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[ADAMS, FLORENCE MCGINNISS] Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Lewis Gatta and Miss Cassie F. Adams and one son, Joe Adams, all of Aurora; her mother, Mrs. Sophia McGinniss of Maryville; three sisters, Mrs. Claude Moore, Maryville, Mrs. Guy Erickson, St. Joseph and Mrs. Dale Partridge, Maryville; and four brothers, R. L. McGinniss, Wilcox, M. D. McGinniss, Salt Lake City, Utah, Joe McGinniss, Calgary, Canada and Robert McGinniss, Maryville. The following have left to attend the funeral services which will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in Aurora: R. L. McGinniss and son, James, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Moore, Mrs. Dale Partridge, Mrs. Guy Erikson of St. Joseph.
[ALKIRE, BETTY LOU] The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at Mound City. Mr. and Mrs. Alkire and family moved to Council Bluffs from Maryville only a few weeks ago.
[ALLEN, GRACE MCNEAL] Mrs. Allen was born January 1, 1865, in Whiteside County, Illinois. Surviving is her husband John Allen, living at 3107 North Tenth street in St. Joseph and two sisters, Mrs. Anna B. Conner and Mrs. Flora McQuade both of Graham. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed.
[BLEVINS, DORIS JEAN] Mr. and Mrs. Blevins and a nurse were on their way with the little girl to a St. Joseph hospital, but when they arrived in Maryville they became frightened at the child's condition and stopped at the office of a local doctor. When he saw her condition he immediately rushed her to the hospital, where she died a half hour later.
[BRAMHALL, FRANK]
[DALBEY, GEORGE WASHINGTON] He is survived by seven children and ten grandchildren. The children are Ralph J., of Hepburn, Ia., Fletcher J., of Burlington Junction, Russell, Durham, Calif., Richard, Monticello, Ia., Mrs. John A. Crook, Denver, Colo., Mrs. Elmer Harris, Coin, Ia., and Mrs. Wilbur Banks, Westboro.
[DAVIS, GLENN B.] Glenn B. Davis, age 44, a World War veteran, who was born and reared in Nodaway county, died at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Luling, Tex., at the home of his sister, Mrs. Lon Hutchison. He suffered a stroke of paralysis on October 16. He was 44 years old and had made his home at Orange, Tex. The body, accompanied by Mrs. Davis, the former Miss Jessie Briggs, will arrive in Maryville Saturday noon and will be taken to the home of Mrs. Davis' mother, Mrs. J. A. Briggs, 322 South Walnut street. The funeral will be held at the home at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Dr. Edward I. LaRue, pastor of the First M. E. church, will officiate. Burial will be at Miriam cemetery. The James Edward Gray post of the American Legion will be in charge of the rites at the grave. Music will be furnished by the Legion quartet. The body will lie in state at the Briggs residence from 1 until 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mr. Davis had been in poor health ever since his service overseas during the War. He was among the first to volunteer and served with a company of Texans. Mr. Davis was in France eighteen months. He was slightly wounded three times and suffered from shell shock. Mr. Davis was born near Barnard on June 22, 1886, and moved to Texas about twenty-five years ago with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Davis. Surviving is his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Huddelson, at whose home he died and Mrs. Charles Chapman of Wharton, Tex. He also leaves two nieces and two nephews.
[DAVIS, GLENN B.]
[DEWYRE, HATTIE OPAL THACKER] Besides her husband she leaves two small sons, her mother, Mrs. Amanda Thacker and two brothers, Jesse and Charles Thacker of Burlington Junction. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon conducted by the Rev. J. Howard Thompson of Hopkins, former pastor of the M. E. church at Burlington Junction.
