Obituaries
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[ANDERSON, GEORGIA ANN STULTS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, May 14, 1949, [p. 1]
Anderson Rites Friday
Services Are Conducted Here and Burial is Made at Hopkins
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Anderson were conducted at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Price funeral home by the Rev. J. Vernon Wheeler of Hopkins. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Anderson died Wednesday morning at her home southwest of Hopkins, where she had resided for 48 years. Turner Tyson sand "Sunrise Tomorrow" and "In the Garden." He was accompanied by Mrs. Kenney Tebow. Pallbearers were Earl and Floyd Pope, Charles Massie, Loren Chambers, Alvin Trueblood and Paul Owens. Flowers were in charge of Mrs. Trueblood, Mrs. Keith Waugh, Mrs. Earl Pope, Mrs. Paul Owens, Mrs. Leo Owens, Mrs. Cleo Ulmer, Mrs. Ray Wilson, Mrs. Ivan Bridgewater, Mrs. Henry Upschulte and Mrs. Willis Dowden.

[ANDERSON, ULYSSES AUGUSTUS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, December 21, 1934, [p. 1]
U. A. Anderson, Prominent Farmer Near Hopkins, Dies
U. [lysses] A. [ugustus] Anderson, prominent farmer in the Good Hope community west of Hopkins, died at 11:40 o'clock this morning at his home of an heart attack at the age of 71.
Mr. Anderson was born in Peoria, Ill., and came to Missouri in 1864, his family first settling in Gentry County and then moving to Nodaway County. He was married to Georgia Stults on March 20, 1895.There were eight children, two dying in infancy. The surviving relatives are the widow, three sons, Earl M. of Graham; Ralph N. of Skidmore; and John T. at home; three daughters, Mrs. Harold Holt, Fairbury, Neb.; and Mildred and Dorothy at home; one granddaughter, Marilyn Anderson.
Mr. Anderson was prominent in Republican politics in this county and at one time was candidate for state representative

[ANDERSON, ULYSSES AUGUSTUS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 22, 1934, [p. 1]
Services For U. A. Anderson Will Be Held at 2 Sunday
Funeral services for U. A. Anderson, age 71, who died yesterday morning, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the residence in the Good Hope community, west of Hopkins. The Rev. A. R. Lamb, pastor of the Pickering M. E. church, will conduct the rites. Burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.

 

[ANDERSON, ULYSSES AUGUSTUS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, December 24, 1934, [p. 1]
Anderson Rites Here
Funeral services for U. [lysses] A. [ugustus] Anderson, which were to have taken place at the home of the family, between Pickering and Hopkins, were held here at the Price funeral home. Due to the muddy condition of the roads near the home it was feared that if the body were not removed earlier in the day than was originally planned, that road conditions later in the day would not permit the funeral coach to reach the hard surface highway.

 

[BAYS, JOHN LEMON]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, May 8, 1940, [p. 1]
Heart Attack Is Fatal To John Bays of Hopkins
John Bays, 69 years of age, died of a heart attack about noon yesterday at his home, two miles southeast of Hopkins.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist church in Hopkins, conducted by Rev. Paul Barton. Burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Bays came to Hopkins from Indiana when he was 10 years of age and lived there the remainder of his life. He had resided on his present farm nineteen years.

Surviving are his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Frank Campbell, Stanberry; one brother, Sam Bays, Tully, N. Y., and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Gorten [Gorton], Pickering; Mrs. Harley Meadows, Guernsey, Wyo., and Mrs. Margaret Horton, Fairfield, Ia.

 

[BAYS, JOHN LEMON]
Stanberry Headlight (Stanberry, Missouri), Thursday, May 9, 1940, [p. 1]
Her Father Died
John Bays, a farmer near Hopkins, Mo., father of Mrs. Frank Campbell of Stanberry, died suddenly Tuesday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Bays had visited here with Prof. and Mrs. Campbell the latter part of last week, returning to their home Sunday. Mr. Bays had been bothered with heart trouble the past few months, but apparently was feeling normal when he returned home Sunday. A telephone call at noon Tuesday brought the information of his death and Prof. and Mrs. Campbell left immediately for Hopkins.

 

[BAYS, MATILDA ELIZABETH COFFIN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, October 15, 1954, p. 2
Graveside Service Sunday For Former Hopkins Woman
Graveside services for Mrs. Matuda [Matilda] Elizabeth Bayes [Bays], 81, who died Oct. 14 in Durango, Colo., and whose body will arrive in Hopkins Sunday morning, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Hopkins cemetery. The body will be met in St. Joseph by the Swanson funeral directors. The Rev. Earl Griffith, pastor of the Methodist church, Hopkins, will conduct the services.

Pallbearers will be Claude Grotey, Dr. C. W. Kirk, Bruce Houston, John Houston, Harry Welch and George DeMott.

Until the death of her husband, John Bayes [Bays], May 7, 1940, Mrs. Bayes [Bays] had lived for many years in the Hopkins community. After his death she went to Durango to be near her daughter, Mrs. Frank Campbell, who accompanied her body back to Hopkins.
[Note: The last name is spelled Bays on the headstone.]

 

[BEINERT, ALBERT F.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, May 6, 1931, [p. 1]
A. F. Beinert, Veteran Merchant of Hopkins Dies at Age of 70
A. [lbert] F. Beinert, 70 years old, for more than forty years a merchant in Hopkins, died at his home there yesterday noon following an illness of several weeks. Mr. Beinert came to Hopkins from Racine, Wis., his birthplace, forty-one years ago. The dry good store which he owned and managed stood in the same location for the four decades that Mr. Beinert was actively engaged in business. The store was sold last week to Francis Fulkerson who is closing out the stock.

Mr. Beinert is survived by a daughter, Miss Frances Beinert of the home; two sons, Arthur Beinert of San Diego, Calif., and Earl Beinert of Milwaukee, Wis.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home. The Rev. B. H. Harmon will be in charge. Burial will be made in Hopkins cemetery.

 

[BEINERT, ARTHUR C.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, May 31, 1933, [p. 1]
Funeral of Arthur Bienert Will Be Held in Hopkins
Arthur Beinert, who was born and reared in Hopkins, died at Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday. He was forty-seven years old. He had been blind several years and had been seriously ill some months. He was the son of the late A. [lbert] F. Bienert. He is survived by one brother, Earl Bienert at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a half-sister, Miss Frances Bienert at Chicago. The body will be brought to Hopkins by Mrs. Ella Brown, who has been caring for him. Funeral services will be held in Hopkins and burial in the Hopkins cemetery. Arrangements will be made by Miss Frances Bienert who arrived Tuesday in Hopkins.
[Note: The last name is spelled Beinert on his headstone.]

