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 to add here. I always strive for correctness.
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MRS. SUSANA SACRE, 90, OF LA PLATA DIES
Succumbs at Macon; Funeral Tomorrow at La Plata.
Special to The Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., July 17. —Mrs. Susana Loretta Sacre, 90-year-old La Plata resident, died yesterday morning at 2 o’clock in Macon. Death was attributed to the general infirmities of advanced age.
Funeral services will be tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock at the home of her son, Jess Sacre, in La Plata. Burial will be in La Plata Cemetery. Rev. Fred L. Hudson, pastor of La Plata Community Presbyterian Church, will conduct the ceremonies.
Mrs. Sacre was born Sept 1, 1850, in Carlonville, Ill.
She was married to Tome Sacre in 1873 and they moved to La Plata about 36 years ago. She had made her home in Macon County since that time.
Two sons preceded their mother in death, and her husband died Oct. 26, 1915.
Mrs. Sacre is survived by two sons, George Sacre, of Bozeman, Mont., and Jess Sacre of La Plata.
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GLEN SADLER DIES SUDDENLY HERE TODAY
Was Farmer In Macon and Knox Counties Many Years.
Glen R. Sadler, 69-year-old farmer in Knox and Macon Counties for many years, died at his home at 602 South Marion Street this morning from a sudden heart attack. He has been in failing health the past few years but was improved during the last month.
The funeral is to be held in the LaPlata Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The body is lying in state at the Davis Funeral Home here.
The pallbearers will be M. E. Belt, Arthur Cribb, Ed Waters, Fred Cribb, Albert McCarty, Ray Ferguson.
Mr. Sadler was born May 17, 1871 in Villisca, Ia., the son of Dr. Joseph Glen and Mrs. Jenny Caldwell Sadler. He came to Missouri when a small child and lived on a farm in Knox County. About ten years ago he moved to Sue City, Mo., where he made his home until October 1. On account of his health he moved to Kirksville for the winter.
He was married to Ida Mae Kidwell, November 29, 1893.
Surviving are his wife, three sons, Joe L. Sadler, La Plata; Russell Sadler and Glen Sadler, Kirksville; one daughter, Mrs. Charles Walker, Kirksville; eight grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Grant Borden, of Greybull, Wyo. Two brothers and one sister, J. L. Sadler, of Kirksville; Will Sadler, of Plevna, Mo., and Mrs. Delia Smith, of Las Animas, Colo., preceded him in death.
He was a member of the LaPlata Baptist Church.
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MAY SADLER, 76 YEARS OLD, DIES HERE TODAY
Had Been Ill Several Months; Funeral Plans Not Yet Made
Mrs. May Sadler, 76, 415 S. High, a long-time Kirksville resident, died in a Kirksville hospital this morning after several month’s illness.
The daughter of Joseph L. and Martha Jane Kidwell, she was born at Danville, Ill., on December 12, 1873.
She was married to Glen R. Sadler at Plevna, Mo., on November 29, 1893. Her husband, who died suddenly on November 8, 1940, and one son, Joseph L., two sisters, and one brother preceded her in death.
She us survived by two sons, Russell, of Moberly, and Glen, of Kansas City; one daughter, Mrs. Charles Walker, of Kirksville, and two brothers, Garrett Kidwell, of Leonard, and J. M. Kidwell of Santa Clara, Calif.
Funeral plans will be announced later by the Davis Funeral Home, 202 E. Washington, where the body will lie in state.
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MRS. MARTHA SAFFELL DIES AT AGE OF 88
Rites Thursday Afternoon at Illinois Bend.
Mrs. Martha Wiseman Saffell, 88 years old, died yesterday morning at her home in the Illinois Bend vicinity. She had been bedfast for about three weeks due to general decline in health attributed to advanced age.
Mrs. Saffell was born in Marion County, Illinois, Dec. 15, 1849. She was married in 1877 to W. C. Saffell. She and her husband came to Adair County the same year, where she resided until her death.
Surviving are three daughters and two sons, Mrs. John Wenger, Mrs. Benjamin Sullivan, Mrs. Ray Bragg, Emery and J. E. Saffell, nine grandchildren and four great [sic] children. Her husband died Dec. 23, 1915 and one son, W. A. Saffell, died August 29, 1915.
Mrs. Saffell was a member of the Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at Illinois Bend Church at 2 o’clock.
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HENRY H. SALING DIES SUDDENLY AT CORYDON IA.
Friends and relatives in Memphis were greatly shocked last Friday afternoon by the sad intelligence of the sudden demise in Corydon, Iowa, of Henry H. Saling, a former Memphis resident. The deceased was stricken with heart failure just about the noon hour and lived but an hour being conscious to the last moment.
Mr. Saling was a respected citizen of Memphis for many years and held numerous offices of public trust during his long residence in this city having occupied the positions of postmaster, sheriff and city marshal for several different terms with perfect success. He was ever faithful to the trust reposed in him and his official record is an open book. He had a host of friends and acquaintances throughout the city and county and was loved and respected by all who knew him. He was in the truest sense of the term “a friend to man” and always had a cheery smile and a pleasant word for everyone. The publishers of this paper will ever treasure his many acts of kindness to them.
His home life was ideal and certainly no man more appreciated and loved his home and family. He was a devoted husband and father and his sudden taking away is an irreplaceable loss to his loved ones. The following biographical sketch was read at the funeral service:
Henry Harrison Saling was born at Memphis, Mo., January 25, 1850, and died at Corydon, Iowa, December 29, 1916, at the age of 67 years, 10 months, 29 days. He was married to Mary L. Hammond on March 15, 1870. To this union were born eight children, four boys and four girls, all but one of whom survive with their mother to mourn their loss—Della Allen, Trenton, Mo. (deceased); Mattie Hughes, San Diego, California; Cora Westcott, Aurora, Oregon; Geo. H. Saling, Corydon, Iowa; Jay H. Saling, Eureka, Montana; Bert D. Saling, Kalispell, Montana; Louise Guinn, Corydon, Iowa; Scott Saling, Bellingham, Washington. There are also nine grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Mary L. Verner of Chicago, a half-sister, Mrs. J. F. Carder of Memphis, and a half-brother, C. I. Hill of this city.
Mr. Saling had been a true follower of the Christ from his youth, having united with the M. E. Church South in February, 1875. He was also a member of the I. O. O. F. and Masonic Lodge.
The remains were brought to Memphis Monday morning and a 2:00 p.m. funeral services were held at the M. E. Church South conducted by Rev. J. W. Tanquary. The beautiful and impressive burial service of the A. F. & [unreadable]
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J. T. Salisbury, 81, Dead
Was Well Known Resident of Bible Grove Community
J. T. Salisbury, well-known resident of the Bible Grove neighborhood, died at the Salisbury home near Bible Grove at 11 o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. Salisbury had been in failing health for several years.
Funeral services will be conducted from the Church of Christ at Bible Grove Friday afternoon, May 17, at 3 o’clock and burial will be in the Bible Grove cemetery.
Mr. Salisbury was born in Scotland County near Bible Grove, Nov. 1, 1864, and lived all of his life in that immediate neighborhood. He was married in August, 1888, to Martha E. Hunt, who preceded him in death. Two children were born to them, Rolla Salisbury of Memphis and Mrs. Lela Sarver of Bible Grove, who survive. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Rosa Bradley of Bible Grove, one half-sister, Mrs. Minda Hunt of Chillicothe, and one half-brother, George Purvis, of Jefferson, Iowa.
Mr. Salisbury was a useful citizen of the community, was public spirited and took an interest in public affairs. He was a notary public and served the people of the community in that capacity.
For a number of years he was a director in the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company and took an especial interest in the affairs of that company, attending directors meetings regularly and assisting in the adjustment of claims in his community.
J. T. Salisbury, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 16 May 1946, p. 1, col. 2
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JAMES WILLIAM SALISBURY DIES TODAY
Has Ben Engaged in Electrical Business Here 30 Years
James William Salisbury, 63, died at his home at 1303 S. Baltimore at 7:30 this morning.
Funeral arrangements indefinite, are pending the arrival of relatives.
Mr. Salisbury was the son of John William and Mary (Unger) Salisbury and was born in Kirksville, Dec. 24, 1883. He was married Oct. 2, 1906 to Ida Amae Crim and to this marriage two children were born.
He is survived by his wife: one daughter Mrs. Norma Ellen Morgan, of Kellogg, Ida., one son, John Wayne Salisbury, of Paris, Mo.; a brother, Ernest, of Sedalia, Mo.; a sister, Mrs. Susie Moulin, of Gilman City, Mo., and two grandchildren. Two sisters, Anna and Sylvia, preceded him in death.
Mr. Salisbury was a member of the La Plata Christian Church.
With the exception of a short time spent in La Plata, he spent his lifetime in Adair County. The past thirty years he has been in the electrical business.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
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MRS. KATHERINE SALISBURY DIES AT HOME HERE
Funeral and Burial Services Friday At Bevier.
Mrs. Katherine Salisbury, 75, who had been ill for a year, died this morning at her home at 516 North Main Street.
She was the mother of Harry Salisbury, proprietor of Salisbury’s Drug Store.
Funeral and burial services are to be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at Bevier, Mo., her former home. The body is lying in state at the Davis Funeral Home.
Mrs. Salisbury, a native of Wales, had made her home here the past twelve years, keeping house for her son and his children, Bonnie and Jackie. They came here from Hannibal.
Surviving, in addition to the son here, are two other sons, Dave Salisbury, Bevier, Mo., and John Salisbury, Eldorado, Ill.; a daughter, Mrs. Bailey Ashworth, of Lewistown, Mont.; five grandchildren, Bonnie and Jackie Salisbury, Kirksville, Jane Ann Salisbury, Bevier, Donald and Janet Mary Ashworth, Lewistown, Mont.; a brother, Hugh Evans, New Cambria, Mo., and sister, Mrs. Nellie Williams, Denton, Texas. Her husband, Hugh Salisbury, preceded her in death.
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Died at Home Saturday
Mrs. J.T. Salisbury Suffered a Stroke of Paralysis
Mrs. James T. Salisbury, who suffered a stroke of paralysis at their home near Bible Grove on Sunday morning, May 28, died at the home Saturday, June 3, at the age of 80 years.
Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ at Bible Grove on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Interment was in the Bible Grove cemetery. The service was conducted by Rev. A.M. Wiles of Kansas City.
Pall bearers were Harold Dunn, Earl Scotten, Jesse Purvis, John W. Barker, Carl Blaine and Robert A. Norton.
Mrs. Salisbury’s maiden name was Martha E. Hunt. She was a daughter of Silas and Mary A. Hunt and was born near Bible Grove in Scotland County on January 9, 1864.
She was of a family of 12 children. One sister died in infancy. Three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.
In August, 1888, she was married to J.T. Salisbury of near Bible Grove, to which union two children were born: Lela M. Sarver, Greensburg, and Rolla O. Salisbury, Memphis.
She leaves her bereaved husband, the two children mentioned, two grandchildren, Denzel Lee and Mearl Deen Salisbury; two brothers, Corydon Hunt, Chillicothe, Mo., and Barton Hunt, Greensburg; two sisters, Mrs. A.C. Stice, Ozark, Mo., and Miss Lilly Hunt, Evanston, Ill.
She united with the church while she was young and lived a consecrated Christian life. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother and a good neighbor. She was a daily Bible reader, having read the New Testament through twice during the past few months.
Martha E. (Hunt) Salisbury, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 8 Jun 1944
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CHARLES SALLADE, 41, DIES AT HOME
Resident of Green Grove Community; Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services for Charles (Bill) Sallade, 41, of the Green Grove community, who died suddenly at his home Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Shibley’s Point Church conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper. Interment will be in the Shibley’s Point Cemetery. He had been in failing health the past year.
He was the son of James C. and Lillie Sallade and was born in Adair County, on March 19, 1907. He was married to Fern Johnson on Oct. 2, 1929, in Kirksville.
He is survived by his wife and four sons, James, Glenn, Jackie and Garry, all of the home; two sisters, and two brothers, Mrs. Lena McHenry, of this city, Mrs. Esther Wandell, of Gibbs, Lewis Sallade, of this city and David Sallade, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. Sallade had lived his entire life in Adair County.
The pallbearers will be Mack Billington, Bud McHenry, Ronald Leonard, Russell Wandell, Manford Ralston and Merritt Reese.
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MRS. DOROTHY ALLADE DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Former Kirksville Resident Had Been Ill For Some Time
Mrs. Glen Sallade, the former Dorothy Rose, 46, died yesterday in Vallejo, Calif., according to information received here, following a long illness.
She was a daughter of Enoch and Marilda Rose and was a native of Putnam county where she was born on July 20, 1908. Her marriage to Glen Sallade took place in Kirksville in 1927. They made their home in both Novinger and Kirksville before locating in California.
She is survived by her husband: one daughter, Mrs. Thomas (Shirley) Burns, of Vallejo. Calif., and two sons, Clare Rossen Sallade, of the U. S. Navy, and Bryan Sallade, of the home; two grandchildren, Hannah and Dickie Burns, and the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Mary Lane, of Des Moines, Ia.; Mrs. Maude Smith, Mrs. Ada Smith, Mrs. Noble Young, Carl Rose and Bryon Rose, all of Kirksville; Nelson Rose, of Livonia, and Marshall Rose, of Unionville. Her parents, and one brother, Dennie, preceded her in death.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the Cyril McCormack Twin Chapel with interment at Vallejo.
Mrs. Ada Smith has been in Vallejo with the family for some-time.
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FERN SALLADE, 39 YEARS OLD, DIES SUDDENLY
Succumbs of Heart Attack at Home Near Shibley’s Point
Mrs. Fern Sallade, 39, died suddenly last night at her home near Shibley’s Point, death having been caused by a heart attack. She was found sitting in a chair by her son, Glen, when he returned home from Novinger after attending basketball games at the high school.
Her husband, Charles W. Sallade, died of a heart attack last fall.
Mrs. Sallade had been doing some painting yesterday in addition to her regular work and did not appear to be in ill health when her four sons left early in the evening for Novinger.
She was a daughter of Clarence Johnson, who lives in Shibley’s Point. She is survived by four sons, James, Glen, Jack and Gary, and several sisters and brothers.
No funeral arrangements have been made, pending word from relatives who live in the west.
Sallade, Fern, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 23 Mar 1949, p. 3, col. 3
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Services Tomorrow For Fern Sallade
Funeral services for Mrs. Fern (Johnson) Sallade, 39, of the Green Grove community, who died suddenly at her home Tuesday night, will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the Shibley’s Point church, conducted by Rev. Archie Cooper. Interment will be in the Shibley’s Point Cemetery.
She was the daughter of Clarence and Avis O’Brien Johnson and was born in Adair County, on Oct. 19, 1909. She was married to the late Charles (Bill) Sallade on Oct. 2, 1929, in Kirksville.
She is survived by four sons, James, Glen, Jack and Gary, all of the home, her father, two sisters, Mrs. Merritt (Sadie) Reese, of Greentop, Mrs. Mac (Roma) Billington, of Sheffield, Ill., and two brothers, Curtis Johnson, of Alden, Iowa and Weldon Johnson, of Nampa, Idaho.
Mrs. Sallade has lived her entire life in Adair County.
Bearers will be: Guy Stidmon, Paul Martin, Ronald Leonard, Leslie Lawson, Dee Sparks and Charles Paris.
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JOSIE SALLEE DIES TODAY AT MT. VERNON
Was 50 Years Old; Body Being Brought Back to Kirksville
Mrs. Paul (Josie Ann) Sallee, 50, of 502 S. Sixth, died this morning in a hospital at Mt. Vernon, Mo., where she had been a patient since January 1.
The body will arrive at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Thursday morning where it will lie in state. Funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of relatives.
Mrs. Sallee was the daughter of George P. and Anna (Allen) Osborn and was born at Yarrow, August 6, 1898. She was married here in 1918 to Paul Sallee and to this marriage seven children were born.
She is survived by her husband, four daughters, Lois Ann Sallee, and Mrs. Willard J. (Bertha) Kelsey, both of Kirksville, Mrs. Elliot (Nina) Douglas, Valparaiso, Ind., and Mrs. Carl (Buna) Woods, La Plata; two sons, Basil, of Quincy, Ill., and Russell, of the home; two brothers, John, of Nebraska and Sidney, of Washington; two sisters, Mrs. John (Lizzie) Loe, of Yarrow, and Mrs. James (Edna) Ross, of Streator, Ill.; her father, George P. Osborn, of Kirksville, and nine grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her mother, one son and a brother.
Mrs. Sallee was a member of the Baptist Church.
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Death by Drowning.
