Obituaries
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[ALLEN, CHARLES KING]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, July 29, 1943, [p. 1]
C. K. Allen Dies
Word has been received of the death of C. [harles] K. [ing] Allen, past 80 years of age, brother-in-law of T. H. Corken of Burlington Junction, who died July 24 at Birmingham, Ala., where he had resided several years. Funeral and burial services were conducted at Birmingham. Mr. Allen formerly lived in Maryville and prior to that was a merchant at Hopkins for a number of years.

He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Jessie Corken and three sons, Lewis Allen, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Guy Allen, Birmingham and Gene Allen.

 

[APPLETON, EDWARD CECIL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 12, 1971, p. 8
Cecil Appleton, 80, Dies At St. Francis
Edward Cecil Appleton, 80, a retired farmer and a life-time resident of the Hopkins community, died at 11:15 a. m. Thursday at the St. Francis Hospital where he had been a patient for 4 ½ weeks.

He was born Aug. 26, 1890, in Taylor County, Ia., the son of the late James Edward and Ida May Oxley Appleton. He was married Aug. 30, 1930, to the former Miss Gladys Ferguson, who survives.

He was a member of the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church and a veteran of World War I. He was also a member of the American Legion, a 50-yar member of the Masonic Lodge No. 50 and the Order of the Eastern Star, Hopkins. Scottish Rites, St. Joseph, and World War I Barracks, Maryville.

Survivors besides his wife, Gladys, of the home include one daughter, Miss Harriett Appleton of the home; one son, Edward Appleton, Hopkins; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Jeannie Brewer, Denver, Colo.; three grandchildren and one great grandchild.

The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church, Hopkins, with the Rev. Fred B. Paxton, assisted by the Rev. William Reese officiating. Masonic services will be held at the graveside. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[APPLETON, GLADYS ADELIA SMITH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 10, 1972, p. 10
Mrs. Gladys Appleton
Mrs. Gladys A. [delia] Appleton, 70 Hopkins, died at 4:20 a.m. today at the St Francis Hospital, where she was taken Wednesday after being found at her home by her daughter, Miss Harriet Appleton, after apparently suffering a stroke. Mrs. Appleton, a retired schoolteacher, was born Mar. 30, 1901, at Stanberry, the daughter of the late Harvey and Willie Duncan Smith. On Aug. 5, 1930, she was married at St. Joseph, to Cecil Appleton, who died Feb. 11, 1971. A resident of Hopkins 43 years, she attended Northwest State College and taught grade school 10 years.

She was a member of the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church and the Women's Society of Christian Service, the Hopkins Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star; DSC; Chapter K, PEO, and a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She also is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Jeanne Brewer, Denver, Colo.; one son, Edward Appleton, Hopkins; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild and two sisters, Mrs. Ella Peetoom, Arlington, Va., and Mrs. Vivian Winemiller, St. Joseph. Funeral services will be conducted at the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church by the Rev. John Shipley, pastor, and the Rev. Fred Paxton. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. Other arrangements are pending. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

[APPLETON, GLADYS ADELIA SMITH]
Hopkins Journal (Hopkins, Missouri), Thursday, February 17, 1972
Conduct Services Saturday for Mrs. Gladys Appleton
Mrs. Gladys A. Appleton, a well-known and admired resident of Hopkins for 43 years, died at 4:20 a. m. Thursday, Feb. 10, at the St. Francis Hospital, Maryville, where she had been a patient approximately 12 hours. Mrs. Appleton apparently suffered a stroke and was found by her daughter, Miss Harriet Appleton, when she returned home from her teaching position in Maryville. She was rushed to the hospital where she failed to recover.
She was born March 30, 1901, at Stanberry, the daughter of the late Harvey and Willie Duncan Smith. On August 5, 1930, she was married at St. Joseph to Cecil Appleton, who died Feb. 11, 1971.
She attended Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville, and taught grade school for ten years.
Mrs. Appleton was a member of the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church and belonged to the Women's Society of Christian Service of the church. She was also a member of Hopkins Chapter No. 401, Order of the Eastern Star, DSC, Art Club, Chapter K, PEO, and a charter member of the Glen Ulmer Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary.
In addition to her daughter, Miss Harriet Appleton, of the home, survivors include another daughter, Mrs. Jeanne Brewer, Denver, Colo.; one son, Edward Appleton, Hopkins; three grandchildren; one great grandchild, and two sisters, Mrs. P. W. Peetoom (Ella), Arlington, Va., and Mrs. Vivian Winemiller, St. Joseph.
Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Wray Memorial United Methodist Church. The Rev. John Shipley and the Rev. Fred Paxton officiated.
Mrs. L. R. Wiley was the organist. "The Lord's Prayer" was the chosen selection which she played during the service.
Flower bearers were Mrs. Jean Thompson, Mrs. Noble Florea, Miss Opal Orme, Mrs. George Mutti and Mrs. Edward Mutti.
Serving as pallbearers were Farris Gray, Harold Kirk, Robert Mutti, Noble Florea, Galen Turner and Victor Soetaert. Burial was in the Hopkins Cemetery.
Swanson Funeral Home was in charge of the funeral arrangements.
Relatives who came from a distance to be with the family and attend the services were Mrs. Jeanne Brewer, Denver, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Peetoom, Arlington, Va.; Mrs. Vivian Winemiller and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sollars, Susan and Darren, St. Joseph, and Mrs. Judith Wadlow and Whitney, Arkansas City, Kas.

 

[AUFFERT, FRED JOSEPH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, November 11, 1963, p. 2 
Fred J. Auffert Dies Following Heart Attack
Fred Joseph Auffert, 73, Maryville, died at 12:47 a. m. today at the St. Francis Hospital following a heart attack.

The son of the late Benjamin and Anna Kimna Auffert, he was born June 10, 1890, at Ferdinand, Ind. He was married Jan. 23, 1912, to Mary Elizabeth Wilmes, who survives. Auffert was a member of St. Gregory's Church, Knights of Columbus Holy Name Society. He served 14 years on the police force.

In addition to his wife of the home, survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Francis Gallagher, Burlington Jct., Mrs. Russell Peterson, Maitland, and Mrs. Austin Pfeifer, Maryville; two sons, Fred Auffert, jr., Maryville, and Richard Auffert, Shenandoah, Ia.; two brothers, Leo Auffert, Maryville, and B. H. Auffert, Conception Jct.; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Final rites will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday at St. Gregory's Church with the Rev. John J. Stack officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. The family rosary will be held at 8 p. m. Monday, and the parish rosary will be held at 8 p. m. Tuesday at the Price Funeral Home.

 

[BRAINARD, ANDREA YESENIA SCHMECHEL]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 9, 1927, [p. 1]
Native of Denmark Dies Monday Night
Funeral Services for Mrs. Andrew Brainard Held At Hopkins Yesterday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Andrew Brainard, old resident of Hopkins, were held at the home there at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mrs. Brainard was 78 years old and was a native of Denmark. Her death occurred Monday night after an extended illness of heart trouble. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Eve Brainard, who lived with her mother and Mrs. Etta Trimble of St. Joseph.

