueblo for the last rites.
She is also survived by six grandchildren, seven great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lillie Menoher of Bedford; several nephews and nieces; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Nelle Nevius of New Market; a cousin, Mrs. Dord Irwin of Clarinda.
In early life she attended Western Normal College at Shenandoah and taught for a number of years in schools of Taylor County. After their marriage, Mr. Menoher entered the ministry of the Methodist church and served for 41 years in the Des Moines-Iowa Conference. She was ever his faithful helper in this capacity.
Some of the places to which they were appointed were Grant, New Market, Clearfield, Tingley, Mt: Ayr, Villisca, Corning, Marengo and at Garden Grove for two years after his retirement.
Mrs. Menoher was a member of Pueblo Chapter, D.A.R.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 11, 1949 [p. 1]
Rev. E. S. Menoher Dies In Colorado
Rev. E. [dwin] S. [mith] Menoher, 81, a former resident of this community died in a hospital at Pueblo, Colorado, Sunday, August 7, according to word received by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Alta Nevius of Bedford. The funeral services and burial were in Pueblo Wednesday.
Rev. Menoher was born and reared at Gravity. He attended Simpson College and served as pastor in the Iowa - Des Moines Methodist Conference for many years. He held pastorates at Corning, Villisca and Mount Ayr in this area.
He is survived by his wife [Mary Eliza Monahan], two daughters, Mrs. Corwin Pyle [Helen] of Pueblo and Mrs. Everett Pratt [Mary] of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and one son, Paul [Edwin] Menoher of Riverside, California.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday January 4, 1940 [p. 1]
Charles Menoher, 81, Lenox, Succumbs
Charles [Blakely] Menoher, 81, died suddenly at his home in Lenox Saturday evening. Although he had been in failing health for the past three years, he had been around as usual and had been out of doors that day.
The funeral services were held at the Lenox Methodist church Tuesday afternoon and burial was in the Lenox cemetery. He is survived by his wife, one son, Wade [Lamont] Menoher of Palmer, Iowa; and by one grandson. Also by three brothers, Ben [jamin Franklin] Menoher of Lincoln, Nebr., Will [liam Edgar] Menoher and Rev. Ed [win Smith] Menoher of Lake Worth, Florida. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. W. J. Nevius of Bedford.
Mr. Menoher was a resident of Taylor County the greater part of his life, being a merchant in Gravity for many years. He moved to Lenox twenty-two years ago.
Bedford Free Press
Thursday October 20, 1921 p. 6
GRAVITY ITEMS
Grandma Menoher passed away last Friday afternoon, at the home of her son, Charles [Blakely], near Lenox. Funeral services were held in the Gravity M. E. church Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. Interment in Gravity cemetery.
[Menoher, Elizabeth Blakely]
New Market Herald
Thursday October 20, 1921 p. 2
GRAVITY
Mrs. Anna [Eugenia Algeo] Menoher who has been at Shenandoah and Imogene attended the Mrs. [Elizabeth Blakely] Menoher funeral here Sunday afternoon.
[Menoher, Elizabeth Blakely]
Adams County Union-Republican (Corning, Iowa)
Wednesday October 19, 1921 p. 8
DIED
Elizabeth Blakely, daughter of Charles and Lucetta [Lemmons] Blakely, was born October 6, 1831, in Morgan County, Illinois. When she was but a child she came to Jefferson County, Iowa, with her parents, where she lived until she was married to [James] Gordon Menoher, in June 1856. To this union were born six children all of whom grew to manhood. Two preceded her in death, John H.[arvey], of Salina, Kansas, and Dr. J. [ames] A. [lexander] Menoher, of Manhattan, Kans. The four living sons are C. [harles] B. [lakely] Menoher, Lenox, Iowa; B. [enjamin] F.[ranklin] Menoher, Clarinda, Iowa; W. [illiam] E.[dgar] Menoher, Lake Worth, Florida, and Rev. E. [dwin] S. [mith] Menoher, Corning, Iowa. The husband and father died when the children were small, leaving the mother the responsibility of training them. She with her family went to the home of her parents, near Fairfield, Iowa, and remained for a few years. In 1874 they moved to Taylor County and settled on a farm near where Gravity is now located. Here they lived until the boys were all grown. She with her family then moved to Gravity where she lived until five years ago when because of poor health and declining years she went to live with her children. For the past three years she had lived at Villisca with E.[dwin] S. [mith] Menoher and family, but just before their removal to Corning, she was taken to the home of her son, C.[harles] B. [lakely] in Lenox, at whose home Friday, October 14, at 1:30 p. m., she quietly fell asleep in Jesus after a short illness.
