Obituaries & Death Notices “Da-De”

These are typed from photographed copies of many obituaries and death notices that I have in my collection.  For many of them there is no indication of what newspaper they came from nor is a year indicated for some of them.  Photo copies are sometimes hard to read or are damaged.   Also, some of the obits and death notices may not be complete.  I will be spending time searching out the complete documents and their location, as well as continuing to search for more obituaries and death notices to add here.  I always strive for correctness.

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INJURIES FATAL TO CHARELS J. DABNEY, 69

Native of Kirksville Vicinity Dies at Alton, Ill.

Charles J. Dabney, 69-year-old construction foreman, of Quincy, Ill., died Saturday evening in an Alton hospital as a result of an automobile collision near Jerseyville, Ill., Friday night.  His son, Ralph, also of Quincy, is in the Alton Memorial Hospital, suffering a severe fracture of the left leg and breast and collar bone fractures.  According to information relatives received here this morning he is improving.

The son of Toben and Elizabeth Dabney, Charles J. Dabney was born near Kirksville on Oct. 15, 1882.  He left Kirksville prior to the 1920’s, spending the greater part of his life in Quincy.  He had been an employe of the Rees Construction Company for about 47 years.

He is survived by his widow, Irene Harpole Dabney; three sons, Toby, of the home, Ralph, of Quincy, and Kenneth, of Licking, and a daughter, Mrs. Belmont Preiss, of St. Louis.  Clifford Dabney, Jack O’Neal and John T. Dabney, all of Kirksville, are nephews.

Funeral services and burial were this afternoon at Pleasant Hill, the former home of his wife.

Mr. Dabney and his son had been working at Orient, Ill., on a water sytem [sic] installation and were returning to their homes for the weekend when the accident occurred.  Three teen-age girls in another car were involved in the collision and were injured also, according to reports.

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OBITUARY

Mrs. Genevra L. Daggs, beloved wife of J. L. Daggs, of near Azen died of consumption, December 6, 1895, after a lingering illness, aged 27 years, 10 months and 2 days.

The subject of this sketch was a daughter of the late Almon T. Davis, and a granddaughter of Nathaniel Davis, of Clark county.  She was born January 4, 1868, within a few miles of where she died, and was united in marriage with J. L. Daggs, Nov. 18, 1885.  Four children – three boys and one girl – were born to them as the fruits of this union and they, together with the husband, now mourn the loss of an affectionate wife and loving mother.  Her loss is also keenly felt by a large circle of friends and relatives.  She was highly esteemed and loved by all who knew her.  In 1884 she united with the Methodist Protestant church at Mt. Moriah and ever since that time she lived the life of a devoted christian.  Her life of piety, zeal and purity of character is worthy of the emulation of all.  The funeral services were conducted by the writer at Mt. Moriah church Sunday, Dec. 8th.  The sermon was preached from Psalms 23:4:  “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff they comfort me,” in accordance with a desire she expressed before her death, after which the body was tenderly laid to rest in the church cemetery.  T.C.P.

Genevra L. Daggs, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 12 Dec 1895, p. 2, col. 3

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Services Held For Jackson A. Daggs On Friday

Jackson Almon Daggs, son of J. L. and Genevra Davis Daggs, was born January 23, 1889, on a farm north of Arbela, in Scotland County, Missouri.  He departed this life on Wednesday, June 4, 1969, at the age of 80 Years.

On May 17, 1925, he was married to Viola McDaniel, who survives.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Harold, and one niece, Helen Burderkin, of Fredonia, New York.

He is survived by his wife, Viola; one brother, L. V. Daggs, Cantril, Iowa; one sister, Mary L. Troth, Memphis, Missouri; one nephew, Robert Daggs, Cantril, Iowa; and one niece, Elma Gerdes, Burlington, Iowa; a number of great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, and a host of friends.

Mr. Daggs was a graduate of the Gem City Business College at Quincy, Illinois.  He attended the University of Missouri, at Columbia, Missouri, for two years and then entered the service of the U. S. Army.  He served our country during World War I, both at home and in France.

He was in the cattle and farming business, after his discharge from the service.  He moved to Memphis in 1948, but remained interested in the farming and cattle business until the time of his death.

Mr. Daggs had a lively interest in the cattle business and kept a herd of registered Angus cattle at his farm.  He was for many years a member of the Board of Directors of the Missouri Livestock Association and also of the Missouri Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association.

He was a member of the Lion’s Club, Masonic and Odd Fellow Lodges, The American Legion and the V.F.W.  He was a member of the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri.

He was a member of the Mt. Moriah Methodist Church and faithfully supported both the Mr. Moriah and Memphis Methodist Churches until the time of his passing.

Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church, Memphis, Missouri, Friday, June 6, 1969, 2 p.m.  The Rev. John Gooch and Rev. Barbara Barnett officiated.  Singers were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foss.  Organist was Mrs. John Ed Luther.  Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery.  Body bearers were Robert Daggs, Harold Daggs, Leon Parrish, Marion Daggs, Marion Miller, Lyle Grosenkemper.

Jackson Almon Daggs, From Unknown Newspaper, 19 Jun 1969

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DEATH OF J. M. DAGGS

Well Known Citizen And Pioneer Passed Away After Long Illness–Funeral Will Be Held Today

The friends of J. M. Daggs were sorrowed to learn Tuesday that death had conquored [sic] again and that the old citizen had lost the fight against the enemy after a struggle for a year or more to regain his health.  Last summer, J. M. Daggs was taken to Napa county with the hope of benefitting his health and he did rally somewhat and came back to Hanford, and for several months has been stopping at the home of Mrs. E. Billups, at 319 West Ninth street, where he has been under the care of physicians.  He passed away at about 7 o’clock Tuesday night, Dec. 29th.

At a request made by him before he died his remains were taken out to his ranch home west of town, where at 2 o’clock today the funeral service will be held, and interment will be made in the Grangeville cemetery.  Rev. G. R. E. MacDonald, of the Episcopal church officiating.

James Monroe Daggs was born in Scotland county, Missouri, June 26, 1848, and was a son of George W. Daggs.  The first sixteen years of his life were spent in Scotland county, and he attended school at Memphis, Mo.  When the family removed to California in 1864, he was sixteen years old and remained at home until 1872, when he returned east and was united in marriage with Miss Annie Kearns, who was born in Hancock county, Illinois, and who died in 1880, leaving three children, all of whom are now living, Peter B. is engaged in farming and the stock business, Clinton is managing the home place, and Birdie, now Mrs. Robert Logan, lives at Napa, Cal.

With the progress of Kings county, Mr. Daggs has been intimately associated for many years, having contributed materially to the development of its resources and the growth of its industries ever since he came here in 1884.  From that year until 1903 he carried on a general ranching and stock business and also conducted a butcher business in Hanford for a number of years.  In 1903 he went east for the purpose of purchasing high grade stock and returned with twelve short-horn cattle, bulls, Poland China hogs, one Millard thoroughbred trotting stallion and a fine jack and has since engaged in raising only thoroughbred stock.

His home place, a short distance west of Hanford, consisting of 230 acres, is devoted principally to the raising of alfalfa and grain, dairying and livestock, is one of the best in Kings county and in which the owner during his lifetime took a great deal of pride.

Mr. Daggs also was one of the most active promoters of the Kings county Agricultural Association and has spent much time and money to promote the success of that organization in past years, when he was a director and president.

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Services Held For Leslie Daggs Age 85

Leslie Vance Daggs, age 85, was born near Arbela, Missouri on November 29, 1886 to John L. and Genevra (Davis) Daggs.

He was married to Grace E. Searight on January 12, 1910 at the home of her parents near Granger, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by one daughter, Mrs. A. J. Burdukin, also two brothers.

He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Paul Gerdes of Burlington, Iowa, one son, Robert of Cantril and three grandchildren: Mrs. Russell Wilson of Palm Beach, Florida, John L. Gerdes of Durham, North Carolina, and Charles S. Gerdes of Boise, Idaho; also a sister Mrs. Louise Troth and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Viola Daggs, both of Memphis, Missouri.

He united with the Mt. Moriah Methodist church and remained a member all his life.

He was a director of the Cantril State Savings Bank for 48 years.  He was a member of the Zarapeth Consistory in Davenport, Iowa, a 50 year member of Apollo Lodge No. 461 A.F. & A.M. & Order of the Eastern Star No. 437 both of Cantril.

He was also a charter member of the Cantril Lions Club and remained active as long as he was able.

“L V” as he was familiarly known in this community, was a man of Sterling worth.  Always a family man, a citizen honoring his community in all its enterprises and a friend to every person of honesty and integrity.

In his passing the family lost a loved one, the community a most respected and responsible citizen and his many friends one upon whom they could put their fullest trust and confidence.

Services were held Monday April 10, at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Cantril with internment in Maple Grove Cemetery at Cantril.  Body bearers were; Lloyd C. Smith; Jerry Smith; Craig Van Auken; Wesley Pierce; J. C. Robinson and Max Wellborn.

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Mrs. Lulu Daggs Service Held Wednesday

Mrs. Lulu Pearl Daggs, 65, died at 5 a.m. Monday in the Laughlin hospital at Kirksville where she had been a patient since Tuesday.

Born February 22, 1892, in Sullivan, Illinois, she was the daughter of Charles and Ann F. Reedy Callahan.  Her first husband, Howard Bradley of Scotland County died in December of 1944.  She later married Edward Daggs in 1956 and he died in January of 1957.

Surviving are a son, Okie Deen Bradley, of Bible Grove, four grandchildren, three brothers, the Rev. C. C. Callahan of Gladbrook, Iowa, Herschel C. of Brashear and Oliver of Adair, a sister, Mrs. Elmer Johnson of Baring, two step-sons, Harold and Marion Daggs, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Hubert Miller, all of Arbela.  She was preceded in death by a son, a twin of the surviving son, and a daughter in infancy.

Funeral services were held from the Church of Christ at Bible Grove, Mo., Wednesday, February 19, at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. Kenneth Harder.  Burial was in the Bible Grove Cemetery.  Body bearers were Jim Daggs, Larry Daggs, Fred Callahan, Joe McNaulty, Clarence McNaulty and Faye Callahan.

Lulu Pearl Bradley Daggs, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 20 Feb 1958, p. 1, col. 1

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Mrs. John Daggs Dead

Monday Mrs. O. M. Jones received work of the death of her sister, Mrs. John Daggs, at El Reno, Okla., and left for that place Tuesday morning, Mrs. Daggs was a resident of Clark County before her marriage.  She leaves to mourn her death, her husband, four children – two boys and two girls – Earl, Otho, and Ray Snyder, all of El Reno and two sisters, Mrs. O. M. Jones, of this city, and Mrs. Shelby Trotter of Kennett, Mo.

Mrs. John Daggs, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 6 Oct 1921, p. 1

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SOPHIA DAHMER DIES IN ST. LOUIS HOSPITAL

Sophia Ellen (Courtney) Dahmer passed away January 12^th at 5:55 P.M. in a St. Louis, Missouri hospital.  She was ill just a few days with pneumonia and stroke.  She was born February 12, 1893, in Iowa, in Van Buren County.

She was married to Charles Dahmer in 1940, who is deceased.  Surviving is a brother, Noah Courtney of Farmington, Iowa; a sister, Mina (Davis) Murray of Streator, Illinois; also several nephews and nieces.

She was buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, beside her husband, at St. Louis, Missouri, January 16, 1968.

Sophia Ellen (Courtney) Dahmer, From Unknown Newspaper, 1 Feb 1968

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G. F. DAILING, OF BARING, DIES IN KIRKSVILLE

Funeral Services Tomorrow Morning For 76-Year-Old Man

George Frank Dailing, 76, of Baring, died Saturday night at 10:15 in a Kirksville hospital.

Funeral services will be held at St. Aloysius Church in Baring tomorrow morning at ten o’clock conducted by Rev. Stephen Carew.  Interment will be in St. Aloysius Cemetery.

Mr. Dailing was the son of Peter and Judith (Brown) Dailing and was born near Baring, Mo., June 17, 1872.  He was married to Annie Horn in 1899.  Twelve children were born.  One son, Edward, died in infancy.

Surviving are his wife, his daughters, Mrs. Mary Sinnard, of Chillicothe, Mrs. Rose Stephens, of Pacific Groves, Calif., Mrs. Florence Hamilton, of Kirksville, Mrs. O. M. Sundahl, of Santa Clare, Calif., and Mrs. Martha Lormis, of St. Louis, and six sons, Henry, of Bay City, Mich., Francis, of Baring, Louis, of Tulsa, Okla.; Leon and Leo, of Houston, Tex., and Curtis, of Baltimore, Maryland.

Mr. and Mrs. Dailing celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in February.

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PROMINENT HANNIBAL BUSINESS MAN DIES

Hannibal, Mo., Jan. 4. (UP)—Horace E. Daken [Dakin], 78-year-old Hannibal business man and civic leader, died here yesterday after a long illness.

Before retirement, Daken [Dakin] operated a large cigar manufacturing concern here.  He was prominent in Masonic activities.

He is survived by his widow, a son and two daughters.

Horace E. Dakin, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 4 Jan 1951, p. 3, col. 6

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Services Held For Carl Dalton, Age 81

Carl W. Dalton, 81, 1152 Springfield Kansas City, Kansas, died at the home.  He was bornn [sic] in Mexico, Mo., he lived there 22 years.

Mr. Dalton was an Army veteran of World War 1 he was also a member of the Armourdale American Legion Post 188.  He retired in 1950 as a pickle assorter [sic] for a pickle factory in Keokuk, Iowa, where he worked 10 years.  He was a former Memphis resident.

Surviving are three sons, Ira Dalton, of the home, Delbert Dalton, Kansas City, Mo. and James Dalton, Fayette, Mo. one sister, Mrs. Blanche Paris, Carson, California; four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Services were from Gerth & kett [sic] Chapel, Memphis, Missouri, Tuesday, February 15, 2:30 p.m.

Rev. Kenneth Campbell was the minister.  Body bearers were: Darrell Burdette Jr., Clyde Mitchell, James Bryant Jr., Robert J. Mason, Darrell Burdette Sr., James Griffin.

Final resting place is at Greensburg Cemetery.

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Mrs. Essie Lee Dalton

Mrs. Essie Lee Dalton, 74, of Edina, formerly of the Hedge City community, south of Edina, died Thursday at 11 p.m. at Laughlin Hospital, Kirksville, where she had been a patient since October 9th.  She had lived in Edina for the past three years.

Mrs. Dalton was born December 12, 1890 in Knox County, the daughter of Robert Ephraim and Anna Lillian Davis Jones.  On July 14, 1907 she was married to George Anderson Nagel who died April 9, 1943.  She was married to Jim Carney on February 19, 1947 and he preceded her in death.  On Sept. 23, 1949 she was married to William H. Dalton and he died June 12, 1959.

