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[Beadle, Benjamin
Franklin S.]
Clearfield
Enterprise
Thursday January 26, 1928 [p. 1]
Obituary.
Benjamin
Franklin S. Beadle was born June
1st, 1846, in Indiana, died at his home in East Clearfield, Iowa, at 7:30 on
the evening of January 16th, 1928, aged 81 years, 7 months, 15 days.
His
early life was spent in his Indiana home. He attended the rural schools there
and received a practical education. It was at this time that he had instilled
in him a great love for reading, which was a part of his life to within a few
weeks of his death.
The
great Civil War aroused within him a patriotic desire to serve his country; so
at the age of only 16 years he entered the Military Service of the United
States, enlisting in Co. C, the 11th Missouri Cavalry. At the battle of Little
Rock he was found foremost in the conflict. Thus he was found serving his
Country faithfully and loyally until he was honorably discharged.
Mr.
Beadle located in Johnson County,
Iowa, where he was married to Emmaline Bailey November 27th, 1873. They moved to
Ringgold County, Iowa, where his companion died Sept. 17, 1899.
Excepting
the several years that he lived in Diagonal, Iowa, he spent the remainder of
his life in Clearfield, Iowa.
He
was married February 29th, 1924, to Ida Farnsworth who survives him.
In
early manhood he gave his heart to God and became a member of the Christian
Church. He loved the House of God and the fellowship of the brethren, and his
footsteps led him there as long as his strength would permit. Almost his last
request was that his wife read to him from the Bible.
Uncle
Ben, as he was commonly known by
the people of this community, was highly esteemed for his many virtues. He drew
the sweetness and strength of life into his soul and then showered it out over
his fellowmen by his genial smile and kindly deeds. He was a kind and
thoughtful husband and father. His home and his family were always his pride
and joy.
He
was a member of the Ed Otis Post No. 190 of the Grand Army of the Republic and
Masonic Order, Noble Lodge 458 and of the I. O. O. F., No. 11.
During
the last days of his life he was weak in the body, but was carefully ministered
to by his wife and children.
The
previously strong, vigorous and useful man, late in life stricken with a fatal
malady, is now at rest. Mourned and tenderly remembered by his relatives and
friends.
To
mourn his death are his wife, Ida Beadle; a daughter, Mrs. Edith Stevens of Beaconsfield, Iowa; sons, Bailey O. Beadle of Atlantic, Iowa, Lester R. and W. Edward
Beadle of Beaconsfield, Iowa, Stephen
S. Beadle of Des Moines.
Thirteen
grandchildren and three great grandchildren, besides other relatives and a host
of friends.
Funeral
services were held in the M. E. Church, Wed., Jan. 18 at 2:30, conducted by
Rev. Roy B. Weakland, with Rev. MacCartney and Rev. Brown assisting. Thomas
Beaumont of Creston, the Senior Grand Warden of the Masonic Order also had part
in the service.
The
Masons had charge at the Clearfield cemetery.
[Bladon, Frank
Augustus]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 15,
1957 p. 3
clEArfiELD
Frank
A. [ugustus] Bladon was born at
Terre Haute, Ill., Feb. 2, 1869 and died Sept. 2, 1949 at his home in
Clearfield. He was married Dec. 13, 1893 to [Susan] Anna Stout at Burlington, Iowa, and the same year they moved
to a farm south of Clearfield, where they lived until retirement from farm work
in 1925.
To
them two sons and one daughter were born Ermal Bladon of Diagonal, Vernon [Augustus] Bladon of Clearfield and Ralph Bladon of Gravity, all of whom survive. Also surviving
are 9 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Services
were held at the Crew Funeral Home, Sept. 4. Burial was in the Clearfield
cemetery.
CLEARFIELD LOCALS
Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Stout and family, Mr. and Mrs. F. Thrift, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Seigart and sons of Abington, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Cox of Terra Haute, Ill.,
attended the funeral of Frank Bladon. Mrs. Frank Bladon [Anna Stout] is a sister of Mr. Stout and Mrs. Thrift.