[EDWARDS, GOLDIE EDITH PARTRIDGE] Mrs. Edwards was born March 16, 1888, on a farm east of Maryville, the daughter of William and Louise Partridge. When a year old she moved with her parents to Spokane, Wash., where she lived until nearly 16 years of age, then returning to Maryville. In 1906 she was married to William Edwards of Maryville and she has lived here up until her death. Besides her husband, Mrs. Edwards is survived by five daughters and a son. They are Mrs. Clarence Cooper and Mrs. Clyde Nichols of Maryville, Eva Jeanne, Treva, Wanda, and Billie, all at home. She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ollie Pettus, Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Gladys Scarbery, Pendleton, Ore., and Mrs. Maud Oliver, St. Joseph, and four brothers, Ernest and Clarence Partridge, Rockford, Wash., Clyde Partridge, Coeur D'Alene, Ida., and Emery Partridge, Gibbs, Ida. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
[EDWARDS, GOLDIE EDITH PARTRIDGE] The pallbearers will be James Smith, Delmar Strong, Harve Cockayne, Harry King, Ernest Thull and Frank Jackson.
[FERRIS, THELMA NADINE] Miss Farris is survived by her mother, two sisters, Mrs. Presley Gordon of Maryville and Mrs. Hubert Corken of Burlington Junction, and two brothers, Roswell Farris of St. Joseph and Ray Farris of Rockford, Ill. Miss Farris had attended Missouri Wesleyan College at Cameron and the Northwest Missouri State Teachers College and this year was a senior at the University of Kansas.
[FORCADE, JAMES ALVA] Mrs. Mina Kimball Forcade, his wife, had come to Maryville this morning. She was driven by Ed Black, a taxi driver at Graham. A nephew of the Forcades, Henry E. Forcade, who lives at the home, saw his uncle come from the barn at 10:10 o'clock this morning, shut off the windmill and then cross the road into a garage. At 10:15 o'clock the nephew filled the stoves in the house and started across north to another field. He noticed his uncle sitting in front of the garage with a rifle across his knees. The peculiar slumped position of his uncle caused him to go down to the garage, when Mr. Forcade was found bleeding from the head. Henry Forcade rushed to the house and called a neighbor, William Allen, and then carried his uncle into the house. A doctor was summoned, but Mr. Forcade was past medical aid. Dr. C. D. Humberd, coroner of Nodaway County, was called and held a view inquest. Twelve years ago Mr. Forcade attempted suicide by taking carbolic acid it was recalled today. Mr. Forcade was born Feb. 14, 1860, near Belleville, Ill., the son of Henry Forcade of Germany and Sarah (Gilmore) Forcade of Illinois. When still a young man he came to Nodaway County and settled near Graham. He has lived on the farm where he died for the past twenty years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at Graham and burial will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Graham. Mr. Forcade is survived by his wife, an adopted son, Curtis, and a sister, Mrs. Ella Miller of Graham.
[FORCADE, JAMES ALVA] Forcade Rites Tomorrow. The funeral of James A. Forcade, who committed suicide yesterday morning at his home north of Graham by shooting himself in the head, will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. The place has not been decided on.
[GERRIN, JESSIE PEARL BEVER HOPSON] Mrs. Gerrin, formerly Miss Pearl Bever of Burlington Junction, has spent her entire life in Nodaway County with the exception of the last few years. She at one time owned a photographer's studio in Burlington Junction. Mrs. Gerrin was a graduate of the Maryville high school. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the home of her mother, Mrs. E. E. Bever in Burlington Junction. Rev. Willard Wickiser, pastor of the First Christian church in Maryville, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Burlington Junction. Besides her mother and sister, Mrs. Gerrin is survived by two brothers, Dr. S. S. Bever of Amazonia and Elmon Bever of Willow Springs, Mo. Mr. Gerrin will be unable to attend the funeral because of a crushed foot sustained about six weeks ago in an accident.