She is survived by two daughters and a son: Mrs. Delbert Runquist of Pescadero, Calif.; Mrs. John McKenzie of near La Belle; John Nagel of the Hedge City community; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Binkley of near La Belle; Mrs. J. W. Forrester of near Novelty; four brothers, Archie and Charley Jones of Edina; Hosea Jones of Newark and Earl Ray Jones of near Plevna; several nieces and nephews.

She was a member of the Assembly of God Church of Newark.  Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel, Edina, with Rev. E. E. Hembree of Edina officiating.  Burial was in Mt. Salem Cemetery, southeast of Edina.

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Funeral For Mrs. Daly at Brashear Sunday

Brashear, Mo., May 9.— Funeral services for Mrs. John Daly, who died at her home near Brashear Wednesday morning, will be held from the United Brethren Church in Brashear Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. L. E. Wetherell.  The Gleaners Sunday School Class, of which she was a member, will attend the services in a body.  The pallbearers, singers and flower girls will be selected from this class.

Mrs. Daly’s brother, Pearl Propst, of Amarillo, Texas, arrived last night, and her brother, Joseph Probst, of Monrovia, Calif., will arrive Saturday morning for the funeral services.

The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear until time for the service.

Mrs. John Daly, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 10 May 1940, p. 2, col.4

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Final Rites For Lester Alva Damon

Lester Alva Damon was born October 4, 1886, the son of Edward and Ann (Slocum) Damon and expired January 6, 1965, in St. Mary Hospital at Quincy, Illinois.  He had been in ill health for several years.

October 16, 1907 he was married to Clara Howard and to this union were born seven children: Gus Damon, Maywood, Mo., Gladys, Uplinger, Quincy, Ill., Mrs. Merle (Grace) Alger, Quincy, Ill., Mrs. Robert (Daisy) Affree, Quincy, Ill., Gale Damon, Manteca, Calif., Everett Damon, Rockport, Ill., and Mrs. Wallace (Inez) Jennings, Clarence, Mo.

He was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Christian Church.

He leaves to mourn his passing the widow, seven children, thirty grandchildren and thirty four great grandchildren.

Lester Alva Damon, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 14 Jan 1965

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Alex. Dance, An Old Settler, Died Mon.

Alex Dance, a former resident of this county, died at his home in the state of Montana on Monday of this week.  His body will be brought here for burial.  Alex Dance spent the most of his life in this county.  He was married to Miss Kate Thompson a daughter of Martin Thompson and a sister of who was commonly known as Dick Thompson.  A few years ago he sold out and went West.  He is a man of about 78 years of age.

Funeral services have not been arranged for but perhaps will take place the last of the week.  A full notice will be given in next week’s paper.  

Alex Dance, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 11 Oct 1923

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Mrs. Bud Dance died at her home in Slater, Mo., Tuesday, from the effects of an operation.  Mrs. Dance had been sick for some time and her death was not unexpected by friends and relatives in this city.  She was a daughter of Mrs. Wm. Driscoll, of this city, and had a large circle of acquaintances here.  The body was brought to Memphis yesterday evening for burial.  Funeral services will be held this afternoon.

Mrs. Bud Dance, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 30 Oct 1902, p. 3, col. 5

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Downing Man Died Friday

(Downing Community Reporter)

David W. Daniels, 63, a long time resident of Downing, died at the Community Hospital at Kirksville June 20, 1941.  He had been in poor health for several years, but had been seriously ill since June 3, when he entered the hospital.

He is survived by his two children, Mrs. Pearl Davis and Earl Daniels of Downing; two brothers, L. M. Daniels and W. F. Daniels, and three sisters, Mrs. Lee Melvin, Mrs. Bert Briggs and Mrs. J. W. Rhodes.  His wife preceded him in death in 1917.  After the death of his wife, he made his home with his children.

Funeral services were conducted at the Moore Funeral Chapel Sunday afternoon by Rev. Lloyd Moore.  Interment was in the Germania cemetery.

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Earl Daniels, 88, Passed Away At Ft. Madison

Earl Daniels, 88, passed away at Sacred Heart Hospital in Ft. Madison, Iowa, at 9:25 a.m., Monday.  He was born November 17, 1883, at Memphis, Missouri, a son of Thomas B. and Sarah Angleo Daniels.

He was preceded in death by his parents, for brothers and two sisters.

He was a retired farmer and oil well driller.

Surviving are one brother, Rue Daniels, of Memphis; several nieces and nephews, including Mrs. M. E. (Virginia) Roby of Ft. Madison, and Wilbur Daniels of Gorin, Missouri.

Funeral services were held at the Gerth and Baskett Chapel, Memphis, Missouri, Wednesday, August 23, 1972, at 1:30 p.m.  The Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiated.  Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery.  Body bearers were nephews.

Earl Daniels, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 24 Aug 1972

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MRS. W. W. DANIELS, 65, DEAD

Was the Daughter of Wm. A. and Julia Ann Kennedy

Mrs. Ella Maude Daniels, wife of W. W.  Daniels was born October 1, 1872, and died May 25, 1938.

She was the daughter of Wm. A. and Julia Ann Kennedy and spent her entire life in or near Hitt in Scotland county.

On February 25, 1892, she was married to W. W. Daniels who survives.  Besides her husband, she is survived by the following children: Mrs. Emma Stice, Mrs. Earl Sheaffer and Harold Daniels all of Memphis; five brothers, B. L. Kennedy, Granger; T. P. Kennedy, Salem, Iowa; M. F. Kennedy of Kirksville; J.G. and E. A. Kennedy, Memphis, and one sister, Mrs. Martha Gibbs, of Bible Grove.

There are fourteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

One son, Wm. KcKinley, preceded her in death several years ago.

She was a member of the Richland Baptist church at Hitt for many years.

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GLENN WALTER DANIELS DIES NEAR NOVINGER

Was 62 Years Old; Funeral Arrangements Incomplete

Glen Walter Daniels, 62, of route one, Novinger, died this morning at his home.

Mr. Daniels was the son of Elisha and Margaret (Niece) Daniels and was born in Adair county Oct. 28,1890.

He was married to Beulah Burchett Sept. 3, 1913, at Kirksville, and one son was born to this marriage.

He is survived by his wife and son, Bobby Daniels, of Novinger; one brother, George, of Novinger; two sisters, Mrs. S. F. (Hazel) Osborn of Vancouver, Wash., and Mrs. Harvey (Dorcia) Harden, Kirksville; two grandchildren, Bobby and Linda Daniels.  He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.

He was a member of the Novinger Lodge No. 583 A. F. & A. M., and was past master of the lodge.

For eight years he was a rural mail carrier out of Novinger.  He was a farmer and a miner and since 1913 he had owned mines in Adair county.

Mr. Daniels has spent his entire life time in the Novinger community and for the past 39 years had lived on the farm where he died.

The body is at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.  Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

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I. DANIELS, 80, DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER

Funeral Services To Be Held Wednesday at Pure Air Church.

Isaiah Daniels, aged 80 years, a resident of Adair County all his life, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edith Tonkinson, in LaPlata, yesterday afternoon at 1:40 o’clock.  He had been in failing health the past year and more seriously ill since last Thursday with a kidney ailment.  The Easley Funeral Home at Brashear was called to take charge of the body.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon in the church at Pure Air at 2 o’clock conducted by the Rev. Claude Thompson, of LaPlata.  Interment will be in the Pratt cemetery beside his wife, who died Nov. 11, 1922.

He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Daniels and was born March 16, 1864 near Pure Air.  He was married to Mrs. Eva Kriner, May 1, 1888, and five children were born, two of whom have preceded him in death.  A son, Clyde, died Jan. 30, 1899, at the age of 9, a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Grau, died Jan. 31, 1916 at the age of 21.

Surviving are two sons and one daughter, Earl, of Braceville, Ill., Guy of Gibbs and Mrs. Edith Tonkinson, of LaPlata, five grandchildren, Leo and Neilson Daniels, of Braceville, Ill., S-Sgt. Cecil Daniels, with the Army Air Corps stationed in England, Mary Ann Tonkinson, of LaPlata and Betty Jean Daniels, of Gibbs; two brothers, John and William Daniels, of Kirksville, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Taylor, of Greencastle, Mrs. Maggie Thomas of Okla., five half brothers,

James, Charles and Lon Daniels, of Novinger, Bird Daniels of Sperry, Oce Daniels, of Okla.; two half sisters, Miss Miranda Scofield, of Okla., Mrs. Millie Coy, of Novinger.  Two brothers have preceded him in death.

The body will lie in state at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Tonkinson, in LaPlata, until time for the funeral service.  The nephews will be pallbearers.

Isaiah Daniels, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 16 May 1944, p. 6 col. 5, Tuesday

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DANIELS TWIN GIRLS DEAD

One Passed Away Friday and the Other Sunday Afternoon

Death claimed the two little girl twins of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Daniels at their home, 137 South Hamilton street, last week.  The twins were born at the Daniels home on Monday evening, November 16, 1942, at 6:30 o’clock, and were almost nine months old at their death.

Jerry Mae died early Friday morning, August 6, and funeral services and burial were Saturday afternoon, August 7.

Joyce Louise died Sunday afternoon August 8, and funeral services and burial were Monday morning, August 9.

Both services were conducted by Rev. W. G. Bensberg, pastor of the Presbyterian church, at Gerth & Baskett’s and interment was in the Hitt cemetery.

Mrs. E. M. Burns and Miss Faye Chappell sang.

The children suffered with the measles from which they never fully recovered.  Later they became ill with pneumonia which is believed to have been the cause of their death.

The twin girls, the only ones in Memphis at the present time, were a pride and joy to their parents and brothers and sister.  They were identical in looks, and attracted the interest of our townspeople, when they would ride in their little buggy through the town.  At their birth their names were placed on the [unreadable] roll of the Presbyterian Sunday School, where their older sister and brothers attend.

Besides their parents, they are survived by their sister, Frances and four brothers; John, Arthur Wayne, Jimmy and Larry Gene; their grandfather, Warren Daniels of Hitt and their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stoneking of Memphis.

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Mrs. Isaiah Daniels Dies at Brashear

Mrs. Daniels, wife of Isaiah Daniels formerly of Liberty Township, passed away at her home in Brashear, Saturday, following a stroke of paralysis, which she suffered earlier in the week.

Besides her husband, the deceased is survived by two sons, Earl and Guy and one daughter, Miss Edith, all of Brashear.

The funeral services and burial will be held tomorrow, probably.  Burial will be in the Pratt Cemetery.

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DIED AT HOSPITAL MONDAY

W. W. Daniels Had Been Ill With Pneumonia Several Days

W. W. Daniels of the Hitt community, who had been ill with pneumonia several days, died at a Kirksville hospital Monday at noon.  He was 75 years of age and had been a resident of that neighborhood for many years.

He was the father of Harold “Mickie” Daniels of Memphis and lived at their home in Memphis a few weeks until he became ill and was taken to the hospital on Thursday, November 11th.

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W. F. DANIELS DIES AT FARM HOME TODAY

Funeral and Burial Services To Be Held Sunday.

William Fred Daniels, 50 years old, died this morning about 3:30 o’clock at his farm home northeast of Novinger.  Death was attributed to a complication of diseases.

The funeral is to be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and burial will be in the Highland Park Cemetery.

Mr. Daniels was born in Schuyler County, Mo., March 6, 1890, a son of George and Mary Daniels.  He was married to Pearl Summers March 12, 1916.

They lived in Kirksville before going to the farm in the Novinger vicinity seven years ago.

Surviving him are his wife and one son, Dee Daniels, of Quincy.  His parents, two brothers, Glen and Ervin, and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Jackson and Florida, preceded him in death.  Ervin and Florida died in infancy.

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WILLIAM DANIELS OF HITT PASSES AWAY FRIDAY AFTERNOON

William KcKinley Daniels, the 23 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Daniels, of Hitt died at 2 p.m., Friday, April 27, of typhoid fever after about two weeks sickness.

Mr. Daniels had been a student for two years in LaGrange College, but more recently had been employed in Hannibal.  He was a young man of sterling qualities and had friends by the scores wherever he was.  Besides his parents he leaves to mourn, two sisters, brother and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held at Richland church, Sunday, services conducted by a minister from LaGrange, who was accompanied by a group of classmates of deceased.  The minister spoke highly of him as a student and as a man while three of his classmates spoke of their acquaintance with his good qualities which so endeared him to the student body.  One of the young men also rendered two solos.

Interment was made in Richland cemetery.

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Mrs. Stephen Darby, 76, died suddenly Nov. 9 at her home east of Downing.  Funeral services were held Sunday, Nov. 12, at the Coffey church by Rev. Hollis Bowen of Queen City.  Mrs. O. T. [unreadable] a light in Mrs. Darby’s [unreadable]day and when evening came Mrs. Mullins called Mrs. Leland Jackson and told her.  She went to see what was wrong and found her sitting in a chair unconscious.  A doctor was called but she died at 9:30 p.m.  She lived alone.  Her husband died in April.

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Stephen Darby, 78, died Tuesday, April 18, at his home in east Downing.  Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Darby church by Rev. Hollis Bowen of Queen City.  Burial in the Darby cemetery.  He is survived by his wife and an adopted son, Clifford Darby and wife, who arrived Saturday for the funeral.

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Darling – Mrs. L. Darling died Tuesday morning of this week at her home, four miles north of this city.

Deceased was a member of the M. E. Church, and died in full hope of a blessed immortality.  She was beloved by all, and leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her loss.  We tender to the bereaved out sincere sympathy.

Mrs. L. Darling, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 2 Feb 1888, p. 2, col. 6

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FUNERAL RITES TUESDAY FOR HOWARD DARNEL

Dies at Home Southwest of Kirksville Sunday Evening

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Yarrow Church for Howard Darnel, 64, who died at his home southwest of Kirksville Sunday evening.

The Rev. Hollis Bowen, of Queen City, will conduct the services.  Burial will be in the Yarrow cemetery.

Mr. Darnel was the son of Henry and Ephame (Brown) Darnel and was born in Iowa, Sept. 9, 1885.  He was married here Oct. 9, 1911 to Sarah Ella Musick, and to this marriage seven children were born.

He is survived by his wife, six sons, Hollis R, of Soda Springs, Idaho; Olin, of Anaheim, Calif.; Glen E., of Costa Mesa, Calif.; Robert H., of Kirksville; William Russell and Harvey Eldon, both of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Paul (Lela Thelma) Johnson, of Kirksville; three brothers, Delbert, of Washington, Iowa; Roy, of Des Moines, Iowa, and William, of Kirksville; one sister, Mrs. M. M. (Lissie) Biggs, Kirksville, and eleven grandchildren.  His parents preceded him in death.

Mr. Darnel was a farmer and had spent his lifetime in Adair county. 

