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[Alley, Audra
Branam]
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday March 12,
1992
Audra A.
Alley
Audra A. Alley, daughter of Edward Monroe and Octavia Frances
(Orndorff) Branam, was born in
Mercer County on Sept. 18,1906 and died Dec. 6, 1991 in Lincoln,
Ill.
Mrs. Alley was married to Glen Alley Sept. 5, 1926 in Trenton. He preceded her in
death April 25, 1984 in Lincoln, Ill. Mrs. Alley was also preceded in death by her parents; two
sisters, Bessie (Branam) Cordell and Mary (Branam) Shilt; one brother, Oscar Monroe
Branam; and one half- brother, Terry Jones.
She is survived by a sister, Margaret Kay
(Branam) Sherman of San Jose, Calif.,
and one brother, Donald Branam of Billings, Mont.
She is also survived by her daughter, Mildred
(Alley) Raffa of Lincoln, Ill.,
son-in-law, John Raffa, four
grandsons and two great-granddaughters.
Mrs. Alley was a member of the Catholic Church in Lincoln,
Ill. Funeral services and burial were in that city.
Frances Branam and Paul and Carol Lee Branam of Princeton attended the
services.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday March 12,
1992
Miller
Carpenter
[Andrew] Miller Carpenter, son of H. [omer] M. [elton] and Elizabeth
[Burckhart] (Miller) Carpenter,
was born Nov. 13, 1910 in Mendon and died on March 4,1992 at his home in Sumner
[Chariton County, Missouri].
He was an extension agent in Mercer and Carroll
counties between 1935-1950; general manager of the Missouri Pfister Growers in
Carrollton 1951-1968; board chairman of Bank of Rothville; former director of
Missouri Independent Bankers; 1937 graduate of University of Missouri; received
an honorary doctorate in business and public administration from Southwest
Baptist College in Bolivar; and he was a member of the Rothville Baptist
Church.
Mr. Carpenter was united in marriage on Aug. 18, 1947 to Vena Switzer.
He is survived by his wife, Vena, of the home; a son, Frederick H. Carpenter of
Sumner; one daughter, Martha Carpenter Smith of Overland Park, Kan.; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on March 6
at the Rothville Baptist Church under the direction of the Heisel-Koch Funeral
Home in Mendon. The Rev. Jim Bulin officiated. Burial was in the Rothville
Cemetery.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday February 8,
1996
George
Collins
George Harold Collins, son of James W. and Nettie L.
Collins, was born in Tarkio,
Missouri, on February 28, 1920, and passed away on January 31,1996, at the
Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri, at the age of 75
years.
Mr. Collins was raised in the Melbourne, Missouri, community,
and lived most of his adult life in Princeton, Missouri, moving to Trenton,
Missouri, in February of 1995. He had been a resident of Eastview Manor in
Trenton since September of last year. He was a veteran of World War II, serving
in the United States Army.
Mr. Collins was united in marriage to Ruby Virginia
Mullins on December 29, 1961. She
survives him, of the Eastview Manor in Trenton.
Mr. Collins was preceded in death by: his parents; a
stepdaughter, Gayla White; a
stepson, Dale Dodson; a
step-granddaughter, Lesa Ann King; four brothers, Dewey,
Dempsey, Paul and Donald Collins;
and two sisters, Dorothy Maize and Ruth Hamm.
Besides his wife, Mr. Collins is survived by: two step-daughters, Sharon
Owen, of Trenton, Missouri and Donna Paxton, of Marion, Iowa;
one step-son, Lee Dodson, of Green Rock, Illinois;, 16 step-grandchildren; 6
step-great-grandchildren; four brothers, Ruble and Martin
Collins, of Gilman City,
Missouri, Lewis and Russell Collins, of Galesburg, Illinois; two sisters, Lena Mae
Benson, of Gilman City, Missouri,
and Pauline Wall, of
Galesburg, Illinois; and by several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services and burial were held Monday,
February 5,1996, at 1:00p.m., at the Princeton Cemetery. Rev. Leland Heriford
officiated, under the direction of the Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Service of
Princeton, Missouri,
[Collings, Eula
Mildred Rankin]
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday February 27,
1992
Mildred
Collings
[Eula] Mildred Collings, daughter of [Francis] Edward and Ethel (Van Vacter)
Rankin, was born on August 16,
1907, in Mercer County, and died on Feb. 24, 1992, at the Princeton Care Center
at the age of 84.
Mrs. Collings was a graduate of the Ravanna High School and was
a member of the Princeton Baptist Church. She was employed as an LPN at the
Axtell Hospital for several years.
