Obituaries
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[AUFFERT, LAWRENCE BASIL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, November 29, 1971, p. 11
Lawrence Auffert, 58, Dies at Hospital
Lawrence Basil Auffert, 58, Maryville, died at 3:15 a.m. Sunday at St. Francis Hospital where he had been a patient for six days following an illness of one year. He was a mechanic for Nodaway Bowling Lanes.

He was born Mar. 3, 1913, at Maryville, the son of the late George and Kathern Kohnetcher Auffert. He was married Sept. 3, 1953 to the former Miss Esther Smith, Hopkins, who survives.

Other survivors besides his wife, Mrs. Esther Auffert, of the home include one son, Larry Joe Auffert, St. Joseph; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Joanne Sobbing, Red Oak, Ia.; four brothers, Ben Auffert, Columbia, Edward Auffert, Bradenton, Fla., and John Auffert and Francis Auffert, Parnell; four sisters, Mrs. Anna Schmitz, Mrs. Lawrence Schmitz and Mrs. Bernard Spire, Parnell, and Mrs. Elmer Bauer, Long Lake, Minn., and 10 grandchildren.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Price Funeral Home, Maryville. The Rev. Norman Lewis will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[ARTHUR, MELVIN SPANGLER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, April 8, 1963, p. 2
Melvin S. Arthur, 74, Hopkins, Dies Sunday
Melvin Spangler Arthur, 74, Hopkins, died at 6:10 p. m. Sunday at the St. Francis Hospital where he had been a patient seven days. He was a retired farmer.

Mr. Arthur was born July 20, 1888 in Colorado, the son of the late William and Mary Dalton Arthur. He was married Sept. 22, 1907, at Siam, Ia., to Mary Smith, who survives. Mr. Arthur had lived in the Hopkins community most of his life and was a member of the Clarinda, Ia., Christian Church.

Survivors include his wife of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Simmons, Bedford, Ia., one grandson, Wayne Harris, Hopkins, and two great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Hopkins Christian Church with the Rev. Huell Warren officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

[ARTHUR, MELVIN SPANGLER]
Hopkins Journal (Hopkins, Missouri), Thursday, April 11, 1963
Melvin Arthur, Retired Farmer Died Sunday
Melvin Spangler Arthur, 74, a retired farmer of the Hopkins community, died Sunday morning, April 7, at the St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, where he had been a patient one week. The duration of Mr. Arthur's illness was about two weeks, starting with the flu which developed into pneumonia.
Mr. Arthur was born July 20, 1888, at Idalia, Colo., the son of William R. Arthur and Mary Dillon Arthur.
When a small boy he moved with his family to Page County, Iowa. On September 22, 1907, he was married to Mary Smith of Siam, Iowa, who survives. To this union was born one child, Mabel, now Mrs. Wilbur Simmons of Bedford, Iowa. Other survivors are one grandson, Wayne Harris, Hopkins, and two great grandchildren, Linda and Michale Harris.
At an early age he joined the Christian church at Clarinda, Iowa.
Mr. Arthur was the last survivor of a family of twelve children.
With the Swanson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements, funeral services were held Tuesday, 2 p. m. at the Christian church in Hopkins. The Rev. Huell Warren was the officiating clergyman.
Mrs. Glen Florea, organist, accompanied Maurice Peve as he sang "I Won't Have to Cross Jordan Alone" and "We Are Going Down the Valley."
Flower ladies were Mrs. Orren Randle, Mrs. John Scroggie, Mrs. Charles Lindsay, Mrs. Russell Coleman, Mrs. Harley Albright and Mrs. Chloe Traster.
Pallbearers were Raymond Coleman, Glen Florea, Jesse Sierp, Landon Wallace, Orren Randle and Galen Turner.
Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

[ARTHUR, MELVIN SPANGLER]
Hopkins Journal (Hopkins, Missouri), Thursday, April 18, 1963
SIAM – Attend Mel Arthur Funeral
Several from Siam attended the funeral of Mel Arthur at the Christian church in Hopkins Tuesday. Mr. Arthur lived around Siam most of his life. His wife is Mary Smith, formerly of Siam, who with a daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Simmons of Bedford, survives him.

 

[BEERY, CLEO EDWIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 17, 1959, p. 2
Graveside Funeral Rites For Beery's Infant Son
Graveside services were held at 2 p. m. today at the Hopkins Cemetery for Cleo Edwin Beery, stillborn son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Beery, Hopkins. The Rev. Maurice Magers officiated.

The baby was born at 1:30 p. m. Sunday at the St. Francis Hospital.

Other survivors besides the parents are a sister, Marsha, of the home; four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Stewart, Hopkins, and Mr. and Mrs. Orville Beery, Bedford, Ia., and two great grandmothers, Mrs. Levi Daniels and Mrs. Edith Stewart, Bedford.

 

[BEERY, ORVILLE EDWIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, December 22, 1975, p. 4
Orville Edwin Beery - Orville Edwin Beery, 78, Hopkins, died at 3 p. m. Sunday at his home after suffering an apparent heart attack.

A retired farmer, he was born Dec. 19, 1897, at Shambaugh, Iowa, the son of the late Benona and Emma Hendrickson Beery. He had lived in the Hopkins community 26 years and in Hopkins 16 years. He was a member of the former Good Hope Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lula Beery, to whom he was married Oct. 22, 1924, at Cromwell, Iowa; a son, Cecil Beery, Bedford, Iowa; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Everhart, Skidmore; a brother, Clifford Beery, Glendale, Ariz., and six grandchildren.

Services will be held at 10 a. m. Tuesday at the Hopkins Wray Memorial United Methodist Church. The Rev. Richard Gressman will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. the family will meet friends from 7 to 8:30 p. m. today at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[BLACKNEY, BURT ELMER]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, January 24, 1952, p. 2
Obituary – Burt E. Blackney
Burt E. [lmer] Blackney, 72, died Jan. 17 at his farm home nine miles southwest of Hopkins, following a heart attack.

Mr. Blackney was born at Jefferson, Ohio, and had resided in this vicinity 38 years.

Funeral services were held in Maryville Monday, Rev. A. V. Hart, pastor of the Hopkins Christian church officiating. Burial was in Hopkins cemetery.

He is survived by his wife; three sons, Donald Blackney of Omaha, Lewis Blackney of Hopkins, Edward Blackney, U. S. Marine Corps, San Diego, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. W. C. Buhler of El Centro, Calif., and Mrs. Kenneth Stewart of Gravity; one sister, Mrs. J. F. Shunat of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three grandchildren.

 

[BLANCHARD, IDA LORETTA GRAY SHELTON]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, June 9, 1949 p. 2
Mrs. Lafe Blanchard – Ida Loretta Gray Blanchard, daughter of Frank and Harriet Gray, was born March 5, 1873 and died at the Municipal hospital in Clarinda, May 29, 1949.

On March 14, 1892, she was married to Edward Shelton, who died July 3, 1895. To this union one daughter was born, Mrs. Lula Blackney of Hopkins, Mo.

On March 14, 1898, she was united in marriage to Lafe Blanchard and to this union three daughters and two sons were born. They are Roy Blanchard, Clearmont, Mo.; Harley Blanchard, Richland, Wash; Maude Glines, New Market; Iva Mascher, Coin; Hattie Bush, Maryville, Mo. Also surviving are 15 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. One brother, George Gray of Barnard, Mo, and one sister, Mrs Emma Lock, Maryville, Mo. She was a member of the Methodist church.

In 1938 Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard moved to College Springs where they have made their home since. On March 14, 1948, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.

Funeral services were held June 1 at 2 p m at the Walker funeral home with Rev C W Wollard of College Springs officiating. Pall bearers were six grandsons, Dean, Glen and Lowell Blanchard, Kenneth Stewart, Louis Blackney and Eldon Glines. Flower girls were five granddaughters, Phyllis Blanchard, Carolyn Blackney, Mabel Stewart, Nora Blackney and Cathleen McIntyre. Burial was at Hopkins, Mo.

 

[BLANCHARD, LAFAYETTE "LAFE"]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, November 22, 1951, p. 4
Lafe Blanchard – Lafayette Blanchard, son of Emaline and Justice Blanchard, was born March 5, 1873 in Lee County, Ill., and died Nov 10, 1951 at the Armstrong Nursing Home in Bedford, Ia., where he had made his home since May 1951.

March 14, 1892 [1898], he was married to Ida Loretta Gray, and to this union two sons and three daughters were born. Mrs. Blanchard preceded her husband in death, May 30, 1949 [May 29, 1949].

Those who survive are Roy Blanchard, Clearmont, Mo, Harley Blanchard, Bigelow, Mo, Iva Mascher, Coin, Ia, Maude Glines, New Market, Ia.; Hattie Bush, Maryville, Mo.; a stepdaughter, Lula Blackney, Hopkins, Mo. Fifteen grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, three brothers and one sister who reside in Kansas, also survive.

Funeral services were held Nov 13, 1951 at the Foster-Harman Funeral Home with the Walker Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The Rev. Clarence Woollard of College Springs officiated.

Music was furnished by Miss Aletha Hutchings and Mrs. Doris Forbes. Six grandsons served as pallbearers and six granddaughters were flower girls. Burial was at Hopkins, Mo.
[Note:  March 14, 1892 is the date of Ida Loretta Gray's marriage to Edward Shelton. Lafayette Blanchard's marriage to her took place March 14, 1898.]

 

[BORING, VICTOR H.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, December 22, 1952, p. 6
Rites Wednesday for Victor H. Boring
Funeral services for Victor H. Boring, Lake Village, Ark., who died there Saturday morning will be held at 11 a. m. Wednesday at the Swanson funeral home in Hopkins and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The Rev. Norman Lewis, pastor of the Hopkins Baptist church, will conduct the services.

Mr. Boring, father of Wayne Boring, Hopkins postmaster, was 66 years of age and had lived in Lake Village for the last ten years. Previous to that time he had lived in Kansas City. Besides the son of Hopkins, he is survived by three grandchildren.

 

[BOYD, LAURA LORAINE DUGAN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, January 5, 1959, [p. 1]
Mrs. Laura Boyd Dies At Daughter's Home
Mrs. Laura Loraine Boyd, 84, Hopkins, died at 4:20 p. m. Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Hanna, Lincoln, Neb., where she had been staying since Dec. 30. She suffered a broken hip Dec. 22 at her home in Hopkins.

Mrs. Boyd was born Dec. 17, 1874, near Galesburg, Ill., the daughter of the late Laban Dugan and Susan Ann Cook Dugan. She was married Aug. 30, 1903 at Hopkins to William Boyd, who survives. Mrs. Boyd was a member of the Hopkins Christian Church.

Survivors are her husband, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Hanna, Lincoln, Neb.; two grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Ella Thompson, Bedford, Ia.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Swanson Funeral Home. The Rev. A. V. Hart will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[BROWN, LUDLO LEROY]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Monday, December 14, 1987, p. 10
Ludlo Brown died at local hospital
Funeral services for Ludlo Leroy Brown were held on Dec. 5 at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, with Rev. Ted DeHass as minister. Interment was at the Hopkins Cemetery, with military honors.

Brown died Dec. 2, 1987, at Municipal Hospital in Clarinda. He was the son of Fred and Stella Wilson Brown, born at Braddyville on July 29, 1919.