On October 6th she celebrated her ninetieth birthday. Three sons, two daughters-in-law and one sister beside other friends were present and she enjoyed the day very much. She had two sisters living, Mrs. Kate Adams, of Gravity and Mrs. Maggie Dickerson, of Inavale, Nebr.; and one brother, Rev. John Blakely, at Springview, Nebr. She has 13 grandchildren living and 6 great grandchildren. She united with the M. E. church when young and has been a devoted Christian for more than 70 years.
The funeral services were held at the M. E. church in Gravity, Sunday at 3 oÕclock, conducted by Rev. E. A. Moore, Supt. of the Creston district, assisted by Rev. Fellows, pastor of the M. E. church at Gravity; Rev. Nayle, pastor of the M. E. church at Lenox, and Rev. J. L. Boyd, pastor of the M. E. church at Villisca.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 18, 1973 p. 10
NEW MARKET
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bradley of St. Joseph, Mo. and Mrs. Vernon McNutt of Omaha have visited Mrs. Frances Drennen this week. On Thursday they attended the funeral of Mrs. Lillie [Monahan] Menoher of Lenox.
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday January 23, 1917 p. 5
GRAVITY
James [Alexander] Menoher of Manhattan, Kas., died last week and the remains were sent to Gravity for interment.
[Menoher, James Alexander]
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday January 30, 1917 p. 8
GRAVITY.
J. [ames] A. [lexander] Menoher, father of B. F. Menoher , died at his home in Manhattan , Kan., Jan. 17, 1917. The body was sent to Gravity and the funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church, conducted by Rev. C. W. Proctor. The Masonic order and the Woodmen attended the funeral in a body and the Masonic ritualistic ceremony was conducted at the grave. Interment was made in the Gravity cemetery.
[Menoher, James Alexander]
Bedford Free Press
Tuesday January 30, 1917 p. 8
GRAVITY.
Those from a distance who attended the funeral of J. [ames] A. [lexander] Menoher here last week were: Anna [Eugenia] A. [lgeo] Menoher of Manhattan, Kan., E. R. Menoher of Detroit, Mich., Rev. and Mrs. [Edwin] S. [mith] Menoher and son Paul of Villisca, Hugh Humphrey and E. Hegwood of Lenox, Abe Rutledge and four daughters, Mr. and Mrs. George Rutledge, Mrs. William Smith of Sharpsburg, Mrs. S. C. Jones, Miss Dessie Jones, Mrs. W. H. Churchill and Wayne Churchill of Bedford, Dr. F. E. Burgess of Bethany, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. C.[harles] B. [lakely] Menoher of Conway, G. [eorge] S. [tuart] Algeo and daughter Anna of Lockwood, Mo.
[MENOHER, JAMES ALEXANDER]
Riley County Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas), Friday, January 19, 1917
James A. Menoher Dead
Dr. James A. [lexander] Menoher, 1801 Humboldt street, died Tuesday night about midnight.
Mr. Menoher moved here from Yates City, Ill., with his family in April 1915 and entered into partnership with his brother, W. E. Menoher, in real estate and insurance business. He had been a physician until he gave up his practice on account of his health.