She was married to Vernon [Hunter]
Collings on Feb. 28, 1926. He
preceded her in death on May 5, 1975. She was also preceded in death by her
parents.
Mrs. Collings is survived by two sons, Roscoe
Collings of Princeton and Clinton Edward Collings of
Joplin; seven grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Fern
Hunter and Lorene
Clingingsmith, both of
Princeton.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Slater
Funeral Home in Trenton.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday March 5,
1992
Mollie Imo
Collings
Mollie Imo Collings, daughter of Ben and Martha (Driscol)
Reeves, was born east of Ravanna
[Mercer County, Missouri] on Nov. 7, 1889, and died on March 1,1992, at the
Princeton Care Center at the age of 102 years.
She was married to Albert
Collings, who preceded her in
death in 1971. She was also preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Ferrill Collings, and Robert R. Collings, who was
killed in action during World War II; her four brothers, Freddie, Albert,
Gilbert, and John Reeves; and by
her sister, Cora Hickman.
Mollie is survived by her two sons, Kenneth and Bill
Collings, both of Mercer; her
daughter, Dreva Fisher, also
of Mercer; nine grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; and seven great
great grandchildren.
She was a member of the Mercer United Methodist
Church, a charter member of the American Legion Post#447 Auxiliary in Mercer,
and was designated a Gold Star Mother due to her son Robert's death in World War II.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, March
4,1992, at 1 p.m. at the Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Chapel in Princeton with the
Rev. Ron Helton officiating. Burial was in the Ravanna
Cemetery.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday February 27,
1992
Sylvia Mae
Combs
Sylvia Mae Combs, daughter of William and Ollie (Dykes)
Goin, was born near Princeton
[Mercer County, Missouri] on Aug. 1,1901, and died on Feb. 19, 1992, at the
Eastview Manor Nursing Home in Trenton, at the age of 90.
Sylvia was married to Harry Granville
Combs on March 19, 1924, in
Princeton. Harry preceded her
in death on May 2, 1984. She was also preceded in death by her two brothers, Gay and Guy Goin; and by her
sister, Eva Arbuckle.
Sylvia and Harry lived most of their married life on their farm,
west of Princeton, moving to Princeton in October of 1985. She was a member of
the Goshen Christian Church.
Survivors include her son, Kenneth
Combs of Orange, Calif.; her
daughter, Phyllis Leet (and
son-in-law, Richard), of
Gainesville, Ga.; her five grandchildren, Richard Combs, Deborah Hamilton,
Richard Leet II, Alan Leet and Dana Geiken; and by her nine
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Feb. 22, 1992, at 3
p.m. at the Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Chapel in Princeton with the Rev. Norris
Ramsey officiating. Burial was in the Goshen Cemetery, west of
Princeton.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday February 8,
1996
Alma
Craig
Alma Craig, 82, of Des Moines, Iowa, died Thursday, January
25, at the New Oaks Care Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Mrs. Craig was born in Des Moines and lived there most of
her life. She was a homemaker and a member of the Waukee Baptist Church and
Volunteers of America.
Mrs. Craig is survived by: a son, John; two daughters, Louise Wright and Carol Jones; two brothers, Elmer Otto and Lester Otto, all of Des Moines; 18 grandchildren; 28
great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held Wednesday, January 31, at
Hamilton's Funeral Home. Burial was in the Freedom,
Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to her
church.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday February 29,
1996
Marion L.
Ellsworth
Marion [Marian] L. [ee] Ellsworth, Cainsville, Missouri, passed away Tuesday,
February 20, 1996, at the Harrison County Community Hospital, Bethany, Missouri,
at the age of 72 years. Mrs. Ellsworth was born at Mt. Moriah, Missouri [March 25, 1923]
and had lived at Cainsville, Missouri since 1946.
Mrs. Ellsworth was united in marriage to Junior L. [ea]
Ellsworth, September 23,1941, in
Princeton, Missouri. He preceded her in death in [June 8]
1984.
Mrs. Ellsworth was a homemaker and a member of the Assembly of
God Church, Cainsville, Missouri.
Besides her husband, Mrs.
Ellsworth was preceded in death
by a son, Pete, in
1994.
Mrs. Ellsworth is survived by: a daughter, Sharon
Skroh, Cainsville, Missouri; two
sisters, Betty Sparks, Belton,
Missouri and Becky Parsley,
Overland Park, Kansas; 5 grandchildren; and 1
great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Friday, February 23,
1996, at 2:00 p.m., at the Assembly of God Church, Cainsville, Missouri. Burial
was in the Hamilton Cemetery, Modena, Missouri.