Survivors include his wife Betty of the home, daughter, Debbie Smith of Spokane, Wa; a sister, Opal Hutcheson of Clarinda; brothers, Duane Brown of Clarinda and Marvin Brown of New Market.

 

[BROWNE, SAMUEL S.]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, October 22, 1953, p. 7
HOPKINS – Samuel Browne Dies
Samuel S. Browne died at his home in Hopkins Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 14, after an illness of several weeks.

Mr. Browne was a rural route mail carrier. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and had resided in Hopkins over 50 years.

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the Swanson Mortuary, Rev. A. V. Hart in charge.

He is survived by one brother, William Browne of Oklahoma City and one sister, Miss May Browne of the home; and several nieces and nephews.

Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[BURKE, LULU BELLE CARMEAN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, July 29, 1957, p. 2
Mrs. Lulu B. Burke Dies Near Pickering
Mrs. Lulu Belle Burke, 72, died at 10:30 a. m. today at her home northwest of Pickering after a long illness. She had lived in the Pickering community the last 49 years.

Mrs. Burke was born July 5, 1885, at Chanute, Kas., the daughter of the late Arthur and Jennie Carmean. She was married May 5, 1905, to J. Carl Burke, who died five years ago.

Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Henry Ruhde, Clarinda, Ia.; Mrs. Bert Casebolt, Bethany; Mrs. S. [ilas] N. [ewton] Rine, Pickering; Mrs. Edward Dettmann, Falls City, Neb., and Mrs. William Peery, Hamburg, Ia., and several grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Hopkins Christian Church. The Rev. A. V. Hart will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[CAUDLE, FREDERICK JESSE]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, October 15, 1936, [p. 1]
Stricken While Driving Auto
F. J. Caudle Found Dead Behind Steering Wheel
Frederick Jesse Caudle, 66, a farmer residing six and a half miles southeast of Hopkins, died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday afternoon, Oct. 10, within a mile of his home on the Gaynor road as he sat behind the wheel of his automobile which he was driving to Villisca, Iowa, to meet his wife, who had been there visiting a sister, who was ill.

A passerby discovered Mr. Caudle's lifeless form slumped behind the wheel of his car about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and Sheriff Edwin Wallace, who was notififed and who visited the scene, reported that Mr. Caudle evidently must have felt a heart attack coming on as he was driving, as he had released the clutch and applied the brake to the car, bringing it to a halt against the bannister of a bridge. His foot was still pressing against the brake, it was said, after he was found dead. Although the car had collided slightly with the bridge railing, it ahd been brought sufficiently to a halt that no damage was done. The ignition was still on but the motor was not running when he was found.

He formerly was engaged in the livery stable business in Maryville. He and his wife, however, had resided on a farm near Hopkins several years.

Mr. Caudle was born February 26, 1870, near Hopkins, and is survived by his widow, Cora Caudle; a son, Paul Caudle, also of near Hopkins; a daughter, Mrs. Lela Alexander, Columbus, Ohio; a brother, Robert Caudle, Kansas City, Mo.; a sister, Stella Caudle of Hopkins and two grandchildren, Fredda Jo and Marjean Alexander. He was a member of the Gaynor M. E. church.

Funeral services were held at Gaynor Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. C. C. Pritchard of Parnell. Burial was in the Sheridan cemetery. –Maryville forum

 

[CAUDLE, PAUL HIRAM]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, November 2, 1960, p. 2
Paul H. Caudle, 66, Dies At VA Hospital
Paul H. [iram] Caudle, retired Hopkins farmer, died at 6:45 p. m. Tuesday at the Veteran's Hospital at Wadsworth, Kas., after a long illness. He had been a patient at the hospital for 24 days.

He was born Apr. 15, 1894, at Hopkins, the son of the late Fred and Cora Barks Caudle. He was married Aug. 8, 1920, to Gertrude Smith, who survives. Mr. Caudle had lived all of his life in the Hopkins community. He was a veteran of World War I and was a graduate of the Maryville Business College.

His survivors are his widow of the home and a sister, Mrs. Lela Alexander, Columbus, O., and nieces and nephews.

Funeral rites will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Hopkins Baptist Church with the Rev. Walter Cox officiating. There will be military rites at the grave by the Glen Ulmer Post No. 288. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[CLYMENS, CHARLES HARRISON]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Monday, July 18, 1966, p. 8
Burial at Hopkins for Chas H Clymens
Charles H Clymens, 90, died at 5:30 p m Thursday at the West Portal Nursing Home after being a patient there for two months. Prior to coming to the Nursing Home he had made his home at Shambaugh with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs Ted Clymens.

The son of the late Josiah and Nancy Hendrickson Clymens, he was born in Clinton County, but much of his lifetime had been spent in southwestern Iowa where he was engaged in farming.

He is survived by nine children, Ted Clymens, Shambaugh, Russell Clymens, Tacoma, Wash, Kenneth Clymens and Wayne Clymens, both of St Joseph, Mo, Dale Clymens, Denver, Colo, Lewis Williams, St Joseph, Mo, Beulah Bastrom, Ault, Colo, Frank Williams, Elizabeth, Colo, and Dee Wagner, Keenesburg, Colo. He has one sister, Sarah Edwards, St Joseph, Mo.

Funeral services were conducted from the Walker Funeral Home on Sunday afternoon with Rev Lester Greenwood in charge. Organist was Aletha L Hutchings. Casket bearers were Dale Hughes, Kenneth Smalley, Edwin Tino, Peter Burns, Earl Schenck and Hollis Hiatt.

Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[CONN, DOLA HOLMES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, October 23, 1968, p. 6

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Gray and Harley Cox attended funeral services Thursday at Fairfax for Mrs. Dola Conn.

 

[CREECH, AUDREY MAY DAVISON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, August 20, 1969, [p. 1]
MRS. AUDREY CREECH DIES IN IOWA
Mrs. Audrey May Creech, 79, Hudson, Ill., formerly of Hopkins, died early today in a Iowa City, Ia., hospital following admittance to emergency room.

She was the daughter of the late Edward and Cecila Davison, Hopkins. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin [Bennett] Creech, who died   Nov. 27, 1963.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Friday at the Swanson's Funeral  Home,  Hopkins, and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Graceton Philpot, North Platte, Neb. Mrs. Ivan Parke, Chicago, Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Susie Jackson, St. Joseph, several grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

 

[CREECH, BENNETT WILEY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, November 27, 1963,  p. 25
Bennett Creech Dies In Miami Springs, Fla.
Bennet Wiley Creech, 81, Hudson, Ill., died at 2 a. m. today in Miami Springs, Fla., where he had been ill about two months.

Creech was born May 9, 1882, at White Cloud, Kas., the son of the late John Walker and Philena Walter Creech. He was married June 16, 1908, to Audrey Davison, Fillmore.

He was a member of the Horseman's Association and was a former race horse trainer and owner.

Survivors besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Grover Noel, Miami Springs, Fla., and Mrs. Ivan Park, Gainsville, Fla., two grandchildren, three great grandchildren and one sister, Miss Lucina Creech, Hopkins.

Services will be conducted at 10 a. m. Saturday at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[DAVIS, LAURA ELLEN FIKE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 23, 1939, [p. 1]
Mrs. John Davis Dies At Home in Hopkins
Mrs. John Davis, 65 years of age, a long-time resident of the Hopkins vicinity, died at her home in Hopkins last night. She was taken home last Monday from the St. Francis hospital, where she underwent an operation recently.

Surviving are the husband, six children, Mark Davis, Hopkins, Harry Davis and Mrs. Elmer Hamilton, Maryville; Frank Davis, El Monte, Calif.; Bert Davis, Kansas City, and Mrs. Robert Goforth, Bedford; two brothers, Frank Fike, Omaha, and John Fike, San Diego, Calif., and one sister, Mrs. Ida McMillen, Shenandoah.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian church in Hopkins with the pastor, Rev. R. C. Lockwood, in charge. Burial will be at Hopkins.

 

[DIMMLER, CHRISTINA MARY "CHRISTY" MOREHOUSE]
Creston News Advertiser (Creston, Iowa), September 15, 2015
Christina Mary Dimmler, 55, of Corning died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, at her home in Corning.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p. m., Thursday, Sept. 17, at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 701 Seventh St., Corning. The Rev. Andrew Bardole will officiate. Interment will be in Hopkins Cemetery in Hopkins, Mo. Visitation with family present will be from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home.

Christina Dimmler, daughter of Floyd Neal and Mary Evelyn (Lacy) Morehouse, was born Nov. 27, 1959, in Corning.

After earning her GED, Christy attended Southwestern Community College in Creston, where she received her associate's degree in accounting.

On Aug. 3, 1978, Christy married Bill Dimmler in Corning. They later divorced. Christy later met her fiancé Larry Shaw.

Christy lived most of her life in Corning, except for six months when she resided in Oregon. Christy worked as a home health care aide, a cook at J.O.'s in Corning, a cook at Corning Nursing and Rehab and later became head cook at Vintage Park in Lenox. Her last position was a dietary aide for CHI Hospital in Corning. She stopped working in January of this year due to declining health.

Christy is survived by her daughters, Joleen Drake and fiancé Damien Most, Jamie (Jason) McManis and Jackie Dimmler and fiancé Dale Roberts, all of Corning; sons, Jerith and Derek Shaw, both of Corning; mother Mary Morehouse of Corning; fiancé Larry Shaw of Corning; brother, Rick (Maggie) Morehouse of Cumberland; several nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

Christy was preceded in death by her father Neal Morehouse; aunt Marie George and uncle Bill Lacy.

 

[DIMMLER, CHRISTINA MARY "CHRISTY" MOREHOUSE]
Christy Dimmler November 27, 1959 – September 13, 2015
Christina Mary Dimmler, the daughter of Floyd Neal and Mary Evelyn (Lacy) Morehouse, was born November 27, 1959, in Corning, Iowa. Christy entered eternal rest on Sunday, September 13, 2015, at her home in Corning, at the age of 55 years, 9 months, and 17 days.

After earning her GED, Christy attended Southwestern Community College in Creston, where she received her Associate's Degree in Accounting. She married Bill Dimmler on August 3, 1978 in Corning, Iowa. The couple were blessed with three daughters: Joleen, Jamie, and Jackie, and later divorced. Christy later met her fiance' Larry Shaw and helped raise his two sons: Jerith and Derek.

Christy lived most of her life in Corning, except for 6 months when she resided in Oregon. Christy worked as a Home Health Care Aide while the girls were young. She then began working as a cook for J.O.'s in Corning for several years. She then was a cook at Corning Nursing and Rehab before becoming Head Cook at Vintage Park in Lenox, Iowa, where she worked for many years. Her last position was a Dietary Aide for CHI Hospital in Corning. She stopped working in January of this year due to declining health.

Christy was very good with crafts and made many decorations during her life. She enjoyed her vegetable garden and time spent collecting wind chimes and anything "peacocks". She loved the people she provided for and met while working. She will be missed by many.

