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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Nate” Lackey Passed Away Monday At Edina
Nathan “Nate” Lackey, 90 of Edina, formerly of the Rutledge community passed away at his home at 6 a.m. Monday, October 18, 1965. He had been in failing health for some time and had lived in Edina for the past 11 years.
He was born December 2, 1874 the son of Jesse and Angeline Matlick Lackey.
He was married to Lydia Jackson on December 20, 1899 and she passed away June 1935.
On March 18, 1936 he was married to Mildred Davis at Memphis, Mo., and she survives. Also surviving is a foster daughter, Mrs. Blanche Hines of Ardmore, Okla. Also two half-sisters, Mrs. Ethel McDaniel of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Allie Myers of Memphis, Mo. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, John D. Lackey and two half-brothers, Leslie and Elmer Hendricks.
He had been a member of Rutledge A.F. & A.M. for over 40 years and a member of the Methodist church of Memphis, Mo.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 20 at 2 p.m. at Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel; Edina with Rev. E. E. Hembree, Edina officiating and burial will be in the Memphis cemetery.
He had lived in Memphis and for many years on a farm southwest of Rutledge.
Nathan “Nate” Lackey, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 21 Oct 1965
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leland Ladd Dies At Age of 66
Leland W. Ladd (Tubby) age 66 of 1826 Dyland Drive, Griffith, Indiana passed away February 9, 1972 at the Methodist Hospital in Gary Indiana.
Surviving are his wife, Gertrude; 1 son Larry of Gary Indiana; 1 daughter, Mrs. James (Linda) Bastian of Crown Point Indiana; 5 grandchildren; 1 sister, Mrs. Ryle (Eve Mae) Sharpe of Independence Hill. Funeral Services were held Saturday Feb. 12th, at 1:00 P.M. at the Rending Funeral Home Chapel and burial in Calumet Park Cemetery. Mr. Lass was born and raised in Memphis Missouri.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. R. I. Ladd Dies Suddenly Monday
Mrs. R. I. Ladd died suddenly at her apartment in the home of her sister, Mrs. W. B. Scott Monday night.
She had gone to her bedroom, according to Mrs. Scott, early in the evening to retire for the night. Not hearing any sound in her apartment the following morning, Mrs. Scott investigated and found Mrs. Ladd lying across the bed fully clothed.
A doctor was summoned but she had apparently died shortly after reaching her bedroom the night before.
She had been active in the work of the Christian church for many years, serving as a deaconess.
She was born at Newmansville, Ill., Oct. 28, 1871, to George W. and Sarah E. Waring Struble.
Mrs. Ladd was educated at Jacksonville, Ill., women’s college and taught in Illinois schools several years before marrying Claude F. Johnson in 1896. He died in 1899.
In 1917 she married Ralph I. Ladd, who died in 1947. Mrs. Ladd was part owner of Ladd and Struble clothing store.
Mrs. Ladd is survived by one daughter, Mrs. B. H. Barnett of Madison, Wisconsin.
Other survivors include four brothers: Dr. Andrew Struble, Glasgow, Kansas; Dr. Will Struble, Castle Wood, S. D.; Waring Struble of Keokuk; and Dr. Phil Struble of Holyoke, Colo.; two sisters: Mrs. Joseph Sanders, Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. Scott.
Funeral services will be held at the Memphis Christian church at 2:00 this afternoon, with Rev. Faye Chappell conducting. Burial will be in Memphis cemetery.
Pallbearers will be E. D. Fender, Joe Creek, Jr., C. J. Williams, A. L. Luther, Harold Jayne, and Arden Eager.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OBITUARY
W. C. LADD
(Quincy Herald-Whig)
Gorin, July 28. –W. C. Ladd, last Civil War veteran in Scotland county, prominent Mason and pioneer citizen, died Sunday morning in the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Shacklett, near here. Mr. Ladd, who spent most of his life in Memphis and vicinity, was 101 years old. He was born on Christmas day, 1839.
Mr. Ladd was born in Henderson county, Ky., and came to Missouri with his parents when he was 10 years old. The family settled in Lewis county where Wyaconda now stands. He enlisted in the Confederate army, in June, 1861, and was captured by the Union army at the battle of Helenic on July 4, 1863, and was kept prisoner at Alton, Ill., for a year. Mr. Ladd was discharged from the army in June, 1865.
Mr. Ladd joined the Etna Masonic lodge in 1868. Etna was formerly a community near Memphis and the lodge was merged with the Memphis lodge in 1882 [Editor’s Note: an obituary in another paper gives the year as 1892], when Mr. Ladd was master. He also served as master of the Memphis lodge in 1919, and was a charter member of Carter chapter O. E. S., at Memphis which was founded in 1890. Besides his Masonic activities Mr. Ladd held several county offices.
In June of 1940, Mr. Ladd was honored at a Masonic meeting in Memphis when he had been a Mason for 72 years. State officials were present and he was given a parchment scroll telling of his membership.
As the last Civil war veteran, Mr. Ladd was honored by Memphis and Gorin citizens in June, 1939, when he was presented with a Confederate flag at ceremonies.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Shacklett and Mrs. Dora Fleming of Afton, Iowa, and two sons, Ralph Ladd of Memphis, and William Ladd of Gary, Ind.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Presbyterian church at Memphis.
W. C. Ladd, Kahoka, Missouri, The Clark County Courier, 1 Aug 1941 and 8 Aug 1941
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W. C. LADD, 101, DEAD
COUNTY’S OLDEST CITIZEN WAS ASSESSOR TREASURER, COLLECTOR
W. C. Ladd, Scotland county’s oldest citizen, who was 101 years of age last Christmas day, died at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mrs. and Mrs. John W. Shacklett, north of Gorin Saturday night, July 26, about 11 o’clock.
Mr. Ladd’s exact age was 101 years 7 months and 1 day.
Funeral services were conducted at the Memphis Presbyterian church Monday afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. Arthur L. Huff, pastor of the Gorin Methodist church, and interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
A male quartette composed of Rep. J. C. Woodsmall, Judge E. F. Eierman, J. H. Morgan and Harry Taylor, accompanied by Miss Marilyn Wiegner, sang.
The pall bearers were Chas. Swift, I. M. Horn, J. H. Morgan, P. R. Allen, A. L. Luther and W. H. Roberts.
Mr. Ladd, who had been a citizen of Scotland county for many years, was born in Henderson, county, Kentucky, on December 25, 1839.
He came to this county from Kentucky when he was a lad ten years of age. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army and served until the close of the war in 1865.
The following record of the activities of Mr. Ladd’s service in the Civil war is taken from a life history of Mr. Ladd, published in The Memphis Democrat in December, 1912:
On the 14th of June. 1861, he went from his home in Clark county to Etna where he enlisted in General Martin E. Green’s regiment. Having recruited a goodly number of volunteers, General Green marched down to Lewis county. At what was known as Horse Shoe Bend near Staples’ Mill in Lewis county, the regiment was encamped and it was here that W. C. Ladd was sworn into the confederate service. After this time he saw many months of strenuous service in the Confederate ranks. Among the most important battles in which he was engaged were Prairie View, Pea Ridge and Helena, all in Arkansas. At the latter place he was captured and taken prisoner to Alton, Ill.
After serving ten months in that prison he was transferred to a Federal prison in Delaware, where he remained until the close of the war. In 1865 he was paroled and allowed to leave that place. In company with other soldiers, he went from Delaware to Mobile, Ala., and then to Shreveport, Louisiana. He left there June 10, 1865, and came by way of the Mississippi river to St. Louis where he was allowed to take the oath of allegiance to the government and return home.
As the last Civil War veteran, Mr. Ladd was honored by Memphis and Gorin citizens, June 12, 1939, when he was presented with a Confederate flag.
On January 31, 1871, he was married to Nancy A. Paddock and to this union six children were born, two preceeded [sic] him in death, Mrs. May Shacklett who died in 1905 an Clarence Ladd who died in 1939. Four children survive him, Mrs. Cora Fleming of Afton, Iowa, Ralph I. Ladd of Memphis, Mrs. John Shacklett of Gorin, with whom Mr. Ladd made his home, and Willie Shacklett of Gary, Ind.
He is also survived by 6 grandchildren and 3 great grand children.
His early years were spent on a farm in the Granger community. He was an active Democrat and a successful politician., liked by everyone. He held the offices of county assessor, county treasurer and county collector.
Mr. Ladd for more than several years an active Mason, was honored by Memphis Lodge No. 16 on January 3rd, 1940, when a party was given at the Masonic Temple in Memphis a week after his 100th birthday. Attending this meeting were Masonic notables from all parts of the state of Missouri.
The party had been planned for a number of weeks previous and Mr. Ladd looked forward to it with all the eagerness of a man many years younger.
Mr. Ladd also had the distinction of becoming a member of the Kirksville Council of the Masonic order in the spring of 1940. He was the oldest man ever to become a member of the Council in the state of Missouri and possibly the United States, being at the time several months beyond his 100th birthday.
His birthday celebration in the local Masonic order was given prominent mention in the annual proceedings of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Missouri for 1940.
Mr. Ladd first joined the Masonic fraternity when he was 29 years old at Etna later transferring his membership to Memphis when Etna lodge was discontinued. When a Masonic lodge was organized at Gorin, Mr. Ladd transferred his membership to Gorin becoming a charter member of the order at that place. Mr. Ladd served as Master of the Etna lodge and was also a charter member of Carter Chapter, O. E. S., Memphis, founded in 1899.
When he moved to Memphis he transferred his membership again to the Memphis lodge and served as Master here from June 24th, 1919, to June 24th, 1920.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Masonic services were held at the cemetery in charge of Neal Payne.
Those attending the funeral from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Willie Ladd and son, Robert. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Ladd and son, Larry, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ladd all of Gary, Ind.; Mrs. Cora Fleming of Afton, Iowa. Mr[.] and Mrs. Edgar Moorman and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Williams of Quincy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Charles Ladwig Of Brashear, Died Friday
Charles Ladwig, 67, of Brashear, died Friday evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. A. Schentz, of Baring. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Methodist Church at Brashear. The Rev. Perley M. Lind of Queen City conducted the services, assisted by the Rev. J. E. Rudliff, pastor of the Methodist Church.
A son of Vernon and Anna (Fisher) Ladwig, he was born in Danzig, Germany, Feb. 11, 1877. He came with his parents to the United States when three years old and settled near Queen City in Schuyler County.
He was married to Miss Gertrude Christman on April 7, 1897. To this union were born two sons and two daughters, Leslie Ladwig, Mrs. Elmer Hunsaker and Mrs. H. A. Scheutz, all of Baring and Raymond Ladwig, of Brashear.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, three grandsons, four granddaughters. Also two sisters, Mrs. Anna Miller, Mrs. Hattie Emmert and two brothers, Fred and Albert, all of Greentop.
He united with the Christian Church in Brashear under the ministry of the Rev. Perley M. Lind.
For the past forty-five years he has been one of the foremost farmers and stockmen of Eastern Adair County, dealing largely in livestock.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Leslie Ladwig, of Baring, Dies Here
Mrs. Leota (Smith) Ladwig, of Baring, died last Friday afternoon, in a hospital here. She had been in failing health for the past two years. She was 48 years old. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Community Church in Baring conducted by Rev. Cleo P. Keirn, Pastor of the Church of God in Kirksville. Interment was in the Maple Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Ladwig was the daughter of Daniel and Della (Davidson) Smith, and was born on Aug. 1st, 1899 near Brashear. She was married to Leslie O. Ladwig in 1921, and one son was born to them. After their marriage they lived on a farm southwest of Brashear until 1925, when they moved to Baring where they were engaged in the feed and produce business.
Surviving are her husband; a son, Daniel Charles; her mother; a brother, Clifford, of Brashear; a foster daughter, Dorothy Rickenberger, has been with Mr. and Mrs. Ladwig since she was 11 years old, and two nephews and four nieces.
She united with the Christian Church in Gibbs when she was 12 years old.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leslie Orville Ladwig
Leslie Orville Ladwig, aged 74 years of Baring, passed away Friday, December 8, 1972, at 7:53 p.m. at Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital, Kirksville, Missouri, which he had entered at 5:30 p.m.
He was born January 4, 1898, in Schuyler County, Missouri, the son of Charles and Gertrude Christman Ladwig.
He was first married to Leota Smith in 1920 and she passed away April 1948. On December 4, 1955, he was married to Mrs. Lavon Pruett Doss and she survives; also a son, Dan Ladwig of Baring, a foster daughter, Dorothy, Mrs. Orlo Harrison of Memphis, Missouri, who was reared in the home; four granchildren [sic], five step children and ten step-granchildren [sic]; one brother, Raymond Ladwig of Kirksville, and two sisters, Erma, Mrs. Elmer Hunsaker of Baring, Mrs. Golda Schuetz of Gainsville, Texas.
His parents also preceded him in death.
He lived his early life in Adair County and for over fifty yeas at Baring, where he was a feed dealer and stockman until his retirement.
He was a member of Greensburg Lodge No. 414 A.F. & A.M. and the Baring Community Church, where he was a member of the Board.
Funeral services were held Monday, December 11, 1972, at 1 p.m. at the Baring community Church, with Rev. Archie Cooper of Kirksville and Rev. Richard Goold of Baring, officiating. Burial was in the Maple Hills Cemetery, Kirksville, Missouri.
Leslie Orville Ladwig, From Unknown Newspaper, 21 Dec 1972
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DEATH OF MRS. JEPTHA LAFEVER, ON NOV. 27
Eliza M. Palmer was born February 16, 1835, in Richland county[,] Ohio. She came to Scotland county, Missouri, when a child and here she spent most of her life.
She was married to Jeptha LaFever in August[,] 1855. Mr. LaFever died August 9, 1894. there were born to this union five daughters–Mary S. Rhodes and Martha E. Chambers of Harvey county, Kansas, Mrs. Will Stice of Scotland county, Mo., Margaret J. Carter who died in 1898 and Nora Who died in infancy.
She leaves three living sisters–Mrs. Wm. Purvis of Bible Grove, Mrs. Martha Keown of acon, Mo., and Mrs. Mary Crocker of Memphis. Besides the children and sisters mentioned, deceased leaves 23 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and a large number of relatives and friends.
Mrs. LaFever died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Stice an [sic] Saturday, November 27, 1915, aged 80 years, 9 months and 11 days. Deceased united with the Christian church at Bible Grove in early life and remained ever faithful to her church until demise.
Funeral services were held at the Christian church at Bible Grove on Sunday, November 28 at 3 p.m. conducted by Elder M. J. Nicoson. Interment in the church cemetery.
Eliza M. (Palmer) LaFever, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 2 Dec 1915, p. 1, col. 6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jeptha Lafever died of consumption at his home in this city, Thursday evening, August 9th, 1894, after a long and painful illness.
Deceased was born in Knox County, Ohio, January 8th, 1820, and moved to this county in 1848. On the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the 1st Northeast Mo. Home Guards and became a member of the 21st Mo. Vols at the organization of that regiment. He re-enlisted and served his country faithfully and well until the close of the war. When he returned home he engaged in farming near Bible Grove and continued in the business up to a few years ago when failing health compelled him to lease the farm and he moved to this city. He grew worse as the years went by and the merciless disease finally claimed its victim. He leaves a widow to whom he was married in 1855 and a number of grown children to mourn his death. He was a member of the Christian Church, an honest and upright citizen and will be missed and mourned by a large circle of friends. His comrades of the G. A. R. accompanied the remains to Bible Grove, Friday, and Rev. B. M. Danford, chaplain of the Post, preached the funeral sermon, after which the body was laid to rest in the Bible Grove cemetery.