Nafe Salome, nephew and former employee of Moses Salome, who owns the grocery store just north of the O. K. depot, was drowned last Sunday afternoon in the Mississippi at St. Louis. He was swimming with two companions near the mouth of Cahokia creek on the Illinois side, and they all three were drawn into a whirlpool and Salome and Alexander Ablen were drowned.
Nafe Salome, Kirksville, Missouri, The Kirksville Journal, 1901 Jul 18, p. 1, col. 3
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GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR BONNIE SALSBERRY
Graveside services for Bonnie Sue Salsberry, eight-month-old daughter of Edwin and Margie (Davis) Salsberry, of Novinger, route 1, who died in a Kirksville hospital Saturday afternoon, were held in the Green Castle cemetery yesterday afternoon at three o’clock.
Bonnie Sue Salsberry, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 30 Jul 1951, p. 3, col. 4, Monday
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MISS ELLEN SAMPLE DEAD
Funeral Services Conducted by Rev. F. H. Byrne Tuesday
Miss Ellen M. Sample was born at Mt. Zion, Iowa, May 4, 1868. She died at Granger, Mo., March 7, 1938. She was the youngest child of David and Margaret R. Sample. Her father and mother and four of her brothers preceded her in death. Only one brother remains, John S. Sample, of Granger.
She has lived in Missouri since 1870 and in Granger the past 47 years being possibly the oldest continuous resident of that town.
For the past 20 years she had been totally blind. She united with the Methodist church at Granger March 18, 1888. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Methodist church in Granger, conducted by Rev. F. H. Byrne. Burial was at Black Oak cemetery.
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Isaac Sample Death Saturday Morning
It was with regret that friends learned on Saturday morning, February 19 of the death of our esteemed friend, Isaac Sample, who passed away after a brief illness at his home in the east part of town. Mr. Sample suffered a fractured limb sometime ago and never fully recovered from the injury and during his last illness he endured with fortitude great suffering from blood poisoning – the indirect result of the fractured limb.
Mr. Sample was held in the highest esteem by a host of acquaintances throughout the city and county.
Previous to moving to Memphis, Mr. Sample lived on a farm southeast of Memphis.
Under the direction of Mr. Payne, the funeral services were held at the home on Monday, February 21 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, conducted by Elder Eaton, pastor of the Christian Church assisted by Rev. E. M. Nesbitt of the Presbyterian.
The following obituary was handed us by the officiating minister:
Isaac N. Sample was born in Ontario County, Canada, Oct. 18, 1837, and died February 19, 1921, aged 83 years, 4 months and 4 days.
He leaves his wife, one brother in Spokane, Wash., and one brother and sister in Spring Valley, Minn.
He came to Missouri in 1860 and had lived in Scotland County for 61 years. He was a member of the Christian Church in this city.
Isaac N. Sample, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 24 Feb 1921, p. 1, col. 3
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JOHN S. SAMPLE, 87, IS DEAD
Had Lived in Granger the Past Few Years
John S. Sample, 87, retired farmer who had lived at Granger the past few years, died Wednesday, April 19, at 1:40 p.m. in the home of his son, Frank Sample, at New London, Iowa.
Born June 15, 1862, in Mount Zion, Iowa, he spent his life as a farmer near Granger.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Frances Sample of Granger; six sons, Frank of New London, Charles of Iowa City, Chester of Los Angeles, and Arthur, Fred and Ernest of Kerville, Texas; and two daughters, Mrs. Lola Davison and Mrs. Merle Rude of Memphis.
The funeral was held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Granger Methodist church with Rev. C. J. Chappell officiating. Burial was in Black Oak cemetery.
Pall bearers were five sons and a nephew, Rex Sample.
Masonic services were given with P. O. Sansberry of Wyaconda delivering the funeral charge.
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Mrs. Lora Sampson, of Near Elmer, Dies
Lora Sampson died last Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. at her home west of Elmer after a lingering illness of 9 ½ years, according to the Macon Chronicle.
She was born in Macon County April 9, 1897, the daughter of Joseph M. and Anganetta Bailey; and on February 18, 1919, she was united in marriage to John G. Sampson.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Sampson is survived by two sons—John G., Jr., Army Air Corps, Robins Field, Georgia, and Drew, of Elmer; her father and mother, of Kirksville; four brothers, Norris, Fred and Joe of Denver, Colorado, and Harry, of Ether; four sisters, Viva Williams, of Elmer, Edith Arterburn, of Union, Iowa, Alma Henderson, of Kirksville, and Ruby Quillen of Alburquerque, N. M.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the Elmer Christian Church. Interment will be in Bunce cemetery, under the direction of the McCollum Funeral Home.
Lora Sampson, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 24 Mar 1944, p. 3, col. 5
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Mrs. Lora Sampson, Elmer Resident, Died Wednesday
Mrs. Lora Sampson of near Elmer, died at her home there Wednesday afternoon of last week. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Elmer Christian Church. Interment was made in the Bunce cemetery under the direction of the McCollum Funeral Home.
She was born in Macon County April 9, 1897, the daughter of Joseph M. and Anganetta Bailey; and on February 18, 1919 she was united in marriage to John G. Sampson.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Sampson is survived by two sons—John G., Jr., Army Air Corps, Robin Field, Georgie, and Drew, of Elmer; her father and mother, of Kirksville; four brothers, Norris, Fred and Joe, Denver, Colorado, and Harry, of Ethel; four sisters, Viva Williams of Elmer, Edith Arterburn, of Union, Iowa, Alma Henderson, og [sic] Kirksville, Alma Henderson [sic], of Kirksville, que [sic], N. M.
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MARY SAMUEL, MARION COUNTY NATIVE, DIES
Death Comes At Daughter’s Home Here; She was 89.
Mrs. Mary Martin Samuel, 89, native of Marion County, died suddenly at 5 o’clock Friday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. D. Spindler, with whom she had been living for the past three years. Mrs. Samuel had been in failing health for about two years.
Mrs. Samuels was the daughter of William Martin and Pauline (Roberts) Hainline, pioneer settlers in Marion County. She attended the Elm Woods school in that vicinity and was a member of the Baptist Bethel Church. In 1870 she was married to William Ellery Samuel, and they moved to a farm near Emerson. They later moved to a farm in the northwestern part of Marion County where they were living at the time of Mr. Samuel’s death in March, 1921. Mrs. Samuel lived in Ewing before coming to Kirksville. She was a member of the Ladies Missionary Society at Ewing.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. C. D. Spindler, of 711 E. Pierce Street, and Mrs. A. T. Stewart, of Ewing; 13 grandchildren, and 27 great grandchildren. In addition to her husband Mrs. Samuel was preceded in death by a son and a daughter.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Ewing Baptist Church. Interment will be in the Ewing Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sameul’s granddaughter, Mrs. E. J. Hill, and Mr. Hill, of Chicago, and her grandson, Dr. R. D. Smoot, also of Chicago, have arrived in Kirksville to attend the funeral services. Other relatives are expected.
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ROBERT H. SAMUELS, DIES, AGED 66 YEARS
Robert H. Samuels, a retired farmer, died at his home, 315 West Dodson street, at 6:30 o’clock this morning following an illness which dated back to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered last spring. He was 66 years old.
He was one of the oldest persons born in this county, having been born on August 6, 1854 and lived continuously on the old home place, 4 ½ miles southwest of Kirksville, until last April when he came to Kirksville. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Samuels, early settlers in this county.
He was married to Teressa Lemons in October, 185 [sic, see below], who died in 1888. To this union was born four children, three of whom are living. They are, Dr. Hugh Samuels of Toronto, Canada, Dr. Carl Samuels of Baker, Ore., and Harley Samuels of this city. He was again married on April 27, 1892, to May Selby, who survives. By this marriage there are two surviving children, Mrs. Cecil Dover who lives on the old home place, and Miss Nina Samuels who resides at home.
Mr. Samuels has been a framer all his life and well and favorably known to a large number of Adair county citizens.
The funeral arrangements will not be completed until the sons are heard from.
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Adair County, Missouri Marriage Records indicate Robert Samuels married Resser A. Lemons 17 Oct 1875
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MRS. LUCINDA SANBORN DIES AT AGE OF 92
Funeral and Burial at Connelsville Yesterday.
Mrs. Lucinda Sanborn, 92, one of the oldest native born residents of Adair County, died Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home of her son, Edward Sanborn, with whom she made her home in Connelsville. Although very frail she had managed to be up and able to walk around the house until two weeks ago when she became bedfast.
Funeral services and burial were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the Connelsville church.
Mrs. Sanborn, whose maiden name was Lucinda Keller, was born near the Adair-Macon county line south of Kirksville, and had spent all of her life in Adair County with the exception of a few years when she lived in Kansas. She was married first to Dave Abernathy and it was after this marriage that she moved to Kansas. Her second husband was Daniel Sanborn, a civil war veteran. He has been dead several years. She was the last member of her family, all of her brothers and sisters having preceded her in death.
She leaves four children as follows: I. B. Abernathy, of Smith Center, Kan.; Edward Sanborn, of Connelsville; Charles Sanborn, of Novinger, and Mrs. R. A. Brown who lives on a farm between Novinger and Connelsville.
Mrs. Sanborn had made her home with her son since her husband’s death. She lived in Kirksville for a good many years, having moved with her son to Connelsville about six years ago.
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Died
Warren P., the sixteen months old child of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sanborn, died suddenly at the home of Mrs[.] Rachel Pitkin, of this city, Tuesday evening, July 30, 1901.
The parents live in St. Joseph, Mo., and Mrs. Sanborn came here a few weeks ago to spend the heated term with her mother, Mrs. Pitkin. The child did not seem very well the past week, but there was nothing in its symptoms to excite alarm until a few hours before its death when convulsions set in, and death soon followed in spite of careful nursing and the skill of the attending physician. It was the first-born and household pet and its sudden death was a terrible blow to the parents and a great shock to their Memphis friends. Mr. Sanborn arrived on the noon train yesterday and the body was taken last evening to Ottumwa, Iowa, for interment.
Warren P. Sanborn, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 1 Aug 1901
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Sarah Ann Sandefur Died Wednesday Near Greentop
Funeral service were held Saturday afternoon at the Church of Christ in Pollock for Sarah Ann Sandefur, 84, who died Wednesday at the home of her son, Arthur Sandefur, of near Greentop. Interment was made in the Scobee cemetery.
She was the daughter of Jesse M. and Bethana Chappell and was born April 11, 1860, in South Missouri. She was married to John A. Sandefur an March 29, 1883, and they spent their entire life in Sullivan County. Six children were born to them, Pleasant, Arthur, Alta, Clarence, Aldean, and Earl. One daughter, Alta died in infancy, a son, Pleasant, died May 24, 1935; ad [sic] her husband died July 25, 1924. Since his death she has made her home with her children.
She is survived by three sons, Arthur of Greentop, Clarnece of Pollock, Earl of Denver Colo., one daughter, Aldean Eggert of Brookfield; and nine grandchildren.
Mrs. Sandefur became a member of the Church of Christ at an early age and continued a devoted Christian.
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Mrs. Wm. L. Sanders Buried At The Brock Cemetery Tuesday
Adelaide Piper daughter of William and Phoebe Piper was born as Oswego, New York September 30, 1852 and departed this life November 11, 1923.
When quite young she moved with her parents to Keokuk, Iowa. On February 23, 1878, she was united in marriage in Clark County to William L. Sanders of Van Buren County, Iowa.
To this union were born three daughters: Lizzie, now Mrs. Ira Woods; Alma, who died in infancy; and Eva, now Mrs. Fred Southmayd. One nephew, Karl Bittner, whose mother was a sister of the deceased, came to the home at the age of five months and was reared there to manhood.
She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Woods of Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. Eva Southmayd of Scotland County; one nephew, Karl and Hollis Bittner of Scotland County; one sister, Mrs. Mabel Houser of Bonaparte, Ia.; two brothers, Bert Piper of Huron, South Dakota, Will Piper of Chicago, Ill; four grandchildren; Mrs. Charles Schultz of Coldwater, Michigan, Mrs. Adelaide Johnson, Lee and Clare Woods, all of Toledo, Ohio.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. James Schultz of Granger, Tuesday. Burial in the Brock Cemetery.
Adelaide (Piper) Sanders, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 15 Nov 1923
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Bessie C. infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Sanders died at the home of Mrs. L. J. Wagner, Nov. 28, 1889, aged 3 years, 3 months and 9 days. This is the second little girl they have lost in the last few years. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Bessie C. Sanders, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 5 Dec 1889, p. 3, col. 4
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MRS. BLANCHE SANDERS DIES AT LA PALTA
85-Year-Old Woman Had Been Bedfast 2 ½ Years.
Special to The Dail Express.
La Plata, Mo., Dec. 20—Mrs. Blanche Sanders, 85 years old, died at her home here this morning after a long illness.
She had been bedfast for over two and one-half years due to general debilities of age.
She was the widow of August Sanders, who died Aug. 28, 1932.
The funeral will be held at her home at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Fred L. Hudson, pastor of the La Plata Community Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in the Myers Cemetery at Queen City.
Mrs. Sanders was born Oct. 18, 1850 near Locust Grove, Ohio. She married August Sanders Nov. 26, 1869 and five children were born to them.
Surviving are the four daughters, Mrs. M. G. Prough, Kirksville; Mrs. Laura Beck and Mrs. Bert Kaster, La Plata; Mrs. Claude Beck, Atwood, Kan., one son, Luther Sanders, Freewater [now Milton-Freewater], Ore., eleven grandchildren and twelve great grand-children.
Mrs. Sanders united with the Baptist Church at Antioch, Ohio, March 22, 1889. She was a member of the Queen City church at the time of her death.
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Found On Santa Fe Tracks
Charles Sanders, 42 year old colored man, was found dead on the Santa Fe tracks west of Wyaconda in Scotland County Sunday morning. He had apparently been run over by a train.
His body was removed to Wyaconda and Dr. P. M. Baker, coroner, was called. A bill fold was found in his shirt pocket containing a Social Security card giving his name and his address as being 2115 Campbell, Kansas City.
He was thought to have been one of a crew of men working on the Santa Fe gang at Baring.
His body was shipped to Kansas City yesterday.
Charles Sanders, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 19 Jun 1947, p. 1, col. 2
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CONNELSVILLE WOMAN DIES AT AGE OF 67
Mrs. Daisy Gertrude Sanders Resident of Vicinity Since 1910
Mrs. Daisy Gertrude Sanders, 67, of Connelsville, died at her home this morning at 5:45.
The body is at the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson, and funeral arrangements will be announced later.
She was the daughter of Coleman and Dora (Mikel) Decker, and was born in Adair county Sept. 3, 1885. She was married to J. W. Sanders Nov. 9, 1907.
Surviving are her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Hazel Daniels, of Aurora, Ill., Mrs. Juaneta Wallace, Olalla, Wash., and Mrs. Odeta Porter, of Chicago, Ill.; three brothers, Lawrence Decker, of Chicago, Lester, of Connelsville, and Leland, of Aurora, Ill.; three sisters, Mrs. Lola Lay, of Kirksville, Mrs. Rethi Wheeler, of Kewanee, Ill., Mrs. Rena Phillips, Ft. Smith, Ark., and eight grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter and one brother.
Mrs. Sanders lived in the Connelsville community since 1910. She moved there from Queen City. She was a member of the Connelsville Baptist Church.
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MRS. HATTIE E. SANDERS DIES IN KIRKSVILLE
Resident of Paris, Mo., Mother of Mrs. Philip J. Fowler
Mrs. Hattie Elizabeth (Rogers) Sanders, of Paris, mother of Mrs. Philip J. Fowler of Kirksville, died Monday afternoon in a Kirksville hospital following a long illness. She had been in the hospital here for two and a half years.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock at the Speed and Blakey Funeral Home in Paris. The rites will be read by the Rev. Ralph Woodward, president of Central College at Fayette. He is a former pastor of the Methodist Church at Paris. Interment will be in the family lot in Walnut Grove cemetery at Paris.
Mrs. Sanders had been a resident of Monroe county her entire lifetime and was born January 12, 1872. She was married Feb. 19, 1891, to E. G. Sanders who died in 1946.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Fowler, she is survived by one granddaughter, Mrs. Dale E. Richardson, two great grandsons, three brothers, M. I. Rogers, and J. S. Rogers, of Shelbina, and J. B. Rogers, of Oklahoma City, Okla., and several nieces and nephews.
She was a member of the Methodist Church at Paris, Chapter Y, P. E. O. Sisterhood and the Rebekah Lodge.
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FUNERAL FOR J. R. SANDERS TO BE THURSDAY
Green City Man Died at Age of 85 Tuesday Afternoon
Green City, Mo., Aug. 20. (Special)—Jacob R. Sanders, 85, died at his home here late yesterday afternoon.