Left to cherish Christy's memory are her daughters: Joleen Drake and fiancé Damien Most of Corning; Jamie (Jason) McManis, Corning; Jackie Dimmler and fiance' Dale Roberts of Corning; sons: Jerith and Derek Shaw, both of Corning; and her mother: Mary Morehouse of Corning; fiance', Larry Shaw of Corning; her brother; Rick (Maggie) Morehouse of Cumberland, Iowa ; 12 grandchildren: Danica, Alana, Jayla, D.J., Bentley, Chevy, Aaron, Halle, Madison, Aspen, Alexa, and Andraya. Christy is also survived by several nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Preceding Christy in death was her father, Neal Morehouse; her aunt, Marie George, and her uncle, Bill Lacy.
[Online obituary courtesy of Pearson Family Funeral Service, Corning, Iowa.]

 

[DONAHUE, STEPHEN JOSEPH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, April 19, 1976, p. 4
Stephen J. Donahue, 84, Maryville, died at 8:25 p.m. Sunday at the St. Francis Hospital, where he had been a patient two weeks following an illness of three months.

A native of Tarkio, he was born July 3, 1891, the son of the late William H. and Winifred Farley Donahue. A resident of Maryville 58 years, he was a member of St. Gregory's Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Altha Fae Donahue, of the home; two daughters, Miss Teresa M. Donahue, of the home, and Mrs. Theo Bateman, Reno, Nev.; two sons, Wendall J. Donahue, Keno, Nev., and Gale D. Donahue, Wichita, Kan.; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He also was preceded in death by two sons, Leo Rae Donahue, who died in 1965, and Everett K. Donahue, veteran of World War II, who died in 1942.

Services will be held at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday at the Price Funeral Home with burial in Nodaway Memorial Gardens. The parish rosary will be held at 8 p. m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

 

 

[DOUGHERTY, GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1894-1976]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, March 18, 1976, p. 4
George Washington Dougherty – George Washington Dougherty, 81, who has been residing 13 months at Job's East Haven, Maryville, died at 1:15 p. m. Tuesday at the St. Francis Hospital where he had been a patient nine days.

He was born Sept. 11, 1894, at Bedford, the son of the late James and Martha Florence Stoops Dougherty. A former resident of Bedford and the Hopkins communities, he previously had lived 18 ½ years in St. Joseph, where he operated an apartment house. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Married to Cordyce Ingram, who died in September 1972, he was a former trucker.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Louise Sierp, Hopkins; a son, Don Dougherty, Bedford; six grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; three brothers, Pete Dougherty, Gravity, Iowa, and Bryan and Seymour Dougherty, and one sister, Mrs. Vera Pippett, all of California.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home, Bedford, with Carl Cummings officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[FORNEY, GEORGE RAYMOND]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, August 7, 1968, p. 16
George R. Forney Dies At Home
George Raymond Forney, 80, Hopkins, died Tuesday morning at his home.

He was born June 20, 1888, near Thurman, Ia., and was the son of the late George Franklin and Lucinda Kreps Forney. He was a laborer and had lived the past 47 years in the Hopkins area---38 years in Hopkins.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at Swanson Funeral Home and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

He is survived by one son, Chalmers Forney, Hopkins; three daughters, Mrs. James Archer, Rose Lake, Idaho, and Mrs. Ed. Sorenson and Mrs. Carl Cazapla , Shenandoah, Ia.; a brother, Claude Forney, Allen, Neb., 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

 

[FORNEY, HENRY LEE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, July 16, 1956
Henry Lee Forney Dies While Visiting At Hopkins
Henry Lee Forney, 64, Rich Hill, Mo., died early yesterday at the home of his mother, Mrs. Lucinda Forney and brother, Raymond Forney, Hopkins. Mr. Forney arrived Saturday night at Hopkins for a visit with his mother and brother and visited with them until midnight. His death occurred after he retired.

Mr. Forney was born Sept. 7, 1891, at Thurman, Ia., the son of the late George Franklin Forney and Mrs. Forney. He was a retired electrician and was a veteran of World War I.

He was also a member of the AF and AM lodge at Shenandoah, Ia.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lou Ellen Forney, of the home; his mother and two brothers, Claude Forney, Ponca, Neb., and Raymond Forney, Hopkins.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Methodist church in Hopkins. The Rev. H. R. Tate will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. There will be Masonic rites at the graveside. The body will lie in state from 1 until 2 p. m. at the church.

 

[GOULD, LILLIAN WACHS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, November 2, 1972, p. 6
Mrs. Lillian Gould - Mrs. Lillian Gould, 79, Hopkins, died Wednesday at the St. Francis Hospital, Maryville.

An employee of the 66 Cafe, Hopkins, she was a member of the First Christian Church, the American Legion Auxiliary and the 60 Plus and the Prairie Star Homemakers Clubs.

She is survived by two sons, Williard Gould, Omaha, Neb., and Dean Gould, Prosser, Wash.; three daughters, Mrs. Chalmers Forney, Hopkins; Mrs. Merlin Struthers, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Kenneth Traster, McMinnville, Ore.; one sister, Miss Louise Wachs, Kensington, Kan.; one brother, France Wachs, Kensington; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church. The Rev. Fred Paxton will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[GRIFFEY, BESSIE MAE MERCER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 23, 1977, p. 3
Mrs. Bessie Mae Griffey – Mrs. Bessie Mae Griffey, 79, former Maryville resident, who has been living the past seven years at a nursing home at Plattsburg, died at 3 p. m. Tuesday.

She was born May 6, 1898, at Gentry, the daughter of the late Perry Frank and Mary Martin Mercer. On March 17, 1913, she was married to at Albany to Forrest F. Griffey, who died May 11, 1966.

The survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Herbert (Trevell) Swaney, Hopkins, and Mrs. Roy (Lucille) Mackinnon, El Cajon, Calif.; one son Forest Griffey, South Gate, Calif.; seven grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

Services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Friday at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, with the Rev. Joyce Young to officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[GRIFFEY, FORREST FRANKLIN "FRANK"]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, May 19, 1966, p. 4
Frank Griffey, 75, Dies Here May 12
Frank Griffey, 75, Maryville, died May 12 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Herbert Swaney, Bedford, following a long illness.

He was born May 4, 1891, in Gentry, and was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Griffey. He was married to Miss Bessie Mercer, who survives.

 

[HART, ALBERT VICTOR]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, March 3, 1962, [p. 1]
Rev. Albert Hart, Hopkins Cleric, Dies
The Rev. Albert Victor Hart, 78-year-old pastor of the Hopkins Christian Church, died at 8 a. m. today at the St. Francis Hospital where he had been a patient since Feb. 6.

A minister for some 52 years, he had held the pastorate of the Hopkins Christian Church since Sept. 9, 1961, delivering his last sermon Feb. 4. He had held pastorates in Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.

Born Jan. 7, 1884 at Ealing, England, he came to the United States in 1909. On June 17, 1913, he was married to Nelle V. Grable, who preceded him in death May 21, 1957. He was a graduate of Drake University, Des Moines, and was a member of the Hopkins Christian Church.

The Rev. Hart visited his native country last summer for several weeks.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. William Grady, St. Louis, and Mrs. R. D. Howell, San Mateo, Calif.; a son, Lt. Col. Charles Garth Hart, Glasgow Air Force Base, Glasgow, Mont.; a sister, Mrs. William Marshall, East Acton, London, England; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Hopkins Christian Church with Dr. Lester B. Rickman, Jefferson City, officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[HART, NELLE VALENTINE GRABLE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, May 22, 1957, p. 2
Hopkins Pastor's Wife Dies At Hospital Here
Mrs. Nelle Valentine Hart, 67, wife of the Rev. Albert V. Hart, pastor of the Hopkins Christian Church, died at 5:15 p. m. yesterday at the St. Francis Hospital after a long illness. She had lived at Hopkins the last five and one-half years.

Mrs. Hart was born Mar. 30, 1890 at Vermillion, Kas., the daughter of the late Charles and Lucinda Critchfield Grable. She married the Rev. Hart June 17, 1913, at Leavenworth, Kas. Mrs. Hart was a graduate of Cotner College, Lincoln, Neb., and also attended Drake University. She was a member of the Hopkins Christian Church.

Survivors include her husband of the home; two daughters, Mrs. William J. Grady, jr., St. Louis, and Mrs. Richard D. Howell, Millbrae, Calif., and a son, Major Charles G. Hart, Waco, Tex.; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle L. Sprong, Los Angeles, Calif., and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Hopkins Christian Church. The Rev. Donald McKay, Independence, and the Rev. Lester Rickman, Jefferson City, will officiate. The body will lie in state from 1 until 2 p. m. at the church. Swanson Funeral Home is in charge of the services.

 

[HOEPKER, OLIVIA FLOYDINE ALEXANDER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, March 21, 1973, p. 13
Mrs. Floydine Hoepker
Mrs. Floydine Hoepker, 46, Pickering, died at 11 p. m. Tuesday at a Kansas City hospital after a long illness.

Born May 18, 1926, at Pickering, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Olive Alexander. On Aug. 10, 1958, she was married to Orlin Hoepker, who survives.

Mrs. Hoepker was a member of the Pickering Christian Church. A graduate of Pickering High School, Northwest State University and Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn., she taught kindergarten from 1946-1958 at Eugene Field School, Maryville. She taught Sunday school and Bible School at the Pickering Christian Church and was a 4-H and Girl Scout leader.

In addition to her husband of the home she is survived by two daughters, Elexa and Lorena, and two sons, Chris and Edwin, all of the home.

Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Friday at the Pickering Christian church. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[HOUSTON, DOLA GRACE MCBETH]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, December 16, 1954, p. 10
Mrs. Bruce Houston Dies
Mrs. Bruce Houston died Thursday Dec. 9 at the Missouri Methodist hospital in St. Joseph where she had been a patient two days. Her death was attributed to pneumonia and a heart condition.

She was born in Hopkins and her entire life was spent in this vicinity. She was 71 years of age.

Services were held Saturday afternoon at the Wray Memorial Methodist church with the pastor, Earl C. Griffith in charge.

Survivors are the husband; two sons, John and Frank Houston of Hopkins; one daughter, Mrs. J. B. Long of Kansas City and four grandchildren. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[HOUSTON, MARY LORRAINE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, October 14, 1953, p. 3
Funeral Services Thursday For Miss Mary Houston
Miss Mary Houston, 42, Hopkins, who died at Research Hospital, Kansas City at 10 o'clock Monday following a heart operation was a patient there three weeks.

Several years ago she was employed at the Bow and Arrow factory in Maryville during which time she made her home with her sister, Mrs. J. B. [entley] Long and Mr. Long. At the age of 20, she was affected with polio but was able to be up and about. Later she suffered a heart condition and after reading many articles on heart surgery she felt her condition could be benefited by surgery.

Besides her sister, Kansas City, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Houston, Hopkins, and two brothers, John and Frank, both of the home; two nieces and two nephews.

Funeral services probably will be held Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins and burial in the Hopkins cemetery will be in charge of the Shum funeral directors of Bedford.

The body will lie in state at the church.

 

[HOUSTON, MARY LORRAINE]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, October 22, 1953, p. 7
HOPKINS – Miss Mary L. [orraine] Houston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Houston of Hopkins, died Tuesday, Oct. 13 at the Research hospital in Kansas City in surgery for a heart ailment.

Miss Houston was born near Hopkins and her entire life had been spent at the farm home of her parents. She was 42 years of age.

She was a graduate of the Hopkins high school in 1928. She was afflicted with polio in 1933.