[Bladon, Thomas Henry]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday April 30, 1953 p. 7
obituary
– Thomas H. bladon
Thomas
H. [enry] Bladon, son of John
and Mary [Jenkins] Bladon was
born Jan. 1, 1874, near Terre Haute, Ill., and died April 18, 1953 at his home
in Clearfield at the age of 79 years.
The
family came to Iowa in 1893 to a farm in Lincoln Township, which has been his
home, with the exception of the first year of his married life.
On
Feb. 24, 1915, he was united in marriage to Hattie Gard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. [ewitt] C. Gard [Mary Magill] of near Clearfield.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and three brothers. Surviving
are his wife, one sister, Mrs. Effa [Effie] Harshaw of Clearfield.
Funeral
services were held at the United Presbyterian church in Clearfield April 22.
Interment in Grove Chapel near Kent, Iowa.
[Bladon, Vera Mabel
Green]
Clearfield
Chronicle
Thursday June 2, 1999 p. 2
Vera Mabel Bladon
Vera
Mabel Green Bladon, the daughter
of Frank A. and Mabel Turner Green,
was born June 16, 1901 near Clearfield, Iowa. She died Saturday, May 22, 1999
at the Greater Community Hospital at Creston, Iowa.
After
graduating from Clearfield High School in May, 1919 she attended “The Chicago
College of Expression and Drama". She taught speech and drama in Kellerton
and Grand River schools before her marriage.
She
was united in marriage to Vernon A. [ugustus] (Slim) Bladon on December 11, 1924 at Creston, Iowa. Although
she didn't teach in public school after her marriage, she taught many
individuals and small groups technical voice training, diction, extemporaneous
speaking, pantomime and storytelling. She also prepared concerts, receptions,
lodge and club work as their teacher-coach and professional reader.
After
her husband Slim passed away
in 1957, Vera moved to Ames
where she worked for the Department of Transportation until she moved to Creston
to work for her son, Frank Bladon's bookkeeping office.
Left
to mourn her passing are her three sons: Doyle and Helen of Monticello, AR, LaVern and wife Rene of
Bella Vista, AR, Frank and
wife Ginger of Mountain Home,
AR, her daughter Martha [Alice] and husband Richard Hammond of Diagonal, IA, a brother Don Green and wife Doris of Creston, IA, a brother-in-law Gerald Keller of Diagonal, IA, a sister-in-law Alice Bladon of Lenox Care Center, Lenox, IA, 10
grandchildren, 7 step grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, nieces, nephews
and a host of friends.
Vera was preceded in death by her
parents, her husband, Slim, a
brother Harold, age 9, an
infant brother and a sister, Ariel Keller.
Services
were held on Tuesday, May 25, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. at the Christian Church in
Clearfield, IA with the Rev. Eydie Stephens officiating. Music was provided by
Jean Huffman, Mary Webb, and Margaret Bickers.
Casket
bearers were Ryan Hammond, Travis Turner, Bill Livingston, Curt Turner, Dick
Hammond, and Roger Walter. Honorary pallbearers were Jeff Bladon, Christopher
Bladon, Eddie Austin, Richard Hammond, James Bladon, and Bernard Sobotka.
Interment
was in the Clearfield Cemetery in Clearfield, IA.
[Bladon, Vernon
Augustus “Slim”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 6, 1957 p. 3
Clearfield
news
VERNON BLADON DIES
Vernon
(Slim) Bladon, 57, died at his
home Wednesday afternoon after several weeks’ illness. He is survived by his
wife, Vera; his mother,
Mrs. [Susan] Anna [Stout] Bladon;
four children, Martha [Alice] Hammond of Diagonal, Doyle and Lavern of Iowa City and Frankie Don of Ames; three grandchildren.