Jeptha Lefever, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 16 Aug 1894, p. 3, col. 5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lucille Lafferty, 26, Dies in Washington
Lancaster, Mo., June 18. (Special)—Mrs. Lucille Marie Lafferty, 26, died at her home in Yakima, Wash. Sunday. The body will arrive at the Head Funeral Home some time Thursday afternoon where it will lie in state until the funeral.
Funeral services will be held at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Livonia Saturday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Clyde Riddle, of Kahoka. Interment will be in St. John’s cemetery at Livonia.
She was the daughter of Mrs. Thelma Davidson and Thomas Cowan and was born in Putnam county June 25, 1925. She was married to Charles Lafferty about five years ago.
Surviving are her husband; one son, Stephen Charles; her father and mother; two sisters, Mrs. Velva Lybarger, of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Mrs. Fay Richmond, of Yakima, Wash., and one half-sister, Mrs. Ruth Current, of Indianola, Iowa.
Mrs. Lafferty was a member of the United Brethren Church. She had lived in Washington for about six years.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rev. La Frentz Services Held On Friday
Rev. L. L. (Lawrence) LaFrentz, son of Henry Paul and Martha LaFrentz, was born November 1, 1887, about 7 miles Southeast of Wyaconda, Missouri, in a farm home and passed away at his home in Wyaconda, Missouri, Sunday, December 31, 1967.
He attended public school at Wyaconda, Missouri, there graduated from the high school, later attended 1st year College at Cameron, Missouri.
Returning home at the death of his father. He later attended State Normal at Kirksville, Missouri, and later at Columbia, Missouri, at the University.
He taught a number of terms of school in Clark County, Missouri, before teaching he was a rural mail carrier at Wyaconda, Missouri, for 3 years and 8 months.
In 1929 he entered the ministry of the Methodist Church giving 27 years of active service, later he retired in 1956, and he was very active in the Wyaconda Methodist Church as teacher of the Men’s Bible Class.
His pastorates were Fairport, Revere, Monticello, Knox City, Florida, Clarksville, Galt, Chillicothe Circuit, Gilman City, Novelty, Ashton, and the last Charge he served 6 years on the Kahoka Circuit. He had served it 6 years before that.
The Rev. L. L. (Lawrence) LaFrentz was generous in giving time, talent and finance during the 27 years of his ministry, he contributed and sent hundreds of jars of canned fruit, preserves and jellies to the Old Folks homes, Orphans homes, and hospitals during his years in active ministry.
He was an ardent supporter of the Endowment fund for retired ministers.
At the close of life he left a nice contribution to the American Bible Society of N.Y., the W.S.C.S. Annunity [sic] fund and Board of Home Missions and Church Extensions of the Methodist Church.
He answered the Call for Service of his County in World War I in October 1918.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, one sister died in infancy. Mrs. F. G. Hilbers died in September 1967. Mrs. Estelle P. Lynch died in December 1967, and a nephew, Mr. F. F. Hilbers and a niece, Miss Ruth E. Hilbers.
Surviving are a nephew, Mr. Charles L. Hilbers, Birmingham, Alabama, and an aunt, Miss Helena Woltman, and many cousins and friends.
He was a member of Fairmont A.F. A.M. (Mason) and Rebecca Lodge No. 290, Wyaconda, Missouri, and the I.O.O.F. at Kahoka, Missouri.
Funeral services were held in the Wyaconda Methodist Church on Friday, January 5, 1968, at 2 p.m. with Rev. Harold Spiva and Rev. Ivan Cul officiating. Interment was in the Wyaconda Cemetery.
The Mason Lodge were body bearers.
Rev. L. L. (Lawrence) LaFrentz, From Unknow Newspaper, 11 Jan 1968
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ALFRED LAGLE, GIFFORD, DIES HERE AT AGE 67
Funeral Services Friday Afternoon at Gifford Church
Alfred B. Lagle, 67, of South Gifford, died in a Kirksville hospital yesterday afternoon at two o’clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Gifford Christian Church Friday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. R. L. Prather, pastor of the LaPlata Christian church. Interment will be in Indian Hills cemetery near Gifford. The body will remain at the McCollum Funeral Home until the funeral hour.
He was the son of John and Martha Lagle and was born Oct. 6, 1884. He was married to Stella Payton on Oc. [sic] 18, 1903, and four children were born to this marriage, one of whom died in infancy.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Ester Higginbotham, of LaPlata, and Mrs. Maxine Easley, of Elmer, and one son Robert, of Callao; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Letha Vallcera, of Seaside, Calif., and a half-sister, Mrs. Alice Kissinger, of Gifford.
He lived near Gifford all his life.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. LAIRD DIES IN WASHINGTON
E. Laird, of Seattle, Wash., a brother of Mrs. Harry Jonas, of Kirksville, and Ross Laird, of near Kirksville, died yesterday in Seattle, Wash. He had been in ill health for sometime. He had lived in Seattle the greater part of his life. He served in the Spanish – American War and World War War [sic] I, and served fifteen years as United States Marshal in Seattle. He has never lived in Kirksville.
Besides his sister and brother here he leaves his wife, two daughters, and two grandchildren, a brother C. F. Laird, of Meade, Kan., and a sister, Mrs. Stella Dunn, of Rifle, Colo.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The community was profoundly shocked Friday afternoon, when word was received here that George C. Laird, one of the most prominent citizens of Kirksville had been killed at a grade crossing by a fast Missouri Pacific passenger train near Council Grove, Kansas. The sheriff took charge of the body and wired the Elks at Kirksville, his brother at Tabor, Iowa, and a son, C. S. Laird, of Hutchison, Kansas with whom he stayed Thursday night. His son, Ross Laird, of East Center neighborhood, and his daughter, Mrs. Harry Jonas, left for Kansas Saturday morning. An examination of the effects found on the body and in his suit case showed that he had in his pocket $40 in currency, and a card showing a life membership in the Elks lodge at Kirksville, a will showing that he was administrator of his brother’s estate valued at $300,000. Included in the estate is nearly 8000 acres of Kansas land. Mr. Laird had been on an inspection trip and was returning to Kirksville when the accident happened and expected to reach Kansas City Friday night. The trainmen reported that Mr. Laird drove into the train on the crossing and the iron step on the cab caught the car and smashed it. But this could hardly be as Mr. Laird was thrown a hundred feet from the crossing and every bone in his body broken. Besides the widow, Mrs. Mary Laird of Kirksville, these children survive: Mrs. Olive Hawley, Belprey, Mrs. W. M. Dunn, Rifle, Colo.; Eugene Laird, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Harry Jonas and Ross Laird, Kirksville. The body was taken to Rifle, Colorado, for burial. The family have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Henry Laird, 76 years old, philanthropist and retired stockmen [sic], who made his home at the Dodge hotel, eleventh St. and Broadway, died at the Research hospital Saturday night. Mr. Laird gave much to charity and received little publicity. One of his early endowments was $100,000 for the establishment of the Kansas City Home for the Aged; $30,000 was used for the purchase of the lot and building and the remainder as an endowment fund to maintain the institution. In 1880 he purchased a farm in Republic county, Kansas and shortly afterward became one of the big stockmen, and wheat farmers of that state. In 1900 he retired from active management of his ranch and farms and moved to Kansas City. He had been a director of the Interstate National Bank for twenty years. On October 21, 1919, Mr. Laird, through George S. Hovey, president of the Inter-State National Bank, presented King Albert, of Belgium a check for $25,000 for the relief of the suffering widows and children of that country. Among his most recent endowments were $20,000 each for the Children’s Homes in Kansas City, and Topeka. He was a liberal subscriber to Bethany Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Mattie Rhodes Day Nursery and many many others of Kansas City’s institutions. Mr. Laird is survived by four brothers, G. C. Laird, of Kirksville, Mo., John Laird, of Norton, Kansas, F. M. Laird, of Tabor, Iowa and J. R. Laird, of Canyon City, Col. His will which was filed Tuesday leaves his estate to his four brothers and their children. — K. C. Times.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W. A. LAMB, AGED 87, DIES AT BRASHEAR
Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon At Hurdland.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., May 6—William A. Lamb, 87, died at 8:20 o’clock last night at his home in Brashear. He had been in failing health for three years and had been confined to his bed during the past week due to infirmities of age.
The son of John A. and Sarah Lamb, Mr. Lamb was born near the former village of Goodland in Knox County and had lived his entire life in Knox and Adair counties. Feb. 2, 1879, he married the former Miss Eliza Brownfield. Five children were born to this marriage. Two daughters died in infancy. Mrs. Lamb preceded him in death Aug. 30, 1916. Surviving are two sons, Arch Lamb, of Richmond, Calif., and John Lamb, of Edgemont, S. D. and a daughter, Mrs. Dessie Long, of Hurdland.
Mr. Lamb was engaged in farming until 1920, when he sold his farm and moved to Brashear. Oct. 12, 1920, he married the former Miss Victoria Ellison, who survives him. He is also survived by a half-sister, Mrs. Lucy Owens, of Daytona, Wash., 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Nazarene Church at Hurdland. The Rev. James McClanahan will conduct the services. Interment will be in the Hurdland Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home, Brashear, until Sunday morning when it will be taken to the home to lie in state until time for the funeral.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Health Impaired For Year Due To Heart Disease.
Mrs. Julia Ann Lambert, 57 years old, died this morning at 1:30 o’clock at her home at 1103 North Main Street. She had been in impaired health a year due to heart disease and bedfast most of the past three months.
Funeral plans had not been completed this afternoon. Her body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lambert was born Sept. 1, 1885 northwest of Kirksville and had lived her entire life in Adair County. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Potter.
Married to James Garrett, four children were born to them, Mrs. Oscar Strand, Forestburg, S. D.; Mrs. John Baum, Kiowa, Colo.; James Garrett, Muncie, Ind., and Harry Garrett, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
Mr. Garrett died in 1922 and she later married John Lambert and the following children were born to them; Mrs. Joe Ayers, Salina, Kan.; Mrs. Fred Smith, Mountain Home, Ark., Mrs. Glen Ludden, Moberly, Mo.; Thomas Lambert, Camp Robinson, Ark., and four children at home, Paula Ann, Yvonne, Billie Lee and John Angelo Lambert.
Surviving in addition to the above-named sons and daughters is her husband. Her parents and one daughter preceded her in death.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Valera Lambert Passes Away
Friends of Valera Weber Lambert were saddened by her death on November 29, 1970, at the Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, California. She had fought a valiant battle against cancer for the past two years.
Surviving family members include her husband, Robert B. Lambert of Palm Springs, California, her son, J. Martin Lambert and daughter-in-law, Carol, of Arcadia, California, her sister, Gertrude W. Wolf of New York, New Your; and two aunts, Mrs. Nellie Ewing of Memphis, Missouri, and Mrs. Edward F. Bartelt of Washington, D. C.
She was born in Gorin, Missouri on October 30, 1911. She was the daughter of the late Granville B. and Alta Smith Weber.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Nella Mae McCarthy, and an infant brother, Granville B. Weber, Jr.
Her early life was spent in Scotland County, where she attended schools in Gorin and Memphis, Missouri. She later attended the State Teachers College in Kirksville, Missouri.
After completing her education she lived for many years in Kansas City, Missouri, where she was a member of the First Baptist Church.
For the past ten years she had resided in Los Angeles, California serving as Executive Secretary to the Chairman of the Board of the Pennsylvania Life Insurance Company. Recently, she had moved to Palm Springs, California.
The Reverend Kenneth J. Harry of the First Baptist Church officiated at the funeral services on December 2, 1970, at the Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, where interment took place at the Columbarium of Victory in the Freedom Mausoleum.
Valera (Weber) Lambert, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 10 Dec 1970
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. H. Lamkin received a telegram from Vevay, Indiana on the 8th saying his sister was very sick. Mr. Lamkin left on the first train to see her. A letter just received from him by his brother here, states that she died three hours before he arrived.
Lamkin (H. H.) sister, Kirksville Daily Express, 13 Aug 1906, p. 1, col. 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kirksville Resident Died Friday
Benjamin Frank Lamkin, 68, of 614 S. Florence Street, died at his home Friday. Mr. Lamkin was born in Kirksville and spent his entire life here. Funeral services were held at the Davis Funeral Home Monday with the Rev. L. V. Freeman of the Christian Church conducting the rites. Burial was made in the Llewellyn Cemetery.
He was married to Mrs. Leta Scott of Fayette, Mo., Feb. 19, 1942. Besides his widow he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Irene Richards of Pittsburg, Pa., and a brother, Gail Lamkin of Los Angeles. His parents, a sister and a brother preceded him in death.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lancaster Babe Died January 11 In Hospital
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the Payne Chapel for Alan Dewayne Lancaster, who was born Monday, January 3, 1955, at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield, Iowa, and passed away Tuesday, January 11, at an Iowa City hospital. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lancaster of Memphis.
Survivors are his parents, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Girardin, his great-grandmother, Mrs. Blanche Lancaster of Memphis; a great-grandfather, David Girardin of Storm Lake, Iowa, and a number of other relatives.
Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery.
Alan Dewayne Lancaster, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 13 Jan 1955
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Death of Mrs. P. H. Lancaster
Mrs. Amanda Lancaster, wife of former Judge P. H. Lancaster, died at their home near Crawford Station on Wednesday, March 1 at 8 o’clock p.m. The death of Mrs. Lancaster was caused by a stomach trouble with which she had been a sufferer for a number of years. The funeral took place on Thursday, and the remains were laid away in the cemetery at Friendship church at about 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon. A large crowd of sympathizing friends attended the last obsequies of Mrs. Lancaster.
The maiden name of the deceased was Amanda McGary and she was reared in Scotland county. She was aged about fifty-three years. Those who were intimate with the family speak in highest praise of Mrs. Lancaster as a woman and a neighbor. The bereaved have sympathy of all in this time of affliction.
She was married to P. H. Lancaster December 17, 1885. She was a consistent and loyal member of the Little Zion Baptist church. the deceased leaves the husband, one son and two daughters to mourn her demise.
Amanda (McGary) Lancaster, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ARTHUR LANCASTER RITES
Died at His Father’s Home near Memphis Thursday
Funeral services for Arthur Lancaster were held at the Gerth & Baskett Chapel Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. W.M. Feay, pastor of the Christian Church. Interment was in the Memphis Cemetery.
Miss Faye Chappell, accompanied by Mrs. Ruth Fogle at the piano, sang.
Arthur Lancaster was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Lancaster. He was born in Scotland County, Mo., Sept. 3, 1895, and died at the home of his father on Dec. 2, 1937, after several months’ illness.
He was united in marriage with Nellie Walker in 1917 and to this union one son and one daughter were born.
He leaves his wife, his father, R.L. Lancaster, one son, Floyd Lancaster of Memphis, one daughter, Mrs. Madeline Lingenfelter of Rutledge; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Lee, Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. Myrtle McIntosh, Memphis; one brother, Gale Lancaster, Memphis. Also a granddaughter, Darlene Lingenfelter.
Arthur Lancaster, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 9 Dec 1937
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SIXTEEN YEAR OLD LAD DIED FIRST OF LAST WEEK–WEAK HEART
Cullis Floyd Lancaster, son of Robert and Minnie Lancaster, was born in Scotland County Nov. 23, 1903, and departed this life at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Leslie Phillips in Memphis, Mo. Oct. 4, 1920 being 16 years 10 months 11 days.
The cause of his death being heart trouble.