Funeral services were held Thursday at the Wray Memorial Methodist church, Rev. A. V. Hart, pastor of the Hopkins Christian church in charge with Rev. N. J. Lewis, pastor of the Baptist church, assisting.

Survivors are the parents; two brothers, John of Hopkins and Frank of the home; one sister, Mrs. J. B. [entley] Long of Kansas City; two nephews and two nieces.

Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[HURST, ROY NELSON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, July 1, 1964, p. 2
Roy Hurst Dies At Local Hospital
Roy N. [elson] Hurst, 67, Maryville, died at 9:03 a. m. today at the St. Francis Hospital where he had been a patient since June 6.

Mr. Hurst was a retired district supervisor for the State Highway Dept., having been with them for 38 years stationed in Maryville, Gallatin and Cameron, and moving two years ago back to Maryville, following his retirement. A member of the Methodist Church and a life member in the State Highway Employees Assn. of Missouri, he was born June 11, 1897 to Fredrick Hurst and Almira Dawson Hurst at Skidmore. He was married Nov. 19, 1919, to Verda Gray at Savannah.

Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Miss Darlene Hurst of the home, and Mrs. Neil Tapscott, Fullerton, Cal.; one son, Vernon L. Hurst, Kansas City; one brother, W. J. Hurst, Lincoln, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Rosecrans, Maryville and Mrs. Clarence Duffield, Hopkins and five grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Price Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[HUTSON, JOHN CAMPBELL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, November 12, 1973, p. 4
John C. Hutson - John Hutson, 84-year-old retired Hopkins farmer, died at 7.40 a.m. Sunday at the St. Francis Hospital, where he had been a patient two weeks following a long illness.

He was born June 21, 1889, in Richland County, Ill., the son of the late George and Evaline Utterback Hutson, and was married Oct. 29, 1913 at Dundas, Ill., to Stella Lamkin, who survives. The family moved from Hamburg, Iowa, to the Hopkins community more than 20 yean ago He was a member of Wray Memorial United Methodist Church.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Gerald Hutson, Shenandoah, Iowa, and Garland Hutson, Clarence, N. Y.; six grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church, with the Rev. John Shipley officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, where the family will meet friends at 7:30 p.m. today.

 

[JACKSON, LETHA MYRTLE  HALL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 11, 1954, [p. 1]
Mrs. Letha M. Jackson Died Yesterday Afternoon
Mrs. Letha Myrtll [Myrtle] Jackson, Hopkins, who would have been 65 [66], Dec. 21 this year, died at 4:05 p. m. yesterday at her home.

Mrs. Jackson was born near Rogers, Neb. and moved when ten years old with her parents to the Gaynor community. She had lived there and in the Hopkins community all her life. Her husband preceded her in death Sept. 5, 1951 and a three-year-old daughter June 12, 1915.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Artis Thompson of the home and Mrs. Clark Tranbarger, Creston, Ia.; two grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Dave Dickens, Edmond, Okla.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Wray Memorial Methodist church, Hopkins, of which Mrs. Jackson was a member. Rev. Earl Griffith will conduct the services and the Swanson funeral directors will have charge of the burial in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[JACKSON, LETHA MYRTLE HALL] 
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, December 16, 1954, p. 10 
HOPKINS – Mrs. Lethe M. Jackson, wife of the late Theo Jackson, died Friday afternoon at her home in Hopkins at the age of 66 years.

Mrs. Jackson was born at Rogers, Nebr., coming here when ten years of age. She had resided in the Gaynor rural community near Hopkins and in Hopkins since.

Services were Sunday at the Wray Memorial Methodist church, the pastor Earl C. Griffith officiating.

Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Artis Thompson of Hopkins and Mrs. Olga Transbarger of Creston; one sister, Mrs. Dave Dickerson (Ella) of Edmond, Okla. and two grandchildren.

 

[KELLOGG, HENRY CONRAD]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Monday, March 28, 1966, [p. 1]
Henry Kellogg funeral Sunday, was farmer near Braddyville
Funeral services for Henry Kellogg were held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the Christian church at Hopkins, Mo.

Mr Kellogg, long-time farmer southeast of Braddyville, passed away Friday morning at St. Francis hospital in Maryville, Mo. He had been a patient for the past six years in the Maryville Nursing Home, and an invalid the past eight years.

His wife, nee Winifred Louder, also raised southeast of Braddyville, passed away March 22 in 1961.

Henry was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Kellogg and was born in DeWitt, Nebr. When he was quite young the family moved to northwest Missouri. He is survived by one son, Valdo, of Hopkins, Mo, also two brothers, Harry of Braddyville and George of Vancouver, Washington. George came by airline for the services. One sister, Mrs. Dale Holbrook, also survives him, at Portland, Oregon.

 

[KELLOGG, HENRY CONRAD]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Monday, March 28, 1966, [p. 1]
Services held for H Kellogg who was Hopkins retired farmer
Henry Conrad Kellogg, 80, Hopkins retired farmer, died Friday at the Maryville Hospital where he had been a patient for a week following a long illness.

Born Nov. 7, 1885, at DeWitt, Neb, he was married Feb 5, 1908 at Burlington Junction, to Miss Winfred [Winifred] Louder. She preceded him in death March 22, 1961.

Services were Sunday at the Hopkins Christian Church and burial in the Hopkins cemetery.

His son is Valdo Kellogg. He has one grandchild and two great grandchildren, all of Hopkins, one sister, Mrs Hazel Holbrook, Portland, Ore, and two brothers, Harry Kellogg, Braddyville, Ia, and George Kellogg, Vancouver, Wash.

 

[KELLOGG, WINIFRED IONA LOUDER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, March 23, 1961, [p. 1]
Mrs. Henry Kellogg Dies At Hospital
Mrs. Winifred Iona Kellogg, 71, Hopkins, died at 11:30 a. m. Wednesday at the St. Francis Hospital where she had been a patient for three weeks. She had suffered a long illness.

Mrs. Kellogg was born Oct. 7, 1889, at Alpena, S. D., the daughter of the late Henry J. Louder and Lucelia A. Hays Louder. She was married Feb. 5, 1908, at Braddyville, Ia., to Henry C. Kellogg. Mrs. Kellogg was a member of the Christian Church of Pickering.

Surviving are her husband, Henry Kellogg, who is a patient at the Nodaway Nursing Home, near Maryville; a son, Valdo Kellogg, Hopkins; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Wallace, Clearmont, and Mrs. Earl Houts, Atkinson, Neb.; a brother, Leo Louder, Green Top, Mo., and a granddaughter, Julia Kellogg, Hopkins.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Hopkins Christian Church. The Rev. A. V. Hart will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

The body is at Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[KILLAM, ROSS ROBERT]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 13, 1975, p. 4
Ross Robert Killam - Ross   Robert   Killam, 84-year-old   retired   Hopkins farmer, died   about   noon Wednesday at the Clarinda, Iowa hospital, where he had been a patient since Friday. He was born June 7,1890, in Nodaway County, the son of the late Herbert Walter and Clara Ann Shelman Killam. On March 20, 1920, he was married    at    Hopkins    to Beaulah   Taylor, who   survives. A lifelong resident of the Hopkins community, he moved     into     town     in November 1957. Killam was a member of the Hopkins First Christian Church.

Survivors, besides his wife of   the   home, include   a daughter, Mrs. Eldon Fine, Bedford, Iowa; a son, Herbert  Killam, Bedford; a brother, Lloyd     Killam, Tujunga, Calif.; a   sister, Mrs.      Mary      Nicholson, Maryville, and three grandchildren, Mrs. Morris Sump, New Market, Iowa; and Miss Sharon Fine and Miss Victoria Faith Killam, Bedford. Services will be conducted at   2 p. m.   Friday   at   the Hopkins   First    Christian Church with the Rev. Fred Paxton and the Rev.   Carl Hoff officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[LETT, RAYMOND FAYETTE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 12, 1962, p. 2
Raymond F. Lett, 53, Succumbs in Iowa
Raymond F. Lett, native of Nodaway County, died unexpectedly at 11 a. m. Saturday at his home in Des Moines, Ia., following a heart attack.

He was born Aug. 24, 1906 at Pickering, the son of the late Harry Lett and Mrs. Mamie Lett, now of Maryville. Mr. Lett was graduated from the Pickering High School, Northwest State College and completed a law course from a Chicago law school. He taught school for several years at Graham, Oregon and Excelsior Springs. Mr. Lett had been associated with the Iowa Hybrid Corn and Hog Co.

In March 1932 he was married at Hopkins to Miss Florine Turner, who also survives. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Tri-Luminar, 18, and the Grace Methodist Church, both of Oskaloosa, Ia.

In addition to his wife and mother, he is survived by a son, Turner Lett, Hopkins, Minn.; a daughter, Mrs. William Cramer, Vienna, Va.; three sisters, Mrs. J. Ralph Milne, Oregon; Mrs. Henry DeMott, Maryville, and Mrs. Albert DeMott, Bedford, Ia., and four grandchildren.

Funeral rites will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Wray Memorial Methodist Church, Hopkins. The Rev. Stephen Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[GRIMES, KATHLEEN FERN MCCLOUD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, December 19, 1977, p. 3
Mrs. Kathleen Grimes – Mrs. Kathleen Fern Grimes, 82, Hopkins, died at 7:15 a.m. today at St. Francis Hospital, where she had been a patient since July 12.

She was born Feb. 16, 1896, in Peoria, Ill., and was the daughter of the late Irvin and Ethel Meyers McCloud. On Dec. 29, 1920, in Akron, Colo., she married Forest Grimes, who survives.

Mrs. Grimes was a member of the Hopkins Unity Home Circle Club and the Glen Ulmer American Legion Auxiliary.

Additional survivors include: two sons, Robert Grimes, Bedford, Iowa, and Donald Grimes, Hopkins; one daughter, Mrs. Cleo (Thelma) Manning, Hopkins; and one grandson.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Hopkins First Christian Church. The Rev. Loren Works will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[MILLER, LAURA BLANCHE CHAMBERLAIN HART DOUGHERTY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, January 3, 1977, p. 3
Mrs. Laura Blanche Miller - Mrs. Laura Blanche Miller, 85, Long Beach, Calif., former resident of this area, died at 2 a.m. Sunday in a hospital there following a long illness.

Born July 25, 1891, near Albany, the daughter of the late Elmer and Laura Chamberlain, she attended the Stanberry Normal, where she studied music. She had been a teacher of the piano. Mrs. Miller also had lived at New Market and Bedford, Iowa, and Hopkins and Stanberry.

On March 18, 1914, she was married at Bedford to George Dougherty, who is deceased. On Aug. 5, 1946, she was married at Long Beach, where she had been living since 1946, to Jack Miller, who also is deceased. She was a member of the United Methodist Church.

Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Jesse (Louise) Sierp, Hopkins; a son, Donald Dougherty, Bedford; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

The body will arrive Wednesday at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by Carl Cummings. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[MONROE, FRED BEEKMAN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 5, 1968, p. 9
WRAY MAHAN'S UNCLE DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Wray Mahan, Maryville, has received word of the death Friday night of his uncle, Fred B Monroe, 91, Canoga Park. Calif., who died at a hospital there.

Monroe was born and reared at Hopkins, and was graduated from the Hopkins school and Maryvil1e Seminary. He worked in the Bank of Hopkins until the late 20's and lived in Farmington for many years. He was bookkeeper for the state hospital, and, after retiring, he moved to McAllen, Tex., and later to his California home.