A brief funeral service will be held at the home here at one o’clock Thursday afternoon after which the body will be taken to the Shibley’s Point church where the main funeral service will be held at 2:30 conducted by Elder Clyde Johnson. Interment will be in the Green Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Sanders was the son of Richard and Eliza Sanders and was born May 18, 1862 at Shibley’s Point. He was married to Miss Ella Trainer on Feb. 23, 1890. Five children were born to this marriage.
He is survived by his wife, the five children, Mrs. Grace Lawson, of Brashear, Mrs. Chloe Roseberry, of Shibley’s Point, Claude M. Sanders, of Kirksville, Mrs. Cassie Seals, of Ottumwa, Ia., and Jessie Sanders, of Green City; twelve grandchildren, eight great grandchildren; two brothers, Thomas and William Sanders; and three sisters, Mrs. Minerva Elsea, Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels and Mrs. Hannah Elsea.
For the last thirteen years Mr. Sanders has been living in Green City. Most of his life has been spent on a farm near Shibley’s Point.
His grandsons will be the pallbearers.
Jacob R. Sanders, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 20 Aug 1947, p. 2, col. 2, Wednesday
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KATE SANDERS, 84 YEARS OLD, DIES AT HOME
Funeral Services Are Scheduled for Thursday Afternoon
Mrs. Kate Sanders, 84, died Monday evening at her home at 609 N. High. Funeral services will be held Thursday, a short service at the Dee Riley Funeral Home at 1:00 p.m., followed by the main service at the Mulberry Church at 2:00 p.m., conducted by Rev. Fred L. Hudson, La Plata. Interment will be in the Mulberry cemetery.
Mrs. Sanders was the daughter of John and Mary E. (Snyder) Miley and was born March 17, 1867 in Adair county. She was married to Henry H. Sanders on Feb. 10, 1889, and to this marriage three children were born.
Mrs. Sanders was preceded in death by her husband, who died March 14, 1931, one son, one brother and one sister.
She is survived by two sons, Claude H. Sanders and Carl Sanders, both of Kirksville, one sister, Mrs. Isaac (Mary) Novinger, Kirksville: four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Sanders was one of the first members of the Mulberry Presbyterian Church, and had been an active member of the Good Cheer Bible Class of the Kirksville Presbyterian Church until her health failed.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral home. Bearers: Kermit Sanders, Donald Sanders, Lee Roy Miller, Glen Novinger, James Miley, and John J. Milley, Jr.
Kate Sanders, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 10 Apr 1951, p. 5, col. 5, Tuesday
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Services For Mrs. Mary Sanders Held Tuesday
Mrs. Mary L. Sanders, 100, died about 12:30, Sunday afternoon at the home of her nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wagner, where she had made her home for about 40 years.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon, January 28, from the Payne Chapel with the Rev. J. Joseph Trower officiating. Burial in the Memphis cemetery.
Body bearers were J. A. Daggs, Ben Hertenstein, Glen Fugate, Herb Prather, Geo. Moore and B. O. Reeves.
Born April 12, 1857, just northwest of Memphis, she was the daughter of Levi J. and Mary E. Wagner. She was married to Colonel Culvin F. Sanders on January 11, 1877. He died Dec. 2, 1918.
She was also preceded in death by three daughters. She was a member of the Memphis Presbyterian church and over 50 years a member of Chapter C, P.E.O.
She was honored on her 100th birthday with a party given by the members of the Memphis P.E.O. chapter, and by a tea in the basement of the Presbyterian church, sponsored by the ladies of the church.
Mary L. Sanders, From Unknown Newspaper, 30 Jan 1958
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MRS. CLAUDE SANDERS DIES HERE, AGED 38
Had Been Ill Three Years; Funeral Sunday.
Mrs. Opal Sanders, 38, wife of Claude H. Sanders, secretary of the Kirksville Building & Loan Association, died last night at 9:40 o’clock in a local hospital.
Death was attributed to a complication of heart and kidney ailments. She had been in impaired health for three years.
Mrs. Sanders was under hospital care around the first of the month but became able to return to her home at 414 South Halliburton Street. She became progressively worse, however, and when she developed a sudden critical turn yesterday morning was taken back to the hospital.
The funeral will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Sunday conducted by the Rev. B. N. Covert, pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
Burial will be made in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Sanders, nee Opal C. Darr, was born Jan. 17, 1898, on a farm near Youngstown, Adair County, Mo., a daughter of Daniel F. and Versa F. Darr. Early in life she went with her parents and family to Richmond, Okla., where they remained until 1905, when they returned to Adair County. She had been a resident of this county since that year.
She attended Porter School and later attended the Chillicothe Business College.
She was married to Claude H. Sanders Oct. 27, 1920 and they made their home in Kirksville. To this union were born two children, Frances W. and Donald C.
Mrs. Sanders united with the Chillicothe, Mo., Christian Church and later transferred her membership to the Presbyterian Church of this city where she served as a faithful member until her death.
Surviving are her husband and two children, her father and mother, two sisters, Mrs. Ruby A. Peterson of Kirksville, and Marie, of Kirksville; one brother, Virgil C., of Kirksville. One brother, George, preceded her in death.
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MRS. SARAH E. SANDERS DIES AT AGE OF 85
Succumbs at Home of Daughter North of Connelsville.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Sanders, 85-year-old resident of Adair County, died at 7:30 o’clock yesterday evening at the home of her daughter Mrs. Bert Elsea, of north of Connelsville.
Although she had been in failing health some time, Mr. [Mrs.] Sanders had been seriously ill only since last Wednesday, and had been bedfast only since Friday. Death was attributed to general infirmities of advanced age.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at Green Grove Church, conducted by Rev. James F. Miller, assisted by Rev. Archie Cooper. Burial will be in Green Grove Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Albert Lawson, Dalton Roseberry, Jesse Sanders, Claude Sanders, Lloyd Reese and Bernice Lawson.
Mrs. Sanders was born Sept. 14, 1855, in Lee County, Iowa, the daughter of Felix and Ercella Deyoe Atkinson.
On Jan. 30, 1873, she was married to Thomas J. Sanders. In the fall of 1874, Mr. and Mrs. Sanders moved to Adair County and they lived here the rest of their lives. Eight children were born to this union. Mr. Sanders died Dec. 3, 1926.
Ever since moving to Missouri, Mrs. Sanders had lived in the same school district in Adair County. For the past five years she had lived with her daughter, Mrs. Bert Elsea.
Mrs. Sanders was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Shibley’s Point.
She is survived by five children, Mrs. J. D. Hatfield, of Connelsville; Mrs. Bert Elsea, of north of Connelsville; Joseph J. Sanders, of Stahl; Lemuel T. Sanders, of Powersville; and Irvin Sanders, of Stahl; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Frad, of Portland, Ore.; and Mrs. Laura Kent, Gravity, Ia.; nine grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
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Thomas R. Sanders’ Body Arrived From France; Military Funeral Sunday
MET HIS DEATH IN FRANCE SEPTEMBER 28, 1918
Body Arrived Friday Morning from Hoboken. Funeral in Charge of the Verne Stone Post of the American Legion. Former Chaplain Conducts Services.
The body of Thomas R. Sanders, Jr., late of Co. A. 138th Infantry arrived from France Friday morning via Antwerp, Belgium, Hoboken, and Chicago escorted by Corporal H. Tredway.
Funeral services were in charge of the Verne Stone Post of the American Legion of this place. A short service was held at the home and due to the crowd of over a thousand people, who came to pay tribute to the soldier who gave his life for his country, the services were held on the lawn of the Sanders home. A very appropriate talk was made by Rev. Richard A. Hatch, a comrade and friend of John B. Sanders, a brother of Thomas R. Rev. Hatch was a chaplain in the army and tent mate of John Sanders while in the service. Rev. Hatch was assisted by Rev. Nesbitt, of this city.
Immediately following the short service at the home interment was made in the Memphis Cemetery with military honors conducted by the American Legion.
The firing squad saluted the body and taps was sounded by Bugler Joe Witt. About thirty members of the Legion were in Uniform.
About 100 members of the I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 104 attended the funeral in a body.
The pall bearers were Phillip Payne, Jack Daggs, Wade Critz, Joe Neese, Harry Lee Board and Bryan McQuoid.
The decedent, Thomas R. Sanders, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Sanders of this city, was killed in action near Baulny, France, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive Sept. 28, 1918. Tom enlisted a few days after war was declared with Germany and was for a considerable length of time stationed at Jefferson Barracks before he was sent to France.
A Post of the American Legion has been organized in St. Louis in honor of Thomas Sanders.
Thomas R. Sanders, Jr., Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 22 Sep 1921, p. 1, col. 3 & 4
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The body of Thomas R. Sanders Jr., arrived here Friday morning Sept. 16, from France, where he was killed in the World War on Sept. 28, 1918. Funeral services were held at his home on Sunday, Sept. 18. Pall bearers were J. A. Daggs, Philip Payne, Wade Critz, Joe Neese, Harry Lee Board and Bryan McQuoid.
Thomas R. Sanders, Jr., From Unknown Newspaper, 1921
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William Lee Sanders, was born at Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa, October 14, 1857, and passed away at his home near Brock, on April 6, 1929, at the time of his death being 72 years, 5 months and 23 days old.
On Feb. 23, 1878, he was united in marriage to Adelaide Piper, who preceded him in death on Nov. 11, 1923.
To this union were born three children, one dying in infancy. Thirty years ago he moved from the state of Iowa and located on the farm where he departed this life. He was well known in the immediate community by a large number of friends who esteemed him for many loveable characteristics. During his sickness for over one year, he was appreciative of the many little kindnesses shown.
Besides his two children: Mrs. Ira Woods of Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. Fred Southmayd of Memphis, he leaves to mourn his nephew, Karl Bittner, whom he raised from infancy, who with his wife tenderly cared for him the last years of his life, besides four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, one brother, Robert L. Sanders of Bonaparte, Iowa, two sisters, Maggie Sage Hay’s springs, Nebr., and Mrs. G. D. Cox of Kansas City, Mo., and a host of other relatives and friends.
The funeral service was conducted at the Brock Methodist Church, Monday, April 8, at 2:30 p.m. in the presence of a large concourse of friends, Rev. Rose Olsen officiating, assisted by Arthur S. Olsen. Interment was in the Brock cemetery where his remains were laid to rest. May God bless and comfort the bereaved family.
The Brock choir sang four selections: “It is Well With my Soul,” “The Old rugged Cross,” “Face to Face,” and “Have Thine Own Way Lord.”
The pall bearers were Roy Smith, Earl Kutzner, Ed Bechtol, John Eggleston, Bobby Lancaster, and Will Glover.
William Lee Sanders, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 11 Apr 1929
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MRS. ANNIE SANDRETTO DIES IN INDIANA
Body Being Brought Here for Funeral On Friday
Mrs. Annie Sandretto, 84, died early this morning at the home of her son, James, in Charleston, Ind., where she had been making her home the past five years. She had been in failing health for several years.
The body will arrive at the Davis Funeral Home, 202 E. Washington, Thursday afternoon and rosary will be said at 7:30 that evening by Rev. J. F. Kenny. The body will remain at the funeral home until the funeral hour.
Funeral services will be held at Mary Immaculate Church Friday morning at 9:30 conducted by Rev. Fr. Kenny. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery.
She was born in Italy on Sept. 15, 1868. Her husband and one daughter preceded her in death.
Surviving are four sons, Pete and Charles, of St. Louis, and James and Louis, of Kirksville, one daughter, Mrs. Anna Pavesic, also of Kirksville; 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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TO HOLD RITES SATURDAY FOR L. SANDRETTO
Native of Italy Died in Hospital Here Thursday
Louis Sandretto, 81, of 1009 N. Centennial street, died Thursday afternoon at one o’clock in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. T. W. Jolly, pastor of the First Christian Church. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Sandretto was born in Italy, Jan. 9, 1866 and came to the United States when he was twenty-one years of age. He landed in New York and later came to Illinois and worked in the mines. Later he moved to Novinger and in 1914 to Kirksville.
He was married at Joliet, Ill., April 21, 1890 to Anna Sandretto and to this marriage six children were born. One daughter preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Anna Pavesic, of Kirksville; four sons, James, of Charlestown, Ind., Pete and Charles, of St. Louis and Louis Jr., of Kirksville; eleven grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be: John Degard, Tony Zucchi, Ed Crnic, Charley Marts, Richard Goghill and Robert Pavesic.
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OBITUARY
W. J. Sandry was born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin, Sept. 11, 1846. His parents were from England, his father a Methodist minister, died suddently [sic] of heart trouble leaving his wife with five living children of which William John was the oldest, and he only eleven years old. He went to work on a farm, driving oxen and doing any farm work that a boy of his size could do to help his mother support and educate her children.
He came to Kirksville in 1867 and entered the Normal for a term and then taught a term in the country.
At the close of his school he re-entered the Normal for a time, after which he taught what is known as the Bald Knobs school which closed in October. On the first day of Novembre [sic], 1868 he was united in marriage with Caltha Capps daughter of Henry Capps, and settled on a farm not far from his father-in-laws [sic] home where he resided during his life. Of this union seven children were born, six daughters and one son, all of whome [sic] are living. Also Brother Sandry has one brother in N. D., and a sister in Nashville, Tenn., to morn with his bereaved wife rand [sic] children.
Brother Sandry was converted June 26, 1870 and joined the C. P. church July 31st, 1870, and ever lived a consistent Christian life. He deeded land for a for a [sic] Methodist churhc [sic] near his home and about 1886, he transferred his membership to the Methodist church. He was Superintendent of the Sunday school for nine years, never absent but one Sunday and then he was a delegate to the State Sunday school convention at Chillicothe, Mo. This shows how faithful he was in any and every thing in which he engaged.
Brother Sandry has been a personal acqaintance [sic] and friend of mine ever since he came to Kirksville and I have always been deeply interested in his welfare and success in life. It has ever done me good to meet him and he always was the same, meeting me with a genial smilee [sic] which made me feel that he was a true friend, which he was, not only to me but to all and to every thing right, and for the good and up building of the community in which he lived and for these he ever earnestly labored. At the time of his death he and his son were partners in the stock raising business together. Brother Sandry was a peace loving, quiet man, yet interested to see the right, the true, the good and beautiful and that which is lovely, prevail. He was one of our best citizens a most faithful, loving and affectionate husband and father and a true friend but now he is gone from us, gone from the active, busy scenes of this life into that house of mansions, eternal in the heavens which Jesus had gone to prepare in that city, through whose streets flows the river of life with the trees of life upon both banks, a city into which nothing unclaen [sic] can ever enter, where the inhabitants will never say, “I am sick.” How dark our side of this picture but how bright Brother Sandry’s. “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth; yea saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.” A large audience was in attendance at the funeral, more than could be crowded into the church notwithstanding the awufl [sic] stale of the roads which were almost impassable. This showed the high esteem and appreciation of the commnity [sic] in the deceased and his family. The funeral services were conducted by the writer. All the family were present except two daughters in California, too far away to reach home.
On March 9, 1906 the mortal part of our dear brothre [sic] was laid to rest in Green Castle Cemetery. W. P. Nason
William John Sandry, Novinger, Missouri, Novinger Record, 13 Apr 1906, p. 8, col. 3 & 4
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SANFORD—Florence Sanford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hulet Sanford of this city, died Sunday morning, the 21st inst., of Typoid [sic] fever, aged 15 years.
After a short illness this merciless and relentless disease has claimed another victim in our town. This time the grim messenger takes from us a home idol, and an honored member of the public schools. This affliction falls heavily upon the family. The loss is irreparable to them, and is keenly felt by classmates, associates and friends who loved her many noble traits of character. The funeral services were conducted at the family residence on Monday, by the Rev. Gregory, after which the body was laid to rest in the cemetery east of town, in the presence of a large concourse of sympathizing friends.
Florence Sanford, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 25 Nov 1886, p. 3, col. 3
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THOMAS SANFORD.
Thomas Sanford died very suddenly this morning in the flat above Whitfield’s drug store. He was a roomer there in the family of conductor Webster, and had been with them for the past three weeks. It seems that Sanford had been complaining of Bright’s disease ever since he had been in the city and this morning said he felt worse. Some time after he had been about the house he suddenly fell to the floor. Dr. Brenner was hastily summoned but the man was breathing his last when the physician arrived. Apoplexy probably brought about the end. The coroner decided to hold an inquest tomorrow morning. –Quincy Journal, September 9th.
Mr. Sanford was born in Marion Co., ty [sic] Missouri, June 7th, 1838, being sixty-seven years of age at the time of his death. He was a veteran of the civil war having served in the ranks four years. After the war he lived in Colorado until about two years ago when he moved to Kahoka. He was a widower with two daughters who reside somewhere in the West. J. W. Sanford of this city is a brother of the deceased. The funeral and burial took place at Emerson, Mo., Monday, Sept. 11th.