 

[BREIT, AVA LEE]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 26, 1927, [p. 1]
Funeral for Barnard Child 2:30 Tomorrow
Ava Lee Breit, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Breit, Dies at Hospital This Morning
Ava Lee Breit, 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Breit, west of Barnard, died about 1 o'clock this morning at St. Francis Hospital. The child had been ill three weeks of peritonitis and complications.

The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian Church in Barnard, conducted by the Rev. O. H. Loomis of Savannah. Burial will be in the Barnard cemetery.

Besides her parents, the little girl is survived by a baby sister, five months old.

 

[BURNS, MAHALA SIMMONS]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, March 2, 1927, p. 4
Mrs. Mahala Burns Died this Morning
Brief Service Will Be Held at Home Tomorrow—Funeral and Burial at Savannah
Mrs. Mahala Burns, 81 years old, died at 4 o'clock this morning at her home, 215 West Fifth street, following a week's illness of a complication of diseases.

A brief service will be held at the home at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the Rev. R. A. Mitchell of the M. E.  Church, South, officiating. The body will be taken to Savannah, the former home of Mrs. Burns, where the funeral will be held at 3 o'clock at the M. E. Church, South. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Winn of the Savannah M. E. Church, South. A quartette from the choir of the Savannah church will sing and Mrs. I. E. Tulloch and Mrs. N. F. Humber will sing a duet, "Over There."

Burial will be in the family lot in the Savannah cemetery. The same pallbearers who acted at the funeral of Mr. Burns, twelve years ago, will serve in a like capacity tomorrow.

Mrs. Burns was born in Morgan County, Ind., Dec. 15, 1846. In 1853 she came with her parents, Elwood and Elizabeth Simmons, to Andrew County, Mo. She was the last of a family of thirteen children. Mrs. Burns moved to Maryville seven years ago. For five years she had made her home with her granddaughter, Mrs. Earl Henderson, whom she had reared from babyhood. Mrs. Burns was the mother of five children, all of whom are dead. Mr. Burns died in July 1914.

Three other grandchildren and three great grandchildren, Viola, Dorothy and Mary Henderson, also survive. Mrs. Burns had been a member of the M. E. Church, South, for a number of years and until failing health prevented was active in church work.

 

[CARMICHAEL, HOMER JOSEPH]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, January 4, 1968, [p. 1]
Homer Carmichael Rites Dec. 30
Funeral services for Homer J. Carmichael, 68, of Hopkins were held December 30 at the Hopkins Baptist Church. Mr. Carmichael died December 27 at a Clarinda, Iowa hospital. Interment was at the Hopkins Cemetery.

Mr. Carmichael was a mechanic for Ford Motor Co. here for many years.

Perry Carmichael of Cheyenne, Wyoming, is a brother.

 

[CLARK, ALMA SAYLER]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 23, 1927, [p. 1]
Mrs. Alma Clark Dies in Colorado
Former Hopkins Woman, Sister of Judge J. H. Sayler, Succumbs at Boulder After Protracted Illness
Mrs. Alma Clark, the youngest sister of Judge J. H. Sayler, died yesterday at her home in Boulder, Colo., from complications after a long illness.

This information was received this morning by Judge Sayler, who said his relatives did not state the funeral arrangements.

Mrs. Clark was married at Hopkins and moved to Colorado with her husband about thirty-five years ago.

 

[CLESTER, IDA ELLEN HUFFMAN]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 25, 1927, p. 4
Mrs. Ida Clester, 68, Dies at Burlington
Funeral Services Held at Workman Chapel This Afternoon—Five Children Survive
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Clester, age 68, who died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Drain at Burlington Junction, will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at Workman Chapel, with the Rev. A. L. Ragsdale officiating. Burial will be in Workman Cemetery.

Mrs. Clester died from a complication of diseases. She had lived the last year with her daughter at Burlington Junction and had been in ill health for many months. She was married to W. H. Clester, October 16, 1876, who died a few years ago. Mrs. Clester was born in Tazewell County, Ill., and came to Clearmont with her parents when a child.

She is survived by the following children, Mrs. Carrie Drain, Burlington Junction, Jesse Clester, Kansas City, Mo., Joseph and William Clester, Bedison; and Mrs. Eddice Renfro, Skidmore.

She also leaves a half brother, Luke Huffman of near Clearmont; and four half sisters, namely, Mrs. Mary Stewart, Burlington Junction; Mrs. Julia Williams, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Daniel Reynolds, Bedison, Mo.; Mrs. Vern Holden, Clearmont, Mo. She also leaves eighteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

 

[COCHRAN, ALFRED S.]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 11, 1927, [p. 1]
A. S. Cochran dies at Hospital Here
Funeral Services to Be Held Sunday Afternoon at Burlington Junction M. E. Church
Alfred S. Cochran, 62 years old, died at 1:16 o'clock this morning at St. Francis hospital of a complication of diseases. Mr. Cochran was taken to the hospital December 20 from his home, northeast of Maryville.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the M. E. Church in Burlington Junction. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Guy L. Prather, pastor of the Baptist Church of Maryville, and the Rev. J. Howard Thompson, pastor at Burlington Junction. Burial will be in Lamar Cemetery, northeast of Burlington Junction.

Mr. Cochran was born Nov. 8, 1864, in Dixon, Lee County, Ill. He moved to Missouri with his parents in 1869 and lived a number of years in and near Burlington Junction and also a few years in Kansas and Nebraska. He moved to a farm one and one-quarter miles northeast of the Burlington station in Maryville, in April, 1925. He was married to Mrs. Chloe Graham in 1904. Mrs. Cochran died April 4, 1924.

Six children surviving are: Mrs. Mary Pruitt and Mrs. Maude Powell, Quitman; Walter, Alfred Jr., Nellie and Fern, at home. Two stepchildren survive, Mrs. Ursle Crocket of Maryville and Earl Graham of near Skidmore. Walter Cochran of Burlington Junction is a brother. The body will be taken to the brother's home this afternoon.

Mr. Cochran was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for thirty-five or forty years.

 

[CORNETT, RUTH WRAY]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 7, 1927, [p. 1]
Mrs. Ruth Cornett, 78, Died Saturday Night
Funeral Services Will Be Held at Quitman Tomorrow Afternoon; Prather Is In Charge.
Mrs. Ruth Cornett, 78 years old, died at 11 oÕclock Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Viles, 123 West Fifth Street. There will be a short service at the Viles home at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon after which the body will be taken to Quitman where the funeral will be held at the Christian Church. The Rev. Guy L. Prather of the Maryville Baptist Church will officiate and burial will be in the Quitman cemetery.

Mrs. Cornett was born June 12, 1848 in Bloomington, Ind. She was married in Indiana to Henry Cornett, whose death occurred twenty-eight years ago. Coming west, they lived for a short time in Iowa. Mrs. Cornett had spent most of her life in Nodaway County, living at Quitman, Skidmore and Maryville. This city had been her home for several years.

The surviving children are: Tom Cornett, Clarinda, Ia.; Ike, Massena, Ia.; Mrs. Charles Viles and Dave and Cleav Cornett, Maryville; and Mrs. Martha Phillips, Sargent, Neb. Two brothers survive, as follows; Ben and Dennis Wray of Bloomington, Ind. Three children and three stepchildren are dead.