Mr. Menoher was born September 23, 1861, at Macon, Mo. He was educated in his profession at the Physicians' and Surgeons' Medical college at Keokuk, Ia., and also studied in St. Louis and Chicago. He practiced medicine for several years at Lawn Ridge, Ill., locating at Yates City in 1911.
He held membership in the Modern Woodmen lodge here and in the Masonic lodge at Lawn ridge. For many years he had been a member of the Methodist church.
Mr. Menoher leaves a wife and two sons, John A., of this city, and E. R. of Detroit, Mich., who has been here since Saturday. A brother, B. F. Menoher, of Gravity, Ia., is also here.
The body will be taken to Gravity, Ia., the Menoher family home for many years, for burial.
[Note: The same obituary was published in the Manhattan Republic, January 18, 1917.]
[MENOHER, JAMES ALEXANDER]
Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas), Friday, January 19, 1917
Miss Letha Menoher and John Menoher of Salina, who attended the funeral of their uncle, J. A. Menoher, returned to their homes last evening.
[MENOHER, JAMES ALEXANDER]
Manhattan Weekly Mercury (Manhattan, Kansas), Wednesday, January 17, 1917
Death of Dr. J. H. Menoher
Member of Prominent Real Estate Firm Passed Away Last Night—Burial in Iowa.
Dr. James A. [lexander] Menoher, 1801 Humboldt street, died last night about midnight.
Mr. Menoher moved here from Yates City, Ill with his family in April 1915 and entered into partnership with his brother, W. [illiam] E. Menoher, in the real estate and insurance business. He had been a physician until he gave up his practice on account of his health.
Mr. Menoher was born September 23, 1861, at Macon, Mo. He was educated in his profession at the Physicians and Surgeons Medical college at Keokuk, Ia. and also studied in St. Louis and Chicago. He practiced medicine for several years at Lawn Ridge, Ill., locating at Yates City in 1911.
He held membership in the Modern Woodmen lodge here and in the Masonic lodge at Lawn Ridge. For many years he had been a member of the Methodist church. He was a student of economic problems and articles by him have been published in this paper.
Mr. Menoher leaves a wife and two sons, John A. [lgeo] of this city and E. R. of Detroit, Mich., who has been here since Saturday. A brother, B. [enjamin] F. Menoher of Gravity, Ia., is also here and another brother, Rev. E. S. Menoher, was expected today.
The body will be taken to Gravity, Ia., the Menoher family home for many years for burial.
[Note: The same obituary was published in the Morning Chronicle, Manhattan, Kansas, January 17, 1917, the Manhattan Republic, January 18, 1917 and the Riley County Chronicle, Manhattan, Kansas, January 19, 1917.]
[MENOHER, JAMES ALEXANDER]
Manhattan Tribune (Manhattan, Kansas), Thursday, January 18, 1917
Dr. James Menoher, brother of W. E. Menoher, died yesterday at his home on Humboldt. He came to Manhattan last spring a year ago to make his home here. He leaves a wife and two sons. He was fifty-six years old.
[MENOHER, JAMES ALEXANDER]
Manhattan Mercury (Manhattan, Kansas), Thursday, January 18, 1917
Death of James A. Menoher.
At 1 a. m. Wednesday morning occurred the death of James A. Menoher at his home, 1801 Humboldt street. He had been in failing health for many months but had been able to be around in his home until a few days before his death. He had not been on duty in his office for some eight to ten weeks but did drive his car down town once just a few days before Christmas. James A. [lexander] Menoher was born at Macon, Mo., September 23, 1861. He taught school a number of years in his early life and then took up the study of medicine and after receiving his decree he became an active practitioner of the profession in the state of Illinois and so continued for more than twenty years. It was during the latter years of this work that his own health began to fail him, and he gave up his practice and moved to Manhattan in April 1915 and entered the real estate and insurance business with his brother, W. E. Menoher.