Thomas Sanford, Kahoka, Missouri, Clark County Courier, 15 Sep 1905
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Walter L. Sarver Died At Bible Grove, Oct. 30
Walter Lee Sarver, son of William and Eliza Sarver was born near Falls of Rough, Ky., Jan. 6, 1885, and departed this life at his home near Bible Grove, Mo., Oct. 30, 1954, being 69 years, nine months and 24 days old.
In 1907 he was united in marriage to Ella White and to this union 4 sons and three daughters were born. Two of the daughters died in infancy, one son preceded him in death. His wife departed this life May 30, 1932.
He was united in marriage with Lela Salisbury, April 12, 1938 and he has lived in this community since that time, where he has made friends with all who knew him.
He leaves in his passing his wife, Lela, one daughter, Mrs. Thelma Balcer of Bloomington, Ill., three sons, Donald of Huntington Park, Calif., Sherley and Stanley of Peoria, Ill. Fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He also leaves four brothers, Jess of Albany, Ind., Joe of Cooksville, Ill., Less and Aden of Falls of Rough, Ky., and six sisters, Annie, Lottie and Beatrice living in Kentucky, Jennie of Bloomington, Ill., Bertha of Chicago, Zeta of Peru, Ind. One sister and two brothers having preceded him in death.
He has been a member of the Church of Christ since early manhood and was a faithful member at Bible Grove, doing all he could to live a Christian life and help others along life’s pathway. He leaves a vacancy in the church, a very sad home and many friends to mourn his passing.
Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ at Bible Grove, Monday, November 1, at 2 p.m. in charge of Rev. Lowell Manchester. Burial was in the Bible Grove cemetery. Body bearers were R. A. Norton, Harold Dunn, Harold Duncan, Gene Billington, Keith Dunn, and Floyd Thrasher, Jr.
Walter Lee Sarver, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 4 Nov 1954, p. 1, col. 7
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Mrs. Sasse Passes Away
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Blake received word of the death of his sister, Mrs. Norine Sasse of Moberly, Mo., October 7th.
Mr. and Mrs. Blake went to Moberly, Friday morning and returned Sunday night.
Funeral services were held Saturday, October 8th, at 1:30 p.m. at Moberly.
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Died
Saulsbury – John Saulsbury of Bible Grove died Monday the 16th inst. of consumption.
Deceased was an old and respected citizen of this county and had been afflicted some time with that fatal deceptious [sic] disease consumption. Slowly and surely the disease fastened upon his vitals, and finally death came as a release from his life and suffering and pain. One by one the old landmarks are passing away.
John Saulsbury, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 19 Nov 1885, p. 3, col. 3
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OBITUARY
Capt. Culvin F. Sauders [sic] was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, Dec. 22, 1840 and died at his home in Memphis, Mo. at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, 1918, following an illness of but a few days duration, aged 77 years, 11 months, and 10 days.
When a young man, Mr. Sanders graduated from the Louisville Law School and was admitted to the bar. Soon afterward he enlisted in the Confederate army, serving with great distinction for four years in the struggle between the states. He participated in several of the hottest battles of the war and was commissioned lieutenant, and later captain.
After the war he taught for ten years in Shelby County, Kentucky, then came to Memphis, Mo., where for two years he was superintendent of the public schools.
He became Assistant cashier of the Citizen’s Bank and was later elected circuit clerk of Scotland County, serving eight years. Since then he has been engaged in the insurance business and has been for a number of years justice of the peace of Jefferson Township.
In 1877 he was married to Miss Lizzie Wagner of Memphis, who survives him. Three children were born but all died quite young.
Captain Sanders was a genial, jovial, companionable, hospitable gentleman who enjoyed a very wide circle of friends who mourn his departure as a distinct loss. A public spirited man, he was deeply interested in the social, educational, and religious development of his town and community.
For many years he has been a prominent member of the M. E. Church, South, being at the time of his death the senior member of the official board of the church.
Funeral services will be held at the home this (Wednesday) afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. C. H. French, assisted by the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges of which the deceased was a faithful member.
The family has lost a kind loving member, the community a splendid citizen, and the church one of its strongest pillars. We shall not weep however but be stronger for having come in contact with his personality.
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DIED
At her home in North Gorin Feb. 22, 1905, Mrs. Inda Sawyer, wife of Levi M. Sawyer. The disease which in a few weeks of terrible suffering ended her life was, “Acute Puemonic Tuberlosis” commonly called “Galloping Consumption”, which defeated all the efforts of her physicians, Drs[.] B. H. Edelen and A. W. Sawyer to prolong her life, which at the first onset demonstrated to these medical men must be of short duration.
During the whole course of the disease J. B. Sawyer and wife and daughter Miss Mayme assisted constantly rendering ever assistance in their power to the afflicted one and her family. The ladies of North Gorin brought every comfort they thonght [sic] might add to her fast waning strength and help arrest the destroyer. They left nothing undone that tender hearts and gentle hands could do. Watching over her nightly until the end came. Her sisters, Mrs. Hattie Knight and Miss Mary Kelley of Vincennes, Ia. watched by her bed side constantly showing their love for the little sister passing beyond the stars[.] She leaves with her husband six small children the baby being only six months old. Her body was taken to Vincennes, Ia. Feb. 23, 1904 [sic], and on the 24th she was laid to rest among many of her kindred all victims of the same dread disease. She was a woman possessing many excellent qualities and among them an intense love for her home, family and kindred.
A. W. Sawyer
One by one the white-robed boatman
Takes them to their home on high,
And our dear home was broken.
When our mother said, “Good by.”
Mattie Montgomery
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Died.
Died at her home in North Gorin, Feb., 22, 1905, Mrs. India Sawyer of that dreaded disease, consumption. She leaves a husband and six children and a host of friends to mourn her loss. The remains were taken to Vincenne, Iowa for burrial [sic].
One by one the white robed
boatman takes them to their
home on high, and our dear
home was broken when our
dear mother said, “Good by.’
written by Mattie Montgomery.
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Obituary
Mrs. Dr. Sawyer died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ollie Beck, the 18th inst. Mrs. Sawyer has suffered long and patiently has been a sufferer for years, and bore her suffering heroically. She was s consistent member of the Baptist Church but has gone now to join the church triumphant. She leaves an aged husband, relatives and many friends to mourn their loss. After services conducted at the Baptist Church Thursday by Rev. G. W. Wilkerson she was buried in the Gorin cemetery. – Gorin Argus
Mrs. Sawyer, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 26 Feb 1903, p. 1, col. 8
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C. L. Sayer Dies Near Osceola, Mo.
Charles Leslie Sayer, son of George T. and Mary Francis (Huggans) Sayer was born July 4, 1888, and passed away at his home near Osceola, Mo., Sunday morning, November 30, 1952, at the age of 64 years.
In 1909 he married Senora May White, who survives. He also leaves two daughters and sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Yardley of Kansas City, and Doctors Basil and Opal McMillen also of Kansas City. One son, Virgil Eugene preceded him. There are five grandchildren, one great grandson, two aunts, Mrs. Ora Foster of Memphis, and Mrs. Myrtle Hogan of Ontario, Calif., one uncle, Jess Huggans, Denver, Colo., and many other relatives and friends.
He was a member of the Vista, Mo., Methodist church and was at the time of his death teacher of the Men’s Bible class.
The funeral services were held yesterday morning at 11 o’clock at Payne’s chapel.
Charles Leslie Sayer, From Unknown Newspaper, Nov 1952
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George T. Sayer Dead
George Thomas Sayer, youngest son of James and Angeline Sayer, was born March 11, 1861 at Brock, his present home, and died October 28, 1929, aged 68 years, 7 months and 17 days.
He was married to Mary F. Huggans, April 28, 1886. To this union was born one son, Charles L., who with the wife, are left to mourn the loss of a kind and affectionate husband and father; also two granddaughters, Opal and Beatrice Sayer, all of Scotland County; one sister Mrs. Rebecca Lancaster of Memphis and a large number of other relatives and friends who held him in high esteem as a neighbor and friend.
Mr. Sayer was a man public spirited and was interested in any improvement to his community. Especially was he interested in good roads which he lived to see come to fruition. Peace to his ashes.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at his home conducted by the Rev. C. K. Green and interment in Brock cemetery. Body bearers were William Glover, Fred Southmayd, John Eggleston, Roy Smith, Lloyd Aylward and Macy John.
George Thomas Sayer, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 31 Oct 1929
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Sayer – James Sayer died of consumption at his home in this city March 20th, 1889, after a lingering illness.
Deceased was an old and honored citizen of the county. He lived for many years on a farm in Union township and moved into this city about three years ago. The disease which finally caused his death had been preying upon him for a long time. All efforts to stay its progress were of no avail. Death claims its victim and robbed the family of a kind loving husband and father. Deceased was a fervent and zealous member of the Baptist church and died in the full hope of blissful rest beyond the grave. We tender the bereaved friends our sincere sympathy.
James Sayer, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 21 Mar 1889, p. 3, col. 5
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Mrs. Sonora Sayer Service Held Today
Mrs. Sonora May Sayer passed away February 27, 1961 at the Lakeside Hospital at Kansas City, Missouri. She has made her home with a daughter at Raytown, Missouri, the past nine years.
She was born November 6, 1890 in Hancock County, Illinois, the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Florence A. (Williams) White. She was the wife of Charles Leslie Sayer who preceded her in death, November 30, 1952. She was also preceded in death by an infant son, Virgil Eugene Sayer. She leaves two daughters and other relatives. Mrs. Sayer is a sister of Mrs. Daisy Hyde, and Mrs. Myrza Dannenhauer of Memphis.
Funeral services are being held this morning at 10:30 at the Payne Chapel.
Sonora May Sayer, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 2 Mar 1961
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SCARLET
Henry Scarlet, son of Lewis and Julia Scarlet, was born in Clark county, Mo., Feb. 15, 1882, and died April 11, 1926, at his home near Revere, Mo., being 44 years, 1 month and 20 days old.
He leaves to mourn his passing his father and five brothers and two sisters: W. H. of West Point, Ill.; Jas. of Des Moines, Iowa; Thomas of Topeka, Kansas; John of Christopher, Ill. and Arthur of Revere; Mrs. Amanda O’Neal of Grand Mound, Ia., and Mrs. James Kay of Keokuk, Ia.
He was a patient sufferer for many years but in all his suffering he bore it patiently and never complained.
The funeral was conducted by Rev. G. W. Ridley of Wayland and the interment was made in the Peakesville [sic] cemetery.
We commend the bereaved family to God who is sure to help them in time of sorrow and save from distress. G.W.R.
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Helen Clark Schabatka
Mrs. Helen Clark Schabatka, Huntington Beach, California, daughter of Glen and Merle Gundy Clark, born in Tampa, Texas, February 18, 1927, suffered fatal injuries and died after being struck by an automobile in Buena Park, California, on December 9, 1972.
Mrs. Schabatka, is survived by her husband, Paul, a son, Jack; a daughter, Connie; her parents, 2 sisters and a brother.
On December 13, 1972, memorial services were given in Huntington Beach, California, by the Women of the Huntington Beach Loyal Order of the Moose of which she was a Past Senior Regent. She held the title of College of Regents.
Funeral services were conducted by D. W. Payne & Sons, Friday, December 15, 1972, 1:00 P.M. from their Memphis Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiating. Body bearers were Alva Lancaster, J. Vic Smith, Paul Vern Gundy, Robert Hunolt, Glen Bloomfield, and Gerald Gundy. Interment was in the Memphis Cemetery.
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Mrs. Sarah Schantz died of paralysis at her home in this city, Wednesday evening, Nov. 28, 1894, after a short illness, aged 71 years, 11 months and 18 days.
Deceased was born in Amherst County, Virginia, Dec. 10, 1822 and moved to this county in 1851 and has resided here ever since except about two year spent at Willmathsville, Adair County, Missouri. She was left a widow with the care of small children in the early days of her residence here and by industry and frugality made a living for her little ones when others less resolute would have failed. In early life she united with the Methodist church – was a great reader of the Bible and current news, a good neighbor and mother, and will be mourned by the two surviving children and a large circle of friends. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. C. L. Hogue, were held at the family residence Friday, after which the body was laid to rest in the cemetery.
Sarah Schantz, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 6 Dec 1894, p. 3, col. 5
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Services Held For F. W. (Bill) Schell On Monday
F. W. (Bill) Schell, 86, of Memphis died Friday, January 14, 1972, at Scotland County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Elvaston, Illinois, March 27, 1885, a son of Frank and Elizabeth Much Schell.
On April 13, 1911, he was united in marriage to Pearl Anders. He was a retired farmer and a member of the St. John Catholic Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Mary) Yielding of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. John (Louise) Napoli of Richland, Washington; one son Henry L. of Chillicothe, Ill.; a sister Mrs. Bertha Grant of Memphis, Mo., five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife on Sept. 18, 1957, his parents, one brother and one sisiter [sic].
Services were held from St. John’s Catholic Church, Memphis, Missouri, Tuesday, January 18 at 10:00 A.M. Father Thomas Dolan officiating.
Body bearers were: Vic Orf, Ronald Boyer, Wallace Boyer, Jess Rockhold, Lee Walker and Glen Walker.
Interment was the Memphis Cemetery.
Rosary was Monday, January 17, at 8:00 p.m. at Gerth and Baskett Chapel.
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HENRY H. SCHENK, 83, DIES
Farmer Inventor Passes Away in Kirksville Nursing Home
Henry H. Schenk,83, retired Scotland county farmer and inventor, died at 6 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31, in the Kirksville Nursing home, after a lingering illness.
Funeral rites for Mr. Schenk were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday from the Payne Chapel, Rev. Edward L. Beall officiating. Burial was in Memphis cemetery.
Born in 1869 in Morning Sun, Ia.; a son of Mrs. and Mrs. David Schenk, Sr., the deceased had lived in Memphis for more than 50 years. In 1894, near Waterloo, Ia., he married Miss Elsie Wilson, who died in 1930. His older brother, Adam, two other brothers, and two sisters preceded him in death.
When Mr. Schenk was 11, his parents purchased and moved to a farm northwest of Memphis. After many years as a farmer he became a merchant at Crawford Station and later on at Memphis.
Throughout his lifetime he advocated trade economy, cooperation, and industrial efficiency. His inventive genius was widely known. He invented an excavation machine for drainage work in the Fabius River bottoms, where he owned considerable acreage.
In 1903 he was granted a patent for his specially designed traction truck, which became the forerunner of the modern army tank, caterpillar tractor, and the bulldozer. In 1895 he designed and demonstrated the first local road drag.
Mr. Schenk had several other inventions to his credit, the principle of some of which are in use today.
Believing that the rural school should be a community center, he strove to make it so, being a prime mover in construction of the North Liberty School, which has become a community center as well as school.
His lifelong interest in community and national affairs was actuated by a courageous spirit that accepted difficulty and disappointment as challenges to ever-greater effort.
Survivors are two sons, Karl, Reno, Nev., and Loren, Memphis; one brother, David, Jr., and a sister, Mrs. John Wolf, both of Memphis; three grandsons, Frank, Gault and O’Henry Schenk; a granddaughter, Mrs. Paul Boise, Jr., three great granddaughters and two great-grandsons.
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ADAM SCHENK IS DEAD
WAS BOOSTER FOR MEMPHIS AND COMMUNITY FOR THIRTY YEARS
J. Adam Schenk, for many years a well-known, progressive citizen of Memphis, died Saturday, July 20, at Davenport, Iowa, where he had lived the past 24 years, at 4 o’clock p.m.
The body was brought to Memphis Sunday and funeral services were held at the Payne Chapel Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Interment was in the Memphis cemetery.
The pall bearers were Senator J. E. Luther, John T. Brann, A. Ammerman, Chas. Swift, Walter B. Scott and George Simon. Services were conducted by Rev. Harlan H. Naylor, pastor of the county Presbyterian churches. Mrs. Hearl Greeno sang, accompanied by Miss Marilyn Wiegner.
Mr. Schenk was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. David Schenk, Sr. He grew up on the Schenk farm northwest of Memphis. When a young man he came to Memphis, attended high school and later was employed in the Farmers Exchange Bank, being advanced to the position of assistant cashier of the bank, which place he held for a number of years.
Mr. Schenk was progressive and a town booster always. For a number of years he was city clerk under the late Dr. N. A. Thompson, who served as mayor three terms.
