Obituaries
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[ALLEN, JOSEPH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 13, 1930, [p. 1]
Funeral For Joseph Allen Is Held Today
Funeral services were held at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Price Funeral Home for Joseph Allen, age 42, stepfather of Bert Clauser of Maryville. Burial was at Miriam cemetery. Mr. Allen died at Omaha, Neb., Feb. 11.

He was born at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 27, 1887, and had been a resident of Omaha since 1915. Mr. Allen was married June 8, 1921 to Mrs. Anna Clauser, who survives. Horace Clauser of Omaha is another stepson.

 

[BAGBY, SUSAN ARENA MAST]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 25, 1930, p. 3
Rites For Mrs. Arena Bagby Are Held Today  Services For Aged Former Resident of County Are Conducted at Skidmore.
Mrs. [Susan] Arena Bagby, age 81 years, a resident of Nodaway County for fifty-one years, died at one o'clock, Sunday afternoon at her home in Liberty, Mo., following an illness of a complication of diseases.

The body arrived in Skidmore last night and was taken to the home of a nephew, Dale Bagby. Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the M. E. Church, South in Skidmore conducted by the Rev. Hines. Burial was in Groves cemetery.

Mrs. Bagby was born January 8, 1849 on a farm four miles southeast of Skidmore, the daughter of Noah and Katherine Mast. She left Nodaway County about thirty years ago. There are no immediate relatives surviving.

Mrs. Bagby was a charter member of the Methodist church, South, in Skidmore.

 

[BROUGH, CATHERINE "KATE" SCHRADER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 6, 1930, [p. 1]
Dies At Chillicothe
Funeral Saturday for Mrs. Kate Brough, Mother of Mrs. H. S. Dowell
Mrs. Kate Brough, a former Maryville resident, died at 9:30 o'clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. B. Dowell of Chillicothe, according to word received by Mike Sturm.

 

[BROUGH, CATHERINE "KATE" SCHRADER]
Constitution-Tribune (Chillicothe, Missouri), Thursday, February 6, 1930, [p. 1]
Mrs. Catherine Brough Died This Morning  Had Been in Poor Health Six Years; Funeral Will Be Held Saturday Afternoon.
Mrs. Catherine Brough died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. S. Dowell at the corner of Walnut and Third Streets, following an illness of a few days. She had been in poor health for six years.

The Requiem high mass will be at St. Joseph's Catholic church at 7:45 Friday morning. The funeral services will be at 2:30 Saturday afternoon at St. Joseph's church and burial will be in St. Columban's cemetery. The Rev. Father Cullen will have charge. Fall bearers will be Frank Gladieux, Frank Heidel, Ed. Potts, Paul Slattery, Tom Burke and Maurice Dorney.

Mrs Brough was born at Maryville in Nodaway County, August 16, 1870, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schrader. Mr. and Mrs. Schrader moved to near Dawn when Mrs Brough was several years old. On February 24, 1891, she was married to J. [ohn] J. Brough, who died August 3, 1917.

Mrs. Brough is survived by two children, R. W. Brough of Kansas City, Kansas, and Mrs. Mary Catherine Dowell; nine sisters, Mrs. Lena Gallagher, Mrs. Mary Kohlman, Mrs. Leona Seidel, Mrs. Clara Gladieux, of Chillicothe, Mrs. Tillie Dilach of Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs. Anna Cross of Chicago, Mrs. Stella Langford of Moberly, Mrs. Elizabeth Childs of Topeka and Mrs. Mina Leininger of Long Beach, California; and two brothers, Francis Schrader of Marshalltown, Iowa and Joseph Schrader of Newtown.

The body was removed to the Gordon Funeral Home where it was prepared for burial.

 

[CALFEE, CHARLES LEVI]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, October 3, 1956, p. 2
CHARLES L. CALFEE DIES AT WALLIN NURSING HOME
Charles   Levi   Calfee, 83, retired Elmo farmer, died at 4 a.m. yesterday at the Wallin Nursing home at Clearmont, following a long illness.   He had lived near Elmo for 60 years.

Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Orville Hutcheson, Elmo; Mrs. O. L. Thompson. Knoxville, Ia.; Mrs. Roy Moses, Elmo; Mrs. Yale James, Galesburg, Ill; Mrs. Earl Wassan, Des Moines, Ia.; and Mrs. Fred Moses, Blanchard, Ia.; a brother, Dale Calfee, Hale, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Hugh Spoonaker, and Mrs. Bart Monroe, both of Elmo, and Mrs. Cora Afferton, Chillicothe; 15 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m tomorrow at the Elmo Christian   church.     The   Rev.   Charles Milner will officiate and burial will be in the High Prairie cemetery, Elmo.      The   body   is   at   Tuckers funeral home at Westboro.

 

[CALFEE, VERA LILLIE HONAKER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 18, 1930, p. 3
Mrs. Charles Calfee Dies After Stroke  Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrow at M. E. church in Elmo.
Mrs. Charles Calfee, 50 years old, succumbed to an illness of three years at 8:10 o'clock last night at her home west of Elmo. Death was caused from complications resulting from a stroke of apoplexy suffered Monday, February 10.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church in Elmo, conducted by Dr. O. L. Curl of Maryville. Burial will be in High Prairie cemetery.

Surviving are the husband; seven children, Mrs. Orville Hutchison, Mrs. Roy Moses, Mrs. Fred Moses and Clarence Calfee of Elmo, Mrs. O. L. Thompson of Knoxville, Ia., Mrs. Earl Wasson of Braddyville, Ia., and Mrs. Yale James of Hastings, Neb.; three sisters, Mrs. A. J. Horn and Mrs. Charlie Dougherty of Elmo and Mrs. Mary Sheets of Burlington Junction; three brothers, Fred Honaker of Ainsworth, Neb., and James and Huston F. Honaker of Elmo and five grandchildren.

Mrs. Calfee was born near Elmo April 2, 1879, the daughter of Benjamin and Louisa J. Honaker. She was married April 13, 1897 to C. [harles] L. [evi] Calfee. She had been a resident of Nodaway County all of her life except about six months spent in Nebraska.

 

[CARSON, ESTHER ANNA MARRINER]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 7, 1930, p. 4

Mrs. Anna Carson Dies Funeral Held Tuesday at Oregon for Past Rebekah president

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Oregon for Mrs. Anna Carson, former district president of the Rebekah Lodge. The Rev. B. H. Dawson, pastor of the Christian churches at Skidmore and Barnard, conducted the rites. Burial was at Oregon.

Mrs. Carson was 66 years old and had lived in Nodaway County about twenty years ago.

She was assistant in the Holt County health office under charge of Dr. R. A. Miller of Mound City. Mr. Carson was county treasurer.

 

[CROWHURST, MARY ANN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 28, 1930, [p. 1]
Miss M. A. Crowhurst Dies This Morning Native of England Had Made Home With Sister, Mrs. Bertha Roots, Living Near Maryville
Miss M. [ary] A. [nn] Crowhurst, age 88, a native of Ryarsh, Kent, England, died this morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Bertha Roots, one and a half mile east of Maryville, where she had made her home for several years. Death was caused from dropsy.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Roots of Maryville; Mrs. W. B. Frost of Inglewood, Cal. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

[CROWHURST, MARY ANN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, March 1, 1930, [p. 1]
Funeral Sunday for Miss M. A. Crowhurst
Funeral rites for Miss Mary Ann Crowhurst, who died yesterday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Bertha roots, living near Maryville, will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the First Baptist church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Joe P. Jacobs. Interment will be in Miriam cemetery.

The pallbearers will be Fred Kurtz, W. A. White, Arthur Warner, Dr. Curtis Coe, Fred Newman and Noble Norris.

 

[DAILY, MARY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 11, 1930, p. 4
Mrs. Daily Dies
Mrs. Mary Daily, mother of Webb Daily, died at her home in Des Moines, Iowa, last Friday.

The body was taken to St. Joseph Monday, and interment made in Mount Mora Cemetery in that city Monday afternoon.