Cullie spent the summer in Colorado thinking it would be a benefit to his health, but owing to the high altitude his physician advised him to return home, which he did Friday September 17, being very much weakened from the trip but feeling stronger on Saturday, he spent a few hours up town with his friends and on Sunday went to spend the day with his aunt where he was taken to his bed and awaited patiently until the Good Lord called him home.
Cullie was known to be a true, kind hearted boy and won many friends wherever he was, by his kind gentle ways.
Less than four years ago his mother, then little brothers preceded him to the better land where sorrow and death shall be no more.
He is survived by his father, a sister and a host of relatives and friends who greatly mourn his loss.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2:30 at the Friendship Church by D. B. Wineinger in the presence of a large number of friends.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LANCASTER HOME SADLY BEREAVED
Robert Lancaster, of this city, lost two members of his family within a week, from pneumonia. The first to go as [sic] little Earnest Wayne, born June 7, 1916, and died February 17, 1920. Wayne’s mother passed away April 1917. Wayne was the idol of his grandmothers and his aunties who have helped with his care–and the father, brother and sister.
Verland Milton, was born August 5, 1911, making him 8 years, 6 mo. and 17 days old. This bright little lad was a pet of the relatives. Left motherless some three years before, he became the idol of his home. Relatives and friends extend sympathy to Mr. Lancaster and his family in their bereavement.
Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. J. Shaw. Interment in Friendship Cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DIED AT KIRKSVILLE, MO
George W. Lancaster Was in Hospital There a Few Days
George W. Lancaster of Memphis, former judge of the county court, died at a Kirksville hospital Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, at 12:30 o’clock.
Funeral services were conducted at the Memphis Baptist church by the pastor, Rev. H. A. Bickers, yesterday afternoon at 1:30 and interment was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery near Hitt.
Pall bearers were Chas. A. Prather, A. Ammerman, T. C. Smith, Frank Smith, Chas. Swift and Frank A. Trunnell.
For many years Mr. Lancaster lived on his farm west of Memphis near Downing, sold his farm and moved to Memphis a few years ago, where he his [sic] since resided on East Monroe street.
Mr. Lancaster was a son of P. H. and Mary (Crawford) Lancaster. He was born in Scotland county, Jan. 22, 1866. On Jan. 15, 1891, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Moore, also of Scotland county.
To this union six children were born, two of whom preceded him in death, Leslie, on Feb. 12, 1896, and Ancel on Sept. 12, 1894.
Those surviving are his wife and four children, Glen Lancaster, Mrs. John W. Jones, Garland Lancaster and Mrs. Ed. J. Smith, all of Memphis.
Others surviving are four grandchildren, Mrs. Gerald Gundy of Chicago; Paul Burns and Miss Nelda Jean White of Memphis, and Mrs. Manny Heath of Oregon; three great grandchildren, David and Janet Kay Burns of Memphis, and Linda Elvis Gundy of Chicago.
His also survived by three brothers, Wes J. Lancaster of Loveland, Colo.; Crawford H. and Lewis Lancaster of Memphis; one half brother, Albert Lancaster of Chicago; and two half sisters, Mrs. Ona Hettel of Corning, Ark., and Mrs. Nora Hays of St. Louis.
Mr. Lancaster was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Camp Ground.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Guy Lancaster Dies Near Memphis
Guy Lancaster, 61, a lifelong resident of near Memphis, died about 10 o’clock last night at his home seven miles northwest of Memphis. Mr. Lancaster was a brother of Mrs. Henry Morris, of 715 W. Pierce.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Guy Lancaster, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 16 Dec 1952, p. 4, col. 5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SERVICES THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUY W. LANCASTER
Funeral services for Guy W. Lancaster,60, who died Monday night at his home northwest of Memphis, will be held at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon in the Memphis Baptist church, with Rev. J. Purd Hays conducting. Burial will be in Little Zion cemetery.
Mr. Lancaster was born in Scotland county, March 24, 1892, to James N. and Josephine Knight Lancaster.
Survivors, besides his wife, the former Margie Fry, include: two brothers, Isaac and Ambrose, of Monte Vista, Colo.; and a sister, Mrs. Henry Morris, of Kirksville.
Pallbearers will be Stanley Fogle, William Shelly, Frank Barker, Junior Alexander, E. L. Moffett, and William Morton.
Mrs. Vernon Frogge and Mrs. Paul Moore will sing, accompanied by Mrs. Marvin Frogge.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HENRY LANCASTER DIES FEBRUARY
Aged and Esteemed Resident Passed Away at Home of His Son in Memphis.
Henry Lancaster, an old and highly esteemed resident of Scotland county, died at the home of his son, George, northwest of Memphis, on Sunday, February 10, after a brief illness.
Deceased has been a life long [sic] resident of Scotland County and for several years served as a member of the county court. He was a prudent and capable public servant and a citizen who enjoyed the high esteem of a host of friends. He had been in feeble health all winter but his condition was not of a serious nature–hence the intelligence of his demise came as a surprise to his many friends.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday morning–interment in the family cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mitchell Lancaster Died Sept 9
Isaac Mitchell Lancaster was born January 9, 1917, and died September 9, 1918, aged 1 year, 8 months. He leaves to mourn his loss, a father, mother and one brother and grandparents. His funeral was conducted on Tuesday, September 10, at Friendship church by Rev. James Shultz and interment in the Friendship cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
JAS. N. LANCASTER FUNERAL
Was one of the Oldest Citizens of Scotland County
Funeral services for James N. Lancaster, 92, one of the oldest native born citizens of the county, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 in the Baptist church by Rev. J. Purd Hays.
Honorary and active pall bearers were: Basil Lancaster, Wayne Morris, Maynard Cathell, Bondie Lancaster, Cleo Campbell, Geo. Thoroughman, Harry L. Morris, Verlind Crook, Pearl Crook, Audrey Crook and Jack Crook.
Interment was in the Friendship cemetery.
Mr. Lancaster died Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 in Laughlin hospital, Kirksville. He was born in Scotland county, Oct. 15, 1858, and lived in this vicinity all his life. He was a son of Reuben and Patsy Lancaster. He attended the local schools and was a member of the Memphis Baptist church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Morris of Kirksville and three sons, Isaac and Ambrose of Monte Vista, Colo., and Guy of Memphis.
For the last 4 years he made his home with Alfred Lancaster and wife in Memphis.
January 6, 1881, he was united in marriage to Mary Alice Gundy, who died Sept. 15, 1881. To this union one child was born, Dessie.
Later he was married to Josephine Kight March 20, 1884, who preceded him in death on March 1, 1932.
To this union 10 children were born, the four survive him. Those having preceded him in death Mrs. Alice Crook of Monte Vista, Colo.; Mrs. Hila Cathell of Kirksville, Ross Lancaster of Keokuk, Dessie Campbell of Memphis and three having died in infancy.
He was the last survivor of a family of 8 brothers and sisters.
In 1920 he united with the Baptist church at Little Zion, where he still holds membership.
He is survived by 16 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lancaster – John Lancaster died at his home near Bible Grove, last Friday night after a brief illness.
Deceased had been a cripple all his life, and was subject to spells of sickness and prostration at frequent intervals. Thursday morning last he was stricken with what seemed to be a congestive chill, and gradually grew worse until death came. He lived in that community for many years, and was a member of the Christian church, and a quiet and inoffensive citizen. He leaves a wife and five children to mourn his loss. Saturday the remains were laid to rest in the Bible Grove cemetery.
John Lancaster, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 27 Dec 1888, p. 2, col. 4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Jas. N. Lancaster Died Tuesday Morning
Mrs. James N. Lancaster died at her home in Memphis, Tuesday morning, March 1st. Mrs. Lancaster was the daughter of the late James and Alta Kight. Her maiden name was Josephine K. Kight. She was born in Scotland County, June 15, 1861.
She was united in marriage to James N. Lancaster, March 20th, 1884. To this union nine children were born, two having died in infancy and her oldest daughter, Mrs. John W. Crook, preceded her in death not quite three months ago. Those left to mourn are her companion, four sons and two daughters, Ambrose and Isaac Lancaster, of Monte Vista, Colorado; Guy Lancaster, Memphis; Ross Lancaster, of Keokuk; Mrs. Wm. Cathell and Mrs. Henry Morris, of Kirksville; 14 grandchildren, one great grandchild, one sister, Mrs. Jane Muir, of Green Castle, Mo.; two brothers, Sherman and Thomas Kight, of near Memphis.
She united with the Little Zion Baptist Church October 31st, 1920, and lived a faithful Christian, having expressed her desire and willingness to go only a few hours before her death to a very dear friend.
Funeral services were conducted at Little Zion Baptist church by Rev. C. K. Green, of Memphis. Interment in the Little Zion Cemetery.
Josephine K. (Kight) Lancaster, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 3 Mar 1932, p. 1, col. 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KILLED HIMSELF TUESDAY
Lee Lancaster Died Five Hours After Firing Shot
Lee Lancaster, who made his home in a part of the residence property with Mrs. O. L. Garman and son at 111 North Cecil street, shot himself about 8:30 Tuesday morning with a 38 caliber revolver. He died five hours later, at 1:30 p.m.
Mr. Lancaster lived in two north rooms of the residence and Mrs. Garman and son occupied the remainder of the house.
Mrs. Garman and son both heard a shot and thinking possibly that Mr. Lancaster had attempted to take his life, Mrs. Garman’s son went to the home of sheriff D. A. Wise and told him what had happened.
When Sheriff Wise reached the Garman home he went to Mr. Lancaster’s rooms, opened the door and found him lying on a small cot with a bullet wound behind his left ear, and the gun still in his right hand.
Sheriff Wise summoned Herb Prather, mail carrier, who was passing the residence at the time, and together they returned to the room, removed the revolver from Mr. Lancaster’s hand and summoned Dr. P. M. Baker.
Mr. Lancaster was still alive when Dr. Baker arrived but died at 1:30 p.m.
Funeral services are being held at the Friendship church northwest of Memphis this afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. W E. Longstreth and interment will be in the Friendship cemetery.
Pall bearers will be Hubert Green, Rochella Lancaster, Alva Lancaster, Freeman Garman, Ralph Green and Pearl Garman.
Mr. Lancaster was born in Scotland county, Missouri, on April 4, 1867, and spent his entire life in this county. On March 28, 1889, he was married to Rose Althea Green. To this union seven children were born, four of whom preceded him in death. His wife passed away Sept. 29, 1931.
He spent his life as a farmer until he retired a few years ago and came to Memphis. He is survived by his children: Mrs. Elmer Lee of Peoria, Ill., Mrs. Ralph McIntosh and Gale Lancaster of Memphis. Also, surviving are nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Orson Garman, and a brother, Pary Lancaster, both of this county.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Reuben Lancaster died at her home near Friendship, Tuesday of this week. She had what was supposed to be cancer of the stomach, and was a great sufferer. The funeral occurred yesterday interment being made at Friendship.
Mrs. Reuben Lancaster, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 10 Aug 1899, p. 3, col. 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Reuben Lancaster died of female trouble at her home near Bible Grove, the 17th inst. She had been married only a few months and was sick but a short time. Funeral services were held the next day, after which the body was laid to rest in the Bible Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Reuben Lancaster, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 23 Nov 1899, p. 3, col. 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scotland County Marriage Listings indicate that:
Reuben Lancaster married Sarah Blaine, 16 Sep 1888
Reuben Lancaster married Lizzie Hines, 2 Sep 1899
Reuben Lancaster married Mattie Meeks, 12 Apr 1900
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. W. H. Lancaster
Rebecca M. Sayers, daughter of James and Angeline Sayers, was born in Scotland County, Mo., on March 2, 1853 and departed this life at her home north of Memphis April 21, 1931, age 78 years, 1 month and 19 days.
She was married over 50 years ago to John A. Morrall, and to this union were born four children, Samuel Phillip, Oklahoma City, Aaron B., Winchester, Idaho, Mrs. Ida M. Laugner [Langner] and Ervin Thomas of Quincy, Ill. Mr. Morrall preceded her in death in 1911, and Ida M. in 1917.
She was united in marriage to W. H. Lancaster October 26, 1915, and resided on their farm north of Memphis until her departure.
She has lived an active, useful life, always thinking of others. To know her was to love and respect her. She united with the Methodist Protestant Bethel church near her home in early life and continued in the faith through life. She has been a patient sufferer for nearly two years. She expressed herself as ready to go.
She will be greatly missed by her family and friends as she has lived her entire life in this community.
She leaves to mourn, her husband three sons, nine grandchildren and ofur [four] great grand children and stepson, Robert Lancaster who has helped his father care for her faithfully.
Only one grandchild lived close to her in her last days, Mrs. George Pitzer, who has done what she could at all times. She and her father, Ervin Morrall, were at her bed side at the last. She leaves a host of other relatives and friends.
The grand daughter [sic], Pauline Duvall, of Quincy, was here and helped to care for her during the last week. Also Opal Stapleton, Johnny Morrall and Virgil Morrall, all grand children of Quincy were here[.]
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon in the Brock church by Rev. Paul Barton and interment made in the Brock cemetery.
Rebecca M. (Sayers) Morrall Lancaster, From Unknown Newspaper, 1931
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. William Lancaster died in her home four miles north of Memphis, April 21. Rebekah Sayer was born near Brock, Mo., March 2, 1853. She married John A. Morrall, who died in 1911. In 1914 she married William H. Lancaster who survives. She also leaves three sones [sons], Sam Morrall of Oklahoma City, Aaron Morrall of Winchester, Idaho and Ervin T. Morrell [sic] of Quincy. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Paul Barton, pastor of the M. E. church of Memphis. Burial was in Brock cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DIES IN KEOKUK HOSPITAL
Ross B. Lancaster Had Been Ill Several Months
Ross B. Lancaster, 211 South Ninth street, died Saturday afternoon at 4:15 in St. Joseph hospital, Keokuk, after an illness of about six months. He had been a patient there since June 14.
Funeral services were conducted at Greaves Mortuary, Keokuk, Tuesday at 2 p.m., with the burial in the Oakland cemetery.
Born December 3, 1897, at Memphis, he had been a resident of Keokuk for 26 years and was a barber by trade. He was recently employed at the Peterson barber shop on South Sixth street, and was a member of the Barber’s union.
Surviving are his father, James N. Lancaster of Memphis, his wife; one son, Basil of Keokuk; a daughter, Mrs. George Thoroughman of Keokuk; one sister, Mrs. Henry Morris of Kirksville, three brothers, Ambrose and Isaac of Monte Vista, Colo., and Guy of Memphis; and two grandchildren.
Several relatives from Memphis attended the funeral.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Business Woman Dead
Mrs. Chew-Lancaster Said To Be Oldest Woman In County
Funeral services for Mrs. Chew-Lancaster were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at her home in east Memphis, conducted by Rev. W. M. Feay, pastor of the Christian church. Mrs. Minnie R. Bence sang “The End of a Perfect Day.” Interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
Pall bearers were Senator J. E. Luther, H. H. Jones, J. E. Leeper, Earl W. Smith, T. C. Smith and Bryan McQuoid.
Mrs. Lancaster was no doubt the oldest woman in the county. She would have been 93 years of age on March 16, she having been born in DeWitt county, Illinois, on March 16, 1846. Mrs. Lancaster has been an invalid for several years and bedfast most of the time.
Mrs. Lancaster died at her home in Memphis on Thursday, February 16 – lacking just one month of reaching 93 years of age.
Her parents moved to Decatur City, Iowa, in 1856. She came to Memphis in 1863 after her marriage and she has been a resident of Memphis ever since.
Her maiden name was Sallie Gray. She was married to Samuel P. Chew at Decatur City, Iowa, on Oct. 1, 1863, and after his death, she was married to Judge P. H. Lancaster, now deceased.
