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[BAYS, JOSIAH "JOE"] Joe, as he was familiarly called, was an honest, upright man, loved and respected by all. He leaves a loving wife, father, mother, three sisters and three brothers to mourn his less. Services were conducted at the deceased's late residence, by Rev Pace of Hopkins, after which his remains were followed by a large concourse of sorrowing friends to the Burch cemetery where interment took place. N. R.
[CLARK, EDWIN S.]
[CLARK, JULIA ANNA SHOLES]
[CORKEN, ANNICE WOLFERS] Mrs. Corken was born Dec. 29, 1869, at Pickering, the daughter of the late Charles and Eliza Wolfers. She was married to Thomas A. Corken, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Corken was a member of the Burlington Jct. Methodist Church. She is survived by a brother, Roy H. Wolfers, Long Beach, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church in Burlington Jct. The Rev. John Batchelor, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the Burlington Jct. Cemetery. The body is at the Hann Funeral Home, Burlington Jct.
[CORKEN, ANNICE WOLFERS] Mrs. Robert Black and Mrs. A. L. Britton, accompanied by Mrs. Douglas Hill, sang, "Abide With Me" and "Jesus Savior Pilot Me." Serving as pallbearers were Leo Barnes, W. R. Miller, C. D. Lane, Clyde Shadduck, Allen Martin and Ernest Stalling. Those who carried the flowers were Mrs. Leo Barnes, Mrs. Ernest Stalling, Mrs. William Krome, Mrs. Lula Rees, Mrs. C. D. Lane and Mrs. Kenneth Bears. Burial was in the Ohio Cemetery under the direction of the Hann Funeral Home.
[CORKEN, THOMAS ALBERT] Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock Friday at the Burlington Junction Methodist church of which he was an early member. The services will be conducted by the Rev. J. Wesley Miller, pastor, and the Rev. Ted Masters, former pastor, who now is minister at Grant City. Burial will be in Ohio cemetery, Burlington Junction. The body will lie in state at the church an hour prior to the funeral. The body is now at the Hann mortuary, Burlington. Mr. Corken was born April 9, 1867, on a farm near Burlington Junction, the son of the late Samuel A. and Helen Westfall Corken. He was reared at Burlington and attended Tarkio College, Tarkio. Mr. Corken was married March 8, 1904 to Annice Wolfers at Pickering. They started housekeeping at Burlington Junction where Mr. Corken engaged in the hardware business with his brother, Robert Corken and operated farms in that vicinity. He also was a director of the now defunct Northwestern bank. He is survived by wife and brother, Elmer Corken, Denver, Colo.; three sisters, Mrs. Mabel Corken and Mrs. W. V. McCay, Long Beach, Calif. and Mrs. Charles Allen, Birmingham, Ala., and six nephews and three nieces.
[DANIELS, RUTH WALKER] The announcement of her death was a surprise to many, as she had just arrived from Mammoth Springs, Ark., a few days previous, on a visit. She was suffering with a sore hand when she left home, but it was not supposed to be serious. When she arrived here, however, she had to take to her bed and was never afterward able to move herself, and died before her husband or foster daughter could get here. The funeral was conducted at the house on Sunday by Rev Ferguson, pastor of the Christian church, and burial took place in the Hopkins cemetery. On Monday the husband and daughter arrived, and Mr. Daniels is now very sick at the Linville hotel. The deceased was a true woman in every sense or the word, and her life was a loving and willing sacrifice for the good and happiness of her family. She was kind and generous to the poor and needy, her favorite scriptural verse being: "For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me; I was in prison and ye came unto me." Obituary - Ruth Walker was born in Morgan county, Ohio, Feb. 2,1840, and married Napoleon Daniels April 15, 1865. She moved to Hopkins Mo., in February, 1882, where she resided until about a year ago, when the family removed to Arkansas, but she returned to Hopkins on a visit where she died, Sept 15, 1899.