 

[BEINERT, ETHEL GRAHAM MASON]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, July 3, 1913, p. 8
  Hopkins
Mrs. A. [lbert] F. Beinert died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, Monday morning after a two months illness of heart trouble. She is survived by her husband, mother and a brother, William Graham. The funeral services will be conducted from Mrs. Graham's home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 and burial will take place in the Hopkins cemetery.

[BEINERT, ETHEL GRAHAM MASON]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, June 30, 1913, [p. 1]
Death of Mrs. A. F. Beinert
After a Several Months' Illness, [S]He passed Away Sunday Night—Son is in Hospital Here
Mrs. A. [lbert] F. Beinert, wife of one of Hopkins most prominent merchants, died Sunday night after several months sickness of heart disease. Mrs. Beinert, until her marriage to A. [lbert] F. Beinert, about one year ago, was Mrs. Ethel G. Mason, and lived with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Graham in Hopkins. She was about 35 years old and was a woman of exceptional ability, making an excellent wife and mother, as well as being a great church worker and was one of the finest musicians in that town. Her singing and playing was always one of the leading features at any entertainment given in Hopkins. She was noted for her sweetness and fairness in dealing with her friends and was always willing to give her talents requested in any place.

Beside[s] her husband and two stepchildren, Ralph and Frances, she leaves her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, and one brother, W. R. Graham of Hopkins. She also leaves a large number of friends, especially her co-workers in the M. E. church, in which she has been a faithful worker and choir leader for years.

The funeral arrangements are not yet complete but will probably be held Wednesday afternoon at the residence, Rev. Taylor of the M. E. church conducting the services. Burial in Hopkins cemetery.

Ralph Beinert, Mrs. Beinert's stepson, was brought to St. Francis hospital Saturday night by Dr. D. A. Sargent of Hopkins and operated on for appendicitis. His physicians are satisfied with his condition.

 

[BEINERT, MARY DAKAN]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, January 26, 1911, p. 8
Mrs. A. [lbert] F. Beinard [Beinert], well known to many here, died at her home in Hopkins, Mo., Thursday, January 19th, of measles.

[BEINERT, MARY DAKIN]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, January 19, 1911, [p. 1]
Mrs. Beinert Dead
Wife of Hopkins Merchant Dies Suddenly
Heart Trouble the Cause Superinduced By an Attack of Measles—Was One of the Town's Best Women
Mrs. A. F. Beinert, wife of a prominent merchant of Hopkins, died suddenly Thursday forenoon about 11 o'clock, the result of a heart trouble, brought on by an attack of measles.

The news of her death is a shock to the entire community, while her husband and children are prostrated.

Mrs. Beinert was one of the most cultured and useful women in Hopkins. She was a leader in the work of the Presbyterian church, especially in the Sunday school and as president of the Hopkins Art club was a social leader. She was about 35 years old and was born at Siam, Ia., where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dakin, died a number of years ago. She grew to womanhood in Siam and was a teacher there for a number of years, also in Julesburg, Col., where she lived with her brother.

Mrs. Beinert was married to her husband in 1897, who survives her with their two children, a boy of 11 years and a girl of 8, and two stepsons, Arthur Beinert, a prominent railroad man in Oregon, and Earl Beinert, who makes his home with his grandparents in Milwaukee, Wis. A brother and two sisters also survive, Eugene Dakin of Akron, Col.; Mrs. Carrie Young of Corona, Col., and a sister some place in Kansas.

Mrs. Beinert was a home-loving woman and filled her place as wife and mother in the truest sense. Her husband and children have the sympathy of all in this sudden sorrow that is theirs.
[Note: The last name is also spelled Dakan.]

 

[BEINERT, RALPH EUGENE]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, July 22, 1913, p. 8
Hopkins
The funeral of Ralph Beinert, who died at St. Francis hospital, Maryville, Mo., July 13, was held at the family home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. D. W. Griffith. Burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[BEINERT, RALPH EUGENE]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, July 17, 1913, p. 8
Hopkins
Ralph Beinert, the fifteen-year-old son of A. [lbert] F. Beinert, died Sunday at St. Francis hospital in Maryville after a month's illness, two weeks of the time being at the hospital, where two operations were performed in the hopes of saving his life, but all to no avail. Ralph's stepmother, of whom he thought so much, died two weeks previous to his death, but it was kept from him. Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday conducted by Rev. D. W. Griffith and burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery.

[BEINERT, RALPH EUGENE]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, July 22, 1913
HOPKINS – Mrs. Carrie Young, who was called here by the serious illness of Ralph Beinert, left Friday for her home in Colorado.

 

[BERRINGER, KEITH EDWARD]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, September 16, 2010, p. 5
Keith Edward Berringer Yorktown May 25, 1941 – Aug. 30, 2010
Keith Edward Berringer was born May 25, 1941 in Clarinda, Iowa, to Alfred Clyde and Verna Mae (Smith) Berringer.

Keith enjoyed his many nieces and nephews. From taking them outside, pushing them on the swings, helping them with their ponies, he was actively part of their lives. He was always willing to help wherever he could. He would help skin and clean the deer that the boys brought home during hunting season. Some of KeithÕs hobbies were western movies, old cars, his horses and ponies. He was very independent, never wanting help from others, but was the first one there to help everyone else.

Keith passed away Monday, August 30, 2010 at the age of 69 in Yorktown, Iowa with his family by his side. Keith is preceded in death by his parents; brothers Darrel Berringer and Roland Berringer; nephew David Binns; niece DeVonda Martin.

Surviving Keith are his brothers Don Berringer and wife Joan of Yorktown, Iowa and Junior Berringer and wife Ellen of College Springs, Iowa; sisters, Allene Boseman and husband Ronny of Marshfield, Mo., and Dorothy Berringer of Arkansas; niece Sue Binns of Siam, Iowa; nephews Ron Berringer of Yorktown, Iowa, Tim Berringer and wife Gayla of Glenwood, Iowa, Jim Berringer and wife Stacy of Lincoln, Neb., Jason Berringer and wife Brandy of Yorktown, Iowa and Justin Berringer of Clarinda, Iowa; many more nieces, nephews, cousins, great nieces, great nephews and great great nephew Connor Binns.

Graveside services for Keith E. Berringer were held Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at Hopkins Cemetery in Hopkins, Mo. Memorials are suggested to a memorial fund in Keith's name.

