Obituaries
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[ADAMS, JENNIE E. SPEAKER]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, August 7, 1923, [p. 1]
Burial of Mrs. Adams was Today at Hopkins
Mrs.   Jennie   E.   Adams, sixty-eight years old, widow of E. [dward] P. Adams, and a former resident of   Hopkins, died Friday   night    at    Washington, D.   C.  She is survived by one daughter, Miss Elizabeth Adams of Vinita, Okla., and three   brothers, F.   W.  Speaker of St. Joseph, and William and John Speaker of Washington, D. C.    Funeral services were conducted at 8 o'clock this morning     at    the    Hope   Presbyterian Church after which the body was taken to Hopkins.     Burial was there this afternoon in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 25, 1904, [p. 1]
John Quincy Adams Dead
Hopkins has lost another old pioneer in the death of John Q. Adams who passed away at his home in this city last Sunday after a lingering illness. The funeral was preached Monday at the M. E. church by Rev. O. H. John of Bolckow, and burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery under the auspices of the Masonic lodge of which order the deceased was a true member. – Hopkins Journal

 

[ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 25, 1904, p. 8
Siam News
John Q. Adams, of Hopkins, Mo., passed away last Sunday and was buried in the Hopkins cemetery on Monday, the funeral ceremony conducted by Zeus Lodge No. 50 A. F. & A. M. assisted by members of Plumb Lodge No. 285 A. F. & A. M. of which he was a charter member.

 

[ALEY, COLUMBUS ABSOLUM]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, November 7, 1956, p. 2
Columbus A. Aley Dies At Wallin Nursing Home
Columbus A. [bsolum] Aley, 93, died at 4:30 p. m. yesterday at the Wallin nursing home in Clearmont after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and had lived in and around Hopkins for the past 35 years. He had been a patient at the nursing home three weeks.

Mr. Aley was born Jan. 24, 1863, in McMinn County, Tenn., the son of the late George W. and Talitha Hayes Aley. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Maud Cole, who preceded him in death.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Irene Chaney, Hopkins, and Mrs. Harry Clayton, Sioux City, Ia.; a brother, Robert Aley, Bolckow; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Wray Memorial Methodist church in Hopkins. The Rev. H. R. Tate will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The body is at Swanson funeral home in Hopkins.

 

[ALEY, EFFIE BLANCHE O'NEAL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, September 15, 1941, p. 6
Mrs. Robert Aley Dies; Funeral to Be Tuesday
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow at the Methodist church in Bolckow for Mrs. Robert Aley, 67 years of age, who died at 6:40 o'clock last night at her home in Bolckow. She had been ill the past year. Burial will be at Bolckow.

Mrs. Aley, the former Miss Effie Blanche O'Neal, was born November 19, 1873, and had lived in Bolckow the past fourteen years. She was a member of the Methodist church.

She is survived by her husband, of the home; four sons, Stanley Aley, Chicago; George Aley, Brooklyn, N. Y.; and Donald Aley, Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Joe Aley, Kansas City; three sisters, Miss Edna O'Neal, Maryville; Mrs. Belle Thompson, Quitman, and Mrs. O. L. Baird, Boise, Idaho; her mother, Mrs. J. E. O'Neal, Maryville, and two grandchildren, Stanley Aley, jr., and Ruth Lorraine.

 

[ALEY, ELIZABETH MAUDE "ELIZA" COLE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, March 31, 1936, [p. 1]
Mrs. C. A. Aley, Age 52, of Near Pickering Dies
Mrs. C. [olumbus] A. [bsalum] Aley, age 52, died at 2:40 o'clock this morning at her home four miles northeast of Pickering. She had been ill with heart disease.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins. Burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.

Mrs. Aley was born January 31, 1884 on a farm southwest of Burlington Junction.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Verna Brunk, at home; Mrs. R. T. Chaney, Hopkins; and Mrs. H. L. Clayton, Bayard, Ia.

 

[ALEY, GEORGE]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, May 5, 1923, [p. 1]
George Aley, 91, Dies Last Night
Burlington Junction Man Was Ill Several Months
Funeral Tomorrow Burial in Maryville—Mr. Aley and Wife Were Oldest Married Couple in County.
George Aley of Burlington Junction, 91 years old and a resident of Nodaway County for forty years, died at 9:40 o'clock last night at his home following a several weeks' illness. He had been bedfast for three weeks and death was due to complications resulting from an illness of influenza and infirmities of old age. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Aley home in Burlington Junction, conducted by the Rev. F. E. Edwards, pastor of the Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery in Maryville.

Mr. Aley was born June 12, 1831, near Clinton, McMinn County, Tenn. On July 4, 1850, he was married to Talitha Jane Hayes at Clinton. In 1865 they moved to Monmouth, Ill., where they lived until 1883, when they came to Nodaway County and settled on a farm near Quitman. Later the family moved to a farm near Maryville, residing there until 1905, when they moved to Burlington Junction, where they had lived for the last eighteen years.

During the Civil War Mr. Aley was in sympathy with the Union cause and worked in the timbers for the United States government. He was the oldest licensed fisherman in Nodaway County and during the summer months he spent much of his time in his favorite recreation.

Besides his widow, who will be 93 years old the twelfth of this month, he is survived by eight children. They are Mrs. Samuel Burris and Mrs. Henry Gee of Burlington Junction; Mrs. Henderson McKee, Monmouth, Ill.; Mrs. Grant Cordell, White River, S. Dak.; Mrs. Albert Severn, Chicago; John Aley, Hopkins; Columbus Aley, near Hopkins, and George W. Aley, Maryville. All of the children are here for the funeral with the exception of Mrs. Cordell of White River, S. Dak., who will be unable to come. An adopted son, Robert Aley of Maryville, also survives.

Mr. and Mrs. Aley bore the distinction of having been the oldest married couple in Nodaway County. They observed their seventy-second wedding anniversary July 4, 1922.

 

[ALEY, JOHN HENRY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, May 29, 1941, [p. 1]
John H. Aley Dies; Rites Will Be Held Saturday
John Henry Aley, 80 years of age, of St. Joseph, died at 8:20 o'clock this morning at his home in St. Joseph. He had suffered a stroke a year ago and his condition became serious two weeks ago.

He was born in July 1860, in Tenn., and was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Aley, formerly of Burlington Junction. He came to Nodaway County in 1884 and has lived in this county most of his life with the exception of the past ten years spent in Texas and St. Joseph. He was married August 25, 1901, to Mrs. Frank Owens of Maryville. He engaged in barbering when he lived in Maryville and also served one term as chief-of-police. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Gladys Allison, St. Joseph; three brothers, C. [olumbus] A. [bsalum] Aley, Hopkins; George W. Aley, Maryville; Robert Aley, Bolckow; one sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Cordell, Winner, S. d.; five grandchildren, one great grandchild and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the Price funeral home with Dr. W. S. Insley, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Maryville, officiating. Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery.

 

[ALEY, ROSETTA "ROSE" WEDDLE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 16, 1942, p. 2
Mrs. Rosetta Aley Dies; Funeral to Be Sunday
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist church for Mrs. Rosetta Aley, 70 years of age, who died suddenly at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the family home, 925 North Main street. Dr. W. H. Hackman, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery.

She was born May 28, 1871, near Quitman, and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Weddle. She was married February 4, 1891 at Quitman to George W. Aley. Last year Mr. and Mrs. Aley celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mrs. Aley was a member of the Methodist church.

She is survived by her husband, of the home; five daughters, Mrs. Delbert Boutwell, Silver Springs, Md., Mrs. Harry Davis, Clarinda, Ia.; Mrs. George Murray, Topeka, Kas., and Mrs. Donald Price and Mrs. Max Patterson, Maryville, and four sons, Guy D. Aley, Elmo; Henderson Aley and Charles Aley, Topeka, Kas, and Ralph Aley, Maryville.

 

[ALEY, TALITHA JANE HAYES]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, May 28, 1923, [p. 1]
Mrs. George Aley Dies Saturday Evening 
Death Came to Pioneer Resident Three Weeks and One Day After Death of Husband
Mrs. George Aley of Burlington Junction died at 7:30 o'clock Saturday evening at her home, just three weeks and one day after the death of her husband, which occurred May 4. She had been ill since Mr. Aley's death. She was 93 years old the twelfth of this month and before her marriage to Mr. Aley, which took place July 4, 1850, at Clinton, Ill. [Tennessee], was Talitha Jane Hayes. In 1865 Mr. and Mrs. Aley moved to Monmouth, Ill, where they lived until 1883, when they located on a farm near Quitman, Nodaway County. The family later moved to a farm near Maryville, residing there until 1905, when they moved to Burlington Junction, which had been their home for the last eighteen years.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Aley home in Burlington Junction, conducted by the Rev. F. E. Edwards, former pastor of the Methodist Church, who officiated at Mr. Aley's funeral three weeks ago yesterday. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery in Maryville.

She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Samuel Burris and Mrs. Henry Gee, Burlington Junction; Mrs. Henderson McKee, Monmouth, Ill.; Mrs. Grant Cordell, White River, S. Dak.; Mrs. Albert Severn, Chicago; John Aley, Hopkins; Columbus Aley, near Hopkins, and George W. Aley and Robert Aley of Maryville, the latter being an adopted son. All of the children were here for the funeral.

Mr. and Mrs. Aley were the oldest married couple in Nodaway County, having observed their seventy-second wedding anniversary July 4, 1922.

 

[BAINUM, THELMA HELEN STRINGER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, November 21, 1972, p. 8
Thelma Helen Bainum – Mrs. Thelma Helen Bainum, 59, Hopkins, died this morning at a medical center, Kansas City, Kan., where she had been a patient 10 days.

She was born Dec. 10, 1912, at Hopkins, the daughter of the late Charlie and Maude Hopple Stringer. She was married to Orla Bainum, who survives. Mrs. Bainum was a member of the First Christian Church, Hopkins, and the TRY and Merry Ridge Social Clubs.

In addition to her husband of the home, she is survived by one brother, Howard Stringer, Hopkins; nieces and nephews and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Delma Stringer, Alder Wood Manor, Wash.

The body will be brought to the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, and arrangements are pending.