[DONLIN, CHARLES EASTMAN] He had worried terribly since the closing of the bank, not by reason of having lost his own personal fortune, but by reason of what the depositors might lose, trying to formulate some plan to save the depositors. The night before his death he spent three or four hours with O. H. Sayler and his cousin, W. J. Donlin, of Creston, in going over bank matters, checking off bad papers, etc., and really seemed in better spirits than at any time since the closing of the bank. The morning of his death he had assisted Mrs. Donlin in hulling peas for the noon day meal, the two sitting on the back porch of their home. Mrs. Donlin decided to run over to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C Wolfers, to get a few more peas and when she returned a half hour later she found the husband in the swing on the front porch, dead. Mr. Donlin left two notes, one to his wife and one to Mr. Sayler, both being of a strictly business nature. He carried fifteen or twenty thousand dollars in life insurance and was a member of the Modern Woodman lodge, in which he carried $3,000 insurance. Mr. Shelby, state bank examiner in charge of the bank here, states that no Irregularities have been discovered and none will be. Mr. Donlin was also trustee of Hopkins Township and the books have been audited and every cent accounted for—Hopkins Journal. [DONLIN, CHARLES EASTMAN] He was found about 10:30 o'clock this morning on the front porch of his home, when Mrs. Donlin returned from a few moments visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Wolfers. He had taken carbolic acid. The Bank of Hopkins was closed by its directors on June 26 and it was announced that certain requirements of the State Finance Commission could not be met. R. E. Shelby, state bank examiner who is now in charge of the institution, has stated that no irregularities have been discovered, and Mr. Donlin's friends believe that none will be found. Both Mr. Donlin and his father-in-law, E. C. Wolfers, who was president of the bank, lost their personal fortunes in an attempt to avert a crash, it was declared last week by the Hopkins Journal which said: Friends of Mr. Donlin believe that it was worry over possible loss to depositors who trusted him, rather than his own disaster, which caused him to take his life. He had told friends that it would be necessary for him to leave Hopkins in order to retrieve his lost savings. On June 21, the Monday before the bank closed on Saturday, Mr. Donlin became suddenly and mysteriously ill in his garage where he had gone to get his car and he was found there by his wife. The motor of the car was running, but Mr. Donlin said he had left the doors of the garage open. Mrs. Donlin is the only surviving near relative. There are no children, and Mr. Donlin's parents are dead. A cousin, W. J. Donlin of Creston, Ia., was visiting him at the time of the suicide but he was down town.
[DONLIN, CHARLES EASTMAN] Mr. Donlin left two notes, both said to relate only to business matters. One was to O. H. Sayler, a close friend, and the other to Mrs. Donlin. The latter was not made public. R. E. Shelby, state examiner, has not completed the inventory of the closed bank. Until this task is finished, there will be no steps toward a reorganization or appointment of a deputy commissioner of finance.
[DONLIN, CHARLES EASTMAN] The business houses of Hopkins were closed during the funeral services this afternoon and the attendance at the rites, conducted at the residence by the Rev. W. C. Harper, was large. Pallbearers were F. B. Monroe, O. L. Mutti, Dr. C. W. Kirk, George Ulmer, Jr., H. C. Clutter and Elmer Hutcherson. In its account of Mr. Donlin's death, the Hopkins Journal, published today, says: "The night before his death he spent three or four hours with O. H. Sayler and his cousin, W. J. Donlin, of Creston, in going over bank matters, checking off bad paper, etc., and really seemed in better spirits than at any time since the closing of the bank. "The bottle that contained the acid was not found, but a small bottle of acid that had been around the home for some time is missing. "Mr. Donlin . . . carried fifteen or twenty thousand dollars in life insurance and was a member of the Modern Woodman lodge, in which he carried $3,000 insurance. "Mr. Shelby, state bank examiner in charge of the bank here, states that no irregularities have been discovered and none will be. Mr. Donlin was also trustee of Hopkins township and the books have been audited and every cent accounted for. "In the death of Mr. Donlin, the community has lost a citizen whose place will be hard to fill, as he always took an active interest in the town's betterment. He served for many years as mayor and was a member of the city council at the time of his death, active at all times in the social, religious and business activities of the community, and the closing of the bank is nothing in comparison to the pall of sorrow shadowing the community by reason of his tragic death." He was born in Hopkins September 8, 1874. His mother died when he was but 2 weeks old and he was reared by his aunt, Mrs. Mary Donlin, who survives him. Except for the three years as an employee of the J. I. Case Plow Co. at St. Louis and a few years in the grocery business at Wenona, Ill., he had been in business in Hopkins. Besides his widow and the aunt who reared him, Mr. Donlin is survived by his stepmother, Mrs. Tillie Donlin, Wenona, Ill.; an uncle, Charles Eastman, Peoria, Ill.; and two cousins, Mrs. D. A. Sargent, Hopkins, and W. J. Donlin, Creston, Ia. Among the out-of-town relatives and friends expected for the funeral were Mrs. S. S. Hawkins, Mrs. Annie Wehrman, and Mrs. J. W. Lindsay, St. Joseph; Mrs. Mayme Wolfers of California; Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Corken, Burlington Junction; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolfers, Maryville; Robert Wolfers, Chicago; Mrs. C. A. Wolfers and Miss Mary Wolfers, Pickering; and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Donlin, Creston.