Walker-Merrick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 

[BLAKE, WILLIAM EDWARD]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, January 27, 1977, p. 8
Last Rites Held January 20 for William Blake
Funeral services for William Edward Blake, 90, of Bedford were held January 20 in the First Baptist Church of Bedford with Rev. Carter W. Smith officiating. Mr. Blake died January 18, 1977 in West Heights Manor in Clarinda. Interment was at the Hopkins Cemetery, Hopkins, Mo.

William Edward Blake, son of Watson Lemuel And Mary Elizabeth Blake, was born at DeWitt, Nebraska on December 12, 1886.

Mr. Blake lived in the Bedford area and grew to maturity here where he attended the public schools and the Hazel Dell and First Baptist Churches.

On February 14, 1915 he was united in marriage to Lela Spencer at the Hazel Dell church near Bedford and then lived in rural Bedford until recent years.

To this union two sons were born: Robert L. Blake of Bedford and Loren E. Blake who died in infancy.

He was engaged in farming until retirement when he was the Sustain at the First Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, son, Loren, four sisters, one brother and a half brother.

Left to cherish his memory are: his wife, Lela, a son, Robert, and his wife Beatrice; a sister Rosa VanFossen of College Springs, Iowa; four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bedford.

 

[BRAND, HENRY MARLIN "BUD"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, May 8, 1972, p. 12
Leslie Brands Attend Rites for Their Son
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Brand, Burlington Jct., have returned from Houston, Tex., where they were called by the death of their son, Henry "Bud" Brand, 47, who died May 1 at his home.

Memorial funeral rites were held there Thursday morning at the Oaks Christian Church where he was a member. Cremation followed.

He was born Dec. 17, 1924, near Hopkins, was graduated from the Elmo High School and attended Kansas State College, Manhattan, prior to entering the service where he served three years in the air force.

Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, the former Verda Snodderley, Elmo; one son, one daughter; one brother and two grandchildren. The Brands were accompanied to Houston by Mrs. Brand's brothers-in-law and sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Spears, Shenandoah, Ia., and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burch, Braddyville, Ia.

 

[BROWN, BERTHA HELEN]
Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri), Tuesday, June 6, 1961, p. 6
Funeral Services
Miss Bertha H. Brown, 3738 Wyandotte, at 10 o'clock Wednesday at the Freeman chapel; burial in the Hopkins, Mo. cemetery.

 

[BROWN, FELIX GRUNDY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 4, 1935, [p. 1]
Felix Brown, Age 85 Years, Dies at Home in Hopkins
Felix Brown, age 85, a retired farmer, died at 9:30 o'clock Saturday night at his home in Hopkins. He had been ill for several years.

The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the M. E. church in Hopkins. Rev. J. Howard Thompson of Westboro will officiate. Burial will be in Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Brown came to Nodaway County from Illinois. He had lived in the Hopkins vicinity for many years.

Surviving are a son, Roy Brown, Hopkins; four daughters, Miss Bertha Brown, at home; Mrs. May Gladman, and Mrs. Edith Freeman, both of Kansas City; Miss Katherine Brown, Wichita, Kan.; and a brother, George Brown, living in Illinois.

 

[BROWN, GERTRUDE FLORENCE]
Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri), Thursday, February 22, 1973, p. 69
Miss Gertrude F. Brown – Miss Gertrude F Brown, 79, of 1021 E. Linwood, formerly of 435 Knickerbocker Place, died Tuesday at the home. She was born in Hopkins, Mo., and had lived here most of her life. She was a retired bookkeeper. She was a member of the Community Christian Church. She was a graduate of the former Wesleyan College, Cameron, Mo. She leaves a brother, Roy Brown, 3738 Wyandotte and a sister, Mrs. Mae Gladman, 203 W. 99th. Services will be at 10 a. m. today at the Freeman Chapel; burial in Hopkins Cemetery, Hopkins.

 

[BROWN, GERTRUDE FLORENCE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, February 23, 1973, p. 8
Graveside Rites For Miss Brown
Graveside services were held Thursday afternoon at the Hopkins Cemetery for Miss Gertrude Brown, Kansas City, who died Tuesday in a church home where she had been residing.

A former resident of Hopkins, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Felix Brown.

Survivors include one brother, Roy D. Brown, and one sister, Mrs. Mae Gladman, both of Kansas City.

 

[BROWN, KATHRYN A. "KATE"]
Kansas City Times (Kansas City, Missouri), Thursday, December 12, 1968, p. 70

Brown, Miss Kathryn A., of Wichita, Kas., services in the Freeman Chapel 42n St. & Broadway, Saturday morning December 14th at 1 o'clock. Interment Hopkins cemetery, Hopkins, Mo.

 

[BUZZARD, EVA MAY HENDRY BAYS MOTHERSHEAD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, August 22, 1938, [p. 1]
Mrs. C. C. Buzzard Dies At Home in Bedford, Ia.
Mrs. C. C. Buzzard, 61 years of age, died at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home in Bedford where she had lived almost all of her life.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Baptist church in Hopkins with burial in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mrs. Buzzard was born February 5, 1877 in Chariton County, Mo.

Surviving are the husband; five children, Mrs. Elza Blake, Bedford, Harold Mothershead, Pickering, Ollen Mothershead, Bedford, Mrs. Delos Dowling, Hopkins, and Noble Mothershead, Bedford; two stepchildren, Mrs. Brice Florea, Pickering, and Loren Buzzard, Hopkins, and sixteen grandchildren.

Mrs. Buzzard was a member of the Baptist church.

Pallbearers for the funeral will be Howard Wolverton, Elmer Beauchamp, Floyd Swaim, Dwight Hopple, Ira Roberts and Lloyd Burch.

 

[CARMICHAEL, ISAAC PERRY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 18, 1935, [p. 1]
Isaac Carmichael, Age 59, of Highland District, Dies
Isaac P. Carmichael, 59 years old, died Saturday at St. Francis hospital following an extended illness. The Carmichael home is near the Highland school, east of Maryville.

Funeral services were held at 11 o'clock this morning at the Campbell Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. A. L. Harper of the East Side Baptist church. Burial was in the cemetery at Hopkins.

Mr. Carmichael was born May 6, 1875, near Clearmont. He is survived by his widow and the following children: Mrs. Guy Wray, Gravity, Ia.; Homer and Perry Carmichael, Bedford, Ia.; and Arthur Carmichael, Paonia, Colo. Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. John Parks, Bedford, Ia., and Mrs. Martha Davis, Lincoln, Neb., two brothers, Jacob S. Carmichael, Omaha, and Joseph Carmichael of Houston, Texas, and sixteen grandchildren.