 

[BAINUM, THELMA HELEN STRINGER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, November 22, 1972, p. 18
Rites Friday For Mrs. Bainum
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the First Christian Church, Hopkins, for Mrs. Thelma Bainum, Hopkins, who died Tuesday. The Rev. Fred Paxton will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[BALL, CHLOE A. CHURCHILL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, September 28, 1949, p. 2
Funeral for Mrs. Ball To Be Held at Hopkins
Mrs. Chloe A Ball, age 82, widow of S [inecy] Ball of east of Hopkins, died Tuesday at Bedford, Ia.

Mrs. Ball was born September 7, 1867 in Alexis, Ill. On November 10, 1884 she was married to Mr. Ball who died February 14, 1938. They resided on a farm east of Hopkins for 51 years.

Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. E. A. Jeffries, Bedford, Ia., Mrs. Walter Mitchell, Parnell, and Mrs. Cecil Downing, Valley Ford, Wash., three sisters, Mrs. W. E. Johnston, Maryville, Mrs. Sam Pratt, Hopkins and Mrs. B. F. Martin, Hanover, Ill. and seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren,

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Swanson funeral home of Hopkins by the Rev. L. B. Day of Maryville. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[BALL, SINECY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 15, 1938, p. 2
Sines Ball, Age 81, of Hopkins Vicinity, Dies
Sines [Sinecy] Ball, 81 years of age, a resident of the Hopkins vicinity the last sixty years, died at 10 o'clock last evening at his home in Hopkins. He had been in ill health for a long period of time but had only been bedfast since Saturday.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Swanson funeral chapel in Hopkins. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Ball was born at Theresa, N. Y., but later lived in Illinois before coming to Missouri. He lived on a farm east of Hopkins before moving into Hopkins last fall.

He is survived by his widow and four daughters, Mrs. E. A. Jeffries, Bedford; Mrs. Walter Mitchell and Mrs. Egbert Downing, Sheridan, and Mrs. Carl Hays, Spokane, Wash.

 

[BEANE, MARGARET NICHOL HENSON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, October 8, 1965, [p. 1]
Mrs. Margaret Beane Dies In Davenport, Ia.
Mrs. Charles Fakes, Maryville, has received word of the death of Mrs. Margaret Beane, Davenport, Ia. Mrs. Beane was known in this are as the wife of the late Dr. William Henson, a Hopkins veterinarian until his death in 1931. She later married George Beane, Davenport, Ia., who also preceded her in death.

Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p. m. Saturday at the Hopkins Cemetery, with the Rev. Gerald Sappington officiating.

 

[BEANE, MARGARET NICHOL HENSEN]
Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa), Friday, October 8, 1965, p. 8
Mrs. George Beane – Services for Mrs. George Beane, 90, who for the last 11 years lived with Mrs. Cora Noll, at 3515 N. Division St., Davenport, will be at 9:30 a. m. Saturday in the McGinnis Chapel, Bettendorf.

Burial will be in Hopkins, Mo.

The former Margaret Nichol was born in Brooker, N. Y. Mr. Beane preceded her in death. There are no immediate survivors.

 

[BERRINGER, VERNA MAE SMITH]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, March 8, 1951, p. 10
Verna Mae Smith Berringer – Verna Mae Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith, was born Jan. 23, 1918, at New Market, Iowa, and died February 21, 1951 at St. Francis hospital at Maryville, Mo. at the age of 33 years, 29 days. She was the sixth child of a family of ten children.

She attended the Timberlake school in Taylor county and moved with her family to a farm near College Springs, Iowa, in 1934.

May 22, 1934, she was united in marriage to Alfred C. Berringer. To this union was born five children, Darrel Gene, Donald Dwain, Keith Edward, Dorthy Jean, and one son Rolland Dean, who died in infancy. Most of her life was spent in Taylor and Page counties. The last three years were spent on a farm in Missouri.

She is survived by her husband Alfred; four children at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith; and three brothers and six sisters: Walter A. Smith, Bedford; Harry G. Smith, Conway; Ernie E. Smith, Corning; Audra McComb, Coin; Ermol Kelso, New Market; Hilda Lymer, Wichita, Kans.; Norma Hall, Ferriday, La.; Opal Christensen, Iowa Falls, Eula Lea Warneke, Bedford . . . .

Rev. C. W. Baker, minister of The Church of God of Fillmore, Mo. had charge of the services at Shum funeral home in Bedford. The casket bearers were her brothers-in-law and one nephew, Henry Hall; Winfred Lymer, Lowell Christensen, Hobert Gant; Robert Warneke and Verlen Berringer. Those in charge of flowers were Mrs. Mayfield and Mrs. Hall of Hopkins, Mo.

She was buried in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[BONAR, CHATTIE PRUDENCE CROWNOVER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, October 2, 1971, p. 5
Mrs. Bonar, 82, Succumbs Today
Mrs. Chattie Prudence Bonar, 82, Hopkins, died at 2:30 a. m. today at the St. Francis Hospital.
Born Nov. 15, 1888, at Burlington, Ia., the daughter of the late Samuel and Margaret Williamson Crownover, she had resided in the Hopkins area most of her life and at the present residence 40 years. She was married May 28, 1908, to Charles Bonar, who died Jan. 7, 1960. Mrs. Bonar was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses of Bedford, Ia.

Her only survivors are nieces and nephews, and those of this area include Ralph Gordon and Mrs. Harold Ringold, Hopkins, and Robert Bonar, Bedford, Ia.

Funeral rites will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, with Carroll Akes, Bedford, Ia., officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[BROWN, NATHAN HOMER]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, April 12, 1927, [p. 1]
Homer Brown Dies at Lewistown, Mont.
Funeral And Burial Will Take Place In West; Was Automobile Mechanic Here
N. [Nathan] Homer Brown of Maryville died at 6:15 o'clock last evening at the home of his brother, E. L. Brown, in Lewistown, Mont., following an extended illness. The funeral and burial will take place tomorrow at Lewistown. Because of the illness of her daughter, Emma Isabel, Mrs. Brown will be unable to go to Lewistown for the funeral.

Mr. Brown, who was engaged in the automobile repair business here, was injured three years ago when a car fell on him. He had suffered two strokes of paralysis and had been helpless for several months. Two years ago he went to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brown, near Lewistown, for the benefit of his health.

He was born Sept. 4, 1887, at Geraldstown, Tenn. For a number of years the family lived in Atchison County near Tarkio. Besides his widow, he is survived by two daughters, Emma Isabel and Mary Ruth, of Maryville, his parents, near Lewistown, Mont., and two brothers, E. L. Brown, Lewistown, and Joe F. Brown, Vallier, Mont.

 

[BROYLES, WILLIAM]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, January 7, 1925, p. 5
Wm. Broyles Buried at 9 This Morning
Funeral Services are Held at St. Patrick's Church—Died in Kansas City, Monday
Funeral services for William Broyles of Maryville, who died at the home of a brother-in-law, Ora Johnson, in Kansas City, Monday morning, were held at 9 o'clock this morning at St. Patrick's Church. Burial was in the Myrtle Tree cemetery.

Among the out-of-town relatives who attended the funeral were O. E. Johnson, Carl Johnson and Leo Johnson of Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wagner and Mr/ and Mrs. J. E. Lewis of Creston, Ia.; and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Humphrey of Clarinda, Ia.; brothers and sisters of Mrs. Broyles; Mrs. Anna Sherlock of St. Joseph, Mr. Broyles' mother; Joe Yeager of St. Joseph; and Miss Lula Johnson of Kansas City.

 

[CAMPBELL, CHARLES ANDREW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, November 14, 1942, [p. 1]
Campbell Rites to Be Held Sunday at Hopkins
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Christian church at Hopkins for Charles A. [ndrew] Campbell, 52 years of age, who was killed early yesterday at Rosecrans Field, near St. Joseph, when he was run over by a rolling machine. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Campbell was born at Hopkins and had resided in St. Joseph about a year and a half. He was employed at the airfield there by a construction company.

Survivors include his wife; four sons, Forrest A. Campbell, with the air force at San Diego, Calif.; Vern S. Campbell, Lawson; John P. Campbell, St. Joseph, and Edgar D. Campbell, a student at the STC in Maryville; his father, John Campbell, Hopkins; two brothers, Jack Campbell, Hopkins, and Leslie Campbell, Bremerton, Wash. and a sister, Mrs. Hobard Houston, Hopkins.

 

[CAMPBELL, CHARLES ANDREW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, November 21, 1942, p. 5
Hopkins
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at the First Christian church for Andrew Campbell, who was killed while at work at Rosecrans Field, St. Joseph, November 13. The Rev. B. H. Harmon, pastor of Woodson Chapel church in St. Joseph conducted the services. Burial was in Hopkins cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Wilson, Mrs. Warren Lane, Mrs. Dwight Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Stebbens and Mrs. D. H. McNeal, all of Tarkio, were in attendance at the funeral services for Mr. Campbell.

 

[CASSEL, MAUD I. COX]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 26, 1929, [p. 1]
Mrs. George Cassel Former Resident Dies
Funeral Services to Be Held at 2:30 O'Clock Tomorrow Afternoon at Christian Church in Hopkins
The body of Mrs. George Cassel, a former resident of Hopkins, who died at her home in Akron, Colo., Sunday morning, following a few days illness of the influenza, will arrive in Hopkins today.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian Church in Hopkins conducted by the Rev. B. H. Harmon. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mrs. Cassel is survived by her husband and one son, Roy Cassel of Akron, Colo. Two sisters, Mrs. James Ingram and Mrs. Clayton Ingram live in Hopkins.

 

[CHADWICK, ZETIA CATHERINE STURGEON]
Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), Saturday, September 13, 1941, [p. 1]
Auto Runs Into Truck On U. S. 6
Three Greenfield, Ia., women are dead and a fourth is in serious condition in Mercy hospital as a result of a collision between their automobile and an oil truck on Highway 6, about 8 miles west of Des Moines Saturday morning.

The dead are: Mrs. Orie Butler, 47, driver of the auto; Mrs. Earnest Butler, 51; Mrs. Carl Chadwick, 46.

The fourth woman, Mrs. George Wills, is in a critical condition at Mercy hospital. . . .

Mrs. Orie Butler and her sister, Mrs. Ernest Butler, were killed instantly in the wreck.

Mrs. Chadwick and Mrs. Wills were still alive when pulled from the wreckage and were brought here. Mrs. Chadwick died here at 12:40 p. m.

The truck driver, Roy Brown of Des Moines, escaped with minor cuts and bruises.