Mrs. Lancaster is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Edna Horner-Jones, who has lived with Mrs. Chew and cared for her, and Mrs. Libby Olds of Monte Vista, Colo., who has also been here much of the time and assisted in caring for her mother. W. C. Chew, her only son, died at Kansas City in 1921. Mrs. Lancaster is survived by ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
She and her first husband were in the music and sewing machine business in Memphis and were succeeded by their son, W. C. Chew, who continued the business until he left Memphis to move to Kansas.
Later Mrs. Chew-Lancaster was in the dress making business and had the reputation of being one of the best dress-makers the town ever had.
Sallie (Gray) Chew Lancaster, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 23 Feb 1939, p. 1, col. 7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Sis Lancaster died at her home Monday, May 22. She was the wife of Reuben Lancaster and had been sick for a longtime, being confined to the home for over two years.
Sis Lancaster, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 25 May 1899, Supplement, p. 1, col. 6, Bible Grove Column
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. LANCASTER BURIED IN OAKLAND CEMETERY
Funeral services for Mrs. Teressa M. Lancaster, 55, who died Thursday afternoon after a lingering illness were held Saturday morning in St. Peter’s Catholic church at Keokuk, with Rev. L. J. Murphy officiating. Rev. Paul Laffey conducted committal service in Oakland cemetery.
She was born May 18, 1897, in Hitt, the daughter of Walter A. and Mary Gristy Johnson. Mrs. Lancaster was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic church in the Mudd settlement near Hitt.
In 1921 she became the bride of Ross Lancaster in Memphis. About three years later, they moved to Keokuk, where they lived until his death June 18, 1949. Mrs. Lancaster continued to live in Keokuk, working for the Huiskamp Brothers company until shortly before her death.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Dewey Fry, of Memphis; a son, Basil L., and a daughter, Mrs. George Thoroughman, both of Keokuk; a brother, Ray I. Johnson, Goodland, Kans.; and three granddaughters.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LANCASTER HOME SADLY BEREAVED
Robert Lancaster, of this city, lost two members of his family within a week, from pneumonia. The first to go as [sic] little Earnest Wayne, born June 7, 1916, and died February 17, 1920. Wayne’s mother passed away April 1917. Wayne was the idol of his grandmothers and his aunties who have helped with his care–and the father, brother and sister.
Verland Milton, was born August 5, 1911, making him 8 years, 6 mo. and 17 days old. This bright little lad was a pet of the relatives. Left motherless some three years before, he became the idol of his home. Relatives and friends extend sympathy to Mr. Lancaster and his family in their bereavement.
Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. J. Shaw. Interment in Friendship Cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DIED AT LOVELAND, COLO.
Wesley J. Lancaster, 80, Was Born in Scotland County
Wesley Jackson Lancaster, 80, a native of Memphis, died late Sunday night, Oct. 9, following an extended illness, according to a clipping from the Loveland Reporter-Herald sent us by Mrs. Arthur Wright of Loveland.
He had resided in Loveland since 1914, and had been employed 29 years at the sugar factory there before his retirement. He was married to Hester Chronic in 1891 at Memphis. She passed away at Loveland early this spring.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Vern Tippett and Mrs. W. W. O’Dell, of Loveland; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; two brothers, Lewis Lancaster of Memphis, Albert Lancaster of Chicago; and two sisters, Mrs. Nora Hays, St. Louis, and Mrs. Ona Hettle, Corning, Ark.
The funeral was held Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at the Kibbey funeral home, with interment in Loveland burial park.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WM. H. LANCASTER IS DEAD
Had Been Ill at His Home on Grand Avenue Several Weeks
William H. Lancaster, 72, well known retired farmer, who has been ill at his home, 418 Grand avenue, died Monday morning, Dec. 26, at 5:45 o’clock.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 in the Baptist church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. Purd Hays. Burial was in Memphis cemetery.
Pall bearers were Okley Lancaster, Ed. Wolfert, Jodie Lancaster, Bobbie L. Lancaster, Clyde Miers and Maxie L. Lancaster.
Mrs. Sidney Moore sang “The Unclouded Day” and “Beyond the Sunset,” accompanied by Mrs. W. M. Frogge.
Mr. Lancaster was born in the Friendship community, Scotland county, May 24, 1877, a son of John Milton and Jane Colvin Lancaster. He lived in that community all his life until his retirement in 1941, when he moved to Memphis.
He attended the Friendship school and the Baptist church, and was a member of Scotland lodge I.O.O.F. Number 104, in Memphis. He married Miss Blanche Viola Crotinger April 9, 1902, at La Crosse, Kansas.
Surviving are four sons, Jesse Buford, Lloyd Lee, Albert Newton and Alfred Milton Lancaster, all of Memphis: a brother, Robert L. Lancaster of Memphis: four sisters, Mrs. Lulu Gutman of Memphis, Mrs. Gertie Guinn of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Clara Wolf of Chicago, and Mrs. Jane Manard, Ft. Madison, Iowa, nine grandchildren, Paul Lancaster, Fairbanks, Alaska; Gerald, Viola, Mary Helen, Shirley Mae, Bonnie, Sue, Billy and Kay Louise Lancaster all of Memphis.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. J. E. Landes
Mrs. Nancy Adeline Landes, wife of J. E. Landes, was found dead in bed about 7:40 o’clock Saturday morning at her home in this city.
Mrs. Landes had heart trouble which bothered her occasionally, but she was apparently in her usual health Friday. When called by her daughter, Helen, Saturday morning, she did not answer, and when Helen went into the room she found her mother was dead.
She was born September 27, 1860, near Brashear, Mo., and had lived in Adair County all of her life. She was married to J. E. Landes, December 21, 1886, and for the past 27 years they have been living in Kirksville.
Mrs. Landes was a member of the M. E. Church, having joined the Sabbath Home Church when a girl. She was active in church and Sunday School work. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the White Shrine, and was respected and beloved as a splendid, good woman.
Surviving her is her husband, J. E. Landes, and daughter, Miss Helen Landes, both of Kirksville, one son, Orrin Landes, of Chattahoochee, Fla., one sister, Mrs. T. H. Holloway, of Brashear, and three brothers, John Elliott, of La Plata, Mo., Dr. Ezra Elliott, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Charles Elliott, of Govan, Washington.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Summers & Taylor funeral parlors. Interment was in Highland Park Cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ELIZABETH LANE DIES SUDDENLY IN KANSAS
Sister of Drs. Earl and George Laughlin; Once Lived Here.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lane, sister of Drs. George and Earl Laughlin, of Kirksville, and the mother of George Lane, formerly of Kirksville, died suddenly this morning at her home in Burlington, Kan., according to word received here. No particulars of her death were given in the message, but it is thought here it might have been a heart attack. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Mrs. Lane was a member of a pioneer family of Adair County and spent her girlhood in Kirksville. She has visited in Kirksville frequently in recent years and has a wide acquaintance here. She is a sister of Mrs. Bert Jones, of Detroit, mother of Mrs. H. D. McClure, and of the late Dr. Harry Laughlin, of Kirksville, and the late Dr. Billie Laughlin of California.
Besides her son, George, who was employed at the Citizens Bank in Kirksville for a number of years, she is survived by her husband, E. E. Lane, and three other sons, Dr. Jim Lane, a graduate of the K. C. O. S., and William and Dodge Lane all of Wichita.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Freddie Estil Lane
Freddie Estil Lane, 66, passed away November 29, 1972, at his home in Gorin, Missouri, after an extended illness. The son of James Alva and Harriet Elvis Phillips Lane, he was born September 7, 1906, at Baring, Missouri.
On December 2, 1932, he was united in marriage to Jennie Pauline Eggers at Memphis, Missouri. To this union four children were born.
Mr. Lane was united with the First Christian Church at an early age, later moving his membership to Gorin Christian Church.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Garnett of Farmington, Iowa, and Dorsey of Muscatine, Iowa; one daughter, Twalla Warneke of Farmington, Iowa; seven grandchildren; one brother and two sisters.
Mr. Lane was the youngest of six brothers and sisters. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother; one sister and one son, Donald Leon.
Funeral services were held at the Christian Church, Gorin, Missouri, Friday, December 1, 1972, at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. William Roberts officiated. Burial was in Willmathsville Cemetery. Body bearers were Wayne Edwards, Carl Klopfer, Hamer Rogers, Gilbert Hines, Whitie Parris and Harold Jeffrey.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DR. PAUL LANE, KCOS GRADUATE, DIES HERE AT 47
Had Practiced in Prague, Okla., Past 17 Years
Dr. J. Paul Lane, 47, of Prague, Okla., gradate of the KCOS in 1929, died in a Kirksville hospital Friday evening.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Monday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by the Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist church. Interment will be in Maple Hills cemetery.
Dr. Lane was the son of Isaac Henry and Minnie Williams Lane and was born April 22, 1907, at Ft. Scott, Kan. He was married to Edith Greenslate at Ft. Scott, Kan., Dec. 24, 1928, and to this marriage two children were born.
He is survived by his wife: one son, J. Paul Lane, Jr., of Midwest City, Okla.; one daughter, Carol Sue Lane, Prague, Okla.; a step-mother, Mrs. Francis Lane, Ft. Scott, Kan.; a sister, Miss Pauline Lane, and a stepsister, Mrs. Della Armstrong, both of Ft. Scott, Kan., and two grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.
Dr. Lane had practiced in Prague, Okla., for the past 17 years. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge at Prague, and the Elks at Seminole, Okla.
Mrs. Lane is the daughter of Mrs. S. V. Greenslate, of 514 E. Buchanan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
While attending the funeral service for his wife, the Rev. John H. Lane, 76 years of age, died suddenly Sunday afternoon May 24. Rev. Lane passed away in the Methodist Church at Brashear as the service for Mrs. Lane, who died at their home on Friday morning, had just begun.
Rev. Lane had been in failing health for some time, although he had not been confined to his home. Since retiring from the ministry, Mr. Lane had conducted a barber shop in Brashear. About two weeks ago Mr. Lane was advised by his physician to close his shop for a time in an effort to regain his health.
Born near Godsberry, Macon County, Jne [sic] 15, 1865, he was the son of John H. Lane and Catherine Lockett Lane. He was married to Martha Ellen Morgan on October 17, 1865. Of the six children born to Rev. and Mrs. Lane, four preceded them in death. The surviving children are Mrs. Laura Barkly McCoy and Mrs. Juanita Ladwig, both of Brashear.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Byron Wagenknect, assisted by Rev. Paul Thompson, bith [sic] of Brashear. This was a double service for both Rev. and Mrs. Lane, as the service for Mrs. Lane was stopped at the death of her husband. Burial was at the Highland Park Cemetery in Kirksville.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Minister’s Wife Had Been Ill Four Years.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., May 22—Mrs. John H. Lane, wife of a Methodist minister here, died this morning at 10:20 o’clock at the family home in Brashear. She had been in declining health four years and more seriously ill the past week. Death was attributed to a complication of diseases.
The funeral is to be held at the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Byron Wagenknecht. Her body is lying in state at the Easley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lane, nee Martha Ellen Morgan, was born near Browning, Mo., August 12, 1870, a daughter of L. C. and Elizabeth Hatcher Morgan, and was married to the Rev. John H. Lane on Oct. 17, 1886 at Browning. Six children were born, of whom one son and three daughters preceded her in death.
Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Laura Barkley McCoy and Mrs. Juanita Ladwig, both of Brashear; four grandchildren, one great grandchild, a number of nephews and nieces, one sister, Mrs. Will Kenley, of Browning, and one brother, John Morgan, of Browning. Two brothers and two sisters are dead.
The Rev. and Mrs. Lane had lived in Brashear the past twenty years. Previously they lived in Novelty, Granger, Lucerne, Laredo and Kirksville.
She joined the Methodist Church at Browning forty-four years ago.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. EMMA E. LANGFORD DIES HERE TODAY
Succumbs at Kibler Home; Funeral To Be Friday.
Mrs. Emma Elizabeth Langford, 76 years old, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lenna Kibler 802 East Randolph Street, of intestinal influenza.
The funeral is to be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Langford was the widow of the late Robert Langford. Her parents, Dr. Charles N. and Nancy J. Shelton, and two brothers, Drs. James P. and William A. Shelton, also had preceded her in death.
She is survived by her daughter, one son, John Langford, of Detroit, and two grandchildren, Mrs. Isabelle H. Darr, Kirksville, and Robert R. Kibler, Novinger.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IDA LANGNER DIED AT WISCONSIN MARCH 6
Ida Morrall was born in Scotland County, Mo., October 9, 1878, and died at his [her] home in Wisconsin, March 6, 1919, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 27 days.
She was married to Isaac Tufts, November 3, 1897, and soon thereafter united with the Christian Church at Cantril, Iowa. When first married they lived on a farm for a time and then moved to Milton, Iowa, where they lived for about two years and then moved to Ft. Madison.
March 12, 1913 she was married to Augustus Langner and with him moved to Wisconsin, where they have since lived. She leaves to mourn her loss, husband, stepson, mother and three brothers, Samuel Philip of Oklahoma City; Aaron of Plummer, Idaho; and Irvin of Scotland County.
Funeral services were held at the Brock church, conducted by Elder R. D. Holloway, after which the body was laid to rest in the Brock village of the dead.
Ida (Morrall) Tufts Langner, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 13 Mar 1919
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. ALICE A. LANTZ DIES AT MILLARD
Funeral Services Wednesday for 90-Year-Old Resident
Mrs. Alice Lantz, 90, died last night at 11:40 at her home in Millard.
Funeral services will be held at the Millard Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 with interment in the Stukey Cemetery.
Alice Angelina Ross, better known by the name of her foster-parents who were Levi and Susan Nicholas, and who adopted her in early childhood, was born in Illinois on Mar. 10, 1856. She was married to Thomas Lantz on Dec. 27, 1893, who preceded her in death Nov. 30, 1925. Two children were born to this marriage. One son died in infancy.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. H. B. Umbarger, two grandsons, Robert Umbarger of the home and George Umbarger, of Enid, Okla.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Flossie Wood, of Millard, three step grandchildren and two step great-grandchildren and a sister-in-law, Mrs. George Nicholas, of Kansas City.
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Lantz has lived alone in the family home in Millard. She has been a member of the Presbyterian Church in Millard since early in life.
The body will lie in state at Summers and Powell Funeral Home until five o’clock this evening when it will be taken to the family home in Millard where it will lie in state until time for the funeral rites.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. CLARA LANTZ, OF NEAR MILLARD, DIES
Had Been In Failing Health For Year.
Mrs. Clara Maude Lantz, 73, widow of John R. Lantz, died suddenly about 4:30 o’clock this morning at her home one-half mile north of Millard. She had been in failing health the past year. Death was attributed to a heart condition.
The body will lie in state at the Summers & Powell Funeral Home until funeral arrangements have been completed.
The daughter of Rufus J. and Nancy Williams Richey, Mrs. Lantz was born on a farm north of Kirksville but moved with her parents to Millard when she was a young girl. Since her marriage she had resided on the same farm. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Millard.
Surviving are a son, Ray Lantz, of Millard; a daughter, Mrs. H. D. Carter, of Moulton, Ia.; two brothers, Max Richey, of Chicago, and Alfred Richey, of southeast of Kirksville, and a sister, Mrs. Ina Patton, who also lives southeast of Kirksville.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RAY LANTZ, 71, DIES AT HOME NEAR MILLARD
Well-Known Farmer; Funeral Services On Saturday
Ray Lantz, 71, well-known farmer of the Millard community, died unexpectedly at his home on Route 3, Kirksville, at 2:10 this morning. He had been in failing health for several years. He died on the farm where he was born and had spent his entire life.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Funeral Chapel of Davis & Davis with the Rev. Marvin Fortel, pastor of First Methodist church, officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hills cemetery.