The deceased was formerly a resident of Conception Junction and has many friends here who will regret her passing. —Conception Junction Courier

 

[DEHAVEN, ALBERT S.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 24, 1930, p. 5
A. S. DeHaven Dies at Ridgeway Home
A. [lbert] S. DeHaven, age 84, one time resident of Hopkins until about forty years ago, died at midnight Saturday at his home in Ridgeway, Mo. Rites for Mr. DeHaven were held at Ridgeway this afternoon. The body will arrive in Hopkins tonight and burial will be at Hopkins cemetery tomorrow afternoon.

 

[DICKIE, WALTER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 6, 1930, [p. 1]
Walter Dickie Dies After Long Illness  Had Been Bedfast for Sixteen Months  Was 44 Years Old on January 27.
Walter Dickie, age 44, died at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon at his home east of Maryville. He had been bedfast sixteen months.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Mr. Dickie was born January 27, 1886 at Grant City, but had lived practically all his life in Nodaway County.

Surviving is his wife, a son, Byrl Weston Dickie; his father, W. M. Dickie and a brother, E. M. Dickie of St. Joseph.

 

[DICKIE, WALTER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 7, 1930, p. 3
Walter Dickie Rites Tomorrow Afternoon
Funeral services for Walter Dickie, age 44, who died at 12:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon following a sixteen months illness, will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Price Funeral Home. Dr. Edward I. LaRue, pastor of the First M. E. church, will officiate. Burial will be at Miriam cemetery.

 

[DRAIN, NELLIE ELIZABETH TURNER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 27, 1930, p. 5
Sister of Maryville Woman Dies in Kans. Mrs. Vernon L. Drain Succumbs to Pneumonia—Formerly Lived Here
Mrs. Vernon L. [yell] Drain, sister of Mrs. Augustus Romasser of Maryville, died at 10:15 o'clock Tuesday evening at her home in Shelbyville, Kans. Death was caused by bronchial pneumonia following a severe attack of asthma.

Funeral arrangements have been deferred pending the arrival of her son, Vernon L., jr., tonight from California.

Mrs. Drain is survived by her husband, who is a circuit judge at Shelbyville and two children, the son in California and a daughter at home; one sister, Mrs. Romasser of Maryville and two brothers, James S. Turner of Wheaton, Ill., and W. Ben Turner of Sayre, Okla. Her mother, the late Mrs. George W. Turner, died November 15, 1929.

Mr. and Mrs. Romasser left late Tuesday afternoon for Shelbyville, arriving there about two hours after the death of Mrs. Drain.

 

[DUNCAN, PHILLIP DANFORD ARMOUR]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, April 13, 1984
Phillip Duncan
MOBERLY — Phillip Danford Armour (P. D. A.) Duncan, 89, Moberly, formerly of Keytesville and Maryville, died Thursday (April 12, 1984).

He was born Oct. 28,1894, in Platte City, the son of Thomas Benton Duncan and Betty Ecton Duncan.

On April 4, 1920, he married Martha Koch, Maryville, the daughter of Dr. Charles D. Koch.

Mr. Duncan was a banker for more than 50 years. He was an assistant cashier and crediter at the Farmers Trust Co. in Maryville. He was in banking with his brother, George Duncan, in Keytesville. His brother died in 1958 and Mr. Duncan retired from banking in 1961.

He received his schooling in Platte City and was the valedictorian of his class when he graduated in 1913.

He is survived by one son, Thomas K. Duncan, Moberly; three grandsons; and three great-grandsons.

Services are planned for 10 a.m. Monday (April 16, 1984) at Berry Chapel, Keytesville.

Burial is planned for Platte City Cemetery, Platte City.

There will be no visitation.

 

[DUNCAN, PHILIP DANFORD ARMOUR, JR.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 1, 1930, [p. 1]
Rites Tomorrow For Son of P. D. A. Duncan
Philip Duncan, Age 6, Who Died Thursday at Ford City, to be Buried in Maryville
Funeral services for Philip D. A. Duncan, jr., 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. A. Duncan of Ford City, and the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Koch of Maryville, will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Price Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert W. Burns, pastor of the First Christian church will officiate. Burial will be in Miriam cemetery.

The boy died a 7 o'clock yesterday morning of bronchial pneumonia.

Mrs. Duncan was the former Miss Martha Koch. Mr. Duncan was formerly an employee of the Farmers Trust Company.

Survivors besides the parents and grandparents are a brother, Koch Duncan.

 

[DYSART, DOROTHY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 14, 1930, [p. 1]
Dorothy Dysart Dies at Home Near Graham  Pneumonia Fatal to 13-Year-Old Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Dysart—No Funeral Plans Made.
Dorothy Dysart, 13 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Dysart, who live in the Parker community eight miles south of Graham, died last night following a  short illness of pneumonia.

Miss Dysart would have been graduated from the eighth grade this year. She was a member of the Antioch Sunday school class.

Surviving are her parents, three sisters, Marguerite, Frances and Alma, and three brothers, Paul, Forrest, and Clyde, all at home.

Funeral arrangements have not been made.

 

[ELLIS, PERRY DAVID]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 3, 1930, [p. 1]
Baby of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Ellis Is Dead  Funeral Services Are Held This Afternoon and Burial Was in Miriam Cemetery.
Perry David Ellis, 19-month's-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Ellis, died at the home at 11:15 o'clock last night, 519 East Sixth Street. Death was caused by complications following diphtheria.

Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the home conducted by the Rev. Joe P. Jacobs, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Burial was in Miriam Cemetery.

Besides the parents, the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David Ross and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Patience Christbaum, of Maryville, survive.

 

[FADDIS, LEONA A. RICHARD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 31, 1930, [p. 1]
Conception Junction Resident Dies Today
Mrs. James Faddis, Whose End Came at 8:30 o'clock, Had Lived in County 22 Years.
Mrs. James Faddis died at 8:30 o'clock this morning at her home in Conception Junction. She had been ill through an extended period. She was over 66 years of age. She had lived in Nodaway County twenty-two years

Funeral services will probably be held Sunday morning at Immaculate Conception church.

Besides her husband she leaves three sons, Oliver at home; Frank of Conception Junction, and Louis, of College View, Neb.; a daughter, Mrs. Flora Cooper of Topeka, Kan.; two brothers, George and Lew Richards [Richard] of Gentry, and two sisters.

 

[FANNING, BETTY CRAIG]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 11, 1930, p. 4
Funeral Held Monday For Mrs. J. H. Fanning M. E. District Superintendent Conducts Rites For Wife of Methodist Pastor at Quitman
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Craig Fanning, age 72, wife of the Rev. J. H. Fanning, pastor of the M. E. church at Quitman, were held at 1 o'clock yesterday at the M. E. church at Quitman. The rites were conducted by Dr. E. L. Robison of St. Joseph, district superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal church. Burial was at the Shula cemetery near Chillicothe.

The funeral services were attended by pastors from Skidmore, Burr Oak and Mound City.

Mrs. Fanning died at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon from complication of diseases.

She was born September 24, 1857, and was married to Mr. Fanning in 1883.

The Reverend Mr. Fanning has been pastor of the Quitman church for the past five years.

Surviving Mrs. Fanning are sons and daughters, Mrs. C. W. Cunningham of Mercer; Mrs. C. [arl] A. Johnson of Quitman; Mrs. C. W. Hollis of Chillicothe; William Fanning of Chillicothe, and Herbert Fanning of St. Joseph. She also leaves a brother, Peter Craig of Trenton and two sisters, one living in Iowa and the other in California. Neither sister was able to attend the services.

 

[FORBES, DELLA ABBIE HOLLIS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 11, 1930, p. 4
Pneumonia Is Fatal to Mrs. John Forbes
Funeral For Burlington Junction Woman Will Be Held There Tomorrow Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. John Forbes, 43 years of age, who died at her home in Burlington Junction at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Christian church in Burlington Junction, with the Rev. William Yount, pastor, in charge. Burial will be in Ohio cemetery at Burlington Junction.

Mrs. Forbes had been ill of double pneumonia for about ten days. Her mother, Mrs. William Hollis of Burlington Junction, is ill of pneumonia at the present time.