[DONLIN, JOHN] "Honest John" Donlin was known and esteemed by nearly everybody in Nodaway county. He located at Xenia, near here, in 1868, and two years later moved to Hopkins, and since that time has been closely identified with every movement calculated to benefit and upbuild this city, being generous to the needy and kind to the distressed. While a member of no church, he led a pure, moral and up right life, commanding the confidence and respect of all who knew him. He served as postmaster of Hopkins under Cleveland and was elected recorder of the county by the democrats ten years ago, which responsible office he satisfactorily filled for four years. While a democrat politically, he was not of the offensive partisan stripe and could number as many warm personal friends in one party as another. Soon after his term of office expired, Mr. Donlin moved hack to Hopkins, and in company with his nephew, Charles E. Donlin, who had been his deputy in the recorders office, engaged in the grocery business, continuing in this business until about a year ago, when, on account of the senior member's poor health, the firm sold out. Mr. Donlin was a member of Xenia lodge, No. 50, A. F. and A. M., and for a number of years was Master of the order, and also took the Shriner degree. He was also a charter member of the Workmen and carried $2,000 insurance in this lodge. He was the last of three brothers to go, Edward and Dr. Donlin having died here a number of years ago. OBITUARY - John Donlin was born in December, l834, in the city of New Orleans, La. His father was a merchant and John was raised in that business, receiving excellent educational advantages. He fitted himself for the profession of a civil engineer, and when nineteen years of age he commenced as such for the Peoria and Oqnaka railroad. This business he followed for about five years and then settled in Mason County, Ill., where he engaged in the mercantile business with his brother. Moving from there to Iowa, he afterward came to Xenia, Nodaway County, Mo., and in 1870 moved to Hopkins. He was united in marriage to Miss Alta Cochrane of Hopkins in 1893, and died at his home in Hopkins, Mo., Sept. 26, 1899, aged 64 years and 10 months. THE FUNERAL The funeral will take place from the family residence this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. Warner will make a few remarks, the exercises proper being under the auspices of the Masonic brethren. Burial will take place in the Hopkins cemetery. Mr. Donlin left his wife well provided for, as he owned considerable property and paper, besides the life insurance. The sorrowing companion feels very keenly the loss of her husband, who was always kind and affectionate and she and the other relatives have the sympathy of all. Relatives and friends from Creston, Bedford, Maryville, St. Joseph and other points are here to attend the funeral, Charley Donlin arriving on the 10:20 passenger this forenoon from St Louis. The floral offerings are many and costly, the one given by the P E O, of which society Mrs Donlin is an honored member, being especially handsome.