The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until Tuesday morning when it will be taken to the family home to lie in state until the service hour.  Bearers will be Jake Mack, Earl Lackey, Earl Flynn, Arthur Young, Dale Benner and Homer Johnson.

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W. H. DARNEL, 75, DIES HERE; ILL 5 MONTHS

Funeral Tuesday Afternoon; Burial at Yarrow.

W. H. Darnel, 75, who has been ill for five months, died here yesterday morning at 11:10 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Marion Biggs.  Death was attributed to a stroke.

The funeral is to be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Isaac Yates.  Burial will be made at Yarrow.

Mr. Darnel was born in Adair County April 27, 1863 and had spent most of his life here.  He lived in Iowa a short time and went to Hays Center, Neb., about fifty years ago, where he homesteaded land.  He was married at Hays Center in 1887 to Euphame Brown and four children were born, W. M. Darnel and Mrs. Marion Biggs, of Kirksville; Delbert Darnel, of Washington, Ia., and Roy Darnel, of Des Moines, Ia. He also has one step-son, Howard Darnel, of Kirksville.

Surviving him in addition to these children are nine grandchildren, and the following brothers and sisters: Luther and John Darnel, Morton, Wyo.; Mrs. Mary Phillips, Casper, Wyo.; Walter Darnel, Wellfleet, Neb.; Mrs. J. W. Anthes, Audubon, Ia.  His wife died in 1920 and a brother, J. N. Darnel, of Kirksville, died April 15, 1938.  Two sisters preceded him in death several years ago.

Mr. Darnel, returning to Adair County from Nebraska before the turn of the century, lived for several years on a farm in the Kohlmyre vicinity southwest of Kirksville.  When his wife died he moved to Kirksville and has been living with his children.

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GEO. DARNELL, AGED 93, DIES AT HOME HERE

Lifelong Resident of County; Funeral To Be Held Monday.

George Darnell, 92 years old, born and reared in Adair County and a life long resident here, died at the home of his son, Perry Darnell, 1801 W. Hildreth St., yesterday evening at 7:00 o’clock.

Death was attributed to old age.  He had been in failing health for the past six months but had been bedfast for only two weeks.

Burial will be some time Monday at Bear Creek Cemetery north of Kirksville.  Funeral services will be held at the Davis funeral Home.

Mr. Darnell had been an active farmer around Kirksville, living in this county and north and west of Kirksville most of his life.

He was the son of Adam and Menerva Darnell and was born in July, 1846.  He married Miss Lidia Hamlen, of Adair County, in 1876.  Nine children were born to this union.  Mrs. Darnell preceded him in death on May 22, 1922.

Mr. Darnell is survived by three sons, Perry, 1808 W. Hildreth St., Jesse, 1017 W. Martha, and George, Chicago, Ill., four daughters, Mrs. George Webster, West Martha Street, Mrs. Myrtle Mountain, South Florence, Mrs. May See, Albia, Ia., and Mrs. Sadie Cogley, of Des Moines, Ia., one sister, Mrs. Sadie Hanlin, of Novinger, two brothers, Will of West Dodson Street, and Frank of Des Moines, thirty-two grand children and thirteen great grandchildren.

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PERRY DARNELL DIES TUESDAY AT HOME HERE

Funeral Servcies [sic] Will Be Held on Thursday Afternoon

Perry H. Darnell, 60, of 915 W. Hamilton street, died at his home Tuesday afternoon.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church.  Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.

Mr. Darnell, son of George and Lydia (Hanlen) Darnell, was born in Adair County, Mo., March 6, 1887.  He was married Jan. 1, 1905 to Viola Evans at Kirksville and to this marriage eight children were born.

He is survived by his wife, two sons, Virgil Perry, 1018 N. Elson, and Henry John of the home; Six daughters, Mrs. Roy (Myrtle Olive) Turner, Mrs. Glenn (Leafy Leola) Darr, Mrs. Cecil (Eathel Mae) Parrish, Mrs. Raymond (Viva Katherine) Dodsworth, Mrs. Leroy (Gracie Weldon) Foster, all of Kirksville and Ruby Frances, of the home; one brother Jesse, of Kirksville and four sisters, Mrs. George Webster, and Mrs. John Mountain, of Kirksville, Mrs. Francis Cogley, Novinger and Mrs. Andrew Sees, Albia, Ia.; twenty-three grandchildren and one great grandchild.  One brother preceded him in death.

For the past three years, Mr. Darnell has been employed by contractor Steve Eggert and at the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College.

He was a member of the Apostolic Faith Church.

The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.

The pallbearers will be: Jesse Kephart, Fred Mountain, Theodore Mountain, Joe Cassady, Bobby Goodwin, and Clarence Goodwin.

Perry H. Darnell, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 20 Aug 1947, p. 3, col. 5, Wednesday

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Soldier Funeral Sunday

Services for Sgt. George William Darnielle Killed in 1945

Funeral services for Sgt. Geo. William Darnielle were conducted at the Christian Church Sunday afternoon and interment was in the Memphis Cemetery, where a military service was conducted by the V.F.W. and American Legion.

Rev. F. Lolin Eaton, who conducted the service, read this obituary:

Sgt. George William Darnielle was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Z.S. Darnielle. He was born near Lancaster, Mo., Sept. 9, 1925, and died on April 25, 1945, at the age of 19.

He received his education in the schools of Iowa and Missouri, graduating from the Memphis High School in the class of 1942.

He was employed in the Kisser shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and enlisted in the Army Air Corps on Sept. 2, 1943.

He received his training at the Kessler Field in Mississippi, the Lowery Field in Denver, Ft. Meyers, Florida, and Greenville, S.C.

On January 2, he was sent to Corsica where he joined the Air force as a gunner of a B25.

He leaves his parents, two sisters, Mrs. Lamer Bacus of Ottumwa, and Iris Darnielle at home; two brothers, Dale of the U.S. Army Air force and Sheril, at home.

Sgt. George William Darneille, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 10 Mar 1949

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DANIEL DARR DIES; FUNERAL IS THURSDAY

Adair County Native Was 82; Survived by Wife, 3 Children

Daniel E. Darr, of route two, Kirksville, died last night in a Kirksville hospital.  He was 82 years old.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Thursday morning at ten o’clock conducted by the Rev. Herbert Manning, pastor of the Presbyterian church.  Interment will be in the Maple Hills cemetery.

Mr. Darr was the son of Michael and Mary Darr and was born March 20, 1870 in Adair county.  He was married to Versia F. Elbertson July 6, 1895, and five children were born to this marriage.

He was preceded in death by one daughter, one son, four brothers, three half-brothers and two sisters.

He is survived by his wife; one son, Virgil, of Kirksville; two daughters, Mrs. Andrew (Ruby) Peterson, Livingston, Mont., and Mrs. Edgar (Marie) Newcomer, Livonia; three grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Mr. Darr was a member of the Christian Church.

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DAVID DARR, 82, DIES AT HOME IN KIRKSVILLE

Funeral Services To Be Friday Afternoon.

David Darr, 82, son of David and Martha Darr, was born in Adair County, Missouri, Sept. 3, 1863 and died at his home at 709 W. Martha street last night.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Friday afternoon at two o’clock.  Interment will be in Novinger cemetery.

Mr. Darr was married to Wardie Shockey, who died a number of years ago.  He was later married to Gladys Shoop at Lancaster, on Feb. 20, 1933.

He was preceded in death by one child, two brothers and one sister.

Surviving are his wife and six sons, Charles, of Kirksville; George and Clarence, of Iowa; David, Jr., Eugene and Amos Dean, of the home; also two step-sons, Glen Shockey, of Iowa and William Craig, of the home and nine grandchildren.

Mr. Darr was a member of the Methodist Church at Ardmore, Mo.

The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.

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DIED.

Darr-Emma Darr, wife of George Darr, died at her home in Liberty township, April 29^th, aged 30 years 2 months and 4 days.  All that medical skill could do was done to stay the hand of death, but to no purpose.  She leaves an aged mother, three sisters, two brothers, a husband and seven children to mourn her departure.  She will be greatly missed in the community where the sweet influence of her christian [sic] spirit has been felt so long.  The funeral discourse was preached by Rev. T. G. Rigon, from John XI—23—25.

Emma Darr, Kirksville, Missouri, Weekly Graphic, 14 Jan 1919, p. 3, col. 3

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SOLDIER KILLS SELF RATHER THAN RETURN TO CAMP

Novinger Man Ends His Life at Expiration of His Furlough.

Rather than return to camp after spending a ten-day furlough at Novinger, Lee Darr, aged 29 years, an enlisted man from this county, committed suicide yesterday afternoon about three o’clock by shooting himself through the heart with a 22- cal. rifle at the home of his father, Dave Darr, in Novinger.

Darr had enlisted in the army for four years and has been stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss., where he was serving as a cook with Co. I. 47^th infantry.  He secured a furlough of ten days to visit with relatives at Novinger and he was due to return to camp Sunday.  During the week he had frequently stated that he did want to return to camp and it is said on one occasion he stated that he would die first rather than go back to camp.

Yesterday afternoon he stated he was going to change clothing and stepped into an adjacent room apparently for that purpose.

Persons at the house had suspected that he might commit suicide and it is stated an attempt was made to go into the room but he would not let them in.  Presently a rifle shot was heard and the body and rifle fell to the floor.  Breaking into the room the body was found lying prostrate on the floor.

Coroner Waddill was summoned, but after hearing the statements of those who had talked with the young man he decreed an inquest was unnecessary.

Lee Darr, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 14 Jan 1919, p. 1, col. 3 & 4, Tuesday

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MRS. NILE DARR, AGED 19, DIES HERE

Funeral Service To Be Held Here Tuesday.

Mrs. Mary Maurine Darr, 19, wife of Nile Darr, of Novinger route two, died in a hospital here Saturday night after birth of a son.

The baby, named Ronald Lee, is reported to be in satisfactory condition.

Mrs. Darr was born Dec. 13, 1922, at Brashear, Mo., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Watson, formerly of Kirksville, now at Englewood, Colo.  She was graduated from the Kirksville High School, attended the Kirksville State Teachers’ College and worked a year at Pete’s Candyland here.

Surviving are her husband, baby son, parents, two sisters, Eileen and Wynona Watson, and three brothers, Lorin, Oliver and Darrell Watson, all of Englewood, Colo.

The funeral is to be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home here, where her body now is lying in state.

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MRS. MINNIE DARR DIES EARLY TODAY

Funeral Services to Be Held Saturday Afternoon

Mrs. Minnie Darr, 62, of 906 E. Jefferson street, died at 1:30 o’clock this morning in a Kirksville hospital after an illness of several months.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Methodist Church conducted by Elder Clyde Johnson and burial will be in the Ringo Point Cemetery.

She was a daughter of James M. and Mary Jane Jones and was born April 16, 1886, near Pure Air.  She was married to Charles L. Darr at her home in 1904 and to them three children were born, two of them preceding her in death.

The deceased is survived by her husband, one son, Clemmie Darr, 1613 S. Baltimore, one sister, Mrs. Rowena Swigert, 616 N. Florence street, and three brothers, William, Charley and Frank Jones, all of the Pure Air community.  She was preceded in death by two sisters, Mrs. Ada Bozarth and Mrs. Fred Shafer, and three brothers, George, Elbert and Marion Jones.

The body will lie in state at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home.

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Funeral Tomorrow for Susan Darr, 80

Funeral services for Mrs. Susan Darr, 80-year-old Green Castle resident who died here yesterday, will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 at Kent’s Funeral Home in Green City.  Interment will be in the Green Castle cemetery.  The body will lie in state at the funeral home.

Mrs. Darr was born in Adair county on Sept. 16, 1871, the daughter of Sam and Hester (Tedrow) Snyder.  She was married to Ed Darr and they spent the early years of their married life on a farm in the western part of the county.  In 1914 they moved to Green Castle where they spent the remainder of their lives.

Mr. Darr died on March 22, 1924.  Her parents and a number of brothers and sisters also preceded her in death.

Three sons survive: Harry, of Novinger; Archie, of Newton, Ia.; and Tommy, of Kansas City.

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WILLIAM D. DARR, 76, DIES AT GREEN CITY

Funeral For Retired Loeffler Farmer Wednesday.

Special to The Daily Express.

Green City, Mo., March 11—William D. Darr, who had lived in Adair County all his life until the last year, died last night at 11:30 o’clock at his home in Green City.  He was 76 years of age, and had been suffering from anemia and complications for the past three years.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Baptist Church in Green City, conducted by the Rev. Jack Jones of Loeffler.  Burial will be made in the Green City Cemetery.  Glenn E. Kent & Son will have charge of the services.

Mr. Darr was the son of Michael Darr, St., and his wife, Mary, and was born on a farm near Youngstown, Mo., Nov. 2, 1864.  He was married to Rose Highland of Novinger, Feb. 21, 1886.  He had lived his entire life on a farm in Adair County near Loeffler until last September when he bought property in Green City and moved here.

He leaves his widow and six children.  The children are: Mrs. Bessie Yowell, Kirksville; Harry Darr, near Green City; Roy Darr of Loeffler; Mrs. Maude Douglas, Pure Air; Mrs. Marie Cook, near Loeffler, and Glenn Darr of Kirksville.  One daughter, Thelma, preceded her father in death.  He also leaves fourteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren and one brother, Dan Darr, of Kirksville.  Six brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.

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MRS. DARROW DIED SATURDAY AGED 86 YEARS

Mrs. Edwin Darrow died Saturday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. P. Foster, 215 East Washington street, following a long illness, at the age of 86 years, 8 months and 20 days.

Funeral services were held at the Foster home this afternoon at 4 o’clock.  Rev. Isaac Yates, a lifelong friend of the family, having charge of the services.

Orill F. Seavey was born in Warren, New Hampshire, Sept. 8, 1834.  She moved with her parents to Ohio, where she lived until married to Edwin Darrow, Nov. 2, 1852, when she moved with her husband to Iowa.  They moved to Missouri in 1853 where she spent the remainder of her life.

She leaves two daughters and two sons, Mrs. R. D Hamilton and Mrs. W. P. Foster, C. E. and Fred Darrow.

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JNO. DAUGHERTY OF LA PLATA DIES, AGED 54

Funeral Tomorrow For Lifelong Resident of Macon County.

Special to The Daily Express.

La Plata, Mo., Sept. 16—John Daugherty, 54 years of age, died at 11:45 o’clock Sunday morning at his home in the north part of La Plata.  He had been ill for sometime with uremic poisoning.  He had lived in the vicinity of La Plata hie entire life.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at the Baptist Church in La Plata, conducted by the Rev. Latrelle Stanfield.  Burial will be made in the La Plata cemetery.