 

[DANNER, ELIZABETH LOUISA WELLER]
Clarinda Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, December 29, 1927, p. 7
Elizabeth Louisa Danner - Elizabeth Louisa Weller was born in Mechanicstown, Md., June 21, 1833, and died Dec. 19, 1927, at the age of 94 years, 5 months and 28 days. In 1859 she was married to Putman Danner, the ceremony takingplace in the city of Baltimore, Md. Immediately after the marriage they moved to Iowa where they made their home.

Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Danner: F. A. Danner, Limon, Colo.; Mrs. W. C. Charles, deceased; J. W. Danner, deceased; D. G. Danner, Blanchard, Iowa; M. P. Danner, deceased; Ralph Danner, deceased. Eleven years ago last February Mrs. Danner was called upon to part with her husband, who for 58 years had been her constant companion. During the after years of widowhood, she lived with her son, D. G. Danner, and family. Through all the long years of married and widowed life she was sustained in a cheery, bright and sweet spirit that was not shadowed, though she was unable to walk for six years; just kept thus by the power of the grace of Him to whom she gave her heart when a girl, and in whose Kingdom she labored till toiling days were over.

One of the fields of her work was the W. C. T. U., and a few years ago she was made a life member of that worthy organization.      This   faithful follower of her Lord, this saint of God, has gone   to   her   glorious    reward, where clouds will all be lifted, and she shall see and know clearly.   To mourn her departure is ours, for she has gone and hearts will be lonely, but to hail her triumphant entry to the "Palace of the King" is likewise our privilege. But she will be missed. A sister, Mrs. D.  F.  Hayes of Grinnell, will miss her, so will two sons, F. .A. Danner of Limon, Colo., and D. G. Danner of Blanchard, Iowa, and thirteen grandchildren     and     nine great-grandchildren, besides    other relatives and many surviving friends whom she has gathered through the years, will miss the one whom they loved.

The funeral services were held at the home of her son, D. G. Danner, her pastor, Rev. M. B. Wilson of the Blanchard Methodist church, to which she belonged, officiating. Singers of the church furnished the music. Interment was made in the Ohio cemetery, Burlington Junction, Mo., where she was laid to rest by the side of her husband.

 

[DERKS, BEATRICE]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 17, 1927, [p. 1]
Beatrice Derks Dies of Scarlet Fever 
Burial Will Take Place Tomorrow Morning in Conception Cemetery.

Beatrice Derks, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Derks, died about 9:30 o'clock last night at the Derks home near Clyde. The little girl had been ill of scarlet fever about three weeks. Burial will take place tomorrow morning in the Conception cemetery. Several brothers and sisters survive in addition to the parents.
[Note: The name on her Missouri state death certificate is Maragarette Catherine Derks.]

[DINSMORE, WILLIAM HENRY]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, March 5, 1927, [p. 1]
W. H. Dinsmore Dies at 1 O'Clock today
Well-Known Resident of County Had Been in Poor Health For Several Years; No Arrangements Made
W. [illiam] H. Dinsmore, 69 years old, well known resident of Nodaway County, died at 1 o'clock this afternoon at his home, 816 South Main Street. He had been in poor health for a number of years but his condition did not become critical until a week ago. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Mr. Dinsmore was the son of the late F. [rancis] B. Dinsmore, county judge in 1878. He had lived in Nodaway County since 1872, residing near Gaynor City for a number of years. Later he moved to a farm near Maryville.

He is survived by his widow and three daughters, Bessie Dinsmore, Mrs. J. L. Gregory and Ada Dinsmore, and one son, F. B. Dinsmore. Several grandchildren also survive.

 

[DINSMORE, WILLIAM HENRY]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 7, 1927, [p. 1]
Funeral Services Are Held this Afternoon
Funeral services for W. H. Dinsmore, who died Saturday afternoon, were held at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the family home, 816 South Main street. The service was in charge of the Rev. W. N. Dewar, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in a cemetery near Gaynor City.

 

DINSMORE, WILLIAM H.]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, March 8, 1927, [p. 1]
Dinsmore Funeral Held Yesterday
The Rev. A. D. Seelig of Savannah officiated at the funeral of William H. Dinsmore yesterday afternoon. The service was held at 1 o'clock at the Dinsmore home, 816 South Main street. Mr. Seelig is a former pastor and intimate friend of the Dinsmore family. He was assisted by the Rev. W. N. Dewar of the Presbyterian Church. The musical selections included "Rock of Ages" and "Nearer My God to Thee."

Burial was in the Long Branch cemetery at Gaynor City.

 

[DUNKLE, OPAL]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, March 5, 1927, p. 7
Girl Formerly of Hopkins Is Burned
Miss Opal Dunkle, the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Dunkle, at one time citizens of our town, was burned to death recently at her home in Loveland, Colo. It seems she was starting a fire by pouring coal oil from a can onto the smouldering embers. The flames ignited the oil in the can, causing an explosion, and the girl was so badly burned that she died after suffering terribly for some eighteen days. The deceased attended school in Hopkins two or three years ago and had many friends who will be pained to learn of her tragic death. She was a cousin of the Traster families of this city. – Hopkins Journal

 

[GODSEY, NORA ANN SWANEY]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 16, 1927, p. 5
Mrs. John Godsey, 35, Died at Noon Today Mother of 3 Succumbs To Mastoid Ailment at Home East of Hopkins; Funeral Plans Not Made
Mrs. John Godsey, 35 years old, died at her home 5 miles east of Hopkins about one o'clock today. She had been having mastoid trouble for nearly a year but was not confined to her bed until Saturday.

She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Swaney of Pickering. Besides her parents and her husband, she is survived by three children, Elbert, 3 years old; Sylvia, 5 and Helen Marie, 2; and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Myrtle Clemens, Kansas City; Mrs. Harry Alexander, Pickering; Mrs. Roland Rickard, Hopkins; Miss Marguerite Swaney, Pickering; Mrs. Ethel Hanna, Pickering; Roy, Everett and Alex Swaney, Pickering. Mrs. Randolph Holt of Maryville is a cousin.

Funeral arrangements have not been made.

 

[HALLER, ALLEN REECE]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 9, 1927, [p. 1]
Allen Reece Haller Died Late Yesterday
Funeral Services for Life-long Resident Will Be Held at M. E. Church, Wilcox, Tomorrow Afternoon
Allen Reece Haller, 39 years old, a life-long resident of Nodaway County, died at 5:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home in Wilcox. A complication diseases was the cause of death. He had been in frail health since an illness of influenza several years ago.

The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the M. E. Church in Wilcox conducted by Dr. C. C. James, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Maryville. Burial will be in the Wilcox cemetery.

Mr. Haller was born March 14, 1887, on the farm, southwest of Wilcox, from which he moved last Thursday. With the exception of two years, he had lived on the same farm all his life.

Surviving are his widow and two children, Guy Reece, 9 years old and Marion, 7. He also leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Haller, Wilcox; two sisters and one brother, Miss Grace Haller, Wilcox; Mrs. Lloyd Mounts, Eckley, Colo., and Guy Haller of Maryville. Mr. and Mrs. Mounts and children, Frederick, Betty Lou and Beatrice, arrived from Eckley, Colo., yesterday afternoon a short time before Mr. HallerÕs death.