Mrs. Forbes is survived by her husband; two children Helen and Harold; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hollis; one sister, Mrs. Helen Browning, and two brothers, Earl and Erwin Hollis, all of Burlington Junction.

She was born in Page County, Iowa and came to Nodaway County with her parents when a girl. About twenty-one years ago she was married to John Forbes and they had made their home in Burlington Junction since.

 

[GARDNER, CECIL FLORENCE MILLER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 31, 1930, [p. 1]
Burlington Woman Dies at Hospital
Funeral Services for Mrs. G. W. Gardner, Age 31, to Be Held at 2 o'clock Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. G. W. Gardner, age 31, a Burlington Junction resident, died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at St. Francis hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Christian church at Burlington Junction. The pastor, Rev. Frank R. Gillihan, will officiate. Burial will be at the Burlington Junction cemetery.

Mrs. Gardner is survived by her husband, a son born five days ago, her father, S. Miller of near Mound City; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Weavel of Burlington Junction, and a brother, William Miller also of Burlington Junction.

 

[GILBERT, WILLLIAM L. "WILL"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 11, 1930, p. 4
Will Gilbert Dies Early this Morning Funeral at Barnard Thursday Afternoon For Man Who Lived in This County Eighty Years.
Will Gilbert of Barnard, age 80 years old, a resident of this county all his life, died at 4:30 o'clock this morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilder, near Hopkins. He had been ill of pneumonia for two weeks. Mrs. Wilder was a niece of Mr. Gilbert and he was visiting at the Wilder home when he was taken ill.

Funeral services will be held at Barnard Thursday afternoon and burial will be in the Barnard cemetery.

He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson of Barnard; six sons, Floyd Gilbert of Kansas City, William and Marion Gilbert of Maryville, Doc Gilbert of Arkoe, Riley Gilbert of Skidmore and Albert Gilbert of Barnard; and one brother, Frank Gilbert, who lives at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Fay Gray of near Hopkins. Mr. Gilbert had lived in the vicinity of Barnard practically all of his life.

 

[GILBERT, WILLLIAM L. "WILL"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 12, 1930, p. 3
Gilbert Funeral Will Be Held at Barnard Rites Will Be Held at Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Tomorrow

Funeral services for W. [illiam] M. Gilbert, age 79 years, who died at 4 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of his niece, Mrs. Will Wilder near Pickering, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the First M. E. Church at Barnard. Burial will be in the Barnard cemetery.

Mr. Gilbert was born July, 1851 in Lee County, Va., the son of William and Elizabeth Gilbert. He was united in marriage to Rebecca Jane Short, February 1872. Mrs. Gilbert died about two years ago. Mr. Gilbert came to Missouri with his family in 1894 and has lived here ever since.

Eight children were born to this union, seven of whom survive. They are F. A. Gilbert, Arkoe; Marion and William of Maryville; Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, Maryville; Riley Gilbert, Fillmore; Floyd Gilbert, Kansas City and Elbert Gilbert of Barnard. Three brothers, E. M. and Albert Gilbert of Dryden, [rest of article not available].

 

[GORMAN, PATRICK H.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 17, 1930, [p. 1]
Death Claims P. H. Gorman  Heart Attack Is Fatal to Prominent Resident of County.
P. H. Gorman, prominent Nodaway Countian and large landowner, succumbed to heart trouble at 9:30 o'clock last night at his house ten miles northeast of Maryville. He was 85 years old and had been ill several months.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 o'clock, Wednesday morning, from the St. Patrick's church, conducted by the Rev. Father Graham. Burial will be in St. Patrick's cemetery.

Four children survive, all of the home. They are Ed, George and Alfred Gorman and Miss Loretta Gorman. Mrs. Gorman died in 1906.

Patrick Gorman is numbered among the honored citizens of Nodaway County whose lives have been closely identified with the material progress and development of the county. He was born in Monahan County, Ireland, August 15, 1846. In 1864 the family emigrated to the United States, settling in Boone County, Ill., where Patrick remained until 1871 when he came to Nodaway county. He purchased eighty acres of land for which he paid ten dollars per acre. He began at once to improve and develop the land and in the course of time had one of the finest farms in the county. In four years he bought more land. Mr. Gorman handled large herds of cattle and flocks of sheep.

Mr. Gorman was married to Anna Dempsey of Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Patrick Dempsey, at one time a Nodaway County resident.

Mr. Gorman was numbered among the early Catholics of the county and gave material assistance in the organization of St. Patrick's Catholic church in Maryville, with which the family has remained identified.

 

[GRAY, WILLIAM LEONARD "COTTON"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 6, 1930, [p. 1]
Car Injuries Prove Fatal To W. L. Gray
Legion Commander Dies This Morning in St. Joseph Hospital
Plan Military Rites Body of World War Veteran Is Returned This Morning By Escort Of Honor
William Leonard ("Cotton") Gray, World War veteran and commander of James Edward Gray Post No. 100 of the American Legion, died at 4:30 o'clock this morning at Noyes hospital, St. Joseph, of injuries suffered in an automobile accident about 7 o'clock Tuesday night on Federal Highway No. 71 four miles north of Savannah.

A military funeral will be held, probably Sunday.

Mr. Gray suffered internal injuries, a broken right femur and broken pelvic bone, in the accident in which the car in which he was riding crashed into a truck on the highway. Donald Alexander suffered a broken wrist and minor bruises. He also was taken to Noyes hospital but was brought to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alexander, today. He and Mr. Gray were with Dick Millikan and Banner Brummett in Mr. Millikan's auto, en route to a boxing program at St. Joseph. Mr. Brummett and Mr. Millikan escaped with bruises.

Legion Returns Body
Mr. Gray's body was brought to Maryville this morning. A body of fifteen Legionnaires went to St. Joseph and accompanied the body from the Fleeman mortuary to the Price Funeral Chapel.

Yesterday afternoon it was thought there was some chance for Mr. Gray's recovery, but he took a turn for the worse during the night. His family and parents were called to St. Joseph during the night.

Surviving Mr. Gray are his widow, one daughter, Marjorie, 4 years old, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gray, all of Maryville; three sisters, Mrs. Fleming Carpenter of Shenandoah, Ia.; Miss Mariam Gray, assistant art supervisor of the St. Joseph public schools, and Mrs. Robert Mountjoy of Maryville; and one brother, Jack B. Gray, of Maryville.

Mr. Gray recently was elected commander of the James Edward Gray Post, No. 100 of the American Legion, which post was named for his brother, James Edward Gray, who was killed in action in France November 2, 1918, at the age of twenty-two years. He was with Company B, 356th infantry, 89th Division and was the first Maryville boy to die in battle.

Was Mail Carrier
Receiving the federal appointment November 16, 1923, Mr. Gray has been a rural mail carrier on Route No. 2, northwest of Maryville since that time.

W. Leonard Gray was born at Monroe, Ia., October 12, 1899, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gray. When Leonard was about five months old the family moved to Creston, Ia., and about two years later came to Maryville. After his return from France and prior to his appointment as a mail carrier, he was associated with his father in the coal and feed business. He was married to Miss Noami England, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. England of Maryville.

Mr. Gray enlisted May 10, 1918, and was a private in Battery B, 10th Battalion, F. A. R. D. at Camp Jackson. He was later transferred to Company C, 315 Ammunition Train, 90th Division and was promoted to a private of First class March, 1919. He served in the following battles: Villers en Haye, Sector, August 30 to September 18, 1918; Toule Sector, September 8 to September 12, 1918; St. Mihiel, September 12 to September 25, 1918; Argonne Forest, September 20 to October 27; Argonne Meuse, October 28 to November 1918. He was discharged June 20, 1919, with minor disabilities, having had the left little finger mashed off in the Toule Sector.

John B. Gray, the grandfather of Leonard Gray, served in the Civil War. His grandfather Gray's uncle was a volunteer soldier in the War of 1812. His great uncles, Richard and Robert Gray served in Company E, Heavy Artillery during the Civil War. David Howell, his grandmother's brother, served in the Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery in the Civil War and his great grandfathers, James Hope and Howell were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. While the three Gray boys, John, Richard and Robert were serving in the army, the father, George Gray, then 73 years old, worked the farm and cared for the families of the boys.