Checkup.

The women had left Greenfield about 9:30 a. m. for Des Moines, where Mrs. Earnest Butler intended to visit a hospital for a checkup.

Sheriff E. A. Burger of Dallas County reported that the women were travelling east when a right wheel slipped off the paving.

The driver, in pulling the machine back onto the pavement apparently lost control, and the car swerved across the road to meet the truck, owned by the Colonial Oil Co., of Des Moines, head on. . . .

Mrs. Chadwick leaves her husband and two sisters, Mrs. Dale King and Mrs. A. Shaefer, both of Enid, Okla.

Moderate Speed.

Witnesses said the women were proceeding at a moderate rate of speed, about 40 or 45 miles an hours, when the accident occurred . . . .

 

[CHADWICK, ZETIA CATHERINE STURGEON]
Des Moines Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa), Monday, September 15, 1941, p. 13
Joint Rites Planned For Crash Victims
Greenfield, Ia. --- Joint funeral services for Mrs. Earnest Butler, 51, and Mrs. Ora Butler, 47, whose husbands are brothers, tentatively have been set for Wednesday afternoon in the Methodist church here. They were killed Saturday in an auto accident near Waukee, Ia., with Mrs. Carl Chadwick, 46, for whom services will be held here Tuesday morning, with burial at Hopkins, Mo.

 

[CHADWICK, ZETIA CATHERINE STURGEON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, October 2, 1941, [p. 1]
Mrs. Chadwick Killed
Mrs. Carl Chadwick, 46 years of age, of Greenfield, Ia., formerly of Hopkins, was killed September 13 in a car accident near Des Moines, Ia.

Mrs. Chadwick, the former Miss Zeta Sturgeon, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sturgeon, lived in and near Hopkins when a girl. After her marriage in 1917 to Carl Chadwick they resided on a farm south of Hopkins.

She is survived by her husband, of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Dale King and Mrs A. M. Shaeffer, Enid, Okla.

 

[CHAMBERS, FROCINE JAMES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, July 13, 1942, [p. 1]
Mrs. Frocine Chambers Dies; Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. Frocine Chambers, 86 years of age, died at 5:50 o'clock Sunday afternoon at her home five and one-half miles northwest of Pickering, where she had resided sixty-five years. Mrs. Chambers, who had been ill a week, suffered three paralytic strokes and a heart attack.

She was born December 1, 1855, in Fulton County, Ill. and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Roland James. She was married November 9, 1873, to William Chambers who preceded her in death May 2, 1916. They moved to Missouri in 1876 to the farm where Mrs. Chambers was residing at the time of her death. She was a member of the Baptist church.

Survivors include four sons, Perry Chambers and Harry Chambers, Hopkins; Loren Chambers, Pickering, and Irvin Chambers of the home; two daughters, Mrs. George Ulmer, Hopkins, and Mrs. Mack Ulmer, Clearmont; ten grandchildren; nine great grandchildren, one great great grandchild and one brother, Henry James, Bushnell, Ill.

Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Price funeral home with Rev. L. B. Day, pastor of the Christian church of Pickering, officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The body will lie in state from 1 to 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the family home.

Pallbearers will be neighbors, including Elma Koger, Tillie Hornbuckle, Alvin Trueblood, Charles Massie, John Anderson and Earl Anderson.
[Note: Her first name is spelled Frosine on her Missouri State Death Certificate.]

 [CHAMBERS, FROCINE JAMES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, July 13, 1942
Mrs. Frocine Chambers Dies; Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. Frocine Chambers, 86 years of age, died at 5:50 o'clock Sunday afternoon at her home five and one-half miles northwest of Pickering, where she had resided sixty-five years. Mrs. Chambers, who had been ill a week, suffered three paralytic strokes and a heart attack.
She was born December 1, 1855, in Fulton County, Ill. and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Roland James. She was married November 9, 1873, to William Chambers who preceded her in death May 2, 1916. They moved to Missouri in 1876 to the farm where Mrs. Chambers was residing at the time of her death. She was a member of the Baptist church.
Survivors include four sons, Perry Chambers and Harry Chambers, Hopkins; Loren Chambers, Pickering, and Irvin Chambers of the home; two daughters, Mrs. George Ulmer, Hopkins, and Mrs. Mack Ulmer, Clearmont; ten grandchildren; nine great grandchildren, one great great grandchild and one brother, Henry James, Bushnell, Ill.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Price funeral home with Rev. L. B. Day, pastor of the Christian church of Pickering, officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The body will lie in state from 1 to 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the family home.
Pallbearers will be neighbors, including Elma Koger, Tillie Hornbuckle, Alvin Trueblood, Charles Massie, John Anderson and Earl Anderson.

[CHAMBERS, IRVIN MESLAR]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, September 20, 1950, p. 2
Irvin Chambers Dies
Death of Hopkins Farmer Occurs at St. Francis Hospital
Irvin M. Chambers, 66-year-old farmer of near Hopkins, died at 9:25 o'clock Tuesday night at the St. Francis hospital. He had been in ill health twelve years and had entered the hospital Saturday at which time he underwent major surgery.

Final services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Price funeral home by the Rev. L. B. Day. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Chambers was born January 13, 1884, four miles south and four miles west of Hopkins where he had lived all of his life. His parents were William Harrison and Frocine James. He was a member of the Baptist church.

Survivors include two brothers, Harry Chambers, Hopkins, and Loren Chambers, Pickering; two sisters, Mrs. Mack Ulmer, Hopkins, and Mrs. George Ulmer, jr., Denver, Colo., and a number of nieces and nephews.

 

[CHAMBERS, LOREN V.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, June 30, 1975, p. 3
Loren V. Chambers – Loren V. Chambers, 94-year-old retired farmer, Pickering, died at 3:50 a. m. today at the St. Francis Hospital, where he had been a patient since May 12.

Born May 16, 1881, at Pickering, the son of the late William and Francine James Chambers, he had been a life member of the Maryville Elks Club.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. George Ulmer, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Sylvia Ulmer, Maryville, and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Price Funeral Home with Dr. Paul E. White officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[CHAMBERS, LOREN V.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, July 3, 1975, p. 4
Hold Services For L. V. Chambers
Services for Loren V. Chambers, Pickering, who died Monday, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Price Funeral Home. Dr. Paul E. White officiated. Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.

Mike Miller, accompanied by Mrs. Eldon Asbell, organist, sang "Breathe on Me, Breath of Life" and "Now the Day Is Over."

Pallbearers were George Williams, Robert Fisher, Donald Morehouse, George DeMott, Garth Espey and Glenn Coy. Honorary pallbearers were Charles Massie, Glen Pfeiffer, John Anderson, Maurice Loch, Ray Ulmer, Theodore Ingels, Verlin Koger and Basil Koger.

 

[CLUTTER, GERTRUDE PENELOPE SMITH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, September 26, 1946, [p. 1]
Mrs. Gertrude Clutter Dies at Home in Hopkins
Death came quietly to Mrs. Gertrude Clutter in the early hours Wednesday morning at Hopkins. She was found dead in bed by her son, Halburt. He called Dr. C. W. Kirk immediately and he attributed death to a heart attack. She was the widow of the late Harry C. Clutter who died in 1937.

Mrs. Clutter, 75 years of age, whose birth date is January 9, had not been in good health for a number of years. She attended to the household duties in connection with keeping a home for her only son, Halburt, while his wife was in St. Joseph caring for her mother who is gravely ill.

Mrs. Clutter's only daughter, Miss Doris Clutter, a teacher in the Osceola, Iowa, high school, spent the weekend here with her mother.— Hopkins Journal.

 

[CLUTTER, HALBERT SMITH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, September 22, 1947, [p. 1]
Halbert Clutter, Hopkins Grocer, Dies Saturday
Funeral services for Halbert Clutter, 51-year-old Hopkins grocer, will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the family home. Mr. Clutter died at 6 o'clock Saturday evening at his home following a long illness. He had spent his entire life in Hopkins with the exception of a few years in St. Joseph.

He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clutter, Hopkins grocers. Following the death of his father he took over the grocery store.

Besides his wife, the former Miss Norma Hann, he is survived by one sister, Miss Doris Clutter.

The Rev. Elba Martin will conduct the services. The music will be furnished by Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Wiley. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[CLUTTER, HARRY CASSEL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, September 21, 1937, [p. 1]
Harry Clutter, Grocer At Hopkins, Dies Here
Harry C. Clutter, age 69, for the past sixty years a resident of Hopkins, died at 11 o'clock yesterday morning al St Francis hospital in this city from pneumonia that developed following an operation.

Mr. Clutter was    born at Garry, Kas., and came    to Hopkins   when about 9 years old.    For    the    past twenty years he has operated a grocery store in that town and    previous to that time worked    in the grocery department   of the Wolfers Mercantile Company.

Surviving Mr Clutter are his widow; one daughter, Miss Doris Clutter, who teaches in the junior college at Osceola, Ia.; one son, Halbert Clutter, Hopkins; his mother, Mrs. Sarah Clutter, Clearmont; one sister, Miss Nell Clutter, Clearmont; and one brother, Ed Clutter, Clearmont,

Funeral services are to be held at 2 30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the family home in Hopkins with Rev. J F. Evans, pastor of the Baptist church of Hopkins, officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[COCHRAN, GEOFFREY ALLEN]                       [BIX, KOLLEEN]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Monday, November 1, 1982, p. 8
Missouri accident claims Kolleen Bix, Geoffrey Cochran
A Clarinda woman and a Bedford man were both killed in an auto accident Friday morning south of Burlington Jct. on Highway 71. Killed in the accident were Kolleen Bix, 18 and Geoffrey Cochran, 28.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Cochran was the driver of a pickup which was northbound about one-half mile south of Burlington Jct. when the vehicle left the road and struck a culvert along the east side of the highway. The accident happened at 3 am.

Both Cochran and Bix, who was a passenger in the pickup, were transported to St. Francis Hospital in Maryville where they were pronounced dead on arrival.

The pickup was a total loss.

Miss Bix was born Sept. 27, 1964 at Clarinda, the daughter of Richard and Darlene Young Bix. Besides her parents, she is survived by a brother, Kenyon and a sister Kristina, of Shambaugh. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bix of Hopkins and Roberta Young of Shambaugh. John Webb is a great grandfather.

Funeral services were held this Monday morning at Walker-Merrick Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Thompson officiating. Burial was in Ohio cemetery at Burlington Jct.

