Obituaries & Death Notices “Ma”

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.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FUNERAL HELD FOR LEONA MABIS

Former Knox County Resident Dies In Villa Grove, Ill.

Funeral services for Mrs. Leona Mabis, a former Knox County resident, who died Sept. 13 at her home in Villa Grove, Ill., were held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist Church in Villa Grove and interment was in the Cemetery there.

The daughter of George M. and Sarah E. Woodard, she was born Aug. 14, 1892 in Bath county, Ky.  She came to Knox County, Mo., at the age of eleven and lived there until her marriage to Chris Mabis on Sept. 15, 1915.  Following their marriage they moved to Villa Grove where she lived until her death.

She is survived by two sons, Arthur, of Chicago and Robert, at home; two brothers, Cleveland Woodard, of Sharpsburg, Ky., and John Woodard, of Hurdland; one sister, Mrs. Belle Gregory, of Brashear, route 1, also several nieces and nephews.

Her husband died Jan. 24, 1941.

Relatives from a distance attending the funeral were: Cleveland Woodard, of Sharpsburg, Ky.; John Woodard, Beatrice Gooch and Mr. and Mrs. George Gooch, all of Hurdland, Mrs. Belle Gregory and Mrs. Mary Scudder, a niece, and Marion Scudder, all of Brashear and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scudder, of Kirksville.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A. W. M’DOUGALL FUNERAL TO BE FRIDAY

85-Year-Old Former Harness Dealer Died Here on Monday.

Funeral services for A. W. MacDougall, 85 years old, who died at the Community Nursing Home Annex, 314 S. Osteopathy, Monday morning from infirmities of old age, will be held at the Summers and Powel Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock.  Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.  Mr. MacDougall had requested that his friends and friends of the family please omit flowers.

Archibald Walker MacDougall was born Sept. 29. 1860, in Dryden, Tompkins County, New York.  He was the only son of Rev. Archibald and Emily E. MacDougall.  His three sisters, Mrs. J. P. Scott, of Redlands, Calif., Mrs. J. E. Parks and Mrs. J. P. Smith, of Chicago, Ill., have preceded him in death.

In 1868 Rev. MacDougall and his family moved to Bloomington, Ill.

Mr. MacDougall received his education in the public schools and Wesleyan University of Bloomington and grew to manhood there.  During school vacations he learned the printer’s trade and was employed by the Daily Pantagraph and Daily Leader newspapers.

In 1881 he moved to Kansas City and was employed by a lithographic firm.  Later he accepted a position as salesman in Chicago.  After eight years he moved to Vernon County, Mo., where for 21 years he owned and operated the Vernondale Ranch and was a successful raiser and breeder of Aberdeen Angus cattle.

He was married on June 30, 1892 to Jennie L. Walker in Syracuse, N. Y.  To this marriage three children were born, Parke W., Hubert H., and Emily E. MacDougall.  Mrs. MacDougall died Jan. 16, 1904 with an attack of acute pneumonia.

On Aug. 2, 1906, Mr. MacDougall was married to Emma J. Johnston in Indianapolis, Ind.  To this marriage was born one daughter, Anna C. MacDougall.  Mrs. MacDougall died April 22, 1945.  Anna is now Mrs. Kenneth P. Wheeler of Grand Isle, Vt.

In 1911 Mr. MacDougall sold his holdings in Vernon County and moved his family to Kirksville where for 25 years he engaged in the harness and luggage business.  During his middle life he was active in the I. O. O. F., Woodmen of the World, Yeomen, Modern Woodmen and Knights and Ladies of Security.

His two sons were volunteers in World War I.  Hubert was killed in the Argonne, and MacDougall-Lowe Post of the American Legion was named in his honor.  Parke and his family now live in Oakland, Calif.  Emily, now Mrs. Gail Hunsaker, and family live in Webster Grove, Mo.

Mr. MacDougall was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Kirksville.

Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Wheeler and Mr. and Mrs. Gail Hunsaker will attend the funeral.  Parke MacDougall will be unable to attend.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. EMMA J. M’DOUGALL DIES HERE

Funeral Services To Be Held on Wednesday Afternoon.

Mrs. Emma Johnston MacDougall died at her home, 502 E. McPherson, Sunday afternoon about three o’clock, following an illness of the past three years.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Summers & Powell Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock by Rev. Russell E. Otto, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.  Interment in Highland Park Cemetery.

Mrs. MacDougall was the daughter of Charles F. and Sarah Frances Sullivan Johnston and was born in Madison, Ind., on Aug. 24, 1868.  She was the last of the children born to this couple.  Two sisters died in infancy and an only brother died Feb. 12, 1942.

Archibald walker MacDougall and Emma Johnston were married Aug. 2, 1906 at her brother’s home in Indianapolis, Ind.  One daughter was born to them, Anna C., now Mrs. Kenneth P. Wheeler, of Grand Isle, Vt.

Mr. MacDougall was the father of three children by a former wife, two sons and a daughter, two of whom survive, Parke W. of Oakland, Calif. and Mrs. Gail Hunsaker, of Webster Groves.  The younger son, Sgt. Hubert MacDougall lost his life in the Argonne during the first World War.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

REAR ADMIRAL MAC DOUGALL DIES, AGED 75

Cousin of Kirksville Man Had Distinguished Navy Career.

W. A. MacDougall, of 502 East McPherson Street, has received word of the death of his cousin, Rear Admiral William Dugald MacDougall, U. S. N. (retired), a member of a prominent Auburn, N. Y. family, who died Friday night in the naval hospital at Newport, R. I.  With his death, W. A. MacDougall, who is 82, is the last member of the MacDougall family, of that generation.

Rear Admiral MacDougall, 75, was the son of the late Brigadier General Clinton D. MacDougall, a well-known figure of the Civil War, and Eva Sabine MacDougall.

The Navy Cross was awarded to Rear Admiral MacDougall for his distinguished service on convoy duty during the first World War.  He commanded the presidential yacht Mayflower during President Woodrow Wilson’s administration.  During the Spanish-American War Admiral MacDougall, then a lieutenant, served on the San Francisco in Admiral Sampson’s squadron.  He took part in the blockade of Havana.  Later, in Chinese waters, he served on the Wisconsin and commanded the gunboat Villalobos in the Yangtze River.

As a captain in 1916, he was made a naval attache [sic] to the American Embassy in London. In 1922 and 1923 he was superintendent of the Naval Observatory.  Later he commanded a battleship division with the 16^th Naval District.  At other times in his career he was on duty at the Naval War College, Newport, served as executive naval officer for New Jersey, and was on the General Board of the Navy Department.

He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

When the admiral lived in Washington, D. C., he lived on the opposite side of the street from Rear Admiral Arthur Willard, a former resident of Kirksville.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Peter J. Mackey died of bronchial trouble at his home, 1123 North Centennial Avenue, Monday night, aged 75 years.  He had been a resident of Adair county thirty-five years, and was a retired farmer.  He came to Adair county from Pennsylvania, his native state, thirtyfive [sic] years ago and located on a farm northwest of town.  He sold his farm four years ago and had since resided in Kirksville.  Mr. Mackey is survived by four sons, J. H. residing at Fort Smith, Ark., Charles, Des Moines, and Jesse and W. M. Mackey, both of whom make their homes in this city.  Funeral took place from the family home Thursday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Acree of the Baptist church officiating.  Burial in Bear Creek cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

JULIA ANNA MACOMBER, 94 YEARS OLD, DIES

Rites Tuesday; One Of Schuyler County’s Oldest Residents

Queen City, Mo., April 16—Mrs. Julia Anna Macomber, 94, one of the oldest residents of Schuyler county, died at the home of her son, Z. A. Macomber, west of Queen City, Sunday evening at 6:20.

Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church here Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock with the Rev. J. T. Quigley of the church, officiating.  Interment will be in the Greentop cemetery.

She was the daughter of William H. and Angeline (Crapson) Funk and was born July 27, 1856 on a farm southwest of Queen City.  She was married to Zabina A. Macomber in 1886.  Six children were born to them.  She was preceded in death by her husband and two sons, Hugh and John.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ray (Betsy) Vittetoe, of Moberly; and three sons, George, of Mountain Grove, Zabina and Glen, of Queen City; 43 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

Mrs. Macomber was a lifelong resident of Schuyler county with the exception of one year during the Civil War when she lived in Iowa City.

She was a member of the Queen City Methodist Church.

The body will lie in state at the West Funeral Home until the funeral hour.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Robert Maddox, Former Resident, Dies At 49

Robert William Maddox, 49, formerly of Memphis, and a widely known implement dealer, died at 9:20 a.m. Saturday, May 13, 1972, in Audrain Medical Center, Mexico, where he had been moved Friday from a hospital at Columbia.

Services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in Shelbina United Methodist Church with the Rev. John Gooch of Memphis and the Rev. Edward Watkins of Shelbina officiating.  Burial was in the Shelbina cemetery.

Mr. Maddox had been a John Deere dealer at Edina, and earlier in Shelbina, Macon and Kentucky.  While in Memphis he was employed by Boyd Implement Company.

He was a graduate of Shelbina High School and was a member of the Methodist Church, Lions Club and the Masonic Lodge.  Mr. Maddox was a veteran of World War II.

The son of William Woods and Margaret Williamson Maddox, he was born Sept. 1, 1922.  On July 8, 1945, he married Thelma Grace Sams, who survives.

Surviving besides the widow, are his mother, three sons, David, Mike and Mark Maddox; a daughter, Kathy Maddox, all of the home; and four sisters, Mrs. Miriam Johnson, Mrs. Jane Richards Craig, and Mrs. Margaret Towson, all of Jefferson City, and Mrs. Priscilla Davis of Mexico.

He was preceded in death by his father, and a son Bruce who was killed in Vietnam in 1969.

Robert William Maddox, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 18 May 1972

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. HENRY MADORIN DIES SUDDENLY HERE

Suffered Stroke; Survived by Husband, 10 children

Mrs. Henry (Myrtle) Madorin, 60, of 1003 N. Centennial, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at her home after suffering a stroke yesterday morning.

Funeral services will be held at two o’clock Friday afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, where the body is lying in state, with the Rev. Romans Smith, pastor of the First Christian Church, conducting the services.

Bearers will be Jesse Brassfield, Claude Burch, James Mason, Guy Shoop. Walter Gilbert, and Joe Mihalevich.  Interment will be in Maple Hills cemetery.

Mrs. Madorin was born November 6, 1891 at Quincy, Ill.  She was married to Henery Madorin in September, 1908, at New London.  Ten children were born to this marriage.

Mrs. Madorin is survived by her husband: seven daughters, Mrs. Curtis (Gladys) Schneider, Denver, Colo.; Kathryn, wife of Dr. Victor Graham, River Rouge, Mich.; Mrs. William (Wilma) Humanson, Mrs. Mervin (Betty) Novinger, and Mrs. Bud (Marjorie) Shoop, all of Portland, Ore.; and Norma and Jo Ann Madorin of the home.

Three sons, Emil, of Kirksville; Henry, Jr., of Glen Ellen, Calif.; and Billy, of Portland, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Stranghoener, St. Louis; and Mrs. Dollie Albin, St. Joseph, and fourteen grandchildren also survive.

Mrs. Madorin was preceded in death by two brothers.

She was a member of the Lutheran Church.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Death of Mrs. MaGee Last Friday Morning

Mrs. A. E. MaGee died at her late home in Memphis Friday, January 31^st, 1913 at 7 o’clock a.m., of Bright’s disease. The funeral took place from the First M. E. Church Saturday, February 1, at 2:30 p.m., services being conducted by Rev. Sturges, the pastor. After which the remains were interred in the Memphis Cemetery.

Sarah E. Smith was born in Sangamon County, Illinois September 21, 1860 where she grew to womanhood. On the 15^th of August, 1878, she was married to A.F. MaGee, of that county and state. To this union three daughters were born, all of whom, with the husband, survive.

One of the daughters lives in Illinois, one at Colorado Springs, Colo., and the other, Mrs. George Dunlap, lives in Memphis. Mr. and Mrs. MaGee came to Memphis about three years ago, and have been residents of this place since that time; Mr. MaGee following the painter’s trade.

Sarah E. (Smith) MaGee, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 6 Feb 1913

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. JOHN D. MAGERS, AGED 87, DIES HERE

Funeral Service This Afternoon At La Plata.

Mrs. Catherine Magers, widow of John D. Magers, 87 years old, died Saturday morning about 2 o’clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lela Colyer, 1610 South Osteopathy Avenue.  She had been in declining health some time.

The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Baptist Church in La Plata.  Her body is lying in state at the Colyer home.

Mrs. Magers was born in Macon County, near Gifford, on April 8, 1854, a daughter of Lee and Harriet Carter.  She was married in October, 1873, to John D. Magers and twelve children were born.  Four children, Ellen, Gilbert, Lavada and Edith, preceded her in death.  Her husband died July 8, 1941.  They observed their 68^th wedding anniversary in 1940.

Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Rena Flint, Bucklin; Mrs. Lela Colyer, Kirksville; Mrs. C. Q. Coram, Kirksville; Clarence Magers, Columbia; Joe Magers, La Plata; Grundy Magers, La Plata; Rozza Magers, La Plata; Charley Magers, New Boston; two brothers, Jim and Roe Carter, of Elmer, and one sister, Mrs. Tilda Parson, of Elmer.

In young womanhood, Mrs. Magers joined the Baptist Church.

She had lived here with Mrs. Colyer and Mrs. Coram several years.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FRANCIS W. MAGRUDER DIES IN COLORADO

Former Resident of Kirksville and Hurdland

Word has been received her of the death of Francis W. Magruder, 64, former business man of Kirksville and Hurdland, but of later years a resident of Pueblo, Colo.  He died of a heart attack at his home in Pueblo Sunday evening.

The son of A. C. and Katie Magruder, he was born near Pratt, Kan., Dec. 15, 1884.  He came with his parents to Hurdland when a young man and was associated with his father in a store there for several years.  Later he became engaged in the furniture business and was a funeral director in Hurdland for a few years.  He also was engaged in business in Kirksville.

He was married to Miss Lee Arnett in November, 1909.  One son, Gordon, was born to this marriage.

Several years ago he went to Pueblo where he made his home until his death.

He is survived by his wife and son, Gordon, and a granddaughter, Elsa Lee, all of Pueblo; one brother, Harry, of Kansas, three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Little, of Hurdland, Mrs. Dot Glass, of California, and Alice, of Colorado.

Mr. Magruder was a member of the Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge.

Interment was made in Pueblo.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

J. L. MAGRUDER, AGED 81, DIES AT HURDLAND

Succumbs To Heart Ailment; Funeral To Be Held June 20

Special to The Daily Express.

Hurdland, Mo., June 19—Justus L. Magruder, 81 years old, died at 1 o’clock this morning at his home in Hurdland.  He had been ill for the past three months with a heart ailment, and seriously ill for the past two weeks.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon in the Methodist Church in Hurdland, conducted by the Rev. R. T. Finnell, assisted by the Rev. Byron Wagenknecht.  Burial will be made in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.  His grandsons will be the pallbearers.

Mr. Magruder was the son of William and Sarah Jane Kidd Magruder and was born in Washington County, Ohio, May 25, 1861.  He came to Missouri with his parents when he was 6 years old and they located on a farm south of Edina.

Mr. Magruder moved from the farm into Hurdland 39 years ago where he has continued to live.  He united with the Holiness Church at the age of 23 and for some time after that was a singing evangelist with his sister, the late Mrs. R. T. Finnell.

He was married to Charlotte E. Warren, Jan. 27, 1886, who with the following children survive him; Mrs. Ethel Sleeth, Brashear, Mrs. Bessie Clark, Edina, Mrs. Fern Wilsey, Breckenridge, Mrs. Zelma Hathaway, Emporia, Kan., Mrs. Maude Hildreth, Kansas City, Mo., Paul Magruder of Oakland, Calif., Herman of Townsend, Mont., and Mrs. Myrna Patterson of Kansas City, Mo.  He also leaves nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Dora Ashby of Hermosa Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Maude Bowen of Lowell, O.  Two children, Mrs. Cora Hammonds and Wright Magruder, and two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

G. W. MAHAFFAY, AGED 79, DIES AT BRASHEAR

Lived On Same Farm 70 Years; Suffered Stroke Saturday.

Special to The Daily Express.

Brashear, Mo., March 26—George W. Mahaffay, 79 years old, died this morning at 5:15 o’clock at his home three and one-half miles southwest of Brashear.  He had been in impaired health the past two years and suffered a paralytic stroke last Saturday.

The funeral will be held at the Methodist Church here, at 10:30 o’clock Friday morning, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Wagenknecht, assisted by the Rev. Paul E. Thompson, and burial will be in the Union Cemetery at Gibbs.  The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home here until time for the service.  Pallbearers have been selected as follows: Frank Watson, Frank Riley, William Cook, George Cook, Elza Walters and Granville Eberts.

Mr. Mahaffay was born Nov. 14, 1861 near Palos Park, Cook County, Ill., a son of John G. and Mary Ann Grange Mahaffay.  He came to Missouri with his parents when seven years old and they settled on the farm where he died.  He had lived there 70 years, all except two years of his life since coming to this state.

He was married in 1892 to Miss Cora Frances Shuman and two children were born.  His wife died in March, 1895.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Mary Zella Hall, Fleming, Pa.; one son, William R. Mahaffay, Brashear, and four brothers, Dr. A. D. Mahaffay, J. G. Mahaffay and Dr. I. F. Mahaffay, all of San Juan, Texas, and Dr. Charles W. Mahaffay, who lives in Montana.  He was the first among a family of five boys to succumb.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. NANNIE MAHAFFEY, 86, DIES HERE

Funeral To Be This Afternoon AT Millard.

Mrs. Nannie Mahaffey, life-long resident of Millard, died Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. O. Fortney, of 115 West Normal Avenue.  She had been seriously ill only a few days, death being due to the infirmities of her advanced age.

Mrs. Mahaffey, whose maiden name was Nannie Louisia Mason, was born Sept. 29, 1855, a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Grisham Mason in Adair County, Mo., and was married to John Mahaffey, Sept. 29, 1881.  To this union three daughters were born, Myrtle May, who died when five years of age, and the two who survive her, Mrs. Marie Munden, of Greentop, and Mrs. June Fortney of Kirksville.  Her husband died March 10, 1927.

Mrs. Mahaffey united with the Methodist church at Millard during her early married life but later with her family joined the Presbyterian church.

Funeral services will be held at the Millard Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock and burial will be made in the Stukey Cemtery [sic].

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. ANNA CORY MAHURIN, 79, DEIS TODAY

Funeral Plans Await Arrival Of Relatives

Mrs. Anna Cory Mahurin, 79, died this morning at her home at 414 S. Osteopathy.

The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.  Funeral arrangements will be announced later, pending arrival of relatives.

Mrs. Mahurin was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter McMaster, and was born Nov. 17, 1869, at Peoria, Illinois.  She came to Missouri at an early age and lived in the Novinger and Greencastle neighborhood most of her life until recently, when she moved to Kirksville.

She was married to William Cory, Sept. 1, 1889, at Greencastle.  To this marriage two children were born, Millard C. Cory, Kirksville, and Mrs. Bessie Bombardier, Des Moines, Iowa.

Mr. Cory died in April, 1938, and later she was married to Ashbury Maurin, who died about a year ago.

Mrs. Mahurin is survived by her son and daughter; three brothers, Walter McMaster, of New Mexico, Arthur and John of Des Moines, Iowa; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Yowell, Kirksville; one granddaughter, and two great grandchildren.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. ASBURY MAHURIN DIES HERE, AGED 65

Novinger Woman Ill For Six Months; Funeral Today.

Mrs. Eliza Ann Mahurin, 65, wife of Asbury Mahurin of Novinger, died in a Kirksville hospital Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock.

She had been in impaired health six months, due to a tumor and kidney disease, and was bedfast since February.

The funeral is to be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Mulberry Church, conducted by the Rev. Archie Cooper, and burial will be made in the churchyard cemetery.  The body is lying in state at the Summers & Flinchpaugh Funeral Home.

Mrs. Mahurin was born Nov. 5, 1875 in Schuyler County, a daughter of Frank and Mary Porter Gibson.  She was married July 3, 1892 to John W. Leedom.  Eight children were born to them, one of whom preceded her in death.  Mr. Leedom died in 1932 and she was married March 15, 1939 to Asbury Mahurin.

Surviving are her husband, her mother, Mrs. Mary Gibson, of Kirksville, who is 91 years old; seven sons and daughters, Roy Leedom, Lenox, Ia.; Mrs. Cora Attey, Quincy, Ill.; Harry Leedom, Green City; Mrs. Golda Watts, Novinger; Clarence Leedom, Hampton, Ia.; Virgil and Lloyd Leedom, Kirksville; twenty-three grandchildren, three great grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Bill Gibson, Reliance, S. D.; Mrs. Julia Hill, Lancaster, Mo.; Mrs. Janie Marshall, Kelseyville, Calif.; Chester Gibson, Kirksville, and Mrs. Myrtle Holland, Lenox, Ia.

Mrs. Mahurin was a member of the Bethel Free Will Baptist Church in Northwest Adair County.

She had lived in the Novinger vicinity thirty-six years, going there from Schuyler County.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. EMMA F. MAHURIN DIES HERE

Funeral Arrangements Await Arrival of Relatives.

Mrs. Emma Frances Mahurin died at her home, 606 W. Martha, Wednesday evening following an illness of one year.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed awaiting the arrival of relatives.  Interment will be in Bear Creek cemetery.  The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.