For many years he had been a member of the Methodist church. He was also a member of the Masonic Order and of the Modern Woodmen. He leaves to mourn his death, a wife, a mother, two sons, John A., of this city, and E. R., of Detroit, Mich., and four brothers, C. B. Menoher, Conway, Iowa, B. F., of Gravity, Iowa, E. S., of Villisca, Iowa and W. E. of this city.
The funeral services were held at his home, 1801 Humboldt, at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, conducted by Dr. J. M. McClelland. The body was taken to the old home, Gravity, Iowa, for burial.
A brother, B. F. Menoher, was here and accompanied the body back home to its final resting place. Another brother, E. S. Menoher, who is a minister at Villisca, was expected to arrive here today.
[Note: The same obituary was published in the Manhattan Nationalist, January 18, 1917.]
[MENOHER, JAMES ALEXANDER]
Morning Chronicle (Manhattan, Kansas), Friday, January 19, 1917
Miss Letha Menoher and John Menoher of Salina, who attended the funeral of their uncle, J. A. Menoher, returned to their homes last evening.
[MENOHER, JAMES ALEXANDER]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, January 25, 1917
Mr. Ben Menoher was called today to the bedside of his brother, Dr. James Menoher of Manhattan, Kas. Dr. Menoher has been seriously ill for some time. He has had a cancer on his right side and has been operated on for the same six different times. Mr. Menoher expects to be accompanied by another brother, Rev. E. Menoher of Villisca, Ia. The physicians who are attending Dr. Menoher think that he can't live much longer. He was raised here in Taylor county. – Gravity Independent.
[MENOHER, JAMES ALEXANDER]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, January 25, 1917
GRAVITY – Dr. James Menoher died at his home in Kansas Wednesday, Jan. 17. The remains were shipped here Friday and funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p. m. at the Methodist church. He was given a Masonic burial. Interment was made in the Gravity cemetery.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 27, 1961 p. 4
Clint Powell, 83, Dies At Creston
Clinton H. [oratio] Powell, 83, died at a nursing home at Creston, Saturday, April 22 after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and druggist and had lived in Creston since 1947, moving there from Conway.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Keating and Beemer funeral home in Creston. Rev. Azel L. Smith, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiated. Burial was in the Conway cemetery.
Clinton H. [oratio] [Powell was born in Taylor County, near Bedford, August 7, 1877. He was the son of Robert [Massie] and Anna Martha Childs Powell. He was married at Conway, April 2, 1902 to Alice DeHaven, who preceded him in death. He was married at Conway, August 27, 1946 to Mary Philpot who preceded him in death Nov. 8, 1954.
Mr. Powell was a farmer most of his life but operated drug stores at Conway and Greenfield for about eight years.
He was a member of Masonic lodge No. 348 at Conway and had received a 50-year membership certificate from the lodge in 1952.
He is survived by a brother, C. [lifford] D. [allas] Powell of Omaha, and by a niece, Miss Lucile Blake of Bedford.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 25, 1935 p. 10
L. O. Hess, 72, Succumbs at Guss
L. O. Hess, 72, a resident of Taylor county the greater part of his life, died at his home north of Guss, Thursday, April 18, 1935. The funeral services were held at the Guss church, conducted by Rev. Mr. Emery of Nodaway. Burial was in the Guss cemetery.
Louis Oscar Hess, son of Londona and Henrietta Hess, was born in Holt Township, Taylor County, Iowa, July 26, 1863. He was a member of a family of sixteen children, all of whom preceded him in death, with the exception of four brothers.
He was married to Lucinda Jane Greenway, Feb. 3, 1895. To them was born one daughter, Mrs. Vivian Ethel Wallahan of Nodaway, Iowa, who with the wife survives.
Other relatives surviving are the four brothers, Charles Hess of Clarinda, John Hess of Nodaway, Ed Hess of Brooks, and Scott Hess of Villisca. Also two grandchildren, Pauline and Lowell Wallahan, and the son-in-law, Claude Wallahan, all of Nodaway.
Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral services were Mrs. Jessie Ferguson and daughter Pearl, and Carrie Hess of Aliceville, Kans., and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hess of Bedford.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 25, 1935 p. 9
GUSS
Pioneer Resident Dies
L. [ouis] O. [scar] Hess, a pioneer resident of the Guss community, died at his home early Thursday morning, after a lingering illness. The funeral services were held at the Guss church Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Wayne Emery. Burial was in the Guss cemetery. Surviving are the wife, one daughter, Mrs. Claude Wallahan [Vivian Ethel], and two grandchildren.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 6, 1964 p. 8
John P. Cooper Rites Held Here
Funeral services for John P. [elsor] Cooper, longtime Taylor County resident, held February 2, 1964 at New Market Methodist Church, were conducted by Carl Cummings and Rev. Carrol Newquist. Mr. Cooper died January 29 at Clarinda Municipal hospital at the age of 92 years, seven months and 23 days. Interment was at Memory Cemetery, New Market, Ia.
Included in the services was the following obituary:
John P. [elsor] Cooper, son of A. [ndrew] J. [ackson] and Cornelia [Ann] King Cooper, was born May 7, 1871 at Rushville, Schuyler county, Ill., and departed this life Jan. 30, 1964 at the Municipal hospital in Clarinda, Ia., at the age of 92 years, 7 months and 23 days.
When he was four years old he moved with his family to Taylor county Iowa, where he grew to adulthood and has continued to reside.
He was united in marriage to [Harriet] Emma [Emaline] Drennen in 1893 and to them were born: Lora Cooper of Wadsworth, Kan., Gail Cooper of Knoxville, Ia., and Mabel Greenway, now deceased. The mother of this family died while the children were still young and in 1901 he was united in marriage to Jennie Jones and to them were born: Vern Cooper, now deceased, Harold Cooper, now deceased, Darold Cooper of Loveland, Colo. The passing of this companion left full responsibility of home and family and he assumed this role with a full parent love.
In 1921 he was married to Mrs. Bessie Giles and to them were born: Lavaughan Bonnie Eichelberger of Philadelphia, Pa.; Lorene Poley of Kirkland, Wash.; Rex Cooper of Englewood, Colo, and Jack Cooper of Westminster, Colo. There were also two stepchildren, 27 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren who survive his memory.
Mr. Cooper's younger years were spent farming, where he loved to put forth honest efforts in tilling the soil and taking the just reward of his efforts at harvest time. Then for a number of years he was a county road maintenance employee where he worked horses and loved to work them on road equipment. His last active occupation was for Mental Health at Clarinda, retiring from this work when 83 years of age.
He will be missed by his family and friends.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday August 11, 1949 [p. 1]
Editor Francis Dies – Serves Public 42 Yrs.
J. [ames] S. [mith] Francis, editor of the Gravity Independent, died at his home in Gravity Monday forenoon, August 8; He had been in failing health for several months but had continued to help with the publishing of his newspaper until two weeks ago, when he was taken to the hospital for a few days for observation and treatment.
Mr. Francis was active in civic, community and political affairs and was a friend to all, both young and old. He served on the Gravity School board for twenty years, had been a member of the Gravity town council, and served two terms in the State Legislature as a representative from Taylor County. He had been a member of the Gravity Masonic Lodge since 1916.
Mr. Francis joined the Prairie Star Presbyterian church, a rural church his mother and sister Mary organized, in his youth, and on moving to Gravity became a member of the Methodist church there. He taught a Sunday school class for fifty years.
James Smith Francis, one of a family of ten children, five girls and five boys, was born to Alfred and Georgina Jane Davidson Francis, September 27, 1873, on the old home farm south of Kent, Iowa. He attended country school and also Highland Park College, Des Moines, and later was engaged in the teaching profession for several years.
On August 1, 1906 he was married to Miss Mary Coan of Creston. To them was born one daughter, Georgina, now Mrs. Scott Cramer of Chicago.