Mr. Cochran was born Sept. 12, 1954 in St. Louis, Mo, the son of Allen and Mary Elaine Bishop Cochran. He worked for a construction company in Bedford.

He is survived by a son, Jacob of Red Oak; his parents of Hopkins, a brother Shawn and his grandfather, Galen Cochran, also of Hopkins.

Services were held Sunday at the Pickering United Methodist Church, with burial in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[COLEMAN, JOSIAH]
Clarinda Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, September 28, 1916, p. 11
A very serious accident occurred Saturday evening about 10 o'clock at the corner north of the Alfred Lawrence place, one and one-fourth miles east and a half mile north of Braddyville when four Hopkins, Mo., young men in a new Ford were on their way toward Braddyville. From all appearance they were going at a pretty swift gait and instead of turning south at the corner the car went over the embankment into a ditch, eleven feet deep, killing Joseph Coleman, breaking the leg of Glaucus Luce and the collar bone of Mack Russell. Faye Morehouse, the other occupant of the car, was unhurt. They were discovered by George Laub who was going home from Braddyville. Mr. Laub called Dr. R. A. Hawthorne, who examined Mr. Coleman and found him to be dead. It was not decided whether he was drowned in the water by his body, or if death was caused from a broken neck. His body was brought to Holton's undertaking rooms in Braddyville and was taken to his home near Hopkins the same night. The other boys were taken to the home of Alfred Lawrence where their wounds were dressed and also were taken home Saturday night. At the last report, Tuesday, Mr. Luce and Mr. Russell were getting along nicely.

[COLEMAN, JOSIAH "JOE"]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, September 26, 1916
Hopkins Boy Dies in Auto Accident
Smothers in Mud and Water When Car Hurls Over Embankment.
Pinned Under Car—Party on Way to Braddyville Carnival—Three Others in Party Receive Painful Injuries—Funeral to Be Held Thursday.
Joe Coleman of Hopkins was killed Saturday night and two others injured when a car of Hopkins young men were driving to the carnival at Braddyville. The accident happened about one and a half miles from Braddyville.
After the night train Saturday evening, Joe Coleman, G. F. Luce, Mack Russell and Faye Morehouse borrowed a Ford from the firm of Mutti & Brown and started to the Braddyville carnival. It is said that before the accident they had been racing another car and went down a steep hill with a sharp turn at the bottom full speed. The excessive speed would not allow the car to make the turn and went over an embankment and fell perhaps 18 feet pinning the occupants underneath.
At the place where the car fell was a seep hole, filled with mud and water and young Coleman, after the car had been lifted off him, was found buried in the mud and water, probably smothered to death. Witnesses who viewed the place of the accident Sunday stated that there was probably very little over ten gallons of water in the place where Coleman was picked up. Coleman had no marks or cuts on his body to show that he was killed otherwise than by being smothered. Mack Russell received a broken collar bone, G. F. Luce had a leg broken in two places and Faye Morehouse received severe bruises.

[COLEMAN, JOSIAH "JOE"]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, September 28, 1916
Fatal Accident at Bradyville Hopkins Youth Strangled in Auto Wreck
Joseph Coleman Meets Fate When Car Plunges Over 18 Foot Bank—Funeral Held Tuesday.
A fatal automobile accident occurred a mile and a half from Bradyville on Saturday evening, Joe Coleman of Hopkins being the victim.
According to the best authority obtainable the party which had the accident left Hopkins about 10 o'clock in the evening in a Ford car used for demonstrating purposes, G. F. Luse [Luce] being the driver with Faye Morehouse, Mack Russell and Joe Coleman being the other occupants.
The light system was not working the best and the road was dimly lighted at times. Everything went alright, however, until the party neared the fatal spot which caused the death of Coleman.
At this particular point the road ends abruptly in front, turning either to right or left, a fence warning the travelers of an 18 foot embankment directly in front. Luse [Luce] saw the fence but because of the dim lights mistook it in the darkness for a hill and fed the engine gas for a run. Too late he discovered his mistake and despite all efforts to bring the machine to a halt he could not slow down enough to make the turn, the car tearing up the road and leaping through the fence to the ground below.
Coleman fell face down and the car pinned him in that position so that he strangled before aid could be rendered.
Morehouse was unhurt but wrenched his back in an effort to lift the car from off the other occupants. Another car which the boys had just passed arrived a few moments later and Clarence Fine of Siam also arrived about this time. It being pitch dark, Fine turned the lights of his car on the wreckage below and aided in the rescue.
Life was extinct when Coleman was finally reached. Luse [Luce] had a leg broken in two places and his collar bone fractured and Russell received minor injuries. Morehouse received the injuries to his back while trying to rescue his companions.
According to the coroner who investigated Coleman's death, the deceased was hardly scratched, his demise being due to strangulation.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the home of the mother of the deceased 2 miles south of Hopkins, a large and sympathetic attendance being present. The deceased was only 23 years, 7 months and 11 days old, and his death is indeed untimely.
He is mourned by his mother and 12 brothers and sisters, his father having died a year ago of heart failure.

[COLEMAN, JOSIAH "JOE"]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, October 3, 1916
HOPKINS – Attorney Wes Blagg, County Clerk Yeemans and William Collins of Maryville attended the funeral of Joe Coleman here Tuesday afternoon.

[COLEMAN, JOSIAH "JOE"]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, October 24, 1916
HOPKINS – Del Coleman returned last week from the west. He did not hear of the tragic death of his brother, Joe Coleman until last Thursday and he left at once for Hopkins.

 

[CORDELL, MARY ANN ALEY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, March 14, 1946, [p. 1]
Mrs. Mary Ann Cordell Dies at Hospital Here
Mrs. Mary Ann Cordell, age 78 years, died at the St. Francis hospital Wednesday night after an illness of four months.

She was born January 19, 1868, at Decatur, Ill., the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Aley. She was married to James Cordell in 1890 at Quitman. He died in 1924.

She left Nodaway county thirty-six years ago and had been living in South Dakota and Texas. She returned four months ago to Maryville and entered the hospital.

She was a member of the Methodist church and had been a member of the Eastern Star for more than fifty years.

Mrs. Cordell is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Roy W. St. Clair, Kansas City, Mo.; five grandchildren, one great grandchild, a brother, C. [olumbus] A.[bsolum] Aley, Hopkins, and a half-brother, Robert Aley, Bolckow. She was a sister of George Aley of Maryville who died recently.

Funeral services will be held at the Price funeral home at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The Rev. G A. Baldwin will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill cemetery.

 

[FAKES, NANCY ELIZABETH "NANNIE" RINGOLD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, December 26, 1933, p. 3
Rites For Mrs. Vern Fakes Will Be Held Wednesday
The funeral for Mrs. Vern Fakes, age 57, who died Christmas day at her home northwest of Pickering, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian church in Pickering. Rev. Charles Hagee will officiate.

Mrs. Fakes died at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. She had been ill several months.

Nannie Ringold, eldest daughter of John and Susie Ringold, was born in Union township, Nodaway County, May 30, 1876. She was married to Vernon Fakes on May 19, 1912.

Surviving are the husband, three brothers, Ira, Asa, and Lester Ringold, and a sister, Miss Jennie Ringold, all of the Hopkins vicinity.

 

[FAKES, VERNON E. "VERN"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, December 5, 1944, [p. 1]
Verne E. Fakes Dies at Home Near Pickering
Verne E. Fakes, 73 years old, died about 3:30 o'clock this morning at his home northwest of Pickering, following a long illness.

Born July 13, 1871, at Pickering, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fakes, he had resided at the present residence since 1912. He had been unable to work for about five years. On May 19, 1912, he was married to Nannie Ringgold [Ringold], who preceded him in death. Mr. Fakes was a member of the Christian church of Pickering.

Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. O. G. Null, Pickering, and Mrs. A. B. McGlothlan, St. Joseph, and one brother, Elwood Fakes, Pickering.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

[FAKES, VERNON E. "VERN"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, December 8, 1944, p. 3
Funeral Rites Are Held For Pickering Farmer
Funeral rites were conducted Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church at Pickering for Vernon Fakes, prominent farmer and stockman, who died Tuesday at his home, near Pickering. He had been in failing health for about five years and suffered a heart attack November 23. The Rev. Delbert Dick, pastor, and the Rev. L.B. Day of Maryville officiated. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Fakes was a member of the Pickering Christian church and for several years had been a deacon of the congregation and chairman of the finance committee of the church.

 

 [FARNAM, MARGARET MAY "MAGGIE" GLADMAN REEDER]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, January 8, 1925, p. 6
Hopkins Woman Dies Yesterday Afternoon
Succumbs at 3:30 O'Clock Following Stroke of Paralysis at Her Home Wednesday—Third Stroke
Mrs. Maggie Farnan [Farnam], about 60 years old, died at her home in Hopkins at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon following a stroke of paralysis Wednesday morning. This was the third stroke she has suffered. Her husband died last spring. She is survived by several children. Funeral arrangements have not been made.

 

[FARNAM, MARGARET MAY "MAGGIE" GLADMAN REEDER]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 9, 1925, p. 2
Farnan Rites are Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Farnan [Farnam], who died Wednesday afternoon at the home of her son, Fred Reeder of Hopkins, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Reeder home, conducted by the Rev. R. L. McCanon of the Christian Church. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mrs. Farnan was born July 29, 1876, in Maryville. Her death was due to cerebral hemorrhage. Surviving are the following children by a former marriage: Mrs. Joe Maranville of Dallas, Texas; Harmon Reeder of St. Joseph; and Fred, Albert and Miss Ruth Reeder, all of Hopkins.

 

[FOREMAN, GERTRUDE TUGGLE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, July 2, 1963, p. 9
Mrs. Gertrude Forman Dies Monday in Wyoming
Mrs. Gertrude Forman, 90, Laramie, Wyo., died at 4:33 a. m. Monday in a hospital there following a long illness. She was a former Hopkins resident.