Mr. Daugherty was born in Macon County, Oct. 13, 1885, the son of W. W. and Olive Daugherty.  He was married to Alta Moss in 1909 and two sons were born to them, Loren, and LeRoy W. Daugherty.  His wife died in 1932 and on July 12, 1934, he was married to Etta Mae King, who with the two sons, survives him.

John Daugherty, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 16 Sep 1940, p. 1, col. 5

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WERE RIDING IN BUGGY ON HIGHWAY 15 NORTH OF MEMPHIS

Mrs. Guy Daughters was instantly killed and Mr. Daughters, who was seriously injured, died in a Kirksville hospital Sunday night as a result of injuries received in a car wreck north of Memphis on Highway No. 15.

Mr. and Mrs. Daughters were returning to their home northwest of Memphis about 6 o’clock Sunday evening in their buggy when the accident happened.

A car driven by Wm. Garrett of Milton was going north toward Milton.  James S. Aten was driving a car south.  Each of the cars kept to the right side of the road, but Garrett failed to see the buggy occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Daughters, and struck the rear of the vehicle, throwing both occupants out of the buggy.  Mrs. Daughters was killed instantly and Mr. Daughters, who was seriously injured, was taken to a Kirksville hospital in an ambulance, where he died later in the evening.

The accident happened about six miles north of Memphis near the home of Wm. Coffrin, known as the Albert Brassfield farm, recently owned by John Foley, and about the same place where John Everett was killed a few years ago and C. A. Wollam of Memphis received serious injuries.

One of the team of horses belonging to Mr. Daughters was so badly injured it had to be shot.  The other horse was not seriously injured.

Among the first to arrive at the scene of the wreck were the Bittner brothers, who live on the Glen Talbott farm northwest of Memphis; Russell Lee Mathes and Robert Shanes, Mr. and Mrs. Mansel Garrett and Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Wieland.

The Bittner brothers came to town and notified Sheriff S. W. Padget, who, with Dr. A. M. Keethler, went to the scene.  An ambulance was called, Mrs. Daughters was brought to town and Mr. Daughters taken on to Kirksville.

The occupants of the car were not injured, although the front of the car was damaged.

A double funeral service was held at the Richland church Tuesday afternoon for Mr. and Mrs. Daughters and interment was in the Richland cemetery.

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DOUBLE FUNERAL AT HITT

Guy Daughters and Wife Buried in Double Grave

As stated in last week’s Democrat, a double funeral service was held for Mr. and Mrs. Guy Daughters at the Richland church Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 23.  Mrs. Daughters was killed instantly in an automobile accident six miles north of Memphis Sunday evening, Dec. 21, about 6 o’clock and Mr. Daughters died in a Kirksville hospital three hours later.

Services were conducted by Rev. Ben Bradbury of Lancaster at 2 o’clock.  Interment was in a double grave in Richland cemetery.  A large crowd attended the services.

Marvin Guy Daughters was the son of John C. and Laurie Marie Daughters.  He was born in Scotland county, Missouri, Jan. 22, 1890.

At an early age he united with the Richland Baptist church.

On August 12, 1946, he was united in marriage to Lesta Faye Elschlager of Downing.

He leaves one sister, Effie M. Daughters of Downing, and one aunt.

Lesta Faye was a daughter of Loren and Wave (Gullett) Elschlager.  She was born in Scotland county near Downing, Feb. 17, 1915.  Her mother died when she was two years old and her grandfather and grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Elschlager, raised and made a home for her until she was married to Guy Daughters, Aug. 12, 1946.  Although always in frail health, she was cheerful and smiling.

She leaves her father and step-mother, one sister, Ethel Allen of Bloomfield, one brother, Harrel Elschlager of Cambridge, Ill., one half-brother, Eugene, and a half sister, Vina Elschlager, also her grandmother, Mrs. C. W. Elschlager, all of Downing.  She also leaves three nieces, Sandra Allen, Linda and Betty Elschlager.

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MRS. J. C. DAUGHTERS DIED AT ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL JULY 4TH

Mrs. J. C. Daughters died in the state hospital at St. Joseph on Thursday, July 4, aged 55 yrs. and 8 months.

Deceased was first taken ill in May and shortly after her mind became affected.  On decoration day she was taken to Dr. Woodson’s sanitarium in St. Joseph for treatment.  Her condition did not improve as anticipated and in a short time ago she was transferred to the state hospital for care and treatment.  Naturally of a very nervous temperment [sic] and worry over the possibility of an only son going to war prayed heavily upon her mind.

The body was brought to this county for interment–funeral services being held at Richland Church on Saturday, July 6, at 2 o’clock p.m.

The Reveille joins in extending condolence to the bereaved family.

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J. William Dauma is Dead

Was born in Scotland County 79 years ago last November

William Dauma died at the Community Home in Memphis Monday morning at 10:10 o’clock, March 14, following an illness of several days.

John William Dauma was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Dauma. He was born in the Salem community in Scotland County on November 6, 1869, being 79 years of age.

Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at the Gerth & Baskett chapel by V.A. Venezia and interment was in the Memphis Cemetery.

Mr. Dauma was never married. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Dave Webb of Memphis, and one brother, Edward Dauma of Danville, Ill.

John William Dauma, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 17 Mar 1949

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LOWELL DAUMA, 62, DIES IN CHICAGO V.A. HOSPITAL

Lowell Dauma, 62, passed away in a veterans hospital in Chicago Friday night, March 29, following a three week illness.  He had been in poor health for some time.

Graveside services were conducted by Rev. I. H. Cull at LaBelle Tuesday, April 2, at 3 p.m.

He was born in Scotland County, Mo., a son of Henry and Emily Dauma.

He is survived by his wife, the former Maude Douglas of Quincy, now of Chicago; a son of Chicago and a daughter of Washington, D. C.; four brothers, Elmer Dauma of Knox City, Ross Dauma of Williamstown, Homer Dauma of Hurdland, and Grover Dauma of Red Lodge, Mont., and one sister, Mrs. Elmer (Lottie) Simpson of Gorin.

He was a veteran of World War I.

Lowell Dauma, Gorin, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 4 Apr 1957, Thursday

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Word Received Of Death Of Amelia S. Davenport

Word was received here Thursday of the death of Mrs. Amelia Shultz Davenport, 65, of St. Joseph, Missouri.  She passed away August 2 at her home there.

She was born in Scotland County, Missouri, the daughter of Henry and Augusta Yammer Shultz.  She was from a family of twelve children.

She was married to Elmer Davenport and was the mother of three children.

Survivors are her husband and three children and fifteen grandchildren, all of St. Joseph, Missouri; eight brothers and sisters, Mrs. Emma Rosenkrans, Kirksville, Missouri, Charley Shultz, Rutledge, Missouri, William Shultz, John Shultz, Maggie Neese, Baring, Missouri, Frank Shultz, Cicero, Illinois, Eddie Shultz, and Mrs. Mary Swearingen, Memphis, Missouri.

Funeral and burial services were held in St. Joseph Saturday, August 5^th, 1967.

Amelia (Shultz) Davenport, From Unknown Newspaper, 10 Aug 1967

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MRS. BELL S. DAVIDSON, 73, DIES AT GIBBS

Ill Since Funeral of Companion Who Died Jan. 13.

Mrs. Bell (Scott) Davidson, 73, former resident of this city, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at her home in Gibbs.  She had been bedfast since Monday when she returned from Illinois after attending the funeral services of Mrs. Emma Hunt, who died Jan. 13 in Gibbs, and for whom she had been companion for the past five years.

Born in Sullivan County, Sept. 8, 1869, she lived there until after her marriage to A. J. Davidson, when the couple moved to Green City.  About 35 years ago, they moved to Kirksville and had a rooming house at 415 South Franklin Street.  Following Mr. Davidson’s death in 1928, Mrs. Davidson moved to Stevens Point, Wis., and made her home with her son, Joe, until his death in 1934.

When she returned to Missouri, she lived in Green City for two years with a sister, Mrs. Rose Daley, who died in November.  In 1937, she moved to Gibbs to make her home with Mrs. Hunt.

Surviving, are two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Gray, of Independence, and Mrs. Nan Carter, of Nezperce [sic], Idaho; Two granddaughters, Miss Dorothy Davidson, of Washington, D. C. and Miss Esther Lee Davidson, of Stevens Point, Wis.; two nieces, Mrs. Lottie Reger and Miss Leanna Scott, of Kirksville; two sister-in-laws [sic], Mrs. Rosa Scott and Mrs. Mary Scott, also of Kirksville, and several other nieces and nephews.

The body will lie in state at the Summers & Powell Funeral Home, until relatives arrive to complete arrangements for the funeral.

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MRS. CARRIE DAVIDSON, 63, DIES TODAY

Kirksville Resident Had Been in Failing Health Three Years

Mrs. Carrie Davidson, 63, died about seven o’clock this morning at her home, 409 W. Illinois.  She had been in failing health for the past three years.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.  The body is lying in state at the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson.

Mrs. Davidson was born May 22, 1889, near Queen City, the daughter of Sovern and Mary Masters Tarr.  On August 18, 1915, she was married to Dale Davidson at Quincy, Il.

She is survived by her husband, parents, three daughters, Mrs. Mary Lyle Elsea, of St. Louis; Mrs. Alice Hanlen and Mrs. Virginia Fortney, both of Kirksville; one step-son, Olin Davidson, of Kirksville; two brothers, A. O. Tarr, of Philadelphia, and L. M. Tarr, of Casper, Wyo.; and a sister, Miss Inez Ttarr [sic], of Kirksville, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Davidson was preceded in death by one brother.

She was a member of the Gibbs Methodist Church.

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WERE HERE FOR FUNERAL OF CARRIE DAVIDSON

The following out-of-town persons attended the funeral of Mrs. Carrie Davidson: Mr. and Mrs. John Bartlett of Bronson, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. Elsa Bartlett of Moran, Kan.; Mrs. Mina Hammond of Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. Ethern Tarr and Mr. and Mrs. Junior Tarr of Waterloo, Ia.; Mrs. James Elsea, Mrs. W. L. Conkin and Mrs. Vernon Blank of St. Louis; Gerald and Mart Featheringill, Mr. and Mrs. Coffer and family, and Mrs. Louise Shahan, all of Fort Madison, Ia.

Carrie Davidson Funeral, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 27 Aug 1952, p. 6, col. 6

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Funeral Today for Mrs. Elva Davidson

Funeral services were held this afternoon at two o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home for Mrs. Elva Dora Davidson, who died Saturday night at her home southeast of Kirksville on route five.  Rev. F. P. Hanes, pastor of the Methodist Church, was the officiating minister.  Interment was in Maple Hills Cemetery.  The pallbearers were: Alfred Olson, Dee Hollenbeck, Bert Funk, George Reedal, D. R. Musson and Floyd Farr.

Mrs. Davidson was the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Jones and was born in Salem, Iowa, Feb. 7, 1870.  She was married at Salem, Iowa, Oct. 31, 1894 to Otto G. Davidson and to this marriage four children were born.

She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. John W. (Velda Isabel) Mason, of Salina, Kan., two sons, William Albert and Merrill A. Davidson, both of Kirksville and four grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, three brothers, one half-sister and one-halfbrother [sic].

Mrs. Davidson came from Salem to Missouri in 1914 and lived near Galt and in 1919 they moved to Kirksville.

She was a member of the Congregational Church at Salem, Ia., and an active member of the Radical Ridge Club.

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Davis [Davidson]—Mrs. Martha Ann, was born in West Virginia, and died in Kirksville, Mo., Sept. 21, 1900, of dropsy, aged 73 years.

Her last sickness and death was at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Martin, of this place.  Mrs. Hodge, of Novinger, is also her daughter, and she has a son living in the southern part of this state.  The family resided for about 16 years in Indiana, during her earlier life.  She came to Missouri nearly 46 years ago.  Both her parents are buried in this county.  She had been strong through life, and was sick but five weeks.  The funeral service was held Friday, at the house, by Rev. J. T. Pierce, at 3 o’clock.

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Former Resident Of Brashear Dead

Miss Mary Davidson, former Brashear resident, died Wednesday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Elmer McDermet, at Minitaire, Neb.

The body is being brought back to Brashear for interment but as yet no word has been received as to when the body will arrive there.  Funeral arrangements will not be made until after arrival of the body.

Mary Davidson, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 19 Jun 1949, p. 3, col. 6, Sunday

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Word Received Of Death Of Clifford E. Davis

Word was received here of the death of Clifford E. Davis, Saturday, August 26, at Quincy, Washington.  He suffered a heart attack a week before.  He was born, the youngest son of George Davis, on the Ridge Road, south east of Memphis, later moving west of Memphis, near the Friendship School and church.  He graduated from Memphis High School in 1930.

After his marriage at Brush, Colorado, they farmed east of Memphis.  Later he farmed in Colorado.  After the Grand Coulee Dam was completed he farmed in the Columbia River Valley.  In recent years he made his home in Quincy, Washingtington [sic], where he was employed by the school.

His immediate family surviving is his wife, Marjorie; sons, Charles and George; one daughter, Kay; and a number of grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday in the Baptist Church there, where he was an active deacon and Sunday School teacher.

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MRS. HENRY DAVIS DIES AT GREENCASTLE

Lived at Stahl 35 Years; Rites Today at Novinger.

Mrs. Dalis Davis, 70, wife of Henry Davis, died Saturday morning at 2 o’clock at her home one mile east of Greencastle, where they had moved one week ago after living in the Stahl vicinity thirty-five years.  Death was attributed to chronic bronchitis.

The funeral is to be held Sunday morning at 10 o’clock at the Llewellyn Funeral home in Novinger and burial will be made in the Richardson Cemetery near Laredo, Mo.

Mrs. Davis was born Feb. 25, 1869 near Trenton, Grundy County, Mo., a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac T. Thornburg.

She is survived by her husband and six children, Mrs. Lora Downing and Mrs. Jennie Southers, both of Galt, Mo.; Ike, Charlie, Luther and Lee Davis, of Stahl, Mo.; one brother and two sisters.

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MRS. ELIZA DAVIS, AGED 86, DIES HERE

Succumbs at Home of Son After Four Months Illness.

Mrs. Eliza Davis, 86 years old, died yesterday morning at 8:45 o’clock at the home of her son, Ralph Davis, 1108 West Missouri Street.  She had been ill about 4 months.

Funeral services will be held at Novinger, but the time had not been decided upon yesterday evening.  The body is lying in state at the family home.

Mrs. Davis, who had lived for many years in Novinger and Kirksville, was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1856.  She came to Missouri in 1858, and the family settled in Macon County.  When she was 17 years old she was married to Bucklin Davis.  Her husband died on March 23, 1913.