[DONLIN, MARY] When she was 5 years old she moved with her parents to the vicinity of Princeton, Ill. At Princeton, on February 15, 1858 she was married to Edward Donlin. He died March 27, 1888, leaving her a widow the past fifty years. In 1860 Mr. and Mrs. Donlin moved from Illinois to Afton, Ia., which at that time was the county seat of Union County instead of Creston, which had not been built at that time. When they came to what is now Hopkins they first built their house and Mrs. Donlin still owns a house on that lot. After that they built the store. She says, "when the men left the house to work on the store building I could not see them after they had stepped out of the yard for the blue grass was so high." The store building was located where the Mendenhall grocery now is located and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Morrison live in the house on Mrs. Donlin's lot. Mrs. Donlin was the first worthy matron of the Order of the Eastern Star at Hopkins and a charter member of the Presbyterian church there. The Presbyterian Church united with the Methodist church several years ago, but the Star organization is still active. Until a year ago when she had a stroke of paralysis, Mrs. Donlin was in unusually good health for one of her age. She was outdoors some time every day, no matter what the weather and helped her daughter, Mrs. D. A. Sargent, with whom she lives, with the kitchen work. She read modern literature, particularly novels, and made quilt blocks. All this she did without the aid of spectacles. Since having the stroke she has been bedfast. Mrs. Donlin's age is no novelty in her family, as her mother was 102 years and 2 months old when she died and her grandmother was ninety-two. Her birthday will be observed in much the same way as it has been for several years. Her son, Will Donlin and his wife, and Mrs. Donlin's niece, Miss Grace Harsh, all of Creston, Ia., will spend the day there. Other relatives and friends may come in for the afternoon. She always receives flowers and greeting cards from friends.
[DONLIN, MARY] Mrs. Donlin had been a resident of the Hopkins vicinity for more than seventy years. She was born at Sabina, Clinton county, Ohio. Two children besides Mrs. Sargent survive. They are Will Donlin of Creston, Ia., and Mrs. R. L. Hubbard of Los Angeles, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Swanson funeral home in Hopkins with Rev. Paul Barton of the M. E. church officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. At the age of 5, Mrs. Donlin moved with her parents to the vicinity of Princeton, Ill. At Princeton on February 15, 1858, she was married to Edward Donlin. He died March 27, 1888. Mrs. Donlin's mother lived to be 102 years old. Her grandmother was 92 when she died.
[EGGERS, CLARENCE]
[GRAY, WILLIAM, -1900] He came to Nodaway county with his father in 1842, who took the land as a claim where he was living at the time of his death, having resided on it fifty-eight years. The funeral was held last Sunday, conducted by Rev Bolen, pastor of the Maryville M E church, South, of which the deceased was a member. Interment took place in the Pleasant View cemetery.
[GRIMES, ANDREW THEODORE] He was born January 1, 1863 in Illinois and had lived almost all of his life in the Hopkins community. August 17, 1883, he was married to Miss Mary Butler of Illinois. He was a member of the Christian church. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Claude Grimes, Maryville, and Forrest Grimes, Hopkins; one daughter, Mrs. Irvin Lawler, Hopkins; two brothers, Sherm Grimes, Hopkins and Harvey Grimes, Corning, Ia., and eight grandchildren.
[GRIMES, MARY ELIZABETH BUTLER] Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Hopkins Christian church. The Rev Elba Martin, pastor, will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. Mrs. Grimes was born April 18, 1859, at La Harpe, Ill. She is survived by two sons, Forrest Grimes, Hopkins, and Claude Grimes, Maryville, a daughter, Mrs. Irvin Lawler, Burlington, Ia.; three brothers, Thomas Butler, La Harpe; Milton Butler, Chillicothe, and Charles Butler, Maryville; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
[GRIMES, VERE ANDREW]
[KEMPTON, HARVEY] August 16, 1862, he responded to his country's call and enlisted in Co B, 29th Iowa vol. Inf. He was honorably discharged from the service July 14, 1864. He was married to his second wife Jan 10, 1884. The date of his conversion is unknown, but he has been for many years a professed Christian and a member of the M E church. For nearly five years past he has been greatly afflicted by disease which affected his mind, rendering him incapable of self-control and making him a constant burden upon his devoted wife who through all has clung to him with heroic devotion and cared for him with tenderness and love to the end, his death occurring at his home in Hopkins, Mo., May 18, 1899.