Funeral services were held at 10 a. m. today in California. The body will be cremated and returned to Hopkins at a later date for interment.

 

[MONROE, VINNIE FLORENCE WRAY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, December 7, 1973, p. 4
Mrs. Fred Monroe, Hopkins Native, Dies
Norvel Sayler, Maryville, has received word of the death of his aunt, Mrs. Fred Monroe, 94, Canoga Park, Calif., where she was residing in retirement with her daughter.

She was born in 1879 at Hopkins, and resided there until 1928. Besides Sayler, her other Maryville relative is a nephew, Wray Mahan.

Her body has been cremated and the ashes will be returned to Hopkins sometime after Christmas for services and burial there

 

[MONROE, VINNIE FLORENCE WRAY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, August 3, 1974, p. 7
Mrs. Florence Wray Monroe
Memorial services for Mrs. Florence Wray Monroe, 94, Canoga Park, Calif., who died Dec. 3,1973, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church, Hopkins.

The Rev. Richard Gressman will officiate and burial will be in Hopkins Cemetery. She died following a long illness and was cremated at Canoga Park where she had lived for about 10 years. She left Hopkins in 1930.

She was born July 19, 1879 at Pickering, the daughter of the late Stephen K. and Mary Carmean Wray. She was married June 3, 1909 at Hopkins to Fred Monroe, who died in 1968.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Helen Nations, Canoga Park, one granddaughter and nieces and nephews.

Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, is handling arrangements.

 

[MOREHOUSE, LEWIS EDWARD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, August 29, 1960, p. 2
Lewis E. Morehouse Dies At Local Hospital
Lewis Edward Morehouse, 59, Hopkins farmer, died at 11:30 a. m. Saturday at the St. Francis Hospital after a brief illness. He had been at the hospital seven days.

Funeral rites were held at 2 p. m. today at the Wray Memorial Methodist Church, Hopkins, with the Rev. Stephen Johnson officiating. Burial was in Hopkins Cemetery.

Mr. Morehouse was born Apr. 3, 1901, at Hopkins, the son of the late William Albert and Gertie Stockton Morehouse. He was married to Lila Farquhar Dec. 25, 1921. He had lived at Hopkins all of his life.

Surviving are his widow, of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Bobbie Pruitt, Mrs. Dean John, Mrs. Robert Fuller and Mrs. Dean Swaney, all of St. Joseph; four brothers, Steven, Wellington and Woodrow Morehouse, all of Kansas City, Kas., and Albert Morehouse, Maryville, and a sister, Mrs. Glynn Stephens, St. Louis, and 11 grandchildren.

Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, was in charge of the services.

 

[MOREHOUSE, WOODROW DONALD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, August 8, 1966, [p. 1]
W. E. Morehouse, 54, Dies In Kansas City
Woodrow Donald Morehouse, 54, Kansas City, Kas., formerly of Hopkins, died at 10 a. m. Saturday at a hospital in Kansas City following a short illness.

He was born Jul 30, 1912, at Hopkins, and was the son of the late William A. [lbert] and Gertie Stockton Morehouse. He was married June 6, 1936, to Miss Faye Knapp, Craig. He was a carpenter.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Swanson's Funeral Home, Hopkins. The Rev. Gerald Sappington will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

Besides his wife of the home, he is survived by two sons, Mark Wayne Morehouse, stationed at the Naval Air Station, Olathe, Kas., and Terry Morehouse, Kansas City, Kas.; a sister, Mrs. Glynn Stephens, St. Louis; two brothers, John Morehouse, Kansas City, Kas., and A. P. Morehouse, Maryville and three granddaughters.

 

[MORRISON, EVERETT HARVEY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, July 2, 1977, p. 5
Everett Harvey Morrison – Everett Harvey Morrison, Hopkins, died Friday at 8:25 p. m. at St. Francis Hospital after a long illness.

Morrison, a retired trucker, was born September 23, 1893 near Greenville, Tenn. His parents are unknown. He married Alma Wiseman, Hopkins, who survives, on December 24, 1913 at Maryville and has lived most of his later life in Hopkins.

Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Christian Church, Hopkins. The Rev. Loren Works will officiate and burial will be at the Hopkins Cemetery.

Additional survivors include one son, Raymond Morrison, and one daughter Lois (Mrs. Raymond Coleman), Hopkins, seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

The body is at Swanson's Funeral Home In Hopkins.

 

[NICHOLSON, ALLEN CARTER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, August 2, 1952, [p. 1]
Services Held for Nicholson Infant
Graveside services for Allen Carter Nicholson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nicholson, Hopkins, were held at 2 p. m. yesterday at the Hopkins cemetery.

The baby was born July 22 at the St. Francis hospital, and became ill suddenly about 1 a. m. Wednesday. The Rev. Arthur Gray, pastor of the Wray Memorial Methodist church, was the officiating minister. The Swanson funeral directors were in charge of arrangements.

Besides his parents, the baby is survived by a brother, Terry Lee, two years old.

[NICHOLSON, ALLEN CARTER]
Hopkins Journal (Hopkins, Missouri), Thursday, July 31, 1952
Graveside Service's For Allen Carter Nicholson Will Be Here Friday 2 P. M.
Allen Carter Nicholson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nicholson, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 1 a. m. at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Nicholson of the Valley neighborhood.
Graveside services will be at 2 p. m. Friday at the Hopkins Cemetery. The Rev. Arthur Gray, pastor of the Wray Memorial Methodist church will officiate. The Swanson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Allen was born July 22 at 6 a. m. at the St. Francis hospital in Maryville. He weighed five pounds and eight ounces. Allen was doing well and at no time had he shown any symptoms of illness. His parents had arisen to make their nightly check-up and realized at once that their son was very ill. They called Dr. C. W. Kirk and rushed the baby to his home in Hopkins. He pronounced the child was dead.
Mrs. Nicholson is the former Joan Ginn. The Nicholsons have a son, Terry Lee, two years of age.

 

[NICKELS, ADAH CORA FISHER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, October 16, 1959, [p. 1]
Mrs. Nichels Dies At Daughter's Home

Mrs. Adah Cora Nichels [Nickels], 80, Hopkins, was found dead in bed this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nedra Reents, Hopkins, where she made her home. She suffered a long illness.

Mrs. Nichels [Nickels] was born Aug. 29, 1879 in Ohio, the daughter of the late John David Fisher and Matilda Fisher. She was a member of the Baptist Church.

Survivors are her daughter; a brother, Charles W. Fisher, Los Angeles, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Ollie Wagenknezht, San Bernardino, Calif.; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins. The Rev. Walter Cox will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.
[Note:  Her last name is spelled Nickels on her headstone.]

 

[NICKELS, ADAH CORA FISHER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, October 27, 1959, p. 5
Mrs. Thomas Safar and daughter, Vidor, Tex., is visiting with her mother, Mrs. Carl Reents and Carol Lou, coming at this time to attend the funeral rites for her grandmother, Mrs. Ada Nickels, which was Sunday.

 

[OBERHAUSER, VELMA IRENE SHELEY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, April 24, 1967, p. 8
Mrs. Velma Oberhauser Dies in Hospital
Mrs. Velma Irene Oberhauser, 64, Hopkins, died at 12:50 a. m. Sunday at St. Francis Hospital where she had been a patient for 11 weeks following a long illness.

She was born Aug. 19, 1902, in Taylor County, Ia., and was the daughter of the late Melford J. and Emsy Bordner Sheley. She was married July 9, 1922, at Bedford, Ia., to Ott Oberhauser, who survives. She was a member of the Wray Memorial Methodist Church, Hopkins, Auxiliary of the World War I Barracks, Nodaway County, Glen Ulmer American Legion Auxiliary and the Art Club, Hopkins.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Wray Memorial Methodist Church. The Rev. Gerald Sappington and the Rev. Norman Lewis will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

Besides her husband of the home, she is survived by two sons, Norman Oberhauser, Hopkins, and Billy Oberhauser, Pacoima, Cal.; two sisters, Mrs. Roy Horning, Bedford, Ia.; Mrs. Henry Roush, Hopkins; a brother, Fay Sheley, Guthrie Center, Ia.; eight grandchildren and a great grandchild.

The body is at Swanson's Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[OWENS, CARL LEROY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 26, 1944, [p. 1]
Ensign C. L. Owens Is Missing in Naval Battle
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Owens of near Hopkins received word last night from the War Department that their son, Ensign Carl LeRoy Owens, 22 years old, was missing in action. Word had been received Wednesday in Maryville that he had been in the naval battle at Anzio, Italy.

 

[OWENS, CARL LEROY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, April 5, 1945, p. 1, 7
Ensign Carl Owens Declared Dead; Was Lost on LST Boat
Word has been received from James Forrestal, secretary of the Navy, by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Leroy Owens of near Hopkins that their son, Ensign Carl Leroy Owens, who had been missing in action since February 20, 1944, has been declared dead.

The letter read: He was serving on board the USS LST-348, when that vessel, while en route from Niside, Italy to Anzio, Italy, received two violent underwater explosions and sank. The order to abandon ship was given immediately and those who survived were later rescued by another vessel. Extensive searches were made of the area, but no trace of your son could be found. None of the personnel missing from this action has been reported as prisoners of war. Weather conditions during this time included a calm sea and good visibility.

In view of the length of time that has elapsed without any indication that your son survived, I am reluctantly forced to the conclusion that he is deceased. The date of the death of your son is presumed to be February 21, 1945 which is day following the expiration of twelve months in the missing statistics. It is hoped that you may find comfort in the knowledge that your son gave his life for his country, upholding the highest traditions of the Navy."

Graduated From STC
Ensign Owens was born March 15, 1921, northwest of Hopkins and was graduated from the Hopkins high school in 1938. He received his bachelor of science degree with the class of 1942 at STC in Maryville. Ensign Owens received his commission in February 1943 and left for overseas service in April of that year.

Besides his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Dale, Paul and Earl Owens, Hopkins, and a sister, Mrs. Harold Crane, Pickering.

 

[OWENS, LARRY DALE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, July 15, 1955, [p. 1]
LARRY OWENS, 8, DIES IN HOPKINS FARM MISHAP
Son of Dale Owens Slips Into Power Take Off Between Tractor, Combine
Larry Dale Owens, 8, son of Mr and Mrs. Dale Owens, Hopkins, was instantly killed last night in a tractor accident, at the home of his brother, Donald Owens, three and a half miles east of Hopkins.

Larry, helping his father and brother unload combined oats into a pickup truck, slipped and fell into a power takeoff located between the combine and the tractor. His clothes were caught in the machine and his body badly mangled. The accident happened about 7.45 p. m.

 Born in 1947
Larry was born May 30, 1947, at Hopkins, where he has lived since. Besides the parents, he is survived by three brothers, Donald, Hopkins, Wayne and Terry, of the home; two sisters, Miss Betty Owens, Maryville, and Mrs. Robert Stevenson, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Williams, North Hollywood, Calif., and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Owens, Hopkins.

Burial at Hopkins
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at the Christian church, Hopkins. The Rev. Ralph Yadon, Blockton, Ia., pastor of the Hopkins Church of Christ, will officiate. He will be assisted by the Rev. A. V. Hart, pastor of the Christian church.