Funeral
services were held Saturday afternoon at the Christian church with the Rev. Ron
Graham officiating. Burial in Clearfield cemetery.
[Bladon, Vernon
Augustus “Slim”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 13, 1957 p. 2
Vernon Bladon Died At Clearfield
Vernon
A. [ugustus] Bladon, son of Frank
[Augustus] and [Susan] Anna Stout Bladon, was born July 23, 1899 and died at his home south of Clearfield,
Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at the age of 57 years, 10 months, six days. He
attended rural school and Clearfield high school and was a member of the
Clearfield Methodist church.
In
1924 he was married in Creston to Vera M. [abel] Green. To them were born four children: one daughter, Martha
[Alice] Hammond of Diagonal; and
three sons, Doyle and LaVern of Iowa City, Franklin Don of
Ames.
Mr.
Bladon spent his entire life in
the Clearfield community, the past 17 years on his farm south of town.
He
is survived by his wife and the four children; two daughters-in-law, Helen [Martin] and Janice [Irene Haynes]; a son-in-law, Richard Hammond; three grandchildren, Dickie and Diana Hammond, and Jeffrey Doyle Bladon; his aged mother; one sister, Ermal Taylor of Diagonal; one brother, Ralph [Eugene] of Lenox.
[Crosby, Grace Rebecca
Wilson]
Gravity Independent
Thursday January 5, 1928 [p. 1]
Obituary—Mrs.
Lee Crosby
Grace
Rebecca Wilson was born July 22,
1880, at Burns, Henry Co., Ill., and departed this life December 21, 1927, at
the age of 47 years, 4 months and 29 days.
She
was united in marriage to Lee Crosby, December 25, 1904, and to this union two children were born, Lee
Jr., 5 years old, and Lois
Jane, 31/2 years old. She leaves
to mourn her loss, her husband, two small children, two brothers, Jesse and
Sylvan Wilson, both of Fairfield,
Ia.; four sisters, Mrs. O. [rpheus] Kemerling [Ersula], of Malmo, Nebr.; Mrs. Ida Parsons of New Market, Ia.; Mrs. E. [llsworth] Clark [Nora]
of New Market, Ia; Mrs. R. [ay] E. Kemerling [Mabel] of Weston, Nebr.; besides a host of friends.
Funeral
services were held from the United Presbyterian church on Friday afternoon,
Rev. E. B. Osborne of the Baptist church in New Market, assisted by Rev. W. E.
Gordon of Hepburn. Interment was in Old Memory cemetery at New Market.
[Green, Frank A.]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday October 23, 1952 p. 8
CLEARFIELD
CLeARFIELd— Frank
A. Green a lifetime resident of
Taylor County, died at his home in Clearfield Sunday, Oct. 5, 1952 at the age
of 85 years. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Green [Latitia Elzina
Henkle]. On Nov. 4, 1896 he was
united in marriage to Miss Mable Green [Turner] of Lenox.
With exception of one year spent in Oregon, Mr. and Mrs. Green resided in the Clearfield vicinity. They were the
parents of three sons, Harry,
who died at the age of nine, and also a son dying in infancy. Donald E. of Creston and two daughters, Vera [Mabel] Bladon of Clearfield and Ariel Keller of Diagonal.
He
was a member of Baptist church later transferring to Christian church. Mr.
Green was a member of the Noble
Grand Masonic lodge for many years. He is survived by his wife, son and two
daughters, seven grandchildren, one great grandchild. He was also preceded in
death by his parents and two brothers, Henry and Roy [Garfield]. Funeral services were held on Wednesday at J. R.
Crew Funeral home. Burial in Clearfield cemetery.
Mr.
and Mrs. Doyle Bladon of Lincoln
attended the funeral services on Tuesday of Mr. Bladon's grandfather.
[Green, George W.]
Clearfield
Enterprise
Thursday March 29,
1923 [p. 1]
Mr.