 

[HALLER, ALLEN REECE]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 10, 1927, [p. 1]
Funeral Services for Allen Haller Today
Funeral services for Allen R. Haller, who died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Wilcox, were held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the M. E. Church in Wilcox. Dr. C. C. James, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Maryville, officiated. A quartette composed of Miss Emma Hull, Mrs. Leonard Bosch, Luther Brock and Kenney Tebow sang, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," and "Abide With Me."

Burial was in the Wilcox cemetery.

The pallbearers included Purl Shell, Gus Shell, Ralph Brogan, Clarence Bainum, Delbert Vert and Olen Shelton.

Miss Marion Huff of Chicago, an aunt of Mr. Haller, came this morning for the funeral.

 

[HARRIS, CATHERINE REBEKAH]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 25, 1927, [p. 1]
Pneumonia Is Cause of An Infant's Death
7-Week Old Child of Mr. and Mrs. Brownie Harris Dies—Funeral Tomorrow

The seven-week-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Brownie Harris of Burlington Junction died at 3 o'clock this morning at the home of the former's brother, Norvel Harris, in Quitman. Death was caused by pneumonia.

The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian Church in Quitman. Burial will be in the Burlington Junction cemetery.

 

[HARTSOUGH, IDA MAY HAINLINE]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, March 10, 1927, [p. 1]
Mrs. Ed Hartsough Dies at Wilcox Home
Funeral at 2 p. m. Saturday.---Husband and One Son Survive.
Mrs. Ed Hartsough, 46 years old, died at 4 o'clock this morning at her home in Wilcox following an illness of cancer. Mrs. Hartsough had been ill eighteen months.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the M. E. Church in Wilcox, conducted by Dr. C. C. James, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Maryville. Burial will be in the Wilcox cemetery.

Mrs. Hartsough was born July 1880 and with the exception of a several years residence in St. Joseph, had lived in the Wilcox vicinity all her life. Her marriage to Mr. Hartsough took place May 23, 1906. Mr. Hartsough and one son, Charles Edwin, 5 years old, survive. She also leaves her mother, Mrs. C. C. Hainline, one sister, Mrs. B. K. Ferguson, and a brother, Fred Hainline of Wilcox.

 

[HARTSOUGH, IDA MAY HAINLINE]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, March 12, 1927, p. 8
Hartsough Funeral Is Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Ed Hartsough were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the M. E. Church in Wilcox, conducted by Dr. C. C. James of Maryville. A quartette composed of Dr. James, B. H. Bronson, Miss Emma Hull and Mrs. Leonard Bosch sang "Abide With Me," and "Softly Now the Light of Day." The piano accompaniments were played by Genevieve Miller.

Burial was in the Wilcox cemetery. The pallbearers were Gus Shell, Purl Shell, William Rabel, Don Hall, Gene Hall and Elihu Shell.

Mr. and Mrs. William Struck of St. Joseph came today to attend the funeral.

 

[HUTSON, ELIZABETH JANE WALLACE]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, March 12, 1927, [p. 1]
Mrs. Jane Hudson, Elmo, Dies today
Funeral Arrangements Not Complete; Old Resident Is Survived By Five Children
Mrs. Jane Hudson, 82 years old, died about 8 o'clock this morning at the home of her son, Joe Hudson, south of Elmo, following an extended illness of infirmities of old age.

Burial will take place in the Lamar cemetery. Other funeral arrangements will not be made until word is received from relatives at a distance.

Mrs. Hudson was born Oct. 2, 1845. She had been a resident of the Elmo vicinity for a number of years. Five children survive, as follows: Mrs. A. [bel] Huffstutter, Mrs. Alva Jones and Joe, Charles and Baker Hudson, all living near Elmo.
[Note: Her last name is spelled Hutson on her Missouri State death certificate and on her headstone.]

 

[JERMAINE, MARY M. STOKLE]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, March 8, 1927, [p. 1]
Mrs. Mary Jermaine Dies at Conception
Funeral Service Will Be Held At 9 O'Clock Thursday Morning; Five Children Survive
Mrs. Mary M. Jermaine, 81 years old, died at her home at Conception last night. Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Conception, at 9 o'clock Thursday morning.

Mrs. Jermaine is survived by five children, Father George Jermaine of Des Moines, Iowa, who will have charge of the funeral service; Benedict and Joseph Jermaine and Rose Jermaine of Conception and a daughter who is in a Benedictine convent in Idaho. Another son, Father John Jermaine, was killed by an electric wire at Milan, Mo., July 1922.

[JERMAINE, MARY M. STUCKLE]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, March 8, 1927
Mrs. Mary Jermaine Dies at Conception
Funeral Service Will Be Held at 9 o'clock Thursday Morning; Five Children Survive
Mrs. Mary M. Jermaine, 81 years old, died at her home at Conception last night. Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Conception, at 9 o'clock Thursday morning.
Mrs. Jermaine is survived by five children. Father George Jermaine of Des Moines, Iowa, who will have charge of the funeral service; Benedict and Joseph Jermaine and Rose Jermaine of Conception and a daughter who is in a Benedictine convent in Idaho. Another son, Father John Jermaine, was killed by an electric wire at Milan, Mo., July 1922.

 

[KENNEDY, WILLIAM]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, March 11, 1927, [p. 1]
William Kennedy Dies at Home in Nebraska
William Kennedy, a former resident of Skidmore, died at 8 o'clock this morning at his home in Oak Dale, Neb., according to word received here by his sons, Will and John Kennedy. They left this afternoon for Oak Dale to attend the funeral.

Mr. Kennedy was 59 years old. Mrs. Kennedy is a sister of Mrs. Levi Smith of Maryville.

 

[KINDER, OAKLEY EVERETT, JR.]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 22, 1927, p. 2
Son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Kinder Is Dead
Child Born February 19. Buried at Hazel Dell Cemetery Following Short Service Today.
Oakley Everett Kinder, jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Kinder, east of Clearmont, died last night. Burial took place this afternoon in Hazel Dell cemetery.

The baby was born Feb. 19. Two brothers, William and Bailey Hart, and two sisters, Alice Isabel and Ava Lee, survive in addition to the parents.

 

[LOUDEN, JACOB]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, September 25, 1913, p. 8
HOPKINS
Jacob Louden for almost forty-five years a resident of Hopkins, died at his home here Thursday night after a long illness of heart trouble. He is survived by his wife and one son William Louden. The funeral services were held from the home Saturday conducted by Rev. D. W. Griffith, pastor of the Baptist church and burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery.

[LOUDEN, JACOB]
Daily Democrat–Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, September 20, 1913, [p. 1]
Attended Hopkins Funeral
Mrs. G. H. Whipp, W. B. Louden, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. McClemmons and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Louden of College Springs, Ia., were in Maryville Saturday forenoon on their way to Hopkins to attend the funeral of their relative Jacob Louden, whose death occurred Thursday night.