 

[CARMICHAEL, LUCETTA HAHN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, March 4, 1935, [p. 1]
Mrs. Lucetta Carmichael Dies Here Sunday Morning
Mrs. Lucetta Carmichael, 66 years of age, died at 11:35 o'clock Sunday morning t the St. Francis hospital where she had been a patient for more than five weeks. She had been ill since early in January.

The funeral service will be held at the home, 320 South Laura Street, at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning with Rev. H. D. Thompson, pastor of the M. E. church, South, in charge. Mrs. F. P. Robinson will sing, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus," a favorite hymn of Mrs. Carmichael. Burial is to be in a cemetery in the Orrsburg community. The body will lie in state at the home Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs. Carmichael was born near Galesburg, Ill., September 27, 1868, the daughter of Moses and Mary Hahn. The family came to this county in 1880. She was married to H. J. Carmichael in February 1884.

Surviving are her husband; one son, Orville Carmichael of Galesburg, Ill., five daughters, Mrs. W. A. Scrimger of Puyallup, Wash., Mrs. C. R. Kochel of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Mrs. James Irby of Reading, Kan., Mrs. G. W. Breckenridge of Galesburg, and Mrs. George Reiber of Easton, Ill., and twenty-one grandchildren. A grandson, James Carmichael, made his home with Mrs. Carmichael.

All of the children have been with their mother much of the time during her last illness, and will be here for the funeral, except one daughter, Mrs. Scrimber, who will be unable to come.

 

[CHAMBERS, PERRY L.]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, September 12, 1942, [p. 1]
Perry Chambers, Hopkins, Is Found Dead in Bed
Perry L. Chambers, 66 years of age, who had been residing on a farm near Hopkins, was found dead in bed this morning at the Oscar Webb home in Hopkins, where he had spent last night. Death was caused by cerebral thrombosis, according to Dr. W. R. Jackson, coroner, who was called to make an investigation.

He was born December 4, 1875, in Fulton County, Ill., the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Chambers. He had spent most of his life in the Hopkins community with the exception of eight years spent at Loveland, Colo. and Los Angeles, Calif. He was married to Lou E. Hendry on November 25, 1896.

He is survived by one granddaughter, Mrs. Bud Nelson and one great grandchild of Los Angeles, Calif.; three brothers, Harry Chambers and Irvin Chambers, Hopkins, and Loren Chambers, Pickering, and two sisters, Mrs. Mack Ulmer, Maryville, and Mrs. George Ulmer, jr., Hopkins. He was preceded in death by two children.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Swanson funeral home at Hopkins. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[CHAMBERS, PERRY L.]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, September 17, 1942, p. 2
Hopkins
Perry Chambers Dies
Perry L. Chambers was found dead in his bed Saturday morning. Although he had not been in good health throughout the summer no one thought his condition was serious. George Boatman and Oscar Webb, his roommates, investigated when he did not arise as usual and found he had died during the night. Coroner Dr. Jackson of Maryville pronounced it a form of apoplexy. His entire sixty-six years were spent here. He was a paperhanger and painter. He had just returned from Smithville, Ill., Friday where he attended the funeral of a relative.

He is survived by a granddaughter, who lives in California; three brothers, Harry and Irvin of Hopkins, Loren of Pickering; two sisters, Mrs. George Ulmer of Hopkins and Mrs. Mack Ulmer of Clearmont, Mo.

Rites were held Monday afternoon at the Swanson Funeral Home and burial was in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[COBB GEORGE BURCH]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, February 15, 1975, p. 5
George Cobb - Following a sudden heart attack at his home east of Hopkins, George Cobb, 68, died Friday afternoon.

He was born May 1, 1906 at Hopkins, the son of the late Bruce and Lola Burch Cobb. He was married June 23, 1934 at Savannah to the former Miss Mary McCorkle who survives.

Worthy patron of Hopkins Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Cobb was a farmer who lived his entire life in the Hopkins community. He belonged to Wray Memorial United Methodist Church; Xenia Lodge, 50, AF & AM; and Royal Arch Masons.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Gressman officiating. Burial will be in Hopkins Cemetery and there will be Masonic graveside services.

In addition to his wife of the home he is survived by two sons, Walter Cobb, Mount Ayr, Iowa and George Cobb, Kansas City; seven sisters, Mrs. E. L. Andrews and Mrs. George Andrews, Sierra Madre, Calif.; Mrs. G. B. Layfield, Surrey, England; Mrs. Harry Yeakel, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. George Price, La Crescenta, Calif.; Mrs. Ed Gunneson, California; and Mrs. John O'Keeff, Lone Pine, Calif.; and two grandchildren.

The body is at Swanson Funeral Home.

A memorial fund has been established at the church — Adv.
[Note: Social Security Death Index gives his birth date as May 10, 1906.]

 

[CORWIN, RAYMOND EDWARD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, June 12, 1976, p. 2
Raymond Edward Corwin
Raymond Edward Corwin, 71, Hopkins, was found dead at 6:15 p.m., Friday at his home by a granddaughter, apparently from natural causes.

He was born August 23, 1904 at Hopkins, the son of Ed and Emma Pettyjohn Corwin, he was a retired farmer.

Corwin was married to Bernice Gray, who died June 16, 1965.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. James "Patricia" Carmichael, Ft. Smith, Ark. and Mrs. Bill Davison, Lakeport, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. B. R. Mathers, Hopkins; six grandchildren, and three grandchildren.

Services are pending. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The body is at Swanson's Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[CORWIN, RUTH BERNICE GRAY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, June 17, 1965, p. 2
Hopkins Resident, Mrs. Corwin, Dies
Mrs. Ruth Bernice Corwin, Hopkins, 53, died at 9:30 p. m. Wednesday at the home of a neighbor, where she had gone shortly before death occurred following a heart attack.

Born at Hopkins May 16, 1912, the daughter of the late John and Alice Egger Gray, she was married to Raymond Corwin, who survives. She was a member of the Hopkins Baptist Church.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Pete Peve, jr., and Mrs. William Carmichael, both of Hopkins, and Mrs. William Davidson, Lake Port, Cal.; one sister, Mrs. Fern McKim, Maryville; one brother, John Charles Gray, Glenwood, Ia.; one stepsister, Mrs. Cassius Horn, Maryville, and five grandchildren.