H. [orace] B. [utler] Green received word last week of the serious illness of his father, Geo. W. Green, at Donnellson, Iowa. He was unable to go at
once, as was Mrs. Sadie Ecklin,
his sister, because of the illness at Bedford of her daughter. However
arrangements were made for some to go on Monday. Mr. Green died Saturday night, as was known here early on
Sunday, and also that the body would arrive Tuesday evening, interment in Clearfield
Cemetery to be on the following day.
[Green, George W.]
Clearfield
Enterprise
Thursday March 29,
1923 p. 5
George W. Green
We
were unable to secure the copy of the obituary of Mr. Green before Thursday morning, so could not print it
this week. It will be given in our next issue. The funeral was held at
Christian church Wednesday afternoon, the pastor officiating. The exercises at
the cemetery were by the Masons, who attended in large numbers. Seven comrades
of 1861-65 were at the church.
[Green, George W.]
Clearfield
Enterprise
Thursday April 5, 1923 [ p. 1]
Obituary---Geo.
W. Green
George
W. Green was born in Clearfield
County, Penn., Feb. 10th, 1840, and died at Donnellson, Iowa, March 24, 1923,
aged 83 years 1 month and 14 days. While yet a boy he moved to Lee County,
Iowa, and much of his life was spent in that section. He lived in Taylor County
from 1868 until 1898 and since that date at Donnellson, Iowa.
In
early manhood he worked for the government in Nebraska on a stage line. While
in that employ the Great War broke out, and he enlisted at Warren, Iowa, Feb.
24, 1862, mustered into service at Keokuk, in Co. A, First Iowa Cavalry. On
Aug. 18,1862, he was severely wounded in action near Clinton, Mo. and was
discharged because of his wounds at Keokuk, May, 27, 1863.
He
was married at New Boston, Iowa, Sept. 13, 1863, to Rachel Beatty. She died Jan. 14, 1897, leaving six children,
who are all living now, being—Sarah Ecklin, Horace Butler Green, Mary
Jane Connor, George E. [dward] Green, Nellie Anna and Wm. S. [herman] Green. There are fourteen grandchildren and great
grandchildren. Mr. Green later
married Mary J. [ane Beard] Wallingford, who survives him.
In
early life Mr. Green united
with the Baptist church, of which he was an active member for many years, both
in Taylor County and in the Warren Baptist church. In 1913, he and Mrs.
Green transferred to the
Donnellson M. E. church, of which he was a member at his death.
Mr. Green became a Mason in Conway Lodge, Conway, Iowa in
1884. He demitted successively to Clearfield, Farmington, and Donnelson, all in
Iowa, and was the first Master of the New Lodge at this last named place,
organized in 1915. His home lodge passed resolutions in his memory, and
arranged for the special services of the order.
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The
older folks of the community remember Mr. Green, and there was a large attendance at the funeral
on Wednesday, with the G. A. R. members and Masonic Brethren seated in places
of honor. The floral offerings were beautiful. Interment was in Clearfield
Cemetery.
[Green, Roy Garfield]
Clearfield
Enterprise
Thursday January 26, 1928 [p. 1]
Obituary
--- Roy Green
Roy
Garfield Green, younger son of Miles
W. and [Latitia] Elzina [Henkle] Green,
was born in Taylor County, Iowa, August 1st, 1881, and died at his
home in Clearfield, Iowa, January 17th, 1928, age 46 years, 5 months
and 16 days.
He
was united in marriage with Myrtle D. Welliver on March 28th, 1905. To this union
were born three daughters, Vinnie Marie, who died at the age of 11 months, Thelma Leone and Phyllis Mae who survive him.
He
grew to manhood in this vicinity following the occupation of farming most of
the time until nine years ago when he became afflicted with the sickness that
finally caused his death. The last few years being lived through intense
suffering.