The son of John and Maude (Richey) Lantz, he was born April 12, 1892, in Adair county. He was married to Lottie Cain on Dec. 27, 1913.
He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Melvin (Helen) Smith, of Centralia; one granddaughter, Lynn Ann Smith, of Centralia; a niece and a nephew. He was preceded in death by a daughter who died in infancy, and one sister.
Mr. Lantz was a member of the Modern Woodmen, and for many years had been a member of the Millard school board.
Bearers will be Glen Gerhold, Charles Gerhold, John Sanford, James Baldwin, Dean Davison and Louis Beach.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. LASKE DIES HERE AT THE AGE OF 63
Resident Of County 32 Years; Death Followed Operation
Mrs. Carrie Laske, 63 years old, died last night at 6:30 o’clock, at a local hospital, following an operation nine weeks ago. When the operation was performed it was found that Mrs. Laske was suffering from cancer of the liver. Her condition had been considered critical for the past several days.
Mrs. Laske lived near Novinger, and had been a resident of Adair county for the past 32 years or more. She was born in Germany, Sept. 1, 1859.
Besides her husband, Robert Laske, she is survived by seven children, Mrs. Bertha Johnson, of Gibbs, Mrs. Anna Graul, Miss Emma Laske and Miss Edith Laske, all of Alton, Ill., Henry, Albert and Oscar Laske, all of near Novinger. Miss Emma Laske was here during her mother’s illness to care for her. Miss Laske is a registered nurse.
Mr. and Mrs. Laske formerly lived near Greentop, later moving to Brashear, then to Gibbs, and finally to the farm near Novinger.
The funeral arrangements had not been made today, as relatives here were awaiting the arrival of other relatives.
The many friends of Mrs. Laske in the county join in extending heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family.
Carrie Laske, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 23 Dec 1922, p. 1, col. 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Funeral Sunday For Henry Laske
Funeral services for Henry Laske, who died Sunday at Beaver, Okla., will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. P. M. Lind, of Queen City, will officiate. Interment will be in the Greentop Cemetery.
Mr. Laske was the son of Carl and Johoma Laske and was born in Breslou, Germany, April 24, 1870.
He is survived by one brother, Robert Laske, of Novinger, and one sister, Mrs. Charles (Bertha) Burkhart, of Queen City. He was preceded in death by one brother.
Funeral services were held at Beaver, Okla., Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the I. O. O. F. in charge.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be: Glen Laske, Dewey Laske, Wesley Burkhart, Henry, Oscar and Bert Laske.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our neighbors and friends for the kindness shown us during the loss of our brother and uncle, Henry Laske; also for the beautiful floral offerings.
—Brother and Sister Nieces and Nephews.
Henry Laske, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 26 Feb 1946, p. 3, col. 8, Tuesday
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ROBERT LASKE, 90 YEARS OLD, IS DEAD HERE
A Resident of Novinger Vicinity; Services Sunday
Robert W. Laske, 90 years old, a resident of Novinger and vicinity for many years, died about noon today in a Kirksville hospital, following a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at two o’clock. Interment will be in the Novinger cemetery.
Mr. Laske, a son of Carl and Johoma Laske, was born in Germany, Jan. 18, 1859. He was married in Germany Dec. 30, 1883 to Ann K, Tischer and to this marriage nine children were born. Mrs. Laske died in 1922 and he was also preceded in death by one son, three brothers and one sister.
He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Bertha Johnson, Phoenix, Ariz., Miss Anna Laske, Novinger, Mrs. Wilson (Marie) St. Cin, Alton, Ill., and Mrs. Roger (Helen) Meyer, Godfrey, Ill.; four sons, Albert Laske, Numa, Iowa, and Henry, Oscar and Glenn, all of Novinger; one sister, Mrs. (Bertha) Burkhart, Queen City; thrirteen [sic] grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
Mr. Laske came to this country from Germany when he was about thirty years of age. He was a member of the German Lutheran Church.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Bearers will be Ezra Noe, Otis McVey, Charley Haley, James St. Cin, Homer Johnson, and Robert Laske.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. IDA BELLE LASLEY, 74, DIES HERE
Former Schuyler County Resident; Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. Ida Belle Lasley, 74, of 415 E. Elm, died Sunday morning in a Kirksville Hospital where she had been a patient for the past month.
Funeral services will be held at the Lancaster Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock. Interment will be in the Arni Memorial Cemetery at Lancaster.
Mrs. Lasley was the daughter of Eli and Rebecca (Abbet) Simmons and was born in Schuyler County, October 13, 1874. She was married on Feb. 22, 1896 to Robert Lasley and to this marriage seven children were born.
She is survived by three sons, Harold, of Ottumwa, Iowa; Orville, of Lancaster and William, of Roseburg, Oregon; two daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Iva) Campbell, Livona, and Mrs. Eddie (Ethel) Jenkins, of Kirksville, and nine grandchildren. Mr. Lasley died in 1940 and she was also preceded in death by two daughters and three sisters.
Mrs. Lasley was a member of the Baptist Church. Before moving to Kirksville five years ago with her daughter, Mrs. Jenkins, she lived on a farm east of Lancaster.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Ida Belle Lasley, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 25 Oct 1948, p. 3, col. 6 & 7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. WILL LASLEY FUNERAL
Was a Former Resident of Killwinning Community
(By State Line Reporter)
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Barker for Mrs. Will Lasley of Pulaski, who died Sept. 14, at an Ottumwa hospital. She was the former Miss Jennie Gordy and grew to womanhood in this community. Also lived here with her husband a number of years before moving to Pulaski.
She leaves the husband, Will Lasley; one son, Homer Lasley of Pulaski; a daughter, Mrs. Will Hayes; three brothers, Cleve and Eli Gordy of Bloomfield and Ira Gordy of Moberly, also several grandchildren.
Services were conducted by Rev. White of Pulaski. Music was by a quartet composed of Mrs. George Cossel, Mrs. Hobart Gooden, Elmer Weilbrenner and Raymond Cossel, with Mrs. Elmer Weilbrenner at the piano.
Interment in Barker cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Joseph Lasly died at her home southeast of Lancaster on Saturday, Dec. 14, aged about twenty-seven years. She leaves a husband and an infant child two years old. The remains were interred in the Fabius cemetery.
Mrs. Joseph Lasley, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 26 Dec 1901, p. 4, col. 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Funeral Services For Dr. Earl H. Laughlin
Funeral services for Dr. Earl H. Laughlin, Sr., of Kirksville were held at the Christian church in Kirksville, Friday, Dec. 4, conducted by Rev. Romans Smith, assisted by Judge Walter A. Higbee of Lancaster.
Dr. Laughlin died suddenly December 2.
Burial was at the Highland Park cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Died at Home in Memphis
H.H. Laumeyer Moved Here From Farm a Few Months Ago
Harman H. Laumeyer, who moved to Memphis a few months ago from his farm home north-west of Arbela, died at his home Sunday, Jan. 23. Mr. and Mrs. Laumeyer bought the late Francis Greeno home on south Knott Street where they lived since moving to town. He had been ill recently.
Funeral services were conducted at the Memphis Baptist Church yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and interment was in the Memphis Cemetery.
Mr. Laumeyer moved to Scotland County from Illinois about thirty-five years ago.
Harman H. Laumeyer, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 27 Jan 1944
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OBITUARY
LAWRENCE
Amanda Jane Lawrence was born March 9, 1840, in Ripley county, Indiana, and died May 23, 1928, at Memphis, Mo, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Conaway, aged 88 years, 2 months and 14 days. At the age five she moved with them to Lee county Iowa. After about eight years she moved with them to Van Buren county Iowa, where she grew to womanhood. Like many others she endured the hardships and privations of the new country.
March 10, 1861, she was married to David Isaac Riddington to which union two children were born, Dora Alice, who departed this life in 1887 and Albert Isaac, who died about three years ago near Hitt. She was left a widow by the death of her husband in 1864.
She was again married to Rev. Wm. Lawrence in 1874 near Hitt, Mo. To this union one son was born, November 7, 1877, Curtis V. Lawrence, who now lives at Ottawa, Kansas and was present for the funeral. She lived with her family on a farm near Hitt until 1894, when they moved to Memphis where she has since made her home, except for one year recently, which she spent with her grandson, Lynn Riddington near Hitt. Her husband, who for many years preached for various churches in Scotland and other nearby counties, preceded her in death twenty-five years ago.
At the age of fifteen she was converted and united with the Baptist church which held services in the [unreadable] school house near Cantril, Iowa. She has lived a consistent and faithful Christian life and was in her place in the church services, which she valued almost above anything else until the infirmities of old age prevented. During the life of her late husband, many were the preachers of the gospel who partook of the hospitality of her home. She was [unreadable] almost to the extreme in the training of her children all whom followed her in giving their hearts to the Lord; a lovely mother, a good neighbor, a faithful wife, respected by all.
She leaves to mourn her departure one son, Rev. C. V. Lawrence, Ottawa, Kansas, nine grandchildren, Katheryn, George, Grace, Violet, [unreadable] Robert Lawrence, Ottawa, Kansas; Rev. C. E. Riddington, Vinton, Iowa, Lynn Riddington and Earl Campbell of this county; three brothers and two sisters, Sam Daughters, ElCampo, Texas, C. B. Daughters, Manhattan, Kansas, [unreadable] Daughters, Hitt, Mo.,…..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Clara E. Lawrence Passes Away at K. O. Hospital
Clara Emma Lawrence, daughter of David S. and Mary Elizabeth Isaac Lawrence, was born November 25, 1882, at Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, and died February 13, 1965, in Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital in Kirksville, Missouri.
When she was a small child, her parents came to Scotland County to make their home on a farm near the Brock community and there she spent the early years of her life.
She received her education in the public school at Brock; the Memphis Norman School, Memphis, Missouri; Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana; and the American Conservatory of Music from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
She began her teaching career at an early age by taking private pupils. Later she taught public school music in New Mexico and Illinois and was Director of the Teaching of Music in Valley City Teacher College in Valley City, North Dakota.
She retired from public teaching in the early 1940’s and returned to Memphis with her mother and sister, Mary Anna, and again took up private teaching. Due to her own failing health in the last two years, she had had to limit the number of pupils she could take but had continued to teach almost until the day of her death.
Clara united with the Methodist Church at Brock as a young girl and wherever she lived throughout her life she was associated with and worked in the Methodist Church. When she returned to Memphis to make her home, she moved her membership to the church here and gave unstintingly of her time and talents. She was a gifted musician and served as Choir Director of the church for a number of years.
She also served as Secretary of Missionary Education in the WSCS and, during her term of office, she organized and promoted several Missionary Education courses each year.
She taught the Builders Class in the Sunday School for many years and was the official Teacher at the time of her death, though, because of ill health, had not been active for the past two years.
She was a member of the Carter Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star for about 50 years and was a member of the Business & Professional Women’s Club.
One of her hobbies was the study of birds and birdlife and she frequently served as Counselor for Girl Scouts seeking honors in Nature Study, giving to them of her knowledge and enthusiasm. Clara had the rare ability to identify herself with people of all age levels, whether it be a small child struggling with a first piano lesson or an elderly person in need of a friend, and to each she gave as their need required. Through her years of loving and devoted care of her aged mother, her sympathy understanding as a teacher, her tireless effort to make each Sunday School session a lesson in daily Christian living for herself and the members of her class and by the example of her constant diligence to overcome her own human frailties so that each day would bring her nearer the ultimate goal of a truly Christian Life, she has brought inspiration and enrichment to the many lives that touched hers through the years.
She was preceded in death by her father and mother, a brother, Wallace E. Lawrence and his wife, Morella.
She is survived by a brother, Bertram I. Lawrence and his wife, Mary, of Fayette, Missouri, her sister, Mary Anna of the home, a number of cousins and her many friends.
Services were at the Methodist Church, Rev. Frederick Lawson officiating. Burial was in the Brock Cemetery. Body bearers were Mack Kutzner, Orton Eager, Jesse Aylward, Ezra Dodge, Buford Bull and Harold Tippett.
Clara Emma Lawrence, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 25 Feb 1965
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Daniel Lawrence, 74, died Tuesday, October 28, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Will Swartz, northwest of Memphis. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Barker church by Rev. Dan Newland.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D. S. Lawrence Died at His Home July 21
David S. Lawrence died at his home in north Memphis on Monday night about 10:45 o’clock. Mr. Lawrence had been in feeble health the past few years and his condition the past week had called the children home. Monday, however, he seemed better, but in the evening there seemed to be a weakening of the vital forces and he peacefully passed away as above stated.
For years the writer has known Mr. Lawrence as one thoroughly posted on current events– educated and well read. He retired from active life some years ago, his vocation while health permitted being that of farmer, his farm being located near Brock. He was a regular attendant at church services and took a deep interest in things spiritual.
Mr. Lawrence took supreme delight in being with his family and was a kind father and husband. This disposition was plainly shown in the manner all children had toward him – the greetings of his children, friends, especially in the north part of town, as he passed to and fro from his home to town evidencing the love they had for him. This same quality that attracted the little folks held the esteem of the older ones who had known him for many years.
Short funeral services were held at his home on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., followed by services at the church at Brock. Interment was made in the cemetery at that place.
David Severance, fourth son of Wm. Asa and Mary Ann Lawrence, was born, at Homer, New York, educated in the same city and reared within its vicinity.
When school days ended his ambition led him to the west where he became interested in literary work, but returned cast to be married to Mary Elizabeth Isaac. To this union were born four children: Wallace Elisha, Clara Emma, Bertram Isaac, and Mary Anna. Besides these and his wife, he leaves two brothers, Elisha E. and Charles and a sister, Anna E., all of whom live in New York.
His wife and children were ill [all] at home with him during his last sickness and death. To them his life of purity and high thinking is a legacy of inestimable worth.
In early manhood, Mr. Lawrence received severe injuries, the result of which remained with him thru life, handicapping his energies and causing great sufferings. On the advice of his physicians he went beyond the Mississippi River, locating on a farm near Brock, Mo. in 1883, where he resided until five years ago. Last February, when he moved to Memphis where death occurred, July 21, 1919. He having attained the age of seventy years, ten months and eleven days.
In religion he knew in whom he believed and in Christ’s loving care was happy, feeling that in due time his call would come to share a beautiful inheritance.
Twice he was nominated and ran for representative of Scotland County. Politics was ever a subject of interest to him. His keen intellect searched every question and discovered light upon each event from the knowledge of the past.
David Severance Lawrence, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 24 Jul 1919
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. W. E. Lawrence Services Held At Methodist Church
Ida Morella Busey, eldest daughter of William H. and Ida Lynn Busey was born Nov. 17, 1877 in Scotland County, Mo. and died in the Davis county, Iowa, hospital Nov. 25, 1962.
She was united in marriage to Wallace E. Lawrence on Oct. 12, 1912 at the home of her parents in Memphis, Mo.
They reared as their own a small boy, Jay B. Lawrence, who made the air force a career, residing with his wife, Opal and two children, Ronald and Marilyn at Spring Lake, North Carolina, until his release from service a few weeks ago.
Wallace and Morella Lawrence were active in the Brock Methodist church where each taught in Sunday school.
They moved from their farm to Memphis in February 1951, where they made their home. She continued to live there, since her husband’s death January 17, 1958. Of her three brothers and three sisters, two survive, Alma, Mrs. A. E. Munson, Tacoma, Wash., and John Lynn Busey, Fairfield, Conn. Three nephews and one niece survive.