 

[GRAY, WILLIAM LEONARD "COTTON"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 7, 1930, [p. 1]
Gray Funeral To Be Sunday  Full Legion Rites Will Be Conducted by Legion Post
The funeral services for W. Leonard Gray, who died Thursday morning from injuries suffered in an automobile accident, will be held from the First Presbyterian Church at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Robert W. Burns, pastor of the First Christian church will be in charge with the Legion.

Mr. Gray, who saw active service during the World War in France, was commander of the James Edward Gray Post No. 100 of the American Legion of Maryville. Full Legion funeral and burial services will be conducted by the local post, with Edward W. Gray, past commander in charge in the absence of Paul Miner, commander.

The funeral cortege will be accompanied from the Presbyterian Church to Miriam cemetery by color bearers, color guard, a firing squad, buglers and members of the Legion and Auxiliary. Members of the American Legion will serve as active pallbearers. Legion posts of nearby towns have been extended invitations to attend the rites.

There will be a quartet and a solo rendered from among the Legion and Auxiliary membership. Flower girls and ushers will be members of the Auxiliary unit of the American Legion. J. Ross Fleetwood, chaplain of the local post, will act as chaplain at the services.

A short prayer service will be held at the home of Mr. Gray's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gray, 222 West Cooper Street, where the body will be taken from the Price Funeral Chapel either tomorrow or Sunday.

The body will be taken from the Gray home at 12:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon to the First Presbyterian church where it will lie in state until 2:20 o'clock.

The active pallbearers will be Fern Crull, Fred M. Waggoner, Henry Buhler, Kyle P. Phares and Oscar Lollis and Joe Healey of St. Joseph.

The honorary pallbearers will be Bennett French, Raymond Groves, Raymond Barry, Dale Castillo, Elmer D. Stevens of Kansas City and Fred Wanger of St. Joseph.

 

[HAMMOND, MAE HOWARD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 24, 1930, [p. 1]
Parnell Woman Dies in Local Hospital
Complication of Diseases Causes Death of Mrs. Lewis Hammond
Mrs. Lewis Hammond, 49 years old, living near Parnell, died at 3 o'clock this morning at the Maryville Clinic Hospital, where she had been taking treatment for the past two weeks. Death was due to a complication of diseases.

Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Price Funeral Home on East First Street. The Rev. J. M. Finnell, pastor of the Methodist church at Parnell, will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Miriam cemetery.

Surviving are the husband; four daughters, Wilma, at home, Mrs. Elva Carroll, Excelsior Springs; Mrs. Ben Malam, Maryville and Mrs. Charles Bentley, Worth; and five sons, Roy, Raymond, William, George and Forest, all at home.

Mrs. Hammond was born March 6, 1880 in Nodaway, Ia.

 

[HOSMER, ALICE MORTON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, January 25, 1930, [p. 1]
Death Calls Mrs. Hosmer
Widow of Late J. M. Hosmer Dies Last Night After a Long Illness
Mrs. Alice M. Hosmer, widow of the late J. M. Hosmer, prominent Nodaway County auctioneer, died after a five weeks illness of heart trouble at 8 o'clock last night at the St. Francis hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home of her son, Roland P. Hosmer, 529 West Third street, conducted by the Rev. Robert W. Burns, pastor of the First Christian church. Burial will be in Miriam cemetery.

Special musical numbers at the service will be favorite hymns of Mrs. Hosmer's, sung by Mrs. F. P. Robinson and a quartet, composed of Mrs. R. E. Snodgrass, Mrs. F. P. Robinson, John G. Mutz and W. E. Goforth.

Pallbearers for the services will be Burr Williams, Henry Westfall, A. K. Frank, H. C. Todd, C. D. Bellows and Augustus Romasser.

Alice Morton Hosmer was born November 14, 1851, at Newbury, Geauga County, Ohio. She completed a course in the district school and attended Central school at Parkman, Ohio, where the family had lived since she was a small child. While at school she met her future husband. She later attended Hiram College, one of the First Christian church colleges ever organized, going there in 1868. Later she taught school. She was united in marriage to Jeremiah Marvin Hosmer March 12, 1874, at the Morton home in Parkman, the Rev. R. L. Blackmarr officiating. The couple remained in Parkman until March 21 when they came to Maryville, stopping at Cleveland and Chicago en route.

Mrs. Hosmer lived in Maryville continuously until the time of her husband's death January 21, 1910, and then remained here until 1912. After that she spent her time traveling until six years ago when she went to Gary, Ind., to make her home with her son, Dr. Harry M. Hosmer. She came to Maryville to make her home with her son, Roland P. Hosmer, September 11, 1928.

Dr. Harry M. Hosmer preceded his mother in death October 14, 1923. Surviving are two sons, Dr. Charles Morton Hosmer of San Diego, Calif., and Roland P. Hosmer of Maryville, and five grandchildren, John, William Judd and Harry Hosmer, jr., all of San Diego, sons of the late Dr. Harry M. Hosmer, and Mrs. Silas M. Stanley and Betty Alice Hosmer, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Roland P. Hosmer.

 Mrs. Hosmer became a member of the Christian church at Parkman, Ohio, when a young girl. Her friends pay tribute to her in commemoration of her faithful years of service to the church. She spent an untiring life of service to all she knew. After coming to Maryville, Mrs. Hosmer was a teacher in the Bible school for years and active in the missionary society, being at one time county president of the Missionary Society. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hosmer were ardent Christians, serving their church in many ways. Mr. Hosmer for years was superintendent of the Sunday school and was a deacon in the church.

Although Mrs. Hosmer had been confined to her bed for about six years, she kept in touch with church activities.

At different times during her residence in Maryville Mrs. Hosmer took motherless girls into her home and gave them a home.

Mrs. Hosmer became a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Gary, Ind. She was a charter member of the M. I. Circle in Maryville.

The family requests that flowers be omitted.

 

[HUEY, RUTH MAYSEL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 11, 1930, p. 4
Ruth Huey, Hopkins, Dies at St. Joseph
Miss Ruth Huey of near Hopkins died yesterday morning at a hospital at St. Joseph. She was 32 years of age. The funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at Christian church at Hopkins and burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.

She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Cyrus Huey of Hopkins; two brothers, Charles and Henry who live in Iowa, and six sisters, Mrs. Levi Daniels and Mrs. Earl Hall of Hopkins; Mrs. Lou Wallace of Shenandoah, Mrs. Dale Wisdom and Mrs. Fred Weingarth of Bedford, Ia., and Mrs. Jess Manes of New York City.

 

[JOHNSTON, HENRIETTA "RETTA" WOODS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 15, 1930, [p. 1]
Mrs. A. Johnson, Age 76, Dies Last Night  Funeral to Be Held at 1:30 o'clock Tomorrow Afternoon at Quitman M. E. Church.
Mrs. Augustus Johnson [Johnston], age 76, who had been seriously ill the past week with kidney trouble and complication of diseases, died at 8:30 o'clock last night at her home in Quitman.

Funeral rites will be held at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the M. E. church at Quitman. Dr. E. L. Robison of St. Joseph, district superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal church will officiate. Burial will be at Ohio cemetery at Burlington Junction.

Mr. Johnson died ten years ago. Surviving are five sons, Howard, Ed M., Carl A., Harlan and William Johnson, all of whom live in the vicinity of Quitman; three daughters, Mrs. Ida Roberts, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Alma Elarton, Salida, Colo.; Mrs. L. D. Young, Quitman; two brothers, Judge William Wood of Burlington Junction, who is visiting at Hollywood, Fla.; Emmett Wood Athens, Ga., who has arrived in Quitman for the funeral.
[Note: The last name is spelled Johnston on her marker and the maiden name is spelled Woods on her parents' marker.]