[LYTLE, HARLEY] The funeral was held at the Methodist church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and was preached by the pastor Rev. Warner, to a large concourse of friends. Burial took place at the Hopkins cemetery. Obituary - Harley Lytle was born Dec. 26, 1892, at Sheridan, Worth county, Missouri, hence at the time of his demise, was 6 years and 11 months of age. Always of a loving and affable disposition, at all times and under all circumstances, a broad deep smile upon his face, he will be sorely missed by all who knew him, but more especially by his schoolmates with whom he was always a great favorite, for "to know him was to love him." Already one can hear the query among his schoolmates, "I wonder who will take Harley s place," and more particularly from his bosom friend and companion, Master Paul Strawn. At school he was always of a kind and obedient spirit and stood well at the head of his class, always knowing his lessons well. Well do I recall the day, a week or two ago, when he approached me on the street, his face flushed with gladness, his eyes gleaming with exultant joy, in these words: "Mr McCaffrey, mamma has consented that I may get an air gun for Christmas.'' No more will that loving and long suffering mother hear that sweet and heavenly given name "Mamma" ringing in her ears from the lips of her loving son. No longer will that loving father, when he shall have returned from his day's labor, be met at his gate by his dark haired, black eyed, rosy cheeked darling of his heart, with the expectant kiss and caressing embrace. But still how sweet it is to die in the innocence of youth, before one is thrown into the society of this cold, uncharitable and unscrupulous vale of sorrow, before oneself is contaminated and inoculated with the misdeeds and shortcomings of this world. Yet I had no fears for Harley, for at an early age he professed religion and of a Sunday's morn he was always in a hurry to go to Sunday school and church. However, it is hard to part with the idol of one's heart, for surely he was the idol of his parents hearts. I shall not believe that even now his light is extinguished. If the Father designs to touch with divine power the cold and pulseless heart of the buried acorn, and makes it burst forth from its prison wall, will He leave neglected in the earth the soul of this child who was made in the image of his Creator? If he stoops to give to the rose bush, whose withered blossoms float upon the breeze, the sweet assurance of another springtime, will he withhold the words of hope from the sons of men when the frosts of winter come? If matter, mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the imperial spirit of this boy suffer annihilation after it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay? Rather let us believe that he who in his apparent prodigality wastes not the raindrop, the blade of grass or the evening's sighing zephyr, but makes them all to carry out His eternal plans, has given immortality to the mortal and gathered to Himself the generous spirit of our child and friend. Instead of the parents mourning, let them look up and address Him in the words of the poet:
[LYTLE, HARLEY]
[MCKEE, EDITH] After his departure she went upstairs and a few minutes later the report of a gun was heard. Members of the family went to her room and found her lying on the floor with a large wound over her heart.
[SHAFER, PETER]
[STURGEON, MARGARET EVANS] Margaret Evans was born in Jennings county, Indiana, April 26, 1817, and died in Vernon county, Mo., May 6, 1899. She was united in marriage to Geo W Sturgeon May 17, 1838. By this union there were eight children, four sons and four daughters, five of whom are living. She removed with her husband to Iowa in 1855 and then to Missouri in 1856. She united with the Baptist church years ago and lived an exemplary Christian life. Father Sturgeon departed this life March 25, 1895. [Note: She is buried beside her husband in White Oak Cemetery, near Pickering, Nodaway County, Missouri, not in the Hopkins Cemetery as stated in the obituary.]