Following services conducted by Rev. Frederick Lawson, in the Memphis Methodist church, burial was beside her husband in the Brock cemetery. Body bearers were Jesse Aylward, Chan Bull, Buford Bull, Dale McDaniel, Milo Morgan and Murl Boyer.
Ida Morella (Busey), Lawrence, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 29 Nov 1962
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Lawrence of Memphis Dies Sunday Night
MEMPHIS, Mo.– Mrs. Morella Busey Lawrence, 85, died at 9 p.m. Sunday in the Bloomfield hospital where she had been a patient five weeks.
The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist church with the Rev. J. Frederick Lawson officiating. Burial will be in the Brock cemetery.
Born November 17, 1877 in Scotland county, she was the daughter of William and Ida Lynn Busey. In 1912 she married Wallace E. Lawrence who died in January 1958.
She was a member of the First Methodist church and the W.S.C.S.
Surviving are a foster son, J. B. Lawrence in the army at Coffeyville, Kan., a brother, J. L. Busey of Fairfield, Conn., and a sister, Mrs. Alma Munson of Tacoma, Wash.
The body is at the Payne Chapel.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Funeral Held Sunday
Funeral services were held Sunday, December 7th, for Schuyler Lawrence, who died at Fulton, Dec. 4rd, at the Richland church, and burial was in the Richland cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. D. H. Newland. Pall bearers were H. H. Tucker, R. A. Leach, John Fryrear, Ross Craven, M. F. Billups and Garland Shelley.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W. E. Lawrence Dies Friday; Services Sunday
Wallace Elisha Lawrence, eldest son of David S. and Mary Elizabeth Lawrence, was born on April 29, 1880 at Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, and departed this life January 17, 1958 at the Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital, Kirksville, Missouri, having reached the age of 77 years, eight months and 28 days. His parents came to Scotland county to make their home when he was a small child and the rest of his life was spent in this county.
He was united in marriage to Morella Busey at her parents’ home in Memphis, on October 15, 1912. No children came to bless this union but they took a small boy into their home and reared him as their own son. Wallace was a farmer and he and Mrs. Lawrence lived on their farm near Brock, North of Memphis, until February 5, 1951 at which time they moved to Memphis to make their home.
He received his education in the rural school near his home, at the Memphis Normal and he also took short courses at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, and Missouri University, Columbia. He taught school for some time in the county.
At about the age of 10 years he gave his life to Christ and was a devoted member of the Methodist church at Brock until his death, having served his church as Steward and Trustee, Sunday School Teacher and for 20 years was superintendent of the Sunday school. After moving to Memphis he attended the Methodist church here and was teacher of the Brotherhood class during part of that time.
Wallace was a willing and able worker for the things that would improve and benefit his community and among other things served as a member of the school board, of the Brock cemetery association and as secretary and treasurer of the telephone company. Although he had been in poor health for several years and was unable to participate in community affairs, he maintained a keen interest in his friends and his community.
He leaves to mourn his passing his devoted wife; a foster son, T. Sgt. Jay B. Lawrence, Sewart Air Force Base, Sewart, Tenn.; a brother, Dr. B. I. Lawrence of Central College, Fayette, Mo., and two sisters, Clara E. Lawrence and Mary Anna Lawrence, both of Memphis. He also leaves a number of cousins and the many friends he made through the years.
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church, conducted by Rev. Frederick Lawson. Burial was in the Brock cemetery. Body bearers were Buford Bull, Jess Aylward, Ernest McDaniel, Ezra Dodge, Mack Kutzner and Orton Eager.
Wallace Elisha Lawrence, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 23 Jan 1958
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Former Resident Died In Illinois
Funeral services for Flora E. Laws, 80, who died Sunday in Deerfield, Illinios, were held Wednesday, February 19 at 2:00 p.m., from the Gerth & Baskett Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Ellis, a grandson officiating. Burial was in McAdow cemetery.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathanial Shelton, former residents of Memphis. She was married to Thomas Alexander and later to Abner Laws, both of whom preceded her in death.
Surviving are one son, Eddie Alexander, of Deerfield; and one daughter, Mrs. Hazel Ellis of Platina, Ill., and eight grandchildren.
Flora E. Alexander Laws, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille 20 Feb 1958, p. 1, col. 6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(March 19, 1940)
We were grieved to hear of the death of two of our highly respected citizens Friday, Edward Pedigo and Frank Laws. Mr. Pedigo leaves his wife, two sons, Everett and Johnnie Lee, of Downing, two daughters, Mrs. Cleo Thrasher of Bible Grove and Mrs. John Fogle of Chicago. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Lloyd Moore at the Moore funeral home Sunday at 2:30. Burial in Downing cemetery.
Mr. Laws leaves his wife, three sons, Henry, James and Charley, all of Downing; two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Snider of south Missouri and Mrs. James Whittom of Kirksville. The funeral was held at the Baptist church Sunday at 1 p.m., conducted by Rev. Daniel. Burial in Coffey cemetery.
Frank Laws, From Unknown Newspaper, 19 Mar 1940
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Henry Laws Passed Away September 17
Henry Manford Laws, a son of Franklin Theodore and Amanda Elizabeth Depew Laws, was born May 7, 1892, in Scotland County Missouri; and died September 17, 1971 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital.
He served in the United States Army during World War I, and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He farmed most of his life and served as deputy sheriff of Scotland County for a number of years.
On April 26, 1933, he was married to Josephine Wineinger in Kirksville.
Those preceding him in death were his father and mother, three brothers – James, Charles, and Paul, and a step-daughter, Maxine Wineinger.
Those who survive are his wife, Josephine, of the home; one step-son, Chalmer Wineinger and his wife Imogene of Ashton; one step-granddaughter; one step-great-granddaughter; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Martin of Carterville, Mo., and Mrs. Mary Nicely of Downing; a host of nieces and nephews; and a great number of friends.
Services were from the Gerth and Baskett Chapel in Memphis, Missouri on Sunday, September 19, at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Cleo Kottwitz officiating. Body bearers were Aubrey Alexander, Earl Hunt, Vinol Lawson, Bob Dugger, Harry Lee Crawford, and Forrest Jackson. Burial is the Downing Cemetery.
Henry Manford Laws, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 23 Sep 1971, Thursday
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FARMER TOOK OWN LIFE THURSDAY: NO REASON ASSIGNED
Andy Lawson, about 47 years old, committed suicide Thursday afternoon at his farm home, northwest of Memphis, on the Hitt road, by shooting himself with a .22 rifle.
His wife had been to the school and when she returned home shortly after three o’clock, she found him on the floor of the living room, dead.
He had put the .22 rifle in his mouth and fired. Coroner Symmonds [unreadable] that the shot had severed the artery to the brain and the jugular vein, the room was covered with blood.
A neighbor, Hubert Mustoe, called Dr. E. E. Symmonds who, accompanied by Marshal Thomas Gundy, went to the place immediately.
He had fallen to the floor and his head had hit the stove. He had been dead but a short time since the body was still warm.
An informal inquest was held with six neighbors serving on the jury: H. F. Mustoe, Clark Mustoe, Joe Kelly, Gale Hunter, J. R. Hall and W. F. Adams. The verdict was, “We the jury have viewed the body of Andy Lawson and find that he came to his death by suicide from gunshot wounds.”
No known motive is known for the deplorable act.
He is survived by his widow and two sons, Chas. Edward, and William Isaac.
____________________
Andrew Lawson, son of William and Elzia Lawson, was born June 14, 1893, and departed this life January 20, 1938, aged 44 years, seven months and six days.
He united with the Bear Creek Baptist church of Clark county, in August, 1917, under the pastorate of Rev. Charley Griswold, and to this church he was faithful to the end.
On December 22, 1914 he was united in marriage to Cora Mae Drake, of near Memphis, Mo. To this union two sons were born, Charles Edward and William Isaac, both at home.
He leaves to mourn his going, his devoted wife and two sons, four brothers, Lee, David and Thomas of Wyaconda, Mo., Oral of Bushnell, Ill., three sisters, Mrs. Daisy Patrick of Wyaconda, Mo., Mrs. Frances Walker of LaBelle, Mo., and Mrs. Elsie Allen of Rock Island, Ill., also a half-sister of Hurdland, Mo., and 46 nieces and nephews, besides a large host of friends.
His father, mother, a half brother and a half sister preceded him in death.
He was a true and loyal companion and father. A true friend and neighbor who will be sadly missed by all.
“A precious one from us is gone,
The voice we loved is stilled.
His place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.”
Funeral and burial services were conducted at Richland by Rev. E. L. Painter.
____________________
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sincere thanks to everyone who assisted in any was at the death of our beloved husband, father and brother, Andrew Lawson. Also for the beautiful floral offerings. –Mrs. Cora Lawson and Sons, and the Brothers and Sisters.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Furn Lay Services Were Held Here
Everett Furn Lay, son of Samuel and Louiza Lay was born May 8, 1908, at Greentop, Missouri and passed away July 15, 1966, In Columbia, Missouri at the age of 58 years, two months and seven days.
He was united in marriage to Freda Snodgrass, November 25, 1937 and to this union two sons were born.
Surviving are his wife, Freda, one son, Samuel George and a daughter-in-law, Colene, two grandsons, Gregory DeWayne and Randall Everett of Duncan, Oklahoma; one sister, Dorothy Cooper of Queen City, Missouri, and one brother, Murl Lay of Green Vally, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Richard Vern [sic], who passed away at the age of nine years and one brother, Cleo.
While a young man he united with the Union Baptist church near Greentop, Mo.
He was a kind and loving husband and father and will be greatly missed by all that knew him.
Burial was in the Memphis cemetery and the services were in charge of Rev. Phillip…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Richard Furn Lay, 9, Dies
Richard Furn Lay, 9, died at 9:15 a. m. Friday, July 20, in the Ellis Fischel Hospital at Columbia, where he had been seriously ill for five months.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 22, from Memphis Christian Church, Rev. Merritt Baker officiating.
Flower bearers were the Misses Roberta Durnal, Mary Ann and Luzonne Darr, Joann Carlson, Norma Jean Mallett, and Ruby Martin. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Richard was born June 1, 1942, in Memphis, the son of Furn and Freda Snodgrass Lay. He attended Leeper School.
Surviving are his parents: a brother, Samuel, 11; his grandparents, Mrs. George Snodgrass, Memphis, and Samuel Lay, Green Valley, Ill., and his great-grandmother, Mrs. Emma Lay, Gibbs.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Garfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Leach, of this city died of typhoid fever Friday September 25, 1891, aged 10 years, 10 months, 11 days. He was stricken first with something like inflammation of the bowels, and after an illness of about ten days typhoid fever set in and for days and weeks he lay prostrate scorched with an unrelenting fever, and finally the “silent reaper” claimed him as a victim. He was a bright and promising boy and his death brings a deep affliction upon the family. At home he was idolized by his parents, brothers and sisters, and among his playmates he was a general favorite.
Why our loved ones are taken thus early in life is a mystery we cannot fathom, but the Superior Ruler makes no mistakes in dealing with us. To die was gain for him, no doubt, and he is at rest now, with the God Shepherd, where there is no pain or death. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. L. Hogue, on Saturday after which the body was laid to rest in the cemetery east of town.
Garfield Leach, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 1 Oct 1891
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
John C. Leach
John C. Leach, one of the well known citizens of Memphis, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 1917, at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. C. Drake, Lincoln and Jefferson streets. Paralysis and blood poisoning were the immediate cause of death. The funeral services were conducted by Dr. F. M. Hawley in the Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Leach had been a member for nearly twenty-five years and the interment was in the city cemetery.
He was born in VanBuren [sic] county, Iowa, April 18, 1847, and moved to Memphis when a young man. For a number of years he was one of the successful business men of the town, conducting a very popular drug store.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
R. A. LEACH FUNERAL HELD
Last Rites Saturday for Lifelong Resident of County
Funeral services for Ross Addison Leach, prominent Scotland county farmer, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, from Pleasant Hill Church. Rev. Edward L. Beall, officiating.
A large crowd of Scotland countians came despite the rain to pay respects to the deceased.
Mr. Leach, who died Oct. 3 at the farm where he was born in 1876, was the son of William and Susan Leach. A lifelong resident of this county, in early life he became a member of Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church, where for many years he served as an elder. In 1897 he married the former Miss Effie Almira Poe, who survives.
Other survivors are a son, Verne, Memphis, a daughter, Mrs. William McWilliam, and a brother, Arthur, both of Scotland county, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pall bearers were Charles Hayes, Ray Monroe, Cecil Doss, Albert L. Luther, Gale Hunter, Bob Riney, and Lester Barrickman. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FORMER MEMPHIS MAN DEAD
Dr. D. A. Leeper, 75, Was Reared in Scotland County
Dr. David A. Leeper died early Sunday morning, Nov. 21, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. L. Snyder, where he was making his home temporarily, says the Bushnell, Nebr., Record.
David A. Leeper was a son of Joseph and Caroline Leeper. He was born in Iowa, August 10, 1862. When a small boy he moved with his parents to Scotland county, Mo., where he attended public school. He attended law college and was admitted to the bar.
In 1890 he entered the Methodist ministry in Missouri. He later transferred to the Kansas Conference. He came to the Nebraska Conference in 1906 where he worked for eight years, returning to the Kansas Conference in 1914 where he held membership at the time of his death. He retired from the active ministry 12 years ago.
He was married to Emma Ella [unreadable] on Sept. 1, 1885. To this union four sons and three daughters were born.
On Sept. 1, 1935, Doctor and Mrs. Leeper celebrated their Golden wedding at Garden City, Kansas.
He came to Bushnell about six weeks ago to make his home with his youngest daughter, Mrs. C. L. Snyder. His wife died six months ago.
He leaves four sons and three daughters, D. A. Leeper, Jr. of Hibbing, Minn., Paul and Murlin of Hutchinson, Kan.; John W. of Garden City, Kan.; Mrs. Grace Moeb, of Bushnell, Nebr.; Mrs. Maybelle Hughes of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Zoe Snyder of Bushnell, Nebr. One brother, J. E. Leeper, and two sisters, Mrs. Ida Bonne and Mrs. Lizzie Bishop all of Memphis, Mo., and thirteen grandchildren.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. ED LEEPER DIES
Mrs. Emma Leeper of Memphis passed away suddenly at her home Wednesday noon. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Gerth and Baskett Funeral Chapel.
Emma Leeper, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 9 Mar 1972, Thursday
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lt. H. R. Leeper Killed In Florida, June 28
Lt. Harold R. Leeper, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Leeper of Houston, Tex., but formerly of this county, was killed when his plane crashed June 28. He and another pilot, in separate planes, were at a high altitude; the second pilot saw the Leeper plane falling rapidly and tried to follow it, but lost sight of it. Others at the airport reported a plane falling in a stream about two miles away. The stream was not deep but muddy, but they failed to find the plane or body.
Lt. Leeper was instructor at aviation bases in Corpus Christi and Dallas, Texas. He had joined the navy air force in 1941, and had asked for Foreign Service and was training preparatory to such a move when the accident occurred.
Memorial services were held simultaneously at Melbourne, Fla., and Houston, Tex., July 1. Besides his parents, a sister and two brothers, survive. He was a grandson of Mrs. James Leeper of Luray and a nephew of C. H. Kittle of Arbela.
Lt. Harold R. Leeper, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 8 Jul 1943, p. 1, col. 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Former Resident Dies Suddenly In St. Louis
Leland Loe Leeper, well-known former resident of Memphis, Missouri, passed away suddenly November 27th, in St, Louis, where he had lived over forty years.