 

[KISSELL, JOHN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 7, 1930, [p. 1]
Stroke Proves Fatal to Aged Hopkins Man Funeral services for John Kissell Will Be Held Sunday Afternoon—Burial at Hopkins
John Kissell, age 74 years, died at 7:15 o'clock this morning at his home in Hopkins. Death was caused by complications following a paralytic stroke suffered abut seven months ago.

He had lived in Hopkins for more than thirty years, coming to Hopkins from Germany. He has no relatives in this country but has two brothers residing in Germany.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Baptist church with the Rev. A. L. Gartin, pastor of the church, officiating.

Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[KISSINGER, JACOB BARNEY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, January 25, 1930, [p. 1
J. B. Kissinger Dies at Home of Daughter
Former Maryville Resident Had Been In Ill Health Two Years—Funeral Here
J. [acob] B. Kissinger, about 79 years old, former Maryville resident, died about 4 o'clock this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nellie Mosman in Omaha, Neb., where he had been making his home since leaving here last fall. Mr. Kissinger suffered a paralytic stroke about two years ago and had been in ill health since. Death was due to complications.

The body will arrive in Maryville today for burial. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Surviving are the widow; three daughters, Mrs. Mosman, Mrs. Henry Runnels and Mrs. Otis Chris, all of Omaha; five brothers, E. J., Silas and Lewis Kissinger, all of Maryville, Charles Kissinger of Chicago and Bert Kissinger of Chicago; and four sisters, Mrs. W. L. Scott, Mrs. Mike Liston and Mrs. Les Hawkins of Maryville and Mrs. Fred Hawkins of Kansas City.

 

[LONG, ALMOREEN MARION]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 24, 1930, [p. 1]
Skidmore Resident Dies Sunday Night  Funeral Rites for Almoreen Long, Age 87, Will Be Held Tomorrow at Home. Burial at Burr Oak.
Almoreen Long, age 87, a resident in the vicinity of Skidmore since 1871 died at 6 o'clock Sunday evening at his home west of Skidmore. Mr. Long had been ill several months with heart disease.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home. The Rev. C. C. Pritchard pastor of Burr Oak church will officiate. Burial rites at the Burr Oak cemetery will be conducted by the Skidmore Masonic Lodge of which Mr. Long was a member.

Mrs. Long died eleven years ago. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Mae Cottrill, Fairview, Kan., Mrs. Ida Appleman, Skidmore; Lela, Lou, and Hazel Long, all at home; three sons, Charles M., Edward, and Emmett, of Skidmore.

 

[MCCANN, ALONZO "LON"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 25, 1930, [p. 1]
Lon McCann Dies at Hopkins Last Night
Lon McCann, aged 68 years, died at 7 o'clock last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elam Mendenhall at Hopkins, where he had been confined for the past six weeks. Death was due to cancer.

Mr. McCann had spent practically his entire life in the vicinity of Hopkins.

He is survived by a son, James McCann, residing in Idaho, a sister, Mrs. Will Akins, of Hopkins, and a brother, Will McCann, of St. Joseph.

Funeral services will be held at the Hopkins Baptist church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. A. L. Garten, pastor, officiating.

Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.
[Missouri State Death Certificate gives his burial place as Willard Cemetery, Polk Township, Taylor County, Iowa.]

 

[MCGINNESS, JOHN DENVER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 26, 1930, [p. 1]
Denver McGinness Dies at Hospital
[John} Denver McGinness, age 49, a resident of Pickering, died at 10:30 o'clock last night at St. Francis Hospital. The funeral services for Mr. McGinness will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the M. E. church at Pickering. Rites will be conducted by the Reverend Mr. Winney. Burial will be at White Oak Cemetery.

Surviving is his wife, two sons, Raymond and Donald at home: two daughters, Mrs. George Williams of Hopkins and Marie McGinness at home.

The Masonic order of which Mr. McGinness was a member will assist in the funeral rites.

 

[MCGINNESS, MABEL EMMA MCKEE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 23, 1942, [p. 1]
Mrs. Mabel McGinness Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Mabel Emma McGinness, 60 years of age, of Pickering, died at 6.45 o'clock this morning at the St. Francis hospital following a long illness.

She was born August 27, 1881, at Pickering, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will McKee of Pickering. She was married to Denver McGinness, who preceded her in death. Mrs. McGinness was a member of the Methodist church and the Eastern Star of Pickering.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. George Williams, San Jacinto, Calif., and Mrs. Paul Owens, Hopkins: two sons, Donald McGinness, San Jacinto, Calif., and Galand McGinness, Corning. Mo.; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will McKee, Pickering; five sisters, Mrs. Cora Tyler, Hiawatha. Kas.; Mrs. Omar Wray, Maryville, and Mrs. Jesse Hall, Mrs. Charles Carmichael and Mrs. Eva Pettit, Pickering; three brothers, Willie McKee, Pickering; Eddie McKee, Hastings, Ia., and Glenn McKee, Tarkio, and six grandchildren, Robert and Emma Owens, Hopkins, and Virlee, Glen, Patsy and Yvonne Williams, San Jacinto, Calif.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

 

 [MCMAHON, ELLA]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 22, 1930, p. 4
Miss McMahon Dies
Miss Ella McMahon died about 2 o'clock this afternoon at the home of her cousins, Ed, George, Alfred and Miss Loretta Gorman, ten miles northeast of Maryville. Death followed a stroke of paralysis last night.

 

[MCMAHON, ELLA]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 24, 1930, p. 5
Miss McMahon Rites Are Held Here Today  Father Graham Is Assisted in Services at St. Patrick's by Fr. John and Fr. Athenathias
Funeral services for Miss Ella McMahon, 70 years old, who died at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of the late P. [atrick] H. Gorman, ten miles northeast of Maryville, were held at 9:30 o'clock this morning at St. Patrick's church. The Rev. Father Graham, pastor, conducted the services assisted by the Rev. Father John Kunkel, pastor of St. Mary's church and the Rev. Father Athenathias of Conception. Burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery. A cerebral hemorrhage caused Miss McMahon's death.

Two brothers and two sisters survive. They are Richard and William McMahon, living near Ravenwood, Mrs. John Schenkel of Maryville and another sister in St. Joseph.

 

 

 

[MILLER, HENRY THOMAS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, January 29, 1930, [p. 1]
Henry Miller Rites Held at Clarksdale
Funeral services were held yesterday at Clarksdale for Henry Miller, age 70, a former resident of this county. Mr. Miller died at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, following an extended illness of cancer.

Mr. Miller lived in the vicinity of Conception until about three years ago.

Benedict Miller at Stanberry is a brother, and Mrs. George Weiderholt of Clyde is a niece.

 

[MONTGOMERY, JAMIESON FRANKLIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 10, 1930, [p. 1]
Dies While In McAllen For Winter J. F. Montgomery, Retired Clothier, Succumbs After Long Illness Son Arrives Too Late R. B. Montgomery Was En Route to Father—Body Will Arrive in Maryville Wednesday
J. [amieson] F. [ranklin] Montgomery, 76 years old, prominent retired clothier of Maryville, succumbed to a prolonged illness of angina pectoris and complications at 3 o'clock this morning at McAllen, Tex. according to word received by his son, W. J. Montgomery. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery were wintering at McAllen, having gone there about the middle of November. Mr. Montgomery had been seriously ill since March last year.

R. B. Montgomery, a son, left Saturday for McAllen to visit his parents, but did not arrive there until 7:30 o'clock this morning, a few hours after his father's death.

The body, accompanied by the widow and R. B. Montgomery and probably the daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Ogden of McAllen, will arrive in Maryville at noon Wednesday. Funeral arrangements will not be completed pending their arrival.

The widow, three children, Mrs. Lawrence Ogden of McAllen and W. J. and R. B. Montgomery of Maryville, a brother, John Montgomery of Camden Point, Mo., and a sister, Mrs. Joie Thomas, of Lawrence, Kan., survive. Five grandchildren also survive.

Native of Kentucky
Mr. Montgomery was a native of Henry County, Kentucky. He came to Missouri with his parents. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. [aria] Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Austin Jones, March 31, 1878. The wedding took place on South Main Street in a house located the first door north of the residence where Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ford now reside. The house in which Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery were married has been replaced by the residence now standing there.