Mrs. Davis is survived by the following children, George Davis, Madrid, Ia.; William Davis, Kirksville; Mrs. Margaret Roper, Peoria, Ill.; Allie Stanley, Downers Grove, Ill.; Ralph Davis, Kirksville; Mrs. Lena Truitt, Westmont, Ill.; Mrs. Nellie Blacksmith, Novinger; and Ray Davis, Kirksville.  She is also survived by 21 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

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FLAVIOUS W. DAVIS DIES

Flavious W. Davis of north of Arbela passed away yesterday at the Walker Nursing Home in Kahoka.

Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 8 at the Mt. Moriah Methodist church at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Frank Barnett.

Flavious W. Davis, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 7 Dec 1961, p. 1, col. 1

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Grover Davis was instantly killed at the railroad crossing in this city Monday evening about 5 o’clock by being run over by a freight train, which he and three other boys were trying to board.  The train was going at a rapid rate and Grover lost hold and fell under the wheels, several cars passed over his head, killing him instantly.  Grover was the only child of Mrs. Emma Davis of this city, and she has the sympathy of the entire community. 

The funeral took place from the residence of his mother Tuesday at 4:00 p.m., after which the remains were interred in the Gorin cemetery.

Grover Davis, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille

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MRS. IRMA DAVIS

Memphis, Mo., July 14. –Mrs. Irma Davis, a former resident of Memphis, died Saturday, July 13, 1968, at 1:30 a.m. in Chicago.  The body was flown to Memphis Saturday and funeral arrangements are pending in the Payne funeral home.

Irma Davis, Quincy, Illinois, Quincy Hearld-Whig, 14 Jul 1968)

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Obituary

John A. Davis was born near Terre Haute, Ind., March 17, 1831, and died in Kirksville, Mo.,

March 24, 1903, aged 72 years 7 days.

Deceased was the second son of Joshua and Elizabeth Davis of a family of ten children. He

removed to Knox county, Mo., early in life and later to Kirksville. He became a member of the

Christian church in 1865, and was married to Caroline Mitchell Aug. 16, 1866. To them were

born three sons and two daughters who survive him. He served in the Union army of the

rebellion in the 21^st Mo. Reg. over three years as a faithful and true soldier.

The funeral services were held at the residence on East Jefferson street March 26 at 11 a.m.,

conducted by Eld. J. W. Davis, assisted by C. E. Wagner, and the body laid to rest in Forest Park

cemetery with G. A. R. burial honors. J. W. Davis.

John A. Davis, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Democrat, 1903

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Obituary

Mrs. Lola Davis, wife of Earl Davis, and daughter of Nancy J. and Sheridan Rood, was born in Schuyler County, February 11, 1890.  Here she spent her girlhood and grew to young womanhood.

In the spring of 1909 she went to South Dakota where she was united in marriage with Earl Davis, April 5, 1909.  She departed this life January 5, 1910, leaving behind an infant child, husband, mother, father, three sisters, three brothers, many other relatives and a host of friends to mourn her departure.

Lola was an obedient child and a devoted wife.  During her married life in South Dakota she made lasting friendships with those she met and made her home cheerful.

She was a believer in Christ but had made no public confession.  Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. H. Willey, after which the body was laid to rest in the old church cemetery at Bible Grove to await the judgment morn.

Lola Davis, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 20 Jan 1910, p. 1, col. 5

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Mrs. Thomas Davis

The death of Mrs. Thomas Davis in Denver, Colorado, as noted briefly in last week’s Democrat was the result of pneumonia.

The body arrived in Memphis on Friday morning at 11:17 accompanied by the husband and two children of the deceased and by Mr. and Mrs. William Davis who have been in Colorado for the benefit of the latter’s health.

The body was removed from the station and taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Davis in this city, where it lay until Saturday morning. Then the remains were taken to Lawn Ridge church, where at 1 o’clock the funeral was held, being conducted by Rev. H. D. Thompson, pastor of the M. E. church south. The remains were buried in Lawn Ridge Cemetery.

The deceased leaves a husband, two children and numerous relatives and friends in this county to mourn her death.

Mrs. Thomas Davis, Memphis, Missouri, The Scotland County Democrat, 4 Feb 1904

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OBITUARY

DAVIS

Our days are as the flower.  In the morning it flourisheth [sic], and in the evening it is gone.  How true in the passing of Nancy Leo Davis, daughter of Harry and Elma (McCandless) Davis, who was born February 9, 1926, and was taken away June 22, 1942, aged 16 years, 4 months and 13 days.

Nancy, in her short life, made friends of all who knew her.  Always a cheery word and happy smile.  “Her going is like the Setting Sun, that leaves darkness, where beauty has been.”  She was especially prominent in the music department of the high school of which she would have been a senior this fall.

She leaves her loving mother, Mrs. Elma Davis, three sisters, Mrs. Floyd Shacklett, Ft. Madison, Mrs. Richard Dennison of Hannibal, and Mrs. Ralph Austin, of Ft. Madison, and one brother, Girden Davis of Chicago.

Her father preceded her in death on April 1^st, 1939.

Many other relatives and a host of friends will mourn her sudden passing.

“There is so little one can say,

When hearts are filled with grief.

Words seem so futile to bring

Real comfort and relief.

But it may help you now to know,

That there are those who care

Whose hearts in deepest sympathy

Remember you in prayer.”

Funeral services were conducted from the family residence in Gorin on Wednesday afternoon, June 24, by Rev. G. V. Baskett, with prayer by Rev. Arthur L. Huff.

Nancy Leo Davis, Gorin, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 2 Jul 1942

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Thomas N. Davis

Thomas N. Davis was raised in this county in the Lawn Ridge neighborhood and was one of the most highly esteemed and one of the most loved citizens. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. K. Green in the presence of relatives and friends, many being unable to find seats in the church. Mr. Davis the youngest son of Benjamin and Margaret Davis was born near Lawn Ridge, July 3^rd 1862. Passed away at his home at 1005 Fairfield Ave., Loveland, Colo., July 14^th 1924, at 10:30 a.m. aged 62 years and 11 days.

Deceased was united in marriage to Tocia Clarke, 1893. Three children were born to this union. Mrs. Davis and an infant daughter preceded him in death Jan. 24^th, 1903. He was again united in marriage to Mrs. Ellen Stine April 24^th 1913.

He leaves to mourn his death, the wife one daughter, Mrs. Myron Kirkpatrick, of Lawn Ridge; one son, Thomas C. Davis of Loveland Colo.; one brother Wm. F. Davis of Lawn Ridge; one sister, Mrs. John E. Hewitt of Denver Colo.; two step-sons, Hubert A. and Glen Stine of Loveland; One step-daughter Mrs. Albert Lovell of Independence, Mo., besides a host of other relatives and friends. Two grandchildren: Letha Wilma Kirkpatrick and Billie Bruce Lovell. Deceased united with the Arbela Baptist Church in 1915, and was still a member of that church at the time of his death.

 The floral offering which always speaks so much for love and friendship was in great profusion. The body was laid to rest in the Lawn Ridge Cemetery.

Thomas N. Davis, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 24 Jul 1924

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Services for Mrs. Geo. Davis held Yesterday

Mrs. Vesta Jane Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Westley Hayward, was born March 25, 1877 and departed this life Feb. 8, 1959 at the age of 81 years, 10 months and 14 day. She passed away at her home in Memphis following a lingering illness. Mrs. Davis lived her entire life in Scotland County. She was married to Thomas Probst, April 10, 1895. To this union five children were born, 3 of whom preceded her in death, Elmer, Arla and Mrs. Edna Bradley. Mr. Probst passed away May 23, 1931.

She married George Davis, on Sept. 27, 1933 who survives as do two daughters, Mrs. Ella Atkinson, Queen City, Mo., and Mrs. Bertha Stone, Memphis, Mo.; one son-in-law, Frank Stone, six grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren, four step-sons, one step-daughter and their families. Also surviving are two half-sisters, Mrs. D. T. Fuller, Cantril, Iowa, Mrs. Fred Lohe, Warrensburg, Mo.; three half-brothers, Floyd Hayward of Kansas City, Mo., Nelson Hayward of Kingston, Mo., and Orval Hayward of Monterey, Calif.; a host of relatives and friends.

Her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Wright passed away March 23, 1937.

At the age of 18 years she became a member of the United Brethern Church at Conyers, later moving her membership to the McAdow Church. She enjoyed a Christian life and lived for her master.

Funeral services were from the McAdow Church Wednesday, February 11 at 1:30 p.m., conducted by Rev. Kenneth Harder. Burial was in the McAdow cemetery. Body bearers were Edward Atkinson, George Atkinson, Eldon Simerl, Jeryl Stone, Junior Simerl and Don Scurlock.

Vesta Jane Probst Davis, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 12 Feb 1959

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Willie Davis Services Held August 31

Willie Adrian Davis, son of Will and Mary L. Davis, was born near Memphis, Missouri, October 28, 1907, and died at St. Joseph Hospital in Keokuk, Iowa, August 29, 1967, at the age of 59.

He was married to Etta Mae Orton, June 22, 1925.  To this union three children were born.

He was preceded in death by his father and two brothers.

He is survived by his wife, his mother of Burlington, Iowa, two sons, Ralph and Kenneth, both of Lawndale, California, a daughter, Mrs. Roderick Snyder (Illa Mae) of Hamilton, Illinois, ten grandchildren, a brother Carroll, a sister Ellen Anthony, nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.

He was a member of the Oak Ridge Baptist Church.

He was a kind and devoted husband, father, and grandfather.

Funeral services were held Thursday, August 31, 1967, at 2 p.m. in the Memphis Baptist Church.  Rev. Phillip Tolliver officiated.  Body bearers were Gary Ludwick, Harold Jr., Davis, Danny Corvarla, Leroy Orton, Dean Johnson, and Danny Lee Ludwick.  Burial was in Memphis Cemetery.

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Froze to Death in Montana

Elder C. C. Parker of this place, went to Moulton, Iowa, Tuesday, having been called there on the sad mission of preaching the funeral of a young man who froze to death.

The name of the man was Z. Davis, a young man who was reared at Moulton, and was well known in that vicinity.  He went to Montana, and one day last week was caught out in a blizzard and froze to death before it was possible to get to a place of shelter.

Z. Davis, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 9 Mar 1916, p. 1, col. 3

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Beulah Davison Services Held At Downing

Buelah [sic] Marie Davison, oldest daughter of Luther M. Allen and Mary Ann Hughes, was born May 14, 1887, in Scotland County, Missouri.

She was married October 14, 1925, to Jessie M. Davison at Golden, Colorado.

She passed away Monday, November 4, 1968, at the Davis County Hospital, Bloomfield, Iowa.

Funeral services were conducted at the Milton, Iowa, Methodist Church on November 6, 1968, by the Rev. Herbert E. Phillips.  Interment was in the Sunnyside Cemetery.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Wolf and Mrs. Ruby Wright; and a son, Harold Ray Drew.

She is survived by her husband, Jessie M. Davison, Milton, Iowa; a daughter, (Dorothy) Mrs. Ellis Humbert, Dallas, Texas; a brother, Raleigh G. Allen, Elbert, Colorado; and a sister, Mrs. Stella Lough, Memphis, Missouri; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was a member of the Methodist Church, Eastern Star and Women’s Club.

Beulah Marie Davison, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 14 Nov 1968

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DIED.

Mrs. Eliza Dawson, beloved wife of J. K. P. Dawson, died of typhoid fever, at her home west of this city, Monday evening, December 9, 1895, after an illness of about three weeks, aged about 44 years.

Deceased was born in Van Buren county, Iowa, December 8, 1851, and moved to this county with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford McWilliam, when a mere child.  Twenty-four or five years ago she was united in marriage with J. K. P. Dawson.  This union was blessed with eight children, six of whom—two boys and four girls—survive her and two boys preceded her to the spirit land.  She united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church before her marriage and has lived a consistent christian life ever since.  She was a true and devoted wife, a kind and loving mother and a good neighbor.  She will be sadly missed by husband and children, by relatives and by a large circle of acquaintances.  But their loss will be her gain.  Heaven’s gate is always ajar to admit such true and devoted wives and mothers.  Rev. R. A. Williams, of this city, officiated at the funeral yesterday at Pleasant Hill church and after the services the body was laid to rest in the church cemetery.

Eliza Dawson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 12 Dec 1895, p. 2, col. 3

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G. D. Dawson Dies Sunday, Sept.  7

Sunday morning September 7, at his home in Memphis, occurred the death of George Dallas Dawson, familiarly known by his friends as Dal.

Mr. Dawson was born October 3, 1846, in Scotland County Missouri. He was a son of William and Priscilla Patterson Dawson who came to this county from Kentucky in 1845. Mr. Dawson went into the drug business in Memphis in 1885, and has been identified with the business interests of the town continuously since that time.

He was married to Mess Julia A. Hudson October 3, 1882, she died in 1898. Later in life he married Miss Alice Morgan, who survives him.

 He was an enthusiastic G. A. R. man, having seen service in the Civil War, and always ready to further the interests of the old soldiers.

During his long business career in Memphis, he established a reputation for fair dealing and public enterprise. A good man is gone from among us.

George Dallas “Dal” Dawson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 11 Sep 1919, p. 1, col. 3

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Prof. A. D. Morgan of St. Louis attended the funeral of his brother-in-law, G. D. Dawson, Monday of this week.

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MISS JULIA DAWSON RITES

Services at Memphis Methodist Church Friday Afternoon

Funeral services for Miss Julia A. Dawson, whose death was reported in last week’s Democrat, were conducted at the Methodist church in Memphis by the pastor, Rev. Wilbur E. Longstreth, Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock.

The following quartette sang three hymns: Mrs. Birney O. Reeves, Mrs. w. E. Longstreth, J. J. Zumsteg and Fie Oliver.  Mrs. C. C. McQuoid accompanied.

The pall bearers were William Morrison, Thomas Morrison, August Morrison, Paul A. Morrison, George D. Morrison and Edward Morrison, nephews.

Interment was in the Dawson cemetery near her home northwest of Memphis.

Miss Julia Dawson would have been 88 years of age the 10th of next month, she having been born in Scotland county on March 10, 1852.

In his address, Rev. Longstreth said:

“Miss Julia Dawson, one of Scotland county’s native born daughters, died at her home northwest of Memphis, February 20, about 9:30 p.m.  She was attended in that hour by her nearest kin, members of the A. T. Morrison family, and her pastor.

“Julia Dawson was born on the home place March 10, 1852, to William G. Dawson and Priscilla A. Dawson.  She was the last survivor of twelve children.

“In 1877 she was received into the Memphis Methodist church.  for sixty-three years she was a faithful member.  She was a generous contributor at home and abroad.  She helped to pay for the construction of three Methodist church buildings in Memphis.

“She is survived by her nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Morrison, and many other relatives.”

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OBITUARY OF DANIEL B. DEAN; DIED AT HOME NEAR ARBELA, JAN. 2

Daniel B. Dean, second son of Silas and Antonette Dean, was born in Des Moines county in the territory of Iowa, May 2, 1842, and passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John McDaniel, seven miles northwest of Arbela, Mo., Jan. 2, 1925, at the age of 83 years and 8 months.