He united with the Methodist Church when quite young, attended Kirksville Normal School and the University of Illinois. He was employed by the Post-Dispatch newspaper, as manager of the Rural Circulation Department for 8 years and retired seven years ago. Mr. Leeper had traveled extensively during his life.
He leaves his mother, Mrs. J. E. Leeper, one sister, Alma of Kansas City, Missouri, and four brothers, Victor, of Grand Junction, Colorado; Alva of Hannibal, Missouri; Chauncey of Kirksville, Missouri; Ernest of Memphis, and many friends.
Funeral services were held at the Gerth & Baskett Chapel in Memphis, Missouri, at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning, December 1, 1970. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery.
Rev. John Gooch officiated. The Pallberarers [sic] were Bill McWilliams, Leroy Moore, Leo Summers, Floyd Cowell, Merritt Hyde and Felix Gunnell.
Leland Loe Leeper, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 10 Dec 1970
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
George A. Leggett, Aged 70, Dies Here
George A. Leggett, 70 years of age, died last night at 7:40 o’clock at his home at 116 East Normal Avenue, following a long illness. He came to Kirksville with his wife three years ago from Quincy, Ill., to make his home while taking treatment.
The body was taken to Quincy last night by his son-in-law, James Sealey, an undertaker of that city, and funeral services will be held at the Sealey Memorial Funeral Home in Quincy, Tuesday afternoon, and burial will be made there.
Mr. Leggett was a retired mail carrier, having carried mail in Quincy for a number of years. He was a member of the Christian Church and had been a member of the Masonic Lodge for many years.
He leaves his widow, who was Mrs. Myrtle James of Gorin before her marriage to him eighteen years ago; two daughters, Mrs. James Sealey and Mrs. Ed Maxon of Quincy, and one son, Fr. A. L. Leggett of Hannibal. He also leaves a step-daughter, Mrs. Leland Robinson of Gorin; a sister, Mrs. Belle Hill of Moulton, Ia., and two brothers, Charles Leggett of Libertyville, Ia., and John Leggett who lives in Nebraska. His son was with him at the time of his death.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alva Leininger, Former Resident, Dies In Detroit
Alva “Strong” Leininger, age 46, a former resident of this place, died Wednesday evening, August 24, at his home in Detroit, Mich. Mr. Leininger’s death was attributed to heart trouble.
He and his son, Loren, had played golf all day Wednesday and when he returned home that evening he complained of a severe pain in the upper part of his chest. He went to a physician’s office and was informed that it was his heart that was causing the trouble and that it would be necessary for him to remain in bed for at least two weeks. He returned home and told his wife of his condition. She told him to lie down on a davenport while she got the paper for him. He lay down and died without saying anything more.
Mr. Leininger lived here for years, moving away about ten years ago. Before coming here he had resided in the Youngstown community. He was well known here, having worked as a miner and mechanic. He was employed by the Edison Power and Light Co. at Detroit.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home in Kirksville. The Rev. L. V. Freeman of the Kirksville Christian Church conducted the ceremonies. Burial was in the Worthington Cemetery.
He leaves his widow, the former Ola Followell of Worthington, and one so, Loren; his brother, Earl of Youngstown, and his father, Edward Leininger, who lives in Oregon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vinnie Lemmon Dies At Age of 80
Mrs. Vinnie Viola Lemmon, 80, of Memphis, died at 12:20 a.m. in Laughlin Hospital in Kirksville, Missouri, where she had been a patient since February 29, 1968.
Born August 7, 1887, in Schuyler County, Missouri, she was the daughter of Andrew J. and Elizabeth E. Hensley Wellfort.
She was married to Homer I. Lemmon on May 23, 1909, and he preceded her in death October 9, 1945.
Surviving are one son, Wymon, of Memphis, Missouri, with whom she made her home; one brother, Harry Edward Wellfort, of Memphis; one sister, Mrs. Flora L. Pettit of Kirksville.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, five sisters, and two brothers.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 16, at 2 p.m. at the Fabius Church in Schuyler County, Missouri. Rev. Lee Wallenmeyer officiated. Burial was in the Fabius Cemetery.
Body bearers were Karl Kraus, Harry Callahan, Willard Mohr, Ross Cone, Alva Lancaster and Alva Sears.
Vinnie Viola Lemmon, From Unknown Newspaper, 25 Apr 1968
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PERRY LENTZ OF NOVINGER SUCCUMBS HERE
Highway Construction Worker was 68; Funeral Friday
Perry Edward Lentz, 68, of Novinger, died yesterday in a Kirksville hospital. Mr. Lentz was a highway construction worker.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, where the body is lying in state, Friday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of First Baptist Church here. Fraternal rites at the grave will be conducted by Novinger Lodge No. 583, A. F. & A. M., of which he was a member. Interment will be in the Novinger cemetery.
Mr. Lentz was the son of Everett Bell and Ella (Cunningham) Lentz and was born May 25, 1884, at Corydon, Ind. He was married Feb. 7, 1916 in Linn county to Ellen Grace Ross, who survives him.
He is also survived by three daughters, Mrs. Joe (Margaret) Broseghini, Novinger, Mrs. Nina Moritz, Kansas City, and Mrs. Harold (Grace) Wallace, Seattle, Wash.; two brothers, C. L. Lentz and Frank W. Lentz, both of Sumner, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. William (Edna) McKee, Sumner; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one daughter.
He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Bearers will be Will Drake, Chester Smith, Gerald Blacksmith, Charles Gasperi, Sylvester Griffith and Coin McCune.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A. B. LEONARD, 64, DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Green City Man Had Been In Impaired Health 9 Years
Special to The Daily Express.
Green City, Mo., Nov. 25—Alva B. Leonard, 64, who has been in impaired health the past nine years, died at his home five miles southwest of Green City at 11 o’clock Sunday night. He had been bedfast the past two weeks, suffering from a complication of diseases. Death was attributed directly to anemia.
Mr. Leonard had lived near Green City the last twenty years.
The funeral is to be held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Green City Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. L. H. Maples, of Milan. Burial will be in the Unionville Cemetery. The body is lying in state at his home.
Mr. Leonard was born in Putnam County March 25, 1876, son of George A. and Rachel Leonard. He was married to Mrs. Emma Mills Aug. 22, 1897, and five children were born, four of whom preceded him in death.
Surviving are: One son, Lester Leonard, who lived with his father; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Earl Morelock, of Morelock, and Mrs. Clell Vaughn, College Springs, Ia.; three brothers, M. D. Leonard, Stahl; Bert R. Leonard, Worthington, and William G. Leonard, Warden, Mont.; and two sisters, Mrs. Ida E. Followill, Worthington, and Mrs. Lucinda Haines, Worthington.
Mr. Leonard was a member of the Christian Church at Unionville.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mrs. Dealy Leonard Died This Morning
Mrs. Dealy E. Leonard, 82, of the Green Grove community north of Novinger, died this morning about 6 o’clock in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral service will be held at the Green Grove Church Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock conducted by Elder Clyde Johnson.
Mrs. Leonard, the daughter of David and Lucinda (Hill_ Lawson, was born in Davis County, Iowa, Jan. 6, 1864. She was married to James Harvey Leonard, Feb. 6, 1881 and twelve children were born to this marriage, six of whom have preceded her in death. Her husband died July 11, 1936.
The surviving children are Mrs. F. A. Elsea and Mrs. Mittie Lucas, both of Oswego, Ill., Phillip Leonard and Mrs. Nellie May, both of Stahl, Mrs. Julia Haynes, 601 S. Mulanix and Mrs. Alice Gillispie, of St. Joseph. Also 28 Grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Leonard was the last of a family of eight children. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church at Green Grove. Shortly after their marriage they moved to the Green Grove community where she has since lived.
The body will lie in state at the Summers & Powell Funeral Home until time of departure for the funeral service.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BELLE LEONARD, 82 YEARS OLD, DIES IN IOWA
Body Being Brought Here: Services to Be on Saturday
Mrs. Ida Belle Leonard, 82, a former Kirksville resident, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Fox, in Muscatine, Ia., yesterday evening.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley funeral chapel Saturday afternoon at two o’clock with interment in the Novinger cemetery.
Mrs. Leonard was born on March 6, 1871, in Stahl, the daughter of John and Ellen Tracy Brownell. She was married to Eddie N. Leonard on Aug. 3, 1892. Five children were born to this union.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, six brothers and two sisters.
Surviving her are three sons, W. L. Leonard of Phoenix, Ariz., and Roy Leonard and Victor Leonard, of Worthington; two daughters, Mrs. Gerald Anderson of San Deigo, Calif., and Mrs. Walter Fox of Muscatine, Ia.; two brothers, Charles Brownell of Leonard, and Perry Brownell of Novinger; one sister, Alpha Cory, of Iowa; 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Leonard was a member of the Martinstown Baptist church.
The body will be brought to the Dee Riley Funeral Home at 415 N. Franklin Saturday morning.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SERVICES FOR MRS. LEONARD WEDNESDAY
Stahl Woman Died Here Yesterday Afternoon.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Annie Leonard, 64, of Stahl, who died in a hospital here yesterday afternoon from a heart attack suffered on the public square, will be held at the Shibley’s Point Church Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock conducted by Elder Clyde Johnson.
Interment will be in the Shibley’s Point cemetery.
Mrs. Leonard was the daughter of David and Lucy (Elsea) Hendricks and was born in Adair County, Mo., June 5, 1882. She was married to James A. Sallade on Nov. 17, 1902, in Kirksville. Mr. Sallade died June 21, 1929. In 1934 she was married to Milton Leonard.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. N. R. (Lena) McHenry and Mrs. Ester Conner, both of Kirksville; three sons, David Sallade, of Los Angeles, Calif., Charles and Louis, both of Stahl; one brother, John Hendricks, of Lewistown, Mont.; three sisters, Mrs. Laura Brown and Mrs. Cora Crote, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Ola Newton, of Kirksville and six grandchildren. Two sisters and one brother preceded her in death.
Mrs. Leonard spent most of her life in Adair County and lived on a farm near Shibley’s Point. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church at Stahl.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be Pearl, Ronald and Clive Leonard, Edgar Paris, Elmer Sharp and Paul Martin.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Carlos Baker Leslie infant son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Leslie died Mar 10, 1899, aged 7 months 10 days.
Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 16 Mar 1899, p. 1, col. 5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS ALEX LESLIE FUNERAL
Died at Her Son’s Home Near Rutledge Tuesday, Dec. 20
Mrs. Lena Leslie, 72, died early Tuesday morning at the home of her son, Estel Leslie, near Rutledge. She had been sick with the flu for a couple of weeks and was thought to be getting along very well until Sunday.
Funeral services were held at the Baptist church in Gorin Wednesday afternoon conducted by Rev. G. V. Baskett. Burial was in the Gorin cemetery.
Her husband, Alex Leslie, died about two years ago and one son, Carl, died during the World War. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Alma Clark of Shelbina, and the son, Estel, of Rutledge. She also leaves one grandson, Robert Wayne Leslie, and one brother, Hayden Shacklett.
Her maiden name was Lena May Shacklett. She was a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Hayden Shacklett and was born near Gorin on May 7, 1866.
She was married Aug. 24, 1901, to Alex R. Leslie, who died on Dec. 9, 1933.
She has been a member of the Gorin Baptist church since she was 12 years of age.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DEATH OF MRS. G. E. LESLIE
Expired Saturday Morning at 7:30 Inflammation of the Bowels the Cause
On Saturday morning at about 7:30 Mrs. G. E. Leslie died at her home in this city. The illness of Mrs. Leslie was of short duration, being taken with something like locked bowels in the early part of the week. The trouble developed into inflammation of the bowels later on, and from this cause her death resulted.
Her physicians, Doctors J. E. and E. E. Parrish, became uneasy about Mrs. Leslie’s condition on Wednesday of last week and telegraphed to Dr. Jenkins of Keokuk, with whom they were in consultation that night, and again of Friday night.
Mrs. Leslie’s death is deplored by all. She was a most excellant [sic] lady and enjoyed the esteem of everyone with whom she was acquainted.
The funeral took place from the Leslie residence in this city Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. A large crowd of sympathizing friends were present at the funeral.
Rev. Foreman, pastor of the First Presbyterian church conducted the services. He read from the fourth and fifth chapters of Second Corinthians and commented on the immortality of the soul. The pastor spoke feelingly of the life of the deceased in the home and in her church. That in the home life she entered into full sympathy with her children in work and in play.
In the church she was active and enthusiastic as well as liberal in its support. Mrs. Leslie took special interest in Sunday School work, where she taught a large class of boys. The boys loved their teacher and were led by her to higher ideals in life. Mrs. Leslie’s maiden name was Lucy Baker. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Baker, she was born in Memphis, Mo., May 10, 1866. In November 1886 she was united in marriage to G. E. Leslie, also of this city. To this union six children were born, five of whom are living. These are Helen, George, Bertha, Hillis and Ruth–the latter an infant only three weeks old. The husband, mother, three sisters and one brother also survive; all of whom reside in Memphis.
In January, 1904, the new and palatial residence built by Mr. Leslie was completed. With such pleasant surroundings and with bright hopes for the future the mother in that household is taken away a little more than a year afterwards.
At the funeral the music was furnished by a quartet from the Presbyterian choir who rendered some beautiful songs. The floral offerings were numerous and of the finest varieties of flowers, the silent testimonials in a measure, of the esteem of many of the friends of the deceased.
The pall bearers were Charles W. Cole, R. M. Barnes, Nat T. McKee, John B. Mudd, E. F. Bertram and J. C. Kinney.
Mrs. Leslie was a good woman and in all the relations of life was true to her convictions of right and helpful to her friends. In the social circle, in the home life and in the church she will be greatly missed. The bereaved family have the genuine sympathy of all in the sad hour of bereavement.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Wagner of St. Louis, being informed by wire of the death of Mrs. Leslie, arrived in Memphis Saturday night and were present at the funeral.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Knox City Woman Dead
Mrs. Ollie A. Leslie, of Knox City, 70, died in a Kirksville hospital Sunday afternoon at 2:50. The body was taken to the Coder Funeral Home in La Belle.
Ollie A. Leslie, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 5 May 1952, p. 8, col. 8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. D. LESUER, AGED 64, DIES AT SHERER HOME
Ft. Madison Contractor Heart Attack Victim After Illness Here
Herbert D. LeSuer, 64 years old, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. R. Sherer, and family, 1503 East Jefferson street, following a heart attack.
Mr. LeSuer had been in failing health for some time, due to acute myocarditis, a heart disease, and diabetes. About two weeks ago he contracted a severe cold and influenza but seemed somewhat improved yesterday and was able to be up in the house. He was seized suddenly, however, and died shortly afterward.
Funeral arrangements have not been made, pending word from relatives.
Mr. LeSuer was born April 17, 1867 in Lee county, Iowa. He was married on Nov. 12, 1889 to Mary Caroline Harmston, who died March 6, 1922.
Surviving are seven children, L. E. Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. E. F. Gibbs, Wever, Ia.; Mrs. J. R. Sherer, Kirksville; Mrs. C. E. Sieman, Rock Island; W. A., San Francisco; J. L., Rock Island, and Edgar E., of the U. S. Navy, now on the battleship Nevada; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Hyter, Burlington, Ia.; two brothers, C. A., Burlington, Ia., and H. J., Salt Lake City, and three grandchildren, Helen Gibbs, and Wilda and Gail Sherer, Kirksville.