Funeral rites will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Hopkins Baptist Church with Rev. Eugene Hays, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[COSGROVE, LILLIE DEAN SISK]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, November 24, 1964, p. 2
Mrs. Cosgrove Found Dead At Hopkins Home
Mrs. Lillie D. [ean] Cosgrove, 87, was found dead at her home Monday noon by two neighbor women. It was believed she had died at approximately 11 a. m. She has been a Hopkins resident for the past 31 years.

Mrs. Cosgrove, who was a member of the Baptist Church, was born Jan. 28, 1877, to Jesse A. and Anna Sisk at Webster, Kas.

She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Anna Johnson and one niece, Mrs. Helen Armbruster, both of Los Angeles, Cal.

Services will be held at 11 a. m. Wednesday at Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, with the Rev. Eugene Hays in charge. Burial will be in Hopkins Cemetery.

The body is at Swanson's.

 

[DOW, FAYTH WICKERSHAM MAXWELL]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, April 15, 1981
Graveside Services set for Fayth Dowe
HOPKINS – Graveside services will be at 1:30 p. m. Thursday at the Hopkins Cemetery for Fayth Dowe [Dow], 91, who died Tuesday night in Osage City, Kan.

She was formerly of Hopkins.

 

[FILSON, ROBERT GARRY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, April 14, 1975, p. 6
Robert Garry Filson
Robert Garry Filson, 51, El Segundo, Calif., was killed about 8:45 a.m. Sunday about 8 ½ miles west of Red Oak, Iowa when he suffered multiple injuries in a one-car accident.

His wife, who was driving the car, is hospitalized in an Omaha, Neb., hospital, where she was to undergo surgery today.

The Filsons had been visiting their son and his brother at Hopkins and were en route to Omaha in a rented car to take an airplane for their home.

He was born Oct. 26, 1923, at Hopkins, the son of the late Robert and Grace Robbins Filson. On June 28, 1946, he was married at Troy, Kan., to Barbara Snodgrass. He was a graduate of the Hopkins R-VI High School.

Besides his wife, surviving are three sons, Garry Filson, Inglewood, Calif.; Jerry Filson, El Segundo, and Larry Filson, Hopkins; one daughter, Mrs. Bob Irvin, Inglewood; one brother, Edward Filson, Hopkins, and six grandchildren.

Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery, with other arrangements pending at the Swanson Funeral Home

 

[FILSON, ROBERT GARRY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, April 15 1975, p. 4
Plan Services For R. G. Filson
Services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church, Hopkins, for Robert G. Filson, El Segundo, Calif., who was killed Sunday in a one-car accident near Red Oak, Iowa. The Rev. Carl Hoff will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. The body is at the Swanson Funeral Home.

 

[FISHER, HIRAM]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, May 27, 1949, p. 5
Hiram Fisher, Former Gaynor Resident, Dies at Waco, Tex.
GAYNOR --- Mrs. Jesse Radle of Waco, phoned Mrs. L. O. Killion Thursday evening to inform her that her uncle, Hiram Fisher, died at 4:30 o'clock that afternoon at his home near Waco of a heart attack.

The funeral was held Sunday at Waco.

Hiram Fisher was born two miles north of Gaynor, Sept. 17, 1873, the son of the late William Allyn and Malinda Alice Boyer Fisher.

John W. Fisher of Sheridan, his youngest brother, and Mrs. Lola Kimison of Marui, T. H., his oldest sister, survive.

He also was a brother of the late Mrs. C. P. Dowis.

Preston Dowis, Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher, Mrs. L. O. Killion attended the funeral. They went to Springdale, Ark., where they were joined by Mrs. Arthur Doan of Tulia, Tex. Mrs. Doan is a niece of Mr. Fisher.

 

[GRAY, JAMES WALTER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, March 26, 1958, p. 2
Gray Funeral Services Saturday At Hopkins
The funeral services for James Walter Gray, 72, formerly of Hopkins, will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

Mr. Gray was found dead at his home in Lebanon, Ore., Sunday.

He was born Oct. 31, 1885, in Nodaway County, the son of the late John and Julia Bennett Gray. He was married June 6, 1911 at St. Joseph to the former Miss Ethel Swaim, who survives. Mr. Gray moved from the Hopkins community in 1939. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Hopkins.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ethel Gray, Eugene, Ore.; five daughters, Mrs. Milo Watson and Mrs. Jack Morehouse, both of Hopkins; Mrs. Charles Hill, Eugene, Ore.; Mrs. Eugene OÕBrien, Lebanon, Ore.; and Mrs. William Gill, Florence, Ore.; 11 grandchildren and three brothers, Charles, Nampa, Idaho; Edward, Omaha, Neb., and Harry of Colorado.

The Rev. A. V. Hart, Christian minister, will officiate at the funeral services Saturday. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

The body will arrive at Hopkins Friday.

 

[GRAY, JOHN ELMER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, August 13, 1952, [p. 1]
John Gray Is Suicide Victim Here at Noon
Maryville and Hopkins Resident Uses a Shotgun
John Gray, 62, of Maryville and Hopkins, committed suicide today in an upstairs hallway just west of the Tivoli building, according to Dr. L. E. Dean, coroner, who held a view inquest on the scene.

He was found at 12:30 p. m. today by his daughter, Mrs. Fern McKim, who lives with her husband in an apartment flanking the hall.

Mr. Gray was shot just below his breastbone and was found in a sitting position against the wall. A single-shot, 12-gauge shotgun was resting with butt on the floor and across one thigh and his chest. McKim, his son-in-law, identified the gun as his own, taken from his apartment.

Mrs. McKim said she had left her father watching television when she went to work about 9:30 a. m. today and found him when she came home to lunch. She said he was often depressed and threatened suicide.

Heard Muffed Report

Miss Alta Ashworth, proprietor of Cobb's Ice Cream Parlor located just below the McKim apartment, said she heard a muffled sound about noon that could have been a shot.

Mrs. McKim said that Mr. Gray returned from visiting relatives in Hopkins last night. He has been living with her and in Hopkins, she said.

The body was to be taken to the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins. Funeral arrangements are not complete.

 

[GRAY, JOHN ELMER]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, August 14, 1952, [p. 1]
Rites Tomorrow For John Gray
Funeral services for John Gray, native of Clearmont, who died yesterday in Maryville, will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the Baptist church in Hopkins. The Rev Norman Lewis will conduct the service and burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

Mr. Gray died in the hall leading to the apartment on West Third Street occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Fern McKim and Mr. McKim, of self inflicted wounds.