When he was 16 years old the family came to Scotland County, Mo.  Mr. Dean was a veteran of the Civil War.  With an older and younger brother he was a volunteer in the 21^st regiment of Mo. Vol. Infantry.

On the 2^nd day of Sept. 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah A. Sayre.  To this union six children were born, three sons and three daughters.  Mrs. Dean passed away July 17, 1921, since which time Mr. Dean made his home with his daughter, Mrs. John McDaniel.

He is survived by four children, Carl of Cuba, Mo.; Lester and Mrs. Agnes Gambrel of Keokuk, Ia., and Mrs. John McDaniel, at whose home he spent the latter days of his life.  Two children, Emma and Perry, preceded him.  He is also survived by four grandchildren and one great grandchild.

At his request the funeral services were conducted by Rev. T. S. Pool of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, an old friend from boyhood days, and were held at the Bethel church.  Interment in the Bethel cemetery where his parents and his older brother, Perry, lie.

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We wish to thank the neighbors and other friends for their kindness during the sickness and death of our dear father, Daniel Dean.

The Children.

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Laura Zimmerman was born at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, Jan. 11, 1849, died in Kirksville, Mo., July 17, 1901.  She moved to Adair Co. Mo., with her parents in 1856, near which place she lived the greater part of her life.  She was married to M. G Deaton Sept. 19, 1866.  To this union were born 5 children, one son and four daughters.

Sister Deaton was converted when 26 years of age and joined the M. E. church of which church she remained a faithful and constant member until her death.  She was a consecrated christian [sic], a most devoted wife and one of the noblest of mothers.  Her kindness and hospitality were known by all who came within her home.  For many months she suffered of cancer of the stomach; and while her pains were almost unbearable she bore it with christian [sic] fortitude.  Her faith in God did not waver and often she asked that she might be taken home and be at rest.  Her husband and four daughters, Mrs. G. W. Morgan, Mrs. E. E. Huston, Mrs. N. E. Williams and Miss Linnie Deaton, with one brother, G. Zimmerman and one sister Mrs. J. H. Barthlow survive to cherish her memory.

The funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. L. E. Lewis of Marceline, Mo., assisted by Rev. E. B. Cater of Kirksville, Mo.  The body was taken to the Gibbs cemetery, near her old home, for interment.

Laura (Zimmerman) Deaton, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Journal, 01 Aug 1901, p. 8, col. 3

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RUBY DECKER, 70 YEARS OLD, DIED SATURDAY

Was Native Adair Countian; Funeral Plans Incomplete

Mrs. Ruby Decker, 70, died Saturday afternoon at her home at 508 S. First.

The body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.  Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Mrs. Decker was the daughter of Zachary and Catherine (Dunham) Hendren and was born November 11, 1881, in Adair County.  She was married to Jacob Lewis Decker Nov. 30, 1901, at Edina, and six children were born to this marriage.  She was preceded in death by one son, one daughter, two brothers and one sister.

She is survived by her husband: three daughters, Mrs. Harley (Leatha) Briggs, Aledo, Ill.; Lesco (Alberta) Briggs and Mrs. Kenneth (Allean) Summers, both of Kirksville; one son, Joe Ray Decker, Moline, Ill.; two brothers, Jim Hendren, Kirksville, and John Hendren, Florence, Kan.; one sister, Mrs. George Alyor, Springfield, Ill.; eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Mrs. Decker was a member of the Methodist Church.

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Deen – An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Deen, of this city, died Friday, Aug. 5^th, 1887, of cholera infantum, aged 11 months and 26 days.  The funeral occurred the next day, after which the body was taken to the country and laid to rest in the Bethel cemetery.

Infant Child Deen, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 11 Aug 1887, p. 3, col. 6

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JOHN A. DEGARD DIES AT HOME IN KIRKSVILLE.

Native of Italy Was 72; Came to U. S. in 1908

John Andy Degard, 72, died at his home here Saturday evening.

Mr. Degard was the son of Valentine and Josephine Degard, and was born August 21, 1881, at Fongaso, Italy.  He was married to Carlotta Slecet Feb. 12, 1905, at Rasai, Italy, and to this marriage six sons were born.

He is survived by his wife, five sons, Valentino Degard, Tony A. Degard, Johnnie A. Degard and Chris L. Degard, all of Kirksville, and Joe Degard, of Mill Valley, Calif., and five grandchildren.

Mr. Degard was preceded in death by his parents and one son.

He came to the United States in 1908, and lived at Albia, Iowa, coming to Kirksville in 1916.  Mr. Degard was a retired coal miner, having worked in the mines of Adair county.

The body will be at the Dee Riley Funeral Home and funeral arrangements will be announced later.

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SERVICES FOR MRS. DEIERLING ARE TUESDAY

Funeral, Burial to Be In Queen City; Died In Trenton.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Lutheran Church in Queen City for Mrs. Freda Herboth Deierling, who died Saturday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Milstead at Trenton.

The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home in Trenton until 10 o’clock tomorrow morning when a brief service will be conducted by the Rev. James E. Todd at the memorial chapel.  From 2 o’clock until time for the service, the body will lie in state at the Lutheran Church.  The Rev. P. M. Lind, assisted by the Rev. John Eshbaugh, will have charge of the services.  Interment will be in the family lot in the Queen City Cemetery.

Mrs. Deierling was born Jan. 17, 1882, in Queen City, the daughter of Herman and Bertha (Reuss) Herboth.  On Nov. 22, 1904, she was married to William Deierling.  Six children were born to this union.  Mrs. Deierling had spent most of her life in Queen City and was a member of the Lutheran Church there.

Surviving, are four daughters, Mrs. Robert Milstead and Miss Marjorie Deierling, of Trenton; Mrs. R. E. Johnston, of Jefferson City, Tenn., and Mrs. V. P. Russell, of San Angelo, Tex.; a son, Capt. Fredrick Deierling, serving with the armed forces in the Mediterranean; a sister, Miss Augusta Herboth, of Santa Monica, Calif., and a brother, Herman Herboth, of this city.  Mrs. Deierling was preceded in death by husband, who died Feb. 19, 1935, and a son, William Herboth Deierling who died Aug. 21, 1937, at the age of 27.

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H. DEIERLING, OF QUEEN CITY, AGED 27, DIES

Succumbs After Long Illness; Funeral to be Held Tuesday.

Special to The Daily Express.

Queen City, Mo., Aug. 22—Herboth Deierling, 27, of Queen City died Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at a hospital in Kirksville after a long illness.  He was taken to the hospital several weeks ago for treatment and seemed to be improving until a blood clot formed near the heart Sunday and caused his death.

Mr. Deierling has spent his entire life in Queen City, and was graduated from the high school here.  He was known to his classmates and friends as “Buddy.”  He was a correspondent for The Daily Express until the spring of 1937 when he went to spend a few months at Schurz, Nev.

  Mr. Deierling was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Deierling and was born March 15, 1911, one of six children.  His father preceded him in death Feb. 19, 1935.  Besides his mother he leaves one brother, Frederick of Des Moines, and four sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Johnston, Montgomery City, Mrs. Louise Russell, Queen City, Mrs. Freda Milstead, Pittsfield, Ill., Miss Marjory of the home, an aunt, Miss Cynthia Deierling, Queen City, two uncles, Herman Herboth, Sr., Kirksville, and Dr. Woods of Hannibal, an aunt, Mrs. William Burkhart, Mankato, Minn., two nieces and one nephew.

Funeral services will be held in Queen City Tuesday afternoon at the Lutheran Church at 1 o’clock conducted by the Rev. P. M. Lind.  Burial will be made in the Queen City Cemetery.

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Joseph F. Delaney Funeral Tomorrow

Joseph Francis Delaney, 83, of west of Baring, died Wednesday night about ten o’clock.  He had been ill several months.

Funeral services will be held at the St. Aloysius Church in Baring Saturday morning at ten o’clock conducted by Rev. Stephen Carew, pastor of the church.  Interment will be in St. Aloysius cemetery.

He was the son of Michael and Ellen (Haffernan) Delaney and was born near Baring, Oct. 14, 1869.  He was married to Mary E. Fink Feb. 19, 1901 at St. Mary’s Church in Adair.  Fourteen children were born, two of whom died in infancy.

Surviving are his wife: 12 children, W. N. Delaney, Mrs. Leo Ludden, Mrs. Paul Witherow, Claude, Mrs. Leo Crawford, Thomas and Raymond, all of Baring, Mrs. William Timmermeyer, of Ft. Madison, Mrs. Bert Wiggenjost, of West Point, Ia., Mrs. Jack Helling, of Ft. Madison, Ia., Miss Francis, of the home and Virgil, of Brashear; 22 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

His brother, Alfred Delaney, was buried on Wednesday morning.

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FUNERAL FOR MRS. DELLINGER AT DOWNING

Schuyler Co. Woman Died In Cape Girardeau Monday.

Special to The Daily Express.

Lancaster, Mo., Feb. 11—The body of Mrs. M. E. Dellinger was brought to Lancaster this morning from Cape Girardeau where she died Monday night at 8:30 in a hospital following an operation.  She was 36 years of age.

Funeral services will be held in the Baptist Church at Downing Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Thurman Andrews.  Burial will take place in the Downing cemetery beside her first child.

Mrs. Bellinger [sic] was the daughter of John T. and Sophronia Marlow and was born on a farm in Scotland County, Oct. 24, 1899.  On Sept. 11, 1918, she was married to M. E. Dellinger, of Schuyler County.  They began housekeeping on a farm near Memphis and lived there until twelve years ago when they moved to a farm near Downing and lived there until 1934 when they moved to Cape Girardeau.

Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bellinger [sic], three of whom are living.  They are: Helen Maxine, 13, Harold Gene, 11, and Mary Jane, 9.

Besides her husband and children she leaves her mother, Mrs. John T. Marlow, of Memphis, and the following brothers and sisters; Roy Marlow and Mrs. William Dellinger, of Near Lancaster; Mrs. Earl Rowe and John H. Marlow, of near Memphis; Mrs. Jesse Crawford, of Kirksville, and Charles Marlow, of Kansas City.

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MRS. WILLIAM DELLINGER, FORMER RESIDENT, DIES

Mrs. William Dellinger, 59, of Lancaster and formerly of Scotland county, died at 7 p.m. Sunday after a long illness.

Born in 1891 in Scotland county to John T. and Sophronia Shawley Marlow, the deceased in 1916 was married to William Dellinger, who survives.

Also surviving are her mother, a son, Earl, Downing; a step-daughter, Mrs. Eugene Poe, Downing; two brothers, John Marlow, Memphis, and Roy Marlow, Lancaster; and two sisters, Mrs. Dela Crawford, Arbela, and Mrs. Delora Rowe, Memphis.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. yesterday as Downing Baptist church, Rev. Thurman Anders of Lancaster officiating.  Burial was in Downing cemetery.

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Miss Louisa Octavia DeLouis, descendant of Chief Keokuk for whom the city of Keokuk, Ia., was named, was run down and killed by a truck in Des Moines, Ia., her home city, last Saturday night.  Her mother was the granddaughter of old Chief Keokuk.  Miss DeLouis together with her mother and brother lived for many years on Blondeau, St., between 1st and 2nd in Keokuk.  She taught music and history in the Academy of the Visitation in that city. – Kahoka Free Press.

Louisa Octavia DeLouis, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 12 Feb 1925, p. 2, col. 3

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Attorney Dempsey Dies In Macon

Atty. Roy Dempsey, 64 year old resident of Macon, dropped dead in the yard at his home Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock.  He had been listening to the Missouri and Kansas football game.  At conclusion of the game he and Mrs. Dempsey went out in the yard.  He remarked of feeling better than usual and absenting himself only momentarily from her, she called and receiving no response investigated and found him dead.

Funeral services will be held in Macon Monday afternoon at 2:30 and interment will be made in the cemetery there.

Mr. Dempsey was born in May, 1883 at La Plata.  He was married to Willette Trew, of Macon.  No children were born.  He is survived only by his wife.

He was Mayor of Macon for several years and was attorney for the Gary interests at Macon for several years.  About twelve years ago he became associated with Atty. Waldo Edwards.  He has been in Kirksville many times in Circuit Court sessions.

Atty. Roy Dempsey, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 23 Nov 1947, p. 4, col. 6 & 7, Sunday

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JOSEPH DENGLE DIES HERE; WAS 66 YEARS OLD

Native of Germany; Funeral Arrangements Incomplete

Joseph Anthony Dengle, 66, of Kirksville, route 1, died in a Kirksville hospital this morning about one o’clock.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson, where the body will remain.

He was born Dec. 31, 1886, in Germany.  He came to America in 1907 and lived in Des Moines, Ia., until 1936 when he came to Missouri.

He was a full time minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses until 1943 and part-time minister until his death.

Surviving are his wife, the former Nellie Naylor; three sons, Tom, of Des Moines, Iowa, Fred, of California, and Sidney, of Newton, Iowa, and four daughters, Mary, Helen and Louise, of Des Moines, and Bessie, of Kansas City.

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MRS. EUGENE DENNIS PASSES AWAY

Mrs. Hazel Dennis passed away at the home of her sister, Mrs. Joe Girotti here Saturday night, following an illness of three months attributed to complications from influenza.

Mrs. Dennis was born in Novinger, July 5, 1903, a daughter of Henry and Cornelia Jane Evans.

In 1922 she was married to Dr. Eugene Dennis, an osteopath and to this union two children were born, Gwendolyn 14, and Melville, 9.

In additioo [sic] to the children she is survived by her parents, six sisters, Mrs. Pearl Cunningham, Berwyn, Ill., Mrs. Roy Breese, Oak Park, Ill.; Mrs. Bernard McCabe, Moline, Ill.; Mrs. Dee Moore, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Curtis Childres and Mrs. Stella Girotti, the latter two both of this place and one brother, John Evans of Quincy, Ill.

Mrs. Dennis had lived in Rutledge the past ten years before coming to Novinger three months ago.  She was a member of the Methodist church in Rutledge and was very active in the church work.

Funeral services were held Tues. afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Methodist church with the Rev. Jetta Crisby, of Revere, officiating.  Interment was in the Novinger Cemetery.

Pallbearers were the following lady friends from Rutledge, Opal Gardner, Mae Snyder, Vera Kenoyer, Edna Baker, Violet Mason and Doris Linkenfelter.

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Worthington Items

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Vincent left Thursday night for Sidney, Mont., to attend the funeral of a brother-in-law, Huse Dennis.  They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Edger Hurley of Livonia.