The body will lie in state at the church from 1:30 until 2:30 p. m. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The body is at the Swanson funeral home, Hopkins.

 

[OWENS, LARRY DALE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, July 19, 1955, p. 2
Hold Funeral Services For Owens Boy At Hopkins
The Rev. Ralph Yadon, Blockton, Ia., and the Rev. A. V. Hart, Hopkins, conducted funeral services Sunday afternoon at the Christian church in Hopkins for Larry Owens, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Owens, Hopkins.

Pallbearers were Larry Florea, Harley Whaley, Kenney Stites, John Freeman, Richard Morehouse and Dean Swaney.

Flower girls were the Misses Marilyn Whaley, Shirley Thompson, Joyce and Judy Owens, Linda Owens, Emma Mae Owens and Mrs. Robert Owens and Mrs. Robert Bishop.

Maurice Peve sang, "In the Garden" and "Beyond the Sunset." Miss Joan Swanson accompanied Mr. Peve.

Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[OWENS, LESTER DALE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, August 26, 1977, p. 3
Lester Dale Owens - Lester Dale Owens, 71, Hopkins, died at 9:40 p.m. Thursday at a Kansas City hospital, where he had been a patient for three days.

He was born June 1,1906 in Hopkins and was the son of Mrs. Mae New Owens, who resides at Parkdale Manor in Maryville, and the late Leonard Owens. He was married on Dec. 24, 1928 in Clarinda, Iowa, to Miss Doris Leone Wilson, who survives.

He was a farmer and a well-known antique collector. He was a 1926 graduate of the Hopkins High School and a member of the Hopkins Church of Christ and Xenia Masonic Lodge.

Additional survivors include three sons, Dr. Donald Owens, Parnell, Wayne Owens, Bedford, Iowa, and Terry Owens, Hopkins; two daughters, Mrs. Weldon (Betty) Dowden, St. Charles, Ill., and Mrs. Robert (Shirley) Stevenson, Burlington, Iowa; two brothers, Earl and Paul Owens, Hopkins; one sister, Mrs. Eula Crane, West Jordan, Utah; and 13 grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a. m. Monday at the Hopkins Cemetery, with the Rev. Norman Lewis officiating. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[OWENS, RONNIE GENE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, May 12, 1953, p. 2
Ronnie Gene Owens, 2 ½, Hopkins, Dies in KC
Ronnie Gene Owens, two and one-half-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Owens of Hopkins, died at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning in a Kansas City hospital. He had been ill since March 6.

Born Dec. 13, 1950, in Maryville, the little boy is survived by his parents; the following brothers and sisters, Billy Lee, JoAnn, Glen Eldon, Joyce Elaine, Judy [Eileen] and Gary Eugene, all of the home, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Owens and Mrs. William Van Natta, all of Hopkins

The body is at the Swanson funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Christian church in Hopkins, conducted by the Rev. R. C. Yadon of Blockton. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[PEVE, JOANNE CORWIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, November 10, 1971, [p. 1]
Woman Found Dead From Gunshot Wound
A 40-year-old woman, Mrs. Joanne Peve, was found shot to death Tuesday night in the basement of her farm home located about 1 ½ miles northwest of Hopkins.

Nodaway County Sheriff John Middleton said the woman apparently was shot in the back of the neck with a shotgun as she was doing laundry in her basement. Sheriff's officers and special investigators of the State Patrol have been searching for clues to the killing, but they say they have no suspects thus far in the investigation and that no weapon was found at the scene.

Nodaway County Coroner Dr. Robert E. Dunshee ruled the death a homicide and said the killing occurred sometime between 8:30 and 9:40 p. m. Tuesday.
House Ransacked
Authorities said her house had been ransacked, but only some inexpensive jewelry was discovered missing. Lawmen said that anyone seeing hitchhikers or cars parked in that vicinity are asked to call the sheriff's office.

The body was discovered shortly afterward when her husband, Pete Peve, Jr., returned home from a meeting in Maryville. Peve operates a large farm there while Mrs. Peve was employed at Mutti Hardware, Hopkins. Two daughters of the home reportedly were attending a basketball tournament in Sheridan that night.

Lawmen said it was the county's first homicide of this nature in several years. The last homicide occurred in May 1967, in Maryville when a married couple died in a murder-suicide incident.
Born at Hopkins
Mrs. Peve was born Dec. 7, 1930, at Hopkins, the daughter of Raymond Corwin, Hopkins, and the late Mrs. Bernice Gray Corwin. She was married July 9, 1950, at the Hopkins Baptist Church, to Pete Peve, Jr., who survives.

She had lived her entire life in the Hopkins area and had been employed for the past 14 years at the hardware store.

She was a member of the Hopkins Baptist Church.

Survivors, besides her husband of the home, include three daughters, Mrs. Allan (Anna Mae) Thompson, Hopkins, and Vicki Jo Peve and Debra Kae Peve of the home; two sisters, Mrs. William Davidson, Lakeport, Cal., and Mrs. William Carmichael, Jr., Columbia; her father, and one grandchild.
Services Scheduled
Services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Hopkins Baptist Church. The Rev. Norman J. Lewis, assisted by the Rev. Tom Obersteadt, will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

The body was taken to the Price Funeral Home, Maryville, for an autopsy, and later transferred to the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[PEVE, PETER "PETE"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, November 16, 1971, [p. 1]
Murder Victim's Husband Asphyxiated
Authorities still haven't closed their investigation in the shotgun murder of Mrs. Pete Peve, Jr., Hopkins, after her husband was found dead from asphyxiation Monday afternoon.

Peve, 43, was found dead by his brother-in-law about 2:30 p. m. Monday, according to sheriff's officers. Sheriff John Middleton said Peve apparently drove his pickup truck to a wooded area near his farm where he connected a plastic tube from the exhaust pipe to the cab of the truck.

The cab windows were rolled up and Dr. Robert E. Dunshee, county coroner, said the man died at about 11 a. m. Monday. He ruled the death a suicide.

Authorities said Peve left his house at about 8:30 a. m. Monday and wasn't seen until he was discovered dead by his brother-in-law. Peve reportedly left a note, but it was a message to his two daughters and did not refer to his wife's death or his own, the sheriff said.

His 40-year-old wife was found dead Nov. 9 from a shotgun blast in the back of the neck. She was found in the basement of her home as she was doing laundry. Lawmen have conducted an intensive investigation into her death and say they are still looking for leads. . . .

Peve was born Nov. 5, 1928, at Hopkins, the son of the late Peter W. and Vulia Gray Peve. He was a veteran of the Korean War, a member of the Glen Ulmer American Legion Post, No. 288, a member of the Maryville Elks, of which he was past exalted ruler and was also state chaplain of the Missouri Elks Association.

He is survived by three daughters, Miss Debra Kae Peve and Miss Vicki Jo Peve, of the home, and Mrs. Allan Thompson, Hopkins; four sisters, Mrs. Ivan Rose, Chino, Cal., Mrs. Fay Killam, Longview, Tex., Mrs. William Morton, Hopkins, and Mrs. Bill McGhee, Turney; two brothers, Bob Peve, Maryville, and Arthur "Bill" Peve, Wauchula, Fla., and one grandson, Jason Thompson, Hopkins.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Hopkins Baptist church. The rev. N. J. Lewis and the Rev. C. T. Obersteadt will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The American Legion will conduct graveside services.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[PEVE, VULIA MAE GRAY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, January 10, 1963, p. 2
Mrs. Peter Peve Dies At Home In Hopkins
Mrs. Vulia Mae Peve, 69, died at 9 p. m. Wednesday at her home in Hopkins following a long illness. She had resided in the Hopkins area nearly all her life.

Mrs. Peve was born July 31, 1893, in Taylor County, Ia., the daughter of Willis Gray and Carrie Pierce Gray. She was married Dec. 11, 1915, in Maryville, to Peter Peve, who died in October 1958. She was a member of the Maple Grove Rural Methodist Church.

Survivors are three sons, Willis A. Peve, Wauchula, Fla.; Pete Peve, jr., Hopkins and Bobbie Lee Peve, Bedford, Ia.; four daughters, Mrs. A. W. McGhee, Turney; Mrs. Ivan Rose, Chino, Calif.; Mrs. William Morton, Hopkins, and Mrs. Faye Killam, Greeley, Colo.; 15 grandchildren; one great grandchild; three brothers, Milo Gray and Waldo Gray, Spokane, Wash.; and Rollo Gray, Kennewick, Wash., and two sisters, Miss Mabel Gray, Hopkins, and Mrs. Bessie Hopple, Clearmont.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Baptist Church in Hopkins with the Rev. Eugene Hayes officiating. Burial will be in Hopkins Cemetery.

The body is at the Swanson funeral home, Hopkins.

 

[PEVE, WARREN LORANZO "PETE"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, October 4, 1958, p. 6
Warren L. "Pete" Peve Dies at Home in Hopkins
Warren Loranzo "Pete" Peve, 75, died at 1:50 a. m. today at his home in Hopkins after a brief illness. He had lived at Hopkins 70 years. He was a retired farmer.

Mr. Peve was born Jan. 22, 1883, at West Jersey, Ill., the son of the late Arthur Peve and Katherine Shaffer Peve. He was married to Vula [Vulia] Gray December 1915, at Maryville.

Survivors include his widow, of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Mildred Manger, Kansas City; Mrs. Bonnie Rose, Chino, Calif.; Mrs. Fay Killam, Pickering, and Mrs. William Morton, Hopkins; three sons, Pete Junior Peve, Hopkins; Bobbie Lee Peve, stationed with the United States Army in Germany, and Willis Peve, Bartow, Fla.; a stepson, William Howard McLarnon, Maryville; three sisters, Mrs. Elsworth Thompson, Hopkins; Mrs. Omer Todd, Moberly, and Mrs. Ray Cunning, Gothenburg, Neb., and 11 grandchildren.

The body is at the Swanson funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of his son from Germany. Services will be held at the Hopkins Baptist Church.

 

[PEVE, WREN DEWEY]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, August 6, 1953, p. 3
Wren Peve Died July 28
Wren D. [ewey] Peve, 54, died at his home in south Hopkins Tuesday, July 28, after an illness of three months.

Mr. Peve was born at West Jersey, Ill., coming to Hopkins at the age of seven. He owned and operated the Peve Produce & Feeds for the past eleven years, starting to work there at the age of 15 years.

He is survived by his wife Pauline; one son, Maurice of Hopkins, three sisters, Julia Thompson, Hopkins; Mrs. Omar Todd, Moberly, Mo.; and Mrs. Ray Cunning, Gothenburg, Nebr.; one brother, Peter Peve, Hopkins.

Services were held Friday at Hopkins Christian Church with Rev. A. V. Hart and Rev. Arthur Gray in charge. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[PEVE, WREN DONALD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, December 29, 1976, [p. 1]
Peve Killed Tuesday on JJ
Wren Donald Peve, 21, Hopkins, was killed in a one-vehicle accident at about 2:50 p.m. Tuesday on Route J J west of Hopkins.

Peve was a passenger in a car driven by Scottie V. Lewis, 20, also of Hopkins, who was taken to St. Francis Hospital with severe scalp lacerations and possible back and internal injuries, according to the state Highway Patrol.

Lewis is listed in stable condition today at St. Francis Hospital, where he was taken after the accident.