[LOUDEN, JACOB]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, September 19, 1913, [p. 1]
Death of Hopkins Resident
Jacob Louden Passed Away Thursday Evening—Funeral to be Held Saturday
Jacob Louden, an aged resident of Hopkins, died at his home Thursday night at 8:15 o'clock.

Mr. Louden had been a sufferer for some time, the main part of his sickness being caused by valvular heart trouble.

The funeral services will be held at the home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. Griffith of the Baptist church officiating. Burial in Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Louden was born in Perry County, Pa., in 1841. His parents died when he was a little child and he made his home with an uncle, coming with him to Ogle county, Ill., where he grew to manhood At the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted in Company I, Fifteenth Illinois infantry, and served three years, seven months of which were spent in the Andersonville prison. At the close of the war he located in northern Iowa, settling on a farm near Waverly. He was married in 1870 to Amanda Renn, who remains to mourn his loss. In 1872 they came to Hopkins, being among the oldest residents of the town. They went into the restaurant business there and for years were known as "Jake and Mandy, the best restaurant people in this part of the country."

The latter part of Mr. Louden's life had been spent in retirement. A neat little cottage in West Hopkins being the home. Beside]s] his wife, he leaves one son, Wm. Louden, three children having died in infancy. There is also one granddaughter, Miss Lottie Louden, who has always made her home with her grandparents.

A brother, A. Louden and his wife of College Springs, Ia., are in Hopkins for the funeral and Wesley Renn of Waterloo, Ia., and Mrs. Charles Farnsworth, a brother and sister of Mrs. Louden, will come Friday evening.

 

[LYLE, LEVI]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 21, 1927, [p. 1]
Levi Lyle, 72, Died of Pneumonia Today 
Funeral Services Will Be Held At Parnell at Methodist Church Wednesday Afternoon
Levi Lyle, 72 years old, died at 5:20 o'clock this morning at his home near Ravenwood following a several days' illness of pneumonia. He was the father of Mrs. S. C. Clark of Maryville.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the M. E. church in Parnell.

Mr. Lyle was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When about 11 years old his parents moved to Nodaway County, locating on the present site of Conception. Mrs. Lyle died last October.

Mr. Lyle also leaves one son, Roy Lyle of Burlington Junction. The following brothers and sisters survive: Eugene Lyle, Maryville; Cyrus Lyle, Parnell; Martin Lyle, Fromberg, Mont.; M. A. Lyle, Sioux City, Ia.; Hiram Lyle, Fort Scott, Kan.; Thomas and Fremont Lyle, Mrs. Fred Lyle and Mrs. Phoebe Mow, all of Ravenwood.

 

[MCMAHAN, ANNA FAIR]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, March 12, 1927, p. 4
Mrs. Anna McMahon Dies This Morning
Funeral Will Be Held At Christian Church In Elmo, Tomorrow Afternoon at 2 o'clock
Mrs. Anna McMahon [McMahan], 70 years old, died at 2 o'clock this morning at her home in Elmo following an illness of a complication of diseases. Mrs. McMahon had been ill since last Saturday night.

The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian Church in Elmo, of which Mrs. McMahon had long been a member. The services will be in charge of the pastor, the Rev. J. T. Alsup, and burial will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Elmo.

Mrs. McMahon leaves three sisters, one of whom will arrive tonight from Denver, Colo., for the funeral. She is also survived by a niece, Mrs. Lillie Bull of Elmo.
[Note: Her last name is spelled McMahan on her headstone and her Missouri State death certificate.]

 

[MANES, GEORGE GALEN]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, March 8, 1927, [p. 1]
H. S. Student Is A Suicide
Galen Manes of Burlington Junction Drinks Poison
Is Found Unconscious Burlington Basketball Player First Was Reported Kicked by Horse or Mule
Galen Manes, age 19, son of Frank Manes of Burlington Junction, committed suicide this morning on his father's stock farm, three miles southeast of Burlington Junction, by drinking carbolic acid, according to the verdict of the coroner, Dr. F. C. Wallis of Maryville, who held a view inquest early this afternoon.

The cause for the Manes youth taking his life remained a mystery to his family and friends today, and they could give no motive for the deed, Dr. Wallis said this afternoon.

Galen got the poison at a drug store at Burlington Junction at 7 o'clock this morning, it was learned.

It was reported at first that the youth died from injuries received when kicked by one of the untamed horses or mules at the farm, but this was discounted later, the coroner stating the wound had nothing to do with his death.

When the youth failed to return home or to school this morning, a search was made for him, and he was found unconscious at the rear of the barn on the stock farm. A slight wound was found in his upper right forehead. He died in the office of Dr. W. S. Hindman of Burlington Junction, where he was taken for treatment at 12:30 o'clock today at noon.

Galen Manes was active in many affairs at the Burlington Junction High School, from which he would have been graduated this spring. He was a forward on this year's basketball team.

Galen was born and reared in Burlington Junction. He is survived by his father, his brother, George, also a member of the basketball team; and a sister, Verna, who is making her home with her mother's relatives at Blanchard, Ia.

Claude Thompson, coach of the Burlington Junction High School, announced this afternoon that on account of the loss of Galen from the team, the Burlington Junction quintet will not participate in the Northwest Missouri basketball tournament this week at the State Teachers College.

 

[MANES, GEORGE GALEN]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, March 9, 1927, [p. 1]
Galen Manes Leaves Note
"Afraid I'll Fail In Life," Suicide Writes
Services Tomorrow Youth Will Be Buried Near Mother's Grave At Blanchard, Ia. Was Sophomore In High School
An examination of the contents of the stomach of Galen Manes was made at the State Teachers College here today and carbolic acid in large quantities was found, Dr. F. C. Wallis, coroner, stated late today.
Galen Manes, 19 years old, son of Frank Manes of Burlington Junction, who committed suicide on his father's farm by taking carbolic acid yesterday morning, left a note placed in one of the straps at the top of the Ford roadster he had been driving. It read:

"Don't worry. I'll be all right. When you find this will all be over. Nobody is to blame but myself. I am a failure in school and a failure in other things and I am afraid I'll be a failure in life."

The funeral services will be held at the Methodist church at Burlington Junction at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be at Blanchard, Ia. The Rev. J. Howard Thompson will conduct the funeral. Galen's mother also is buried at Blanchard.

Galen had been out of school at various times in his life and the fact that he lacked only a few days of his twentieth birthday while he was only a sophomore is thought to have discouraged him. The statement yesterday that he was a senior was an error.

The boy lived, with his father and brother George, at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Manes, near Burlington Junction. There is a sister, Bernice, also. The boy had lived at Burlington Junction seven or eight years.

Galen got the poison at a drug store at Burlington Junction at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, it was learned.

A rumor, declared unfounded, was that depression over a disappointing love affair Galen had had with a Burlington Junction girl might have played a part in the youth's suicide.

It was reported at first that the youth died from injuries received when kicked by one of the untamed horses or mules in his father's barn, where he had gone to feed the animals.

Galen and his brother were members of the Burlington Junction basketball team. The boys were on the team that played in the county tournament at Elmo Saturday.

"Galen was a sophomore and he was rather old compared to the other students in the class, but he was an average student and he was not failing in "any of his subjects," declared H. B. Rutledge, superintendent of schools at Burlington Junction where the boy was a student.