Mrs. Mahurin was the daughter of Joseph and Julia (Studebaker) Motter, was born April 30, 1879, nine miles northwest of Kirksville.

She was married at [to] Asbury Mahurin Oct. 1, 1898, and lived her entire life in Adair County.

She is survived by five children, Mrs. Martha Bailey, of Novinger; Mrs. Vivian Cathey, of Kingston Springs, Tenn.; Mrs. Lillie Novinger, of Kirksville; Vinton Mahurin, of Lone Pine, Calif., and Lieut. Delvin Mahurin, of Camp Maxey, Tex.; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Harmon, of Stahl, and Mrs. Ida Mahurin, of Kirksville; two brothers, Andrew Motter, of Kirksville and Charles Motter, of Portland, Ore.; ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. IDA MARIE MAHURIN DIES AT HOME HERE

Suffered Broken Hip in Fall a Few Weeks Ago

Mrs. Ida Marie Mahurin, 76, died Saturday evening, at her home, 702 West Martha, after an illness of a few weeks, due to a fall in which her hip was broken.

Mrs. Mahurin was the daughter of Joseph and Julia (Studebaker) Motter and was born in Adair County, Sept. 20, 1873.

She was married to John Mahurin on January 13, 1895, and to this marriage four children were born.  One daughter, one brother and one sister preceded her in death.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. T. C. (Bertha) McCoy, La Plata; one foster-daughter, Mrs. Gladys Dixon, Kirksville; two sons, Roy Mahurin, Willmathsville, and Ezra Mahurin, Ottumwa, Iowa; one brother, Andrew Motter, Kirksville; one sister, Mrs. Evelyn Harmon, Wichita, Kan., and seventeen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

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

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.

Ida Marie Mahurin, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 15 Jan 1950, p. 3, col. 5, Sunday

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. Ida Mahurin Funeral Tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Marie Mahurin, who died Saturday night at her home, 702 W. Martha, will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 1:30, conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper, of Kirksville.

Interment will be in the Mulberry Cemetery.

Bearers will be: Wilfred Mahurin, Gerald Mahurin, Robert McCoy, Vinton Mahurin, Cleo Greenstreet and Albert Speaks.

Ida Marie Mahurin, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 16 Jan 1950, p. 2, col. 1, Monday

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FUNERAL OF JOSEPH E. [sic] MAINS, 67, HELD AT BROCK THURSDAY

Joseph A. Mains was born near Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky, August 17, 1856.  Died May 13, 1924, at the age of 67 years, 8 months, 27 days.  He was the son of Joseph A. and Eliza Mains, being the fourth child of a family of eight children.  He grew to manhood in Kentucky and in the fall of 1881 came to Scotland county, Missouri, where he worked by the month near Brock until January 1st, 1888, when he was united in marriage to Effie J. Eggleston.  To this union was born one child, Gladys, who, with her mother, survives him.

Mr. Mains had been in poor health for several months and his faithful wife and daughter had done everything that was possible for human hands to do.  It was thought that he was better, but the end came suddenly and was a great shock to his family and the community.

He was preceded in death by his father, mother and one brother, William C. and is survived by two brothers and four sisters: Alvin D. Mains, Edward L. Mains, and Mrs. Louise Shaffer of near Cincinnati, Ohio, Mrs. Laura B. Hitch of Covington, Kentucky; Mrs. Ella Apel of Chicago, Illinois and Mrs. May Donaldson of Memphis, Missouri.

In 1904 he purchased the farm on which he resided at the time of his death.  His life has been an open book, its pages filled with kindliness and sympathy.  He was never happier than when associating with the young people and children of the community.  Industry, frugality, steadfastness of purpose and loyalty to truth and justice were outstanding characteristics.  He, together with his faithful wife, have accumulated property and a beautiful home for those precious to him; but better and more cherished by them will ever be the memory of his well-lived life, and many unselfish acts strewn all along the pathway of his life.  The community all feel they have lost a friend and grieve in sympathy with the bereaved family, whose hearts can only be comforted by the outstretched arm of his God and ours.

Funeral services were held in the Brock church, Thursday, May 15, 10:30 a.m. and were conducted by Rev. James Shultz of Granger, assisted by R. W. Custer.  Interment was in the cemetery nearby.  A large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends were in attendance, which testified of the high esteem in which he was held.                   R.W.C.

____________________

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kindness during the illness and death of our beloved husband and father. 

Also to thank them for the beautiful floral offerings.

Mrs. Effie Mains

Gladys E. Mains

Joseph A. Mains, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 22 May 1924

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. R. MAIZE, 27, LANCASTER RESIDENT, DIES

Succumbs To Blood Poisoning Here; Funeral Today.

Mrs. Raymond Maize, 27 years old, of Lancaster, died at a hospital here Friday evening at 10:00 o’clock, as the result of blood posioning [sic].  About two weeks ago Mrs. Maize had an infection on her chin which became worse.  She was brought here to a hospital last Sunday.

Mrs. Maize was born on a farm six miles southwest of Glenwood on August 29, 1909, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Beeler.  She was christened Edythe.  She lived all of her life in the vicinity of Glenwood and Lancaster.

She was married to Raymond Maize on August 29, 1931.  To this union two children were born.  One child, John Albert, survives.  Mrs. Maize was a member of the Christian Church.  She is survived by her husband, one son, and her parents.

Funeral services will be this afternoon at the Christian Church at Lancaster, and burial will be at the Odd Fellows Cemetery.  The Rev. Robert Seath, of the Christian Church, will conduct the ceremony.

Edythe Maize, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express 15 Aug 1937, p. 1, col. 6

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

EPH MAIZE, SR. AGED 92, DIES HERE TODAY

Succumbs To Infirmities of Age At Home of Son.

Ephrain Maize, Sr., 92 years old, died this morning at the home of his son, Jim, southwest of the Kirksville city limits.  Death was attributed to general debilities due to advanced age.

He was born in 1847 in Schuyler County, near Lancaster, and was married to Sarah Gipson, who preceded him in death.  Ten children were born to them, four of whom are now living in Kirksville.  Mr. Maize also is survived by a brother, Ira, of Omaha, Neb.

He was converted at an early age and united with the Baptist Church.

His body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.

The funeral will be in the morning at 10 o’clock at the funeral home and burial will be in Forest Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be Harley, Herschel, Pearl, Paul, Henry and Garnet Maize.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FUNERAL HERE TOMORROW FOR DAVID MAJOR

Had Lived in Kirksville Vicinity 28 Years.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home for David Major, Adair County resident who died Saturday night in a local hospital.

Born Jan. 22, 1871 in Monroe County, Ia., he was the son of Peter and Elizabeth Major.  Mr. Major has lived in or near Kirksville since coming to Missouri 28 years ago.  In April, 1897, he married Eliza Wilson.  Seven children were born to this marriage.

Surviving, besides his widow, are four sons, Ralph Major, Kirksville route two; Ora Major, Troy; Tillman Major, Quincy, and Kenneth T. Major, Kirksville, and three daughters, Mrs. Lola Walker, Quincy; Mrs. Gladys Cody, Brashear, and Mrs. Mima Adams, Kirksville.  Mr. Major was the last of a family which included 10 children.

The body will lie in state at the funeral home until time for the service.  The Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith will officiate.  Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ELIZA MAJOR, 80 YEARS OLD, IS DEAD HERE

Funeral Rites Are to Be Held On Thursday

Mrs. Eliza Major, 80, died this morning at her home at 422 W. Harrison street.  Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist Church.  Interment will be in Maple Hills Cemetery.

Mrs. Major was the daughter of John and Jemima Wilson and was born in Monroe County, Iowa, July 26, 1868.

She was married to Daniel Herron, and to this marriage two children were born.  Mr. Herron and the children preceded her in death.

On April 12, 1898, at Albia, Ia., she was married to David Major, and to this marriage seven children were born.

Mr. Major died March 13, 1943 and she was also preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Dale (Gladys) Cody, and Mrs. Andy (Mima) Adams, both of Kirksville, and Mrs. Lige (Lola) Walker, Emmerson, Mo., four sons, Ralph, Ora, Tillman and Kenneth Major, all of Kirksville; on [sic] brother, James Wilson, Blakesburg, Ia.; twelve grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Mrs. Major was a member of the United Brethren Church.

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

Bearers will be Frank Gothard, Paul Stokes, T. W. Reynolds, Ted Findling, Aaron Miller and Leonard Crow.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Old Citizen Dies

Edward Mallett was born in Illinois March 25, 1836 and died in the Graham Hospital at Keokuk, March 19, 1920, being at the time of his death, 84 years, 11 months and 20 days old.  He was united in marriage to Joanna Burns September 21 1865.  To this union was born two children, William and John, both of whom survive him.  His wife died about a year before.  Besides his two sons he leaves to mourn his death, two sisters, Mrs. Nancy Courtright and Mrs. Mary Marriott, both of Rockville, Mo., and ten grandchildren and three great grand children.  M. Mallett was a civil war veteran, was wounded at Prairie Grove, Ark., and because of this wound was discharged in 1863.

Funeral services were held at Prairie Gem Chapel, conducted by Rv. Eaton, of Memphis.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

JOHN MALLETT SR. DIED                                                                     

Had Been in Keokuk Hospital for Several Weeks

John Mallett Sr., well known retired Scotland county farmer, died at the St. Joseph hospital at Keokuk, where he had been living several months, Sunday, April 4.

The body was brought to Memphis and funeral services were conducted at the Payne chapel Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.  Interment was in the Memphis cemetery.

John A. Mallett was a son of Edmond and Joanna Mallett.  He was born in West Point, Iowa, June 25, 1871, and died April 4, 1948, at St. Joseph hospital in Keokuk, where he had lived for the past two years.  He had been seriously ill a week.

Mr. Mallett was united in marriage to Corna Elizabeth Hughes, November 24, 1893.  To this union five children were born.  His companion preceded him in death February 7, 1931.  His only brother, William Mallett also preceded him in death.

He is survived by his children–Mrs. Blanche Stafford[,] Mrs. Hazel Smith, Mrs. Ethel Bertram, Mrs. Marie Reed and John Mallett Jr., five grandchildren, four great grandchildren.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. W. A. Mallett

Mrs. W. A. Mallett died at her home northeast of Memphis on last Saturday, March 15^th, after an illness of several years during the last two of which she was totally blind.  Her age was 56 years, 8 months and 25 days.

Mrs. Mallett was the oldest daughter of Dabney L. and Ella R. Tull.  She was born June 20^th, 1875.  On August 4^th, 1889 she was united in mariage [sic] to Wm. A. Mallett who departed this life July 16^th, 1926.  To this union were born six children D. L., Mrs. Eula Morgan, Leonard[,] Mrs. Sylvia Phinney, Mrs. May Parriisr and Tull.  All are living with the exception of D. L., who died August 15^th, 1915.  She also leaves 14 grand children and one sister, Mrs. Maude Adams.  She raised her oldest grand child Miss Dorothy Havens, who with Tull so tenderly cared for her in the past eight years of her affliction.

She united with the Christian Church at Lawn Ridge in 1915 and remained a faithful member until death.  She was a good woman, a kind and loving mother, always devoted to her family, bore her physical suffering with great patience and she will be greatly missed in her home, her church and her community, where she spent her entire life.

 The funeral service was conducted at three o’clock on last Sunday afternoon at the Lawn Ridge church being conducted by Rev. Harry V. McColloch, the pastor of the Memphis Presbyterian Church. Three beautiful hymns were sung by the Lawn Ridge choir and burial was in the Lawn Ridge cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Adair Resident Died Wednesday

Funeral services were held Saturday at St. Mary’s Church in Adair for William M. Malone, 68, who died Wednesday night at his home one half mile nrotheast [sic] of Adair.

He was the son of James and Matilda (Hardy) Malone and was born Dec. 15, 1875, near Blandinsville, Ill.  He came with his parents to Missouri in 1877 and settled on a farm near Adair.  He has lived in the Adair vicinity most of his life.

He was married to Miss Agnes Clark on July 3, 1916.  Four children were born to them, one son dying in infancy.  Surviving are his wife, three children, Mrs. Virgil Dromey, of Baring, and Mrs. Ronald Mauck, and a son, Earl, of the home; one grandson, Larry Mauck and five sisters, Miss Mary Malone and Mrs. Alice Polhans, of Baring; Mrs. Margaret Gillespie, of Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Agnes Sawe, of Los Angeles, and Sister M. Zoe, of Hannibal.  Three sisters and one brother preceded him in death.  The late Mrs. Anna Marra, of Baring, was a sister.

The pallbearers were Ray Quinn, Willie Lipper, James Killday, Henry McGonigle, Earl Breen and Danny Farley.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BENJAMIN E. MALTBIE, 84, DIES TODAY

Was Brashear Resident; Funeral Services Thursday.

Benjamin Earl Maltbie, 84 years old, of Brashear, died at 3:30 this morning in a Kirksville hospital.  He had been in failing health for the past 15 years.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear.  Rev. G. D. Hammontree will officiate and burial will be in the Brashear cemetery.

Mr. Maltbie was born May 10, 1860, in Illinois and was the son of Rev. Joshua and Sarah Hillman Maltbie.  He was married to Margaret Madora Burch, who preceded him in death Feb. 17, 1945.  Three children were born to this union, one son dying in infancy.  He is survived by a son, Earl Maltbie, of Brashear, and a daughter, Mrs. J. M. Gross, of Cadillac, Mich.

He operated a farm in the vicinity of La Plata for a number of years.  In 1901 he moved into La Plata and was engaged in the coal and feed business until he retired in 1926.  Mr. Maltbie moved to Brashear in March 1944 and lived there until his death.  He was a member of the Presbyterian Church in La Plata.

Besides his children, he is survived by a brother, Joshua Maltbie, of Florence, Kan.

The following will serve as pallbearers: Gene Lyons, Charles Loft, George Douglas, J. B. Ludden, Charles eagle and Frank Coppers.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. M. Maltbie Dies Saturday

The death of Mrs. Margaret Madore Burch Maltbie, 86, occurred Saturday morning at her home in Brashear.

She was born August 12, 1858, at Crawfordville, Ind., and was married to Benjamin L. Maltbie.  Three children were born to them, one son, Charlie, dying in infancy.

She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Grace Gross, of Cadillac, Mich., and one son, Earl L. Maltbie, of Brashear.  There are two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Bruce, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Edna Harrison, of LaPlata.

Mr. and Mrs. Maltbie lived at LaPlata for many years, moving to Brashear last March to be near their son.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. BENJAMIN MALTBIE DIES AT BRASHEAR

Death Came Saturday Morning After a Brief Illness.

Brashear, Feb. 17. (Special)—Mrs. Margaret Madore Burch Maltbie, 86 years old, died at 10:30 o’clock Saturday morning at her home here.  She had been enjoying her usual good health until yesterday when she became ill suddenly and gradually grew worse.

She was born Aug. 12, 1858, at Crawfordville, Ind., and was married to Benjamin L. Maltbie.  Three children were born to them, one son, Carlie [sic?], dying in infancy.

She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Grace Gross of Cadillac, Mich., and one son, Earl L. Maltbie of Brashear.  There are two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Bruce of Kirksville and Mrs. Edna Harrison of LaPlata.

Mr. and Mrs. Maltbie lived at LaPlata for many years, moving to Brashear last March to be near their son.

No funeral arrangements have been made, pending the arrival of the daughter from Michigan.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mankopf – John Mankopf died suddenly at his home, eight miles north of this city, Friday evening Febnary [February] 15^th 1889.

Deceased was in town a day or two before his death in apparent good health.  He did not complain of feeling badly on the day or evening of his death, so far as we can learn.  About 9 o’clock p.m., he retired, and was talking with his wife, when he suddenly uttered a moan, and threw his arm across his wife.  She knew that something was wrong and got up at once, and aroused the family.  Such restoratives as were at hand were applied at once, but all to no purpose.  God’s finger touched him and he slept.  The kind and loving husband and father had suddenly passed away, and no human agency could restore him to weeping friends.  Apoplexy or rheumatism of the heart is thought to be the cause of his demise.  The sudden death was a great shock to the community, as well as the family.  Deceased was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, January 28^th, 1827, and moved to Washington county, Pa. when quite a youth, and married his first wife, Tacy Dicky, at the age of 23, by whom he had four children, two of whom are now dead.  In 1854 he removed to Athens county, Ohio, and in 1864 he married Lucinda Eggleston by whom he had three sons.  In 1880 he moved to Scotland county, Missouri, where he resided at the time of his death.  He was an honored and respected citizen of the county, and had good mental endowments.  He was a loving husband, a kind indulgent father; and very generous neighbor and friend to all around him.  The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. M. Parker at the family residence last Sabbath, after which the remains were brought to this place for interment.  The funeral cortege was met in this city with a telegram from a married daughter at Lima, Ohio, saying she would be present at the funeral.  The G.A.R. Post of this city, of which deceased was an honored member, took charge of the remains until her arrival.  Tuesday morning his remains were laid to rest, by his comrades, in the cemetery east of town.  We tender sincere sympathy to the bereaved.

John Mankopf, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 21 Feb 1889, p. 3, col. 6

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

VANCE MANKOPF SUICIDES

Dies at Ottumwa Hospital Monday Following Gun Shot Wound

Vance Mankopf, Scotland county farmer, shot himself in the right temple with a 22 caliber rifle at his home about two miles east of Brock, Monday morning, June 28, at about 5 o’clock.

He died shortly after reaching the hospital at Ottumwa to which he was taken.

Mr. Mankopf arose about five o’clock before Mrs. Mankopf and daughter, Mrs. Raymond Riney, was up.  He went to a summer house close by the house to open a sack of feed, came back into the house and went into the bed room.  Mrs. Mankopf asked him what he was looking for.  He said he couldn’t get the feed sack open and was looking for something to open it with.

The rifle was kept under the bed and it is supposed he slipped the rifle out when he left the bed room.

Shortly afterward Mrs. Mankopf and her daughter got up and when they started out to help with the work found him lying inside the door of the summer house.

They called for help and Mrs. John S. Shanes, who lives a quarter of a mile east of the Mankopf place, was feeding her chickens and heard their cries.  She called to her husband, who was still in the house, and started on foot to the Mankopf place.  Mrs. Shanes went in the car and met Mrs. Mankopf about half way.

When they got back to the Mankopf place, Mr. Mankopf was alive.  It was some time before a doctor could be summoned as recent rains had damaged telephone lines.  Ted Robinson, another neighbor, came to Memphis, got Dr. A. M. Keethler and an ambulance and Mr. Mankopf was taken to the Ottumwa, Iowa, hospital, accompanied by Ernest A. Roberts and Neal Payne.

Mrs. Shanes took Mrs. Mankopf and daughter, Mrs. Riney, to Ottumwa.

A few weeks ago Mr. Mankopf became ill and his daughter, Mrs. Riney, was called home from Camp Forrest, Tennessee.  She took him to Washington, Missouri, where he visited with his uncle, Dr. B. E. Mankopf, a few days and was seemingly much better on his return.

Funeral services were held at the Memphis Christian church this afternoon, conducted by Rev. Arthur Huff of Gorin assisted by Rev. W. R. Macdowell.  Music was furnished by the Christian church quarter, accompanied by Mrs. W. H. Roberts at the organ.

Pall bearers were O. A. Barnes, Usa Bissell, Austin Eggleston, Ted Robinson, John Shanes and Clark Eggleston.

Interment was in the Memphis cemetery.

John Vance Mankopf was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mankopf.  He was born in Scotland county, Missouri, August 7, 1896.

On August 22, 1917, he was married to Miss Dana Garrett.  To this union one daughter, Yvonne, was born.

Mr. Mankopf was a member of the Memphis Christian church, having united with the church by confession, October 18, 1922.

He is survived by his wife, his daughter, Mrs. Raymond Riney; three sisters, Mrs. Orville Hyde of Ft. Madison, Iowa; Mrs. Carl [unreadable] of Lakota, Iowa; and Mrs. Sturlin Garrett of Memphis.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DIED AT OTTUMWA HOSPITAL

O. E. Mankopf, One of Scotland County’s Successful Farmers

Oscar E. Mankopf, whose serious illness was reported in last week’s Democrat and who was taken to an Ottumwa hospital on Monday, March 30th, died at the hospital there on Thursday afternoon, April 2, having lived eight days past his 75th birthday.

The body was brought to the home where he had lived for many years, two miles northeast of Brock, where funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock.  Interment was in the Memphis cemetery. 

Services were conducted by Rev. Arthur L. Huff of Gorin.  Pall bearers were E. L. Clark, A. Ammerman, Judge E. G. Bull, O. A. Barnes, S. C. Adams and Judge B. O. Reeves.  Services at the grave were in charge of the Memphis Masonic lodge.

Mr. and Mrs. Mankopf had just returned Sunday night, March 29, from an extended trip through the south and east, where they visited his old home.

He became ill on the trip and came by Washington, Mo., where he visited his brother, Dr. B. E. Mankopf.  He was met there by his only son, Bert Mankopf, who brought his parents to Memphis.

Mr. Mankopf was one of the older citizens of the Brock community and was one of the most successful farmers of Scotland county.  He was wholesoled [sic] and hospitable and a man who got a great deal of pleasure in meeting friends.

Oscar E. Mankopf was a son of John and Lucinda Mankopf.  He was born near Nelsonville, Ohio, on March 24th, 1867.

At the age of 13 years he came with his parents to Scotland county, Missouri.  His parents settled on the farm near Brock where Mr. Mankopf has resided for the past 62 years.

On February 11, 1892, he was united in marriage to Elanor Cone.  He leaves to mourn his passing his devoted wife, one son, Bert; two grandchildren, Oscar and Mary, and one brother, Dr. B E. Mankopf of Washington, Mo.