According to Patrolman Richard Stratton, the car was eastbound on Route JJ, lost control and went off the left side of the road over an embankment. It struck a dirt bank, and Peve was thrown from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

[PEVE, WREN DONALD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, December 29, 1976, p. 3
Wren Donald Peve - Wren Donald Peve, 21, Hopkins, died Tuesday afternoon from injuries suffered in a car accident that occurred near the west edge of Hopkins.

He was born Feb. 14, 1955, in Maryville and was the son of Maurice and Florine Albright Peve, Hopkins.

A graduate of North Nodaway R-VI High School, Hopkins, he attended Northwest Missouri State University and was also employed by his father at the family owned produce and feed store in Hopkins. He was a member of he Hopkins First Christian Church.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. David (Pam) Frazee, Russell, Iowa; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Albright, Hopkins, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Luther Skelton and Mr. Skelton, Maryville.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Hopkins First Christian Church and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established in his name and Mrs. Steve Alexander, Hopkins, is in charge. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[PRATHER, EDITH VIOLA]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, April 22, 1947, p. 2
Funeral Services Held For Miss Edith Prather
Funeral services were conducted for Miss Edith Viola Prather, 31 years of age, Monday afternoon at the Wetmore funeral home in Bedford, Ia. Miss Prather died April 18 at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Prather in Bedford. The Rev. L. B. Day of Maryville conducted the services.

She was born May 10, 1915 in Pickering. She united with the Christian Church in 1936.

Besides her parents she is survived by her grandmother, Mrs. Susie Lincoln, Pickering; one sister, Mrs. Lodema Hunt, Bedford; and six brothers, Lawrence, St. Joseph; Loren of the home, Rev. Hubert Prather, Brookings, S. D., former pastor of the Barnard Christian church; Raymond Prather, Kirksville; Rev. Marion Prather, who is attending Phillips University at Enid, Okla.; and Orville Prather, Lewistown, Mo.

Music was furnished by Mrs. Raymond Prather, Kirksville, and Miss Ola Mae Lincoln, Maryville, with Mrs. Alva Lett, Pickering, as accompanist.

Pallbearers were Hubert, Lawrence, Raymond, Marion and Orvill Prather and Homer Hunt. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[REENTS, CARL JULIUS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, April 27, 1957, p. 6
Carl J. Reents Dies At Local Hospital
Carl Julius Reents, 60, Hopkins, died at 5:25 p. m. yesterday at St. Francis Hospital, where he had been a patient for seven days. Mr. Reents was a grocery merchant in Hopkins for many years and for the past three years has operated a locker plant in Pickering.

Born Nov. 11, 1896, at St. Joseph, Mr. Reents was the son of the late Herman F. and Christene Kiefer Reents. He was married May 25, 1929, to Miss Nedra Nickels.

Mr. Reents was a member of the German Lutheran Church, St. Joseph. He saw military service during World War I.

Funeral services are set tentatively for 2 p. m. Monday, pending word from a son in the Navy. The rites will be at the Hopkins Baptist Church with the Rev. Raymond Garrison officiating. A military service will be held also. The Swanson Funeral Home will be in charge.

Survivors include the wife and two daughters, Rita K. and Carol Lou Reents, of the home; two sons, Carl Reents, St. Joseph, and Jerry Reents, who is serving with the Navy; two sisters, Mrs. Louise Arnold and Mrs. Carol Martin, both of St. Joseph; and three grandchildren.

 

[REENTS, NEDRA NICKELS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, November 24, 1972, p. 8
Mrs. Nedra Reents – Mrs. Nedra Reents, 64, Hopkins, died Thursday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Tom Safer, Village Mills, Tex., where she was visiting.

She was married to Carl Reents, who preceded her in death Apr. 26, 1957.

In addition to her daughter, she also is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Stanley Kopeka, Pacific; two sons, Carl Reents and Jerry Reents, St. Joseph; 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

The body will arrive today at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, and services will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday at the Hopkins Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[RICHEY, BERNICE ANNETTE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, July 21, 1961, [p. 1]
Services Saturday For Bernice A. Richey
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Hopkins Christian Church for Bernice Annette Richey, 11, Durango, Colo., who died Monday in a hospital at Salt Lake City, Utah, suffering leukemia. The Rev. Delbert Dick, Maryville, will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

She was born Sept. 17, 1949, at Clarinda, Ia. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Durango.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Richey, formerly of Hopkins; a sister, Mrs. Robert Lindley, Wichita Falls, Tex.; a brother, William Richey, of the home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Robbins, Hopkins, and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Bryan Richey, Farmington, N. M.

The body arrived Thursday at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[RINE, HILDRED DEENICE BURKE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, December 20, 1972, p. 13
Mrs. Hildred DeEnice Rine - Mrs. Hildred DeEnice Rine, 71, of rural Clarinda, Ia., a former resident of the Hopkins and Pickering areas, died at 2 p.m. Tuesday at a Clarinda hospital, where she had been hospitalized for several hours.

Mrs. Rine was born June 27, 1901, in Skidmore, the daughter of the late Carl and Lula Carmine Burke. She was a member of the Hopkins Christian Church.

She was married Dec. 24, 1932, in Maryville to Silas Newton Rine, who preceded her in death.

Among her survivors are two sons, Carl Newton Rine Jr., Crawfordville, Ia., and Charles Ernest Rine, Clarinda; four sisters, Mrs. Burt Casebolt, New Hampton; Mrs. Zola Faulk, Sprague, Wash.; Mrs. William Peery, Shenandoah, Ia., and Mrs. Betty Dettman, Oxnard, Cal., and 10 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins. The Rev. Lewis Hunter will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[RINE, SILAS NEWTON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, November 8, 1957, [p. 1
Silas Newton Rine Dies At Home Near Pickering
Silas Newton Rine, 75, died at 9:30 p. m. yesterday at his home near Pickering after a long illness.

Mr. Rine was born Sept. 17, 1882, in Virginia, the son of the late Jasper and Margaret Rine. He was married to Hildred Burke Dec. 25, 1932. Mr. Rine was a member of the Mennonite Church at Shambaugh, Ia.

Survivors include his widow, of the home; two sons, Charles, of the home, and Carl, New London, Ia.; a grandson; two brothers, Harry, Clarinda, Ia., and Matthew, Shenandoah, Ia.

The funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins. The Rev. A. V. Hart will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[ROBISON, CHESTER DOUGLAS "CHET"]
Chester D. Robison - Chester D. Robison departed peacefully on November 27, 2014, with his loving wife Norma by his side; he was 85. Married for 63 years, Chet and Norma called Dillon, CO, home for the past 24 years.

Chet was born on November 19, 1929, to Clarence "Shorty" and Margaret Robison. Chet and Norma met in high school and married in 1951 in Hopkins, MO. Then Chet served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1954. He received his Bachelors in biology and math from NW Missouri State University in 1959 and his Masters in science from NE Missouri State University in 1964. He taught math and science for several years, first in Missouri and then in Colorado, before beginning his career with the federal government as Deputy Director of Education for the Job Corps Center in Casper, WY.

The Robison family moved a lot for Chet's jobs, but one of their most memorable and adventurous moves took them to the Truk Islands in the middle of the South Pacific when Chet accepted the position of Educational Coordinator for the Truk District of Micronesia, a U.S. Trust Territory at the time. There he was responsible for the operation of 54 schools on islands that spanned 50,000 square miles of ocean. Chet immediately bought a boat and the family enjoyed countless hours of fishing and snorkeling around the nearby islands.

After returning to the U.S., Chet continued working in various state and federal positions, primarily as a water and fisheries natural resource specialist throughout the West. He retired from the Bureau of Reclamation office in Denver in 1988 after 23 years of service.

Chet loved spending time with family, friends and his dogs. His favorite pastimes were camping, hunting and fishing, and he instilled his appreciation for nature and the outdoors in his children and granddaughter. Later in life, he enjoyed woodworking and skiing. Chet was a 50-year member of the Masons.

Chet is survived by his wife Norma of Dillon, CO; children: Connie (Kevin) Williams of Silverthorne, CO, Ron (Kay) Robison of Silverthorne, CO, Roger (Joni) Robison of Bedford, IA, Linda (Clarke Davis) Robison of Dillon, CO; granddaughter Heather Robison of Dannebrog, NE; and brother, Melvin (Nelda) Robison of Yukon, OK. He was preceded in death by his parents: Clarence and Margaret; brothers Fran, Ray, Donald ("Bud"); and sister Lorraine Weir.

Friends and family are invited to join in a Celebration of Life for Chet on Saturday, December 6th 11am-1:30pm in the Summit County Community & Senior Center in Frisco, CO. The family also welcomes everyone to attend memorial and burial services that will be held in Hopkins, MO, in May. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or the National Parks Foundation.
[Online obituary courtesy of Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home & Crematory, Loveland, Colorado.]

 

[SHELL, EUSTACIA JANETTE MENDENHALL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 7, 1977, p. 3
Mrs. Janette Shell
Mrs. Janette Shell, 73, Hopkins, died at 7:06 a.m. Sunday in a hospital at Council Bluffs, Iowa, where she had been a patient since Wednesday, following a long illness.

Born Dec. 6, 1903, in Nodaway County, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Lily Sheley Mendenhall. She was married Aug. 7, 1926, at Savannah, to Orrie Shell, who died May 17, 1954.

Mrs. Shell was a member of the First Christian Church, Hopkins, and the Hopkins Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Irma Thummel, Council Bluffs; two brothers, S. K. Mendenhall, Bedford, Iowa, and Olaf Mendenhall, Hopkins; a grandson and two great grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Christian Church in Hopkins, with the Rev. James W. Stiles to officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[SHELL, ORIE KEENE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, May 17, 1954, [p. 1]
Hopkins Man Dies After Surgery At Rochester
Orie Keene Shell, 54, Hopkins, died this morning at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester following surgery he underwent Friday.

Stanley Swanson, Hopkins undertaker, has gone to Rochester for the body and funeral arrangements will not be made until his return and the arrival of relatives from a distance.

Born May 6, 1900 in Skidmore, he had lived in the Hopkins community since 1919. His survivors are his wife of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Duane Thummel, and a grandson, Keene Thummel, both of Bedford; a brother, Lester Shell, Hopkins; two sisters, Mrs. Freeman Barnes, and Mrs. Esther McDonald, both of Maryville.

 

[SHELL, ORIE KEENE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, May 18, 1954, [p. 1]
Funeral Rites Wednesday For Orie Keene Shell
Funeral services for Orie Keene Shell, Hopkins, who died Monday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, will be held at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Christian church, Hopkins.

The Rev. A. V. Hart will conduct the services and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery in charge of the Swanson funeral directors.

 

[SHORES, MONROE]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, October 22, 1953, p. 7
HOPKINS – Burial at Hopkins
Monroe Shores, a former resident of Hopkins, was buried Saturday afternoon in the Hopkins cemetery, following services held at Atchison funeral chapel, Maryville. Mr. Shore[s] died in Fort [Ford] hospital, Elmo, Mo., Wednesday after several weeks illness. He was 74 years of age and survived by only nieces and nephews.

 

[SMITH, CLARA REBECCA OWENS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, July 16, 1952, [p. 1]
Services Friday In Burlington For Mrs. Clara Smith
Mrs. Clara Rebecca Smith, age 77, Burlington Junction resident the past 12 years, died at 2:00 p. m. Tuesday at the Ford hospital in Elmo, where she had been a patient two hours.