He
was a member of the Christian Church, and lived consistently in his dealings
with his associates. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, daughters Thelma and Phyllis, two brothers, Henry of
Omaha and Frank of Clearfield,
beside other relatives and friends.
Funeral
services were at the home Wed. Jan. 18th, at one o’clock, Rev. Roy
B. Weakland of the Christian church officiating. Interment was made in the
Clearfield Cemetery.
[Green, Sarah Beaty]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday June 6, 1935 p. 4
Mrs. J. L. Green, 87, Dies In Clearfield
Mrs.
J. [ohn] L. [ansing] Green, 87,
pioneer resident of Taylor County, died at her home in Clearfield, Sunday, May
26. The funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Clearfield
Wednesday afternoon, May 28, conducted by Rev. J. C. Turner and assisted by
Rev. Mr. Hutchman and Rev. Mr. Nystrand. Burial was in the Clearfield cemetery.
Sarah
Beaty, daughter of Isaac [Ross]
and Mahalia [Mahala McCord] Beaty,
was born near Warren, Lee county, Iowa, July 29, 1847. She was one of a family
of eight children.
March
1, 1866, she was married to John L. [ansing] Green of the same county. They remained there the first
year of their married life. March 1, 1867, they came west, locating southeast
of where Conway now is, and she had resided in Taylor County ever since, with
the exception of two winters spent in California.
They
moved to the old homestead farm just south of Clearfield in 1880, it being raw
prairie at that time. When Clearfield was started, her husband located the
depot, the four churches, and the first school just north of the present one.
Clearfield was then the second Clearfield post office in the United States.
To Mr. and Mrs. Green were born
two children Laura [Iowa] and Ralph
[Ulysses], who have made the home
for their mother since the death of her husband, June 13, 1898.
When
an infant, a great nephew, Harry E. Green was left motherless and was reared by the Greens.
Mrs.
Green had been a member of the
Baptist church since she was 16 years of age.
[Hunter, Samuel Paul]
Gravity Independent
Thursday January 5, 1928 p. 4
Paul Hunter in Serious Condition
[Samuel]
Paul Hunter who slashed his
throat with a razor last Wednesday in the bathroom of his home at Bedford is
reported to be in a very critical condition at the hospital at Maryville.
Pneumonia has set in and Tuesday his condition was considered alarming.
Mr.
Hunter is a retired farmer,
formerly county clerk, and also a former member of the Taylor county board of
supervisors. He has been in ill health for some time due to despondency over
financial losses and other troubles. He was also active in the Farm Union
organization work of the county. Mr. Hunter was taken to the Maryville hospital immediately
after temporary relief had been given at his home by local surgeons and has
been there since that time. Several stitches were necessary to close the wound
in his throat and he barely missed severing the jugular vein in his neck. It
was thought for a time that he had a fair chance for recovery, but since
pneumonia has developed his condition is very serious.
Mr.
Hunter died Tuesday night at the
Maryville hospital and the body has been brought back to Bedford, where funeral
services will be held at the home tomorrow, (Friday) at 1:30 in the afternoon.
[Patrick, William
Henry]
Blockton News
Thursday January 26,
1928 [p. 1]
William
Henry Patrick, son of Harmon
and Mary Bonner Patrick, was born
July 11, 1869, near Kellerton, Iowa, and died Monday morning Jan. 16, 1927, at
the Broadlawn General hospital in Des Moines, aged 58 years, 6 months and 5
days.
Mr.
Patrick lived with his parents
until his marriage to Cora A. [lice] Anderson of Blockton, on October 19, 1890. Soon after
their marriage they moved to a farm near the home of Mr. Patrick and lived there for three or years. They then
moved to Blockton and have made their home here ever since. To this union were
born eight children, four sons and four daughters.