[GEX, MARIAN RICHARDSON] The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Wilson residence in Graham. The pastor of the Christian Church, Rev. Harlan, will officiate. Burial will be at the Graham I. O. O. F. cemetery. Surviving is her father, Robert Gex, Sr., Graham; four sisters, Mrs. W. Z. Mountjoy, near Graham; Mrs. Hal Catterson, Maryville; Mrs. R. T. Mills, Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. John Wilson, Graham; four brothers, John A. Gex, Follett, Tex.; Louis Gex, living in Kentucky; W. E. and Robert Gex, Jr., both living near Graham. Miss Gex was born October 12, 1880. She was a member of the Christian church at Graham.
[GRIFFEY, MARY JANE DAVISON] She had lived most of her life in Nodaway County and was one of the early residents in the vicinity of Clearmont. Surviving are four sons, Ed Griffey, Burlington Junction; Fred Griffey near Burlington Junction; Ab Griffey, Broken Bow, Neb; D. Griffey, Juanita, Neb; four daughters, Mrs. Ada Nigh, Burlington Junction; Mrs. Ida Meltzer, Broken Bow, Neb; Mrs. Anna Hout, Maryville; Mrs. Mary Bush, Clearmont; and one brother, Samuel Davison, Clarinda, Ia. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist Church at Clearmont. The hour of the funeral has not been set. Burial will be at Clearmont.
[HALL, MARY JANE HUEY]
[HILLS, ALBERT ROSS] Besides his widow, Mr. Hills is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Leona Sherman of Barnard, Mrs. Floyd Alexander of Pickering and Mrs. James Carver of Guilford. Funeral services have not been made as yet, pending the arrival of the body here Sunday night from Bisbee.
[HUEY, ELIZABETH ANN DUNKELBERGER] The funeral services were held at the Christian church in Hopkins, Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Orlo Lincoln of Pickering. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.
[HUEY, ELIZABETH ANN DUNKELBERGER] On June 8, 1878 she was married to Cyrus K. Huey at Knox, Ind., and assumed the responsibility of rearing four children. To them eleven children were born, the two eldest passed away in infancy and a daughter Ruth at the age of 32. The living children are Mrs. Lula Wallace and Charley Huey of Shenandoah, Henry Huey of Malvern, Mrs. Mary Hall of Hopkins, Mrs. Chloe Wisdom of Des Moines, Mrs. Alta Manes of Oakfield, New York, Mrs. Myrtle Daniels and Mrs. Ethel Weingarth of Bedford. The husband and father died April 14, 1949 [1909]. Beside the children she leaves 34 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren. Shortly after her marriage she and her husband moved to Missouri, Hopkins and Pickering being her home for many years. In 1940 she moved to Bedford. In July last year she fell and injured her hip and since had not been able to walk. She united with the Church of Christ at Pickering 1898, later transferring her membership to Hopkins.
[HUEY, CHARLES K.] He was born Aug. 17, 1889, at Pickering, but had resided the last several years in Shenandoah. Funeral arrangements are pending but burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. He is survived by three sons, four daughters, a twin brother and five sisters, one of whom is Mrs. Mary Hall, Hopkins.
[JAMES, JACOB OTIS] Mr. James was about 50 years old. He leaves besides his wife, seven children, two brothers, and a sister. Burial will be Friday at Braddyville.
[KEIM, CLYDE LOUIS] Mr. Evans of Parnell, for whom Mr Keim works, was at the farm at the time of the death. Mr. Keim had lived on the Evans farms for the past three years. He formerly farmed near Arkoe. Mr. Keim was born at Creston, Ia. Surviving is his wife and two children, Helen Lucille and Charles Weston, both at home. He also leaves two sisters and two brothers. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.
[KEITH, FRANCES LOUELLA] The funeral was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the residence conducted by the Rev. E. T. Dodson, Methodist pastor. Burial was at the Graham cemetery. The parents and a brother, Jack, at home, survive.