In November, 1875, Mr. Montgomery went into the general store business in Quitman. He moved to Maryville in January 1878, and went into the grocery business. After two years he entered the dry goods business, known as the J. T. Daniel and Company, directed by Mr. Montgomery's brother-in-law.

In 1881 Mr. Montgomery went into business in Burlington Junction in the Montgomery and Jones store. Mr. Jones was a brother of Mrs, Montgomery. After twelve years, Mr. Montgomery returned to Maryville and was in the Montgomery and Brunk Furniture Company for two years.

Becomes Clothier in 1896
In 1896 Mr. Montgomery and C. C. Corwin went into the clothing business and the Montgomery-Corwin Company existed for fifteen years. Then the company was known as Montgomery and Lyle, Montgomery and Cummins and is now the Montgomery Clothing Company, owned and operated by W. J. Montgomery, since about four or five years ago when his father retired from business.

Mr. Montgomery was active in Masonic organizations, having belonged to Nodaway lodge No. 470, A. F. and A. M., Owens Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons, the local Commandery and the Shrine at St. Joseph.

 

[MONTGOMERY, JAMIESON FRANKLIN]

Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 11, 1930, [p. 1]

Montgomery Rites Set For Thursday

Dr. E. I. LaRue to Conduct Services for Retired Clothier

Funeral services for J. [Jamieson] F. [ranklin] Montgomery, retired clothier of Maryville, who died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning at McAllen, Tex., where he was spending the winter, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the hoe, 609 West Third Street. The body will arrive in Maryville at noon Wednesday.

Dr. E. I. LaRue, pastor of the First M. E. Church of which Mr. Montgomery was a member, will conduct the services. He will be assisted by the Rev. Joe P. Jacobs, pastor of the Baptist church. Burial will be in Miriam cemetery.

The family requests no flowers.

The following escort from Maryville Commandery, No. 40, K. T., will meet the body on its arrival here on the Burlington train Wednesday noon; W. S. Todd, Dr. H. L. Stinson, Paul Sisson, Roy J. Curfman, Theodore G. Robinson and James F. Cook.

 

[MONTGOMERY, JAMIESON FRANKLIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 12, 1930, [p. 1]
Name Pallbearers For Montgomery Services  body of Retired Clothier Arrives this Noon From McAllen, Tex.
The body of J. F. Montgomery, who died at 3 o'clock Monday morning at McAllen, Tex., arrived in Maryville on the Burlington train at noon today. Accompanying the body were Mrs. Montgomery, a son, R. B. Montgomery, and a sister, Mrs. Joie Thomas, of Lawrence, Kan.

An escort from Maryville Commandery, No. 40, K. T., met the body on its arrival.

Pallbearers for the funeral services to be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the home, 609 West Thirds street, will be Joseph Jackson, H. E. Wright, J. F. Cook, A. K. Frank, Augustus Romasser and J. O. Miller.

Music for the services will be furnished by Mrs. F. M. Townsend and Mrs. F. P. Robinson.

 

[MONTGOMERY, JAMIESON FRANKLIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 14, 1930, p. 7
Final Rites Are Held For J. J. Montgomery  Many From Out-Of-Town Attend Funeral of Veteran Merchant
The final rites for J. F. Montgomery, who died early Monday morning at McAllen, Tex., were held at the home on West Third street yesterday afternoon at 2:30. Dr. E. I. LaRue, pastor of the First M. E. church, conducted the services, assisted by the Rev. Joe P. Jacobs of the First Baptist Church.

Mrs. F. M. Townsend sang, "The City Four-Square" and Mrs. F. P. Robinson's solo was "Face to Face."

The pallbearers were Joseph Jackson, H. E. Wright, J. F. Cook, A. K. Frank, Augustus Romasser and J. O. Miller

Among the out-of-town friends and relatives attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Holmes, D. H. Holmes, Mrs. Charles Strop, Mrs. Mamie Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sauvaine, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Hanna, Mrs. Henry Toel, Frank Hines and George Meyerhoffer of St. Joseph; Miss Bess Montgomery of Camden Point, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Limerick and Mrs. O. F. Wilson of Savannah; Mrs. Joie Thomas of Lawrence, Kan., and Claude Thomas of Columbia, Mo. A group of friends and relatives from Burlington Junction also attended.

Mrs. Joie Thomas of Lawrence, Kan., a sister of Mr. Montgomery, will remain in Maryville for an extended visit with Mrs. Montgomery.

 

[MOORE, NELLIE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, January 22, 1930, p. 4
Nellie Moore Dies at State Hospital
Miss Nellie Moore, age 22 years, died Monday morning at the Missouri State Sanatorium at Mount Vernon, Mo., according to word received by friends in Guilford, her former home.

Arrangements for the funeral services are not known but burial will probably be at Guilford. Miss Moore's home, before going to Mount Vernon, was in St. Joseph.

Surviving are the father, Hugh Moore, Winner. S. D.; sister, Mrs. Earl Freemyer, St. Joseph; and three brothers, Elza Moore, Blanchard, Ia.; Earl Moore, Oakland, Calif., and Frank Moore of Tulsa, Okla.

 

[MOORE, THOMAS BYRON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 24, 1930, [p. 1]
Thomas Moore Dies in St. Joseph Hospital Complication of Diseases Given as Cause of Bethel ManÕs Death
Thomas Byron Moore, age 74 years, who lives in the Bethel neighborhood near Guilford, died about 9:15 o'clock last night at the Missouri Methodist hospital in St. Joseph where he has been taking treatment for the past two or three weeks. Death was caused by a complication of diseases.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, at Bethel church, conducted by the Rev. E. L. Rutledge of New Hampton, former pastor at Bethel. Burial will be in Lafayette cemetery.

Mr. Moore has no immediate relatives. Two distant cousins, Allison and Frank Minshall, both living near Stanberry, survive.

He was born August 25, 1855 in Indiana, the son of Thomas A. and Martha Moore but has lived many years in the Bethel community.

 

[NELSON, WILLIAM CARTER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1930, [p. 1]
W. C. Nelson Rites to Be at Burlington
Funeral services for W.[illiam]  C. [arter] Nelson, former president of the defunct Parnell Bank, who died about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his hardware store in Blanchard, Ia., will be held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the residence of W. N. Houston in Burlington Junction. Burial will be in the Ohio cemetery.

Mrs. John Houston of Burlington Junction is the daughter of Mr. Nelson.

 

[PLUMMER, LADOTIA JONES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 14, 1930, p. 2
Mrs. John Plummer Dies This Morning  Her Husband Is Near Death With Double Pneumonia—Funeral Plans Not Made.
Mrs. John Plummer died of pneumonia this morning at her home in Burlington Junction, while her husband is at the point of death with double pneumonia.

The Plummer family has been living at Burlington Junction about ten years. Before that time they had lived in that vicinity and farmed.

Funeral arrangement for Mrs. Plummer have not been completed.

Surviving is the husband, two sons, Roy and Guy Plummer of Burlington, two daughters, Mrs. Fred Griffey of near Clearmont, and Mrs. Alva Jones, west of Burlington Junction. Mrs. Jess Hardy, of near Quitman is a sister.

 

[ODELL, WILLIAM O.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 15, 1930, p. 4
Nodaway Man Dies in St. Joseph Hospital
William O. Odell, a Nodaway county inmate of the state hospital No. 2 at St. Joseph, died at 8:15 o'clock this morning, according to word received by Fred Wright, county clerk, from the superintendent.

The county court has been unable to get in touch with relatives. Disposition of the body has not been decided.

Mr. Odell was admitted to the hospital October 7, 1907.

 

 

 

[PORTER, SALLY ANN ASHWORTH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 14, 1930, p. 2
Mrs. Sally Porter Dies at Son's Home
Mrs. Sally Ann Porter, 73 years old, died at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of her son, Ed Porter, three miles north of Ravenwood. Mrs. Porter had been in ill health for some time. Death was due to the infirmities of old age.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon from the home. Burial will be in the Sweet Home cemetery.