When the present court house was built, Mr. Schenk was chairman of the committee which raised the funds to put in the town clock. He wanted the best clock in northeast Missouri and worked dilligently [sic] in obtaining money for this purpose. The big expense in town clocks is in the cost of the bell metal. The works are more uniform in price, and Mr. Schenk was anxious that the Scotland county clock should be large with a big bell so it could be heard for miles around. Long after sufficient funds had been raised to install a clock, Mr. Schenk kept on soliciting, getting dollars, halves and quarters wherever possible, this extra money going into the purchase of a larger bell for the clock. As a result of his interest and enthusiasm, Memphis today has one of the finest and loudest public clocks of any town in northeast Missouri.
He was a booster for the old county fair, for street fairs, carnivals or anything he thought would be to the interest of Memphis and Scotland county.
He was here at the carnival three years ago, meeting old friends and acquaintances and no one got more pleasure out of that week’s entertainment than did he.
Mr. Schenk was born at Morning Sun, Iowa, February 19, 1867, being 73 years of age. He came to Scotland county with his parents when fourteen years of age and lived in this county for thirty-five years. He was married in Memphis to Miss Lillian V. Eckman. He was a son of David and Mary Beck Schenk, deceased.
He is survived by two brothers, Henry H. Schenk and David J. Schenk, both of Scotland county, and one sister, Mrs. John Wolf, also of this county.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
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Mary Pauline Schenk Services Held December 30
Mary Pauline Schenk passed away Monday 12:15 p.m. December 26 at Davis County Hospital, Bloomfield, Iowa after a lingering illness.
She was a daughter of R. E. and Birdia Smith Needham, born November 27, 1906 on a farm north of Memphis.
On October 4, 1926 she was married to Loren David Schenk. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
She was preceded in death by her mother. She is survived by her husband, one daughter Mrs. Paul (Ruth) Boise Jr. and two grandchildren, Mary and David of Dallas, Texas, her father, R. E. Needham of Macon, Mo., two sisters, Mrs. Edwin (Ethel) Kilgore of Bevier, Mo., Mrs. Melvin (Rosalie) Giles, Macon, Mo., three brothers, George E. Needham, Macomb, Ill., E. Paul Needham, Macon, Mo., Leonard Needham of Des Moines, Iowa, and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held from the First Presbyterian Church Memphis, Mo., Friday, December 30, at 2:00 p.m. in charge of Rev. Joseph Trower. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery. Body bearers were Gordon Thompson, Hillis Baker, Leo Darr, Harold Kirkpatrick, Lawrence Koontz and Hillis Curry.
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ALBERT SCHIRCH FUNERAL
Rites and Burial at Prairie View Church Last Wednesday
Albert Schirch, whose death was reported in The Democrat last week, was the oldest son of Joseph and Margaret Schirch. He was born December 27, 1861, and died on Monday, February 9, 1942 at the age of 80 years.
On February 6, 1887, he was united in marriage to Rosa Ellen Kerr and on Friday, February 6, Mr. and Mrs. Schirch celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. To this union five childrn [sic] were born, three of whom survive. They are Mrs. Mable Troth of Memphis, Lawrence Schirch of Cantril, and Harry Schirch of Cleveland, Ohio. Two children passed away in infancy.
The first five years of his married life were spent in Kansas, but because of his companion’s health, they returned to Scotland county, Missouri, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Modern Woodman lodge at Cantril for several years.
Mr. Schirch also leaves one grandson, Quentin Schirch; one granddaughter, Garnet Troth, and one great granddaughter, Linda Howard. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Mary Davis, and one brother, George Schirch, both of Cantril, Iowa.
Funeral services were conducted from the Prairie View Methodist church Wednesday, February 11, at 2 p.m. by Rev. Arthur L. Huff. Music was furnished by the Chappell sisters of Memphis.
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Mrs. George Schirch
(As The Democrat went to press a day early last week on account of the 4ht of July holiday this obituary was not received in time for publication.)
Maude Rugh, was a daughter of Francis M. and Mary E. Rugh. She was born in Cantril, Iowa, Oct. 8, 1881. On September 3, 1905, she was united in marriage to George Schirch, Azen, Mo. to them was born one daughter, Mrs. Marie Madden of Mt. Sterling. In early life she united with the Mt. Olive church, later transferring her membership to the Azen Christian church. After this church was abandoned, she devoted her work to the Prairie View church.
Mrs. Schirch lived her entire married life in the Azen community and was always one of the first to lend a helping hand in time of sickness or trouble. she had been in failing health for several years, gradually growing weaker until the end came on Tuesday, June 23, 1942, at 7 p.m.
She leaves her husband and daughter who have cared for her tenderly, also two sisters, Mrs. Florence Aylward of Memphis and Mrs. Ella McIntosh of Cantril.
Funeral services were conducted from the Prairie View Methodist church Thursday, June 25, at 2:30 by Rev. Arthur L. Huff of Gorin.
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MRS. GEORGE SCHIRCH DEAD
Funeral Services Were Held at Prairie View This Afternoon
Mrs. Maude Schirch, wife of George Schirch of near Azen, died at their home Tuesday of this week, June 23rd, at 7 o’clock p.m., at the age of 60 years.
Mrs. Schirch was born in Scotland county on October 8, 1881, and had lived in the county all her life.
She is survived by the husband, one daughter and several sisters.
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Prairie View church by Rev. Arthur L. Huff, pastor of the Gorin Methodist church, and interment was in the cemetery there.
Pall bearers were Joe Keller, Ray Warning, Cecil F. Kittle, Lee Aylward, Bail Troth and Howard Davis.
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J. T. SCHRAGE DIES AT HOME IN BRASHEAR
In Failing Health 3 Years; Funeral Plans Incomplete
James Theodore Schrage, 87, Brashear, died Saturday afternoon at 5:30 at the family home there after being in failing health for the past three years.
The son of Henry and Christina Schrage, he was born May 28, 1862, in Quincy, Ill., and moved to Missouri with his parents at the age of 17 years. They settled on a farm four miles north of Hurdland.
He was married on October 14, 1886, to Miss Matilda E. Pulis, and to them six children were born. She died Dec. 3, 1898. One son died in infancy.
He was again married on Nov. 1, 1899, to Miss Martha Pulis, and one son was born to this marriage.
Surviving children are Mrs. Gertrude Pruitt, Chanute, Kan.; Pearl Schrage, Hurdland; Bert Schrage, Brashear; Mrs. Bertha Taylor, Kansas City; Mrs. Daisy Reschling, Ewing, and Clyde Schrage, Gibbs. There are fourteen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The last of a family of seven children, he was the brother of John Schrage, of Hurdland, who died June 2, 1948.
Mr. Schrage was a member of the Lutheran Church at Quincy, Ill., where he attended church regularly throughout his lifetime. He lived on a farm north of Hurdland until 1935 when he moved to Brashear.
There are no funeral plans pending word from relatives. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear.
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BRASHEAR LADY ILL FOR YEAR, DIES FRIDAY
Rites For Mrs. Chas. Schrage at Brashear This Afternoon.
Brashear, Mo., June 18. (Special)—Mrs. Charles Schrage, aged 70, died in a hospital in Kirksville Friday evening at 7:15 o’clock. She had been in failing health for the past year and more seriously the past month with a kidney disorder.
Funeral services will be held at the Easley Funeral Home this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock conducted by Rev. Joseph Dingle, of Kirksville. Interment will be in Paultown cemetery.
She was the daughter of John and Sarah Littleton Wiles and was born in Loraine, Ill., Jan. 28, 1874. With her parents, she came to Missouri in the year 1890 and they settled on a farm west of Hurdland. She was married to Charles H. Schrage on Jan. 25, 1891. Ten children were born to this union, nine of whom survive, one son dying in infancy.
She is survived by her husband; five sons, John H. and Albert, of Hardin, Mont., Wayne, of Garland, Wyo., Fred and Chester, of Hurdland; four daughters, Mrs. Bessie Moore and Mrs. E. D. Durtsche, both of Kila, Mont., Christena Bowers, of Powell, Wyo., Mrs. Edith Diekman, of Hurdland; 22 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
She had lived 5 miles north of Hurdland for the past 53 years.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be: Wm. F. Scott, Roy Harbur, Oval Miller, Albert Diekmann, Elmer Bauyon, and Jesse Scott.
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Infant Dies Soone [sic] After Birth
Funeral services were held Friday morning for the infant daughter of Robert and Hilda Schroeder, who died within 15 minutes after birth in a Kirksville hospital. Rev. Knight, pastor of the Christian Church conducted the short service and burial was at Highland Park cemetery. Besides its [her] parents, the baby is survived by two great grandmothers, a great grandfather and three grandparents, all of whom live in Missouri.
Infant Daughter Schroeder, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 30 Jan 1936, p. 4, col. 3
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Death
Andrew Dow Schuetz infant twin son of Andy Schuetz formerly of Red Oak, now of Memphis, died Oct. 4, at Red Oak with cholera infantum. The child was taken to Corning for burial, as they have a little girl buried there.
Andrew Dow Schuetz, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 12 Oct 1905, p. 2, col. 1
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MRS. BERTHA SCHUETZ DIES AT HURDLAND
Funeral at Jefferson City; Family In Five Wars.
Special to The Daily Express.
Hurdland, Mo., Oct. 17—Mrs. Bertha Schuetz died yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of her son Ben F. Schuetz, in Hurdland, at the age of 83 years. She had been in failing health for almost four years and sustained a stroke a week ago from which she did not rally.
The body will be taken from the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear to Jefferson City today, and funeral services will be held at the Woodlawn Cemetery there at 2 o’clock this afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Paul Weber.
Mrs. Schuetz had made her home with her son, Ben F. Schuetz for the past twenty-four years, and came to Hurdland with her son and his family when they moved to Hurdland six years ago.
She was born April 19, 1853 at Jefferson City, the daughter of Capt. Charles B. and Amelia Linsenbard Maus. She was married to George Schuetz in 1871 at Jefferson City. Later they moved to Kansas City and lived there until he died July 23, 1892. Seven children were born to the union, an infant daughter and four sons preceding her in death. She leaves two sons, Ben F., of Hurdland, and Chester A., of Kansas City; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Ott, of Jefferson City, and Mrs. Minnie Silvey, of Fayette; two brothers, Charles J. Maus, of Jefferson City, and Joseph C. Maus, of San Antonio, Tex.; one grandson, Dr. H. A. Schuetz, of Hurdland, and two great grandchildren.
Mrs. Schuetz was closely connected with five wars in which the United States was engaged. Her father was a captain in the Mexican War and also in the Civil War. Her husband was a scout under Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) in the Indian Wars. Her son, Ben F. Schuetz, served in the Spanish-American War, and her grandson, Dr. Schuetz, was a corporal in the Marine Corps in the World War.
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MEMPHIS AND COUNTY LOSE VALUABLE CITIZENS
Memphis, as well as Scotland county has been dealt a crushing blow by the Grim Reaper in three weeks time. As noted before, on January 19, John Schuler passed while actively engaged in business; a week ago today Merle Williams was called suddenly, then Saturday last Stuart Monroe answered the summons.
The latter two were in their prime Mr. Williams active in civic affairs, lodge work, Scouting and community doings. Aged but 47 he was an assidious [sic] worker, friendly to all which attribute made him many friends. He was born in Iowa, but went to Kirksville as a young man and remained there until he came to Memphis, about 1928.
Mr. Monroe was but 51 years of age, born on a farm, but came to Memphis over 25 years ago and was actively engaged in business until his death. He, too, was greatly interested in civic affairs and had served this city as alderman. Naturally of a cheerful disposition he, also, strewed sunshine among his many friends.
Not only the above business men have been called, but two farmers, prominent in county affairs, have also–Wm. Smoot and Gus Nelson.
Mr. Smoot, aged 78 years, assisted by his wife, has left a record which few, if any, would emulate. Big-hearted they have been a blessing to more than one. Added toil occasioned by lack of help, helped shorten his life. Mr. Nelson also did his full share and more as demands were made for more production year after year.
Death claimed Wm. E. Smoot, Saturday, while Gus Nelson answered the call, Sunday. Our county is poorer, but Heaven is richer by the death of these business men of the city and county.
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JOHN S. SCHULER IS DEAD
Succumbs at Keokuk Hospital Following Attack in Store
John S. Schuler, Memphis business man, died at a Keokuk hospital at 1:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19, following a heart attack in his store in Memphis at 1:30 Thursday afternoon.
Ed. Reed, who lives east of Memphis, was in the store with Mr. Schuler when he collapsed Thursday afternoon. There was no one else in the store at the time. Mr. Reed called for help and Mr. Schuler was taken to his home, 429 North Market street, and was later taken to the Graham hospital, Keokuk, accompanied by Mrs. Schuler, where he died at 1:30 the following morning.
He had complained of a heart ailment for the past three months.
He was stricken in the same room in which he worked as a clerk fifty years ago.
Funeral services were conducted at his home at 11 o’clock Monday morning and interment was in the Memphis cemetery. Services were in charge of Rev. W. E. Longstreth, pastor of the Methodist church, of which he was a member.
Pall bearers were N. P. McHenry, Glen Fugate, Elmer O. Bertram, John J. Wiegner, S. C. Adams and Roscoe C. Baker. Many of the Memphis stores were closed during the hour of the funeral from 11 to 12 noon Monday.
John Schuler was born in Memphis on October 26, 1872, being 72 years of age last October. He lived here all his life.
He was married in Memphis to Miss Kate B. McDaniel on November 9, 1905, who survives. They have no children.
He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Catherine Brumback of Keokuk; a brother, Scott Cashmen of Shadron, Nebr.; two nieces, Mrs. Beulah Aiken, Keokup [sic] and Mrs. Arta Raye Guilford, New York, N. Y.
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THEODORE W. SCHULTZ DIES HERE AT AGE 79
Funeral Tomorrow at Macon; Survived by Wife, 2 Children
Funeral services for Theodore W. Schultz, 79, of 301 S. High, will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock from the Albert Skinner Funeral Home at Macon. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery at Macon. The body is at the Skinner Funeral Home.
He died about 11:30 Sunday night in a hospital here.
A native of Iowa, Mr. Schultz was born in Oskaloosa on April 26, 1873, the son of Fred and Christiana Schultz. He was married to Florence Collins and two children were born to them.
He is survived by his wife; the son, Roy H. Schultz, and the daughter, Mrs. R. D. Channell, both of Kirksville; one granddaughter, Margery Channell Schmid, of Centerville, Ia., and twin great-grandchildren, George and Cathy Schmid, of Centerville. A brother, Herman Schultz, lives in Oskaloosa.
Mr. Schultz came to Kirksville in 1942. He had lived on a farm near Macon for a little over 20 years before coming here. He was a member of the Kirksville Methodist Church.
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RITES FOR MRS. N. SCHUPBACH HERE THURSDAY
Adair County Native Died Monday at Polo, Mo.
Funeral services will be held here Thursday morning for Mrs. Nick Schupbach, 72, a native of Adair county, who died Monday at her home in Polo, Mo. Services will be held at 11:30 in the Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Herbert Manning in charge. Burial will be in the Highland Park cemetery.
Mrs. Schupbach was formerly Allie Arnold, a daughter of David Kirk and Josephine Phelps Arnold. She spent her earlier years here. She was married to Sam Schupbach who preceded her in death. She later married Nick Schupbach, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Mason, of Kansas City, and Roscoe, of Maryland, and three grandchildren.
The surviving sisters and brothers are: Betty Bailey, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Maude Linkey, of Fresno, Calif.; Eva Linkey, of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada; Will Arnold, of Mason City, Ia.; Ola Lowe and Pearl Arnold, both of Kirksville. A number of nieces and nephews survive also.
Two brothers, E. L. Arnold, and Jack Arnold, and one sister, Mrs. Etta Crink, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Schupbach lived in California for several years but spent much of her lifetime in Kansas City and Polo.
Allie (Arnold) Schupbach, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 23 Jul 1952, p. 8, col. 5
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C. O. SCHUPBACH DIES: FORMER RESIDENT HERE
Sedalia Man Was 44; Leaves Wife And Two Children
Curtis O. Schupbach, 44, former Kirksville resident, and well known business man in Sedalia, died in Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia Monday night, according to word from relatives here. Funeral services were held Wednesday from the East Broadway Christian church.
He was born at Downing, Mo., April 3, 1911, the son of William and Lutie Coons Schupbach. He spent most of his life in Kirksville, but had lived in Sedalia the past ten year [sic] and was manager of U. S. Gentges, Inc., during the period.
He was married Dec. 12, 1937, at Lancaster to Miss Mabel Long, of Bucklin, Mo., and his wife and their son, Wayne and daughter, Annetta, survive him. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. Lutie Schupbach, of Kirksville, two brothers, Myrl Schupbach, of Kirksville, and Cortlan Schupbach, of Wichita, Kan., and one sister, Mrs. Marie Stamper, of Kirksville. His father died in 1946.