Mr. Mankopf loved the travel and he and Mrs. Mankopf have traveled extensively throughout the United States and Old Mexico.  He had been a member of the Masonic order for over 45 years.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR O. E. MANKOPF, SUNDAY

Sunday afternoon at the family home, Arthur L. Huff of Gorin conducted funeral services for O. E. Mankopf, who died in an Ottumwa hospital last Thursday, April 2.  Interment in Memphis cemetery, services at the grave being in charge of Memphis Masonic lodge.  Body bearers were E. L. Clark, Al Ammerman, E. G. Bull, S. C. Adams, O. A. Barnes and B. O. Reeves.

Oscar E. Mankopf, son of John and Lucinda Mankopf, was born near Nelsonville, Ohio, March 24, 1867, making his age 75 years and eight days.   At the age of 13 years he came with his parents to Scotland County, Mo.  His parents settled on the farm where Mr. Mankopf has resided for the past 62 years.

February 11, 1892, he was united in marriage to Elanor Cone.  He leaves to mourn his passing, his devoted wife, one son, Bert, two grandchildren, Oscar and Mary and one brother, Dr. B E. Mankopf of Washington, Mo.

Mr. Mankopf was a successful Scotland county farmer.  He loved to travel and he and Mrs. Mankopf have traveled extensively throughout the United States.  He had been a member of the Masonic lodge for over 45 years.  He will be missed by his family and the entire community where he has resided for so long.

_______________

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our neighbors and other friends for their assistance during the illness and after the death of our loved husband and father, for the beautiful flowers and words of sympathy.

Mrs. O. E. Mankopf and Son.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FRED MANN DIED SUNDAY

Funeral Services Held at Barker Church Tuesday Afternoon

Fred F. Mann, who formerly lived in the northwest part of the county, but who has lived the past few years near Granger, died at his home Sunday, Jan. 10, following a long illness.

Mr. Mann was born in Grant county, Kentucky, on December 30, 1880, being 65 years of age last December.  He had lived in this county many years and was well known and well liked by all who knew him.

Funeral services were conducted at the Barker church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Dan Newland and interment was in the Barker cemetery.

Pall bearers were Artie March, A. C. Jones, Wm. Smith, Lawrence Smith, Ed. McElroy and L. R. Jones.

Mr. Mann was married to Miss Artie Cossel on August 31, 1902, and to this union, four children were born, two of whom preceded him in death.

He is survived by the wife and two children, Floyd Mann of Phoenix, Arizona, and Miss Ruby Mann of Granger; two grandchildren, Terry and Ronny Mann; one brother, Charlie Mann of Knoxville; one half brother, Russell Mann of Crittenden, Ky.; three half-sisters, Mrs. Mattie Menefree, Crittenden; Mrs. Cary Wade, Latonia, Ky., and Mrs. Anna Mary Yancy, Morning View, Ky.

As a young man he joined the Baptist church of his community and after coming to Missouri, he became a member of Barker U. B. church and remained a faithful member.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

S. S. Cavett’s Mother Dies in Woodward, Okla.

Mrs. Mary F. Mannering, the mother of Circuit Clerk S. S. Cavett of Adair County, died at her home in Woodward, Oklahoma, Sunday, November 11, 1921.  Mrs. Mannering was the wife of the late Rufus Cavett who died at his home on the old Cavett farm in Walnut township, Adair County, Missouri in the year 18885 [sic].

Mr. and Mrs. Cavett moved to Missouri from Iowa about sixty years ago, and for some years made their home near Troy Mills south of Kirksville; later settling on the farm four miles west of Yarrow where they raised a large family, cleared up and improved a good farm, and had much to do in the work of developing schools, churches and society in the west part of the county.

Mrs. Cavett was later married to J. A. Mannering of St. Clair County, Missouri, and afterward located in Woodward, Oklahoma, where she died.

She was the mother of four daughters and six sons; six of whom survive her.  They are Grant Cavett of Woodward, Oklahoma, Rufus Cavett of Jet, Oklahoma, William Cavett of Fair View Washington, Effie Parsons of Woodward, Oklahoma, Sophia Evans of Beebe, Arkansas and S. S. Cavett of Kirksville, Missouri.

She was buried Tuesday at Jet, Oklahoma, the home of her son, Rufus.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. ELIZABETH MANNING, AGED 85, DIES HERE

Funeral Here Tomorrow; Burial at College Mound.

Mrs. Elizabeth Manning, 85 years of age, died Sunday morning at 11:45 o’clock at her home, 116 East Burton Street, after a long illness with heart trouble and complications.  She had been a resident of Kirksville for eleven years, coming here from College Mound, Mo.  She was the widow of Thomas Manning.

Funeral services will be held at the Davis Funeral Home Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, after which the body will be taken to College Mound for burial.

Mrs. Manning was the daughter of Stephen and Lucinda Gibson and was born at College Mound.

She is survived by four children, Mrs. J. C. Watts of Springfield, Mo., F. D. Manning, of Gallatin, Mo., Angus Manning of Kirksville, and Miss Mary S. Manning of the home.  She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Fanny Singleton of Kimberling, Neb.; seventeen grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.

Mrs. Manning was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

RUDOLPH MANSKE FUNERAL

Former Resident Here Died at Libertyville, Iowa, Monday

Funeral services for Rudolph Manske, 81, who died at his home at Libertyville, Iowa, on Monday, July 14, were conducted at the Richland Baptist church yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Harlan H. Naylor of Granger, and interment was in the cemetery there.

The pall bearers were nephews, Ed. Gugler, Carl Pflanz, George Nees, Walter Gugler, Oscar Gugler and Harold Nees.

A quartette composed of Mrs. Marion Billups, Mrs. W. E. Rullman, Clyde Tippett and Ross Tucker, sang.

Rudolph A. Manske was born in Germay [sic] on July 6, 1860.

He was a member of the Lutheran church.

He was united in marriage to Miss Anna Roeder of Cleveland, Ohio, on March 14, 1887, who survives him with one daughter, Mrs. J. R. Gundy of Memphis, and one son, Edward Manske, of Oakland, Calif., eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.  Two daughters preceded him in death, Mrs. W. H. Osing and Veleta June, who died in infancy.

He lived on a farm in Scotland, county, Missouri, 35 years before moving to Iowa.

Those here from a distance to attend the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Nees and Mr. and Mrs. George Nees of Monmouth, Ill.; Harold Nees of Galesburg, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Sourwine and Mr. and Mrs. Gugler of Burlington, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Gugler of Eldon, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pflanz of Bloomfield, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pflanz of Granger.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FUNERAL FOR MRS. MANSKE

Died at State Hospital at Fulton Saturday

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Helen Manske, who died at the State Hospital at Fulton Saturday, May 8, at 12:15 p.m. were held at the Gerth & Baskett chapel in Memphis yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock and were conducted by Father E. B. Parcell.  Interment was in the Memphis cemetery.

Pall bearers were Henry Reed, Paul Gundy, Pearl Stivers, Floyd Shelley, Earl Crawford and Albert Luther.

The Chappell sisters sang, accompanied by Miss Helen Thomas.

Mrs. Manske was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gristy of the Hitt community.  She was born at Bloomfield, Iowa, on March 22, 1894, being 49 years of age.

She taught school in the Hitt community and in September, 1915, she was united in marriage to Edward Manske.  To this union, three children were born, Maynard G., who is in the service and is located at Camp Carson, Colo., Richard L., who is also in the service, located at Glendale, Calif., and Helen Ruth, who has made her home with her aunt, Mrs. J. R. Gundy of near Crawford Station.

In addition to the children, she is survived by her father, James W. Gristy, three sisters, Mrs. Fred Schafer of Hillsboro, Iowa, Mrs. Chas. E. Peck and Mrs. Glen Hyde of Memphis, and one brother, Bernard Gristy of Memphis.

She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic church near Hitt.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A. MARCH, 50, OF KIRKSVILLE, DIES IN QUINCY

Tin Shop Owner Succumbs After Several Blood Transfusions.

Anthony March, who had been confined in a Quincy, Ill., Hospital since May 21, died there Friday evening at 8:00 o’clock.  Suffering from leukemia, a blood disease, he had received six blood transfusions in the less than three weeks that he was under hospital treatment.

Mr. March, who was fifty years old, operated the March and Son Tin Shop, 401 West Missouri.  He was a boilermaker, learning his trade in the Wabash Railroad Shops at Moberly.  He and his family moved to Kirksville three years ago, when he set up his business here.  Mrs. March and six children live at 1401 East Filmore Street.

The Rev. P. J. Barrett of the Catholic Church here was the first to give a blood transfusion to Mr. March shortly after he was admitted to the hospital.  Other donations were made by Ed Cernic, Ed Geoke, Charlie Murrell and Miss Mae Goeke, of Kirksville, and Herman March, a brother from Moberly.

Mr. March was born Feb. 2, 1888, in Brunswick, Mo., the son of Nicholas and Mary March, natives of Germany.  While learning his life’s trade he lived in Moberly where he married Miss Carrie Brown of Moberly.

He was a member of the Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, and Holy Name Society of the Mary Immaculate Church of Kirksville.

He is survived by his wife, three sons, Anthony, Paul and Buddy; three daughters, Mary Ivan, Cecelia and Elinor; two brothers, Fred March, of Moberly, and Herman March of Moberly, and three sisters, Mrs. Gus Massmann, of Moberly, Mrs. Emma Korte, of Mitchell, Ill., and Mrs. Gustaf Kittendorf, of Missoula, Mont.

Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9:00 o’clock at the Catholic Church here conducted by the Rev. Fr. Barrett.  Following the services here the body will be taken to the Moberly where the body will lie in state for an hour.  Burial will be at the St. Maty’s Cemetery in Moberly.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

An infant child of Philip March’s was buried at Bible Grove Sunday.

Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 14 Jun 1906, p. 6, col. 2, Bible Grove Column ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

James Tyre March died July 5, 1920, at the age of 68 years.  He was united in marriage to Millie Purvis December 4, 1873.  To this union was born eight children, three sons and five daughters.

Funeral services were conducted by Elder C. C. Parker at Bible Grove in the Church of Christ of which he was a member.  After funeral services his body was laid to rest in the silent city of the dead, in Bible Grove, to await the resurrection day.

James Tyre March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 5 Aug 1920, p. 3, col. 3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Leonard March is Dead

Failed to Make Turn at Highway 15 and Bible Grove Road

Leonard C. [sic] March, 26-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. March, of Higbee, Mo., was instantly killed when his car turned over in the ditch at the east side of Highway No. 15 at the junction of the Bible Grove farm-to-market road, Monday night about seven o’clock.

The Bible Grove farm-to-market road at that point runs straight into Highway 15 and there is no curve either north or south to speak of.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. March and son, Leonard, came to the Tom Briggs farm near Bible Grove Monday morning from Higbee expecting to visit relatives and neighbors in the vicinity, and were looking for a possible location in that neighborhood.

Young March left the Briggs home immediately after supper enroute to the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Eggleston near Brock, where he was going to get another sister and take her to Kirksville where she is attending school.

Apparently March misjudged the position of the junction of the two highways, as witnesses at the scene shortly after the wreck, stated that there were four tracks across Highway 15 which indicated that he had attempted to make the turn to the north, but skidded across the highway and into the ditch on the east side, where the car turned over and landed on its top.

The condition of March’s body indicated that he had been killed instantly.

Joe Neese, who was returning to his home from Greensburg, came along about 7:30 and saw the car in the ditch with one light burning.  He stopped and examined the wreck, found the body and went to the nearest telephone and called Sheriff Paul E. Boise.  James Donaldson, who lives nearby, called to Constable Wm. Hayes who, with Dr. E.E. Symmonds and others, went to the scene of the accident.  March’s body was removed and brought to the Payne Funeral Parlors and his car was brought to the Harris Motor Company.  The car was badly damaged.  It was also said by witnesses that March had several pieces of Christmas candy in his hand when his body was removed from the car.

The March family formerly lived in the Bible Grove community.

March, in addition to the parents, is survived by four brothers and four sisters.  There were ten children in the family, one sister having preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held at Bible Grove yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Harry V. McColloch of Memphis.  Interment was in the Bible Grove cemetery.

Leonard E. March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 9 Dec 1937

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Funeral Today Maggie May March, Bible Grove

Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:00 o’clock from the Bible Grove Church of Christ for Maggie May March, who passed away in Clark County, May 2.  Services in charge of Rev. Smith Terpening, with interment in Bible Grove cemetery.  Body bearers were Eugene Durham, Kenneth Durham, Donald James, Donald Durham, George Haley and Hallie Shermerhorn.

Deceased was born in Burlington, Iowa, December 18, 1876.

Maggie May March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 3 May 1951, p. 1, col. 6

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Obituary Mrs. March

Died in Iowa, May 2

Maggie May March, of Granger, Missouri, died at the home of a son, Elza March of Farmington, Iowa on May 2, 1951, at the age of 74 years, four months and 14 days.

Mrs. March, a daughter of Betty and James K. Smith, was born December 18, 1877 in Burlington, Iowa.  After the death of her parents when she was very young, she was adopted by James and Matilda Gorman of Bible Grove.  At a very early age she united with the Church of Christ at Bible Grove.

On April 2, 1898, she was united in marriage to William W. March and to this union ten children were born.  Mrs. March has been in failing health for the past three years; two and one half years she has been an invalid.

Mrs. March was preceded in death by one daughter, Mrs. Sherman (Alma) Durham; one son, Leonard; her parents, adopted parents and two brothers.

She is survived by her husband, four daughters; Mrs. Alva (Alta) Slocum, Baring; Mrs. Clark (Fay) Eggleston, Memphis; Mrs. Ray (Treasie) Byrd, Greentop; Mrs. Melvin (Ethel) Gordy, Revere.  Four sons: Otto, of Huntsville, Lesco, of Edina; Elza of Farmington, Iowa, and Claude of the home; also eighteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mrs. March were held in the Church of Christ at Bible Grove, on Thursday afternoon, May 3^rd, 1951.  The services were conducted by Rev. Smith Terpening, pastor of the Community Church in Baring.  Burial was in the Bible Grove cemetery.

Maggie May March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 10 May 1951, p. 3, col. 4

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Funeral Held Thursday

Services for Mrs. Maggie March Conducted at Bible Grove

Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie May March were held Thursday, May 3, from the Church of Christ at Bible Grove, conducted by Rev. Smith Turpening, pastor of the Community Church at Baring.  Burial was in the Bible Grove cemetery.

Mrs. March, a resident of Granger died at the home of her son, Elza March at Farmington, Iowa, May 2 at the age of 74 years.  She had been in failing health for the past three years.

She was the daughter of Betty and James K. Smith and was born in Burlington, Iowa, December 18, 1877.  After the death of her parents when she was very young, she was adopted by James and Matilda Gorman of Bible Grove, Mo.  She united with the Church of Christ at Bible Grove at an early age.

April 2, 1898 she was married to William W. March and ten children were born to them.  She was preceded in death by one daughter, Mrs. Sherman Durham, one son Leonard, her parents, adopted parents and two brothers.

She is survived by her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Alva Slocum of Baring, Mrs. Clark Eggleston, Mrs. Ray Byrd of Greentop, Mrs. Melvin Gordy of Revere; four sons, Otto of Huntsville, Lesco of Edina, Elza of Farmington, and Claude at home.  She is also survived by eighteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

Maggie May March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 10 May 1951, p. 1, col. 3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Death of Mrs. March

 Elder C. C. Parker conducted the funeral services for Mrs. James T. March last Friday.

Millie Purvis was born February, 8, 1851; died May 19, 1926, aged 75 years 3 months and 11 days.

She was united in marriage to James Tyre March, December 4, 1873.  To this union was born eight children, 3 sons and 5 daughters.  She leaves to mourn six children, 43 grandchildren, one brother and a host of other relatives and friends; her husband and two daughters having preceded her in death.

She united with the Church of Christ early in life and remained a faithful, devoted Christian to the end.  She was a great sufferer but bore it all with patience and Christian fortitude.  She spent a life of service and devotion to her loved ones.

Millie (Purvis) March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 27 May 1926, p.5, col. 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Obituary

Moses March was born November 30, 1839, and departed this life January 25, 1908, aged 68 years, 1 month and 25 days.

Deceased was born and reared in Scotland County, Missouri.  Was first married to Mrs. Catherine Runkle and resided near Savannah, Iowa, for a number of years after the death of his companion.  He was afterwards married to Mrs. Ella Turner in the fall of 1901.  Deceased leaves a wife and two sisters besides many other relatives and friends to mourn his departure.

Mr. March was not sick long, only a few short days of suffering – then the death angel called.  He made no profession of faith in God, but a short time before his death his wife approached his bedside and asked, “Have you asked God to forgive you?”  He answered yes.

The remains were taken to the Bible Grove cemetery and laid to rest – there to await the judgment morn, where all will be adjudged with righteous judgment.

Deceased was a kind and affectionate husband – always ready to do anything for the comfort of his beloved companion, who at the time he was taken sick, was absent from home receiving medical treatment.  However, God does not put anything upon us that we cannot bear.  We all sympathize with Mrs. March in her sad bereavement.

Moses March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 13 Feb 1908

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. J. T. March Dies Today At Memphis, Mo.

Mrs. J. T. March, mother of Virginia and William March of the Prough and Illinois Bend neighborhoods, died this morning at her home in Memphis, according to word received here.  She was 75 years old and had been in poor health for several years.  Funeral arrangements had not been made this morning.

Besides the sons mentioned above Mrs. March leaves another son, Philip March, and three daughters, Mrs. Bertha McKnight, Mrs. Sarah Handley and Mrs. Elmer Briggs, all of Memphis.

Mrs. J. T. March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 27 May 1926, p. 1, col. 6

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. William W. March Died

Mrs. William W. March died at the home of her son Elza March north of Kahoka, yesterday, Wednesday morning, May 2, at 12:30 a.m. Funeral services are being held from the Church of Christ at Bible Grove this afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial will be in the Bible Grove cemetery.

Mrs. William W. March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 3 May 1951, p. 1, col. 1

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Died Saturday Morning

Funeral of Philip R. March at Bible Grove Monday

Philip R. March died at the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. McKnight, in Memphis Saturday morning, October 18, at 8:20 o’clock.

Funeral services were conducted at the Bible Grove Christian church by Rev. H. A. Bickers Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock.  Interment was in the cemetery there.

Philip Rudolph March was born near Elwood, Nebraska, January 26, 1887.

He was united in marriage to Pina May Watson April 12, 1905, and to this union eleven children were born.  His wife died on January 8, 1944.  He leaves five children: Ivan L. March, Lavera Earles, from Lomarca, Colo.; Esther Thomas, Farmington, Mo.; Lawrence March, Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs. Erma Lee Happel, Palmyra, Mo., several grandchildren, two brothers and three sisters.

Philip Rudolph March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 23 October 1947, P. 1, col. 6

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. Phillip March Passed Saturday

Mrs. Pina May March, 1251 Kentucky Street, died Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock in St. Mary Hospital.  She was born in Bible Grove, Mo., April 11, 1887, the daughter of James and Margaret Byrns Watson.  Mrs. March had been a resident of Quincy for the past 15 years.  She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventists.  She was married April 12, 1905, to Phillip R. March, who survives.  She leaves also three daughters, Mrs. Lavera Earles, Laramie, Wyo., Mrs. Esther Thomas, Quincy, and Mrs. Irma Lee Happel of Palmyra, Mo.; two sons, Ivan of Wichita, Kansas, and Lawrence of Quincy; two brothers, Joe Watson of Springfield, Mo.; and Charles Watson of Keokuk, Ia.; four sisters, Mrs. Sallie Stone, Springfield, Mo., Mrs. Fannie Ralph, Burlington, Ia., and Mrs. Bessie Kirby and Mrs. Marie Royche of Oakland, and six grandchildren. – Sunday Quincy Herald

Pina Mae March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 13 Jan 1944, p. 2, col. 4

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

William March Funeral Wednesday

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Christian Church of Bible Grove for William Walter March, 79, who died February 13, 1956 in a Kirksville rest home, following a long illness.

William Walter March was born in Scotland County, February 22, 1876.  On April 2, 1899, he was married to Miss. Maggie May Gorman and ten children were born to them.

His wife, one son and one daughter preceded him in death.  He is survived by four sons: Otto of New Cambria, Lesco of Edina, Elza of Farmington, Iowa, and Claud of Granger; four daughters: Mrs. Alta Slocum of Baring, Mrs. Fay Eggleston of Memphis, Mrs. Treasea Boyd of Greentop and Mrs. Ethel Gordy of Revere.  He is also survived by three sisters: Mrs. Elma Briggs of Baring, Mrs. Bertha McKnight of Memphis and Mrs. Sarah Harley of Rocklin, California; 20 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.

William Walter March, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 16 Feb 1956, p. 1, col. 3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Margreiter Dead

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Margreiter, died yesterday at Marengo, Iowa, where for the past eight years she had resided with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Zentmires.

Funeral services will be held at the Christian Church in New Boston Friday afternoon at two o’clock.  Interment will be in New Boston cemetery

She was born April 23, 1866, on a farm in Linn County, Missouri.  She was married to John Margreiter on May 1, 1884, who preceded her in death on Oct. 12, 1899.

She is survived by three other children, H. A. Margreiter and Mrs. Helen McCollum, of Kirksville, and Dr. J. L. Margreiter, of Flat River, Mo., also seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Margreiter was a member of the Christian Church.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

JOHN MARKEY, OF SCHUYLER COUNTY, DIES

Succumbs at Home Of Daughter in Washington, D. C.