[KRAFT, JOSEPH LOUIS] This summer, both he and his wife spent a month visiting Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kuchs, relatives of Mrs. Kraft. Mr. Kraft has been in Cleveland, the place of his birth, for some time, and was vice-president and sales manager for the Beuhler Printcraft Company. He is survived by his wife, a niece, two sisters, and an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Kuchs. Mr. and Mrs. Kuchs will leave tonight for Cleveland. The funeral services and burial will be there.
[KRAFT, JOSEPH LOUIS] Mr. Kraft was secretary of the Buehler Printcraft Co., and had been affiliated with that company for the past twelve years. He was prominent in the city's artistic and commercial life. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dorthea Kraft of 10713 Parkhurst avenue, Cleveland.
[NELSON, SAMUEL PETER] Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Latter Day Saints' church in Guilford conducted by a minister from Kansas City. Burial will be in Guilford. Surviving are his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Luther Lemaster living near Guilford; two sons, G. C. Nelson of Hemple, Mo., and Ray Nelson of Guilford and two brothers, Jacob and Andrew Nelson, both of Guilford.
[OCKER, PERCY WILLIAM "BILL"] The survivors are his widow, one sister, Mrs. Pearl Logan of Skidmore and an adopted son, Stanley Lininger, also of Skidmore.
[PEDERSON, MARTIN] Mr. Pederson came to this county at an early age and settled in Nodaway County. Surviving are two sons, Peter C., of Conception Junction; John, of Guilford; four daughters, Mrs. Christina Beggs of Guilford; Mrs. Mary Farnon, and Mrs. H. Evart of Conception Junction and Miss Thelma, at home. Mr. Pederson was a member of the Methodist church at Guilford, the Masonic Lodge and the Modern Woodmen. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church. Burial will be at the Graves cemetery.
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 27, 1930, p. 2 Infant Daughter Dies Child of Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips Succumbs to Pneumonia Twila Phillips, one year and a half old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips, living two and a half miles south of Ravenwood, died this morning at St. Francis hospital following more than a week's illness of pneumonia. The child was born April 2, 1929. Surviving are the parents and a sister at home. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.
[PIERCE, HAZEL DARLENE] The child was born near Elmo, December 26, 1928. Surviving are the parents, the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Cromwell of Elmo, and Mrs. Matilda Pierce of College Springs, Ia.
[REECE, ERNEST LEE] Mr. Reece's death was unexpected. A hemorrhage was the cause of his death. Mr. Reece was 47 years old. He was born and reared in Maryville, living here until 14 years of age, when he moved to Omaha, residing there since. He is survived by seven children, Merrill Reece of Cainsville, Mo.; Donna Reece of Massillon, Ohio; Ms. Yvonne Boon of Omaha and Harold, Glen, Ernest, Jr., and Ted, all of the home, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reece of Maryville; one sister, Mrs. John Looker of Maryville, and a brother, Glen Reece of Shenandoah, Ia., formerly of Maryville. His parents and Mrs. Looker returned to Maryville last night after attending the funeral services.
[SNYDER, NANCY A. COUGHREM] Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the Campbell Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Willard Wickizer, pastor of the First Christian church. Burial will be in Miriam cemetery. Besides her son, Mrs. Snyder is survived by one brother, John Coughrem of Rocky Ford, Colo. and two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Hughes of Clinton, Mo. and Mrs. H. W. Comer of Brawley, Calif. One daughter died in infancy. Miss Nancy Coughrem was born January 22, 1851 near Indianapolis, Ind., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Coughrem. She was married to Richard Snyder November 26, 1868 in Indianapolis. They came to Nodaway county to make their home in 1881.