Mr. Schupbach was president of the official board of the East Broadway Christian church, and was past president and chaplain of the Scottish Rite local chapter and member of the chapter and council of the York Rite bodies.
Masonic lodge No. 236 conducted ritualistic services at the grave and burial was in Memorial Park cemetery.
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ARE KILLED IN NEBRASKA
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schupbach and Mrs. R. C. Riney in Car Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schupbach and Mrs. R. C. Riney were killed in a car accident near Minden, Nebraska, about 2:30 yesterday afternoon, May 28, according to word received here late last night.
Mr. and Mrs. Schupbach and Mrs. Riney left Memphis in the former’s car about 5 o’clock yesterday morning for Denver, Colorado, where they expected to visit Mrs. Riney’s son, Maxey Riney and wife. Mrs. Maxey Riney is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Schupbach.
The first reports of the accident came over the radio and were heard by several Memphis people in the early evening news and again late last night.
Mr. Schupbach operates a trucking business in Memphis, having moved here recently from Downing. Morris A. Walker drives the truck for Mr. Schupbach.
Mr. Riney left Memphis early this morning with Fred Gerth, Max Clough and Max Schupbach of Downing, a nephew of Earl Schupbach, to bring the bodies back to Memphis.
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William Schupbach Dies at Home Here
William Schupbach, 509 S. Mulanix died Monday afternoon at his home, and funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church. Interment was scheduled to be in the Germania cemetery in Schuyler County. The deceased was 70 years old.
He was the son of Christopher and Mary (Mullet) Schupbach, and was born May 11, 1877 at Downing. He was married at Queen City on Oct. 27, 1901 to Lutie Coons, and four children were born to them.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Curtis, of Sedalia, Cortlan, of Ellis, Kan., and Myrl, of Kirksville; one daughter, Mrs. Lyman (Marie) Stamper, Kirksville; two sisters, Miss Thressa Schupbach and Mrs. Lou Nicholson, both of Downing; six grandsons and three granddaughters.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, Fred, John, Chris, and Sam, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Slavin and Mrs. Mary Webster.
Mr. Schupbach had been a member of the Lutheran Church since childhood, and had lived in Kirksville for the past twenty years.
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FRANK A. SCHUSTER DIED IN KEOKUK HOSPITAL, SEPT. 1
The Rev. H. I. Cull conducted funeral services at the Woodville Baptist church at 2:00 o’clock on Saturday afternoon for Frank A. Schuster who died in the Graham hospital in Keokuk, September 1.
He was born in Warsaw, Ill., on July 14, 1863, the son of John G. and Magdalene Schuster. He was married to Nancy A. Woodruff on December 1, 1897. Mrs. Schuster died in January, 1948. He was a member of the Methodist church and had spent all but two years of his life in the Wyaconda vicinity.
He is survived by one son, Raymond Schuster of Wyaconda, a daughter in law and five grandchildren. These are: Mrs. W. H. Rule, Wyaconda; Richard L. Schuster, Williamsfield, Ill.; Leland, Franklin, and Gale Schuster of Wyaconda. There are four great grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. W. F. Aherns of Wisconsin and a brother, B. F. Schuster of Oregon.
Frank A. Schuster, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 8 Sep 1949, p. 1, col. 4
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CORA SCOBEE, 64, DIES HERE TODAY
Funeral Services To Be Held on Friday Afternoon.
Cora Z. Scobee, 64, died at her home at 303 W. Pierce this morning following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock conducted by Rev. F. P. Hanes, pastor of the Methodist Church. Interment will be in Forest Cemetery.
A daughter of A. C. and Sarah Jane (Clarkson) Scobee, she was born in Adair County, May 18, 1880.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Alfred Fox, of this city; two grandchildren, Jimmy and Barbara Jean Fox; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Hughes, of Anaconda, Mont., and several nieces and nephews. Her parents and two sisters preceded her in death.
She spent her entire life in Adair County. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be Harold Garwood, Clarence Cooley, Bert Garwood, Wilbur Fox, Ray Leavitt and Homer Clark.
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JAMES SCOBEE’S FUNERAL TO BE HELD FRIDAY
The funeral of James Scobee, who died yesterday as the result of injuries received from a fall of rock in Mine No. 1 yesterday morning, will be held tomorrow morning. The present plan is to hold the burial service in the Sizemore cemetery, in the west part of the county, and the funeral service in the church near there.
The members of the miners [sic] local union here will meet at the hall at 9 o’clock and march in a body to the Scobee home on North Main street to pay their last respect to the dead fellow-worker. The members will then march with the funeral cortege to the city limits and as many will accompany the body to the funeral services as can be accommodated in the conveyances.
Mr. Scobee leaves a wife and five children instead of two as was stated yesterday, and they have the sympathy of a large number of friends in Kirksville. The family formerly lived in the west part of the county and is well known there.
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J. N. SCOBEE DIES SUNDAY AFTER ATTACK
Funeral Services For Greencastle Man Wednesday
Greencastle, Mo., July 21. (Special)—James Nick Scobee, Greencastle, died suddenly of a heart attack in his home yesterday morning at 5:28 after having been in ill health for several years.
Mr. Scobee was born near Sidney, Mo., on February 7, 1882, a son of James and Alta, (Henderson) Scobee. He was married on April 8, 1904, to Miss Rosa Lewis. Ten children were born to them with two dying in infancy.
Surviving are his wife, six sons, Dade of Greencastle, Murle, Ray, Harold, of Des Moines, Ia.; Robert and Howard of Kansas City; and two daughters, Mrs. Alta Abarr and Mrs. Alice Dailey of Trimble, Mo.; a brother, Frank of Novinger, and fifteen grandchildren. Four sister [sic] and one brother preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Greencastle Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Burial will be at the Greencastle Cemetery. Mr. Scobee’s six sons will be the pallbearers.
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MRS. MARY E. SCOBEE DIES AT HER HOME
Funeral Services Tuesday Afternoon at Mt. Moriah Church
Mrs. Mary Ellen Scobee, 76, died Sunday at her home on route 2, Novinger.
Funeral services will be held at the Mt. Moriah Church Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church, will officiate. Interment will be in the Mt. Moriah cemetery.
Mrs. Scobee was the daughter of George and Cynthia (Miller) Burnhardt and was born at Van Buren, Iowa, July 25, 1874.
She was married to Dave Frank Scobee July 7, 1897 at Elko, Mo., and to this marriage three children were born.
She is survived by her husband, two sons, Earl S. of Coral Gables, Fla., and Ora M. Scobee, of Novinger; one daughter, Mrs. Paul (Neta May) Noe, of Novinger; two sisters, Mrs. Ed Cook, of Unionville, and Mrs. Perry Garret, of Port Angeles, Wash.; eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and one half-brother and one sister.
Mrs. Scobee came to Putnam County when a small child and was raised in that county. Since 1918 she had lived in the Novinger community.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Bearers will be: Kenneth Noe, Henry Noe, Carrell Simler, James Schollenbarger, Oren Scobee and Emery Bishoff.
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MRS. NANNIE B. SCOBEE IS DEAD AT LA PLATA
Was 95 Years Old; Funeral Services This Afternoon
La Plata, Mo., Oct. 2. (Special)—Mrs. Nannie Belle (Cummins) Scobee, 95, died in here sleep Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Guy Bundy, in La Plata where she has lived the past three years.
Funeral services will be held at the Wilson Funeral Home this afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Claude Thompson, pastor of the La Plata Baptist Church. Interment will be in the La Plata cemetery.
The daughter of Elijah and Mary Cummins, she was born in Marion County, Ky., on July 27, 1854. She came to Missouri at an early age and was married on Feb. 1, 1872 to Robert G. Scobee, who preceded her in death eighteen years ago.
Nine children were born to this marriage, three of whom also preceded her in death. One son died in infancy, Dr. Isaac Ely Scobee died in 1907 in Oakland, Calif., and Dr. Jeptha Scobee died in 1936 in Monroe City.
Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. Lilly Dawdy and Mrs. Cena Bundy, both of La Plata, Mrs. Bertie Dodson, of Santa Cruz, Calif., and Mrs. Nora Norman, Perry, Mo.; two sons, R. M. Scobee, of Kirksville, and Paul Scobee, of Moberly; eleven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Scobee was a member of the Baptist Church.
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MRS. A. C. SCOBEE DIES, AGED 67
Sarah Jane Scobee, wife of A. C. Scobee, passed away yesterday at her home, 303 West Pierce street at the age of 67 years.
Mrs. Scobee has been ill for some time and her death was not unexpected. Both she and her husband have long been residents of this community and are highly respected. The people of Kirksville will sympathize with the family in their bereavement.
The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Residence. Rev. W. B. Christy will conduct the services and interment will be made in the Forrest Park cemetery.
Sarah Jane Scobee, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 06 Aug 1917, p. 1, col. 3, Monday
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Audra Scofield Passed Away February 13
Audra Scofied [sic], daughter of William T. and Hannah Tennant Mauller was born March 7, 1893 in Scotland County, Mo. She was married to George H. Scofield on January 15, 1915. One son, Geo. W. Scofield was born.
After residing in Quincy, Illinois for 35 years and upon retiring Mr. and Mrs. Scofield moved back to Memphis in 1957, and reaffiliated with the First Presbyterian Church of Memphis. After her husband’s death in 1963, she made her home with her sister, Irma.
Her parents, husband, two sisters and twin brother preceded her in death. She leaves her son, George W. Scofield and wife of Houston, Texas, two grandsons and one granddaughter, her sister, Irma of Memphis, four nieces and one nephew, several cousins and a host of friends.
Services were at the Payne Chapel in Memphis, Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. W. Paul Walden officiating. Interment in the Memphis Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry Laird, Hugh Speagh…
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Mrs. Scofield Dies at Amarillo, Tex.
Word has been received by Mrs. W. A. Coy, of 202 E. Fillmore, of the death of her sister, Mrs. Maranda Scofield at Amarillo, Tex., yesterday. She had been in failing health since last October.
Funeral and burial rites will be held in Amarillo tomorrow.
Mrs. Scofield was born May 24, 1878 in the Pure Air neighborhood and grew to womanhood there.
She is survived by her husband, six children, several grandchildren and great grandchildren. She also is survived by one sister, five brothers and two half-brothers, most of whom reside in and near Kirksville. Mrs. W. A. Coy is the sister; the five brothers are: James Daniel, 1012 W. Michigan; Lon Daniel, 405 W. Michigan; Byrd Daniel, Sperry; Charley Daniel, Novinger, and Oce Daniel, Leedey, Okla.; the half-brothers, W. J. Daniel, 1000 W. Michigan, and John A. Daniel, 115 E. Harrison. A number of nieces and nephews also survive.
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MRS. JESSE A. SCOTT DIES AT BRASHEAR
Health In Decline for Four Years; Funeral To Be Monday.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., Nov. 26—Mrs. Ada Watson Scott, 64, wife of Jesse A. Scott, died this morning at her home in Brashear. She had been in failing health for the past four years and had been seriously ill for the past five weeks with tuberculosis. She spent the summer in West Fargo, N. Dak., from March until five weeks ago, for her health.
Mrs. Scott was born May 14, 1884, near Sabbath home, the daughter of J. L. and Mary Miller Watson. She made her home in and near Brashear all of her life.
She was married to Jesse A. Scott on Feb. 26, 1905. Three daughters were born to this union, one dying in infancy.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. D. C. Evans of West Fargo, N. Dak., and Miss Rowena Scott of the home; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Ida Watson of West Fargo; and four brothers, Frank of Gibbs, Ed of Brashear, Ollie of Kirksville and Ancie of Kirksville.
She was a member of the Methodist Church of Sabbath Home.
Funeral services will be held at the United Brethren Church in Brashear Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Burial will be at the Brashear Cemetery. The Rev. J. H. Lane will conduct the ceremonies. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home until time for the services.
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Arthur Scott, 60, Dies in Moberly
Arthur Scott, age 60, step-son of Mrs. Pete Vestal of Kirksville, died in the McCormick hospital in Moberly Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. He had been ill with cancer of the stomach.
Funeral services will be held at the Snow’s Funeral Home in Moberly tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Besides his step-mother he leaves his widow, the former Ocie Ewards, of Kirksville, and two sone, Alfred Scott, of Jacksonville, and Sgt. Harold Scott who is in the service in China. He also leaves several brothers and sisters and step-brothers and step-sisters.
Mr. Scott had visited in Kirksville frequently and was known to a number of persons here.
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MRS. CAROLINE SCOTT DIES THIS MORNING
Death Occurs Here at Home of Son, McKinley Scott
Mrs. Caroline Frances Scott, 87, widow of Mory D. Scott, died at the home of her son, McKinley Scott, at 511 W. Porter street this morning.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete, pending arrival of relatives, and will be announced later.
Mrs. Scott was the daughter of Willis D. and Rachel (Yaunt) Hill and was born in Linn county, Mo., Dec. 29, 1860. She was married to Mory D. Scott in Linn County. Five children were born to this marriage, all of whom survive. They are Mrs. Rachael Bailey and Mrs. Lydia Burk, both of California; Evans Scott, of Illinois, James Scott, of Gibbs, and McKinley Scott, of Kirksville. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Dulcie Coram, of New Boston and fourteen grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Nester Chapel Cemetery in Linn County.
The body will ie [sic] in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
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Mrs. Dora Burrus-Scott died at her home in Chico, Calif. on Monday. Dec 29, 1941. She was the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Burrus of Bible Grove.
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Elijah Scott Dies at Home Near Gibbs
Elijah Scott, 81, died at his home southeast of old Wilsontown, seven miles south of Brashear Friday afternoon. He had been in failing health four years and seriously ill the past eight weeks.
Funeral services were held at the Easley Funeral Home Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Martin Cross, pastor of the Methodist Wilson Church. Interment was in the Wilson cemetery.
Mr. Scott was born near Wapello, Ia., Nov. 1, 1864. He came to Missouri with his parents in 1887 and located in the southwestern part of Knox county. He was married to Tessie Stull on Jan. 15, 1893. Seen children were born to this marriage, one daughter dying in infancy. His wife died Aug. 24, 1934.
He is survived by four daughters, Fleta, at home, Mrs. Leta Sparks, and Mrs. Letha Black, both of Ft. Madison, Ia., and Mrs. Edna Moyer, of Gibbs; two sons, Noel, of the home and John, of LaRose, Ill.; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Three sisters and one brother preceded him in death.
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SCOTT
Elkana Franklin Scott passed away at the home of his son, Ira E. Scott, four miles north of Kahoka, Wednesday morning, Oct. 15, 1913, at 3:40 o’clock, at the age of 80 years, 11 months and 15 days.
The funeral services were held at the Methodist Protestant church in this city, Thursday afternoon, October 16, at 2 o’clock conducted by Rev. M. Sexsmith, assisted by Rev. Shirley Smutz. The interment was in the family cemetery at Medill, beside the remains of his wife, Martha Scott, who died February 26, 1913.
The pallbearers were J. K. P. Wilson, Wm. Ackland, J. S. Matlick, John Gray, E. H. Williams and Thos. McCarty.
The large concourse of old neighbors and friends at the funeral attested their love and esteem for the departed and sympathy and condolence for the family and other relatives.
Elkana Franklin Scott was one of eight children of James and Nancy Scott, natives of Kentucky. He was born in Pike county, Missouri, October 31, 1832, but at an early age came to Clark county with the parents who were among the early pioneers.
He was united in marriage to Martha Ann Smith, daughter of Peter and Cynthia Smith, November 29, 1857. To this union were born eleven children, four of whom preceded their parents in death, namely, John Harvey Scott, Jefferson Scott, Mrs. Clarence Wade and Mrs. Ed. Soper. The living children are Mrs. A. D. Yolton, of Alvin, Texas; Mrs. George Soper, Mrs. Edelen and James P. Scott, of Kahoka; A. R. Scott, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Mrs. Warren Ingold and Ire E. Scott of Kahoka. Besides these are twenty-three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Two brothers, W. T. and G. W. Scott of Green City also survive.
Mr. Scott was a federal soldier of the civil war, having served in the 21st Missouri two years and fought at the battle of Athens. He was a member of Wm. McKee Post, G. A. R., of this city. In the early days he was a member of the A. H. T. A.
Mr. Scott was a devout Christian and a faithful member of the M. P. church.
Mr. Scott was a man who by his upright living, kindness and generosity, won universal respect and love. As a son he was ever loving and obedient, as a husband and father he was ever kind, affectionate and indulgent.
The relatives have the heartfelt sympathy of all in his death.
Elkana Franklin Scott, Kahoka, Missouri, Clark County Courier, 17 Oct 1913
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Mrs. Estelle [sic] Scott Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Estella Nora Scott, who died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Miller, at 1718 S. Still, will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Thursday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Leonard West, Jehovah Witnesses of Macon.