[WALKER, CORA MAY] Death resulted from the effects of poison. She was in the garden and ate part of a tomato when she was taken very sick and died in about six hours. The doctors say it was caused by a poisonous insect or worm. Her home was with her parents near Hopkins, but she had been staying at Bedford for some time, where all was done for her that could be done. Word was quickly sent to her relatives at Hopkins, but she died fire minutes before they could reach her bedside. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church in Hopkins by her pastor, Elder S. H. Coleman assisted by Rev. Downs. She had been a loved and consistent member of the Adventist Christian church of Mt. Vernon, Mo., for two years. There was a large gathering of friends at the funeral, all but a very few of the Mt Vernon church members being present. The relatives are glad to know that she was among friends at Bedford who did all in their power to help her. May God sustain the grief stricken family who are left to mourn the loss of this member. They have the sympathy of the entire community. Thou wilt sleep, hut not forever; Sister, then we hope to meet thee,
[WILLARD, LYDIA ANNE SMITH] This notice would have appeared long ago but the committee could not get dates. At the School of Methods a memorial hour was held to her memory. Her sister, Mrs Price, was with us. A very impressive service it was to all who were there. Nearly everyone told of the help Sister Willard had been to them in their Christian life. "Surely their works do follow them." She is the first member of Hopkins W C T U for God to call and we bow in loving submission for we know "He doeth all things well."
[WILLIS, HARLEY DEXTER] Mr. Willis had many warm friends in this vicinity who will be pained to learn of his death. He was a true man in the fullest sense of the term, always acting well his part in the play of life.
[WILLIS, HARLEY DEXTER] He was constantly at the front and took part in the battle of Franklin, Tenn., after his term of service had expired. He was in a number of engagements with the enemy and did faithful service for his country. In the fall of 1864 when home on a furlough he was married to Miss Sarah Jane Abbott, with whom he lived happily until June 11, 1892, when death claimed her as its victim. Her illness was prolonged and her husband did all in his power to secure for her regained health, taking her to Chicago, St. Louis and other places, but finally returned to Cameron, where she died. Her illness and death so affected her husband that disease seized and held him almost from the time of her death until death victimized him and he passed to his reward after the death of his wife. His occupation was principally farming. From Galesburg, Ill., the old home of his family, he went to Mills county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming for about twelve years. From Iowa he moved to Hopkins, Mo., at which place he lived about fourteen years. Since the death of his wife he had not engaged in active business, but visited relatives and friends in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and Nebraska, trying to regain lost health. On March 1, 1899, he went to Southern California in hopes to receive benefit from a change of climate. He died at Pomona, Calif., April 24, 1900. His disease was locomotors ataxia with liver and kidney complication. His remains were interred at Cameron, Ill., by the side of his wife. Funeral services were held in the M E church, conducted by Rev. P W Puffer, pastor of the church. Many of his army comrades and a large number of citizens of Cameron, relatives and friends, followed his remains to their last resting place. There still remains of his immediate family Dr J W Willis, of Galesburg, Ill., and R M Willis, of Columbus, Kansas.
[WOLFERS, CHARLES AUGUSTUS] [WOLFERS, CHARLES AUGUSTUS] Mr. Wolfers was 75 years old and had been in failing health the last two months but was in no condition to cause alarm. His birthday anniversary was celebrated by a family dinner at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wolfers on July 21. Mr. Wolfers had been a prominent citizen of Nodaway county for many years. He was born in Chautauqua county, New York, on July 21, 1846 and grew to manhood there. When 18 years old he enlisted in the service of his country, becoming a member of Company I, 187th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry with whom he served until the close of the war. During his enlistment, he was raised to the rank of sergeant and fought in several of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. In 1867, he was married to Eliza A. Crandall, a native of Belmont, Allegheny county, New York. In 1870 he came to St. Joseph where he accepted a position with the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs railroad. Six years later he went to Hopkins and engaged in the hotel business and after one year went to Pickering where he opened a general merchandise store. He was still president of the mercantile company at the time of his death although he had been retired from business for five years. He always showed a keen interest in educational matters, served as a school director and also served at one time as postmaster at Pickering. He was a prominent member of the Pickering Methodist church. Mr. Wolfers is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eliza Wolfers, two sons, Roy Wolfers of Pickering and Fred Wolfers of Maryville and two daughters, Mrs. T. A. Corken of Burlington Junction and Miss Mary Wolfers at home. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. S. S. Hawkins of St. Joseph, Mrs. L. Stone of Kansas City who is now very ill, and one brother, E. [dward] C. [ecil] Wolfers, Sr., of Hopkins. One son, E. [dward] C. Wolfers of Hopkins, died several months ago in California. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning at the Wolfers home. The body will lie in state from 9:30 o'clock until 10:30 o'clock at the home. The service will be conducted by the Rev. J. J. Cokeley, living near Mound City, a former pastor of the Pickering Methodist church. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The acting pallbearers will be employees and former employees of the Wolfers Mercantile Company and will be H. C. Clutter, P. H. Stewart, both of Hopkins, William McKee and J. E. Herbert of Pickering, Ed Green of Stanberry and Gordon Swinford of Maryville. Friends of the family are requested not to send flowers. [WOLFERS, CHARLES AUGUSTUS] The body lay in state between 9:30 and 10:30 o'clock. A quartet composed of Andrew King, William Noakes, Alva Ingels and W. E. Johnson sang. Burial was in the Hopkins cemetery. The acting pallbearers were employees and former employees of the Wolfers Mercantile Company and were H. C. Clutter, and P. H. Stewart of Hopkins, William McKee and J. E. Herbert of Pickering, Ed Green of Stanberry and Gordon Swinford of Maryville. The employees of the Gillam-Jackson Loan and Trust Co, and the First National Bank of this city with [which] a son, Fred Wolfers, is connected, and the employees of the Wolfers stores at Pickering and Hopkins all attended. Among those attending from Maryville were Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Corwin, Mrs. O. C. Hanna, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Beattie, Roy Curfman, Dr. F. C. Wallis, A. Neil Somerville, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hanna, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Colby, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Gillam and son, Forrest, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Farrar, Mrs. A. C. Nicholas, Dave Seckington, W. N. Deatherage, Marvin Curnutt, G. B. Holmes, R. R. Souers, Harold James, Edward W. Gray, Miss Katherine Carpenter and Harvey McClary of St. Joseph. Mrs. S. E. Hawkins of St. Joseph, sister of Mr. Wolfers was the only relative attending from a distance.
[WOLFERS, GRACE HAWKINS] Grace was a beautiful child and lived a pure, unselfish life. She was one of the best-educated girls in Hopkins, graduating from the High School here in 1895, and from St. Mary's School at Knoxville, IIl., last June. She was fond of literary pursuits, and, after resting a year, intended to take another course in some eastern institution. She returned from Knoxville last June for the purpose of spending a year having a good time at home and had been planning for weeks for the joy and pleasure they would have in different ways around the family hearthstone, which makes her sudden and terrible death all the harder for her family to bear; but they have the sweet satisfaction of knowing that she was prepared to go, and is now dwelling with the angels, where there is no sickness, sorrow nor death. While death is terrible under any circumstances, a case like this makes it doubly hard for the grief stricken family; but, in the language of another, the loved ones who are left behind have this one great fact to comfort them in their affliction—"that beyond this vale of tears there is a home where mortals weep no more " Grace is there, at rest beside the still waters of eternity, waiting patiently until time, on its wings, shall waft homeward to her side the beloved ones over whom she is now watching. The sympathy of all is extended to the afflicted ones in this, their hour of almost unbearable grief. May they realize and know that the loved one sleeps sweetly, and dry their tears; for just over into eternity she waits beside the gate. [WOLFERS, GRACE HAWKINS] [WOLFERS, GRACE HAWKINS]
[WOLFERS, MARY ELIZABETH] Miss Mary Elizabeth Wolfers, 78, died about 7:30 p. m. yesterday at the St. Francis Hospital, where she had been a patient six weeks. Miss Wolfers had been ill for some time, suffering a lingering illness. She was born Nov. 18, 1879, at Pickering, the daughter of the late Charles and Eliza Crandall Wolfers. She had resided all of her life in Pickering with the exception of the past eight years when she had been residing with her sister, Mrs. T. [homas] A. [lbert] Corken, Burlington Jct. She was a member of the Pickering Methodist Church and the Burlington Jct. Garden Club. In addition to her sister, Mrs. Corken, she is survived by a brother, Roy H. Wolfers, Long Beach, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Methodist Church of Burlington Jct. with the Rev. Carlos Demarest, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Hopkins cemetery. The body is at the Hann Funeral Home, Burlington Jct.
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