The son at whose home she died and one sister, Mrs. Ella Spear of Ravenwood, survive.

 

[RAMSEY, PERRY WILLIAM]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, January 22, 1930, p. 4
Last Rites Held For Holt County Assessor
The funeral services for P. [erry] W. [illiam] Ramsey, assessor of Holt County, were conducted Sunday by the Rev. B. H. Dawson, Christian minister, who lives at Maryville. The Rev. Mr. Dawson had been a friend of the Ramsey family for many years. More than 500 persons attended the services, which were held at the Christian church at Mound City. Burial was in Mount Hope cemetery, Mound City.

Mr. Ramsey was 60 years old at the time of his death. He made his home between Mound City and Oregon and died on the farm on which he was born and reared. Death occurred last Friday. He is survived by his 80-year-old mother, his widow, two sons and a daughter.

 

[REESE, MARY BLANCHE CAMPBELL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1930, [p. 1]
Mrs. Mary Reese Dies at Meridian, Idaho
Mrs. Mary Blanche Reese, 50 years old, died at Meridian, Idaho, January 11. She was born near Clearmont, August 10, 1876 and christened Mary Campbell.

Mrs. Reece [Reese] was united in marriage to A.[llen]  W. Reece [Reese], October 17, 1906 at Maryville.

She is survived by her husband and two children, Harold and Blanche of the home; and two sisters, Mrs. Maude Derrickson and Ina E. Campbell, both of Buffalo, Mo.

Funeral services and burial were at Meridian.

 

[ROSS, HELEN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 7, 1930, p. 3
Helen Ross Dies  Death Comes to Former Resident of Maryville in Colorado Hospital
Miss Helen Ross, who had been sick several months, died Saturday morning I the Santa Fe Hospital at La Junta, Colo. The body arrived in Ravenwood Tuesday afternoon and the funeral services wee conducted from the Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. —Ravenwood Gazette

Miss Ross was born in Maryville.

 

[ROUTH, ELZA]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, January 30, 1930, [p. 1]
Former Hopkins Man Dies in Kansas City
Elva {Elza] Routh died at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Kansas City according to word received by his brother-in-law, Sam King in Hopkins. Death was the result of a paralytic stroke, which he sustained January 8.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday and burial will be in Kansas City.

Mr. Routh was born in Hopkins and lived there until fifteen years ago when he moved to Kansas City. When in Hopkins he operated a butcher shop.

 

[SCANTLING, MARGARET D. LOGAN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 17, 1930, [p. 1]
Mrs. John Scantling Dies in California
Mrs. John T. Scantling, former Maryville resident, died at her home in Glendale, Calif., February 10, following a paralytic stroke February 1. She was over eighty years old. Funeral services were held in Glendale, February 13.

Mrs. Scantling left here about twenty-eight years ago with her family. They moved to Trinidad, Colo., and later to California.

The husband and one daughter, Mrs. John H. English of Los Angeles, Calif., survive. Mr. Scantling will make his future home with his daughter.

 

[SHAW, JOHN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 22, 1930, [p. 1]
John Shaw Dies at Hospital in Kansas  Funeral Rites To Be Held Monday Morning at Abbey Church of Conception—Was 87 Years Old
John Shaw, age 87, who had lived in Nodaway County for many years, died at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at St. Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City, Kan.

The body will arrive in Conception Junction at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and will be taken to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ed Allen, living northwest of Conception Junction.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning at the Abbey Church of Conception. Burial will be at St. Columbia cemetery.

The family requests that flowers be omitted.

 

[SHOCK, E. E.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 15, 1930, p. 4
E. E. Shock Dead
E. E. Shock, former Parnell lumberman, died recently in a St. Louis hospital, according to reports. After leaving Parnell he went into the oil game in Oklahoma and was reported to have made over a million dollars. Four children survive.—Worth County Times Tribune

 

[STEWART, ROSENTAL E.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 31, 1930, p. 4
R. E. Stewart Dies At Home in Ames, Iowa
Dr. E. L. Crowson of Pickering has received word of the death of R. [osental] E. Stewart at Ames, Ia.
Mr. Stewart was superintendent of the Pickering school when the present building was first constructed and the high school first organized and approved. After leaving Pickering he taught in several Missouri schools until about four years ago when he accepted a position on the faculty of the Ames Agricultural College.

Mr. Stewart leaves his wife and one son.

 

[STIVERSON, LOIS JEANETTE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 18, 1930, p. 3
Death of Lois Jeanette Stiverson of Denver
Lois Jeanette Stiverson, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stiverson passed away at a hospital in Denver on Tuesday morning after a lingering illness of about two and one-half months.

People will remember Mrs. Stiverson as Ethel Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Porter of Skidmore. The Stiverson family was in Skidmore visiting about Thanksgiving and Lois was in the hospital at Maryville for a time.

Miss Edith Porter has been in Denver helping care for her for about two weeks.—Skidmore News

 

[STRADER, ELLEN LOUISA ROBBINS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, January 29, 1930, [p. 1]
Illness Proves Fatal to Mrs. L. M. Strader
Death Ascribed to Complication of Diseases—Funeral Arrangement Not Completed
Mrs. L. [enton] M. [atthew] Strader, 76 years old, succumbed to a four weeks illness at 1:20 o'clock this morning at her home 1222 East Second Street. Death was due to a complication of diseases.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed pending the arrival of relatives.

Surviving are the husband and ten children, A. B. Strader, Colorado Springs, Colo., Mrs. Anna Josephine Rickard, Grinnell, Ia., Mrs. Edith Grace Ferdinand, Westport, Ind., C. J. Strader, Parnell, Mrs. Laura B. McDonald, Elmo, Mrs. Ida M. Fisher, Colorado Springs, Colo., Mrs. Lillie Louisa Randall, Kansas City, Ralph R. Strader, Colorado Springs, Colo., Mrs. Beulah Esther Goforth, Sidney, Neb., and Jesse E. Strader, Greenway, S. D. One daughter, Mrs. Inez McDowell, died in 1918.

Miss Ellen Louisa Robbins was born July 12, 1853 in Union, Broome county, N. Y. She was united in marriage December 24, 1875 to L. M. Strader at Carthage, Ill. They came to Nodaway County in the fall of 1880 and lived on a farm northeast of Maryville for twenty-eight years when they came to Maryville.

 

[STRADER, ELLEN LOUISA ROBBINS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, January 30, 1930, [p. 1]
Services For Mrs. Strader Tomorrow
Funeral Rites Will Take Place in Afternoon—To Return Body to Illinois
Funeral services of Mrs. L. [enton] M. [atthew] Strader, who died yesterday, will be held from the Price Funeral chapel, at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Edward I. LaRue of the First M. E. church.

The body will be shipped to Carthage, Ill., Mrs. Strader's former home, where short services and burial will be held. Mr. Strader and some of the children will accompany the body.

Relatives from out-of-town who are here today are Mrs. George Randall and Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Cochran, Kansas City, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Fisher, Sharpsburg, Ia. Others expected to arrive for the services are Mrs. Charles T. Ferdinand, Westport, Ill., Ralph Strader, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Jesse Strader, Greenway, S. D.; Mrs. H. M. Richard [Rickard] and daughter, Maurine, Grinnell, Ia. and Mrs. L. E. Goforth, Sidney, Neb.

 

[SUMMA, CLARENCE "SHORTY"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 14, 1930, p. 7
Burns Prove Fatal to Clarence Summa
Kerosene Explosion Leads To Death of Gentry Man--Sister Died Tuesday

Clarence ("Shorty") Summa of Gentry, of the Summa families of baseball fame, died Wednesday at a hospital at Albany of burns received when a stove exploded at the home of his mother Tuesday night near Gentry. His sister, Mrs. Ed Webber, died Tuesday morning at her home northeast of Stanberry of uremic poisoning. They are the son and daughter of Mrs. Pete Summa of Gentry.

Mr. Summa had been at the home of his sister who died, but returned to his home Tuesday night. In order to build a fire in a stove in which there were smoldering coals, he poured the contents of a can of coal oil in the stove. A sharp explosion followed, throwing the flaming oil on his clothing. Funeral services were held today at Old Brick church near Albany.