Interment will be in the Paultown cemetery. Bearers will be Marvin Pepper, Garland Pepper, Maurice Miller, Junior Miller, William Miller and Bobby Smith.
Estella Nora Scott, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 23 Jul 1952, p. 2, col. 2
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Aged Granger Resident Died
Miss Eva Scott, 90, who lived at Granger with her sister, Mrs. L. A. Davis died Sunday morning, April 1, at 9 o’clock at the Graham hospital in Keokuk.
Miss Scott was born December 19, 1860, and was the daughter of Adam and Arizina Horn Scott. She was a member of the Granger Christian church.
Surviving are her sister, Mrs. Davis and a brother, Walter B. Scott.
Funeral services for Miss Scott were held from the Gerth & Baskett chapel Tuesday, April 3 at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. J. D. Gunter. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Body beareds [sic] were Pearl Olson, Glen Selby Arch McIntosh, Fred Hinman, George Roberts and Dick Eichelberger.
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Fred T. Scott Dies At Age of 69
Fred Thomas Scott, 69, of Memphis, Missouri the son of Clark Monroe and Mary Ellen Conner Scott was born December 7, 1902 in Sullivan County, Newtown, Missouri.
He was married to Georgia Mayhugh March 1st 1924, and to this union two daughters were born.
He was married to Thelma Philpott at Buffalo, Missouri, in 1940 who preceded him in death.
On November 14, 1971 he was married to Genevieve Drummond at Memphis.
He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and sisters.
He is survived by his wife Genevieve his two daughters, Mrs. Wanda Willard of Clinton, Missouri and Mrs. Sharlene Powell of St. Paul, Minn., five grandchildren, Nicol and Richard Willard, Teresa, Michall and Bruce Powell, two step-children Mrs. Marcia Rankin of Keosasuqua [sic], Ia. and Michael Drummond of Memphis, Missouri; also one brother Charley Scott of Princeton, Missouri and two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Pigg and Mrs. Nellie McCollum of Newtown, Missouri and Mrs. Hazel Mann of Anaheim, California.
Funeral services were conducted by D. W. Payne and sons fom [sic] their Chapel on January 2, with Rev. Howard Merchant officiating.
Interment was in the Hopewell Cemetery at Tunas, Missouri.
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F. D. SCOTT OF THIS CITY DIES SUNDAY
He Was Born in This County; No Funeral Arrangements Made.
Frederick D. Scott, 67, of this city, died at 11:55 o’clock Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Glen Law of near Greentop. He had been an invalid for about four years and had been living with his children since the death of his wife.
A son of David and Emily Sevits Scott, Mr. Scott was born April 21, 1876, in Adair County. He was married May 15, 1897, and his wife died Sept. 30, 1942.
Mr. Scott is survived by the following children, Mrs. Lula Conkle, Fayette, Ida.; E. C. Scott, of Coatsville; Mrs. Hazel Pointer and Mrs. Francis Scott of Kirksville, Mrs. Clara Hover of White Field, Md.; Mrs. Anna Belle Law of near Greentop; Pfc. Freddie Scott of Puerto Rico; Mrs. Mildred Kent of Ottumwa, Ia., and Henry Scott of Ft. Collins, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Stafford of Kirksville and Mrs. Cassie Wilts of Hanford, Calif.; three brothers, Charles M. Scott of Parker, Colo.; Walter Scott of Edina and Arthur Scott of Kirksville, Five children and four brothers preceded him in death.
The body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Funeral arrangements have not been made but interment will be in the Hazel Creek Union cemetery.
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Mrs. Hettie E. Scott Dies at Downing
Downing, Mo., March 16. (Special)—Mrs. Hettie Eliza Scott, 57, died at her home here Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held at the Moore Funeral Home Friday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by the Rev. Mr. Schuddle, pastor of the Baptist Church. Interment will be in the Downing cemetery.
She was the daughter of Lewis and Nancy Spees and was born Mar. 18, 1892, in Scotland county. She was married to Leo R. Scott and four children were born.
She is survived by her husband: one son, Elza, of Le Mars, Ia.; three daughters, Mrs. Madeline Becraft, of Moberly, Mrs. Mary Newland, of Downing, and Mrs. Norma Lee Johnson, of Rock Island, Ill.; one son by a former marriage, Lewis Horn, of El Monte, Calif.; six grandchildren; two brothers, Rolla and Willie Spees, of Downing, and one sister, Mrs. Viola Stice, of Phoenix, Ariz.
The body is at the Moore Funeral Home.
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Scotland County, Missouri Marriage License Index indicates that Edmon M. Horn, married Hettie E. Spees, 22 Mar 1914
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Ira Scott Gorin Resident Dies Sept. 4
Ira Scott, aged 84, of Gorin passed away Sept. 4, 1971 in the K.O.H. in Kirksville.
He was born Aug. 11, 1887 in Keokuk, Iowa and was the son of Ely Winfield and Rosetta Hecox Scott. He united with the Baptist church in Carthage, Ill., in early childhood and for years had been an active member until his health failed, having taught in Sunday school and serving as deacon for many years.
His survivors are Elmer and Joseph E. Scott of Gorin and Earl Scott of Theodore, Alabama and a sister, Mrs. Ruby Perdue of Gorin, nieces, great nieces and friends and relatives to mourn his death.
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John H. Scott, Jr. Dies At Age of 88
John H. Scott, Jr., son of John H. and Sarah Ann Twamlow Scott, was born October 23, 1874, in Birmingham, England, and passed away November 7, 1962, in the Davis county hospital, Bloomfield, Iowa, at the age of 88 years and 14 days.
He came to America in 1885 and settled with his family in Kearney, Nebr., where he attended school and also attended the State University of Nebraska in Lincoln. In 1896 he moved to Missouri where he taught school and ws [sic] admitted to the bar in 1903.
In 1902 he was united in marriage to Mary Elsie Brunk and to this union three children were born: Lt. Col. William J. Scott serving in the far East, C. W[.] Scott of Stockton, Calif., and Mrs. V. S. (Mary) Howard of Farmington, Mich. Surviving besides his wife and three children are one granddaughter, Mary Ann Hermo, of East Orange, New Jerey [sic]; three grandsons, William, Victor and Richard Scott of Fresno, Calif. and one brother, Will Scott of Bakersfield, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and two brothers.
He was rural letter carrier out of Arbela from 1918 until his retirement in 1939. He served on the State Foard of Missouri Letter Carriers Association most of this time. In 1940 he moved to Memphis and was appointed by Gov. Donnelley as Public Administrator in 1945. Retiring from this office in 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Scott moved to Bloomfield, Iowa, where they have made their home until time of his death.
Mr. Scott belonged to the Church of England until 1904, when he was immersed and became a member of the Disciples of Christ.
Mr. Scott was a member of Masonic Lodge in which he was a very active member.
Funeral services were held from the Gerth & Baskett Chapel Sunday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Bruce Mathews and Rev. G. Lolin Eaton. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Body bearers were Mike Palmer, Ed. Struble, Ross Garrett, Leland Cantril, Hubert Morgan and Robert Weaver.
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MRS. LORENA SCOTT, 78, DIES HERE
Funeral Services Will Be Held Here This Afternoon.
Mrs. Lorena Scott, 78, a resident of Kirksville for the past thirty five years, died at her home, 1001 N. Franklin, Friday afternoon following an illness of four weeks.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. L. V. Freeman, pastor of the First Christian Church, of which Mrs. Scott was a member. Interment will be in the Green City cemetery.
Mrs. Scott was the daughter of Custer and Mary Ellen Sharp, and was born in Knox county, April 26, 1866. She was married to Asa P. Scott in 1880. He preceded her in death May, 1919.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Belva Garwood, of this city; Mrs. Opal Stone, of Hemet, Calif., and Mrs. Verna Taylor, of Orlando, Fla.; three sons, Emmet, New Underwood, S. Dakota; Asa P. of Indianapolis, Ind., and J. D. Scott, of Chillicothe, Ill.; three brothers, Thomas Sharp, of Annaheim [sic], Calif.; James Sharp, of Evanston, Ill., and Charles Sharp, of Oakland, Calif.; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be Harley Conley, Berthel Collop, Dee Cook, Kale Cloyer, Emmett Burchett and A. R. Roberts.
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MRS. MABEL P. SCOTT DIES AT BRASHEAR
Had Been Ill Only Short Time; Funeral Plans Incomplete
Brashear, Mo., Jan. 26. (Special)—Mrs. Mabel Pearl Scott, 52 years old, wife of Harlen D. Scott, died at her home here following an illness of one hour, about one o’clock this afternoon.
Funeral arrangements are in complete pending word from relatives in California and Oregon. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home.
The daughter of William and Rettie Baldwin, she was born in Adair County, Aug. 14, 1892. She was married to Harlen D. Scott on Nov. 23, 1910. Ten children were born to this marriage, two of whom died in infancy.
She is survived by her husband, the following children, Loren H. of Hurdland, Donald E. of Springfield, Ore., Russell B., of Eugene, Ore., Mrs. Evelyn E. Hall, of Hurdland, Robert H., of Edina, Billie D., of Upland, Calif., Mrs. Nadine Rehm, of Hurdland and Mrs. Maxine Propst, of Kirksville; one step-daughter, Mrs. Maurine Young, of Upland, Calif., her mother, Rettie E. Scott, one sister, Mrs. Ethel Weber and one half-sister, Mrs. Opal Adams, all of Ontario, Calif.; another half-sister, Mrs. Amanda Boston, of Hinton, Okla.; three half-brothers, Earl Markey and Waldo Scott, both of Ontario, Calif., and Pete Baldwin, of Rich Hill, Mo.
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MRS. MARY E. SCOTT, 81, DIES AT BRASHEAR
In Ill Health Past Two Years; Funeral Saturday.
Special to the Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., July 18—Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Scott died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Harbur, in Brashear last night at 11:55 o’clock at the age of 81 years. She had been in ill health for the past two years with a stomach disorder. She had been confined to her bed the past two weeks and pneumonia developed a few days ago which resulted in her death.
Mrs. Scott was the daughter of Charles and Katherine Benstine. She was born in Hancock County, Illinois, April 26, 1860. She came to Missouri with her parents when nine years of age and they settled on a farm near Kenwood, where she grew to womanhood. She married March 6, 1878, to Jacob M. Scott. Ten children were born to this marriage, eight of whom survive, three sons and five daughters. They are: Jesse Scott, West Fargo, N. D. Emerson Scott, Von Scott, and Mrs. Otha Miller of Kirksville, Mrs. Charles Harbur, Brashear, Mrs. Fred Baldwin, Edina, Mrs. Fielding Bradford, Madison, Mo., and Mrs. Ambrose Martin, Liberty, Mo. Mrs. Grove Lowe of Brashear, who died Sept. 17, 1932, and Mrs. William Funk of Brashear, who died July 29, 1935, were daughters. She also leaves twenty grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren, one brother and one sister, August Benstine of Hurdland, and Mrs. Frances Muder of Los Angeles, Calif. Her husband died Dec. 27, 1906. After his death she lived on their farm until 1922, when she moved to Brashear where she has continued to reside.
Mrs. Scott was a member of the U. B. Church.
Funeral services will be held from the U. B. Church in Brashear Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Paul E. Thompson. Burial will be made in the Paultown cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home until time for the services.
Her grandsons will act as pallbearers. They are: Paul and Leonard Harbur, Willis Funk, Harry and Ronald Baldwin, and Harold Martin.
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A very large crowd attended the funeral of Mrs. Leo Scott in Downing at 2 p.m. Mrs. Scott was found dead by her daughter, Mrs. Mary Newland, who was there washing in the basement. Mrs. Scott went to the kitchen to prepare dinner, accompanied by her little granddaughter. In a short time Mrs. Newland heard her daughter cry, went to the kitchen and found her mother lying on the floor dead. Mrs. Scott had been in poor health for some time, but had been better the last few months.
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MRS. STELLA N. SCOTT DIES AT AGE OF 70
Was at Daughter’s Home Here; Formerly of Near Brashear
Mrs. Stella Nora Scott, 70, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Miller, at 1718 S. Still.
Mrs. Scott was the daughter of Daniel and Esther (Miller) Conkel and was born April 8, 1882 in Adair county.
She was married to William F. Scott Jan. 23, 1900 at Brashear, and eight children were born to this marriage.
She was preceded in death by her husband and two sisters
She is survived by five sons, Ralph and Dale of Filer, Idaho, Forest of Oklahoma City, Okla., Willard, of Hannibal, and Merlin, of Kirksville; three daughters, Mrs. George (Nellie) Miller and Mrs. Mildred Dudgeon, both of Kirksville, and Mrs. Harold (Pansy) Pepper of Columbia; three brothers, Dee and Elza Conkel, both of Payette, Idaho, and Charley of Riverside, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Nettie Coulson, of Brashear, and twenty grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Scott was a member of the Jehovah Witnesses. She formerly lived on a farm five miles north of Brashear and moved to Kirksville about three years ago.
The body is at the Dee Riley Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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WALTER B. SCOTT, 79, DIES
Funeral Services at 2 p.m. Today Thursday, October 18
Walter B. Scott, 79, well-known Memphis business man and public servant, died at 10:15 p.m., Monday at his home. He had been in failing health for years, and had broken his hip about six weeks ago in a fall at his home.
Funeral services for Mr. Scott will be held at 2 p.m. today from Payne Chapel, Rev. G. Lolin Eaton officiating. Burial will be in Memphis cemetery.
The body bearers were T. C. Smith, Chas. J. Williams, H. F. Hendricks, Wayne Wagner, James Adams and Winnie Baker.
Born in 1872 in Marshalltown, Ia., the deceased came to Scotland county at an early age, when his parents moved to a farm near Granger. he attended Granger scnool [sic] and Kirksville State Teachers’ College.
As a young man Mr. Scott came to Memphis, where he served eight years as deputy county clerk under his brother, the late W. L. Scott. In 1906 he was elected county clerk and served in this office until1915. Years later, in 1928, he was elected county collector. He became a member of Memphis Christian church in 1903, and was for more than 50 years a member of the I. O. O. F. He was an active worker in the Democratic party until his health failed.
He was owner of the Scott Abstract Company and was in business here for many years with his brother, W. L. Scott in the Scott Bros. Mercantile Co., on the south side.
In 1903 he married Miss Louise Struble of Memphis, who survives.
Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Maud Davis of Granger, and several nieces and nephews.
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WALTER SCOTT DIES OF STROKE WEST OF EDINA
60-Year-Old Man Born Near Here; Rites Thursday
Walter James Scott, 60, of near Edina, died from a stroke yesterday afternoon about 2:30 at his home three miles west of Edina.
The body is at the Hudson Funeral home in Edina. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternon [sic] at two o’clock, the place not yet known.
He was born near Kirksville March 20, 1891. He was married to Ada Fowler in November, 1915. Seven children were born, one son dying in infancy.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Leon and Harold Junior, both of Edina, and James L., of Kansas City; three daughters, Mrs. Francis (Cledia) Bass, of Kirksville route 2, Mrs. Jack (Beulah) Shelton, of Rising Sun, Ind., and Mrs. Raymond (Dorothy) Barnes, of Edina; eight grandchildren, two brothers, Arthur, of Kirksville, and Charles, of Parker, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Stafford, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Catherine Wilts, who lives in California.
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WILLIAM F. SCOTT DIES AT BRASHEAR
Had Heart Attack; Funeral to Be On Sunday.
Brashear, Mo., June 14. (Special)—William Fletcher Scott, 69, life long Knox County resident, died suddenly at his home here at 7 o’clock last night of a heart attack. He had been in failing health the past two years. Mr. and Mrs. Scott moved three weeks ago from their farm 6 miles northeast of Brashear in Knox County to Brashear.
Funeral services will be held at the Easley Funeral Home here Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and will be conducted by Rev. John C. Beachem, of St. Louis. Interment will be in Paultown Cemetery.
The son of David D. and Rachael (Osborne) Scott, he was born in Knox County on February 18, 1877. He was married on Jan. 23, 1900, to Miss Estella Conkle and to this marriage eight children were born.
Surviving him is his wife, the eight children, Mrs. George Miller, Mrs. Joseph Smith, both of Kirksville, Ralph, of Cimmaron, Kan., Mrs. Harold Pepper, of Columbia, Mo., Dale, of Filer, Ida., Forrest, of Hurdland, Willard, of Hannibal and Merlin, of Hurdland; sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild; three brothers, Harlan D. and Earl E., of Brashear, and Pearl E., of Kirksville; three sisters, Mrs. D. A. Fenn, of Salem, Ia., Mrs. Zelma Livix, of Mt. Pleasant, Ia., and Mrs. T. L. Mitten, of Kirksville. One brother and one sister have preceded him in death.