Lancaster, Mo., Dec. 16. (Special)—John Eugene Markey, 81, Schuyler County resident the most of his life, died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stanley Rector, in Washington, D. C., where he had been making his home for some time.

Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at eleven o’clock at the Head Funeral Chapel in Lancaster.  The Lancaster Masonic lodge will have charge of the services at the chapel.  Interment will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.

Mr. Markey was born in Illinois on Sept. 26, 1868.  He was reared as a boy at Alexandria, Mo., where he chose railroading for his profession and was station agent at Alexandria for a few years.  He was transferred to Lancaster about 55 years ago and was station agent for the Keokuk and Western Railway here for a number of years.

Following his career in railroading he became cashier of Logan’s Bank at Glenwood where he was employed until 1936.

He was married to Miss Edna Higbee, sister of Judge Walter Higbee, and two daughters were born to them.  His wife died in 1917 and a daughter, Mary Maude, preceded him in death about 15 years ago.

He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Stanley Rector, of Washington, D. C., and three sisters, Miss Mary Markey, Mrs. Kitty Gaudrie and Mrs. Margaret McMillen, of Florida.

The body is at the Head Funeral Chapel.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. Lydia Markey Is Buried Here

Mrs. Lydia Markey, widow of the late Judge Ben Markey, died Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Minnie Barger, in Des Moines at the age of 87 years.  The body was brought to Kirksville Tuesday evening and short funeral services were held in Forest cemetery conducted by Rev. L. V. Freeman, pastor of the Christian Church.  Burial was made in the Beeman family lot.

Mrs. Markey was born and reared in Kirksville and was a member of a pioneer family here.  Her maiden name was Lydia Beeman and she was the daughter of Otha and Catherine Beeman.  She was married to Ben Markey who served as presiding judge of the Adair County court at one time.  They lived on the farm now known as the M. D. Myers farm just north of Kirksville on Highway 63.  They sold this farm and moved to California where Judge Markey died about five years ago.  After his death Mrs. Markey went to Des Moines to make her home with her daughter.

Besides the daughter in Des Moines she leaves a son, Byron Markey of Los Angeles, and one brother, Allie Beeman of Spokane, Wash.  The late Mart Beeman was her brother.  She was a cousin of George Wall Smith of Kirksville.

Mrs. Markey had been in ill health for the past two years.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. I. E. MARKHAM

Wife of Cleaner Is a Victim of Heart Ailment.

Mrs. Helen Louise Markham, 39, wife of I. E. Markham, proprietor of the cleaning shop at the corner of McPherson and Main streets, died at her home at 607 East Patterson Avenue yesterday at 4:35 p.m.

She had been seriously ill since July 1 with heart disease.

The funeral is to be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.  The body is to lie in state at the funeral home until time for the funeral.

Mrs. Markham was born at Qunicy, Ill., Oct. 1, 1897, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vogel.  She was married to Mr. Markham in 1924 and they came to Kirksville in 1925.

She had been associated with her husband in operating the cleaning business until she became ill.  The shop was closed today at noon and will remain closed until Friday morning.

Mrs. Markham was a member of the Order of Eastern Star.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, are her father at Quincy, two sisters, Mrs. Rex Holloway, Battle Creek, Mich., and Mrs. Jess Irvin, Boston, Mass., and two brothers, Joe Vogel, Detroit, and Virgil Vogel, Qunicy.  Her mother died about twenty years ago.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. Harry Marks Dies in Houston

Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Baum, 511 N. Franklin, received word Saturday night of the death about 8 p.m. of Mr. Baum’s sister, Mrs. Harry Marks, in a hospital in Houston, Tex.

Mrs. Marks, 84 years of age, will be remembered by Kirksville residents as Jennie Baum.  She had been making her home in Houston with her son, Stuart Marks, since the death of her husband several years ago.  Other survivors, in addition to her son and brother, are one grandchild, two great-grandchildren and a sister, Gertie Oppenheimer, of Dallas, Tex.

The body was cremated today and was taken to St. Louis for burial beside her husband.

Mrs. Marks, born and reared in Kirksville, was active in various civic organizations and at one time was a member of the Sojourners Club.

Jennie Marks (Baum), Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 20 Oct 1952, p. 3, col. 2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DIED AT THE AGE OF NINETY

Mrs. Catherine Marlow an Early Resident of Miller Township

(By Our State Line Reporter)

Funeral services were held Friday morning at eleven o’clock at the Barker church for Mrs. Catherine Marlow, one of the oldest citizens of Scotland county, who died at her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Fryrear, near Hitt Wednesday evening, Dec. 9, at the age of 90 years.

Services were conducted by Rev. Dan Newland.  A quartet composed of Mrs. Ezra Boles, Mrs. George Cossel, Ezra Boles and Elmer Weilbrenner, sang, accompanied by Mrs. Dan Newland at the piano.

Pall bearers were Ed. Tucker, Don Riney, Lew Rush, Henry Tucker, Ed. Drake and Warren Arnold.  Interment in the Barker cemetery.

Catherine Becraft was a daughter of Samuel and Mary Becraft.  She was born in Indiana, March 23, 1852.  When she was one year old the family moved to Iowa and the next year came to Scotland county, Missouri, where she has resided all her life with the exception of three years in Bloomfield, Iowa.

March 9, 1873, she was married to Frank Marlow, who died March 2, 1909.  She was the last of a family of six children, four brothers and one sister having preceded her in death.  The sister, Mrs. Jane Foss, died a year ago here in her home where she helped care for her during her last illness.

Mrs. Marlow has been a member of the United Brethren church at Barker since a little child, and taught a Sunday school class there for many years.  A great many of the younger people of the community remember her loving words of counsel while pupils in her classes.  She lived a consecrated Christian life that was a wonderful example for her family and friends.

She leaves the daughter, Mrs. John Fryrear; three grandchildren, Mrs. Lee Howe, Centralia, Mo.; Raymond Fryrear, Downing, and Harry Fryrear of Memphis, and seven great grandchildren.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. BERTHA V. MARQUITH DIES AT LA PLATA

Had Been Ill for Several Months; Funeral Sunday

La Plata, May 4, (Special)—Mrs. Bertha Viola Marquith, 75, died this morning at three o’clock after an illness of several months.

A daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Wood) Dawdy, she was born on June 19, 1875, in the Illinois Bend neighborhood.  On May 27, 1896 she married David Nicholas Marquith.  They made their home in Illinois for about 10 years but returned to this vicinity where they have lived since 1909.

They were the parents of eight children.  One daughter, Mrs. Ruth Bragg, died about one year ago.  Her husband and the following children survive: Fern Alice Saffell, of Waterloo, Ia.; Hazel Lagle, of Kirksville; Helen Roberts of La Plata; Marie McGuigan, of Burlington, Ia.; Vera Hall, of Cardy; Ruby Billings, of La Plata, and one son, David Wilton Marquith, of Rawlins, Wy.  She is also survived by the following sisters, Mrs. Lillie Curtis, of Yarrow; Mrs. Stella Rensel, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Verna Grissom, of Des Plaines, Ill.; Mrs. Opal Morris, of Galesburg, Ill.; and Mrs. Maggie Flynn, of near La Plata, who is now a patient in the Laughlin Hospital, and John Dawdy, of Sheridan, Wyo.  She leaves 27 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Marquith united with the Christian Church in East Galesburg, Ill., when a young woman.  She later moved her membership to the Illinois Bend Church.

Services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the La Plata Christian Church in charge of Rev. R. L. Prather.  Burial will be in the La Plata cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

D. N. MARQUITH, 81, OF LA PLATA, DIES TODAY

Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon at LaPlata Church

David Nicholas Marquith, 81-year-old LaPlata resident, died in a Kirksville hospital this morning at 6:55.

He was born Dec. 26, 1870, in East Galesburg, Ill., the son of Nickolas and Isabelle (Tabb) Marquith.

He was married here May 27, 1896, to Bertha Dawdy.  They went to LaPlata in 1909.  They were the parents of eight children. 

His wife died in May, 1951, and two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Bragg and Mrs. Hazel Lagle, also preceded him in death.

Surviving are six children, Delphat [sic] Fern Saffell, of Waterloo, Ia.; Helen Roberts, of LaPlata; Marie McGuigan, of New London, Ia.; Vera Hall, of Cardy; Ruby Billings, of LaPlata, and David Wilton Marquith, of Rawlins, Wyo.  Also surviving are 27 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock at the Christian Church in LaPlata with interment in the LaPlata cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SECTION MAN IS [unreadable]

ED MARSH DIES FOLLOWING ACCIDENT EAST OF GORIN MONDAY

Ed Marsh, Santa Fe railroad section foreman at Gorin, was killed about three o’clock Monday afternoon, and Lon Peterson, member of the section gang, was seriously injured when the motor car they were riding jumped the rails, throwing them off of the car.

The two men were accompanied by Edgar Wilson, William Edwards and Jude Parrish, also members of the gang, who were not seriously injured, but badly shaken up and bruised.

Marsh and his crew were working near Wyaconda with the section crew at that place.  The former received word to move his gang to a crossing near Rutledge to make some repairs.

Marsh loaded his gang of five men and was running his motor car backward to pick-up his signalman Everett Swearingen, who was stationed ahead of where the other men were working. The men on the motor car did not know exactly how the accident happened, but thought that Marsh pulled back on the belt lever and in some manner became overbalanced and fell in front of

the moving car.  The car ran over Marsh and jumped the rails, throwing all five men off of the car.  The car did not turn over, but jumped in between the double tracks and ran some distance before stopping.

A fast train was stopped to take the injured men to the Santa Fe hospital at Ft. Madison but Marsh was dead before the train arrived and Peterson, who was badly injured, preferred to go to his home in Gorin.

The extent of Peterson’s injuries were not fully determined Tuesday, but he suffered a hard blow on the side of his head and another over one eye.

The accident happened about 2 1/2 miles east of Gorin.

Funeral services for Mr. Marsh were held at the Baptist church at Gorin yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock and were conducted by Rev. Arthur L. Huff, pastor of the Gorin Methodist church.

Music was furnished by a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. R. O. Leftwich, Madeline Monroe, Carl Pryor and J. A. Bailey, with Mrs. C. T. Frazee at the piano.

Pall bearers were W. L. Stephens, Edgar Wilson, A. G. Huff, Fred Monroe, R. M. Scifres and Lloyd Shanes.

Mr. March [sic] was born near Greensburg, Mo., on April 7, 1888, being 54 years of age last month.

On June 2, 1910, he was united in marriage to Kathryn Fowler, who preceeded [sic] him in death, Feb. 8th, 1940.  To this union four children were born, two of whom survive.

On Sept. 28, 1940, he was united in marriage to Edna Dunlap Wilburn, who survives.

Mr. Marsh is survived by his wife, one son, Fowler Marsh, at home and one daughter, Mrs. Robert Miller Leftwich of Kahoka, one step-son, Edward Wilburn, and a granddaughter, Joy West.

When a young man Mr. Marsh united with the Christian church at Rutledge and on Easter Sunday, 1940, transferred his membership to the Methodist church at Gorin where he remained a faithful and loyal member.

He was also a member of Gorin lodge I. O. O. F., No. 149; the Octava [sic] Rebekah lodge, No. 263, and the Gorin Masonic lodge No 72.  For the past 30 years he has been a section foreman for the Santa Fe railroad.

He lived at Rutledge, moving to Gorin about ten years ago.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gorin Teacher Died at Kirksville Hospital Last Week

Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Marsh, popular teacher at Gorin, whose death was mentioned briefly in The Democrat last week, were conducted at the Gorin Methodist church by Rev. Jesse Slover.  Interment was in the Gorin cemetery.

Edna Frances was the eldest daughter of I. T. and Docia Dunlap.  She was born Nov. 16, 1902, in Scotland county, Missouri.  She died at the Grim-Smith hospital in Kirksville, on Monday evening, June 4, 1945, at the age of 42 years.

She was graduated from the Memphis high school, later entering Culver-Stockton college at Canton, where she received her A. B. degree.  For the past thirteen years she had been a successful teacher in the schools of Scotland county.  At the time of her death she was a member of the Gorin high school faculty, where she had taught for three years.

In 1916 she united with the Salem Christian church, and after moving to Gorin, transferred her membership to the Methodist church, where she was a faithful and willing worker, serving the Sunday school in the capacity of teacher of the young people’s class.

She loved her friends, especially enjoyed working with the young people, and put into everything she undertook to do, a skill and energy seldom seen.  Thus equipped by nature and training, she manifested a spirit of unselfishness and devotion to the interests of others.

Besides her church and school work, she was also a member of Octavia Rebekah lodge, No. 263, of Gorin; chapter No. 139, Order of Eastern Star, and of the Gorin Civic Club.

May 4, 1930, she was married to Homer Wilburn to which union one son, Edward Leroy, was born.

On Sept. 28, 1940, she was united in marriage to Edward Marsh of Gorin, who preceded her in death, May 4, 1942.

She leaves her son, Edward Leroy Wilburn; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Dunlap of Gorin; three sisters, Mrs. Adrain Black of Memphis, Mrs. Robert Peterson of Gorin, and Mrs. Wilbur Fulk of Arbela; three brothers-in-law; four nephews and five nieces.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mary E. March [sic] Dies At Age of 66

Mary Ester Marsh was born in Scotland County, Missouri, April 14, 1901.  She departed this life to her heavenly home October 30, 1967, at the age of 66 years, 7 months, and 16 days.

She was the daughter of Edward and Rosie Boyce.

On June 29, 1925, she was married to Lloyd James Marsh.  To this union three children were born, a son, Lloyd Marsh, Jr., of Memphis, Missouri; two daughters, Mildred Alice Tucker of Bloomfield, Iowa, and Geraldine Esther Burden of Memphis, Missouri.

She was preceded in death by a sister and her parents.

She is survived by her husband, three children, a brother, George Boyce of Niangun Missouri, grandchildren, who loved her dearly, a daughter-in-law, and two son-in-laws, and several nieces and nephews.

Although she had been in failing health for several years she endured her sickness with patience and love.

Her life was centered around her home, children and grandchildren.  She will be sadly missed by all who knew her.

She accepted the Lord as her savior and was a member of the Greensburg Baptist Church.

Funeral services were held Thursday, November 2, at 2 p.m. in the Gerth & Baskett Chapel with Rev. J. S. Laws officiating.  Body bearers were Leland McRobert, Wm. McRobert, George Rice, Max Kapfer, Earl Kapfer, Bill Mallett.  Burial was in Memphis Cemetery.

Mary Ester Marsh, From Unknown Newspaper, 9 Nov 1967

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

William T. Marsh, 60, Dies at LaPlata

LaPlata, Mo., Dec. 30. (Special)—William T. Marsh, 60, died at his home here Saturday evening following a heart attack.  He had been in poor health for several years.

Funeral services will be held at the Community Presbyterian Church Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Fred L. Hudson, pastor.  Interment will be in the La Plata Cemetery.

He was the son of Benjamin and Mary C. Marsh and was born May 25, 1886 near Kahoka, Mo.  He was married to Minnie Graves, April 2, 1912.  Two daughters were born to them.  Janet, of the home and Mrs. Margaret Dickson.

Surviving are his wife, the two children and six brothers, J. M., of Keokuk, Ia., L. V., of Syracuse, Kan., J. B. of Holly, Colo., J. H. of Eureka. Calif.; C. F. of Pshastin, Wash., and C. B. of Seattle, Wash.

One sister, Nancy died in 1919 and one brother, George, lost his life in World War II.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cassius, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall, of this city, died of spinal trouble at 4 o’clock Monday morning of this week, aged ten months and twenty days.  He was taken sick in July and had been ailing ever since.  This is the second child they lost in last few years, and the bereaved parents have the sympathy of many friends.  The funeral services were conducted at the family residence, Monday afternoon, by Rev. O. O. Ransford.  May the God of peace and all grace bless and comfort the father and mother in their loss.

Cassius Marshall, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 8 Nov 1894, p. 3, col. 4, Thursday

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

An infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall, of this city, died of whooping cough Sunday, January 9, aged about four months. 

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, Rev. R. F. Campbell, officiating, after which the body was laid to rest in the cemetery.

Infant Daughter Marshall, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 13 Jan 1898, p. 1, col. 4

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CASSVILLE CHILD DIES; HIT BY FATHER’S CAR

Cassville, Mo., Jan. 23. (UP)—A three-year-old Cassville girl had died today of injuries suffered when she was struck by a motor car driven by her father.

Joyce Ann Marshall, youngest of three children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Marshall of near Cassville, was playing in the driveway when Marshall was parking his motor car.  He did not see his daughter and the rear bumper struck the child below the heart.  She was prounced [sic] dead when the father returned form Cassville with a doctor.

Joyce Ann Marshall, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 23 Jan 1950, p. 4, col. 6, Monday

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. MARSTON DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER

Native of Iowa Had Been Living in Novinger 11 Years

Mrs. Nettie Freeland Marston, 92, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. R. (Olive) Adams, in Novinger early last evening.

She had lived in Iowa most of her life until the last 11 years, when she came to make her home with her daughter of Novinger.  Prior to her marriage she taught school in Iowa.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Saturday evening at 7:30, conducted by the Rev. Archie Cooper of Kirksville.  The body will be taken to Columbus Junction, Ia., where services will be held at the Stacy Funeral Home Sunday at 1:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. Lyle M. Adams, pastor of Bethany Baptist church, Denver, Colo.  Interment will be in the Columbus Junction city cemetery.

Mrs. Marston was the daughter of Edward and Maria (Godfrey) Freeland, and was born Sept. 24, 1860, in Washington county, Iowa, near Ainsworth.  She was married to William F. Marston, May 31, 1882, and to this marriage four children were born.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E. R. (Olive) Adams, Novinger, and Mrs. George (Elsie) Gabriel, Columbus Junction, Iowa; one son, W. Floyd Marston, Washington, Iowa; 17 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Marston was preceded in death by her husband in 1927, her parents, one son, four brothers and two sisters.  She was a member of the Methodist church at Gladwin, Iowa.

Nettie (Freeland) Marston, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 18 Sep 1953, p. 4, col. 2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FORMER TEACHER IS DEAD

Albert F. Martin Was principal of Memphis North School

Mrs. John Morrison of northwest of Memphis received a newspaper clipping yesterday telling of the death of Albert F. Martin of Palisade, Colo., who passed away on June 21.  Mr. Martin is a former Memphis school teacher and was principal of the north elementary school in the 1900s.  The article about his death says:

Albert Franklin Martin, former teacher and Palisade peach rancher, succumbed Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at his Palisade home.  He had been ill for the past four days, following a heart attack.

Funeral services were held at the Palisade Baptist church.

Surviving Mr. Martin are his wife, Laura Martin; one son Wendell Martin, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., and a brother, John H. Martin of Palisade.

Mr. Martin was born Nov. 3, 1876, at Memphis, Mo., graduated from La Grange college and was married in Memphis to Laura Myrtle Crook, Aug. 13, 1908.  They had lived in Palisade for the past 43 years.  Mr. Martin became principal of Mt. Lincoln grade school in 1908 and was instrumental in establishing Mt. Lincoln high school and graduating the first senior class in 1911.

Retiring at that time from teaching, Mr. Martin was engaged in peach ranching until the time of his death.  He served for a number of hears as a member of the board of directors of the United Fruit Growers association.   

Active as a leader in the First Baptist church, he taught the adult Bible class of that church for more than 25 years.  He retired from many of his outside activities a few years ago, because of ill health.  He was a widely known and respected citizen.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ALFRED MARTIN DIES AT HOME IN BRASHEAR

Had Been in Failing Health; Funeral Services Sunday

A retired farmer, Alfred Charles Martin, who on June 24 would have been 72 years old, died at 10:30 this morning at his home in Brashear.  He had been in failing health for some time.

A son of Marion and Elizabeth (Buoy) Martin, he was born June 24, 1882 in Adair county, in a neighborhood north of Brashear.

He was married to Annie May Watson on February 8, 1905.  They were the parents of three children, two sons dying in infancy.  He is survived by his wife and daughter, Neva M. Martin, of Kirksville, a niece and two nephews.  Two brothers and a sister preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock from the Methodist church in Brashear.  The Rev. Samuel D. Sellers will conduct the services.  Burial will be in the Sabbath Home cemetery.  The body will remain at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear until time for the services.

Bearers will be George R. Gardner, George Douglas, Leonard Ross, Myron Perry, Herward Davis and James Helton.

Mr. Martin lived in the Sabbath Home community north of Brashear until 1944 when the family moved into Brashear.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. MARTIN DEIS SUNDAY AT THE AGE OF 75

Funeral Services Held This Afternoon At Cater Church

Mrs. Amanthia [Amanda?] Martin, mother of the late Dr. W. W. Martin, died yesterday afternoon about 2:30 at the home of her son, Everett Martin, south of Kirksville.  She was born Sept. 10, 1846 and was 75 years old.

Mrs. Martin had been in ill health for some time preceding her death.  She had long been a resident of Adair county.  Everett Martin is the onyl [sic] surviving son.

Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Cater Memorial church, conducted by the Rev. G. H. Cosper, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, here, and burial was in Cater cemetery.

The friends of Mrs. Martin join in extending sincere sympathy to the bereaved relatives.

Amanthia [Amanda?]  Martin, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 24 Jul 1922, p. 1, col. 5, Monday

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. CHAS. E. MARTIN DEAD

Funeral Services Held at Downing Last Friday, Afternoon

Funeral services for Mrs. Arzina Martin, wife of Chas. E. Martin of northeast of Downing, who died at her home on Wednesday, May 12, were conducted at the Methodist church in Downing Friday afternoon, May 14, at 2 o’clock by Rev. Ervin Kelley of Sedalia, Mo., and Rev. W. M. Nair of Memphis.  Interment was in the Cone cemetery.