[SPOOR, THERON THURSTON] Mr. Spoor, a traveling salesman for the Reynolds Tobacco company, who makes his headquarters at Norfolk, was found fatally injured in his hotel room there this morning. Hadley Kesley, county attorney, wired B. F. Dougan, chief of police, informing him of the death, saying that Mr. Spoor might have been killed and asking Chief Dougan to inform Mr. Spoor's relatives here According to a United Press report from Norfolk, Spoor died on the way to a hospital from a deep wound in his head, which police believe was inflicted by some assailant armed with a sharp instrument. J. Reinholt, landlord of the small hotel where Spoor was staying, later told officers that he heard a crash on a stairway about 2 a. m. he found Spoor, he said, staggering into his room. He called a doctor. Reinholt said he found no strangers in the building at the time. It was learned Spoor was with acquaintances until about 1 a. m. These persons were questioned but supplied officers with no information that threw any light on the supposed attack. They believed Spoor had been attacked after he returned to the hotel.
The mother said she had received information that the body of her son was found in the bathroom. Two brothers, Raleigh and Austen Spoor, went to Norfolk this morning to make arrangements for having the body brought here. Surviving is the mother, four brothers, Raleigh, Austen, Vilas, and Terrill, all of Maryville, and two sisters, Vincent of Maryville and Miss Opal Spoor, who is teaching at Los Angeles, Calif. Mr. Spoor was born at Elmo, Nov. 27, 1908. He formerly was employed at a hotel at Neligh, Neb.
[SPOOR, THERON THURSTON] Experts at the state laboratories here reported this morning finding a quantity of the poison in the man's stomach. A report of the discovery has been sent Dr. A. C. Berry, of the Campbell clinic at Norfolk. Spoor's stomach was sent to laboratories after his death. The man was found in a rooming house in Norfolk early Friday, near death. He died on the way to the hospital. Spoor had a deep gash in the back of his head, leading authorities at first to propound an assault theory. Coroner's Jury Finds Carbolic Acid Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 29 (UP) --- Finding of carbolic acid in the stomach of Theron T. Spoor, 21, and the discovery by a coroner's jury of a glass containing carbolic acid in the man's room here have given support to a suicide theory. The glass containing the poison was found by members of the jury this morning. The probe into the death is being continued today. The verdict of the coroner's jury is being held back until various factors in the mysterious death can be assigned. Theories are advanced here now that Spoor took the poison and toppled backward, cutting his head. Funeral Will Be Tomorrow Afternoon Funeral services for Theron T. Spoor, age 21, who died early Friday at his rooming house at Norfolk, Neb. will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the First Christian Church. The pastor, Rev. Willard Wickiser, will officiate. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. A sister, Miss Opal Spoor of Los Angeles, Cal., arrived in Maryville this morning. Miss Spoor left Los Angeles in a Western Air Express plane expecting to make the trip to Kansas City by air, but a snowstorm in Arizona made it necessary for her to transfer from the plane to a train. Uconduct the investigation of their brother's untimely death. While the jury is not expected to return a verdict until sometime this afternoon, all evidence points to accidental death, the brothers say. The death warrant has already been filled out ascribing the death as accidental. It is established that Mr. Spoor died from a severe concussion of the brain caused from a blow on the head when he fell in the bathroom of the boarding house, striking the lavatory. Mr. Spoor was wearing new shoes at the time of the accident and [it] is thought these might have caused him to fall. There was blood on the lavatory. The brothers say there is nothing whatever to indicate that foul play entered into the death. The wound, according to the Norfolk Daily News, was in the shape of a round hole about three-quarters of an inch in diameter and not a gash such as might have been received from the hands of an assailant. Although Spoor's shirt was saturated with blood, there was no sign of blood on the coat or vest of his suit, nor on the blue and white silk scarf he had worn, nor his overcoat. John Reinhold, the owner of the house, saw Spoor stagger to his room. A doctor was summoned. An examination was made of the head, but the wound was not thought serious. Two hours later as Spoor breathed heavier a doctor was recalled and the patient ordered to the hospital, but he died before the ambulance reached the hospital.