Mrs. Forman was born Apr. 24, 1873 in Shelby County. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Survivors include one son, Floyd B. Forman, Laramie, Wyo.; one daughter, Mrs. R. L. White, North Hollywood, Cal., formerly of Hopkins; nine grandchildren and several great- grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at 4 p. m. Wednesday at the Hopkins Cemetery with the Rev. Eugene Hays, minister of the Hopkins Baptist Church officiating.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[FRYE, CHARLES W.]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, June 30, 1904, [p. 1]
Charles Fry, the Hopkins Druggist, Had His Head Crushed in Revolving Steel Cage, Resulting in His Death
Tuesday morning Charlie Fry, the Hopkins druggist who was serving time in the Nodaway County jail at Maryville for the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, received a wound resulting in his death at 6:45 that afternoon. The jail is fitted out with a revolving steel cage with which to turn the prisoners into the corridor. Tuesday morning Fry was placed in the cage and one of the prisoners turned the crank that started the cage on its mission. Just after it began to move, Fry reached back into his cell for a letter he wanted to take with him and his head was caught between the edge of the wheel and the post in the opening and crushed like an egg shell.

By a peculiar coincidence the prisoner who was turning the wheel was Dr. Kessler, a druggist from Ravenwood who is awaiting trial on the charge of murder for poisoning a bottle of whiskey that was drunk by one of his customers with fatal results.

The body was taken to his late home in Hopkins and buried in the cemetery there.

For years this man has been notorious as a whiskey seller and his death is indeed a tragic one.

 

[GEE, ELVA J. ALEY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, May 27, 1933, [p. 1]
Mrs. Elva Gee Dies in Brother's Home Here During Night
Mrs. Elva Gee, age 77, of Burlington Junction was found dead about 7 o'clock this morning in her bed at the home of her brother, G. [eorge] W. [ashington] Aley, at 413 West Thompson Street. She had been visiting at the home for several days. Mrs. Gee had been in good health.

The funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon at the First M. E. church, conducted by Rev. J. Howard Thompson of Hopkins. Burial will be in the Oak Hill church [cemetery].

She was born in Tennessee and came to Missouri fifty years ago and settled in Nodaway county. Her husband, Henry Gee, died about twenty-five years ago.

Surviving are four brothers, G. [eorge] W. [ashington] Aley, Maryville; J. [ohn] H.[enry] Aley, Mission, Tex.; C. [olumbus] A. [bsalum] Aley, Pickering; Robert Aley, Bolckow; three sisters, Mrs. Julia McKee, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Elizabeth Segerman, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Mary Anne Cordell, Mission, Tex.

[GOODRICH, HORACE S.]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, April 12, 1928, p. 4
Horace Goodrich – Horace Goodrich, who lives about 9 miles southwest of Bedford, died this Thursday morning at [?] o'clock. Funeral arrangements have not been completed at the time of going to press. For information call the Stithem Funeral Parlors.

 

[GOODRICH, HORACE S.]
  Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, April 19, 1928, p. 7
Valley Items
Horace Goodrich who had been ill for several weeks, passed away Wednesday morning of last week at the age of 83 years. The funeral was held Sunday at the M. E. church at Hopkins. The body was laid to rest in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[GOODRICH, HORACE S.]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, April 13, 1928, p. 4
Goodrich Services to Be Held Sunday
Rites For Hopkins Man, Who Died Wednesday Night, at Methodist Church at Hopkins
Funeral services for Horace Goodrich, who died at his home north of Hopkins Wednesday night, will be held at the First Methodist Church there, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. J. Howard Thompson, pastor, conducting. The Rev. B. H. Harmon, pastor of the First Christian church will assist.

Mr. Goodrich was an old resident of the Hopkins vicinity. He had been ill for some time and a few weeks ago was taken to the St. Francis hospital here, but he stayed only a short time.

 

[GOODRICH, MARY BELLE NEW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, May 8, 1957, p. 2
Mrs. Mary B. Goodrich Dies At Nursing Home
Mrs. Mary Belle Goodrich, 94, Hopkins, died at 6:30 a. m. today at the Wallin Nursing Home, Clearmont, where she had been a patient the last month. She had suffered a long illness.

Mrs. Goodrich was born Feb. 11, 1863 at Cleveland, Ind., daughter of the late Daniel Foster and Elizabeth Miller New. She came to Hopkins as a girl and had lived there since that time. She was married Jan. 17, 1899, to Horace S. Goodrich, who died Apr. 12, 1928. Mrs. Goodrich was a member of the Wray Memorial Methodist Church. She is survived by nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Wray Memorial Methodist Church. The Rev. H. R. Tate will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[GOODRICH, MARY BELLE NEW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, May 18, 1957, p. 5
Hopkins News
Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher, Maryville, came Thursday evening and were overnight guests of Mrs. Fisher's nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Owens and sons, Wayne and Terry. They called on her sister, Mrs. Leonard Owens and Mr. Owens and other relatives and attended the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Belle Goodrich, Friday afternoon.

[GRAY, MARY CATHERINE COCHRANE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, September 6, 1949, [p. 1] Mrs. Catherine Gray Dies at Hospital After Long Illness
Mrs. Catherine Gray of 222 West Cooper street, age 76, widow of J. [ohn] H.[owell] Gray, died at 5:22 o'clock this morning at the St. Francis hospital where she had been a patient five weeks.
Mrs. Gray was the mother of James Edward Gray, the first Maryville boy to die in service in France in World War I in whose memory the local American Legion post No. 100 was named. His death occurred in an attack of his division in the famous Argonne-Meuse battle, November 2, 1918.
Mrs. Gray was born June 17, 1873, in Monroe, Ia., the daughter of the late William and Catherine Parker Cochrane. On May 29, 1895, she was married to Mr. Gray at Monroe, who died March 23, 1947, two years following the celebration of their golden wedding anniversary. She was a resident of Maryville for 46 years and a member of the First Presbyterian church, P. E. O., Penelope club and the American Legion Auxiliary.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. F. M. Carpenter, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Lee Herter, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Katherine Mountjoy, Maryville; a son, Jack B. Gray, Maryville; two brothers, James H. Cochrane, Des Moines, Ia. and Dr. L. W. Cochrane, Joplin, and six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
A son, Leonard Gray, was killed February 6, 1930, in an automobile accident. His death occurred while he was holding the office of commander of the local Legion post.
Funeral rites will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Price funeral home by the Rev. Arthur Raeside, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Miriam cemetery.

[GRIMES, EMMA ELOSHIA THOMPSON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, September 28, 1965, p. 2
Mrs. Grimes, Hopkins Resident, Dies Today
Mrs. Emma Eloshia Grimes, 78, a long-time resident of the Hopkins community, died at 6:50 a. m. today at the Wallin Nursing Home, Clearmont, following a long illness.

The daughter of John and Mary Thompson, Mrs. Grimes was born Jan. 3, 1887 in Nebraska. On Feb. 20, 1930 she married Harvey Grimes and for a few years the couple lived in Corning, Ia. He preceded his wife in death in 1954.

Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Alice Garton, Downers Grove, Ill., and several nephews and nieces.

Services have been set for 2 p. m. Thursday at Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins. The Rev. Eugene Hayes will officiate, and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[GRIMES, HARVEY ERVIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, January 26, 1954, p. 2
Harvey Grimes, Hopkins, Dies Early Today At Home
Harvey Grimes, 78, Hopkins, died at 6 o'clock this morning after a lingering illness. He was born Aug. 28, 1876 in Burnside, Ill., coming to the Hopkins community with his parents when six years old. He was a retired farmer and returned to Hopkins a year ago from Conway, Ia., where he had lived for a number of years.

Mr. Grimes is survived by his wife; a brother, Sherman Grimes, Hopkins, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Swanson funeral home and will be conducted by the Rev. Norman Lewis. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.
[Note: His Missouri State Death Certificate gives his birth date as August 25, 1875.]

 

[GRIMES, SARAH ANN ESHELMAN]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, August 16, 1923, [p. 1]
Aged Hopkins Woman Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs. Sarah Ann Grimes, eighty-four year old resident of Hopkins died at the family residence in Hopkins yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. Her death was sudden and unexpected, being due to a stroke of apoplexy. At the time of the stroke, she was preparing a dinner for her sister, Mrs. Sears and family of Illinois, who were visiting her.

Mrs. Grimes is survived by six children, Mrs. James McMillan of Loveland, Colo.; Bud Grimes of Akron, Colo.; Mrs. Hersh Lewis of Creston, Ia.; Mrs. Nora Broyles and Sherman and Harve Grimes, all of Hopkins.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the residence, conducted by the Rev. C. E.

 

[HAYZLETT, MARGARET WHITE KYLE]
Mount Vernon Hawk Eye (Mount Vernon, Iowa), Friday, February 2, 1900, p. 5
In Memoriam
Mrs. Wm. Hayzlett
Mrs. Hayzlett, whose death occurred at her late home in Hopkins, Mo., July 13, 1899, and who for many years made her home in this vicinity, was born Margaret White Kyle in Alleghany county, Pa., Sept. 6, 1819. While she was yet an infant her parents moved to Wayne County, Ohio, where she united with the Presbyterian Church. In company with her mother's family she came to Linn County, Iowa, in the year 1849, at which place she made her spiritual home with the Linn Grove Presbyterian church.

In 1854 she was united in marriage to Wm. Hayzlett and to them were born two children, a son and a daughter. The son died at the age of two and a half years and the daughter is with us today, Mrs. D. L. Proctor.

They left Iowa in 1886, going to central Kansas where they remained eight years and then moved to Hopkins, Mo. where she resided at the time of her death.

Mrs. Hayzlett died July 13, 1899, at the ripe old age of nearly 80 years, leaving a husband, one daughter, one brother, many other relatives and a host of friends to await the call that will bring them in her presence and the fullness of the joy of the Lord. Nearly seventy years in the service of her Master, she fought the good fight of faith, she has finished her course, she has kept the faith and there is now laid up for her a crown of righteousness. Her life has surely been a profitable one to the Lord. And how glorious it is to come to the end of a life well spent in the service of the King. We can then lay down the armor of the Lord and with confidence look into the face of our Master with peace.

With battles well fought, victories well won and the crown deserving, in peace we leave her to rest with the Lord until he shall need the body in glory, with the spirit, and then shall it come forth, be glorified, with the Lord to be forever.

Mrs. Hayzlett bore her suffering with more than ordinary Christian fortitude, saying, "It is my desire to depart and to be with Christ." Death to her was the gateway to eternal life and she waited patiently for it. In her whole life she was filled with her mission and her example is worthy of our most careful thought.