Pall bearers were Raymond Shaw, Sherell Shaw, Ralph Shaw, Elmer Barrickman, Raymond Phillips and Bhull Shaw.

Mrs. Arzina Martin was the daughter of Issac [sic] and Laura Shaw.  She was born in Fulton County, Illinois, Dec. 8, 1879.

When 13 years of age she came to Missouri where she remained the rest of her life.  She was married to Charles E. Martin in 1896.  To this union 5 children were born, one preceding her in death, Mamie, May 16, 1937.  Four remaining are Mrs. Freeman Garman, Mrs. John H. Marlow, Oral Glen and Forest, all of Memphis; one sister, Mrs. Alta Betts of Canton, Ill., and one brother, Esta Shaw, of Downing; also nine grandchildren.

She was a member of Full Gospel church at Memphis.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Funeral services were held for Boone Martin, 77, Friday afternoon at the Moore Funeral Home by Rev. Thurman Andrews of Lancaster.  Music by Mrs. Jewell Lewis, Mrs. Chas. Barbee, Harry West and Chas. Riley, with Miss Lena Shobe at the piano.  He died Thursday, February 23, in the home of Mrs. Mary Anderson where they recently moved.  He was suffering from a paralytic stroke.  Burial was made in the Cone cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. CATHERINE MARTIN TO BE BURIED TODAY

Aged Woman Died at Home of Son, T. C. Martin, Friday.

Mrs. Catherine M. Martin, 90, died Friday afternoon at 3:20 at the home of her son, T. C. Martin, 516 South Florence Street.  Her death was attributed to the infirmities of age.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Methodist Church at Brashear, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Lane.  Burial will take place in the Brashear cemetery.

Mrs. Martin was born March 10, 1846, at Bloomington, Illinois.  She was the daughter of William and Catherine Mikel.  She was married in 1870 to T. W. Martin.  They moved to Missouri in 1881 and settled on a farm three miles southeast of Brashear.  She lived continuously in that vicinity until eight months ago when she came to Kirksville to make her home with her son.  Mr. Martin died in 1914.

Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin, only one of whom survives, T. C. Martin, of Kirksville.  She also leaves three grandchildren, Roy G. Martin, of Detroit, Earl D. and Cecil O. Martin, Kirksville, and one great-grand child.  She also leaves one brother, William Mikel, of Bloomington, Ill.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sudden Death

On last Sunday morning, the 15^th inst., our town was startled with the sad intelligence that Chas. S. Martin had died.  He had been feeling indisposed in the evening, but nothing serious was apprehended.  Later, a physician was summoned and administered to him, leaving about 10 o’clock p.m. expecting him to feel better shortly; little thinking that death was hovering so near his patient.  About 3 a.m. he said he felt better, and expired a few moments later of neuralgia of the heart.

The deceased was born in Waterford, Erie County, Pa., in April 1817.  He moved to Lewis County, Mo. in the year 1841 and to Memphis in 1843.  He was married to Miss Emily A. Martin in 1842, with whom he lived happily until her death about four years ago.  He married Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton ion March 1883, who is now left a widow to mourn his loss.

He occupied positions of honor and trust for 30 years in this community, first as a magistrate, then as deputy sheriff, then as county clerk and lastly as circuit clerk.  He was an honored member of the Presbyterian church of this place, and was made an elder at its organization I Memphis in the year 1845, in which position he continued until the day of his death.

The funeral occurred on Monday following and the services were conducted by Rev. O. W. Gauss, at the Presbyterian Church in this city.  He was a Knight Templar and the members of that fraternity took charge of the funeral obsequies.  As an evidence of his high standing in that order we need only refer to their resolutions published elsewhere.

We knew him from our early boyhood and we esteem it an honor to be accounted his friend.  Beneath his hospitable roof we were always welcome and in our earlier manhood he seemed more like a father than a mere friend.  For nearly half a century he has gone in and out before the people of this town and county.  His life is an open book with no tarnished leaves or pages, which his friends care to exclude from the crucial test of public criticism.  Whether occupying positions of honor and trust as the peoples servant, or engaged in the busy whirl of business, he was uniformly the same genial, courteous, cultured gentleman.  No one however humble or lowly in life but what received him a cordial greeting, and the kindest consideration.  Honored, respected and loved by all, he is suddenly and unexpectedly called into the presence of the Great Eternal in whose precious promises he trusted so implicitly in this life.  In common with our fellow citizens we tender the doubly bereaved wife and children our heartfelt sympathy in this, their great bereavement.

Charles S. Martin, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 19 Mar 1885, p. 3, col. 3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A child of Wm. Martin, of Uniontown, died one night last week.

Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 24 Feb 1876, p. 3, col. 2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CLARENCE MARTIN KILLED

Clarence Martin sustained fatal injuries Tuesday afternoon about two o’clock when he fell from the seat of his tractor in front of the plows he was drawing.  His body was impaled upon the point of one of the plows and in this position he was dragged several hundred feet.  The tractor followed a fence, straddling the posts and breaking off six or seven posts and then taking a circular course and made several rounds.

The driverless tractor was seen by Lou and Ed Groseclose who went to the scene and found Mr. Martin as stated.  They stopped the tractor and removed Mr. Martin from the terrible situation.  He was still conscious and able to talk.

As soon as could be he was taken by ambulance to a Kirksville hospital but the ambulance had only returned to Lancaster when a phone call informed them of Mr. Martin’s death, which had occurred at about 6:30 p.m.

Mr. Martin was 52 years of age.  While living on his farm west of Downing he had engaged in the farm implement business in Downing.

He leaves his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Lena Evans, and one grandson, Gene Prady–Mrs. Evan’s son by a previous marriage.

Funeral services are being held at Lancaster this (Thursday) afternoon and burial will follow in a Lancaster cemetery. –Downing News.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Clarence Martin, 52, was fatally injured Tuesday, May 26, when he was dragged by his tractor, after falling in front of the plow he was using.  Lou and Ed. Groseclose went to his rescue.  They stopped the tractor and removed him.  He was taken to the Grim-Smith hospital at Kirksville where he passed away soon after.  Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Baptist church in Lancaster by Rev. Wm. Cleeton of Seymour, Iowa.  The body was layed [sic] to rest in the Lancaster cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ELLA MARTIN, 86 YEARS OLD, DIES AT GIBBS

Funeral Arrangements Awaiting Nephew’s Arrival

Mrs. Ella J. Martin, 86, died at the home of Mrs. Ada McClanahan in Gibbs Saturday morning at 12:15 o’clock.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending arrival of a nephew of Spokane, Wash., who is on the way here.  The body is at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear where it will lie in state.

She was the daughter of Josiah and Jane (Brendle) Hickman and was born June 29, 1864.  She was married to Charles M. Martin Dec. 31, 1885.  One daughter, Ermel, was born to them who died at the age of nine.  Mr. Martin preceded her in death June 23, 1944.

Mrs. Martin and her husband lived on a farm northwest of Gibbs the greater part of their married life.  Shortly before hid death they moved to Gibbs.

She was a member of the Gibbs Christian Church.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Ella J. Martin, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 02 Mar 1952, p.3, col. 6 & 7

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. ETELKA R. MARTIN DIES IN MEXICO CITY

Sister of Mrs. John Campbell Was on Visit There

Etelka Rombauer Martin, of St. Louis, former Kirksville resident and sister of Mrs. John Campbell, 1401 E. Fillmore, died suddenly in Mexico City yesterday afternoon, according to word received here.

Mrs. Martin and her husband, Frederick Bissel Martin, attended a convention of industrial realtors in Florida last week, at which Mr. Martin had been elected president of the organization.  A group had been invited to Mexico City as guests of President Aleman and had gone there by plane.  Mr. and Mrs. Martin were resting in their hotel room yesterday afternoon and when Mr. Martin awoke he found Mrs. Martin had died in her sleep.

Funeral arrangements had not been completed today.

Mrs. Martin was a granddaughter of the late Major Raphael G. Rombauer, a pioneer in the development of mining in Adair county.  She was born Dec. 27, 1893, in Pittsburg, Kan., the daughter of Marion Thomas and Petema Buchanan Rombauer.  The family came to Adair county a few years later, and Mrs. Martin spent much of her girlhood in Kirksville.

She leaves her husband, two children, Ruth Rombauer Martin and Theodore Parton Martin, and three sisters, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Ted McFarland, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Henry Saubert, of Great Falls, Mont.  Her parents and one brother, Raphael, preceded her in death.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FANNIE FARNSWORTH

Fannie Marrilla Farnsworth was born Jan. 31, 1879, and died at the A. S. O. hospital in Kirksville, May 17 1923, aged 44 years, 3 months and 17 days.  She was united in marriage to W. F. Martin, Sept. 20, 1903 and to this union six children were born, two of them preceding her in death.  Those remaining to mourn her death are her husband and children, Glen, Edith, Rosetta and Johnnie.  Her father and mother and four sisters preceded her in death.  She has five brothers and two sisters living, who mourn her loss.  She united with the United Brethren Church at Barker in the year of 1901 and remained a faithful Christian until death.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Frank Martin, who has been in poor health for a long time, died at his home Sunday morning, April 16.  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Barker church.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DIED IN COLORADO FRIDAY

Mrs. Hattie Eller-Martin Lived in Scotland County

Mrs. Hattie Eller-Martin, who had been ill at her home in Palisade, Colo., several weeks, died last Friday, May 13.

The body was brought to Memphis and funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 10 o’clock at the Gerth & Baskett chapel in Memphis by Rev. W. E. Longstreth.  Interment was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery northwest of Memphis.

Music was furnished by Mrs. W. E. Longstreth and Mrs. Richard Moore.

Pall bearers were Joe Creek Sr., Warren Green, Earl Ingersoll, Ernest E. Leeper, Aubrey Holcomb and Edward Morrison.

Mrs. Martin was born January 10, 1878, being 71 years of age in January.

Mrs. Hattie Eller-Martin was the daughter of John and Mary Shook.  She was one of ten children, six preceeded [sic] her in death.  She died at a Grand Junction, Colo., hospital, May 13, 1949.

She and Lewis Eller were married, March 13, 1895, at Bloomfield, Iowa.  To this union was born one daughter and two sons.  Mr. Eller died Nov. 29, 1921.

She and John H. Martin were married Sept. 18, 1943, at Palisade, Colo., where she spent her remaining years.

She united with the Methodist church at Memphis in 1924.

She is survived by her husband, John H. Martin; daughter, Mrs. Valla Morrison of Memphis; sons Forrest Eller of Keokuk and Dale Eller of Round Lake, Ill.; one brother, Byron Shook of Downing; two sisters, Mrs. Dora Eller of Keokuk, and Mrs. Rhoda Luke of California; two grandchildren, Mrs. Venda Szczekaniak of Chicago and Richard Eller of Round Lake, Ill.; one great granddaughter, Sharon Sue Szczekaniak of Chicago.

Attending the funeral from a distance were her husband, John H. Martin and son, Allen Martin, Palisade, Colo., who accompanied the body to Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Eller, Mrs. Dora Eller, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Eller and Mrs. Martin Weiradher, all of Keokuk; Mr. and Mrs. Zola Shook of Bloomfield, Iowa.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DIED WITH CHILD IN HOME

Mrs. Hattie Genettie Martin Found by Son Monday Evening

Mrs. Hattie Genettie Martin died suddenly at the home of her son, E. L. Anders eight miles south of Downing, at about 10 o’clock Monday morning.  Mrs. Martin was at the home of her son, E. L. Anders, and her grandson, Billy Hohstadt, who also was at the Anders home, were staying together while the family was helping with the harvest.

When the family returned home at about seven o’clock Monday evening, they were attracted to the house by the cries of the year old child.  When they went in the house, the child was holding the hand of his grandmother.  She was thought to have been dead since about 10 o’clock Monday morning. 

Evidence in the kitchen indicated that the child had endeavored to find something to eat sometime during the day.

Mrs. Martin, as Hattie Genettie Laws, was born in Scotland county, November 12, 1876.  She spent her early life in Scotland county and in 1885, she was married to John W. Anders.  Thirteen children were born to them.  Mr. Anders and five children preceded her in death.

After the death of Mr. Anders, she was married to D. B. Martin, who died February 22, 1939.

She leaves five sons, Eddie L. and Mace J. Anders of near Downing; William A. Anders of Terre Haute, Ill.; Jesse O. Anders of Wappello, Iowa, and Ellis E. Anders of  Los Angeles; three daughters, Mrs. Wm. Schell af [sic] near Gorin, Mrs. C. W. Simmons of Burlington and Mrs. W. O. Garrett of Downing.

Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Coffey Christian church of which she was a member.  Burial was in the Coffey cemetery.  Rev. W. R. Macdowell, pastor of the Memphis Christian church, conducted the service.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

RITES FOR MRS. J. H. MARTIN

Was born Near Memphis 67 Year Ago, February 7

Brief mention was made in The Democrat, Feb. 13, of the death of Mrs. John H. Martin, who died at her home at Palisade, Colo., on Tuesday, Feb. 11, four days after her 67th  birthday, she having been born near Memphis on Feb. 7, 1874.

Funeral services were held at the Baptist church at Palisade on Friday afternoon, Feb. 14, conducted by Rev. A. L. Drake, assisted by Rev. Norman D. Renn.

Mrs. Martin’s maiden name was Iola Lee Crook.  She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Crook.  She grew to womanhood here and was married to John H. Martin on March 30, 1898.  They had two children, Mabel, who died June 28, 1919, and Allen H. Martin, who lives at Palisade.

The family moved from here to Palisade in 1919.  She leaves the husband and son, two grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. W. M. Drake of Downing, Mrs. Maude Garrison of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mrs. A. F. Martin of Palisade; three brothers, Will Crook of Buena, Wash.; E. B. Crook of Glenwood, Mo., and F. O. Crook of Kirksville.

Interment was in the Grand Junction Municipal cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DR. MARTIN, AGED 87, DIES IN OKLAHOMA

Was Physician Here Over 40 Years; Rites Here Wednesday.

Dr. J. W. Martin, 87 years old, who practiced medicine here over 40 years before becoming ill a few years ago and going to Drumright, Okla., to be with a son, died Saturday night at 9:30 o’clock.

The body is being sent to Kirksville and the funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Summers & Flinchpaugh Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Pyron McMillen, pastor of the Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Martin was born in Randolph County, Missouri, in November, 1853, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Martin, and was educated at McGee College in Macon County.  The school closed in 1874, before Dr. Martin had graduated, and Dr. J. B. Mitchell, its head, came to Kirksville and became pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church here for 18 years.

After his college career had been thus terminated, Dr. Martin was planning to become a farmer when the Martin family physician suggested that he study medicine.  He entered the office of a physician as an assistant, doing the office work for the privilege of reading the doctor’s books and observing the different cases the doctor treated.  After a year of this he entered Missouri Medical College at St. Louis now the medical department of Washington University.

Dr. Martin was graduated in 1879, and went to Sue City, a community a few miles east of La Plata, where he entered practice with Dr. McCullough.  Two years later Dr. McCullough retired and Dr. Martin practiced at Sue City for seven years, coming to Kirksville in 1884.

He was married in 1884 to Miss Adelaide Halladay, of Kirksville, who died in 1903.  They had three children, Mrs. Ruth Shambaugh, Westport, Conn.; Howard Martin, of Drumright, Okla., and Walter Martin, of Idaho.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MARTIN

John Martin was born October 13, 1840, in the village of Geismar, Kurhessen, Germany, as the son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Martin, and died Jan. 28, 1923, aged 82 years, 3 months and 15 days.  He came to America with his parents when a child, the family settling near Muscatine, Iowa.  From her he enlisted in the Union army and served for the entire duration of the Civil war.  Upon receiving his discharge from the army he settled in Keokuk, Iowa, where he was engaged in the hotel business until 1878, at which time he removed to Clark county, Mo., and engaged in farming near Winchester.  The eve of his life was spent in Kahoka, where he was well and favorably known as Judge Martin, due to the fact that he had served as a member of the county court for two consecutive terms.

On March 27, 1867, Mr. Martin was maried [sic] to Miss Susanan Vogt, who preceded him in death on Feb. 25, 1875.  To this union five children were born: George and Edward, Mrs. Susie Kirchner, all of Clark county, and two who died in infancy.  On Dec. 8, 1875, deceased was united in marriage to Miss Katharine Blum.  To this union were born four children: Mrs. Clara Shaverbush, Mrs. Anna Winkler, Mrs. Bertha Dienst of Clark county.  One daughter, Mrs. Mamie Luber, preceded the father in death on Feb. 28, 1917.  There are also twenty-two  grandchildren, four great grandchildren and many more relatives and friends left to mourn their loss.  Mr. Martin was a member of the Evangelical church, having professed faith when a young man.  He was also a member of the G. A. R. Post of Kahoka, and of Herman Lodge I. O. O. F., Keokuk, Iowa.  He was a member in good standing of this fraternity for over 50 years, being one of three who had this distinction.

A brief private service was held at the home of Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 10 a.m., and the remains were placed in the receiving vault of Kahoka cemetery, awaiting interment at  a future date.

John Martin, Kahoka, Missouri, Clark County Courier, 2 Feb 1923

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Memorial Services Held For John R. Martin

John Raymond Martin, son of William Franklin and Fannie Merilla Farnsworth was born November 23, 1914, near Memphis, Missouri, and passed away Wednesday, August 16, 1972, at his home in Medford, Oregon.  He left Missouri at the age of 21 and lived in California and Oregon.  The last several years he worked at the Hillcrest Orchards near Medford, Oregon.

He served with the 90^th Infantry Division of the U. S. Army during World War II.  He united with the Lawn Ridge Church at an early age.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two infant brothers, Leslie and Elmer; one sister, Mrs. Floyd (Edith) Drummond and one nephew, Roy Drummond.

Surviving are a brother Glen F. Martin and his wife, Lena; a sister, Rosetta Hornback, and her husband, all of Memphis; two nieces; four nephews; other relatives and many friends.

Memorial services were held in Medford, Oregon, at 3:30, Friday at the Perl Funeral Home.  He had made his home in the Rouge Valley for the past 32 years and was employed at the Hillcrest Orchard.  The Rev. Warren Frank, Rector of the St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, conducted the service.

Funeral services were held at Payne Chapel, Memphis, Missouri, Saturday, August 19, 1972, 2 p.m.  The Rev. Howard Merchant officiated.  Burial was in the Barker Cemetery.  Scotland County, Missouri.  Body bearers were Boyd Croley, Wm. H. Adams, Millard Becraft, Wayne Hohstadt, Robert Overfield, Don Duley.  Soloist was Mrs. Nova Merchant, and Pianist, Marianne English.

John Raymond Martin, From Unknown Newspaper, 24 Aug 1972

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. June Martin, 73, Dies at Stahl

Stahl, Feb. 20, (Special)—Mrs. June Martin died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alvin Neely, Saturday, Feb. 14.  She was 73 years old.

Mrs. Martin is survived by her husband and ten children, five of whom were at her bedside.  They were Mrs. Dolph Lloyd and Paul Martin of Shibley’s Point, Mrs. Alvin Neeley, Stahl, and Claude and Clyde at home.

Burial was in the Buckeye Cemetery near Green City Monday afternoon.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MABEL MARTIN DIED IN COLO. JUNE 18TH

Mabel Salome Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Martin, departed this life at her home in Palisade, Colo., June 28, 1918, after an illness of only two days.  She was born January 23, 1899, near Lancaster, Mo., but had lived most of her life in and near Memphis.  In January of this year she accompanied her parents to Palisade to make their home.  Mabel was converted at the age of 14 years and united with the Richland Baptist church, of which demonimation [sic] she had since been a true and faithful member.  A funeral service was held at the home in Palisade, Saturday and the many beautiful flowers denoted the esteem in which this lovable young girl was held in her home town where she had only lived a short time.  Besides the father and mother she leaves one brother Allan, an aged grandmother, Mrs. S. T. Crook, of Memphis, an aged grandfather, Henry Martin, of Palisaide [sic], Colo., and hosts of relatives and friends to mourn her departure.  The remains were accompanied by the father, mother and brother, arrived in Memphis Tuesday evening, and were taken to the home of Mrs. S. E. Crook.  The funeral took place at the Richland church, Wednesday, at 2:30 p.m., conducted by Rev. C. K. Green.  Interment in Richland cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sudden Death of Mable Martin

A telegram was received in Memphis last Saturday announcing the sudden death of Miss Mable, daughter of Mr. and Mrs[.] John Martin of Palisade, Colorado.  Only a few days previous there was a lettter [sic] received by relatives here from Miss Mable in which she stated all the family were well.  Her sudden passing away is deeply regretted by her many friends here.

The body was shipped to this city for interment–funeral services being held on Tuesday, July 2.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. MARTIN DIES TODAY AT THE AGE OF 67

Three Daughters Here Survive; Burial To Be At Gibbs

Mrs. Martha Rosanna Martin, 67 years old, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Tuttle, in this city.  She had been in ill health for some time.

Her former home was at Gibbs, but she had been living with her daughter in Kirksville for some time.  Besides Mrs. Tuttle, Mrs. Martin is survived by two other daughters living here, Mrs. Lillie Sees and Mrs. T. M. Flinchpaugh.

Funeral services will probably be held Sunday and burial will be in the Union cemetery at Gibbs.