"Galen's idea that he was a failure was an illusion. He was perhaps somewhat odd in his ways, but he was well liked by everybody. He was a good chap. He was retarded in school. His mother's illness and death caused some delay and he was older than others when he entered school."

The pallbearers at the funeral will be high school students. The high school will be dismissed for the services.

"Galen was in good spirits at basketball practice Monday night. He was always on time and always was in a good humor," Coach Claude Thompson of Burlington Junction High School said today.

 

[MATLOCK, BESSIE VIOLA DAVISON]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 12, 1927, [p. 1]
Mrs. Bessie Matlock Dies this Morning
Funeral Services for Clearmont Woman Will Be Held Monday Afternoon at 2 O'Clock

Mrs. Bessie Matlock, 45 years old, died at her home at Clearmont at 9:30 o'clock this morning after an illness of several months. Cancer was the cause of her death.

Mrs. Matlock is survived by her husband, Elmer Matlock and one daughter, Miss Ruth Matlock, her mother, Mrs. S. [amuel] T. [homas] Davidson [Davison] and two sisters, Mrs. Oliver Gregory, Clearmont, and Mrs. Walter Davis, Maryville.

Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church at Clearmont at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The Rev. W. W. Laughlin assisted by the Rev. William H. Pittker will conduct the service.

 

[MERRIGAN, HUBERT JAMES]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 7, 1927, p. 7
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Merrigan Dies
Funeral Services Held At Abbey Church at 10 O'Clock This Morning; Child Two Weeks Old
Hubert James Merrigan, two weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Merrigan, Conception, died Saturday night. Funeral services were held at the Abbey Church at Conception at 10 o'clock this morning. The infant was an only child.

 

[MILLIGAN, ANDREW JACKSON]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 14, 1927, [p. 1]
A. J. Milligan, 83, Dies Yesterday at Parnell Resident of Nodaway County Fourteen Years Is Survived By Wife and Seven Children
Andrew Jackson Milligan, 83 years old, died at 12:30 o'clock Sunday morning at Parnell after an illness of complication of diseases. Mr. Milligan has been a resident of Parnell for 14 years. Until that time he had spent most of his life at Oxford, Mo.

Mr. Milligan is survived by his wife and seven children. The children are: Mrs. Celia Giesken and Mrs. Mildred Herndon, Parnell; Mrs. Orpha Nelson, Coleridge View, Nebraska; Mrs. Maggie Stigley, St. Joseph; Charles Milligan, Pueblo, Colo.; William Milligan, Roosevelt, Utah; Jack Milligan, Gunter, Ore.

Funeral arrangements have not been made.

 

[MYERS, INEZ ROSETTA DIXON]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 14, 1927, [p. 1]
Mrs. John Myers, 59, Die[s] at Clearmont
Funeral Services Will Be Held At 2 O'Clock Tomorrow Afternoon
Mrs. John Myers, 59 years old, died at 12 o'clock Saturday night at her home in Clearmont following an illness of paralysis. Mrs. Myers had been bedfast since last October.

The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Baptist Church in Clearmont, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. W. W. Laughlin. Burial will be in the Clearmont cemetery.

Mrs. Myers was born in Monmouth, Ill. She came to Missouri when eleven years old, her family locating near Pickering. She later moved to the Clearmont vicinity. She was a member of the Clearmont Christian Church.

Surviving Mrs. Myers are her husband and three children, Charles Myers, Clearmont; Mrs. Della Hiatt, Alva, Okla., and Floyd Myers, Buffalo, Mo.

 

[PAINTER, KEZIAH MORRIS]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 16, 1927, p. 5
Mrs. Keziah Painter Died Late Yesterday Wife of Thomas Painter, Near Conception, To Be Buried at Flag Springs
Mrs. Keziah Painter, 75 years old, an old resident of Nodaway County, died at her home near Conception at 6:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Painter, and two children, Mrs. Ida Clemmens, Hebron, Neb., and Ira Painter of St. Joseph. Two sisters survive. They are Sarah Woodhead and Cynthia Deaton, Barnard.

Burial will be made at Flag Springs, Mo., Thursday or Friday, depending upon the condition of the roads.

 

[RAMSEY, MARY MAUDE THULL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, April 27, 1967, p. 10
Mrs. Maude Ramsey, 64, Dies In Hospital
Mrs. Mary Maude Ramsey, 64, Hopkins, died at 3:45 p. m. Wednesday at a hospital in Clarinda, Ia., following a long illness.

She was born Jan. 10, 1903, at Pickering and was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Jane Broyles Thull. She was married Apr. 7, 1922, at Clarinda, Ia., to Robert S. Ramsey, who survives. She was a member of the Art Club, Prairie Star Club and White Cloud Club, Hopkins.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday at the First Christian Church, Hopkins. Loyd Means will officiate and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

Besides her husband of the home, she is survived by one son, Charles Ramsey, Hamilton; two daughters, Mrs. Howard Miller, Savannah, and Mrs. Max Jordon, Fayetteville, Ark.; two brothers, Ernest Thull, Phoenix, Ariz., and Paul Thull, Des Moines, Ia., and eight grandchildren.

The family will meet friends from 7:30 to 9 p. m. Friday at Swanson Funeral Home.

 

[ROOF, ANDREW JACKSON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, February 22, 1951, [p. 1]
Andrew J. Roof Died This Morning
Andrew Jackson Roof, 93, resident of Parnell since 1887, died at 2:25 o'clock this morning at the St. Francis hospital of an illness due to his advanced age. He was brought to the hospital Feb. 13, with his wife who had suffered a heart attack and who died at the hospital a few hours after admittance. Funeral arrangements have not been made.

Mr. Roof (Uncle Andy) as he was known to his many friends, was born May 26, 1858, in Indiana, son of the Rev. and Mrs. E. V. Roof. In his early boyhood he lived with his parents in the Hopkins vicinity, where he was married to Annie Stewart in 1882. To this union two children were born, a son, Charles V. Roof, who died in 1945, and a daughter, Connie V., now Mrs. H. O. Gray of Long Beach, Calif., who has been here for a week.

Mr. Roof's mother [wife?] died in 1886 and her sister, Miss Belle Stewart reared the two children. He located in Parnell in 1887, one of the earliest settlers. From 1887 until 1946 when his health failed, he had conducted his hardware store and according to his own words he "worked 14 hours a day for 50 years" and was still at it on his 81st birthday anniversary when he said he "expected to continue in the harness for some time. " This he did until selling his business in Feb. 1946 to Willie Scadden, Harlan Kennedy and Harley Nigh of Parnell who are still operating the store.

On Nov. 11, 1922, he was married to May L. Guyn, who died Feb. 13 at the St. Francis hospital.

Besides the daughter, Mrs. Gray, the deceased is survived by a daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. V. Roof of Kansas City; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

[ROOF, ANDREW JACKSON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 23, 1951, [p. 1]
Funeral Rites Wednesday For Andrew Jackson Roof
Funeral rites for Andrew Jackson Roof, Parnell, who died shortly before midnight, Wednesday night at the St. Francis hospital, will be held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Parnell Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. E. N. Leonard. Burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.