Other survivors are another daughter, Mrs. Raymond Corwin, Hopkins; a son, John Charles Gray, Bedford; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Cassius Horn, Maryville; a brother, Jess Gray, and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Gillespie, both of LeRoy, Kas.; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

 

[GROTEY, CLAUDE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, December 20, 1972, p. 13
Claude Grotey – Claude Grotey, 78, Hopkins, was found dead Tuesday at his farm home. Grotey probably died Monday night of a heart attack, according to Dr. Robert Dunshee, Maryville, Nodaway County Coroner.

He was born Sept. 28, 1894, at Bedford, Ia., the son of the late George and Margaret Greenlee Grotey.

Grotey, who had farmed in the Hopkins area for many years, was a member of the Xenia Lodge, AF and AM, Hopkins, the James Edward Gray American Legion Post, Maryville, and the Hopkins Christian Church. He was a World War I veteran.

There are immediate survivors.

Services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Swanson Funeral Home Chapel, Hopkins. The Rev. Fred Paxton will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery, where military and Masonic graveside services will be held.

 

[HANNA, SARAH CHARLOTTE "LOTTA" DAVIS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, May 2, 1939, [p. 1]
Mrs. Charlotte Hanna Dies of Heart Trouble
Mrs. Charlotte Hanna, 57 years of age, widow of John Hanna, died at 6 o'clock last night at the home of her brothers, Max and Roy Davis, in Hopkins. Her death was caused by a heart ailment.

A short funeral service will be held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at the Young and Campbell funeral home in Hopkins after which the body will be taken Amity, Mo., for burial. Mrs. Hanna lived at Amity before coming to Hopkins a number of years ago. She was born at Earlville, Ill.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Harry Bollinger of Hopkins and Mrs. Alvin Lamb of Union Star and three brothers, Max and Roy Davis of Clarinda. Mr. Hanna died over a year ago.

 

[HANNA, SARAH CHARLOTTE "LOTTA" DAVIS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, May 6, 1939, p. 5
Hopkins News
Mrs. Alvin Lamb and son of Union Star visited in the Roy Davis home here this week called here by the illness and death of her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Hanna.

 

[HAVNER, GRACE GARDNER LIBBY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, May 14, 1943, p. 6
Mrs. Havner, Resident of Hopkins, Dies Here
Mrs. Grace Havner of Hopkins died at 2 o'clock this afternoon at St. Francis hospital where she had been four days. Her husband, William F. Havner, preceded her in death last November 7.

Mrs. Havner, who has been living at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geneva Melching, is survived by Mrs. Melching and two grandchildren.

The former Miss Grace Libby, she was married November 24, 1898, to W. F. Havner. They had lived in Kansas City for thirty-five years, returning to Hopkins about a year ago.

Funeral arrangements have not been made.

 

[HAVNER, GRACE GARDNER LIBBY]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, May 17, 1943, [p. 1]
Havner Rites Tuesday
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Freeman chapel at Kansas City for Mrs. Grace Havner of Hopkins, who died Friday at the St. Francis hospital. Burial will be in the Memorial Park cemetery at Kansas City. Mrs. Havner was an aunt of Max Brown of Maryville.

 

[HAVNER, GEORGE]
Bedford Free Press (Bedford, Iowa), Tuesday, April 28, 1914, p. 7
Hopkins
Word has been received here that George Havner, a former resident of Hopkins had died at his home in Medicine Lake, Wash.

 

[HAVNER, MARY ELIZABETH LONG]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, July 18, 1912, p. 8
Hopkins
The remains of Mrs. A. [ndrew] R. Havner who died at her home in Kansas City, were brought here last Saturday noon and funeral services were held in the Baptist church at 1:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. Griffith and burial was made in the Hopkins cemetery. The body was accompanied here by Mr. Havner and a son.

 

[HENDRY, CHRISTINA STEINBECK]
Daily Democrat-Forum and Maryville Tribune (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, December 1, 1923, p. 4
Hopkins Journal
After a lingering illness, Mrs. Wm. Hendry passed away Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harmon Mothershed [Mothershead], north of Hopkins. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the Christian Church in this city and burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Hendry had resided in this vicinity for many years and was well liked by all who knew her.

 

[HENDRY, WILLIAM]
St. Joseph Observer (Saint Joseph, Missouri), Saturday, June 27, 1914, p. 8
William Hendry, a farmer living eight miles east of Hopkins, was stricken with paralysis Thursday afternoon while attending the funeral of his neighbor, Clyde Lincoln. He died between 2 and 4 o'clock that morning without having regained consciousness. The funeral was held Sunday and the burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[HENDRY, WILLIAM]
Stanberry Headlight (Stanberry, Missouri), Thursday, July 2, 1914, p. 2
Dies at Funeral – While attending the funeral of Clyde Lincoln, his lifelong friend, William Hendry, a farmer living eight miles west of Hopkins, was stricken with paralysis and died. Hendry had been prostrated with grief over Lincoln's death, it is said, and had been advised that he should not attend the funeral.

[HENDRY, WILLIAM]                 [SIMMONS, MARY]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, June 25, 1914
HOPKINS – The funeral services of William Hendry and Miss Mary Simmons were held in Hopkins last Friday afternoon, the former in the Christian church and the latter at the home in the east part of Hopkins. Both of these deaths were very sudden, Mr. Hendry dying Thursday morning from a stroke of paralysis suffered while at the funeral of Clyde Lincoln Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Hendry was well known in this community, having lived here for a number of years. He leaves a wife and three daughters, also a granddaughter, Miss Lola Chambers, who lived with her grandparents. Miss Mary Simmons died while sitting in her chair, the cause of her death being heart disease, from which she had suffered for some time. Miss Simmons was a daughter of Rolla Simmons, a retired Baptist minister, who died some years ago. She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Celia Reed of Hopkins, Mrs. William Densmore of Maryville and Mrs. F. B. Cox of St. Joseph.

HENDRY, WILLIAM]               [LINCOLN, CLYDE]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, June 18, 1914, [p. 1]
Wm. Hendry Dies
Hopkins Farmer Succumbs to Paralysis This Morning
Stricken At Funeral
He Was Attending Burial of His Neighbor, Clyde Lincoln—Funeral Will Be Held Sunday
William Hendry, a farmer living eight miles east of Hopkins, was stricken with paralysis yesterday afternoon while attending the funeral of his neighbor Clyde Lincoln. He died between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning without having regained consciousness. The funeral will be held Sunday and the burial will take place in the Hopkins cemetery.