The sympathy of numbers of friends is extended to the bereaved relatives.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Martin, 74, were held at the Downing M. E. church Saturday, June 28th by Rev. Thurman Andrews.  Burial was made in Cone cemetery.  She was preceded by her husband, Tom Martin two and one half months.  She died at the home of her niece Mrs. Will Evans west of Glenwood Thursday, June 26th.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Martin, who died at her home Tuesday morning of last week, were held at Barker Wednesday, Oct. 9, conducted by Rev. Dan Newland, assisted by the pastor, Rev. Williams.  Music was by the Barker choir with Mrs. Amos Williams, pianist.  Mrs. Martin leaves three children, Clay and Wallace Martin and Mrs. Frank Schook, and one brother, Asa Cossel, also several grandchildren and great grandchildren.  Her husband died in April, 1939.  Burial was in the Barker cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TWO DEATHS IN SAME FAMILY WITHIN WEEK

Mrs. Thos. Martin Dies 5 Days After Her Sister, Mrs. R. H. Bailey

Mrs. Thomas Martin, a sister of the late Mrs. R. H. Bailey, and Frank Cheyney, of Kirksville, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jesse Shafer, near Green City, Mo., aged 70 years.  She had been ill with pneumonia fever since a week ago yesterday.

Mr. and Mrs. Martin had sold their farm near Green City and were getting ready to go to Colorado to make their home when Mrs. Martin became ill.  Mrs. Martin had lived practically all her life near Green City.

Mrs. Bailey, whose death occurred in this city Monday, was taken sick with pneumonia fever on Thursday and Mrs. Martin became ill on Friday, making two deaths in the same family in less than a week.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Martin leaves five children.  They are Leo and Russell Martin, of Colorado, June Martin, of Green City, Mrs. Jesse Shafer, of Green City, and Mrs. Mary Tarno, of Brookfield.

Mrs. Martin also leaves two brothers and a sister, Frank Cheyney, of Kirksville, Henry Cheyney, of Kansas City, and Mrs. Carrie Law, of Green City.  Mrs. E. B. Sloan, of this city, is a niece.

Mrs. Thomas Martin, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 1 Apr 1922, p. 1, col.2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NAT P. MARTIN, AGED 77, DIES AT QUEEN CITY

Funeral and Burial Services Monday At Greentop.

Nat P. Martin, 77 years old, died at his home near Queen City Friday evening.  He had been in failing health the past five years but was bedfast only a day before his death.

The funeral will be at the Methodist Church in Greentop Monday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Perley M. Lind, and burial will be at Greentop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

OBITUARY

Sarah Elizabeth Barker was born in Indiana, June 14, 1848, and died at the state hospital at Fulton, Mo., December 26, 1923.

She was united in marriage to Joseph B. Martin in 1872.  To this union nine children were born, four of them with her husband preceding her in death.

The children surviving are: W. F. Martin, Mrs. Don Rush and Andrew Martin of near Memphis, Pearl T. of Ft. Madison, Iowa and Irvin of Ottumwa.

She leaves to mourn her death 15 grandchildren, 3 sisters, Mrs. Joe Reed of Downing, Mrs. Sam White of Pulaska [sic], Ioya [sic] and Mrs. John Shook of Palisade, Colo.

She was converted and joined he United Brethern church at the age of 16 years.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tom Martin, 66, passed away Sunday morning, April 6th, at his home north of Downing following an attack of pneumonia.  He was in town Thursday.  Funeral was held Tuesday at the Downing M. E. church by Rev. Thurman Andrews.  Burial in Cone cemetery.  He is survived by his wife, Mary Martin.  His sister, Mrs. Fichel of Moulton, Iowa, was buried at Hilltown Sunday following an attack of flu.  Mr. and Mrs. Elra Barrickman, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Barrickman and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Martin attended the funeral.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Vern Martin, 11 Died of Injuries

Vern Martin, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Martin of near Killwinning was injured December 17 while hauling hay.  Coming down a hill the loaded wagon rolled against the tractor and crushed the boy.

Monday, he was taken to a Kirksville hospital, but internal injuries were so great he couldn’t recover.  He passed away, Thursday.

He spent the greater part of his life with his grandmother, Mrs. Effie Rowe.

He is survived by mother and father, three sisters, three grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Martin, and Mrs. Effie Rowe, besides other relatives.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Downing with interment in the Downing cemetery. –North Fabius Correspondent.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MARTIN

The silent messenger awaits no invitation to enter the home, sometimes making his visits without a word of warning, or when our hopes are bright for the recovery of our loved ones.  In this manner he came into the home of William Martin on Monday morning, August 11, 1913.

Mr. Martin had been sick about two weeks, but was so far recovered as to be thought out of danger.   In the morning he arose dressed himself, and spoke of going to town some time during the day, but a 7:40 o’clock he was suddenly called from this world.

He was born at Pomeroy, Ohio, March 13, 1844, and came to Clark county in 1873.  In October of that year he was united in marriage to Miss Ida Reynolds, who remained his faithful and loving companion until the time of his death.

Six sons and five daughters were born to them, whose names are as follows: Louis, Ralph, Logan, Kenneth, Carl, Luther, Nellie Reed, Zella Engdahl, Myrtle Davidson, Beulah and Isabel.  Deceased had one brother, Louis, who died many years ago.  Also he has two sisters living, Mrs. John Llewellyn and Mrs. Millie Dalton, and one dead, Mrs. Kate Burnside.

Those of his relatives attending the funeral form a distance are Louis of Burlington, Ia., Ralph and Luther of Minneapolis, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Logan Martin of Minneapolis also, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Davidson of Essex, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. John Llewellyn of Cincinnati, O., and Mrs. Millie Dalton of Indianapolis, Ind.

Mr. Martin served as a Union soldier during the entire Civil War, receiving an honorable discharge at its close.  He was converted in 1885, and believing in the blessing of full salvation he sought and obtained that experience soon after and died in the faith.

The funeral services were conducted by Shirley E. Smutz in the First Methodist Episcopal church, of which body he was a member, on Wednesday afternoon, August 13, 1913, at 2:30 o’clock, and interment was made in the Kahoka cemetery.

William Martin, Kahoka, Missouri, Clark County Courier, 15 Aug 1913

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

William F. Martin, a widower aged 51 years, committed suicide at his home northeast of this city Monday morning.  He was found in the barn by his son sometime between 7 and 7:30 o’clock and was dead.  A. Lee Adams, a neighbor, was summoned and he at once notified Deputy Sheriff Piles, who took the coroner out.

The son had a premonition something had happened [to] his father as he told Mr. Piles he had a dread of going to the barn.  Athough [sic] members of the family was [sic] fearful of his doing away with himself, the neighbors knew nothing of it, and saw nothing to indicate he contemplated such as act.

Mr. Martin apparenty [sic] soon after rising went to the barn and took an inch rope, threw one end over the rafter and tied the ends together, leaving a loop.  Stooping, he placed his head in the loop, the weight of his body producing strangulation, the balance resting upon the tips of his shoes, his knees being about two inches from the ground.  There was no indication of a struggle, no bruises on his body and his hands were hanging down beside his body.  How long he had been dead was undetermined.

Coroner Skidmore summoned a jury, composed of A. Lee Adams, Cline Cunningham, J. T. Cunningham, Ralph Adams, A. J. Sorenson, and Fleet Cunningham, who viewed the remains and questioned the son and reached t [sic] verdict of suicide.

We hear Mr. Martin attended church in town the night before and seemed in a happy frame of mind going home.  Several of his neighbors also attended services here and on the way home one of them had gotten into a mudhole when Mr. Martin happened along and helped get him out and was apparently in the best of spirits.  To his children the sudden end was a sad shock and in their sorrow not only the community, but the whole county sympathizes with them.  Their mother died three years ago.

William F. Martin was born January 13, 1874, and departed this life April 20, 1925, aged 51 years, 3 months and 7 days.

He was united in marriage to Fannie M. Farnsworth Sept 20, 1903, she preceding him in death May 17, 1923.  To this union were born six children.  Those remaining to mourn his loss are Glen, Edith, Rosetta and John, also one sister, Mrs. Jane Rush; three brothers, Andrew, Pearl and Irvin, and a host of neighbors and friends.

At an early age he united with the United Brethren church at Barker and remained faithful until the last.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

W. R. Martin Rites at Lancaster Today

Lancaster, March 8. (Special)—Funeral services for William Russell Martin, 81, who died at his home here about 5 p. m. Friday, will be held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock.  The rites will be held at the Lancaster Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. T. S. Hammons, of Lancaster.  Interment will be in the Arni memorial cemetery under the direction of the Head Funeral Home.

Mr. Martin was a retired farmer and had made his home in Lancaster for he past 39 years.  He was a member of the Baptist Church.

Born in Scotland county, May 5, 1870, he was a son of Nathan Martin and Melvina Grisman [sic] Martin.  He married Mary E. Smith in 1895.  She survives him, as do two daughters, Mrs. Homer Shumate and Mrs. Lloyd Triplett, both of Lancaster; two sisters, Mrs. Mary R. Garman, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Minnie South, of Ottumwa, Ia.; a brother, E. Q. Martin, of Lancaster, and one granddaughter.

William Russell Martin, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 09 Mar 1952, p.8, col.3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

JOHN SHERMAN MARTS, 85, DIES IN KIRKSVILLE

Retired Teachers College Employe; Funeral Today

John Sherman Marts, 85, of 421 W. Scott, died Friday night in a Kirksville hospital.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home this afternoon at 3:30 conducted by Rev. Romans Smith, pastor of the First Christian Church.  Interment will be in the Maple Hills cemetery.

Mr. Marts was born March 17, 1866, in Richmond, Va.  He was married here to Naomi Shubert and to this marriage three children were born.

He is survived by his wife, two sons, George of the home, and Charlie, also of Kirksville; one daughter, Mrs. George (Juanita) Dodson, Kirksville, and five grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.

Mr. Marts began work in 1922 at the Kirksville State Teachers College as fireman and retired in 1942.

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

Bearers will be: Ernest Scofield, Ernest Hawkins, O. E. Lair, Murrell Snyder, Harvey Sevits and J. Lyle Blanchard.

John Sherman Marts, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 06 Jan 1952, p. 5, col. 1 & 2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Died

Marvin – Six miles west of Memphis, Mo., on the 12^th day of September, 1875, Mr. James Marvin – aged 40 years.  Sand Hill

James Marvin, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 23 Sep 1875, p. 3, col. 5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BERT MONROE MASON DIES NEAR NOVINGER

Had Been Coal Miner; Funeral Sunday Afternoon

Bert Monroe Mason, 75, died at his home north of Novinger Thursday afternoon.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Sunday at one o’clock, conducted by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church in Kirksville.  Interment will be in the Novinger cemetery.

Mr. Mason was the son of Rufus and Lettie Ann (Rice) Mason and was born in Newton County, Ind., April 20, 1876.  He was married to Nora Wilson, on July 2, 1905, at Novinger, and to this marriage eight children were born.  He was preceded in death by two infant daughters.

Mr. Mason is survived by his wife: two sons, Bert Mason, Jr., of Novinger and Orval B. Mason, Kirksville: four daughters, Mrs. Nellie Ballinger, Novinger, Mrs. Mabel Herbert, Hurdland, Laura Mason, of the home, Mrs. Rosalie Moots, Green Castle; seven sisters, Mrs. Neva Brown, Atlamont, Mo., Mrs. Emma Shonley, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. Delia Hubbard, Pomona, Calif., Mrs. Anna De Clera, Kansas City, Mrs. Blanche Brinker, West Mont., Ill., Mrs. Mary Rinehart, Kansas City, and Mrs. Etta Rietow, Milo, Mo., and nine grand children.

Mr. Mason had been a coal miner most of his life.

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

Bearers will be: George Lee, Cleetus Wilson, Francis Green, Ervin Reese, Lloyd Reese, and Lloyd Novinger.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. CAROLINE MASON DIES AT AGE OF 91

SHE HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTY FOR SIXTY-FIVE YEARS

Mrs. Caroline Mason, one of the oldest, if not the oldest, resident of this county, died this morning at 10 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. N. A. Matlick, 414 East Missouri street, after an illness of three weeks.  She had been in fairly good health previous to the time she took sick three weeks ago.

Mrs. Mason was born near Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on Dec. 11, 1830, and came to this county 65 years ago and has resided in and near Kirksville since that time.

Besides Mrs. Matlick, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. E. E. Alger, of Greencastle, Mo.

The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, at the Matlick home, conducted by the Rev. F. W. Condit.  Burial will be in Llewellyn cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Daniel Mason Services Held Last Wednesday

Daniel Lee Mason, the son of Perry and Susan McClain Mason, born in Morgantown, West Virginia, February 5, 1883, departed this life July 24, 1972, at the age of 89 years, 6 months, 17 days.

On March 7, 1909, he was united in marriage to Sarah Jane Gordy, at the bride’s home.  To this union two sons were born, Lowell, who died in infancy, and Floyd who passed away in 1946.

He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife; one granddaughter, Virginia, and three great-grandchildren; one step-grandchild; one step-great-great grandchild; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Leota Lancaster and husband; one niece and two nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters and three brothers.  He was the last of his family.

He came to Missouri as a small child and lived in Scotland County all his life time.

Funeral services were held at Gerth & Baskett Chapel, Memphis, Wednesday, July 26, 1972, at 1:30 p.m[.]  The Rev. Lowell Newland officiated.  Burial was in the Barker Cemetery.  The body bearers were nephews.

Daniel Lee Mason, From Unknown Newspaper, 3 Aug 1972

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. F. Z. BAKER’S NEPHEW IS KILLED IN ALASKA

C. C. Martin and Mrs. F. Z. Baker were in Russell, Ia., last week attending the funeral of Mrs. Baker’s nephew, Dwight Mason, 29, who was accidentally killed last month in Alaska.  Mr. Mason was employed by the government as a teacher in the school at Kanakanak, Alaska.  An airplane had flown into the settlement and in taking off was disabled, a group of men were trying to raise the plane from the ground with a tripod and Mr. Mason in passing was requested to assist.  The tripod broke and a portion of it hit him in the head and he lived but a short time.  The tripod was common gas pipe.  It was necessary to carry the body 500 miles to the nearest undertaker, then 22 miles by rail from Seward, Alaska, to Anchorage where it was placed on a boat bound for Seattle, Washington, and shopped by rail home.  All this required almost two weeks and the funeral was held January 25^th.

Dwight Mason, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 11 Feb 1932, p. 1, col. 4

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

E.H. Mason Died at His Home Sunday

Everst Hatton Mason, a well known farmer of the southern part of the county, who lived near the Knox County line, died at his home Sunday, after a brief illness.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mason, both deceased. He was born near Rutledge in Knox County, Missouri, March 19, 1887.

At an early age he united with the Baptist Church at Rutledge and has since lived a conscientious, Christian life. He was united in marriage to Miss Dora Johnson, March 10^th, 1922, and has lived in that community since. To this union was born one child, Everst Perry Mason, who died in infancy.

He is survived by his widow, three brothers and one sister: Ai and A.S. Mason of Ault, Colo.; John R. Mason, of Rutledge and Mrs. Mark Springton, of Greeley, Colo.; ten nephews and nieces. He was a kind and loving husband as well as being a friend and neighbor and will be greatly missed in that community.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Baptist Church at Rutledge by Rev. C.K. Green, of Memphis. The floral tributes were many and beautiful.

The casket bearers were Charles Elder, Ernest Elder, Bert Elder, Thomas Boone, John Bennett and Newland Adams, Mrs. Lloyd Hicks, pianist. Interment was in Rutledge Cemetery.

Everst Hatton Mason, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 2 Jul 1931

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. HESTER MASON DIES HERE TODAY

Wife of James A. Mason; Funeral To Be Thursday

Mrs. Hester Mable Mason, 44, wife of James A. Mason, owner of the Mason Shoe Repair Shop, 214 N. Elson street, died this morning in a hospital here.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Thursday at two clock [sic], conducted by Rev. F. P. Hanes, pastor of Methodist Church.  Interment will be in the Highland Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Mason was the daughter of John W. and Rozeffa Daugherty Harris and was born at Milan, Feb 18, 1904.  She was married to James A. Mason, April 4, 1926 at Kirksville and to this marriage five children were born.  One son, one daughter, her father and one brother and one sister preceded her in death.

She is survived by her husband, two sons, James Robert and Larry Gene, of the home and one daughter, Mrs. James (Louise) Shelby, who is living at home while her husband is in the navy in Guam; her mother, Mrs. Rozeffa Harris of Green, Iowa; three brothers, Allen Harris, of Charles City, Iowa; Benjamin and William both of Green, Iowa; four sisters, Mrs. Mattie West, Milan, Mo.; Mrs. Hobart (Lena) Ball, Toppenish, Wash.; Mrs. Guy (Geraldine) Wilson, Marysville, Calif.; and Mrs. Harley (Sylvia) Morlan, Kirksville; and one grandchild.

Mrs. Mason was a member of the Methodist Church and has lived in Kirksville for nineteen years.

The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.  Bearers will be Gerald Grossnickle, Henry Madorin, Bernard Povlovich, Lawrence Lumsden, Harris Amon, Robert Everhart.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

OBITUARY

James Calvin Mason was born February 26, 1876, and died at his home near Hitt, this county, on April 15, 1912, aged 36 years, 1 month and 19 days.

He was united in marriage on March 4, 1908, to Miss Ella Everett.  To this union were born two children, Pauline and Harley.  Besides the wife and children deceased leaves a father and mother, one brother and two sisters to mourn.

Funeral services were held at the Richland Baptist Church, Tuesday, April 16, 1912, conducted by Rev. J. D. Gunter.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. JENNIE MASON DIES IN CALIFORNIA

Was Resident of Kirksville Until a Few Years Ago.

Mrs. Jennie Mason, a former resident of Kirksville, died at her home in Ylynwood [sic], Calif., Saturday, October 22, at 8:15 p.m.  She was 70 years of age.  Funeral services and burial were held in Lynwood.

Mrs. Mason, whose maiden name was Jennie Belle Graves, was born December 3, 1867, in Lewis County, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas Edlin and Dollie Ann Graves.  When she was a girl, her father and mother and their family moved to Kirksville to make their home.  When she was a young woman she went to Kentucky and there met and married Louis Samuel Young on March 17, 1892.  To this union two children were born, Farren Graves Young and L. Lloyd Young.

Mr. and Mrs. Young and children moved from Versailles, Ky., to Kirksville where they were engaged in business for a number of years.

Years after the death of Mr. Young his widow married Frank C. Mason of Kirksville.  To them was born one son, Frank B. Mason.  After the death of Mr. Mason, Mrs. Mason and son, Frank, moved to California about ten years ago.

Besides the three sons, Mrs. Mason is survived by nine grandchildren and two sisters.  The sisters are Miss Lottie Graves and Mrs. Kate Marchand, both of whom live in California.  Her father, the late Thomas Graves, was in the grocery business in Kirksville for a number of years and later served as postmaster here.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

JOHN HENRY MASON, 73, DIES AT HOME HERE

In Fair Health Until Recently; Funeral Friday Afternoon.

John Henry Mason, 73 years old, died about 10:30 o’clock this morning in a hospital here.  Mr. Mason had been in fair health until just recently and entered the hospital a week ago.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Dee Riley Funeral home and burial will be at the Sabbath Home Church, east of Kirksville.

Mr. Mason was born Feb. 17, 1866, in Sullivan County near Winigan, the son of James and Lucinda Mason.  Four brothers preceded him in death.

He married Miss Ida Todd on April 12, 1888, in Macon County.  Four children were born to this union, one dying in infancy.  His wife preceded him in death on Feb. 5, 1923.  He later married Mrs. Hattie Jones, of Kirksville, and they made their home at 915 South Florence Street.  Mr. Mason had lived in Kirksville for about 18 years.

Mr. Mason farmed much of his active life in Macon County and also east of Clay.  He was a member of the Christian Church, having joined the church at Tullvania and then transferred his membership here.

He is survived by three children, Mrs. Bertha Colyer, of east of Kirksville; Mrs. Birdie Moots of near Brashear; and George Mason, of near Brashear; ten grandchildren; three great grandchildren and four sisters, Mrs. Mary Roberts, Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. Liza Foglesong, Griggsville, Ill.; Mrs. Alice Roberts, of Hannibal; and Mrs. Martha Cheesman, of Ethel.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

J. W. MASON DIES AT HOME EAST OF HERE

Lifelong Resident of County; Funeral at Sabbath Home.

John W. Mason 58 years old, died last night at 11:30 o’clock at the home of his daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Rowe, nine miles east of Kirksville.

He had been in declining health for several months.

A lifelong resident of Adair County, Mr. Mason died at the same farm on which he was born.  He had not lived on the farm his entire life, however.

The funeral is scheduled for 1:30 p. m., tomorrow at the Sabbath Home Church, conducted by Rev. J. T. McClanahan.  Burial will be in the churchyard cemetery.  The body is to lie in state at the Rowe home.

Mr. Mason was born Oct. 9, 1878, a son of John and Caroline Mason.  He was married Dec. 30, 1903 to Winnie Rigdon, and three daughters were born, as follows: Mrs. W. M. Campbell, Rapid City, S. D.; Mrs. T. E. Rowe, Kirksville, and Mrs. George E. Henderson, Red Lodge, Mont.  All of the daughters were with him at the time of his death.