The funeral was conducted at the Presbyterian Church by her pastor, Rev. Seelig, after which the burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[HENSON, WILLIAM]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, July 9, 1931, [p. 1]
Dr. Wm. Henson, Hopkins, Veterinarian, Dies at 55
Dr. William Henson, for the past twenty-five years a veterinary at Hopkins, died at 4:15 o'clock this morning at his home there. He was 55 years old.

Dr. Henson, a native of Indiana, came to Hopkins from Kansas City.

He is survived by his widow; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Allen of Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. George Smith of Mountain Grove, Mo., Mrs. Charles Fakes of Pickering, and two brothers, Charles Henson of Trinity, Tex., and Edward Henson of York, Neb. A half sister, Mrs. Frank Rickabaugh and a half brother, Harold Henson, both of Parnell, also survive.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the M. E. church in Hopkins. The Rev. A. L. Garten, pastor of the Baptist church there, will be in charge of the services. Burial will be made in Hopkins cemetery.

 

[HOUSTON, MARGARET JANE CAMPBELL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, September 12, 1952, [p. 1]
Mrs. Robert Houston Is Taken by Death
Mrs. Robert Houston, 71, died at 2 a. m. today at her home near Hopkins following an illness of one day.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Methodist church in Hopkins. The Rev. Arthur Gray will conduct the services and burial will be at the Hopkins cemetery, where the Eastern Star will conduct graveside services. The body is at the Swanson funeral home.

Mrs. Houston was born April 12, 1881, at Hopkins and had lived her entire life in the community. Besides her husband, she is survived by a brother, John Henry Campbell, Hopkins. She was a member of the Methodist church and the Order of Eastern Star, Hopkins.

 

[HOUSTON, ROBERT JAMES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, October 24, 1953, [p. 1]
Robert Houston Dies Today Funeral Monday in Hopkins
Robert J. [ames] Houston, 79, retired farmer of Hopkins, died this morning at the Brodrick nursing home in Burlington Junction where he was a patient for a few months.

Mr. Houston, whose wife preceded him in death Sept. 12, 1952, is survived by a brother, Bruce Houston, Hopkins and a sister, Mrs. Clara Yaple, Maryville, who is in California at this time.

Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery, in charge of the Swanson funeral directors.

 

[HOUSTON, ROBERT JAMES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, October 26, 1953, p. 6
Funeral Services Monday For Robert Houston
Funeral services for Robert J. Houston, Hopkins, who died Saturday morning, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery in charge of the Swanson funeral directors.

Mrs. Wayne White and Mrs. Robert Andrews, accompanied by Mrs. Lawrence Wiley, sang "In the Garden" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere."

Pallbearers, nephews of Mr. Houston, were Frank and John Houston, Robert Yaple, Forrest Campbell and Dean and Vern Campbell.

 

[JACKSON, ELIZABETH JESSIE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 5, 1934, p. 5
Hopkins Girl Dies
Funeral For Elizabeth Jackson Will Be Held Tuesday Afternoon
Miss Elizabeth Jackson, fifteen-year-old Hopkins girl, died at 5 o'clock Sunday morning of measles and pneumonia. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Jackson.

Miss Jackson, a member of the junior class of the Hopkins high school, was preparing to take the leading part in the class play, "Clover Time."

Besides her parents she is survived by two brothers, Merrill and Mack and one sister, Dorothy, all at home.

The funeral is to be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Hopkins Baptist church. Rev. Ray A. Dick will be assisted by Rev. B. H. Harmon in conducting the services.

Burial is to be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[JACKSON, HELEN F.]
Creston Daily Advertiser (Creston, Iowa), Saturday, March 3, 1928, [p. 1]
Miss Helen Jackson, youngest daughter of Shelton Jackson, 1015 West Adams street, died early today at a hospital in Chicago. She had been in the hospital only two days. Death was caused by heart disease.

Miss Jackson was a student at Chicago University and would have received her master's degree in June.

Leon Morrison, brother-in-law of Miss Jackson, left for Chicago today and will accompany the body to Creston. Funeral services probably will be held here Monday afternoon with burial taking place at Hopkins, Mo.

 

[JACKSON, HELEN F.]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, March 3, 1928, p. 3
Miss Helen Jackson Dead; Body to Hopkins
Miss Helen Jackson, a daughter of Shelton Jackson of Creston, Ia., formerly of Hopkins, died this morning, according to word received at Hopkins.

Her mother, now deceased, was Miss Ada Pangburn of Siam, before her marriage to Mr. Jackson.

The body will be brought to Hopkins for burial.

 

[JACKSON, WALLIS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 4, 1957, p. 2
Wallis Jackson Dies At St. Francis Hospital
Wallis Jackson, 72, Hopkins, died at 12:05 a. m. today at the St. Francis hospital, where he had been a patient only a few hours. He suffered a long illness.

Mr. Jackson was born Dec. 29, 1884, at Pickering, the son of the late James and Jessie Gilchrist Jackson. He was married to Miss Alta McMaster, who survives. Mr. Jackson was a farmer and livestock raiser and had lived in the Hopkins area for the past 41 years. He was a member of the Baptist church at Hopkins.

Survivors include his widow, of the home; two sons, Mack Jackson, Hopkins, and Merrill Jackson, New Hampton; a daughter, Mrs. Walter Bush, Gravity, Ia.; five brothers, Grover, Bedford, Ia.; Edward, Sioux City, Ia.; Charles, Oakland, Calif.; Sam, Green Acres, Wash., and Albert, Coffeeville, Kas., and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Baptist church in Hopkins. The Rev. Raymond Garrison, assisted by the Rev. Norman Lewis, will officiate. The burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The Swanson funeral home will be in charge of the services.

The body will lie in state from 1 until 2 p. m. at the church.

The family requests no flowers, and asks that all donations be given to the cancer fund.

 

[KYSAR, SUSAN M. SIMMONDS]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, August 29, 1912, p. 8 
Hopkins
Mrs. Richard Kysar died at her home here Sunday night after a long illness. The funeral was held at the Christian church Tuesday forenoon conducted by the pastor Henry Baker and interment took place in Hopkins cemetery.

[KYSAR, SUSAN M. SIMMONDS]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, September 5, 1912
Mrs. Richard Kysar died at her home in Hopkins Sunday, Aug. 25. She was stricken with apoplexy in the morning and died about 10 o'clock the same evening. Mrs. Kysar was for many years a resident of Taylor county, the family removing to Hopkins only four years ago. She had only one child, a son, who died at the age of 21. She was a sister of J. F. Simmonds southwest of town.

 

[MCMASTER, EMOGENE BELL]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), December 26, 1922, p. 2
Obituary – Emogene Bell, daughter of Charley and Clara McMaster, was born near Nevada, Vernon County, Mo., November 16, 1921; died in Bedford at the home of her grandparent, W. D. McMaster, Dec. 15, 1922, aged 1 year, 29 days. She leaves father, mother, one sister and one brother to mourn her demise. Funeral was held at the Hazel Dell church Saturday, Dec. 16, at one o'clock. Interment in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[MELVIN, EMMA DOROTHEA GUNTHER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, September 30, 1944, [p. 1]
Mrs. H. V. Melvin Dies At Her Home in Hopkins
Mrs. H. V. Melvin, 54-year-old Hopkins resident, died at her home at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, following a long illness. Mrs. Melvin, the former Emma Dorothea Gunther, was born in Dunbar, Neb., and had lived in the Hopkins community for the last twenty-five years.

She is survived by her husband; three daughters, Miss Kathryn Melvin of the home, Mrs. Wilbert Ball, San Leandro, Calif., and Mrs. Wesley Brown, Hopkins; one son, Carl Melvin, fireman first class, stationed at Shoemaker, Calif.; her mother, Mrs. Dorothea James, Des Moines, Ia.; two brothers, Dr. C. J. Gunter, Omaha, Neb., and S. J. Gunter, Red Oak, Ia.; a half-brother, Staff Sgt. Sterling James, now in New Guinea; three sisters, Mrs. S. A. Robbins, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. A. C. Jones and Mrs. S. G. Parkhurst, Lincoln, Neb.; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Hopkins Methodist church with the Rev. Paul Barton of St. Joseph officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. W. H. Hansford. Music will be furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. Milton Ingel, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gray and the Rev. Hansford, and L. R. Wiley, who will sing a solo.

Harry McElroy, Joe Osborne, Ben Mendenhall, Robert Filson, Stewart O'Daugherty and Forrest Grimes will serve as pallbearers. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[MICK, DEBBIE]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, November 12, 1953, p. 6
Hopkins
Mick Infant Dies
Debbie Mick, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Mick, born at St. Francis hospital, Maryville, Wednesday at 11:15 a. m., died at 2:30 p. m. that day.

Services were held at the Swanson Mortuary Friday, the Rev. N. J. Lewis, pastor of the Hopkins Baptist church, officiating.

Surviving besides the parents are four sisters and one brother of the home; three half-sisters and three half brothers; the grandmothers Mrs. Nora Williams, Hopkins, and Mrs. Glen Clark, Conway. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[RINGOLD, ASA ANDREW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 7, 1961, p. 2
Asa A. Ringold, 90, Dies After Illness
Asa A. [ndrew] Ringold, 90, retired farmer, died at 10:10 p. m. Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Raymond W. Arthur, Maryville, after two years' illness. He had been at his daughter's home the past six months.

Mr. Ringold was born Apr. 1, 1870, near Hopkins, the son of the late John W. and Susan Nancy Gray Ringold. He was married Aug. 28, 1901, to Bertha Alice Wood, who survives. In his more active years Mr. Ringold was employed as a farmer and also taught school for 12 years. He was a member of Hopkins Methodist Church.

Surviving are his widow; two sons, Howard Ringold, Maryville, and Harold Ringold, Hopkins; two daughters, Mrs. Raymond Arthur, Maryville and Mrs. Horace H. Noakes, Hopkins; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

The body is at the Price Funeral Home here.

Rites will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Hopkins Methodist Church. The Rev. Stephen Johnson will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 p. m.

 

[RINGOLD, ASA ANDREW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 10, 1961, p. 3
Services At Hopkins For Asa Ringold
Rites for Asa A. [ndrew] Ringold, who died Monday, were held Thursday afternoon at the Wray Memorial Methodist Church, Hopkins. Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.

The Rev. Stephen Johnson officiated. Maurice Peve sang "Abide With Me" and "The Lord's Prayer." Mrs. Lawrence Wiley was organist.