[SPOOR, THERON THURSTON] Music was furnished by a quartet composing Mrs. F. P. Robinson, Miss Mary Fields, John Mutz, and W. E. Goforth. "Beautiful Isles of Somewhere," and "God Be With You Until We Meet Again" were the quartet numbers. Miss Fields sang, "No Night There." Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 30 (UP) – Formal report of a coroner's jury which since Saturday has deliberated on the death of Theron Spoor, tobacco salesman, was scheduled to be given county authorities tomorrow morning.
[STAPLES, ALBERT B. "BERT"] Born Jan. 6, 1889, in Nodaway County, Mr. Staples, retired farmer, had been ill for three years. He was first married to Lulu W. Workman, who died Jan. 3, 1954 and was married Sept. 9, 1954, Las Vegas, Nev., to Mabel Madget, St. Joseph, who survives. Burial will be in the Workman Chapel cemetery but other funeral arrangements have not been made. The body is at the Price mortuary.
[STAPLES, ALBERT B. "BERT'] Mrs. Hubert Corken, accompanied by Mrs. Eldon Asbell, sang The Old Rugged Cross" and "Abide With Me." Pallbearers were Chilton Robinson, Dr. C. E. Cossins, St. Joseph; W. B. Mahan, Roy J. Curfman, Emery airy and Miles Graves.
[STAPLES, LULU E. WORKMAN] Mrs. Staples was born Sept. 5, 1884, on a farm five miles west of Pickering. She was married April 14, 1908 in Maryville, to Mr. Staples, who survives. She was a member of the Methodist church and the Order of Eastern Star, Elmo. Besides her husband she is survived by one brother, Joe Workman, Maryville; a nephew, John Workman and a grand nephew, John Workman, jr. The body will be in state at the Price funeral home until Wednesday afternoon when funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock at Prices' and burial will be in the Workman Chapel cemetery.
[STAPLES, LULU E. WORKMAN] Mrs. Hubert Corken, accompanied by Mrs. Harry Price, sang "Where He Leads Me I Will Follow" and "Abide With Me." Flowers were in charge of Mrs. C. E. Cossins, Mrs. Miles Graves, Mrs. B. W. Mahan, Mrs. Pearl Riley and Miss Verda Sharr. Pallbearers were Dr. C. E. Cossins. B. W. Mahan, Roy Curfman, Chilton Robinson, Emery Airy and Miles Graves.
[STAPLES, MYRON WILLIAM] Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home, conducted by the Rev. B. H. Dawson of Maryville. Burial will be in the High Prairie cemetery. The pallbearers will be Will Jones, Arch Jones, Frank Nicholas, Al Hurst and Dr. D. E. Cossins of Burlington Junction and Ed Vansickle of Elmo. Was Self-Made Man Mr. Staples was born in Jefferson County, Wis., in 1852, the son of A. [bial] B.[Richmond] and Abigail (Ward) Staples, the former a native of Vermont and the latter a native of New Hampshire in which state they were married. They had come west in 1850 as pioneers and located in Jefferson County, Wis. In 1853 the family moved to Monroe County, Wis., and in 1856 to Gentry County, Mo., where they bought and preempted land and developed a good farm. They lived there until 1862 when they moved to Nodaway County and located four miles west of Hopkins. Myron W. Staples was a self-made man, receiving a very limited education in the district schools. He was married August 10, 1873 to Miss Mary Wood and they began housekeeping on the home place in Nodaway County. In the spring of 1874 he moved across the state line to a farm of ninety-two acres in Page County, Iowa, which he developed and improved and sold in the fall of 1875 for thirteen dollars per acre. In the spring of 1876 he took up farming in Atchison County, having the previous year purchased two hundred and forty acres there. This was his home until 1896 when he moved to Burlington Junction, living there until 1906, when he went to live on his farm with his two sons. His wife had died two years earlier. Was County Judge Mr. Staples was a Republican and more or less active in political affairs for many years. He was elected judge of the county curt in November 1904, and took office January 1, 1905, serving in this capacity for two years. He was a Royal Arch and Chapter Mason and a member of the Eastern Star. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Myron Staples, two of whom are living. They are Bert B. and Newel I. [saac] Staples of Burlington Junction.