As Mr. Hendry was leaving the house of John Brown, father-in-law of Clyde Lincoln, at which place the funeral was being held, he staggered and fell to the ground unconscious. He was picked up, carried to his carriage and taken home. Dr. Sargent was called from Hopkins but could do nothing to save him. Mr. Hendry lay unconscious the rest of the day and until his death early this morning. . . .

The funeral which Mr. Hendry was attending was that of Clyde Lincoln, who died at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, after a long illness of tuberculosis. Mr. Lincoln was the son of Henry Lincoln and had lived near Hopkins all his life, except for a short time when he traveled for his health. He was married in March 1913, to Miss Ethel Brown, daughter of John Brown, with whom they lived and at whose home Mr. Hendry was stricken.

[LINCOLN, CLYDE]
Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, June 16, 1914, [p. 1]
Clyde Lincoln Dies
Hopkins Man Succumbs to Tuberculosis After Long Illness—Funeral Wednesday
Clyde Lincoln of Hopkins, son of Henry Lincoln, died at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home of his father-in-law, John Brown, after a long illness of tuberculosis. The burial will take place in the Hopkins cemetery at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, June 17.

Mr. Lincoln was born on a farm near Hopkins twenty-four years ago and lived in Hopkins most of his life. He lived in Bolckow a short time and then spent one year in New Mexico, where he went for his health, returning much improved.

In March 1913, Mr. Lincoln was married to Miss Ethel Brown, who was then teaching in the country schools near Hopkins. Because of Mr. Lincoln's poor health, they made their home with her father. Mr. Lincoln gradually grew worse until his death Monday.

The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Leslie Cobb of Bedford, Ia., a personal friend of Mr. Lincoln.

Mr. Lincoln leaves his wife, father, a sister, Mrs. William Wallace and a brother, Rex, of Hopkins, and a brother, Glen, of Bolckow.

[LINCOLN, CLYDE]
St. Joseph News-Press (St. Joseph, Missouri), Wednesday, June 17, 1914
Hopkins, Mo., Man Dies. End Comes to Clyde Lincoln Whom Fiancee Married in Effort to Save His Life.
HOPKINS, Mo., June 17. – The funeral services of Clyde Lincoln of this city were held this afternoon and burial was in a local cemetery. His death resulted from tuberculosis. He is survived only by his widow. Previous to his marriage a year ago it was seen that there was little hope of Lincoln's recovery, but his fiancée, who was Miss Ethel Brown, insisted on the marriage. During his illness she lived with him in a tent on a farm.

[LINCOLN, CLYDE]
Bedford Times-Republican (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, June 18, 1914
HOPKINS – Clyde Lincoln, son of Henry Lincoln, died at the home of his father-in-law, John Brown, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, after a lingering illness of tuberculosis. The funeral services were held at the Brown home Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. Leslie Cobb of Bedford, an intimate friend of the deceased, officiating. Mr. Lincoln, who was 24 years of age, was born on a farm west of Hopkins and has lived most of his life in this vicinity. In March 1913, he was married to Miss Ethel Brown, who had cared for him tenderly during his sickness. Besides his wife, he leaves his father, one sister, Mrs. Will Wallace, and two brothers, Rex Lincoln of Hopkins and Glen Lincoln, of Bolckow, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lincoln of Bolckow were called here Monday by the serious illness of the former's brother, Clyde Lincoln.

 

[HENSLEY, ROLAND WARD "ROLLIE"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, December 24, 1975, p. 4
Hensley - Roland "Rollie" Ward Hensley, 63-year-old farmer and mechanic, Maryville, died at 7 a.m. Monday at a hospital at Columbia, where he had been a patient 1 ½ weeks.

Born June 3, 1912, at Bedford, Iowa, the son of the late Tillman and Ella Spencer Hensley, he had lived in Maryville since 1930, with the exception of five years spent at Warrensburg. On Dec. 3, 1930, he was married to Irene Pearl Sowers, who survives.

Besides his wife, survivors include two sons, Darrell Hensley, Kansas City, and Darwin Hensley, Topeka, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Opal Wallace, Canby, Ore., and Mrs. Ruth Hopple, Hopkins; two brothers, Halbert Hensley   and   Wayne   Hensley, Bedford; and   two   grandchildren, Kobi   and   Trez Hensley.   A son, Russell [Ronald], preceded him in death in 1973. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Swanson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Richard     Gressman     officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[HENSLEY, RONALD LEE]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Friday, January 19, 1973, p. 7
Ronald Lee Hensley - Ronald Lee Hensley, 36, owner and operator of a liquor store in Warrensburg, died Thursday in a veteran hospital, Kansas City.

A native of Hopkins, he is the son of Roland W. and Irene Sowers Hensley, who reside at Warrensburg. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Darrell Hensley, Kansas City, and Darwin Hensley, Topeka, Kan.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Sweeney-Phillips Chapel, Warrensburg. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[HICKENBOTTAM, NELLIE MILDRED WILLIAMS]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, April 17, 1963, p. 2
Former Area Resident Dies In Arizona
Mrs. Nellie Hickenbottam, 56, formerly of Hopkins, died Monday in a hospital at Phoenix, Ariz.

Survivors include her husband, Ronald Hickenbottam, of the home at Phoenix; her stepmother, Mrs. Nora Williams, Maryville; four half sisters, Mrs. Eugene Espey and Mrs. Verlin Brunk, both of Maryville, Mrs. Hilton Mick, Hopkins, and Mrs. Helen Sample, McLouth, Kas.; three half brothers, the Rev. Herman Williams, Preston, George Williams, Maryville, and Paul Williams, Topeka, Kas.

The body will arrive Thursday at the Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins. Graveside services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[HODGE, MICHAEL SHAWN]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Wednesday, October 26, 1977, p. 
Michael Shawn Hodge, 10, Hopkins, died in a Kansas City Hospital at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday following a long illness.

Hodge was born June 6, 1967, in Maryville to Gilbert Joseph and Lois Eileen Girrard Hodge.

Survivors besides his parents are a sister, Deann; a brother, Timothy; grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Davison, Hopkins; and Mr. and Mrs. Loren Girrard, Parnell; and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Emily Vay, Labadie, Mo.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the First Christian Church in Hopkins with the Rev. Loren Works officiating. Burial will be at the Hopkins cemetery. The body is at Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins.