Funeral services for Mrs. Smith will be held at 2:00 p. m., Friday afternoon at the Burlington Junction Methodist church. The body will lie in state from 1:00 until the hour of the service, at which the Rev. Lowell Allen will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mrs. Smith, born Feb. 18, 1875, near Quitman, [was] the daughter of the late Daniel and Amanda J. Renfro Owens. On May 19, 1897, she was married at Hopkins to William V. [incent] Smith, who survives.

Had Been Ill
While Mrs. Smith had been in ill health for a number of years, her death was unexpected.

She united with the Centenary church near Quitman in 1900 and at the time of her death was a member of the Burlington Junction Methodist Church.

Besides her husband, her survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Fred Coulter, Clearmont; one grandson, Donnie Coulter and one granddaughter, Mrs. Arthur Nowasell, Milwaukee.

Also surviving are a sister, Miss Rose Owens, Maryville, a brother, Leonard Owens, Hopkins, and a number of nieces and nephews.

The family requests no flowers.

 

[SMITH, CLARA REBECCA OWENS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, July 19, 1952, p. 7
Services Held for Mrs. Clara Smith
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara R. Smith, Burlington Junction, who died Tuesday at the Ford hospital in Elmo, were held at 2:00 p. m. Friday afternoon at the Methodist church in Burlington Junction.

The Rev. Lowell D. Allen, pastor of the church, was in charge. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

Music was provided by Mrs. George Kegin, Mrs. Guy Plummer, Mrs. Omar Brown, Mrs. Clarence Farrens and Miss Bertha Schmauder. Accompanied by Mrs. Herman Miller, they sang "Take My Hand, Precious Lord," "Lead Me Gently Home" and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus."

 

 

 

 

[SWANEY, DARRELL DEAN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, January 15, 1959, p. 2
Swaney Infant Dies At St. Joseph Hospital
Darrell Dean Swaney, 2-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Forest D. Swaney, St. Joseph, was dead on arrival at a St. Joseph hospital Wednesday.

Survivors include his parents and a sister, Connie Irene Swaney, of the home; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morehouse, Hopkins; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Swaney, Hopkins; his maternal great grandmothers, Mrs. Pebble Swaney, Maryville, and Mrs. Delora Farquhar, Hopkins, and his paternal great grandfather, Frank Griffey, Maryville.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Wray Memorial Methodist Church, Hopkins. The Rev. Maurice Magers will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[SWANEY, HAZEL LORRAINE HAYES]
  Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, October 9, 1962, [p. 1]
Mother of Two Shoots Self
A distraught 29-year-old Hopkins mother of two shot and killed herself at her home Monday, according to county officials.

Mrs. Hazel Lorraine Swaney was found dead by her husband Monday afternoon at their home six miles east of Hopkins when he returned from town.

She reportedly had shot herself in the heart with a pistol.

Nodaway County Coroner B. K. Byland stated that he and Sheriff James Tucker theorized it was suicide.

Mrs. Swaney reportedly had suffered a recent nervous breakdown.

Born March 23, 1933, at Bedford, Ia., she was the daughter of Cecil Hayes and Reatha Hunter Hayes. She was married Apr. 1, 1951, at Maryville, to Doyle Swaney, who survives.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Anita Leann and Melody Lynn, of the home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hayes, Hastings, Neb.: three brothers, Leland Hayes. Pickering; Donald Hayes, Indianola, Ia., and Duane Hayes, Gibbon, Neb.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Hopkins Baptist Church with the Rev. Norman Lewis officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

The body is at the Price Funeral Home, Maryville.

 

[SWANEY, HAZEL LORRAINE HAYES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, October 12, 1962, p. 5
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Swaney
Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Lorraine Swaney, who died Monday at her home near Hopkins, were held Thursday at the Hopkins Baptist Church. The Rev. Norman Lewis officiated.

Mrs. Wayne White sang "Going Down the Valley" and "Beyond the Sunset," accompanied by Miss Carol Ann Forney, organist.

Pallbearers were Donald DeMott, Richard DeMott, Eldon Young, Lewis Young, Chester Motsinger and Richard Brand. Wives of the pallbearers were flower bearers.

Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[THOMAS, RONALD WALTER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, July 18, 1968, p. 8
Ronald Thomas Dies In Hospital
Ronald Walter Thomas, year-old-son of Cloyd Bruce and Donna Kathleen Boring Thomas, Hopkins, died at 9:15 p. m. Wednesday at St. Francis Hospital where he had been a patient for two days following a brief illness.

He was born July 18, 1967, at Iowa Falls, Ia., and had resided in Hopkins the past two months.

Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Saturday at Swanson's Funeral Home, Hopkins. The Rev. Fred Paxton will officiate and burial will be in a Hopkins cemetery.

Besides his parents, he is survived by a four-year-old brother, Mark Leslie, of the home, his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thomas, Clarion, Ia., his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Boring, Hopkins, and a great grandmother, Mrs. Ora Logan, San Diego, Calif.

 

[TRASTER, GLADE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, March 19, 1958, [p. 1]
Glade Traster Dies At Hospital Here
Glade Traster, 49, manager of the Hopkins Lumber Co., died unexpectedly last night at St. Francis Hospital where he had been a patient the last three weeks. He suffered a severe heart attack at that time but apparently had been much improved the last several days.

Mr. Traster was born Nov. 7, 1908, in Page County, Ia., the son of Mrs. Lucy Traster and the late Frank Traster. He was married July 4, 1931, at Hopkins to Miss Chloe Pettyjohn, who survives. Mr. Traster has been the manager of the Hopkins Lumber Co. for the last 13 ½ years. He was a member of the Xenia Lodge No. 50, AF and AM.

Survivors include his widow, a son, Lee Edwin Traster and a daughter, Miss Karen Sue Traster, all of the home; his mother, Mrs. Lucy Traster, Hopkins; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Cheshire, Clearmont, and Mrs. Florence Tuma, Igloo, S. D. and four brothers, Floyd, Ivan and Merrill Traster, all of Hopkins, and Glen Traster, Hemingford, Neb.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Hopkins Christian Church. The Rev. A. V. Hart will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. There will be Masonic services at the graveside.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home. It will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 p. m. Friday.

 

[WILLIAMS, THEODORE "THEO"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, June 28, 1974, p. 4
Theodore Williams - Theodore Williams, 76, died Thursday at his home at North Hollywood, Calif. He was a former Hopkins resident.

Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Ruth Forney, Evansville, Ind., and three stepdaughters, Mrs. Dale Owens, Hopkins; Mrs. Marjorie Adams, Gravity, Iowa, and Mrs. Charles Weiser, Burbank, Calif.

Graveside services will be held at the Hopkins Cemetery. The body will be brought to the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, where final arrangements will be completed.

[WILLIAMS, THEODORE]
Hopkins Journal (Hopkins, Missouri), Thursday, July 4, 1974
Graveside Services Held Here Wednesday for Theodore Williams
Theodore Williams, 76, died unexpectedly Thursday, June 27, at his home in North Hollywood, Calif. He was found by his stepdaughter, Mrs. Charles Wieser (Stella) of North Hollywood. She had visited him earlier in the day and upon her return from an appointment found him dead in his chair.
Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Ruth Forney of Evansville, Indiana, and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Marjorie Adams, Gravity, Iowa, and Mrs. Dale Owens (Doris), Hopkins.
Mr. Williams was born January 11, 1898, in Taylor County, Iowa near Siam, the son of Charles and Mariam Smith Williams. His wife, Laura Ingram Wilson, preceded him in death May 15, 1964.
He was a veteran of World War I, having served with the U. S. Navy.
A former resident of Hopkins, the body was returned here for burial. Traveling TWA, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wieser accompanied the body to Kansas City, where they were met by Stanley Swanson at 8:51 p. m. Monday.
With the Swanson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements, graveside services were conducted at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday at the Hopkins Cemetery. Rev. Carl Hoff was the officiating clergyman.
Pallbearers were Wayne White, Howard Stringer, Bill Oberhauser, Charles Wilkinson, Wayne Owens, and Terry Owens.
Mrs. Ruth Forney and her daughter, Mrs. Charles Whitfield, arrived Saturday and are house guests of their aunt, Mrs. Mary Arthur.

 

[WOLCOTT, LULA ALICE "LULIE" DOWIS]
Taylor County Democrat (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, November 30, 1893, p. 4
DIED. Wolcott – Nov. 23, 1893, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Kate Calkins, in Nodaway county, Mo., Mrs. Jos. Wolcott aged about 19 years.

Deceased was a daughter-in-law of R. H. Wolcott, who lives in Jackson township. The funeral services were held at the Christian church at Sheridan, Mo., at 11 a. m. Monday, Nov. 27, and was attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends. Interment was made in the Mitchell cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wolcott and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wolcott of Bedford, were in attendance at the funeral.

 

[WORLEY, CHARLES EDWARD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, August 19, 1963, [p. 1]
Former Hopkins Man Dies in Kansas City
Charles Edward Worley, 85, former Hopkins resident, died Saturday in Kansas City. He had made his home the past eight years with his daughter, Mrs. Grace White, Kansas City.

In addition to his daughter, survivors also include a son, Charles E. Worley, jr., Bell Gardens, Cal.; one sister, Mrs. Mary Hanna, Overland Park, Kas.; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Funeral services and burial were held today at Hopkins.

 

[WORLEY, CHARLES EDWARD]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, August 29, 1963, p. 7
Former Local Merchant Rites Held Monday
Charles Edward Worley, formerly of Hopkins, 85, died Aug. 17 in Kansas City, Mo.

Mr. Worley had resided in Hopkins for many years, until eight years ago when he moved to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grace White of Kansas City.

In addition to the daughter, he is survived by one son, Charles E. Worley, jr., Bell Gardens, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Mary Hanna, Overland Park, Kans.; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Services were held Monday at the Hopkins Christian Church with the Rev. Huell Warren officiating. Burial was at Hopkins cemetery.

 

[WORLEY, LAUREL VAUGHN KYSAR]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, December 1, 1955, [p. 1]
Mrs. C. E. Worley Died Here Thursday
Mrs. Charles Worley died at her home in Bedford, Thursday, November 24, after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Hopkins, Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. A. V. Hart. Burial in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Worley made their home in Bedford for a number of years when he was associated with L. C. Severs in the hardware business. After selling out to Mr. Severs and retiring, the Worleys returned to their former home in Hopkins. They returned to Bedford about three months ago and bought a home here.

Laurel Vaughn Kysar, daughter of Al and Martha Kysar, was born Jan. 18, 1883 in Taylor County, Iowa and died at the age of 72 years, 10 months, six days.

She was married on Oct. 15, 1898 to Charles Edward Worley.

She was a member of the Hopkins Christian church and of the Order of the Eastern Star No. 401 at Hopkins.

Besides her husband, she leaves three children, (Laurel) Mrs. Glen Ernest of Bedford, Charles Worley of Pendleton, Ore., (Grace) Mrs. Wilfred White of Kansas City, Mo. Also by two grandchildren, Charles and Paul Churchill; two great grandchildren; two half sisters, Mrs. Andy Morehouse of Hopkins, Mrs. Eulalia Shields of Saginaw, Michigan.