Pallbearers were Harold Baldwin, Edwin Burch, R. T. Ingels, Robert Coleman, Henry Brown and Lyle Ulmer.

Flower bearers were Mrs. Robert Coleman, Mrs. Max Greever, Mrs. Don Dalton, Mrs. Dean Thompson and Miss Melba Jean Noakes.

 

[RINGOLD, LESTER ALBERT]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, September 11, 1950, p. 5
Final Ringold Rites Services Conducted Friday Afternoon; Burial in Oak Hill
Final rites for Lester Albert Ringold of southwest of Hopkins, who died Tuesday afternoon, were conducted at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Price funeral home by the Rev. Monk Bryan, pastor of the Methodist church. Burial was in the Oak Hill cemetery.

Mrs. Orlo Lincoln, accompanied by Mrs. Harry Price, sang "Beyond the Sunset" and "This Is Only a Dream."

Nephews who acted as pallbearers were Howard and Harold Ringold, Adrian, Laverne and Lowell Dean Reynolds and Raymond Arthur.

Flowers were in charge of granddaughters and nieces. They were Mrs. Howard Ringold, Mrs. Arthur, Mrs. Mark Nicholson, Mrs. Adrian Reynolds, Mrs. Laverne Reynolds, Mrs. Lowell Dean Reynolds and the Misses Leona and Rosellyn Ringold.

 

[RINGOLD, SUSAN NANCY "SUSIE" GRAY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, August 26, 1933, [p. 1]
Mrs. Susan Ringold, 83, Dies in Home Near Hopkins
Mrs. Susan Ringold, age 83, died about 8 o'clock last night at her home six miles southwest of Hopkins. Mrs. Ringold had been bedfast since June 28 when she suffered a stroke of paralysis. A second stroke this week caused her death.

She had lived on the same farm since her marriage in 1868 to John Ringold. Her husband died five years ago. Her maiden name was Susan Gray.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Vern Fakes, Pickering; Miss Jennie Ringold, who made her home with her mother; three sons, Ira, Asa, and Lester Ringold, all of Hopkins. Eight children are deceased.

Funeral services for Mrs. Ringold will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the residence near Hopkins. Rev. Ray Dicks, pastor of the Baptist church in Hopkins, will officiate. Burial will be in Coleman cemetery, near Pickering.

 

[RINGOLD, WILLIAM IRA]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 21 1948, [p. 1]
William I. Ringold Dies At His Home in Hopkins
William Ira Ringold, 76-year-old retired farmer and carpenter, who had spent his entire life in the Hopkins community, died early this morning at his home. Mr. Ringold suffered a stroke yesterday.
Funeral arrangements are pending word from a granddaughter in California. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The body is at the Swanson funeral home.
He was born five miles northwest of Pickering the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ringold.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie Ringold of the home; one son, Roy Ringold of Mountainburg, Ark.; two brothers, Asa Ringold, Hopkins, and Lester Ringold, Pickering, and one sister, Jennie Ringold, Pickering, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

 

[STRAWN, CHARLES FREMONT]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, December 22, 1924, p. 8
Former Resident Dies in St. Joseph Today
Charles Strawn Succumbs Early This Morning Following Illness of Cancer—Funeral Tomorrow
Mrs. Charles Butler and Miss Elizabeth Strawn went to St. Joseph this morning where they were called by the death of the latter's brother, Charles Strawn, which occurred at 2 o'clock this morning. Mr. Strawn had been ill for a year of cancer. The body will be sent to Hopkins for burial, arriving there tomorrow noon. Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian Church.

Mr. Strawn was 63 years old. He lived in Maryville until about nine years ago and was employed as a tinner for the Martin Acetylene Company. Surviving are his wife and five children. Mrs. Ed Green, Kansas City; Kenneth, Madeline and Mercedes Strawn, St. Joseph; and Reba Meredith, who makes her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Butler, in Maryville. Three sisters, Miss Elizabeth Strawn of Dulce, N. Mex., who has been visiting here since last May; Mrs. Alonzo Pitman of Manhattan, Kan; and Mrs. Ellen McIntire of Baton Rouge, La., also survive. Judge J. H. Sayler of Maryville is a brother-in-law, and Mrs. W. W. Stanfield is a niece.

 

[STRAWN, CHARLES FREMONT]
St. Joseph Observer (St. Joseph, Missouri), Friday, December 26, 1924, p. 5
Charles Fremont Strawn, 61 years of age, died at his home 1603 Angelique street, Monday afternoon.

 

[STRAWN, MARY ETTA MARSHALL]
Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), Tuesday, September 17, 1940, p. 21
STRAWN. Of 4275 La Salle avenue, Mrs. Mary Etta Strawn, beloved mother of Paul M. Strawn and grandmother of John Paul Strawn of Redondo Beach.

Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p. m. from the chapel of W. A. Brown, 1815 South Flower street.

 

[STRINGER, CHARLES JAMES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, July 23, 1954, p. 1
HOPKINS FARMER DIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Charles James Stringer, 71, farmer of east of Hopkins, died at 1:25 o'clock Thursday afternoon at his home after a long illness.
Mr. Stringer was born September 22, 1882 on a farm south of Hopkins and had lived for 42 years in the home where he died. He is survived by his wife of the home, two sons, Howard Stringer, Hopkins, and Samuel Stringer, Renton, Washington; and a daughter, Mrs. Orla Bainum, Hopkins.
Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Christian Church, Hopkins, conducted by the Rev. A.V. Hart.Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery in charge of the Swanson funeral directors.

 

[STRINGER, MAUD AGNES HOPPLE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, December 18, 1961, p. 2
MRS. MAUD STRINGER DIES AT HOSPITAL
Mrs. Maud Agnes Stringer, 70, Hopkins, died Sunday at the St. Francis Hospital where she had been a patient for only one and one-half days. She had resided east of Hopkins for 58 years.

She was born July 17, 1891, at Stockton, Kas., the daughter of the late David Bell Hopple and Harriet Helen Williamson Hopple She was married Apr. 23, 1908, to Charles James Stringer, who died July, 1954. Mrs Stringer was a member of the Christian Church of Hopkins.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.    Orla Bainum, Hopkins; two sons, Howard    Stringer, Hopkins, and Samuel Stringer, Renton, Wash.; three brothers, Ben    Hopple, Hopkins; Charles Hopple, Monett, Mo., and    Ray Hopple, Grubville, Mo.; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Rites 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.

Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, will have charge of the rites.

 

[STURGEON, JAMES FREMONT] 
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, April 17, 1944 [p. 1]
James Sturgeon Dies
James Sturgeon, about 88 years old, of Hopkins, died at the St. Francis hospital following an illness of only a few days.

Mr. Sturgeon, who had spent his entire life in the Hopkins community, was a farmer prior to retiring several years ago.

Funeral services will be held at the Swanson funeral home at Hopkins with rev. Dan R. Gott, pastor of the Baptist church 0f Hopkins, officiating.

He is survived by four nieces and nephews, including J. L. Sturgeon, Mrs. May Orme and Everett Ulmer, Hopkins, and George B. Ulmer, Denver, Colorado.

 

[TAME, EMMA CHAPMAN]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, February 19, 1925, p. 4
Mrs. William Tame of Hopkins died yesterday, February 17th. The funeral will be held Saturday at the Methodist church of Hopkins and the interment made in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[TAME, REX REGINALD]
Creston News Advertiser (Creston, Iowa), Monday, January 5, 1953, [p. 1]
Stroke Is Fatal To Rex R. Tame
Rex R. Tame, 49, died at his home at 125 north Pine street here at 11:30 p. m. Saturday. He had suffered a stroke earlier.

Funeral services will be held at McGregor Brothers and Coens funeral home here at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday. Dr. A. P. Keast, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Graceland cemetery.

Rex Reginald Tame was born at Hopkins, Mo., November 29, 1903. He was the son of William R. [obert] and Irene Churchill Tame. He spent his early life in Hopkins, Mo., but came to Creston 19 years ago and had made his home here since that time. He was employed by the Healy Transfer Company.

He was married here, Feb. 5, 1936, to Maxine Bengston, who survives him. Also surviving are a son, Billie Tame in the U. S. armed forces; three daughters, Mrs. Wanda Heimke of Creston and Patsy and Sharon Tame at home; a stepdaughter, Bettie Pottinger of Creston; his mother, Irene Martin of Creston; and a brother, Claude Tame of Creston.

[TAME, REX REGINALD]
Creston News Advertiser (Creston, Iowa), Wednesday, January 7, 1953, [p. 1]
Rites Today for Rex R. Tame
Funeral services for Rex Reginald Tame were held at 2:30 p. m. today at McGregor Brothers and Coen chapel. Dr. A. P. Keast, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiated. Burial was in Graceland cemetery. Pallbearers wee Les Foley, Ivan Woosley, Joe Healey, Jr. Welcher, Harold Eagan and Joe Metz. Mr. Tame died at his home here Saturday evening of a heart attack.

 

[TAME, WILLIAM 1848-1925]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, April 6, 1925, [p. 1]
Hides $10, 300 In A Manger
W. Tame Reveals This Shortly Before He Dies
$6,500 Is In Currency  Aged Man Who Hoarded This Sum Died At His Home North of Hopkins Early Saturday
William Tame, who lived four miles north of Hopkins, a few days before he died called a banker to his home for consultation. And thereby hangs a tale---
But let it be said that he passed away from this life in the early morning hours last Saturday and was buried in the Hopkins Cemetery this afternoon. The funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Church at Hopkins by the Rev. W. C. Harper.

Mr. Tame was 80 years of age when he died. He has lived north of Hopkins on a farm for approximately forty years.

Just about a week before death came Mr. Tame called Charles Donlin, a banker at Hopkins, to his home, and there instructed him to go to the barn and there in a manger under a manure pile he would find considerable money stored away in a box.

On March 27, Mr. Donlin followed Mr. Tame's instructions and found in cash, $6,500.

In notes, $3,800.

Mr. Donlin made deposits for Mr. Tame that day at his bank in Hopkins.

This $6,500 in cash was in currency, ranging in bills from $10 to $500, but most of them of the smaller denominations.

Mr. Donlin said today that Mr. Tame had been known in the community as a rather eccentric man but always treated with respect, and it was his opinion that Mr. Tame had put this money away from time to time for many years. Mr. Tame lived on a farm of 160 acres. His wife died about a year ago.