Mr. Francis purchased the Gravity Independent in 1907, he and his wife moving there in June of that year to take over their new work of publishing the paper. Gravity had been their home since that time.
He is survived by his wife, the daughter and her husband; one granddaughter, Jeanette Ann Cramer; one sister, Mrs. Anna Smith of Okmulgee, Oklahoma; three brothers, Chas. J. Francis and Alfred R. Francis of Creston, and George G. Francis of Kent.
The last rites were held at the Gravity Methodist church at 2 oÕclock, Wednesday afternoon, Rev. D. C. Callison officiating. Burial was in the Gravity cemetery. Masonic brothers attended in a group.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 17, 1980 [p. 1]
Services Friday For Zoa Rita Stithem
Graveside services will be held Friday, July 18, at 11:00 a.m. for Zoa Rita [McCormick] Stithem, 75, formerly of Bedford. Rev. Jim Dale will officiate at Fairview Cemetery. Mrs. Stithem died July 15, 1980 in Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Stithem and her husband, Laurel, farmed east of Bedford until 1967 when they moved to Bedford to live. Mrs. Stithem has made her home in Council Bluffs since 1973.
[Stithem, Zoa Rita McCormick]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 24, 1980 p. 3
Zoa Rita Stithem, 75, Final Rites Were Held July 17
Funeral services for Mrs. Laurel L. Stithem, 75, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, were held July 17 in Meyer Funeral Home Chapel in Council Bluffs with Rev. Rick Dee, pastor, Fifth Avenue Methodist Church officiating. Mrs. Stithem died in a Council Bluffs hospital July 15, 1980. Rev. Jim Dale, pastor Bedford United Methodist Church, conducted graveside services at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford on Fri., July 18.
Zoa Rita [McCormick] Stithem was born in Bedford, Iowa and farmed east of Bedford with her husband until retiring and moving into the town of Bedford in 1967. She has made Council Bluffs her home since November of 1973.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Laurel L. Stithem in 1968.
She was a very active member of the 5th Avenue Methodist Church in Council Bluffs.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Doris) Christensen and Mrs. William (Lois) Minnick both of Council Bluffs; two sons, Robert C.[lifford] Stithem of Council Bluffs and Eldon Stithem of Seattle, Washington; 16 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 1, 1973 p. 6
GLEN JOHNSON, 71 DIES IN NEBRASKA
Funeral services for Glen Johnson, 71, of Kennard, Nebraska, formerly of Bedford, were held Mon., Feb. 26, in Blair Funeral Home. Mr. Johnson died February 24 in the Blair (Nebr.) hospital. Interment was in an Omaha cemetery.
Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Grace Stewart Johnson; three daughters, Mrs. Don (Helen) Dougherty, Bedford, Mrs. Katheryn Budatz, Omaha, Nebr. and Mrs. Wayne (Dorothy) Borre, Omaha; and two sons, Elvis Johnson, Jr., Denver and Donald J. Johnson, Kennard.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 5, 1980 p. 7
Last Rites For Paul D. Harvey Held May 27
Funeral services for Paul D. Harvey, age 59, were held May 27 in the Tent Chapel Church of Christ, three miles south of Blockton, conducted by Samuel J. Smith, a member of the church, with prayers by Brother John Pellin of Oskaloosa, Iowa. Interment was in Platteville Cemetery.
Paul, a native of the Blockton vicinity died at the Good Samaritan Home in Ottumwa, Iowa where he had lived for several months during his sickness.
He was preceded in death by his parents, [Ambrose] Milt [on] and Bertha [Maxwell] Harvey.
Mr. Harvey is survived by sisters: Marie Wight of Arizona and Belle Smith of Bedford; brothers: Edward of California, Clyde of Lenox, and Lawrence of Blockton.
Paul was graduated from Blockton High School class of 1940. He obeyed the Gospel and was baptized at Tent Chapel October 11, 1936. He attended Harding College at Searcy, Arkansas four years to become a Church of Christ minister.