[Guffey, Robert
William “Bob”]
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday March 5,
1992
Robert William
Guffey
Robert William Guffey, son of Hugh S. and Myrtle (Ewing)
Guffey, was born in Udell, Iowa,
on July 30, 1910, and died on Feb. 28, 1992, at the Princeton Care Center at the
age of 81 years.
Bob was married to Violet Iona
Shields in April of 1980. She
survives him of the home in Princeton. He is also survived by a stepson, Eugene Little, of Worland,
Wyo.; a stepdaughter, Joetta Miller of Rockton, Ill.; six step-grandchildren, Terry
and Rick Preszler, Steven,
Roger and Tommy Miller and Cindy Vandenburg; eleven
step-great-grandchildren; and by his sister, Robelia Klein, of St. Cloud, Fla. He was preceded in death by
his parents; his first wife, Thelma Guffey; and by his brother, Claude
Guffey.
Bob moved to Wisconsin when he was three years old.
He farmed for a number of years and was a Maintenance Employee at the Beloit
College in Beloit, Wis., for 27 years. In 1981 he and his wife, Violet, moved to Mercer
County. He entered the Princeton Care Center in November of
1991.
The body was cremated under the direction of the
Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Service of Princeton. Memorial services and burial of
the ashes will be held at a later date in Wisconsin.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday March 12,
1992
Tom
Jones
Tom [Ira Thomas] Jones, son of William and Anna (Cochell)
Jones was born near Lucerne, in
Putnam County on Sept. 9, 1907, and passed away on March 4,1992, at the Cox
Medical Center.
Tom was preceded in death by his parents; one
brother, Gerald Jones; and by
three sisters, Emma Beary, Cleo Cody and Lorene Jones.
Tom resided in Lucerne for several years where he
farmed and was an auctioneer for the Princeton Sale Company. In 1946, he and his
brothers, Ted and Gerald purchased the Princeton
Sale Company; at this time he moved to Princeton. He lived in Princeton until
July of 1989, when he and Beryl moved to Springfield.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of
Princeton, where he served as a Deacon and Sunday school teacher. For several
years he was a member of the Princeton Rotary Club.
He was united in marriage to Beryl
Mannon on April 26, 1930. Beryl survives him of the home
in Springfield. Tom is also
survived by his son, Jack Jones (and daughter-in-law, Marilyn), of San Diego, California; his daughter, Annie Wright (and son-in-law Harvey), of Dallas, Texas;
eight grandchildren, Susan Buchholz and Rita Gurian, of Springfield, Ramona
Ferguson and John
Wright of Dallas, Texas, Marcella Cronin of Detroit,
Mich., Beth Campbell of
Jefferson City, and by Cynthia Lee and Tom Wright of Kansas City; twelve great-grandchildren; one
brother, Ted Jones of
Princeton; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Saturday, March 7, at
1:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Princeton with the Rev. Harry Clifton
and the Rev. Norris Ramsey officiating. Burial was in the Lucerne
Cemetery.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday February 8,
1996
Cedric A.
Reames
Cedric A. [llen] Reames, 74, a resident of Lake Marie, Mercer, Missouri,
died Monday [February 5, 1996] at Wayne County Hospital, Corydon,
Iowa.
Mr. Reames was born August 26, 1921 in Trenton, Missouri,
the son of Ernest O. and Letha B. Woodall Reames.
Mr. Reames attended school in Trenton and Eldon, Iowa and
graduated from Valley Junction, Iowa high school. He was a truck driver for
United Buckingham Trucking Company, Des Moines, Iowa, until he
retired.
Mr. Reames was united in marriage to Dorothy M.
Tyler, July 5,1939. She survives
him, of the home.
Mr. Reames has lived in Eldon, Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa and
Mercer, Missouri since 1992. He was a member of Local # 147, Teamster Union of
Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr. Reames was preceded in death by: his parents; two
brothers, Claude Reames and Stanley Reames; two sisters, June Reames and Mrs.
Ernestine Huffman; and one
grandchild.