Huse Dennis, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, Worthington Items, 17 Sep1953, p. 5, col. 6, Thursday

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Lutie Dennison Former Downing Resident Dies

Lutie Myrtle Dennison, daughter of William M. and Julia E. Randle, was born at Lancaster Missouri, June 16, 1880.  She passed away at the Davis County Iowa Memorial Hospital, on July 24, 1967, at the age of 87 years, one month and eight days.  Mrs. Dennison moved to Luray, Missouri, with her parents, while she was still a baby, and spent the early years of her life there.

On November 24, 1898, she was united in marriage to Ernest Howard Dennison.  To this union was born four children.  During the year of 1912, she and her family moved to Downing, and except for short periods of time, has been her home since that time.

Mrs. Dennison was a member of the Downing Methodist Church, a charter member of and Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Rowe of Downing, and Mrs. Thelma Schupbach of Wellman, Iowa; and one son, E. H. Dennison, Jr., of Webster Groves, Missouri.  Seven grandchildren, Elaine Middleton, Jean Lancaster, Pat Gingerich, and Jerry Schupbach, Randle, Larry and Anita Sue Dennison, and thirteen great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband and one daughter, Hazel May.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, July 26, 1967, at the Downing Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. John Gooch.

Music was furnished by Rev. Kenneth Campbell accompanied by Mrs. Leota Moore.  Selections were “Perfect Day” and “The Lord’s Prayer.”

Bodybearers [sic] were Randle and Larry Dennison, Harold Middleton, Jack Lancaster, Richard Gingerich and Jerry Schupbach.

Burial was in the Combs Cemetery at Luray, Missouri.

Lutie Myrtle Dennison, From Unknown Newspaper, 3 Aug 1967

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Mrs. Maude Garrett Dent Dies In Dakota

Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Wilson Dent, of Woonsocket, S. D., on December 31.  She died in a hospital in Huron, S. D., following an illness of ten days.  She was 35 years of age.

Mrs. Dent was the former Maude Garrett.  She was born in Kirksville, Jan. 16, 1902.  She was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Garrett and was reared and educated in Kirksville.

On a visit to Lennox, S. D., in 1917, she met Wilson Dent, and they were married after the World War on June 5, 1919, at her home in Kirksville.  They moved to a farm near Woonsocket, S. D., where they continued to live until her death.  Four children were born to this union, three girls and one boy.  Mrs. Dent and her children were baptized in the Presbyterian faith, April 5, 1931, in Forestburg, S. D.  She was an active worker in the church, being a member of the Ladies Aid and superintendent of the Sunday School.  She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and sergeant-at-arms of the American Legion Auxiliary at Woonsocket.  She was chairman of the Silver Creek Extension Club and an active Red Cross worker.

She leaves her husband and four children, Doris Dakota, 17, Laura Ann, 15, Audrey Jane, 14, and Wilson Marcellus, Jr., 10.  She also leaves her mother, Mrs. Julia Garrett Lambert, of Kirksville, two brothers, James D. Garrett, Jr., of Muncie, Ind., and Harry W. Garrett, of Kirksville; and three sisters, Mrs. Oscar Strand, Woonsocket, S. D., Mrs. John Baum, Jr., of Kowa, Colo., and Mrs. Roy Douglas, of Chicago.

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MRS. BERNARD DENT, 79, DIES AT LA PLATA

Mother of Lester Dent, Author, Was Early Pioneer

Mrs. Bernard Dent, 79, of La Plata died at 1:45 this morning of a coronary seizure.  Services will be held at two o’clock Saturday at the Christian Church in La Plata with the Rev. R. L. Prather officiating.  Interment will be at the La Plata cemetery.

Mrs. Dent was born on March 5, 1873 on a farm four miles northeast of La Plata, the daughter of John T. and Mary E. Norfolk.  She attended the Novelty College and the Kirksville Normal School, after which she taught several years in Missouri and Nebraska.

She was married in1895 to Bernard Dent, who preceded her in death in 1950.  One child was born to this marriage, Lester Dent, and author, of La Plata.

Mrs. Dent had six brothers, three of whom survive.  They are John D. Gillette Norfolk, of Wyoming; Charles Cliff Norfolk, of New Cambria, and George T. Norfolk of Kirksville.  She also has one sister by adoption, Mrs. Rose Zofel, who lives in Chicago.

Mrs. Dent, with her husband participated in the pioneering of the west, traveling to Oklahoma during the Cherokee Strip Rush and later by covered wagon to Wyoming, during the period when the Indians were a menace and the state was sparsely settled.  Her brother, James “Bert” Norfolk, who accompanied her, now owns one of the largest cattle ranches in Wyoming.

In 1919 she and her husband returned to La Plata and purchased the farm belonging to Mr. Dent’s father, where they lived until he died in 1950.  Mrs. Dent, then moved to La Plata.

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RITES FOR DR. U. O. DEPUTY

United Brethren Minister Preached in Scotland County

Funeral services for Rev. U. O. Deputy, 84, were held at the Barker church in the northwest part of the county Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock and were conducted by Rev. Williams, pastor of the church, who was assisted by Rev. Purvis, Rev. Thompson, and Rev. Bertha Porter, friends of the deceased.

A mixed quartet composed of Mrs. Gussie Bowles, Mrs. Eunice Tucker, Ross Tucker and Clyde Tippett, sang, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Williams.

The pall bearers were Ed. Drake, Earl Drake, John Fryrear, Roy Tucker, John Newland and Elmer Newland.

Ulysses Orval Deputy was born in Eagleville, Mo., August 25th, 1856.  He died Dec. 10, at his home in Humansville, Mo.

He was the seventh child of a family of nine children that were born to William and Elmira Deputy.  Only one member of the family survives, Mrs. Louella Opydke, of Portland, Oregon.

He was talented in vocal music and in his youth, after receiving vocal training, taught music while taking a theological course at Avalon College.  It was here he met and married Almeda Reeder.  To this union were born five children.  One child, Walter, preceded him in death.  The four children who survive are Mrs. Emma Newland of Memphis, Clyde Deputy of Humansville, Mo.; Mrs. Beulah Vickers of Haughton, La., and Orville Deputy of Kansas City.

After a short illness his wife passed away Sept. 4, 1907.  He later married Jessie Huckleby, who also preceded him in death about four years ago.

He became a member of the United Brethern [sic]church and remained a faithful member.  The earlier years of his professional life were in the ministry of the United Brethern [sic]church in this state.  Several years were spent in pastorates throughout Scotland county.  He also served as Presiding Elder of this conference.

Later in life he graduated from the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville and became an efficient practitioner.

Besides his children, he leaves eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

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S. W. DERBY FUNERAL TO BE HELD TUESDAY

Former Factory Superintendent’s Burial In Massachusetts.

The funeral for S. W. Derby, 78-year-old former superintendent of the International Shoe Company factory, who died in a hospital here Saturday night, is to be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Davis Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Pyron McMillen, Presbyterian minister.  Burial will be at South Weymouth, Mass., his former home.

Honorary pallbearers have been selected as follows: J. E. Goodwin, Al Schopp, V. C. Travers, Harry Bamburg, B. L. Bonfoey, Ben Steiner, Elmer Thoelke, John X. Waters, V. C. White, S. W. Arnold, Frank Neal, Warner Mills, Emert Adams, Robert Todhunter, C. J. Baxter, Orville Myers, Dr. C. E. Still, Dr. Harry M. Still and J. M. DeWitt.

Mr. Derby, a resident of Kirksville 25 years, was born at South Weymouth, Mass., May 7, 1862, son of Benjamin and Chloe Derby, and his full name was Silas White.  He was superintendent of shoe factories at North Abington, Mass., Bridgewater, Mass., and Springfield, Ill., before coming here to direct operation of the International factory.  He retired about seven years ago here and was succeeded by E. H. Thoelke.

He was active in the Rotary Club and Country Club here and was a member of the Masonic order.  Mr. Derby became ill last spring and had to undergo an operation at Rochester, Minn., when stricken while on a fishing trip.

Married in1887 to Mary Whiting, three children were born.  Mrs. Derby died Dec. 29, 1923.

Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. Allen Vining, Altadena, Calif., and Mrs. Paul Dixon, Tulsa, Okla.; one son, Harold Derby, Freeport, Texas; five grandchildren, one brother, Herbert Derby, North Abington, Mass., and one sister, Mrs. J. W. Dunn, South Weymouth, Mass.

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MRS. CATHARINE DERFLER, AGED 93, DIES HERE

Funeral Here Tomorrow; Burial At Novinger.

Mrs. Catherine [sic] Novinger Derfler, 93 years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. Hughes, 413 North Elson Street, yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock.

Death was attributed to general debilities of age.  She had been in impaired health since last October and bedfast since Christmas.  Prior to October, Mrs. Derfler had been unusually vigorous for a person of her age.  She made a trip to her former home at Millersburg, Pa., last summer to attend a family reunion.

The funeral is to be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Joseph W. Thompson, pastor of the Methodist Church here.  Burial will be in the Novinger Cemetery, beside her husband, Euhart Derfler, who died in 1929, and son, Dr. Morris E. Derfler.  The body is lying in state at the funeral home.

Mrs. Derfler was a member of a family of seventeen children, born July 19, 1846 near Millersburg, Pa., the daughter of Joseph and Anna Eisenhower Novinger.  She was married to Euhart Derfler, Jan. 31, 1871, and four children were born.

Mr. Derfler was a native of Stambach, Bavaria, who had come with his parents to Pennsylvania in early childhood.  He served in the Union Army, entering the services at the age of 16.

During the first yeas of their married life, Mr. Derfler worked in a cotton factory at Harrisburg.  But wages were so low, only $10 a week, and they decided to seek greater economic opportunity farther West.  Some of Mrs. Derfler’s relatives had migrated to western Adair County, Missouri, and a town bearing the family name, Novinger, was growing up there.  The Derflers [sic] headed for Novinger.

They left Harrisburg in April but it was so cold the day of departure the windows were frozen shut.  At Quincy, Ill., they found the Mississippi river five miles wide.

Mrs. Derfler often recalled their dismay at finding conditions here in 1881 somewhat primitive.  Even the streets of Kirksville were unsurfaced and with only a few sidewalks.

They made their home on a farm north of Novinger until 1927, when they moved to Kirksville.

At the age of 82 Mrs. Derfler underwent an operation for appendicitis.  She expressed pleasure over the experience, asserting, “For once in my life I got to be waited upon.”

When she was 90 the Order of Eastern Star, of which she had been a member since she was 84, held a commemorative service in her honor.  She was a member of the Methodist Church many years and a member of the Pythian Sisters.

Surviving her are two sons, Harry D. Derfler, proprietor of the Kirksville Typewriter Exchange; Geroge [sic] W. Derfler, of Marshall, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Anna E. Hughes, Kirksville; four sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Susan Shott, 82, Novinger; Mrs. Emma Keefer, Millersburg, Pa.; George Novinger, Millersburg, Pa.; Lucetta Novinger, Harrisburg, Pa.; Aaron Novinger, Orlando, Fla., and Mrs. Ida Warfel, New Kensington, Pa.; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Catharine (Novinger) Derfler, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 10 Jan 1940, p. 1, col. 3 & 4

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Her gravestone and Missouri Death Certificate #1497 give her name as Catharine Derfler.

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DR. M. E. DERFLER, AGED 50, DIES AT NOVINGER

Dr. M. E. Derfler, a well-known physician of Adair county, died today noon at his home in Novinger, aged about 50 years.  Dr. Derfler had been in ill health for several years, but had been confined to his bed only a short time.  Funeral services will be held in Novinger Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock.

He leaves a widow and four children, Marian Catherine, Maurice Harold, Donald and Margaret Ann.  He also leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Derfler, of Novinger, two brothers, H. D. Derfler, of Kirksville, and George Derfler, of Sedalia, and one sister, Mrs. Anna Hughes, of Kirksville.

He was a member of the Masonic order at Novinger, and had practiced medicine in Novinger for ten or twelve years.

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Fred C. DeRosear Services Held On Sunday

Fred C. DeRosear, the son of Albert B. C. and Emma Saxe DeRosear was born September 23, 1902, in Lee County, Iowa, and died June 13, 1969, at the Davis County Hospital, Bloomfield, Iowa.

Mr. DeRosear was married to Mable Warson DeRosear on November 3, 1919, and to this union was born three children, a daughter, Lois DeRosear Ross, two sons, Dean and Dwight DeRosear.

Mr. DeRosear joined The Sharon Presbyterian Church in Lee County, Iowa, as a child, and later transferred his membership to The First Presbyterian Church of Memphis, Missouri, where he served as an ordained Deacon.  He was a member of the Memphis Masonic Lodge No. 16 A. F. and A.M. plus being a member of several other civic organizations.

Mr. DeRosear is survived by his widow, Mable Warson DeRosear; a daughter, Lois DeRosear Ross, and her husband, Bob; two sons, Dean DeRosear, and his wife Margie, Dwight DeRosear and his wife, Jo-Anne; ten grandchildren; a brother, Clyde, of Ft. Madison, Iowa; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Ross of Hillsboro, Iowa, Mrs. Vallie Dalton and Mrs. Mable Taylor, both of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.  His parents, a brother, and two sister [sic] preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held for Fred C. DeRosear, Sunday, June 15, 1969, at 3:00 p.m. in The First Presbyterian Church of Memphis, Missouri, with the Rev. Billy J. T. Hauer officiating.  Interment was in the Memphis Cemetery.  Pall bearers were Bob Moore, Charles Long, Russell Cravens, Gerald Courtney, Floyd Wieland, and Guy Gardine.  Honorary pall bearers were Dr. Earl Gilfillan, Earl Beeler, Harry Meyer, Roy Hustead, Lealand Dorsey, and Kermit Rose.  Soloists were Dr. Harlo Donelson and John Mallett and organist was Mrs. John Ed Luther.

Fred C. DeRosear, From Unknown Newspaper, 19 Jun 1969

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OBITUARY

Mrs. Lelia Derry, wife of Vern Derry, died Wednesday evening May 19, 1920, at the family residence, 1126 College Avenue; Davenport, Iowa.  Death was due to a complication of diseases.  Her maiden name was Miller.  She was born in Davenport, Ia., November 22, 1898, and lived in that city all her life.  She was married to Vern Derry March 30, 1918.

Mrs. Derry was a member of the Mt. Ida Presbyterian church.  She is survived by her husband and a fifteen months old baby, Dale, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Miller, two brothers and three sisters.

Funeral services from the home Friday afternoon.  Interment in Oakdale cemetery.

Lelia (Miller) Derry, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 10 Jun 1920, p. 1, col. 5

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Oliver Derry Services Will Be Held Sunday

Oliver Derry passed away at Huntington Park, Calif.  The body is being brought back here for burial.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 20 at 2:00 p.m. at the Payne chapel.  Mr. Derry is the father of Mrs. Elmer Israel of Alhambra, Calif., formerly of Memphis.

Mr. and Mrs. Israel plan to arrive here today.