He returned to Iowa and among the churches he served were Davis City, Mason City and for several years at Oskaloosa.
[Thogmartin, Ella Floratine Louise Sunderman]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 12, 1980 p. 4
Ella Thogmartin, 79 Last Rites Were Held June 8
Funeral services for Ella Thogmartin, 79, were held June 8 at Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford with Rev. James Dale officiating. Mrs. Thogmartin died June 6, 1980, in Clarinda Municipal Hospital after a short illness. Interment was at the Clarinda Cemetery.
Ella Floratine Louise Sundermann [Sunderman], daughter of Ernest and Johanna Blankemeier Sundermann [Sunderman], was born April 8, 1901, in Locust Grove Township, Fremont County, Iowa. Her family moved to near Belgrade, Nebraska, where she spent much of her young life. They returned to Westboro, Mo., in 1913. Here she completed her schooling.
On June 29, 1921, she was united in marriage to Ras Thogmartin. They established their home in Blanchard, Iowa. Although they were not blessed with children of their own, they raised two foster sons, Robert and James McFarland.
After living in several southwest Iowa towns, they moved to Bedford in 1953, where they established the Thogmartin Care and Keep Apartments. Ella continued to care for others until the time of her illness.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one foster son, five brothers and four sisters.
Surviving are her sister, Mrs. Henry Staashelm of Sac City, Ia.; foster son, R.[obert] W. McFarland, Bell Garden, Calif., one foster granddaughter and great granddaughter; six nieces; four nephews; other relatives and friends.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 25, 1963 p. 4
Ras Thogmartin Rites April 21
Funeral services for Ras Thogmartin, held April 21 in Bedford, were conducted by Rev. McGhagy of Clarinda. Mr. Thogmartin, who had been a semi-invalid since 1946, died at his home in Bedford on April 18. Graveside services at Clarinda cemetery included military honors by V. F. W. Macrae Cooper Post 3086, Clarinda, Ia.
Mr. Thogmartin was born March 9, 1885, near Trenton, Mo. and served with the U. S. Army during World War I.
He was married in Blanchard, Ia., June 29, 1921, to Miss Ella [Floratine Louise] Sunderman of Westboro, Mo. Mr. Thogmartin, who was a barber for 40 years, spent his entire married life in Taylor and Page counties.
Mr. Thogmartin, the last of his family, is survived, besides his wife, by a foster son, Robert McFarland, his wife, Ella, of Los Angeles; two granddaughters, Debra McFarland of Los Angeles and Brenda Swanson of Kansas City; a niece, two nephews and a cousin.
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 12, 1980 p. 4
Reta Marie Hartman Final Rites Were Held in Atlantic
Funeral services for Mrs. Glenn W. (Reta Marie) Hartman 58, of 1402 Chestnut, Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Bedford, held May 30 in Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic, were officiated by the Rev. Chuck Smith. Mrs. Hartman died May 27, 1980 in Atlantic. Interment was at the Atlantic Cemetery, Atlantic.
Reta Marie Hartman, the daughter of Joseph E. and Lillian M. Anderson Nichols, was born July 29, 1921 in Atlantic and lived in the Cumberland, Iowa area graduating from high school there in 1939.
She was married to Glenn W. Hartman on April 30, 1939 at Windsor, Illinois and they lived at Bedford until August 1969 when they moved to Atlantic.
Mrs. Hartman was a Nurses Aid for 25 years and was last employed at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by a son, Richard W. Hartman and her parents.
Mrs. Hartman is survived by her husband, Glenn; four daughters, Sue Betts of Grandview, Missouri, Elaine Strong of Atlantic, Mrs. Bill (Jeannie) Boehmer of Omaha and Mrs. Fred (Connie) Tompkins of Kansas City, Missouri; one son, Donald J. Hartman of Slater; and 12 grandchildren.