[STURM, NICK] Funeral rites will be held at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at St. Mary's church. Father John Kunkel, pastor, will officiate at Pontifical high mass, assisted by Father Odello of Conception Junction and Father Ambrose, chaplain of St. Francis hospital, Maryville. Father Richard, rector of Conception Abbey, by his own request of years past, will preach the final rites. The body will lie in state all day tomorrow at the home, 503 South Main Street. Mr. Sturm had been a resident of Maryville and vicinity since 1869 when he moved with his parents and grandparents to Nodaway County from near Port Washington, Wis., where he was born in 1856. They settled on a farm eight miles southwest of Maryville. Being the oldest of ten children, as Mr. Sturm once said, "it was up to me to hustle." In 1873 he left the farm and started to work in the Ed Moss restaurant. Opens Own Store He was later employed by the Oppenheimer Dry Goods store. Unable as a boy to secure much formal education, Mr. Sturm studied bookkeeping and other subjects at night school here. The Oppenheimer store was sold in 1876 to J. H. Saunders and Son and Mr. Sturm remained with the new firm until December, 1880, when he started in the clothing business for himself with F. W. Fick under the firm name of Fick, Sturm and Company, in the building on West Third street just west of the present location of the Maryville Daily Forum. Mr. Sturm was united in marriage to Miss Mary Haegen, February 6, 1877, at St. Mary's church in Maryville. During the following fifty-three years the couple have been residents of Maryville. In September 1881, Mr. Sturm and his father-in-law, John W. Haegen, bought the stock of Fick, Sturm and Company and started business under the name of Sturm and Haegen on Main Street where the Bee Hive Shoe store is now located. They moved into the Michau building in 1902. Purchase Branch Store The firm of Sturm and Haegen bought a stock of goods in Cameron in 1893. Mr. Sturm's brother, J. T. Sturm, became a partner and the firm was known as Sturm Brothers. The Cameron store was moved to Oklahoma City in 1901 and is still in business there as the Sturm Clothing Company with J. T. Sturm as manager and C. Ed Sturm, son of the senior member, associated with the store. Nick Sturm was vice-president of the Sturm Clothing Company there. The Maryville store was sold in 1909 to Berney Harris and Mr. Sturm retired from active business. Mr. Sturm was a member of the Elks' Lodge, having been exalted ruler at one time. He was grand knight of the Knights of Columbus for several years when that organization was in its infancy here. Mr. Sturm was active in Chamber of Commerce work and was one of the first presidents of the organization here. The widow, Mrs. Mary Sturm, and five children survive. They are C. Ed Sturm and Mrs. C. J. Funk of Oklahoma City; Mrs. John J. Walsh, St. Joseph; Mrs. J. Frank Flynn, Kansas City, and Miss Clara Sturm of the home. Thirteen grandchildren also survive, among them Mrs. Joseph Montgomery Phipps of Carroll, Ia., the former Miss Mayme Grems, who until her marriage made her home with her grandparents. Other survivors are two great grandchildren and nine brothers and sisters, John Sturm, Clyde; Peter Sturm, St. Francis, Kan.; Charles Sturm, Alberta, Canada; Mike Sturm, Maryville; Theodore Sturm, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Matt Sturm, Ravenwood; Will Sturm, Maryville; Mrs. Susan Schumacher, Chicago, Ill., and Mrs. Kate Mulholland, Pueblo, Colo. The body accompanied by the widow, Miss Clara Sturm and C. Ed Sturm arrived in Maryville at noon today. Mr. and Mrs. Phipps of Carroll, Ia., and Mrs. Kate Mulholland of Pueblo, Colo., will arrive tomorrow; Mrs. C. Ed Sturm and sons, George and Robert of Oklahoma City and Charles of Creighton College, Omaha, Neb. and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Funk and son, Ellison of Oklahoma City will arrive this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Flynn of Kansas City and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Walsh of St. Joseph came today.