Surviving in addition to his wife and daughters, are two sisters, Mrs. Charles Winslow, St. Charles, Mo., and Mrs. Nellie DuBois, Denver, Colo.; and five grandchildren, Betty Lou, Beverly Ellen and Monta Lee Campbell and Mason Edward and George, Jr., Henderson.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. Lucy Todd died Tuesday afternoon at the home of her son in-law, John H. Mason, following a stroke of paralysis.  She was dangerously ill when her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Mason died Sunday.  Her daughter was buried Tuesday afternoon at Sabbath Home.  Mrs. Todd’s funeral was held at Sabbath Home church Wednesday afternoon and the body was buried in Sabbath Home cemetery.  Rev. J. H. Lane conducted the service.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

S. G. MASON DIES TODAY AT GORIN, AGED 77

Was Employe of Postoffice Here Several Years.

S. G. Mason, 77 years old, an employe at the postoffice here several years, died this morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Milton Kraus, of Gorin.  He had been in impaired health the past year but death was sudden, as he had not been bedfast.

Funeral plans had not been completed this morning but burial is to be made in the Coe Cemetery in Knox County.

Mr. Mason was born in Knox County, September 19, 1863, and was married to Frances R. Coe on August 14, 1893.  Seven children were born.  They lived on a farm in Knox County until 1913, when they moved to Edina.  They moved to Kirksville in 1921 and Mrs. Mason died here Sept. 13, 1935.

He retired from the postoffice position in 1939 and since that time has made his home with his children.

Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Earl V. Mason, Detroit; Mrs. William Wetzel, Springfield; H. V. Mason, Hannibal; E. Coe Mason, Kirksville; Mrs. Willard McDonald, Sumner; Mrs. Melton Kraus, Gorin, and Dr. Howard Mason, Fordland, Mo.  There are thirteen grandchildren.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

96 Year Old Lady, Mrs. H. P. Mason, Died In Granger Mon.

Susan McLane was born in West Virginia, November 15, 1849 and passed away at the home of her son, Dan Mason in Granger on March 25, 1946 at the age of 96 years, four months and 11 days.

She was united in marriage to H. P. Mason, November 28, 1867[.] Seven children were born to this union, four preceding her in death, namely William Sanford, Mary Martha, John Obra and Jas Calvin; also 13 brothers and sisters, she was the last of a family of 14 children.  Her husband passed away, May 15, 1927.  She is survived by one son, Dan Mason of Granger; two daughters, Ella Everts of near Memphis and Myrtle Jolliff of Oilton Okla.; five grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren also a number of nieces and nephews, along with a host of friends.

They came to Missouri in March of 1883 and lived there the rest of her life.  She was converted at the age of 14 years and united with the Christian church where she remained a faithful member.

Loving hands did all within their power to relieve her suffering, but to no avail.  After a long illness she was called home.

Funeral services were held at Richland yesterday, conducted by Rev. Dan Newland.  Singers were Mrs. Marion Billups and Mrs. Crawford McWilliam with Mrs. Willie McWilliam at the piano.  Bodybearers were Osborn Mustoe, Marion Billups, Willie McWilliam, Arthur Leach, George Cossell and Henry Tucker.  Interment was in Richland cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Maggie Mathena Passes Away At Prairie View Home

Maggie Clifton Mathena, 92, died at 4:00 o’clock Saturday, November 11, 1967, at Prairie View Nursing Home at Lewistown, Missouri, where she had made her home since October of 1965.  She was born February 3, 1875, in Lewis County, a daughter of William and Martha Stretch Clifton.

She was married to William Edward Mathena on March 13, 1895.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, two brothers, one half-brother and one daughter, Hazel Mathena Washburn.  Her husband preceded her in death on December 17, 1951.

She is survived by two daughters and four sons, Mrs. Wilbur (Icia) Morrow, Ft. Madison, Iowa, Mrs. Sylvia Davis, Knox City, Missouri, Clifford Mathena, Gorin, Missouri, Russell Mathena, Bushnell, Illinois, Leo and Roy Mathena of Ft. Madison, Iowa.  Also 24 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren. (Six lines of the obituary are covered up by the last paragraph.)

Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Wyaconda Christian Church with Rev. Ivan Cull officiating.  Burial was in the Wyaconda Cemetery.  Body bearers were grandsons.

Maggie (Clifton) Mathena, From Unknown Newspaper, 16 Nov 1967

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

JULIA STEELE MATHENEY, 30, DIES NEAR HERE

Seriously Ill for 3 Months; Funeral Services Monday

Mrs. Julia (Steele) Matheney, 30, died at her home near Youngstown Saturday morning at 9:10 o’clock.  She had been seriously ill the past three months.

Funeral services will be held at the Yarrow Church Monday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. T. W. Jolly, pastor of the First Christian Church in Kirksville.  Interment will be in the Yarrow cemetery.

Mrs. Matheney was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Musick) Steele and was born in Adair county Dec. 24, 1918.  She was married to Curtis W. Matheney on Mar. 20, 1937.  Three children were born to this marriage.  She was preceded in death by her parents.

Surviving her are her husband; one daughter, Carmeleta; two sons, Warner and Jimmie; three brothers, Elmer Steele, of Novinger, Arthur Steele, of Kirksville, and Charles Steele, of Paris, Mo., and five sisters, Mrs. Alva (Annie) Woods, of Novinger, Mrs. William (Alta) Zimmerman, of South Gifford, Mrs. Lacy (Dessie) Rogers, of LaCrosse, Mo., Mrs. W. R. (Viola) Haynie, of Kirksville, and Mrs. George (Delphia) Campbell, of Port Arthur, Texas.

The body will lie in state at the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson, until time for the services.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Obituary

Beulah Pearl, daughter of William T. and Sarah A. Mathes, was born January 2, 1883, and was summoned by the death angel, September 16, 1899.  On September 17 at 3 p.m. a large concourse of friends and relatives followed her remains to Conyer’s cemetery for interment, after which the funeral services were conducted by the writer at Prairie Gem Church.

The parents of deceased are well known and prosperous farmers residing five miles northeast of Memphis, and are active members of the Christian Church at Lawn Ridge.  Beulah, having been reared by devoted parents and under Christian influence was the highest type of affection and obedience.  She was the idol of schoolmate and teacher and the angel of the home.  Truly could Solomon have said: “The flowers appear on the earth” when she was born and at her death Jesus could say, “The maid is not dead but sleepeth [sic].”  One infant brother preced [sic] Beulah to the angel land and her departure leaves behind father and mother and one sister to mourn her loss.  They have many friends to join in sympathy, share their sorrow and cheer them on life’s journey, but all this is insufficient to repair the broken family, for to them

“New life may bloom, and days may come,

   Of milder, calmer beam,

But there’s nothing half so sweet in life,

    As love’s young dream.”                       A. J. Williams.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mathes Baby Died

Dale Mathes, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Okla Mathes, was born Aug. 27, 1937, and died at the St. Joseph Hospital, Ottumwa, Iowa, May 11, 1938.

He leaves the parents, four brothers, Henry Lee, Harold, Raymond and Wayne, and five sisters, Evaun, Cleo, Pauline, Alice and Lela Mae; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Walker.

Funeral services were held Friday, May 13, and interment was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery.  Services were conducted by Rev. Dan Newland.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mounty Mathes Died Sunday in Kirksville

Funeral services for Mounty Mathes, 88, were held yesterday at the Downing Methodist church at 1 p.m., with Rev. Faye Black conducting the services.

Montraville Mathes was born in Scotland county, the son of Washington and Elizabeth Prime Mathes.  He was married to Sarah Jeanette Gristy November 1, 1894, and is survived by a daughter Mrs. Kenneth Turner of Kirksville, and five sons, Carl of Kirksville, Paul of Memphis, Lester and Harry of Downing and Billy of Runnolds [sic], Iowa. 

He is also survived by several grandchildren and great grandchildren, and a half brother, Marvin Mathes of California.

Burial was in the Downing cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Okla L. Mathes

Okla L. Mathes, 73, died Sunday, November 19, 1972.  He was born in Scotland County, Missouri, December 13, 1898, a son of Henry and Emily Alice Drake Mathes.

On February 17, 1921, he was united in marriage to Bessie Walker.  She died June 17, 1971.

Mr. Mathes, a retired farmer, was a lifelong resident of Scotland County.

He is survived by four sons, Henry Lee, Burlington, Iowa, Harold of Las Vegas, Nevada, Raymond of Wyaconda, Missouri, Wayne of Gurden, Arkansas; five daughters, Mrs. Harold (Evaun) Arnold, Galesburg, Illinois, Mrs. Leo (Cleo) Woods of Memphis, Missouri, Mrs. Wayne (Pauline) Hohstadt, Mrs. Leland (Alice) Harvey, and Mrs. Robert (Lela) Trueblood, all of Arbela, Missouri, one brother, Marvin of Downing, Missouri; 26 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, one son, and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 22, 1972, at 1:30 P.M., at the Gerth & Baskett Funeral Chapel, Memphis, Missouri.  The Rev. Ernest Deatrick officiated.  Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.  Body bearers were Glen Walker, Floyd Walker, Joe Harker, Orville Shinn, Dan Dienst and Van Hayes.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Funeral Was Friday For Mrs. Sarah Mathes

Services were held Friday afternoon at Downing Methodist church for Mrs. Mounty Mathes, 77, who died last Wednesday in a Bloomfield hospital.

She was born Sarah Jeanette, daughter of John C. and Martha Gristy, Aug. 1, 1875, in Scotland county.  In 1894 she was married to Mounty Mathes.  The couple moved to a farm in this county where they spent more than 58years together.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Turner of Kirksville; six sons, Carl of Kirksville; Paul, Harry, and Fred of Memphis; Lester of Downing; and Billie of Runnells, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. Leo C. Pitkin, of Memphis; and Mrs. A. H. Volkman of Glendale, Calif.; 26 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. 

Rev. Faye Chappell conducted the funeral services.  Music was furnished by a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. H. H. Lewis, Mrs. H. E. Gerwig, Charles Riley, and Dee Rife, with Mrs. Rife at the piano.  A grandson sang “Abide with Me.”

Pallbearers were Leonard, Ralph, George and Russell Lee Mathes, Marcus Houghland and Oswald Kratzer.

Out of town relatives attending the funeral were: Dr. and Mrs. Leo Pitkin, Mrs. Carrie Gristy, Mrs. Vera Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Purley Mathes and family, Mr. and Mrs. Okla Mathes and family all of Memphis, Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Kratzer of Warsaw, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Houghland, Savannah, Iowa, Mrs. E. N. George, Mrs. Kem George nd [sic] Mrs. Orville Lasley of Lancaster.  Burial was in Downing cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mathes – Thomas E. Mathes died at the home of his son, six miles northeast of this city, Friday, January 27^th 1888, of inflammation of the bowels, aged 71 years.

Deceased was born and raised to young manhood in Clark County, Indiana.  Sometime during the latter part of 1850 he came to this county and located in the neighborhood where he died.  In 1852 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Summers.  Four children were born to them, three of whom are still living.  The wife of his young manhood, and one of the children preceded him to the spirit land.  Deceased had been a member of the Christian Church for many years, and being dull of hearing in his latter days, he applied himself faithfully to reading and studying the bible, rather than attempt to worship in the public congregation where he could not hear.  Mr. Mathes was honored and respected by all who knew him.  The funeral services were conducted on Saturday by Eld. T. A. Renfro, after which the body was laid to rest in the Conyers Cemetery.

Card of Thanks

We desire to tender through the medium of the Reveille, our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for their kindness to our father during his sickness, and for their untiring efforts and devoted kindness to us in offering the last tribute of respect to our deceased father.

Respectfully,

Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mathes

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hay,

D. C. Mathes

Thomas E. Mathes, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 2 Feb 1888, p. 3, col. 6

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. Viola Mathes Dies in Hospital

Mrs. Viola Mathes, 54, of 428 W. Dodson, died in a Kirksville Hospital last night where she had been a patient for the past five weeks.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 1 o’clock conducted by Rev. Cyrus Davis, pastor of South Side Baptist Church.  Interment will be in the Rose Cemetery in Putnam County.

Mrs. Mathes was the daughter of John and Julia (Morgan) Vincent and was born in Putnam County, Mo., March 2, 1892.  She was married to George Shipley in November 1909 and to this marriage two daughters were born.  Mr. Shipley preceded her in death.

On Nov. 21, 1914 she was married to Everett Mathes and to this marriage four children were born.

She is survived by her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Earl (Hazel) Fogerstrom, Mrs. Bertie (Blanche) Cowan, Mrs. George (Ethel) Funk, Mrs. Marion (Edith) Page, all of Kirksville and two sons, Rollie Mathes, of Novinger and Roy Mathes, of Kirksville; two half sisters Mrs. Boyd (Pearl) Funk, Kirksville, and Mrs. J. W. Ellis, of Lexington, Mo., and nine grandchildren.

Mrs. Mathes was a member of the Baptist Church.

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

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. MARY MATHEWS DIES IN MAINE

Funeral and Burial Services Here Sunday.

Mrs. Mary Mathews, about 93 years old, died Feb. 24 in Augusta, Me., where she had been living with a grand daughter, Mrs. Monroe Beverly.  The body was started today for Kirksville and is expected to arrive here Sunday morning.

Her funeral is scheduled for 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Summers & Powell Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Pyron McMillen.  Burial will be made in the Highland Park Cemetery beside her husband, William D. Mathews.

Mrs. Mathews lived in the Porter School vicinity in Adair county for many years.

She fell at her home a few weeks ago and fractured a hip, to which injury her death is attributed.

She is survived by one son, Charles, in Florida; one daughter, Mrs. Lillian Linder, of Augusta, Me.  A daughter, Maude, and son, Dave, preceded her in death.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ray L. Mathews Dies Following Heart Attack

Ray Leo Mathews, 67, of rural Lancaster, died unexpectedly following a heart attack, Wednesday night at his home.

Born in Stuttgart, Arkansas, on September 9, 1900, he was the son of Erastus and Sadie Simmons Mathews.  He married Myrtle Rood on February 22, 1933.

Surviving are his wife; four brothers, Ollie Mathews of Milton, Iowa, Orville Mathews of Memphis, Missouri, Bert Mathews of Bloomfield, Iowa, and Frank Mathews of Orville, Washington; and two sisters, Hazel Foster of Memphis, Missouri, and Ida Belle Lasley of Monticello.

He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Mr. Mathews was a longtime resident of Schuyler County where he was engaged in farming.

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2:30 in the Lancaster Christian Church with the Rev. Charles Shoults, Jr., pastor of the church, conducted the services.  Burial was in the IOOF cemetery at Lancaster.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wilheminia Mathews

Wilheminia Catherine (“Minnie”) Mathews, 83, of Lancaster, Missouri, died Wednesday in the Haven of Rest Nursing Home in Greentop, where she had been a patient several months.

Born in Schuyler County, Missouri, on February 4, 1892, she was the daughter of Henry and Catherine Weitzel Kethe.

On February 3, 1915, she was married to Archie Lavon Darr, who preceded her in death.  In 1929, she married Elmer L. Mathews, who preceded her [in] death.  Also preceding her in death were one brother, William Kethe and one son, Virgil Darr.

 Surviving are three sons, Floyd Darr, Donald Mathews and Dale Mathews, all of Lancaster; two daughters, Anna Lee Darr of Lancaster and Genevieve Ruby of Davenport, Iowa; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Mrs.  Mathews was a life-long resident of the same farm southeast of Lancaster until several years ago when she moved into Lancaster.

Funeral services were held in the Norman Funeral Chapel in Lancaster, Sunday afternoon at two o’clock.  Bob Schofield, pastor of the Lancaster Christian Church, will conduct the services.  Burial was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Lancaster.  Body bearers were Eddie Norman, Charles Kethe, Louis Schmitter, Gilbert Norman, Floyd Ikerd and Marvel Gosser.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WILLIAM MATHEWS DIES AT HOME HERE

Funeral Plans Not Yet Made for 84-Year-old Man

William Mathews, 84, of 410 S. Elson, died at his home this morning.

The body was taken to the Hustead Funeral Home in Unionville where it will lie in state until time for the funeral service.  Funeral arrangements have not been completed as yet.

He was the son of Enoch and Susan Mathews and was born on a farm near Glendale in Putnam County, on Mar. 4, 1865.  At the age of 23 he was married to Cora Martz and to this marriage six sons were born.  One son, Ralph, died last Mar. 24, and another son died in infancy.  His wife died Nov. 23, 1924.  On Mar. 8, 1941, he was married to Clella Hull, who survives him.  Also surviving are his four sons, Vern, of Atlanta, Ga.; Rex, of West Palm Beach, Fla.; Darwin, of Atlanta, Ga., and Paul, of Burlington, Ia.

Mr. Mathews lived on a farm near Livonia most of his life but had been living in Kirksville for the past several years.  He united with the Baptist Church in young manhood.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

RITES AT UNIONVILLE FOR WILLIAM MATHEWS

Funeral services for William Mathews, who died at his home 410 S. Elson Street, Friday morning, will be held at the Hustead Funeral Home in Unionville this afternoon at two o’clock.

William Mathews, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 19 Jun 1949, p. 8, col. 6, Sunday

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Obituary

Last Saturday, July 28, we laid to rest in the Brock cemetery, the remains of Alda May Mathias, aged six years and three months.  Funeral services were conducted by Bro. T. B. McGregor at the home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ludwick, 1 mile north of Brock.

On Easter Sunday the child took sick with pneumonia fever, which later developed into spinal meningitis which terminated in her death July 27.  Although but young, amid her suffering she constantly talked about Jesus and Heaven, and amongst her last words were that she was going home to Heaven to be with her Savior which was far better.

The community deeply sympathize with the parents, in their sad affliction for they have this consolation that she left a bright testimony behind her, that she had gone to a land where there was no more death neither sorrow nor crying.

 Alda May Mathias, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 2 Aug 1906, p. 5, col. 3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mathias Death a Suicide Coroner Sherrill Says

Charles Mathias, 75, of Granger committed suicide about 7 a.m. yesterday morning by shooting himself in the mouth with a 410 gauge shotgun.  Coroner L. R. Sherrill says there is no doubt in his mind that the wound was self-inflicted and he will not call an inquest into the death.

The body was found yesterday morning by George Roberts, a neighbor who came to bring Mr. Mathias his breakfast.  Mr. Mathias had been ill for about a month and Roberts had been bringing his meals to his home for about three weeks.  Roberts immediately called Deputy Sheriff Henry Laws who took the coroner out to view the body, which was still sitting in a chair upon his arrival.

The body was then taken to Gerth and Baskett funeral parlors where it will remain until time for the funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Methodist church at Granger.  Further details of the services are awaiting the arrival of Mrs. Irene Affre, Davenport, the only close relative of the deceased.  She was to be met in Keokuk, late last night by her husband, Pete Affre, a sales representative working out of Quincy for the Barderman Tobacco and Candy Company.

Affre comes to Memphis each Monday and has been visiting Mr. Mathias each Tuesday since his recent illness.  Affre had just been there Tuesday and found Mr. Mathias in fairly good health.

Mr. Mathias had not been able to do much work for about a year and about a month ago suffered a stroke of paralysis.  He then spent about a week in Davenport with his neice [sic] and husband, but returned to his home in Granger about three weeks ago.

He was born in Scotland county in November, 1876, to Philip and Catherine Mathias and lived here all his life with the exception of a year or two which he spent working in Oklahoma.

He and his mother helped care for his neice [sic] in the home at Granger.  After his mother’s death in 1927, he lived alone at the home.

Charles Mathias was a cement worker and supervised many repair jobs around the county until about a year ago.  Besides his only neice [sic], he is survived by several cousins.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Funeral services for Charles Mathias, 78, were held at the Granger Methodist Church at 2:30 p.m. Friday afternoon.  He was buried in Black Oak Cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

–Wm. Mathias, living north of town, received a telegram on last Friday that his son Henry, living at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, had been killed, and asking what should be done with the body.  No particulars were given, and the father instructed them to bury the son and write particulars.  It’s a sad message to receive, and the stricken parents have the sympathy of many friends.

Henry Mathias, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 18 Jun 1885

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Katherine H. Dean was born July 4, 1850, at Burlington, Iowa, and departed this life at her home in Granger, Mo., Sept. 8, 1926, at the age of 76 years, 2 months and 4 days.  She was united in marriage to Philip N. Mathias in 1876.  To this union two sons were born, Charles and Ray.  Ray preceded her to the spirit world a year and five months ago and the husband about ten years ago.

She was a member of the Methodist Church and quite regular at Sunday schol [sic] and church services, when health would permit.  Her zeal for the church was an example worthy of our following.

Those left to mourn her departure are as follows: the son, Charles, one granddaughter, Irene, two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Shelton of Memphis, Mo., and Mrs. Lydia Wilmeth of Gorin, Mo., one brother, James Dean, of Memphis, Mo., several nieces and nephews and many friends.

Funeral services were held by her pastor, Rev. G. B. Miner, at the Methodist church in Granger, Mo., and interment in the Black Oak cemetery.

The family are very grateful for the kind service and the floral offerings of their many friends.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Died

Mathias – On the 19^th day of October, 1876, after an illness of twenty-eight days with typhoid fever Mrs. Sarah wife of William P. Mathias – aged 50 years, 5 months and 8 days.

Sarah Mathias, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 26 Oct 1876, p. 3, col. 3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

OBITUARY

Wm. P. Mathias, who died at his home north of this city, Wednesday Feb. 28^th, 1894, of pneumonia, super-induced by lagrippe [sic], was born in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 20^th, 1818, where he lived until he grew to manhood, and was married.  While yet a young man he emigrated to Indiana, and from thence he moved to this county in 1859, and settled on the farm on which he died.

From early manhood he was a christian and at the time of his death was a member of the Protestant Methodist church.  During the late war he was a member of the 51^st Mo. U.S. Vol. and at the time of his death was a member of Murray Post G. A. R. of this city.  He leaves a wife and ten children, six sons and four daughters, and a large circle of friends and and [sic] acquaintances to mourn his loss.  Uncle Billy, as he was familiarly known, was a good citizen and honest man, a good neighbor, and a true patriot, and his memory will be cherished by all who knew him. 