He
is survived by his wife and four children—Harmon [Elmer] at home, [Henry] Arthur of New York City, Mrs. Selma [Ann] Brashear of Blockton and Mrs. Beaulah [Iona] West of Sheridan. He is also survived by two brothers, J. [ames] E. [dward] Patrick of Omaha, Neb., and H. [amilton] B. [ent] Patrick of Lamoni, Ia., and three sisters, Mrs. S. [amuel]
E. [llsworth] Hollen [Lydia
Pamilla] of Mount Ayr, Mrs. A.
[ndrew] J. [ohnson] Strickland [Sarah Ann] of Carnegie, Oklahoma, and Mrs. [Mariah] Ellen Glazebrook of Grand River and three grand children, Anna
Laura Brashear and Raymond A. [rthur]
West, Jr.
He
was preceded in death by his father and mother, three brothers and a sister and
four children of his own, Pearl Inez, Mary Alice, George Elgin and an infant son.
While
a young man Mr. Patrick joined
the United Brethren church of the Patria [?] community. In the early part of
1917 he united with the Christian church of Blockton, of which he was a member
at the time of his death.
Mr.
Patrick's work has taken him away from home a great deal. He has worked for the
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company for the greater part of the last 34
years, and has spent the last twelve years as a member of the bridge and iron
department. His death resulted from an accidental fall while on duty, and came
as a great surprise to all of the residents of Blockton.
Mr.
Patrick was known and loved by
many and was considered as one of Blockton’s best citizens. The entire town
extends its sympathy to those bereaved of their loved one.
Funeral
services were held at the Christian church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. C. Max Buck, and interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery.
[Patrick, William
Henry]
Blockton News
Thursday January 26,
1928 p. 4
J.
[ames] E. [dward] Patrick, of
Omaha, and Mrs. A. [ndrew] J. [ohnson] Strickland [Sarah Ann Patrick] and Mrs. Friend Smith, of Carnegie, Okla., were called here last week
by the death of W. [illiam] H. [enry] Patrick.
H.
[enry] A. [rthur] Patrick, who
lives in New York but is employed in Orange, New Jersey, arrived here on
Wednesday afternoon of last week, called here by the death of his father, W.
[illiam] H. [enry] Patrick.
[Patrick, William
Henry]
Clearfield
Enterprise
Thursday January 19, 1928 p. 2
Wm.
[Henry] Patrick of Blockton, an
employee of the Great Western, slipped on the roof of the company's icehouse in
Des Moines on Monday morning and was killed by the fall. He was 55 years of
age.
[PATRICK, WILLIAM HENRY, - 1928]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, January 19, 1928
W. H. Patrick Killed
This community received a severe shock Monday forenoon when word came that William H. [enry] Patrick had been killed in a fall in South Des Moines about 8 o'clock that morning.
It seems that he was mounting a thirty-five-foot ladder to open an icehouse door when in some manner he fell, fracturing his skull. He was taken to the Broadlawn General hospital in the police emergency car. The physicians pronounced him dead on arrival.
Mr. Patrick, who has been in the employ of the Chicago Great Western railroad, being attached to the company's bridge and iron department and working under Waldo Stickelman also of this place, for possibly eighteen or twenty years, left here on the early morning train Monday for South Des Moines where he was to assist in storing ice at the Chicago Great Western ice house and apparently had worked but a short time when the accident that caused his death occurred. It is said there were no witnesses to the accident.
His son, H. E. Patrick, left for Des Moines on the afternoon train and arrived home with the body Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Patrick's death was a severe shock to the members of his family, who have the sympathy of friends in their deep sorrow.
Mr. Patrick was 58 years of age, a hard worker and one of Blockton's best citizens.
As we go to press complete arrangements for the funeral depends on the time of arrival of his son, Arthur, from New York.