Oliver Derry, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 17 Mar 1960, p.1, col. 6

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A. W. DESKIN, GROCER HERE, DIES TODAY

Had Been In Impaired Health Since August

A.W. Deskin, 61, proprietor of a grocery store at 507 East Illinois Street, died this morning at 1:30 o’clock at his home, which is next door to the store.  He had been ill since last August.

Mr. Deskin, whose full name was Arna William Deskin, was born March 26, 1881, in Macon County, Missouri, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth Deskin.  Reared in La Plata, he came to Kirksville as a young man and worked five years in the Mills & Garges store.  Most of his business life had been spent in the grocery business, however, he being in a store here twelve years with the late James Vaughn before operating his own store.

He was married to Esther Johnson on Jan. 26, 1905 and two children were born, one of whom, Mildred, died at the age of thirteen.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Esther J. Deskin; one son, William A. Deskin, at home, and three sisters, Mrs. F. A. Chappell, La Plata; Mrs. R. B. Brewington, Hanover, N. M., and Mrs. Frank Van Order, Ottumwa, Ia.

Mr. Deskin was a member of the Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge.

Funeral plans have not been completed.  His body is lying in state at his home.

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MRS. RACHEL A. DETWILER DIES; WAS 91 YEARS OLD

Sullivan County Woman Was at Home of Son in Kirksville

Mrs. Rachel Ann Detwiler, 91, long-time resident of Sullivan county, died at the home of her son, Victor O. Detwiler, 207 S. Mulanix, Friday night at 9:40.

Funeral services will be held at the Glenn E. Kent & Son funeral Home in Green City Monday afternoon at one o’clock.  Interment will be in the McCollum cemetery southwest of Winigan.

The daughter of Henderson and Mary McCollum, Mrs. Detwiler was born Feb. 19, 1860, southwest of Winigan near the Sullivan and Linn county line.  She was married to Charles Detwiler and eight children were born to this marriage.  Her husband died in 1910.  One son died in infancy.  Another son, Albert, died last Jan. 25.

Surviving are five sons, Fred, of Seattle, Wash., Frank, of Brookfield, Roy, of Jefferson City, Victor, of Kirksville, and Clyde, of Kansas City, and one daughter, Mrs. Lois Darr, of Green City; thirteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren; one brother, Howard McCollum, of Tacoma, Wash., and one sister, Mrs. Lillie Emberton, of South Missouri.

Mrs. Detwiler was a member of the Christian Church.

With the exception of a few years of her early married life lived in Nebraska, she was a resident of the Winigan vicinity the remainder of her life.

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Two Women Killed, 4 Hurt Near Shelbina

Shelbina, Mo., May 8. (UP)—Two women were killed and four other persons seriously injured in a collision yesterday on U. S. Highway 36 two miles east of Shelbina.

The dead were Mrs. George Deverger, 74, Clarence, Mo., and Mrs. Luther Ingram of Lakenan, Mo.

The two cars involved were driven by George E. Weisenborn, 60, Clarence, and Luther Ingram.  All of the injured suffered leg fractures, lacerations and head injuries.

The injured included Weisenborn, Ingram, George Deverger, and Mary Elliott, 38, the latter also of Clarence.

Mrs. Ingram suffered severe head injuries and died last night in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital at Hannibal, Mo.

Mrs. George Deverger, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 8 May 1952, p. 1, col. 7

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H. OVERSTREET, 47, IS SLAIN IN SEDALIA

Kirksville Man Killed, and Woman Companion Wounded

Homer Overstreet, 47, of 1307 E. Jefferson street, was shot and killed about 9:30 o’clock Saturday night in Sedalia by T. A. (Al) Devine, 57-year-old hotel clerk, as Overstreet and Mrs. Eva Devine, estranged wife of Devine, entered her apartment.  Devine, after wounding his wife with two shots, killed himself.

Sedalia police said Devine entered his wife’s apartment, waited for her to arrive, and when she and Overstreet opened the door, Devine started shooting.  Overstreet was killed instantly and Mrs. Devine was wounded in the shoulder and hip.  She was taken to a hospital and is believed to be out of danger.

According to police Mrs. Devine was employed as a waitress in a restaurant in Sedalia and has been separated from her husband about three years.

Mr. Overstreet has been associated with the Missouri Farmers Association for many years, first as a manager of the exchange at New Boston and then at Gifford.  Five years ago he moved to Kirksville and has been traveling for the seed division of the association.

The body has been brought to Kirksville and funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by the Rev. T. W. Jolly, pastor of the Christian Church.  Interment will be in the Maple Hills Cemetery.  The pallbearers will be members of the I. O. O. F. lodge.  The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.

Mr. Overstreet, a son of Arch and Grace Logan Overstreet, was born in Linn county, Mo., June 25, 1900.  He was married to Miss Tena Hendricks and to this marriage two children were born.

He is survived by his wife, son, Harold, daughter, Mrs. Hubert (Maxine) Hulse, both of Kirksville; three brothers, Arthur of La Plata; Roy of Ethel, and Wade of Grundy Center, Iowa; four sisters, Mrs. Don (Nora) Minor, Mrs. Orval (Cozie) Mills, both of New Boston; Mrs. Henry (Mertie) Kisor, Macon, and Mrs. Guy (Etta) Wood, Burlington, Iowa and two grandchildren.  His parents and two brothers preceded him in death.  He was a member of the Kirksville I. O. O. F. lodge.

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DR. FRANK VAN DEVNNY [sic] DIES IN LOTT, TEX.

1916 Graduate of Kirksville Osteopathic College

Dr. Frank Van DeVinny, 60, osteopathic physician and former Kirksville resident, died suddenly at his home in Lott, Texas, Sunday.

Dr. DeVinny was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William DeVinny, and was born May 26, 1895, at Leavenworth, Kan.  He was married to Lois Ruth Bondurant at Kirksville on Dec. 28, 1916, and to this marriage two children were born.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. William (Lou) Talley, Waco, Texas; a son, Paul DeVinny, Dallas, Texas; a sister-in-law, Mrs. S. B. Bohon and two brothers-in-law, Will and Jim Bondurant, all of Kirksville; five sisters and five grandchildren.

Dr. DeVinny graduated from the ASO in 1916, and while in school at Kirksville he was employed at the Daily Express.  He practiced at Downing from 1918 until 1941, and then at Ludlow, Mo.  For the past ten years he had practiced at Lott, Texas.

He was a veteran of World War I, and for many years had been a member of the Presbyterian church at Camp Ground, in Scotland county.

The body will be returned to the Dee Riley Funeral Home, arriving Wednesday evening, and funeral arrangements will be announced later.

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William DeVinney [DeVinny] Dies at Downing

Special to The Daily Express.

Downing, Mo., March 29—William DeVinney [sic], 72, former Kansas newspaperman employed for the past ten years in the printing department of Kansas State College, Manhattan, died here yesterday at the home of his son, Dr. F. V. DeVinney [sic].

Death was attributed to nephritis.

Mr. DeVinney [sic] and his wife went to California last June to visit two daughters.  While there they became ill.  Mrs. DeVinney [sic] died Nov. 28 and was buried at Manhattan.

A few days after arriving in California, Mr. DeVinney [sic] suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered.

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J. C. DEW DIES AFTER ILLNESS OF TWO YEARS

Wabash Telegraph Operator, 56, Was Former Councilman.

J. C. (“Dick”) Dew, Wabash Railway telegraph operator here twenty-six years and a former member of the City Council, died last night at 10:15 o’clock in the Wabash hospital at Moberly, where he had been under treatment the past seven weeks.  He was 56 years old.

Mr. Dew had been in impaired health the past two years.

The funeral is to be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the First Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Pyron McMillen, and burial will be made in the Maple Hills Cemetery.  Masonic rites will be presented at the grave.  The body is lying in state at the Davis Funeral Home here.

Pallbearers are to be Tim Lowrance, Albert Bartlett, Pearl Fife, Lloyd Shafer, Ross Warden and Joe Burdman.  Honorary pallbearers are Mose Warden, Charles Gorsuch, Garry Taylor, Lee Patton, Fred Shafer, Grover Swigert, R. N. Helms and Ray Updyke.

Mr. Dew, whose full name was John Clark Dew, was born April 3, 1885 near Knoxville, Tenn., one of twelve children of Matt and Mattie Dew.  The family moved to Middletown, Mo., when he was two years old.  He had been a Wabash telegraph operator thirty-two years, coming to Kirksville from Macon, Mo.

He was married July 1, 1915 to Miss Mae McKinney and one child was born.  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mae M. Dew; one daughter, Chloressa, now Mrs. J. M. Wormley, of Newton, Ia.; three brothers, Harry Dew, Dallas, Tex.; William Dew, Pontiac, Ill.; Joe Dew, Milwaukee, Wis.; three sisters, Mrs. Letha Morris, Jefferson City; Mrs. Stella Thompson, St. Louis; Mrs. Alice Duncan, Los Angeles, and his mother, Mrs. Matt Dew, aged 81, of Jefferson City, Mo.

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BARNEY DEWALD.

Barney Dewald was born in Germany, June, 1842.  Died at his home in Clark county, April 24, 1905.  Emmigrated [sic] to the United States of America, with his parents in 1855, and located in Keokuk, Iowa.

He has lived within a radius of twenty-five miles of that city ever since, with the exception of four years that he served in the Civil war, fighting for his adopted country.

He is survived by one son, Joseph Dewald, one brother, Jacob Dewald and one sister, Mrs. K. Kirch, besides a host of friends to mourn his loss.

He believed in the Supreme Being and the Holy Bible, but was not a professor of religion.  This proves to us how needful it is to be prepared for the summons when the Death Angel shall come.

The funeral services was conducted at the home, by Rev. J. L. Wallace.  The deceased was laid to rest in the Newman Cemetery.

Barney Dewald, Kahoka, Missouri, 5 May 1905

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MRS. JOHN C. DEWITT DIES HERE TODAY

Funeral Will Be Held Sunday at Presbyterian Church

Mrs. John C. DeWitt, resident of Kirksville for the past forty years and widow of the late John C. DeWitt, deputy state bank commissioner, died this morning at 12:45 o’clock at her home, 712 East Normal Avenue.  She had been in failing health for several weeks, and death was due to the infirmities of age.  She was 81 years old.

Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by the pastor, Rev. Russell E. Otto.  Interment will be in Maple Hills Cemetery.

Mrs. DeWitt’s maiden name was Anne Dail and she was the daughter of William Heflion and Catherine (Higgins) Dail, and was born near Springfield, Ill., May 5, 1866.  When about five years of age, she came with her parents from Illinois to Wintersville, Mo., in a covered wagon.  She was married in 1894 to John C. DeWitt at Humphreys, Mo.  Three children were born to this marriage.  Her husband died in August, 1939.

She is survived by her three sons, J. M. DeWitt, of 709 S. Halliburton Street, Dr. R. H. DeWitt, of Parkersburg, W. Va., and Rev. Dale DeWitt, of New York City, four grandchildren, Beverly Ann DeWitt, of St. Louis, Mrs. G. C. Hemphill, of Bloomfield, Mo., R. H. DeWitt, of Boston, Mass., and Mary Ann DeWitt at home; two great grandchildren.

Mrs. DeWitt was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Kirksville.  She was also a member of the Sojourners Club.

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J. C. DeWITT, STATE FINANCE DEPUTY, DIES

Former Merchant and Police Judge Ill Four Weeks.

John C. DeWitt, 72, deputy state finance commissioner in charge of liquidation of twelve North Missouri banks, died here yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock from cerebral thrombosis.  He was stricken four weeks ago yesterday.

Mr. DeWitt had been a resident of Kirksville about thirty years and his business career embraced activity in several fields here and in Sullivan County.  Educated in a college at Humphreys, Mo., he taught in rural schools in that vicinity a few years, then entered the mercantile business at Humphreys.  He came to Kirksville in 1909 and was a partner with Ed Watson in the insurance and real estate business several years.  He and F. W. Simonds purchased the Porter-Wren Company and operated a drygoods [sic] and ready-to-wear store on the south side of the square until shortly after the World War.  He then returned to the insurance and real estate business until his appointment as deputy state finance commissioner March 2, 1933.

He was in charge of liquidation of the Kirksville Savings Bank, which closed in February, 1933, and had paid depositors 95 per cent of their money to date.  Another dividend, the final one, is to be paid soon.  He had completed liquidation of banks at Hurdland, Yarrow and Gibbs and was preparing the final dividend to depositors of a closed bank at Chillicothe.  On August 15 he sold the assets of two banks which he was liquidating at Breckenridge.  Other banks in process of liquidation under his direction are at Hamilton, Tindall, Newtown, Powersville, and Trenton.

Mr. DeWitt served as police judge of Kirksville in the last Ewing administration.  He was a member of the M. E. Church South until it disbanded here, then joined the Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder.  He was a member of Kirksville lodge 105 A. F. & A. M. and a Past Master of the Humphreys Masonic Lodge.

Mr. DeWitt was born Jan. 10, 1867 on a farm near Humphreys, a son of Johnson and Martha Wright DeWitt.  He was married to Miss Annie Heflion in 1894.

Surviving are his widow, three sons, J. M. DeWitt, 709 South Halliburton Street, Kirksville; Dr. R. H. DeWitt, Wellsburg, W. Va., and the Rev. Dale DeWitt, New York, N. Y.; four grandchildren, the Misses Beverly and Madge DeWitt, Kirksville; Richard Hall and Mary Ann DeWitt, Wellsburg, W. Va.; and three sisters, Mrs. J. M. Wattenbarger, Urbana, Ill.; Mrs. Ed Dail, Columbia, Mo.; and Mrs. R. H. Menefee, San Diego, Cal.

Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt made their home at 712 East Normal Avenue.

His three sons had been at his bedside during the last few days of his illness, but Dr. H. R. DeWitt started for his home in West Virginia yesterday.

The body is lying in state at the Davis Funeral Home here.

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Former Marie Loomis Passed Away At Burlington

Mrs. Marie Loomis DeZwarte, 93, of Milton, Iowa, died at a Burlington hospital Monday, November 4^th at 3 a.m. where she had been a patient 15 days.

A native of Todd county, Minnesota, she was born Sept. 25, 1870, the daughter of Wm. and Estella Pierce Harris.  On March 31, 1897, she married Charles Loomis at Mt. Pleasant.  He died in 1939.

In June 1960, she married James De Zwarte in Memphis, Mo., who survives.  Mrs. DeZwarte attended Howe’s Academy in Mt. Pleasant and taught in Henry county schools for 10 years.

Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Garman of 1106 S. Central; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Russell of Mt. Pleasant; three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.  One son, one brother and one sister are dead.

Services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Elliott-Lunning Chapel with the Rev. George Brooks officiating.

Burial was in Forest Home cemetery at Mt. Pleasant.

Marie Loomis DeZwarte, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 14 Nov 1963

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