[STURM, NICK] The Rev. Father John Kunkel, pastor, officiated at Pontifical high mass, assisted by priests from Maryville, Conception and Clyde and the sermon was given by a former pastor, the Rev. Father Richard Felts, rector of Conception College. Father Richard paid a high tribute to Mr. Sturm as a citizen, a Catholic gentleman and as a business man, who had been past president of the Chamber of Commerce, exalted ruler of the Maryville Elks, member of the Welfare Board and member of the Knights of Columbus. Father Richard said that the members of the parish could well follow the example of Mr. Sturm's life. Father Kunkel, pastor, was celebrant at the high mass; Father Odilo of Conception Junction was deacon; Father Patrick, of Conception Abbey, the sub-deacon and Father Stephen, Conception, master of Ceremonies. Father Richard and Father Robert Graham of St. Patrick's church, were present in the sanctuary as the Pontifical high mass was conducted while Father Ambrose, chaplain of St. Francis hospital and Father Andrew of Clyde led the choir in singing the chants. The Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus, Elks and Welfare board were represented at the funeral services at the church. Father Kunkel conducted the prayers at the grave in St. Mary's cemetery, assisted by Father Patrick. The pallbearers were George Tunstall, Noah Thompson, Louis Gram, sr., Augustus Romasser, Ed Meyers, Herman Hellman, Aaron Felix and August Stapler.
[TORRANCE, OLIVER PERRY "GINGER"] Mr. Torrance, familiarly known as "Ginger," was born in Maryville in February 1854. He moved to St. Joseph about thirty-five years ago and a few years later moved to Louisiana. He married Mrs. Kate Fentriss of Graham. Surviving is his wife and four children, Gordon Bennett, Des Moines, Ia., Mrs. Mabel Finch, Hollister, Mo.; Mrs. Lulu Jones and Mrs. Mary Smith, Cedar Grove, La. While residing in Maryville Mr. Torrance was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
[TURNER, JOHN LINCOLN] Mr. Turner had suffered a paralytic stroke two weeks ago Monday. He was born near Barnard, Mo., and had lived near there for a number of years. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Turner is survived by his widow and daughter, Mrs. George Bedford of Kansas City, formerly of Maryville; four brothers, Milton Turner of Garnett, Kan., S. S. Turner of King City, and J. M. and G. L. Turner of Bolckow and a sister, Mrs. Joe L. Holaday, Barnard.
[WARD, WALTER] Mr. Ward was born at Mendon, Ill., August 23, 1848, a year before the famous gold rush in California. He came to Missouri in 1874 and settled on a farm four miles west and three miles north of Skidmore where he continued to live until a year ago last fall when he moved into town. Surviving is his wife, formerly Miss Hester Ruddell; two sons, Earl and Vernon Ward, who live west of Skidmore; two daughters, Mrs. Frank Appleman, southwest of Skidmore; Miss Julia Ward, Kansas City, Mo., and a brother, Charles Ward, Hammon, Okla. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed but it will probably be held Monday afternoon.
[WARD, WALTER]
[WATT, SOLOMON MITCHELL] Funeral services and burial were held in Healy, Kan., today. Surviving are his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Fred Wallace of Maryville; three sons, Roy Watt, Healy, Kan., V. [ain] M. [elbourn] Watt, Scott City, Kan. and Lacy Watt, San Antonio, Tex.; and ten grandchildren, four of whom live in Maryville. They are Opal Fern and Forrest Edmon Wallace and Misses Ruby Lucille and Virginia Watt, daughters of the late Jesse Watt.
[WILHITE, KENNETH E.] He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs Henry Wilhite, Mrs. Opal Brittain of Bolckow and Mrs. Bertha Wilson of Parnell, sisters, and a brother, Delmar Wilhite of Barnard. |