Mr. Summa's brothers, Virge, of Albany, Ira and Glenn of Gentry, survive him.

 

[SUTTLE CALLAHILL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 24, 1930, [p. 1]
Callahill Suttle of Near Burlington Dies
Prominent Farmer Is Called by Death at Age of 73 Years—No Funeral Arrangements Made
Callahill Suttle, 73 years old, prominent agriculturalist of Nodaway County, died at 6:15 o'clock last evening at his home near Burlington Junction.

Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed.

Surviving are his widow and five children, Charles D. Suttle, Quitman; Jesse J. Suttle of Burlington Junction; Mrs. W. E. Stafford and Mrs. Ralph Folden, Tarkio, and Mrs. Floyd R. Barett of near Skidmore.

Mr. Suttle was born July 6, 1856, at Lathrop, Mo., the son of Jerome B. and Elizabeth (Layton) Suttle. He grew to young manhood there and came to Nodaway County at the age of 18 years. On February 5, 1885, he was married to Miss Sarah Bowman. Nine children were born to this union. After his marriage he bought a farm near Burlington Junction where he has lived ever since.

 

[THOMSON, CARL H.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1930, p. 3
C. H. Thomson Dies at Monmouth, Ill.
Word has been received by Mrs. Laura Sue Rittenour of the death of C. [arl] H. Thompson, husband of Mrs. Mabel Thomson, formerly of Maryville. Mr. Thomson died at a hospital at Monmouth, Ill., where he had undergone an operation for appendicitis. His death came at 9 o'clock this morning.

 

[THOMPSON, NATHANIEL "NAT"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1930, p. 8
Nathaniel Thompson Dies in St. Joseph
Brother of Abner Thompson Of Skidmore Was Born In Bolckow
Nathaniel (Nat) Thompson, 53 years old, brother of Abner Thompson of Skidmore, died at noon Sunday at 2815 South Twenty-second street in St. Joseph, following an illness of one year. He was a member of the St. Joseph police department for fifteen years, serving as a patrolman, motorcycle officer and detective. About five years ago he resigned and moved to Falls City, Neb., where he entered the grocery business. Illness compelled him to retire and he returned to St. Joseph. Mr. Thompson was born in Bolckow, Mo.

Surviving besides the brother at Skidmore are the widow, Mrs. Channa Thompson; a son, Jesse Thompson, St. Joseph; a daughter, Miss Minnie Thompson, Kansas City, Mo.; his mother, Mrs. Dorlaski Patton, Clarinda, Ia.; two sisters, Mrs. F. C. Brady, Rulo, Neb., and Mrs. Grant Norris, Clarinda, Ia.

Pallbearers for the funeral will be Chief of Detectives John T. Duncan, Captain James E. Kelley, detectives, J. F. Reichen, and C. E. Smith, and patrolmen, C. T. Bauer and Sam H. Barnett. Arrangements have not been completed.

 

[TUDDER, THOMAS MARION]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 1, 1930, [p. 1]
  T. M. Tudder Dies Of Heart Attack Veteran Farmer Had Lived in County 86 Years—Funeral at Elmo.
T. [homas] M. [arion] Tudder, age 91, a resident of Nodaway County eighty-six years, well known in the vicinity of Elmo, died yesterday morning at the Masonic Home at St. Louis. Heart trouble combined with infirmities of old [age contributed] to his death. Mr. Tudder had lived at the St. Louis home the past two years.

The body of the pioneer was brought to Elmo this morning. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the M. E. Church, South, at Elmo. Burial will be at the Lamar cemetery.

Members of Masonic Lodge No. 329 of Elmo will have charge of the rites for Mr. Tudder.

Mr. Tudder was born in May 1838, in this country and was a veteran Nodaway farmer until he left the farm about fifteen years ago. He was a long time associated with John Lamar in livestock trading.

Surviving are three sons, O. S. Tudder of Elmo; Daniel Tudder living in Nebraska; James Tudder, Mason, Mo.; three daughters, Mrs. Josie Goodin of Clearmont, one living in Oklahoma and another a resident of Clearmont. There are several grandchildren.

 

[WAEDCHTER, CHARLES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 6, 1930, p. 4
Father Waedchter Dies at St. Joseph
Funeral Tomorrow for Former Instructor of Music at Benedictine College of Conception
The Rev. Father Charles Waedchter, age 45, instructor of music at the Benedictine College at Conception, died at 3:55 o'clock yesterday afternoon at St. Joseph hospital at St. Joseph following an extended illness.

Funeral services will be at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at Conception Abbey and burial will be in the abbey cemetery.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sophia Waedchter, Clyde; two brothers, Fred Waedchter, St. Joseph, and Thomas Waedchter, Barnard, and three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Tracy, St. Joseph, Sister Mary Mildred, Benedictine College, Clyde; Mrs. P. G. Ekstedt, Tulsa, Okla.

 

[WALLACE, THOMAS J.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 26, 1930, [p. 1]
Thomas J. Wallace Dies At Clearmont Prominent Nodaway County Farmer Had Been Ill Five Years
Thomas J. Wallace, prominent farmer and stock raiser of Atchison township, succumbed to a prolonged illness of five years at 7:30 o'clock last night at his home near Clearmont. Mr. Wallace became seriously sick Monday evening.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed pending the arrival of relatives.

Surviving are the widow; four children, Mrs. T. H. Murphy, Yonkers, N. Y.; Mrs. Cleo Gregg, Clearmont; Miss Neva Wallace, a teacher in the St. Joseph schools; and John F. Wallace, Indianapolis, Ind.; two grandchildren, Mary Louise and Marjorie Gregg; and one sister, Mrs. Ludie Lewis, New Smyrna, Fla.

Mr. Wallace was born December 27, 1862 on a farm one mile southwest of Clearmont, the son of John B. [eat] and Louisa (Cason) [Weaver] Wallace. He grew to maturity on the farm where he was born, and received his education in the public school and at William Jewel College at Liberty. He then turned his attention to farming as a life work, being a member of a family long prominent in the agricultural affairs of Nodaway County.

Except for a few years in Maryville, Mr. Wallace spent his life on the farm where his father first located. He was married September 14, 1887 to Miss Julia M. Cason.

Mr. Wallace is a member of the Baptist church. He was a Mason, belonging to the blue lodge, and was formerly a member of the chapter and the commandery.

 

[WALLACE, THOMAS J.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 27, 1930, [p. 1]
Funeral Tomorrow For Thomas Wallace  Services Will be Conducted at Baptist Church of Clearmont at 2 o'clock
Funeral services for Thomas J. Wallace, who died at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening at his home near Clearmont, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, at the Baptist church in Clearmont, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Laughlin. Burial will be in the Clearmont cemetery.

The pallbearers will be George Shoptaugh, Elmo; Jay Smith and John Burch, Clearmont; Charles Turpin, Burlington Junction, D. M. Hughes, Maryville and Willard Carpenter, New York City, arrived last night and a son John Wallace will come tonight from Indianapolis, Ind.

A daughter, Mrs. Mary Murphy of Burlington Junction.

 

[WILSON, LOUIS S.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 3, 1930, p. 4
Stroke is Fatal To Louis Wilson
Aged Nodaway Resident Had Been Confined to Home for Several Years.
Louis S. Wilson, a resident of Nodaway County for more than a half century, who has been confined to his home for the last four and one-half years, died at 11 o'clock this morning at his home, 301 East Fourth Street.

He suffered a paralytic stroke over a week ago.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the first Methodist church and burial will be in Miriam cemetery.

He is survived by his widow; one brother, Alexander Wilson who lives in Oklahoma; one sister, Mrs. W. Mercer of Maryville, and stepson Charles Mercer of Maryville.

Mr. Wilson was 86 years old January 29. He was born in Illinois, living there until about 19 or 20 years of age, when he moved to Nodaway County. Since then he has lived on farms north and east of Maryville. Nine years ago Mr. Wilson moved to the home on East Fourth street.

The Wilsons had been married fifty-six years.