Rev. Hedden of the M. P. church preached the funeral sermon at the Lawn Ridge church Friday to a large congregation, after which his G. A. R. comrades laid him to rest in the cemetery with the usual ceremonies of the order.

Wm. P. Mathias, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 8 Mar 1894, p. 2, col. 6

_______________

Scotland County, Missouri Marriage Listings indicate Wm. P. Mathias married Sarah Pearce 24 May 1877

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. ELIZABETH MATKINS, 78, DIES IN MILAN

Was Widow of Former Sullivan County Treasurer.

Special to The Daily Express.

Milan, Mo., June 21—Mrs. Elizabeth Matkins, 78, died at her home in Milan early Saturday morning after a long illness.  She was the widow of W. Jess Matkins, a former treasurer of Sullivan County.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Bairdstown Church, 14 miles north of Milan.

Mrs. Matkins was born in Pennsylvania in 1863, the daughter of George and Eliza Crummer.  She moved to Sullivan County, Missouri, with her parents when a small child.  She lived here the remainder of her life.  On July 3, 1890, she was married to W. Jess Matkins, who died in December, 1917. 

Mrs. Matkins leaves three children, Mrs. Mayme Stinson, of Jefferson City, George A. Matkins of Purdin, and Mrs. Susie Bartimus, of Milan.  She also leaves eight grandchildren and twelve step-grandchildren.  Four sisters preceded her in death.

She had been a member of the Methodist Church for many years.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

E. C. MATLICK, ONCE HATCHERY OWNER, DIES

In Business Here For Many Years; Was 77 Years Old

Edgar Cletus Matlick, 77, of 509 S. Cottage Grove, retired Kirksville business man, died in a Kirksville hospital this morning at 6:10.  Retiring from business two years ago, Mr. Matlick had been in failing health the past three years.

Funeral services will be held at the Davis Funeral Chapel, corner Washington and Marion Sunday afternoon at 1:30 conducted by Rev. Russell E. Otto, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.  Interment will be in the Mulberry Cemetery.

He was the son of Jacob G. and Margaret Falkenstein Matlick and was born April 26, 1871, at Williamstown, Mo.  He was married to Minnie McLaughlin, who preceded him in death.  One daughter, Mary, was born to them.

He was married to Nettie Willis Motter on July 20, 1926.  No children were born to this marriage.

He is survived by his wife and daughter, Miss Mary Matlick, of Denver, Colo.; one sister, Miss Bertha Matlick and one brother, N. A. Matlick, both of this city, two nephews and one niece, all of Des Moines, Ia.; one step-son, S. W. Motter, of this city and two step-daughters, Alta R. Motter, of Jefferson City, and Mrs. Ruth Freeland, of Dallas, Texas.

Mr. Matlick was owner of the Matlick Hatchery here from 1914 to 1946.

The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home.

The bearers will be: Joe Motter, Sam Motter, William Dear, Lewis French, John McGowan, Carl Dear.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. LORENA MATLICK, 74, DIES IN DENVER

Former Resident Of Kirksville; Graveside Service

Mrs. Lorena Matlick, 74, died at her home in Denver, Colo., Wednesday morning following a stroke of paralysis suffered on the previous Saturday.

Funeral services will be held in Denver Friday.  The body will be shipped here and graveside service will be held in Llewellyn Cemetery Saturday afternoon at two o’clock under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home, with Rev. G. R. Wheatcroft officiating.

Mrs. Matlick was born in Kirksville, the daughter of S. S. and Mary M. McLaughlin.  She made her home in Kirksville until about fourteen years ago when she moved to Denver with her daughter, Miss Mary Matlick, who is a teacher in the public schools there and who is accompanying the remains to Kirksville.

Mrs. Matlick’s parents were a pioneer family of Adair County and the McLaughlin Chapel was named for her father, S. S. McLaughlin, who was an active Sunday School and church worker in the Presbyterian Church.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

OBITUARY

MATLICK

Mary E. Matlick, daughter of Joseph and Katherine Moore, was born May 5, 1851, in Pendleton County, Kentucky, and departed this life April 30, 1937, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ferd Myers, at Fabius, Mo. in a few days she would have completed 86 years of life.

On March 3, 1872 she was united in marriage to John T. Matlick.  To this union five children were born.  Her husband and two children, Nannie K. and Harry V., preceded her in death.

The children who survive, are Mrs. Ferd Myers, Fabius, Mrs. Maggie Forquer, Memphis and Clyde Matlick, Edina.  There are also twelve grand children and seven great grand children, one brother, William Moore, of Rutledge, and two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Myers and Mrs. Dave Myers, both of Memphis.

Mrs. Matlick came to the Bethel community with her parents at the age of four years and has resided in that community practically all of her life.  Following the death of her husband she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Forquer for eleven years.

She united with the Bethel M. E. Church early in life and remained a faithful member until her death.

Her patience in suffering and her Christian faith were shown in her last illness.

Funeral services were held from the Bethel Church, Sunday, May 2, conducted by Rev. Chas. Moore of Greensburg, and Rev. Arthur L. Huff, of Memphis.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Okie Matlick Committs [sic] Suicide

While his family is away from home

Okie Matlick, aged 35, a farmer, in good financial circumstances, shot and killed himself Friday about noon in his home near Rutledge while his wife and two daughters were away at her mother’s, Mrs. Dan Wiley’s, in this city.  His father-in-law, Dan Wiley, who had been helping him gather his corn, found him, and the right side of his head and face were shot away, and he presented a most pitiable sight.  He had been in ill health for some time, and his relatives having died of consumption, he felt that he would eventually get it and die of it, and becoming despondent, suicided [sic], preferring death now to a lingering one.  He was buried Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Bethel cemetery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Rutledge Record says: “Susan Matlick wife of the late Joseph Matlick, stepmother of J. C. Matlick and brothers, died at the home of one of her brothers at Bloomington, Ind., on the 5^th day of March, 1910.  Mrs. Matlick had many friends in this section, being one of the pioneer citizens.”

Susan Matlick, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 28 Apr 1910, p. 1, col. 6

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. L. A. Matlock Services Were Held Thursday

Katie Anna Trent was born in Scotland county, Mo., July 28, 1881, the daughter of Joseph and Katy A. Clarkson Trent.  She passed away Nov. 5, 1960.  She was married to L. A. Matlock, January 3, 1899.

She was preceded in death by her father, mother, two brothers and three half-brothers.  She leaves to mourn her passing, her devoted husband, a foster daughter, Mrs. Milton Brown, one half brother, three half sisters, brother and sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.

Her entire life was spent in Scotland county except one year at Prairie View Rest home in Lewis County, Mo., where she passed away.

Funeral services were held November 9^th at Gerth & Baskett funeral home by Rev. Dayton Grover.  Body bearers were Martin Forquer, Harold Cole, Raymond Forquer, J. P. Childers, Otis Wilsey and Joe Neese, Jr.

 Katie Anna (Trent) Matlock, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 17 Nov 1960, p. 1, col. 1

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

L. C. Matlock Services Held On Sunday

Leslie Charles Matlock, son of William H. and Minerva Chaney Matlock was born on September 18, 1886 on a farm near Rutledge, Missouri, and passed away July 27, 1962 at the age of 75, spending his entire life, on his farm.

He was united in marriage to Mabel Frances Wilsey, December 30, 1903. To this union nine children were born, all living except a son who died in infancy.

He is survived by his wife, eight children: Mildred Atwell of Peoria, Ill.; Wallace of Memphis, Missouri; Henry of Quincy, Ill.; Ruby Morgan of Englewood, Colorado; Madeline York and Virginia Baker of Memphis, Mo.; Mabel Beckert of Chamberlain, S. Dakota; Eldon of Evanston, Ill.; 16 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, a brother, L. A. Matlock of near Rutledge, Mo.; many nieces and nephews and a host of neighbors and friends.

He was a loving father, devoted husband and his passing will be mourned by all who knew him.

Funeral services were held from the Gerth & Baskett chapel Sunday, July 29^th at 2:30 p.m. conducted by Rev. J. Frederick Lawson. Burial was in the Bethel cemetery. Body bearers were Harold Cole, Frank Hyman, Fred Hustead, Letus McCabe, Lealand Dorsey and Ralph McClamroch.

Leslie Charles Matlock, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 2 Aug 1962

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mary Lodema Matlock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Matlock, was born on a farm northwest of Rutledge, Mo., Sept. 24^th, 1926, and departed this life April 25^th, 1933, at the A.S.O. hospital at Kirksville, Mo., being 6 years and 7 months of age.  The cause of her death being mastoid operation and pneumonia.  The body was brought to her grandfather’s home, H.N. Bergthold.  The funeral was held Thursday at the Bethel church, at 2:30 conducted by Geo. V. Baskett.  The body bearers were Gordon Jackson, Charles Mickle, Robert McPherson and Forrest Mickle.  The four little flower girls were Delphine Bergthold, Virginia and Mable Mynervia Matlick and Lavaughn Newman.  The body was laid to rest in the Bethel cemetery.

Mary attended school at Chaney and South Liberty and was an unusually bright child.  She leaves to mourn her death her parents and little brother, John Carol, her grandparents, H.N. Bergthold, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Matlock and great grandfather, Ed. Wiley, and a host of other relatives and friends.          

Mary Lodema Matlock, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 4 May 1933, p. 8, col. 4

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. C. B. Matthews Dies in Miami

News clippings have been received here of the death of Mrs. C. B. Matthews, of Miami, Fla., a former Kirksville resident and well known throughout the county.  She was a daughter of William and Augusta Polley Linder.  The clipping from a Miami newspaper is as follows:

Mrs. Lucy Maude Matthews, 73, wife of C. B. Matthews, retired chief of the city’s former bureau of dairy inspection, died at her home, 261 N. W. 36^th St. Tuesday.  She came here 22 years ago from Kirksville, Mo.  Surviving, besides her husband, are three sons, Harry B. Matthews, Kendall, Carl C. Matthews, Sacramento, Cal., and Wiliam E. Matthews, DeLand, Fla.; a sister, Miss Anna Linder, Miami and five grandchildren.  The body will be at Gerhardt Funeral Home until noon Thursday.  Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Central Presbyterian church with the Rev. C. G. Johnstone officiating.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rev. Wm. Matthews Services Held At Barker Church

William Manly Eric Matthews was born May 28, 1919, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Matthews in Chicago, Illinois.

He grew to manhood there, graduating from the Downer’s High School in 1938.

He was in the Coast Guard section of the Armed forces for 3 ½ years.

Returning from his county’s services, he attended the Open Bible Institute of Des Moines, Iowa in preparation for the ministry.  He graduated in 1953 and was ordained to the ministry in 1954.  After serving a missionary work at Murray and Parthenon, Arkansas and as pastorate at Plover, Iowa, he came to Pennsylvania in 1956 to pastor the Open Bible Tabernacle in Townville, Pennsylvania.

In 1961 he moved to Union City and from there attended Edinboro State College, graduating in 1965.  He was elected to the honorary societies of Kappa Delta Pi and Beta Beta Beta.  He was a teacher of earth and space science at Corry Area High School for six years.

In 1952 he was married to Cleta Cleo Gordy of Bloomfield, Iowa.  To this union one son, Gordon William, was born.

His wife, son, mother, and brother survive his passing.

His father preceded him in death in 1951.

In December 1970 he was stricken with leukemia and later diabetes.  Human hands were too small; although everything possible was done for him, he went to be with his Lord Tuesday, June 1 at 5:20 P.M. at Hamot Hospital, Erie, Pennsylvania.

Rev. Matthews was an elder in the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, Assistant Sunday School Superintendent, and teacher of the Men’s Class in Union City.  He also served as a supply minister for several churches in the Union City area.

He was a man of high ideals and goals.  He worked toward…..

Rev. William Manly Eric Matthews, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 10 Jun 1971

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sadie Mauck Dies Recently In California

Word was received here from Mrs. Eunice B. Tucker of Bloomfield, Ia., of the death of Sadie Bourn Mauck in Braddyville, Calif., Sept. 14, 1971.

Sadie Mauck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Bourn, was born and raised near Memphis.  She lived at Stanton, Iowa; Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1959.  She was married to Forest Mauck in Los Angeles and they moved to Braddyville in 1970.

She was a member of the women of the Moose Lodge No. 675 at Maywood, Calif., and the American Legion Auxiliary at Braddyville.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one son in 1953 and one sister.  She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Hildor (Maxine) Elderry of Chicago, Ill.; one son, Ralph Brown of Livonia, Michigan; one step-daughter, Mrs. Wal (Helene) Kelley of San Francisco; one brother, James Bourn of Red Oak; two sisters; Mrs. Earl (Mary) Whippte of Pickering, Mo. and Mrs. Ike (Daisy) Lancaster of Monte Vista, Colorado, seven grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, from the Braddyville Christian Church and burial was in the Braddyville Cemetery.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mrs. Minerva Maxey of Green City, Dead

Funeral services were held this afternoon at two o’clock at the Knifong Grove Church near Browning for Mrs. Minerva Maxey, who died at her home in Green City Saturday evening from a heart ailment.  Interment was in the cemetery by the church.

The daughter of George T. and Percelia Jones, she was born in Nebraska on Sept. 7, 1872.  She was married in 1891 to Webb Pipes, who preceded her in death.  Four children were born to them.  She was later married to E. E. Maxey, of Green City, who survives.  She was also preceded in death by two sons, Arthur and Berl, and one daughter, Mrs. Bernice Howe.

She is survived by one daughter, Chlorah Langdon, of Brookfield, thirteen grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

Minerva Maxey, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 02 Jan 1951, p. 2, col. 2, Tuesday

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

J. Maxwell Succumbs Here from Concussion and Two Fractured Legs; Driver of Death Car Sought

John Maxwell, 76 years old, died yesterday evening in a hospital here from injuries suffered Saturday night when struck by an automobile.

Police today intensified their search for the driver of the car, which hit Maxwell as he walked on Highway No. 6 northwest of the city and did not stop.  Another motorist found the aged man’s bleeding body on the road and brought him to the hospital, where examination revealed two broken legs and brain concussion.

Mr. Maxwell never regained consciousness.  He had spent the afternoon in Kirksville and was en route to his home a short distance northwest of the city limits, having just entered the highway off Osteopathy Avenue when the accident occurred.  He lived wit his son, Bob Maxwell.

The funeral is scheduled to be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home and burial will be made at Novinger.

Chief of Police Leonard Crow said this morning no trace had been found of the death-dealing auto.

Mr. Maxwell was born May 25, 1861 in County of Lanark, Scotland, a son of John and Janet Renwick Maxwell.  He came to America when 22 years old and became a citizen of this country on July 20, 1886.

He was married Dec. 25, 1889, to Sophia Gibson and six children were born, two of whom preceded him in death.  Mrs. Maxwel died in 1933.

Surviving are two sons and two daughters, Mrs. Ethel S. Strayer, Billings, Mont.; John W. Maxwell, who lives in the state of Oregon; Robert G. Maxwell, Kirksville, and Mrs. Grace Cole, Marshall, Mo.; a half-sister and eleven grandchildren.

Mr. Maxwell went to work in coal mines in Scotland when nine years old and had followed mining work continuously throughout his life.  He lived in Novinger for 32 years, coming here to make his home with his son about three years ago.  He last worked as a miner in January, 1936.

He was a member of the Baptist Church and formerly held memberships in the Knights of Pythias and Modern Wooden of America fraternal orders.

His body is lying in state at the funeral home.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. LOUISE MAY SHOOTS HERSELF AT FARM HOME

41-Year-Old Resident of Green Grove Vicinity Succumbs Here

Mrs. Daisy Louise May, 41, wife of Rodney May, who shot herself twice yesterday afternoon with a 22-calibre rifle at their home in the Green Grove neighborhood, died at 3 o’clock this morning in a Kirksville hospital.  The shooting was due to despondency, according to officers.

Mrs. May told Sheriff G. E. Grossnickle after being brought to the hospital that while Mr. May was working on the farm, she sent the children to the store, and then shot herself twice.  The first shot went in one hip and the second one was in the stomach.

Mrs. May had been in failing health for the past four or five years.

Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Friday afternoon at one o’clock, conducted by Rev. Mrs. Alta Mikel of Greentop, Mo.  Interment will be in the Green Grove cemetery.

Mrs. May was the daughter of Jackson and Nora (Doud) Davis and was born at Unionville, Iowa, May 29, 1908.

She was married to Charley Guffy and to this marriage three children were born.  Later, on Dec. 2, 1937, she was married to Rodney Vanie May and to this marriage two children were born.

She is survived by her husband; four sons, Jack Rodney and Vinol D. May, of the home, and Ralph and Richard Guffey, of Rock Island, Ill.; one daughter, Jacquline Guffey, of the home; her mother, Mrs. Nora Davis, of Centerville, Iowa; two half-brothers, William and Jack Davis of Davenport, Iowa; two half-sisters, Miss Patsy Davis and Mrs. Daisy Davis Glines, both of Davenport, Iowa.

Mrs. May was a member of the Green Grove Church.

The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.  The bearers will be Oral Lawson, Clifford Montgomery, Howard Elsea, Cletus Wilson, Vinol Lawson, and Eldon Lawson.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DR. LEWIS A. MAY, 66 YEARS OLD, DIES HERE

Funeral Services To Be Held Tomorrow Morning.

Dr. Lewis Andrew May, 66 years old, died abut [sic] 7 o’clock yesterday evening in a hospital here.  Dr. May had been in failing health for the past seven years, since he suffered a fractured hip.  He suffered a stroke of paralysis about three years ago.

Funeral sedvices [sic] will be held at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning at the Kirksville Catholic Church.  Burial will be at the Highland Park Cemetery. Requiem high mass will be sung by Rv. Fr. Curry, of Canton, assisted by Rev. P. J. Barrett, of Kirksville, the Rev. Fr. O’Donovan, of Adair, and the Rev. Fr. McEvoy, of Weston.

Pallbearers will be Woodrow Kelly, Fred Kelly, Ed Kramer, Earl Hawkins, Stanley Frkovich and Joe DeGard.

Dr. May was born Nov. 24, 1873, in Williamsport, Pa.  He attended school in New York and then moved to Denver, Colo.  He married Miss Adelaide Martin in Denver on March 15, 1902.  Mr. and Mrs. May moved to Kirksville in 1911, where they have made their home since that time.  They have been living at 609 North Main Street.

Dr. May was graduated from the American School of Osteopathy in 1916.  He taught for a year in the Kansas City Osteopathic college and practiced in Northern Iowa.

In 1925, Dr. May taught on the faculty and took a post-graduate degree from the Benedict Lust Naturpathic College in New York City.

Mr. May is survived by his wife, Mrs. Adelaide May, and six children, Lewis E. May, Kirksville, Miss Alice May, Kirksville, Mrs. Juanita Ward, Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Henrietta Ramsey, Madison, Wis., Francis Hugh May, Denver, Colo., and Sister Louis Adelaide, of St. Louis, and sixteen grandchildren.  A son, Paul, drowned a number of years ago in the Spur Pond here.

Dr. May was a member of the Catholic Church here.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PFC. MAY WILL BE BURIED AT JEFFERSON CITY

Body Is Being Returned from Belgium to U. S.

Pfc. Milton E. May, late son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas May, 1018 E. Missouri, will be buried in the National Cemetery at Jefferson City upon the arrival of the body new en route to the United States, according to the family here.  The family has received a telegram from Capt. Charles M. Odenwalder, of the Quartermaster Corps at Memphis, Tenn., informing them of the transportation of the body to this country.

Pfc. May was killed in Belgium in a jeep accident on Jan. 26, 1945, while a member of the Third Armored Division.  He had entered the army in February, 1943.

The family will be notified when the body arrives in this country.  It will be taken directly to Jefferson City where burial will take place through the wishes of the family.  They will be present when burial services take place.

Pfc. Milton E., May, Kirksville, Missouri, Pfc., Kirksville Daily Express, 23 Nov 1947, p. 1, col. 2, Sunday

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ARCHIE MAY BURIED MONDAY AT NOVINGER

Died at Home in Milwaukee, Wis., on Dec. 31.

William Archie May, 49 years old, a former resident of Novinger, died at his home in Milwaukee, Wis., on December 31, of heart disease.  Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon in the Baptist Church at Novinger, conducted by the Rev. Claude Thompson, of La Plata.  Burial was in the Novinger Cemetery.

The deceased was the third eldest son of Joseph W. and Emaline May and was born at Willmathsville on April 9, 1893.  At the age of 20 years he joined the U. S. Navy and served three and a half years.  He returned home in time to register for the first World War and was inducted into service July 26, 1918 and was in Co. L. 307^th Infantry from Lakawana, N. Y.  He served five months in France.  After the Armistice, Archie returned from France and went to Chicago where he was employed by the Pullman Car Company for several years, and later by the Chicago City Hospital as an expert painter and decorator.

He was married to Miss Hazel Greer, of Novinger, on Oct. 22, 1931, and they were living in Milwaukee where he was employed in defense work.

He is survived by his wife, one son Harrold May, by a former marriage, who is in the Hospital Corps of the U. S. Army somewhere overseas; three brothers, Dr. C. F. May, of Kirksville, Walter and Kenneth May, of Chicago; one sister, Mrs. E. P. Bragg, of Chicago, and two nieces, Mrs. Hoyt Atkin, of Munster, Ind., and Miss Dolly Frank, a teacher in the Novinger schools.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~