Besides his wife, Mr. Reames is survived by: three sons, Cedric "Ted"
Reames, Jr., Adel, Iowa, Tim
Reames, Winterset, Iowa, and Scan T. Reames, Lake Marie,
Mercer, Missouri; two brothers, William Reames, Colleyville, Texas, and Ernest
Reames, Modesto, California; one
sister, Mrs. Mary Jane McKee,
Carlisle, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; and 5 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday,
at the Slater Funeral Home in Trenton, Missouri. The Rev. Irvin Presser
officiated. Burial was in the Trenton I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday February 27,
1992
Frank Wilson
Rutledge
Frank Wilson Rutledge, son of James Peter and Lucy (Mason)
Rutledge, was born near Princeton
[Mercer County, Missouri] on Oct. 11, 1915, and died on Feb. 20, 1992, at the
Decatur County Hospital in Leon, Iowa, at the age of 76
years.
In 1938, Frank married the former Ruby Grove in Albany. The couple lived on a farm near Mercer
until moving to Princeton in 1990. Ruby survives him of the home in
Princeton.
He was a retired farmer and also a retired
employee of the Rock Island Railroad.
He was a member of the Assembly of God Church,
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and American Legion Post, all of Princeton. During
World War II, he served with the Army for three years. As a member of the
Assembly of God Church, he served in numerous church capacities through the
years.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three
sisters, Leona Henley, Grace Duncan and Hortense Bloom; and two brothers, William and
Mason. Frank is survived by a son, Keith (and daughter-in-law, Mary) of Trenton; his two daughters, Nylene
Walker (and son-in-law, Larry) of Louisville, Ky., and Norene Corder (and son-in-law, Ronald) of Bloomington, Minn.;
two granddaughters, Kristie Rutledge and Kathy Winkelman of Martinsburg; three brothers, Ray of Independence, Fred of Centerville, Kan., and James of Sedalia; three
sisters, Gale Crawford of
Wallowa, Ore., Mary Ann Mitchell of Kansas City, and Margaret
Black of
Belton.
Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 24, 1992,
at 1 p.m. at the Greenlee-Middleton Funeral Chapel in Princeton with the Rev.
Howard Leasure and the Rev. Mark Cerutti officiating. Burial was in the
Princeton Cemetery.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday February 8,
1996
Belva Dale
Sobotka
Belva Dale [Thomas] Sobotka passed away Friday, February 2,1996, at a nursing
home in Bethany, Missouri, at the age of 97 years.
Mrs. Sobotka was born in Cainsville, Missouri and lived most
of her life there until moving to Bethany in 1990. Mrs.
Sobotka was a homemaker and a
member of the Cainsville Christian Church. She married Edward [Earnest]
Sobotka on December 16,
1922. He preceded her in
death in 1954.
Mrs. Sobotka is survived by a granddaughter, Mary Ann
Elsberry, of Leon,
Iowa.
Funeral services were held on Monday, February
5,1996, at 2:00 p.m., at the Christian Church in Cainsville, Missouri under the
direction of Stoklosa Memorial Chapel, Cainsville, Missouri. Burial was in the
Bohemian Cemetery at Cainsville, Missouri.
Post Telegraph (Princeton,
Missouri)
Thursday March 5,
1992
Jack W.
Tharp
Jack W. [endell] Tharp, son of Carl [Dewey] and Laura [Beatrice]
Rhoades Tharp, was born May
20,1928, in Spickard [Grundy County, Missouri] and died on March 1, 1992, at his
home in Spickard at the age of 63.
Mr. Tharp, a lifelong resident of the Spickard community,
was a painter. He attended the Brush rural school and was married to Dilila
Kincade on May 11,1949, in
Trenton.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two
infant sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Dilila, of the home in
Spickard; four daughters, Mrs. Steve (Patricia) Travis of Liberty, Mrs. Martin (Doris)
Travis of Salina, Kan., and Mrs. Jackie Marrs and Brenda Fay Tharp, both of
Spickard; two sons, Richard Tharp and Wendell Tharp, both of Spickard; two brothers, Glen
Tharp of Chillicothe and W. A.
Tharp of Bettendorf, Iowa; eight
sisters, Mrs. Shirley Keith, Mrs. Betty Kincade and Mrs. Bill (Carolyn) Wendt, all of Chillicothe, Mrs. Franklin (Louise)
Stephens of Jefferson City, Mrs. Jo Adams of Spickard, Mrs. Cecil (Nina) Persell of
Mt. Carroll, Ill., Mrs. Gordon (June) Blacksmith of Indianola, Iowa, and Mrs. Larry (Kay)
Crawford of Trenton; 10
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on March 4 at the Wise
and Slater Funeral Chapel in Spickard. The Rev. Leland Heriford, pastor of the
Modena Baptist Church, officiated. Burial was in the North Evans Cemetery, east
of Spickard.
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