Services for Mrs. Roof, who died Feb. 13 at the St. Francis hospital, were held at the same hour Sunday afternoon, Feb. 18, and burial also was in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Gray of Long Beach, Calif., who have been here a week, are at the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Person. Mrs. Gray is a daughter of Mrs. Roof.

 

[ROOF, ANDREW JACKSON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 28, 1951, p. 3
Services for A. J. Roof
At the funeral services for A. J. Roof of Parnell, held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Parnell Methodist church, special music was presented by Mrs. Bill Mercer, Mrs. Monroe Clutter, W. F. Kennedy and Charley Evans, who sang "In the Garden," "Beautiful Isle," and "I Will Meet You in the Morning." Mrs. R. E. DeFreece was the accompanist.

Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery and pallbearers were Dee Collins, Joe Kelsay, Garland Bateman, Glen Burns, Harley Nigh and Raymond Steinman.

 

[ROOF, CHARLES VICTOR]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, April 18, 1945, [p. 1]
Funeral Services Held Today For C. V. Roof
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at the Methodist church at Parnell for Charles V. Roof, 61 years old, of Parnell, who died Sunday in a hospital in Kansas City. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.
Born September 14, 1883, at Hopkins, the son of Andrew J. [ackson] Roof and the late Mrs. Roof, he was associated in the hardware business with his father. On October 8, 1906, he was married to Miss Bertha Stern of Clyde.
Besides his wife he is survived by a son, Staff Sgt. Charles Howard Roof, who is with the army air forces overseas; his father; his stepmother, and one sister, Mrs. H. O. Gray, Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo., who attended the services.

 

[ROOF, MARY ZERELDA GUYN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, February 14, 1951, [p. 1]
Parnell Woman Taken by Death
Mrs. A. J. Roof, age 79, of Parnell, died at 8 o'clock Tuesday night at the St. Francis hospital in Maryville. She suffered a heart attack Sunday afternoon at her home and was brought to the hospital Tuesday afternoon. Funeral arrangements will not be made until the arrival Thursday night of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Gray of Long Beach, Calif. Mrs. Gray is a daughter of Mr. Roof, who also was brought to the St. Francis hospital with Mrs. Roof for treatment.

Mrs. Roof was born Jan. 8, 1872 and was the second wife of Mr. Roof, who is almost 93 years of age. She has no near relatives.

Mr. Roof was in the hardware business in Parnell for more than 50 years but has been in failing health for some time.

 

[ROOF, MARY ZERELDA GUYN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 17, 1951, p. 12
Services for Mrs. A. J. Roof
Funeral services for Mrs. A. J. Roof of Parnell, who died Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the St. Francis hospital, will be held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church in Parnell.

The pastor, the Rev. E. N. Leonard, will conduct the services and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Roof, who is a patient at the hospital here, remains about the same.

 

[ROOF, MARY ZERELDA GUYN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, February 20, 1951, p. 4
Mrs. Bertha Roof and son, Howard of Kansas City came Wednesday, called here by the death of Mrs. Andy Roof. Mrs. Bertha Roof is a daughter-in-law of Mr. Roof.

 

 

 

[SISSON, DAVID M.]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 26, 1927, p. 4
D. M. Sisson, Former Parnell Man, Is Dead
David M. Sisson, 68 years old, a former resident of Parnell, died Friday morning at state hospital No. 2 in St. Joseph following an illness of hardening of the arteries.

Burial took place yesterday afternoon in Rose Hill cemetery at Parnell. Mr. Sisson formerly lied on a farm west of Parnell. Charles Sisson of Parnell is a nephew.

 

[SNOWHILL, ELIZABETH LAUGHLIN NICHOLAS]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 7, 1927, [p. 1]
Nebraska Woman dies at Home of Sister
Funeral Services for Mrs. Elizabeth Snowhill Are Held at Burlington Junction
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Snowhill, age 62, who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. William Conway of Burlington Junction, Saturday night, were held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the First M. E. Church, Burlington Junction. Services were conducted by the Rev. J. Howard Thompson, pastor of the church.

Burial was made at the Wilcox Cemetery.

Mrs. Snowhill, whose home was Hastings, Neb., died of diabetes after an eleven weeks' illness. She had made her home with her sister at Burlington Junction for the last eighteen months.

She is survived by a son, Curtis Nicholas, Crook, Colo.; one daughter, Mrs. G. E. Surface, Bowdoin, Mont.; a brother, Edwin Laughlin, Lenox, Ia., and her sister, Mrs. Conway.

 

[SNOWHILL, ELIZABETH LAUGHLIN NICHOLAS]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, March 8, 1927, p. 7
Burlington Junction
Mrs. Elizabeth Snowhill died at the home of her sister, Mrs. William Conway, Saturday night at 11 o'clock, after the intense suffering of eleven long weeks, during which time she was entirely unable to lie down, just sitting in her chair, day and night, suffering with diabetes, of which she had been afflicted for the past five or six years, terminating in her death as above stated. Proper notice of her death and burial was given in the Monday's issue of the Democrat-Forum.

 

Edwin Laughlin with Mrs. Laughlin of Lenox, Ia., is in town for a few days visiting his sister, Mrs. Wm. Conway. He with his wife was called here just at this time, on account of the death and funeral of another sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Snowhill, who died Saturday night and was buried in Wilcox Monday afternoon, the funeral having been conducted by the Rev. J. Howard Thompson, in the Methodist Church in Burlington Junction.

 

[STRINGER, SAMUEL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, March 11, 1936, p. 8
Stringer Services Held
Hopkins Man Dies Monday in Hospital at St. Joseph
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Christian church in Hopkins for Sam Stringer, age 81, who died Monday in the state hospital at St. Joseph. Rev. B. H. Harmon officiated. Burial was in Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Stringer was born at Chicatoo, Ill. He was 16 years old when he came to Nodaway County and settled in the vicinity of Hopkins.

Surviving are a son, Charles Stringer of Hopkins, eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

 

[STURGEON, ARTHUR]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, March 8, 1927, [p. 1] 
A. R. Sturgeon, 56, Dies at Greenfield
A. [rthur] R. Sturgeon, 56 years old, Greenfield, Iowa, formerly of Hopkins, died yesterday of complications of disease resulting from influenza. The body will be taken to Hopkins where the funeral will be held at the Baptist Church at Hopkins at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The Masonic Lodge at Hopkins will have charge of the service.

Mr. Sturgeon was reared in Hopkins and lived there until about ten years ago. Since then he has lived in or near Greenfield. Burial will be made at Hopkins.

 

[TRUEBLOOD, WILLIAM EDWARD]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 12, 1927, [p. 1]
Another Old Pioneer Dies
Long Illness Ends For W. E. Trueblood To Maryville in 1865 A Carpenter, City Marshall and Deputy Sheriff In Early Days. —Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon.

In the passing of W. [illiam] E. [dward] Trueblood at 8:45 o'clock last night, Maryville has lost another of her pioneers. Although not a native of Missouri, Mr. Trueblood has been closely associated with the history of this community since 1865, when, at the close of the Civil War, he came to Missouri and cast his lot with the little band of pioneers who at that time constituted the hamlet of Maryville.