 

[HOLMES, CLARA BELLE HOWARD]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Monday, December 15, 1941, p. 5
Clara Belle Holmes Dies
Mrs Clara Belle Holmes, 87 years of age, of Bedford, Ia., formerly of the Hopkins community, died at 3:10 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home of her son, J. W. Holmes, of Bedford. She had been ill seven weeks.

She was born October 3, 1854, in Owen County, Indiana, and was married February 11, 1872, at Gosport, Ind., to Rantsom [Ransom] Marion Holmes, who died in 1927. Nine weeks ago she had gone to make her home with her son. Prior to that she had lived in the Hopkins community about sixty-one years. Mrs. Holmes was a member of the Christian church.

She is survived by two sons, R. J. Holmes, Clearmont and J. W. Holmes, Bedford; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Hicks, Anaheim, Calif., and Mrs. William Keith, Hopkins; eighteen grandchildren and twenty-three great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Hopkins Christian church with the minister, Rev. Orlo Lincoln, officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[HOLMES, WILLIAM JOHN "WID"]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, June 13, 1963, p. 2
William "Wid" Holmes Dies in Iowa Hospital
William John "Wid" Holmes, Bedford, Ia., 84, former Hopkins resident, died at 6:40 a. m. today in a Clarinda, Ia., hospital following a long illness.

He was born Nov. 25, 1878, in Owen County, Ind., the son of the late Ransom Marion and Clara Belle Howard Holmes. Mr. Holmes, a member of the Highland church, was a retired carpenter.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Flossie Oxley, Camas, Wash.; Mrs. Opal Brown, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Leola McMullen, Deming, N. M., and Mrs. Linetta Johnson, Albuquerque, N. M.; one son, Robert Holmes, Bedford, Ia.; one sister, Ethel, State of California; 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at Swanson Funeral Home, Hopkins, and burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery. Other arrangements have not been completed.

 

[HOLMES, WILLIAM JOHN "WID"]
Clarinda Herald Journal (Clarinda, Iowa), Thursday, June 20, 1963, p. 11
Services were Sunday for Wid Holmes 84
SIAM, June 17 – Wid Holmes, 84, died at the hospital at Clarinda Thursday. Mr. Holmes lived south of Siam many years. He was a mail carrier between Hopkins and Siam. He leaves four daughters, Mrs Loneta Johnson and Mrs Leola McMullen of New Mexico, Mrs Opal Brown of Montecello, Calif, and Mrs Flossie Oxley of Camas, Wash, and a son, Robert Holmes of Bedford. The funeral was held Sunday at the Swanson funeral home in Hopkins with interment in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[KEITH, BERTIE MAUDE HOLMES]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Tuesday, July 25, 1944, p. 6
Mrs. Bertie Keith Dies At Her Home in Hopkins
Mrs. Bertie Maude Keith, 68 years old, died at 8:10 o'clock this morning at her home in Hopkins following a long illness.

Born September 25, 1875, at Gosport, Ind., the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Holmes, she had resided in Hopkins three years. On September 11, 1905, she was married at Bedford, Ia. to William Keith. She was a member of the Christian church.

Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Byron Nichols, Bethany; three sons, Myrl Keith, Hopkins; Cpl. Verla Keith, Fort Lewis, Wash. and Howard Keith, Maryville; one sister, Miss Nettie Holmes, Buena Park, Calif.; three brothers, W. J. Holmes, Bedford, Ia.; R. J. Holmes, Ravenwood and Virgil Holmes, Maryville.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Hopkins Christian church. The pastor, the Rev. Mr. Pederson, will officiate. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery.

 

[KEITH, WILLIAM HIRAM]
Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Thursday, October 15, 1959, p. 2
William Hiram Keith Dies At Son's Home
William Hiram Keith, 87, retired farmer, died at 4:20 a. m. today at the home of his son, Myrl Keith, near Hopkins. He had been ill four months.

Mr. Keith was born June 4, 1872 at Bloomington, Ill., son of Martin Luther Keith and Elizabeth Bishop Keith. He was married to Bertie Holmes Sept. 11, 1905. She died July 25, 1944. He had lived near Hopkins since 1905 and was a member of the Christian Church.

Survivors are three sons, Myrl Keith, Hopkins; Verla Keith, Bloomington, Ill., and Howard Keith, Maryville; a daughter, Mrs. Zoe Nichols, Bethany; nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Funeral rites are planned for Sunday at the Price Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Hopkins Cemetery.

 

[KILLAM, CHARLES EDWARD]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, May 13, 1971, [p. 1]
Rites Held Mon. For Chas. Killam
Funeral services for Charles Edward Killam, 17-year-old junior at New Market Community High School and son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Killam, were held Monday in the New Market school with interment in the Hopkins Cemetery. Charles died early May 8 from injuries received in an automobile accident approximately two miles north of New Market.

Sheriff Leonard Ratliff who investigated the accident reports that Larry Martin of Gravity told him that he, Martin, who does construction work in Nebraska, returned home in a heavy fog early Saturday morning. As he turned east on to the black top he saw a body lying flat on the road and swerved to miss it but was unable to do so.

After moving the boy to the side of the road, Martin returned to New Market to alert night watchman Merlyn Lovitt, who called Sheriff Ratliff at about 5:15 a. m.

Sheriff Leonard Ratliff said "no foul play or hit and run is indicated."

 

[KILLAM, CHARLES EDWARD]
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa), Thursday, May 20, 1971, p. 3
Charles Killam Rites May 10
Funeral services for Charles Edward Killam, 17, of New Market, held May 10 in the New Market Community High School were conducted by Carl Cummings and Rev. Edward Osburn. Charles died May 8, 1971 near New Market, Enroute to his home. Interment was at the Hopkins Cemetery.

Charles Edward Killam, son of Paul and Mary Baker Killam, was born March 3, 1954 in Maryville, Mo. He had lived in Taylor County Iowa all of his life with the exception of three and one-half years during the time his father was stationed in Savannah, Georgia, while in the service of his country.

Charles had attended the New Market Community School since the beginning of his school years and he was a member of the high school junior class this year, where he was active in various school activities. He was especially fond of sports and in these he represented his school with honor and success. He was a member of the yearbook staff and he had been selected to attend Boys' State this year.

Left to cherish memories are his parents, a sister, Diane and her husband Dan Kirsch; grandfather, Charles M. Baker and grandmother Bessie Killam; uncles, Vernon and Eldon Baker and families; other relatives; a close friend, Marla McAlpin, and his many school friends and acquaintances.

When a lad he was baptized in the New Market United Methodist Church.

Charles was a kind and loving son, brother, and friend who will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.