[PATRICK, WILLIAM HENRY, - 1928]
Blockton News (Blockton, Iowa), Thursday, February 2, 1928
Among those not mentioned last week as attending the W. H. Patrick funeral were H. B. Patrick, of Lamoni; S. E. Hollen and wife, Harmon Hollen and wife, Roy Hollen and wife and Mrs. Mae Faris and sons, Wilbur and Linden, of Mounty Ayr; Mrs. Tillie McCausland and Mrs. Edith Tose, of Hatfield, Mo.; Floyd Huffman and wife, of Clearfield; Tom Groves and wife, of Benton; Allen Stephens and wife, of Diagonal; Chas. Evans and wife, of Parnell; Mrs. Albert Page and children of Benton; Thomas Anderson, of Mound City, Mo.
[Rainforth, Harriett
Jane “Hattie” Fleming]
Gravity Independent
Thursday March 21, 1929 [p. 1]
Mrs. Rainforth Dies at St. Joe
Mrs.
Roy Rainforth [Harriett Jane
Fleming] was in her usual health
last Friday. Now, (Wednesday) she is in the hospital at St. Joseph, Missouri,
at the point of death, from blood poison. The infection started from a small
pimple on her upper lip and spread rapidly. Sunday, Dr. Maloy was called to the Rainforth home and found it
necessary to perform an emergency operation in the hopes of removing some of
the poison from her neck and face. Monday morning she was taken to Bedford, and
from thence to the St. Joe hospital. Her condition was most serious and after
the birth of her baby boy Monday afternoon it was evident that her chances for
recovery were slight. Yesterday noon, a telephone message from the hospital
stated that practically all hopes had been abandoned and that the end was only
a matter of a few hours.
A
message was received about 8:15 this morning stating that she had passed away
and that the body would arrive this evening. No funeral arrangements have been
made.
RAINFORTH, HARRIET JANE FLEMING]
Bedford Times-Republican, Thursday, April 4, 1929, p. 3
Gravity Independent, Thursday, March 21:---Mrs. Roy Rainforth was in her usual health last Friday. Now, (Wednesday) she is in the hospital at St. Joseph, Mo., at the point of death, from blood poison. The infection started from a small pimple on her upper lip and spread rapidly. Sunday, Dr. Maloy was called to the Rainforth home and found it necessary to perform an emergency operation in the hopes of removing some of the poison from her neck and face. Monday morning she was taken to Bedford and from thence to the St. Joe hospital. Her condition was most serious and after the birth of her baby boy Monday afternoon it was evident that her chances for recovery were slight. Yesterday noon, a telephone message from the hospital stated that practically all hopes had been abandoned and that the end was only a matter of a few hours.
A message was received about 2:15 this morning stating that she had passed away and that the body would arrive this evening.
Mrs. Rainforth was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fleming. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Gravity. Those attending from Bedford were: Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Nevius, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Nevius, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Blake, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Burrell and Robt. J. Steel.
[Stanley, Frank A.]
Gravity Independent
Thursday January 5, 1928 p. 4
Obituary-Frank
Stanley
Frank
A. Stanley, son of Edgar and
Mary Stanley was born at Racine,
Wisconsin, October 2, 1862, and departed this life at the hospital in St.
Joseph, Missouri, December 21, 1927, at the age of 65 years, 2 months and 19
days.
He
came with his parents to Iowa, in the spring of 1872, settling on a farm 3 miles
from Gravity. Here they lived for 6 years, then moving to the farm west of the
Oak Hill church, where he spent the remainder of his life.
Mr.
Stanley was held in high esteem
by his neighbors for his honesty and uprightness. He was seldom seen away from
the farm, as the care of his invalid mother took a greater part of his time.
Since the death of his brother, Fred, last spring, the entire care of his mother has been his
responsibility and joy.
He
was a charter member of the Woodman lodge of Gravity. In early life he united
with the Church of Christ at Gravity, later transferring his membership to the
Oak Hill church.
He
will be missed by his neighbors but the loss will be felt the greatest by his
aged invalid mother, who is the only relative left. His father and 6 brothers
have preceded him in death.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, conducted
by Rev. Warrior. Interment in Gravity cemetery.
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