Mr. LeSuer had been a resident of Ft. Madison, Ia., where he was a contractor and carpenter. He visited here several times. He was a member of the Masonic lodge at Ft. Madison.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SERVICES FOR J. C. LETHCHO THURSDAY
Died Yesterday Noon at the Home of his Daughter Here.
Funeral services for Josiah C. Lethcho, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cary F. Porter, yesterday noon, will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Davis Funeral Chapel, conducted by Rev. F. P. Hanes, pastor of the Methodist Church. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery.
Mr. Lethcho was the son of Joseph and Hannah Lethcho, and was born in Macon County, on Nov. 3, 1862. He was married to Carrie Walling in September, 1892. Six children were born to this marriage, two of whom died in infancy.
Surviving are: Mrs. Cary F. Porter, of Kirksville; Francis M. and Joseph W. Lethcho, both of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Chester Lethcho, of St. Louis; eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews; two half-brothers, A. L. Lethcho, of Archie, Mo., and John Lethcho, of Kansas City; three half-sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth George, of Des Moines, Ia.; Mrs. Clara Hendrex, of Newtown, Mo., and Mrs. Mattie Round, of Kirksville. Two grandsons are in the service: Pfc. Charles Porter at the Sioux Falls, Iowa, Army Air Base and Pfc. Charles W. Lethcho at the Independence, Kan., Army Air Base.
Mr. Lethcho had been a member of the First Baptist Church here for over twenty years.
Prior to his coming to Kirksville in 1919, he lived in LaPlata.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C. LEVENGOOD [Leavengood], 94, DIES IN GREEN CASTLE
Special to The Daily Express.
Greencastle, Mo. April 19. Christopher Levengood [Leavengood], aged 94, died at his home in Greencastle this morning after a short illness. No funeral arrangements had been made this afternoon.
He was the son of George and Mary Levengood [Leavengood], and was born in Ohio, February 3, 1850. His parents moved to Adair County when he was quite young.
Mr. Levengood was married to Sephia [Sophia] Friday on Dec. 7, 1875, and six children were born to the union. They are: Joseph and Charles Levengood [Leavengood], of Enid, Okla., Mrs. Fannie Eitel, Mrs. Katie Cook and Mrs. Clara Bailey, all of Greencastle.
His daughter Sadie preceded him in death Aug. 31, 1911 and his wife on January 18, 1907.
A few years later he was married to Mrs. Viola Overstreet, of Green City, who also preceded him in death.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RITES TUESDAY FOR CLARENCE LEWIS, 73
Martinstown Man Died Here Saturday Afternoon
Funeral services for Clarence Lewis, 73, of Martinstown, who died Saturday afternoon, will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock at the Mount Hope Church near Sidney with the Rev. James W. Truitt of Bethany officiating. Interment will be in the Lipp cemetery.
Mr. Lewis was stricken while attending a community sale here and died about an hour later in a Kirksville hospital.
Mr. Lewis was born in Putnam county on May 19, 1880, the son of John and Adrena Palmer Lewis, and was married on Sept. 22, 1901, to Cora Belle Jeffries. Eleven children were born to them, three of whom preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by two sisters.
He is survived by his wife: four brothers, Herman of Green Castle, Dayton of Licking, Truman of Hutchinson, Kan., and Pius, of Brashear; eight children, Mrs. Frank Laudwig of Greentop, Mrs. Ralph Funk of Gunnison, Colo., Mrs. Elmer Leavitt and Mrs. Leo Weber of Hawthorne, Calif., Mrs. Eugene Schreckhise of Des Moines, Ia., Mrs. Max Flowers of Fort Worth, Tex., Jasper Lewis of 509 S. Mulanix, and Gerald Lewis of 203 E. Fillmore, 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was a member of the Church of Christ.
The body is at the Husted Funeral Home in Unionville.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. MILES A. LEWIS DIES OF APPENDICITIS
Kirksville Woman, 58, Succumbed Last Night.
Mrs. Grace Evelyn Lewis, 58, wife of Miles A. Lewis here, died yesterday evening at a hospital here from appendicitis. She had been a Kirksville resident for many years.
Mrs. Lewis was born Oct. 7, 1879 at Harlan, Ia., a daughter of B. C. and Laura Custer.
She is survived by her husband, mother, four children, Mrs. Joy Hayes, Toledo, Ia.; Lawrence Lewis, Des Moines; Margaret Hedderly, California; and Malcolm Lewis, Kirksville; four sisters, Mrs. Eva Darling, and Mrs. Inez Plumb, Harlan, Ia.; Mrs. Baumgartner, Oelwein, Ia., and Mrs. Jessie Carlsen, Portmouth, Ia., and one brother, Glen Custer, Harlan, Ia. One sister preceded her in death.
Mrs. Lewis had been an active worker in the Christian Church here. She taught a Sunday School class for several years.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hiram S. Lewis, 89, of 1006 S. Sheridan street, died in a Kirksville hospital Monday morning at 11:05. He took suddenly ill at his home Tuesday morning, May 17, and was taken to the hospital Thursday.
The body was taken to the Schoene Funeral Home in Milan. Funeral arrangements have not been completed and will be announced later.
Mr. Lewis was born in Iowa, March 20, 1860. When a boy he came to Sullivan County, Mo., and had lived the most of his life in and near Milan.
He was married to Mary Ann Bunch in 1882 and three children were born to them. One son, Tommy, died about eight years ago. Mrs. Lewis preceded him in death several months ago.
He is survived by a son, Roy, of 1006 S. Sheridan, and one daughter, Mrs. Fred Reed, of Milan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. JOSIE R. LEWIS, 68, DIES AT HOME HERE
Lived In Kirksville Past 19 Years; Burial at Hunnewell.
Mrs. Josie Lewis, 68 years old, died at her home at 207 E. Fillmore St., yesterday afternoon. Death was attributed to acute indigestion followed by a heart attack.
The wife of E. G. Lewis, Mrs. Lewis had lived in Kirksville forth the past 19 years. Before comning [sic] to Kirksville she operated a telephone system at Hunnewell, Mo., following the death of her former husband, Will Raffensperger. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Funeral services well [sic] be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Methodist Church at Hunnewell, Mo. The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home until shortly after noon tomorrow when it will be taken to Hunnewell.
She was born July 2, 1869, within three miles of Elk Lick Springs, Pike County, the daughter of Jake and Lucinda Brown.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by her husband, E. G. Lewis; one daughter, Mrs. Wilma Raffensperger Mooney a teacher in New York City; two sisters, Mrs. Lottie Beasley, of Hannibal, and Miss Chelea Brown, of Memphis; and one brother, Pearl Brown, of Pittsfield, Kan.
The daughter, Mrs. Mooney, received word of her mother’s death in New York City about 6:00 o’clock last night. Coming by plane and train she arrived in Kirksville at 11:00 o’clock today.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. LAURA A. LEWIS, AGED 86, DIES TODAY
Had Been Bedfast 3 ½ Months With Malaria.
Mrs. Laura Asher Lewis, 86, widow of John T. Lewis, died this morning at 6 o’clock at her home at 619 East Pierce Street.
She had been bedfast for the past three and one half months with malaria fever.
Funeral plans had not been completed this afternoon, pending word from some of the children. The body is lying in state at the Davis & Wilson Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lewis was born May 31, 1850 at Coatsburg, Ill., where she grew to womanhood and was married to John T. Lewis. They came to Missouri in 1880 and lived on a farm near Greentop until 1903, when they moved to Kirksville. A few months after moving here, Mr. Lewis died.
Surviving her are six sons and daughters: Mrs. Millie Conner, of Kirksville; G. E. Lewis, Kirksville; Mrs. S. A. Wise, Kirksville; Mrs. Nellie Green, Los Angeles; Mrs. Lottie Davis, Denver; and Dee Lewis, Lenora, Kan. Three children preceded her in death.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LILLIE LEWIS, 84 YEARS OLD, DIES IN IOWA
Former Kirksville Resident; Body to Be Brought Here
Lillie Lewis, 84, a former resident of Kirksville, died Wednesday morning at 5:30 at the home of her daughter in Charles City, Ia.
The body will be at the Foster Memorial Home after seven o’clock Friday evening. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by one son, William Lewis of Arcadia, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. M. R. Hunt of Charles City, with whom she made her home, and Mrs. G. F. Wilson of Colorado Springs, Colo., and one sister, Mrs. William Miller of Norco, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace Lewis, in 1923; one son; one daughter and two brothers.
Mrs. Lewis was a member of the First Methodist church of Charles City.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
M. A. LEWIS, AGED 64, DIES HERE TODAY
Farmer and Stock Feeder Here for Ten Years.
Miles Abram Lewis, 64, farmer and livestock feeder here since 1930, died this morning about 9 o’clock in a hospital here.
The funeral is to be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, where the body now is lying in state, conducted by the Rev. L. V. Freeman. The body will be taken to Valhalla Creamatory [sic] in St. Louis and the ashes buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Kirkman, Ia.
Mr. Lewis lived near Kirkman until 1920, when he moved to Ames, from where he came to Kirksville.
He was born in Carroll County, Ia., Nov. 27, 1975 [1875], a son of Everett Milton and Grace Flatt Lewis. He was married to Grace Custer on Dec. 27, 1899. She preceded him in death.
Surviving are the following sons and daughters, oy [Joy] Hayes, Toledo, Ia.; Lawrence B. Lewis, Kirksville; Margaret Hedderly, San Diego, Calif., and Malcolm A. Lewis, Toledo, Ia.; three grandchildren, Ruth and Ether [Esther] Hayes and Roderick Hedderly; one brother, Frank D. Lewis, Carroll, Ia., and one sister, Mrs. Winnie Craft, Grand Rapids, Mich.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. RESSA M. LEWIS, 78, DIES AT NOVINGER
Body Found In Bed Yesterday; Victim of Heart Ailment.
The funeral for Mrs. Ressa May Lewis, of Novinger, who died suddenly Sunday night, is to be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Novinger Methodist Church. Burial will be made in the Novinger Cemetery. Her body is lying in state at her home.
Mrs. Lewis, widow of the Rev. Glen A. Lewis, attended Methodist Church services in Kirksville Sunday evening and relatives said she appeared to be in excellent spirits when she returned home. Yesterday morning at 10 o’clock her body was found in her bed when her daughter, Mrs. Leota Griffith, concerned because her mother had not made her customary morning call, visited the Lewis home. Death was attributed to heart disease.
Mrs. Lewis was born April 23, 1863 at Mirable [sic], Mo., daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Partin. The family moved to Jacksonville, Ill., and lived there until she was five years old, when they went to Hamilton, Mo. She grew to womanhood at Hamilton and taught in the public schools of Ray, Caldwell and Clinton counties.
Married to Glen A. Lewis at Hamilton, Jan. 6, 1889, two children were born, one of whom, Glenwood, preceded her in death.
The family moved to Novinger in 1912, when Mr. Lewis became pastor of the Methodist Church there. He served as pastor until his death eleven years ago.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. SARAH C. LEWIS, 80, DIES AT GREENTOP
Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow; Burial At Ft. Madison.
Mrs. Sarah Cornelia Lewis, 80 years old, died at her home in Greentop yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock. She had been ill for many months and for a long time was in a hospital here.
She was born near Downing on June 6, 1860, but has been living in Greentop for 30 years or more. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Griggs.
She was married to George B. Lewis 61 years ago and to them four girls and two boys were born. He died in 1908 and one son, George B. died in infancy. The surviving children are Mrs. Alva Crow and Mrs. Prock Myers, of of [sic] near Willmathsville, Ernest B. Lewis of Callao, Miss Grace Lewis at home, and Mrs. James Pierce, of Greentop. There are two half-brothers and a half-sister, Mrs. Ernie Rowe and Charles Griggs of Downing, and Willie Griggs, of Winfield, Kan.
The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church and attended Sunday School and church regularly until she became ill. She was converted and joined the Christian Church at Downing when 14 years old and later changed her membership to the Methodist Church at Greentop.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Methodist Church in Greentop by the Rev. Perley Lind at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Burial will be in the Ft. Madison Cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the Methodist Church in Greentop from 12 p. m., Thursday until time for the funeral.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THOMAS HENRY LEWIS DIES IN DES MOINES
Schuyler County Native Was at Daughter’s Home
Thomas Henry Lewis, 60, native of Schuyler county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wilma Divone, at Des Moines, Iowa, Monday.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Christian Church in Downing conducted by Rev. L. E. Schudle. Interment will be in the Downing cemetery.
He was the son of John and Lottie (Goosey) Lewis and was born in Schuyler county April 19, 1890.
He is survived by his wife, Lena Flo Lewis; one son, Ralph, of Gettysburg, S. D.; one daughter, Mrs. Wilma Divone, of Des Moines; thirteen grandchildren and one great grandchild; five sisters, Mrs. Bertie Curtis, of Joplin; Mrs. Etta Shaw and Mrs. Lena Winn, of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Carrie Weininger, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Pearl Geery, of Downing; two brothers, Willard Lewis, of Denver, Colo., and James Lewis, of Lancaster. Three children and one brother, Zene Lewis, preceded him in death.
Mr. Lewis engaged in carpentering and farming most of his life. He had lived near La Plata the past few years.
The body will lie in state at the Moore Funeral Home in Downing until time for the funeral.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MRS. W. F. LEWIS DIES HERE; WAS 72 YEARS OLD
Active Church Worker, Former Head of Army Mothers Here
Mrs. W. F. (Vella) Lewis, 72, died this morning at her home at 416 S. Marion, of a heart attack.
Mr. Lewis was the daughter of Joseph A. and Sarah A. (Cook) Hill and was born June 3, 1879 in Wayne county, Iowa. She was married to W. F. Lewis Sept. 15, 1909 at Powersville, Mo., and six children were born to this marriage. She was preceded in death by one son, one brother and two sisters.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, Robert A., of Traer, Ia., and Master Sgt. William Joe Lewis, U. S. Air Force, stationed at Ft. Madison, Ia..; three daughters, Mrs. R. E. (Mary) Millen, Roswell, N. M.; Mrs. B. T. (Louise) Williams, Ft. Sumner, N. M., and Mrs. A. D. (Claramae) Schmitt, St. Joe, Texas; one step-son, Willis Leo Lewis, Los Angeles, Calif., and five grandchildren.
Mrs. Lewis was a member of the Christian Church and was president of the Loyal Bible Sunday School class and an active church worker. She was a past commander of Post 4, Army mothers, and at the time of her death was post adjutant.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis moved to Kirksville from Powersville fourteen years ago and they kept girl students at the Kirksville State Teachers College.
The body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BORN AT CRAWFORD STATION
Zene E. Lewis Died at His Home Near Downing Last Week
Zene Elsworth Lewis was the second son of John S. and Charlotte Belle Lewis. He was born near Crawford Station in Scotland county, Missouri, on November 29, 1880, and died at his home near Downing on Tuesday December 21, 1943, being at the time of his death, 63, years of age.
He was married to Miss H Lasley, December 2, 1901. To this union two sons and one daughter were born, Estil Roscoe of Memphis: Henry Verlin and Mrs. Vern Stice of Downing.
He was the first to go of a family of nine children. Surviving are his wife, three children and seven grandchildren and three brothers and five sisters, James Walter and Willard Lewis of Downing; Tom Lewis of Atlanta, Mo.; Mrs. Etta Shaw and Mrs. Lena Winn of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Pearl Geery of Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. Carrie Wineinger of Los Angeles, Calif.; and Mrs. Bertie Curtis of Joplin, Mo.
Funeral services were conducted at the Downing Baptist church Tuesday, December 28, at 2 o’clock by Rev. W. T. Andrews. Interment was in the Downing cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