A rather singular fact in regard to these circumstances is that the valuation of the county was raised $8, 800 today. The board of equalization is in session. When the equalization of Hopkins Township came before the board this amount was reported by the assessor, Wm. Wells, being of the Tame money. Just $1,000 had been reported by Mr. Tame to the assessor previously.

Mr. Tame is survived by two grandchildren, three sisters and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rena Tame.

The three sisters live in England and the grandchildren in Creston and Shenandoah, Ia. One grandson, Rex, lives at Creston, Ia.

There was also a son, William, who died, not more than a year ago.

Since Mrs. Tame and William Tame died, Mr. and Mrs. Will Vanatta have been taking care of the late Mr. Tame and his farm. Mr. Tame evidently felt kindly toward his keepers, as not so long ago he deeded eighty acres to Mr. and Mrs. Will Vanatta.

The life of the late Mr. Tame reads like one of the stories of the early pioneers. The deceased came to this country from England about fifty years ago. He settled in this county, north of Hopkins and has farmed there ever since. Being of a frugal nature and rather tight fisted he accumulated considerable money and as his disposition did not let him place confidence in banks he put his money away in a box in the barn.

 

[THOMPSON, BESSIE MABEL MUSICK]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, September 10, 1958, p. 2
Mrs. Bessie Thompson dies At St. Francis Hospital
Mrs. Bessie M. Thompson, 60, Hopkins, died at 6 p. m. Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital after a long illness.

She was born June 22, 1898, at Sheridan, the daughter of the late Ira Musick and Linda Copple Musick. She was married Mar. 28, 1931, to Walter Thompson, who died in May 1957. Mrs. Thompson had lived at Hopkins 30 years.

Survivors include a stepson, Lloyd Thompson, Hopkins; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Richard Dreher, Independence; three step grandsons; a brother, Clifford Musick, Des Moines, Ia., and a sister, Mrs. Virgil Coy, Lingle, Wyo.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins. Funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of the sister.

 

Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, December 29, 1921, p.

 

[THOMPSON, JOHN C.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, September 29, 1951, [p. 1]
John Thompson Dies at Age 86
John Thompson, 86, died at 4 a. m. today at the County Farm west of Maryville. The body is at the Campbell funeral home but will be taken to the Swanson funeral home in Hopkins where services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Thompson is survived by five sons, Walter and Frank Thompson, Hopkins, William, Hobart W., Wilbur J. and Clarence, all of the state of Oregon and two daughters, Mrs. Harvey Grimes of Corning, Ia., Mrs. Robert Garten of the state of Oregon.

 

[THOMPSON, MARY ELIZABETH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, October 18, 1974, p. 4
Miss Mary Elizabeth Thompson - Miss Mary Elizabeth Thompson, 96, Maryville, died at l: 40 p.m. Thursday at the St. Francis Hospital.

She was born in Virginia, the daughter of the late Campbell and Synthia Gilbert Thompson. When 7 years old she came to Missouri with her family in a covered wagon. Miss Thompson was a member of the United Methodist Church.

She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Dona Mowry and Mrs. Hattie Wyatt, Maryville, and one brother, James Thompson, Maryville.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Price Funeral Home. The Rev. Howard Judah will officiate. Burial will be in Miriam Cemetery.

 

[THOMPSON, MARY ELIZABETH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, October 21, 1974, p. 4
Final Rites Held For Miss Thompson
Final rites were held Saturday at the Price Funeral Home for miss Mary E. Thompson, Maryville, who died Thursday. Burial was in Miriam Cemetery. The Rev. Howard Judah officiated.

Miss Rebecca Geist, accompanied by Mrs. Eldon Asbell, organist, sang "There Is a Home Over There," and "The Old Rugged Cross."

Pallbearers were Clarence Berg, Albert and Douglas Thompson, Donald Corrough, Truman Outs and Arthur Goodspeed.

 

[THOMPSON, MARY ELIZABETH ANDERSON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, November 24, 1943, [p. 1]
Mrs. Mary Thompson Dies; Funeral to Be Friday
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Methodist church in Parnell for Mrs. Mary Thompson, 90 years old, a resident of Nodaway county all her life, who died at 11 o'clock this morning at the home of her son, J. H. Thompson of Parnell.

Rev. E. W. Croy, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the Parnell cemetery.

Mrs. Thompson, who has been in ill health for the past few days, suffered heart trouble and dropsy. She was born October 19, 1853, near Parnell. She was the former Miss Mary Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Anderson.

She was married in 1867 to Louis Fielding Thompson, who preceded her in death thirty-seven years ago. Mrs. Thompson was a member of the Parnell Methodist church.

Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Synthia Ann Muse, St. Joseph; two brothers, John Anderson, Arkoe, and C. P. Anderson, St. Joseph; three grandchildren, Mrs. Julius Wells, New York; Mrs. Tom Birkenholz, Ravenwood, and Wayne Thompson, Parnell, and one great granddaughter, Shirley Anne Thompson.

 

[THOMPSON, MARY ETHEL MICHELSON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, January 27, 1941, [p. 1]
Mrs. Mary E. Thompson Dies at Her Home Here
Mrs. Mary E. [thel] Thompson, 1023 North Mulberry, 69 years of age, died at 10:20 o'clock this morning at her home after being ill two weeks.

She was born December 18, 1871, near Bedison and had lived all her life in Nodaway county, having been a resident of Maryville for the past eight years. She had been a member of the Christian church since a young girl.

She is survived by three sons, Harold and Donald Thompson, Maryville; John Wesley Thompson, Downey, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. E. R. Gorton, Pickering; two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Jensen and Miss Albena Lorenson, Maryville; one brother, Heber Michelson, Clearmont, and six grandchildren. Her husband, Logan Thompson, preceded her in death.

Burial will be in the Swinford cemetery but other arrangement have not been completed.

 

[THOMPSON, WALTER ANDREW]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, May 31, 1957, p. 2
Walter Thompson, Hopkins, Dies At Hospital Here
Walter A. [ndrew] Thompson, 63, lifetime resident of Hopkins, died at 5:30 a. m. yesterday at the St. Francis Hospital after a long illness.

Mr. Thompson was born July 20, 1893, at Hopkins, the son of the late John and Mary Richardson Thompson. He was married Mar. 28, 1931, to Bessie Musick, who survives.

Other survivors include a son, Lloyd Thompson, Hopkins: a daughter, Mrs. Richard Dreher, Kansas City; four brothers, Wilbur, Grants Pass, Ore.; William, McMinnville, Ore., and Frank and Clarence, Hopkins; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Garten, Pasadena, Calif., and Mrs. Eloshia Grimes, Hopkins, and three grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Hopkins Baptist Church. The Rev. Raymond Garrison will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. Swanson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 

[WHITE, LENA TILLIE LABANOWSKI BALL]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, May 29, 1969, p. 6
Hopkins Rites For Mrs. White
Graveside services were conducted by Carl Cummings, Wednesday, May 21 at the Hopkins, Missouri Cemetery for Lena T. White who died in Menlo Park, Calif., May 15, 1969. Funeral services were held Monday, May 19, at the Layng and Tinney Funeral Chapel in Redwood City, California.

Mr. and Mrs. John Whitten flew to California May 16 for the service there.

Lena Tillie White, born February 27, 1902 in Omaha, Nebraska to Katherine and Michael Labanowski, was one of a family of six of whom two preceded her in death. Her mother passed away when she was quite young.

She was united in marriage to Sidney M. [ilvern] Ball on February 5, 1919. To this union three children were born of whom one died at birth. Mr. Ball passed away on September 7, 1940 after a lengthy illness.

After going to California, she was united in marriage to Clarence J. White on June 17, 1955. They resided in Menlo Park until the time of her death. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Surviving are her husband Clarence of the home; and two children, Louise L. Whitten of Bedford and Wilbert M. Ball of Castro Valley, California; eight grandchildren; five great grandchildren; sister, Mrs. John Sarratt of Omaha, Nebr.; and two brothers, James and Jack Labanowski of Omaha, Nebr.

She was dearly loved by all who knew her and she will be sorely missed.

She was a member of the Methodist Church.

 

[WOLFERS, GERTRUDE ALICE]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, April 13, 1950, p. 9
HOPKINS
Former Resident Fatally Injured
Mrs. Claude M. White received a telegram Wednesday of the death of her sister, Mrs. Robert Wolfers (Gertrude) in Los Angeles, Calif. She was killed instantly when struck by a car. Her body was cremated and the ashes sent to Fredonia, New York, where her husband is buried.

Mrs. Wolfers was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Wolfers, long-time residents of Hopkins. She is the third in the family that have met tragic deaths. Miss Grace Wolfers, a girl in her teens, was drowned while away from home, visiting friends. Lynn Wolfers, hardly in his teens, was accidentally shot and killed, while hunting near Hopkins.

 

[WOLFERS, LYNN]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), November 23, 1905, [p. 1]
Accidentally Killed
Lynn Wolfers, of Hopkins, Mo., the fourteen-year-old son of Banker Wolfers, of that place, was instantly killed last Saturday while hunting. He and a young friend were together when a rabbit jumped up and both prepared to fire. Wolfers shot first and then jumped after the rabbit, getting in range of the other boy's gun. The weapon was discharged, the full charge striking young Wolfers in the head, killing him instantly.

 

[YEOMANS, FRED J.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 24, 1947, [p. 1]
Fred J. Yeomans, Hopkins Postmaster, Dies at Home Today
Fred J. Yeomans, nearly 77 years old, postmaster at Hopkins and former county clerk, was found dead in his home at 1 o'clock this morning. He had been ill the last two weeks. During the winter he had an attack of the flu.

Mrs. Delia Thompson, who had been housekeeper in the Yeomans' home for eight years, went to Mr. Yeomans' room to see if he needed any care and found him dead.

Mr. Yeomans would have been 77 years old May 10. He had been postmaster in Hopkins since January 1934.

After finishing his term as county clerk during World War I, Mr. Yeomans engaged in the insurance business in Maryville and Hopkins. While a county official he was a member of the draft board.

He was married to Miss Dora Estes May 14, 1911, in St. Joseph. Mrs. Yeomans died in 1930.

A son and daughter survive. They are Walter C. [alvin] Yeomans of St. Louis and Mrs. Sarah May Gustesson of San Francisco.

Mr. Yeomans was a member of the Masonic lodge.

Funeral services were not complete today.