He was a native of Indiana and was born in Mt. Sydney, Jackson County, in 1839. He grew to young manhood in his native state and at the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in Company B, 22nd Indiana Infantry. Soon after his enlistment, he was appointed sergeant. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Peach Tree Creek and passed nine months in Andersonville Prison. He participated in the battles of Pea Ridge, Pittsburg Landing and others, and was with Sherman on his march to the sea. With the exception of a slight wound, he passed through the war safely, being honorably discharged May 2, 1865. He returned to his native state and later the same year came to Maryville. He engaged in his trade of carpentry, making a specialty of bridge construction.

In 1875 he was appointed city marshal and for a number of years served the community as marshal and deputy sheriff. A resolute and fearless character fitted him to deal with the emergencies arising in a pioneer state.

In 1866 Mr. Trueblood was married to Miss Louisa Jackson of Maryville. Two children were born, Elmer Trueblood, now of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. S. G. Gillam of Maryville. Mrs. Trueblood died Dec. 9, 1916.

For the past nine years Mr. Trueblood had been an invalid and had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Gillam. Besides the children, Mr. Trueblood is survived by three grandchildren, Mrs. Harris L. Danner and Elmer Trueblood, jr., of Oklahoma City, and Forrest Trueblood Gillam of this city, and a great granddaughter, Virginia Joan Gillam, two sisters, Mrs. John Garrett, La Junta, Colo., and Mrs. George Holmes, Seattle, Wash. and a brother, Walter Trueblood of Kansas City, Kan.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Gillam. The Rev. William Dewar of the Presbyterian Church will officiate. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family requests that flowers be omitted.

 

[ULMER, ELIZABETH JANE "ELIZA" LUTZ MCGINNIS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri) Monday, November 16, 1936, [p. 1]
Mrs. George Ulmer, Sr., 90, Of Hopkins Vicinity, Dies
Mrs. George Ulmer, sr., age 90, died at 6:30 o'clock this morning in Hopkins at the home of a son, George Ulmer, jr., with whom she had made her home since the death of her husband in 1915.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Hopkins Methodist church. Rev. J. Howard Thompson of Manchester, Ia., a former Hopkins pastor, will officiate, assisted by Rev. S. C. Tiller, the present pastor. Burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Albert Mutti, Fred L. Gray, W. L. Morehead, Glen Gordon, John Morehouse and Art Yeager.

Mrs. Ulmer was born in Knox County, Ohio, March 24, 1846. She came with her parents to this section in 1857, traveling by ox team. They stopped in St. Joseph, at that time a trading post, and later came to Nodaway county.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Homer M. Baker, Los Angeles, Calif.; two sons, Frank Ulmer, west of Maryville; and George Ulmer, Hopkins. A daughter, Mrs. C. C. Lower, died at Monrovia, Calif. In addition to her children, she leaves six stepchildren, Otho, Tom, Charley, James and Joseph Ulmer, and Mrs. Sadie Ingles, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
[Note: Her daughter, Mary McGinnis Lower, died west of Hopkins, Nodaway County, Missouri according to her obituary.]

 

[VILES, JALIA CORNETT]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, November 11, 1963, p. 2
Mrs. Jalia Viles Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Jalia Viles, 87, Maryville, died at 3 a. m. today at the St. Francis Hospital where she had been a patient 2 ½ years.

The daughter of the late Henry and Ruth Wray Cornett, she was born Mar. 2, 1876. She was married Apr. 29, 1900 to Charles Henry Viles, who died Apr. 30, 1942. Mrs. Viles was a member of the Christian Church.

There are no immediate survivors.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Price Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Miriam Cemetery.

 

[WEAVER, CLARK]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 26, 1927, [p. 1]
Old Clothing Dealer Dead
Clark Weaver, 84, Dies In Room Over Store
In Business In 1872
Record of 55 Years Without Change Classed Him As Oldest Merchant In City. – Funeral Sunday.
Today saw the passing of one of Nodaway County's oldest pioneers, engaged in the clothing business the longest of any businessmen in Maryville.

Clark Weaver, 84 years and 5 months of age, died at 6 p. m. yesterday in his rooms above the small clothing store which he and his brother, Frank S. Weaver, conducted on West Third street, in the first room west of the Democrat-Forum and Tribune office. The direct cause of death was uremic poisoning, but Mr. Weaver had suffered for many months. On February 23, 1925, he suffered a stroke and had been failing since.

Funeral services will be held at the Price Funeral Home on West Third Street at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, to be conducted by Dr. C. C. James of the First M. E. Church. Burial will be made in Oak Hill cemetery, Maryville.

Clark Weaver was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, September 21, 1842, the son of DeLoss Weaver and Sarah McNamee, and was one of a family of twelve children.

His parents moved to Nodaway County when Clark was 14 years old and in the fall of 1856 his father bought a farm sixteen miles south of Maryville. His father for a time operated a stagecoach that ran between Maryville and St. Joseph. He died in 1862 and Clark remained on the farm until 1872. However, the youth served with the state militia during the Civil War.

Mr. Weaver moved to Maryville in 1872 and worked for his brother, R. P. Weaver, in the clothing business. This brother died in 1885 and Clark took over the business. His mother lived with him then.

The business was then located where the Peter Dietz tailor shop is now located on West third street.

In 1891 Mr. Weaver bought the building west of the Democrat-Forum and Tribune office and has continued in the clothing business ever since with his only surviving brother, Frank S., being associated with him the last seven years.

Mr. Weaver never married and did not belong to any fraternal or veterans' organizations. His brother said today he was undecided what his plans for the future would be.

The only other relatives are three nephews who live in Kansas City, who came to attend the funeral services. They are DeLoss, Carl and C. E. Weaver of Kansas City. C. E. Weaver was accompanied by Mrs. Weaver.

 

[WILFLEY, ARTHUR R.]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, February 28, 1927, [p. 1]
Arthur R. Wilfley Dies at Long Beach
Arthur R. Wilfley of Denver, Colo., brother of George L. Wilfley, died at Long Beach, Cal., on February 20, according to word received here late Saturday. The body was taken to Denver for burial.

Mr. Wilfley had visited his brother here frequently, the last time being a few years ago.

 

[WILLIAMS, BERTHA KATHERINE BOYER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, November 11, 1963, p. 2
Mrs. Bertha Williams Dies At Hospital
Mrs. Bertha Katherine Williams, 74, Burlington Jct., died at 7:25 p. m. Sunday at the St. Francis Hospital following a brief illness.

The daughter of the late Ernest and Hannah Maltby Boyer, she was born Mar. 12, 1889, at Stryker, O. She was married Aug. 1, 1916 to Charles Williams, who survives. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Methodist Church.

In addition to her husband of the home, survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Douglas Hill and Mrs. Darrell Grace, both of Burlington Jct.; one sister, Mrs. Elmer Johnson, Maryville; two brothers, Ray Boyer, Maryville and Harry Boyer, Burlington Jct., and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Burlington Jct. Methodist Church. The Rev. Don Simmons will officiate. Burial will be in the Ohio Cemetery.

The body is at the Hann Funeral Home, Burlington Jct.