Mr. Scott has two grandsons in the armed forces, Bobby Joe Smith, who is in Pinsten, China and Billy Miller, in Ato, Japan.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home here.
The pallbearers will be: Joe Stanek, George Hays, William Diekmann, Glen Fast, Noah Waddill, Pearl Reed.
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John E. Scotten, 66, Of Greensburg Dies, Former Novelty Superintendent
John Earl Scotten of Greensburg, a former superintendent of schools at Novelty, died at 4:30 o’clock Sunday morning, Nov. 8, 1953, at a hospital in Kirksville at the age of 66 years.
Funeral services were at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the Baptist Church in Memphis by the Rev. Purd Hayes. From there the body was taken to Prairie Hill in Chariton County, where another service will be conducted at 2 o’clock this afternoon. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in that county.
Mr. Scotten is survived by his wife; a son and daughter by a former marriage, Orville Scotten of Marshall, Mo., and Mrs. Lucille Bly of Peoria, Ill., and five grandchildren.
John Earl Scotten was born Sept. 3, 1887, in Chariton County, the son of John C. and Julia Warhurst Scotten.
He was married to Georgia Conn in 1907. Three children were born to them. His wife and older son, George Scotten preceded Mr. Scotten in death, as did his parents and four sisters.
Mr. Scotten married Nina Corwin Humphrey Aug. 8, 1928, and she survives him.
A graduate of the Teachers College at Kirksville, Mr. Scotten did post graduate work at the University of Missouri. He taught in schools in Chariton County and later was superintendent at Novelty, Greentop and Bible Grove, after which he retired and located on a farm near Bible Grove. At the time of his death, Mr. Scotten was treasurer of the school district at Bible Grove.
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Nina Scotten Dies Suddenly on Friday
Mrs. J. E. (Nina) Scotten, 68 of Memphis died suddenly at the home of her sister Mrs. Rouster Pearce, west of Greensburg Friday, September 25, 1959 at 5:15 p. m.
She had been in failing health for several years with a heart condition.
The daughter of Oliver and Sarah Purvis Corwin, she was born June 26, 1891, near Bible Grove. Her entire life was lived in Scotland County, with the exception of a few years at Novelty and Greentop.
Early in life she united with the Church of Christ in Bible Grove.
On August 17, 1919 she was married to Clem Humphrey, who died October 4, 1922. August 8, 1928 she was married to John Earl Scotten, well known teacher in Scotland and adjoining counties. Mr. Scotten preceded her in death on November 8, 1953.
She is survived by one brother, W. W. Corwin, Tucson, Arizona, three sisters, Mrs. Rob (Maude) Norton and Mrs. Rouster (Fay) Pearce, both of Baring; Miss Beulah Corwin, Memphis; a step-daughter, Mrs. Tom Bly of Peoria, Illinois, a step-son, Orville E. Scotten of Kansas City; four nephews and three nieces. A host of friends, neighbors and other relatives mourn her departure.
Her faithful reading of the word of God, and the practice of Christian principles, was reflected in the love and devotion she showered upon her family and friends.
Short services was held Monday at the Payne Funeral Chapel in Memphis, after which the body was taken to the Church of Christ in Bible Grove, where services were conducted by the Reverend Lowell Manchester of Pearl, Illinois. Burial was in the church yard. At the two services three beautiful songs were rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Foss.
Bearers were Dale, Donald and Bob Norton, Richard Pearce, Keith Dunn and Paul Gunnell.
Nina (Corwin) Humphrey Scotten, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 1 Oct 1959, p. 1, col. 4
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Henrietta Scudder Dies at Age of 71
Henrietta Scudder, daughter of Ira and Hannah Prime Drake was born January 14, 1894, in Schuyler County, MO. and departed this life Aug. 11, 1965 at the age of 71 years, six months and 28 days.
On March 29, 1911 she was united in marriage to Chester Lehr and to this union three daughters were born. Mrs. Estil (Elaine) Jones, Lancaster, Missouri; Mrs[.] Billy (Bessie) Whiteside, Monmouth, Ill. and Mrs. Merle (Ella B.) Eiffert, West Branch, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her mother, father, two husbands, Guy Gray, and Carl Scudder.
She is survived by her three daughters, three sisters, Mrs. Frank (Iva) Brunner, Downing, Mrs. Davie (Bessie) Curtis of Kirksville, MO, and Mrs. Clarence (Hazel) Jackson of Downing, one brother, Lewis Drake of Downing, 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and a host of friends and neighbors.
Etta was a good neighbor and loving mother and grandmother and will be sadly missed by all who knew her.
Funeral services were conducted at the Downing Baptist church at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 13 by Rev. Kenneth Campbell.
Music was furnished by Russell Morgan, Neva Lewis, Bessie Gerwig and Dee Rife, accompanied by Betty Drummond.
Body bearers were grandsons. Flower girls were granddaughters.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Moore Funeral Home.
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MRS. OLIVE FERN SCURLOCK DIES HERE TODAY
Was 38 Years Old, Graveside Services Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Olive Fern Scurlock, 38, of 703 W. Friedman, died this afternoon in a Kirksville hospital.
Private graveside service will be held at the Highland Park cemetery Sunday afternoon at two o’clock.
Mrs. Scurlock was the daughter of Dee and Effie (Simler) Cook and was born in Adair County, Nov. 8, 1912.
She was married April 10, 1931 to Joseph William VanSickel and to this marriage three children were born. Mr. VanSickel died Dec. 24, 1944. On August 18, 1947 she was married to Glen Scurlock and to this marriage one son was born.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, Lloyd Eugene VanSickel and George Curtis Scurlock, and two daughters, Ilda Jolene and Carol Sue VanSickel, of the home; three brothers, Lloyd, Judd and Roscoe Cook, all of Kirksville; four sisters, Mrs. Michael (Zelma) Tomich, Hollywood, Calif.; Mrs. James (Josephine) Murdock, Kirksville; Mrs. Woodrow (Alice) Kelly, Kirksville, and Mrs. Joseph (Anita) Bilello, New Orleans, La., and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Dee Cook, 1202 W. Burton.
She was a member of the Methodist Church.
The body will be at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Olive Fern VanSickel Scurlock, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 02 Feb 1951, p. 2, col. 2, Friday
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A. N. SEABER DIES AT HOME IN JEFFERSON CITY
Formerly Lived Here and was Prominent In Politics and G. A. R.
A. N. Seaber, 85-year-old former well-known citizen of Kirksville, died at his home in Jefferson City yesterday. While a resident here he was a pension claim agent for the U. S. Government and also a state senator. He and his family left Kirksville in 1908. The news item from Jefferson City concerning his death is as follows:
Jefferson City, Mo., Mar. 10—A. N. Seaber, Civil War veteran, former State Senator and prominent in Republican politics in Missouri for many years, died suddenly at his home here today. He was 85 years old. Death was due to an influenza attack.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hannah Seaber; three daughters, Daisy and Ivy Seaber of Jefferson City, Mrs. W. S. Denning of Chicago and harry G. Seaber of New York. Three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.
Seaber was for many years prominent in Missouri G. A. R. circles, being vice commander of the Missouri G. A. R. at the time of his death. He had lived in Jefferson City since 1908.
He was State Senator from the Sixth Senatorial District in the Thirty-eight and Thirty-ninth General Assemblies.
Seaber volunteered in the Union Army when 17 years old and served with distinction in many important engagements. He was for years head of the G. A. R. here.
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MISS LELA ANN SEBRING DIES AT LA PLATA
Heart Attack Fatal to Woman, 64; Last Rites Are Tomorrow
Miss Lela Ann Sebring, 64, died at her home in LaPlata Saturday morning at 3:30 of a heart attack.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at two o’clock at the LaPlata Christian Church with Rev. Ray Prather, pastor of the church, officiating. Interment will be in the LaPlata cemetery. The body is at the Wilson Funeral Home in LaPlata.
She was the daughter of Ferman and Lucy Sebring and was born Feb. 23, 1883, in the Illinois Bend community and lived there all here life except the last three years when she had lived in LaPlata. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and one sister.
She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Alma McGandy, and her aunt, Mrs. Minnie Burton, both of LaPlata.
She was a member of the Illinois Bend Church.
Bearers will be Lloyd Bragg, Kenneth Bragg, Leland McGandy, Oren Soward, Earl Flynn and A. C. Dunnington.
Lela Ann Sebring, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 12 Oct 1952, p. 3, col. 5
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Word was received in this city yesterday by D. W. Payne & Sons to have a grave opened on the Seaman Lot in our cemetery for the body of Harry Seaman who died in Centerville Tuesday. Interment today by the Iowa undertaker. Details of the death are lacking. Mr. Seaman had lived in Centerville many years and wrote frequently for publication in this paper.
Harry Seaman, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 12 Oct 1939, p. 8, col. 4
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Died
Mrs. Louiza Seaman died at her home in Knox County Saturday, Mar. 11, 1905, at the age of 89 years, 5 months and 11 days[.] She leaves 3 sons, namely, W. J. of Huntling W. Va. John and Robert, of Knox County, 5 daughters, Mrs. W. L. C. Ratherford, Mrs. Hulda Rouse, Mrs. Cynthia Lipes, Mrs. Lucy McReynolds and Mrs. Anna Beckner, many relatives and a host of friends to mourn her loss. The funeral took place at the Mt. Salem Baptist church Monday, Mar. 13, after which the remains were laid to rest in Mt. Salem cemetery.
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DIED AT DOWNING STURDAY
A. N. Seamster Lived in Charity Community 78 Years
Anthony New Seamster, 81, was born in Schuyler county, April 4, 1869, and died June 10.
He is the last of a family of seven boys. The family home was in the Charity neighborhood, where he spent his entire life until 3 years ago he moved into Downing.
Funeral services were held at the Moore funeral home, Monday, June 12, at 2:00. P. M. Lind officiated. Burial in the Coffey cemetery.
The singers were Mrs. Bessie Gerwig, Neva Lewis, Charley Riley and Dee Rife. Mrs. Carl Drummond, pianist. Pall bearers were Glen and John Seamster, O. C. Brown, Albert Hofen. Lee Pulliam and J. R. Ruth. Flower bearers were Carol Jean, Murel Dene and Jackie Simerl, Max Snodgrass, Eileen and Wilma Ruth.
On May 3, 1903, he was married to Louisa Simerl. To this union 3 sons were born. His wife died April 4, 1939.
He is survived by two sons, Omar and Elliott, of Downing and six grandchildren.
Mr. Seamster was a graduate of Gem City Business College and a writer of prose and poetry.
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Cora Seamster Dies At Age of 86
Cora Seamster, daughter of James O. and Bettie Haley Seamster, was born April 29, 1881, in Schuyler County and passed away at the Laughlin Hospital in Kirksville, Missouri, on March 9, 1968, at the age of 86 years, 9 months, and 10 days.
Miss Seamster lived her entire life in Schuyler County and resided on a farm with her twin sister, Nora, and brother, Earnest, until moving to Downing a few years ago.
She was preceded in death by her father and mother, one brother, Earnest, on December 9, 1943, and sister, Nora, on October 22, 1967.
Survivors are distant cousins and many friends.
Services were conducted at the Moore Chapel in Downing, Monday, March 11, 1968, at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. Kenneth Campbell.
Music was furnished by soloist Rev. Kenneth Campbell accompanied by Betty Drummond.
Body bearers were Edd Jackson, Joe Bondurant, Vernie Carroll, Jack Simons, Fred McCune and William Predmore.
Burial was in the Crowder Cemetery.
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Ethel Seamster Services Held On Saturday
Ethel Margaret Seamster, 61, died Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock in her home south of Downing. She had been in failing health for some time.
The daughter of L. E. and Louise (Snowbarger) Schubert, she was born July 6, 1906, in Schuyler County, Missouri. She was married to Glen Seamster, who survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bob (Wilma) Nicholson of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Verlin (Roberta) Baker of Keokuk, Iowa; her mother of Queen City[,] three sisters, Mary Yearns of Lake City, Iowa, Louise Ikerd of Queen City and Thelma Anderson of Kirksville and five grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Mrs. Seamster was a lifelong resident of the Downing vicinity, where she and her husband were in the hardware business for several years.
She was an active member of the Baptist Church and served as Sunday school teacher for many years.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock in the Downing Baptist Church whit the Rev. Harry Kearns, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial was in the Downing cemetery.
Bearers were Vernon Cook, Jack Ross, Russell Morgan, John Robinson, Ross Jones and Charles Ballew.
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Nora Seamster Dies At Age Of 86
Nora Seamster, daughter of James O. and Bettie Haley Seamster, was born April 29, 1881, and passed away at her home in Downing on October 22, 1967, at the age of 86 years, 5 months and 23 days.
Miss Seamster spent her entire life in Schuyler County and resided on a farm south of Downing until a few years ago when she moved into town.
She was preceded in death by her father and mother and one brother, Earnest, who passed away in 1943.
Surviving is her twin sister, Cora, who will sadly miss her and several cousins.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, October 23, 1967, at 2:00 p.m. at the Moore Chapel by Rev. John Gooch.
Music was furnished by Soloist Neva Lewis accompanied by Betty Drummond.
Body bearers were Edd Jackson, Joe Bondurant, Vernie Carroll, Jack Simmons, Fred McCune and William Predmore.
Burial was in the Crowder Cemetery.
Nora Seamster, From Unknown Newspaper, 26 Oct 1967
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MRS. J. W. SEARIGHT DEAD
Was Born in Scotland County Seventy-four Years Ago
Mary Lillie Allen was a daughter of Solomon and Jemima Allen. She was born May 10, 1871, in Scotland county, Missouri, near Memphis. She died at her home in Granger, June 23rd. Her death was rather sudden and unexpected even though she had been in failing health for a number of years.
She and Jason Shaw were united in marriage December 11, 1892. Mr. Shaw died April 8, 1900. She married John W. Searight, August 29, 1905, in Arbela. To this union one daughter, Faye Searight, was born. Mr. Searight died October 30, 1929.
Mrs. Searight was preceded in death by her sister and two brothers. She is survived by her daughter, two nephews and four nieces.
Funeral services were held at the Gerth & Baskett chapel Sunday afternoon, June 24. Rev. W. E. Longstreth of the Methodist church conducted the services. Music was provided by Miss June Watkins, Mrs. Ethel Mustoe and Miss Juanita Griffith.
Body bearers were Chas. Ellicott, D. A. Wise, Dave Lough, P. R. Allen, Judge Chas. A. Prather and Sam W. Padget.
Burial was in the Conyers cemetery.
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Obituary.
Lavina Danforth was born in Landoff, New Hampshire, March 27, 1812, was married to James Seavey June 1831; moved to Ohio in 1844, living there until 1855 when they came to Kirksville where they have lived since. She died June 30, 1901 and was buried July 1. She leaves three children, Mrs. D. Tibbetts, Mrs. Darrow and Edgar G. Seavey. Her husband died August 28, 1886.
Wm. L. Fletcher.
Lavina (Danforth) Seavey, Kirksville, Missouri, The Kirksville Journal, 04 Jul 1901, p. 1, col. 5
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JOHN HENRY SEBREE DIES AT COLUMBIA
Was 43 Years Old; Survived by Wife and 3 Daughters
John Henry Sebree, 43 of 1004 West Michigan street, died in a hospital in Columbia Sunday morning at four o’clock.
The body was brought to the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson, where it will lie in state. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
He was the son of Henry G. and Margaret E. (Price) Sebree and was born at Greentop on March 30, 1907. He was married to Irene White on Oct. 16, 1924. Three daughters were born to this marriage.
Surviving are his wife; the three daughters, Mrs. Bernadine Goodale, Pico, Calif.; Mrs. Margaret Vansickle, of Kirksville, and Betty Jean Sebree, of the home; five sisters, Mrs. Eva Saul, Lewistown; Mrs. Dora Pack, Des Moines, Ia.; Mrs. Ruby Reynolds, Kirksville; Mrs. Mabel Wright, Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Luella Maloney, Pittsburgh, Pa., also three grandchildren.
Mr. Sebree was engaged in the trucking business here.
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MRS. HENRY SEBREE DIES IN QUEEN CITY
Bedfast Six Weeks; Funeral Thursday at Greentop.
Special to The Daily Express.
Queen City, Mo., May 4—Mrs. Henry Sebree, resident of the Greentop and Queen City communities most of her life, died here Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock from a complicated illness. She had been confined to her bed six weeks.
The funeral will be held at the M. E. Church at Greentop Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Mrs. Sebree, nee Margaret Price, was born Aug. 11, 1873 on a farm east of Greentop. She was married to Henry Sebree, also of Greentop, Nov. 22, 1890, and they resided in the Greentop vicinity, except for a short period spent in North Dakota and a Mexico, Mo., until last fall, when they purchased property and moved to Queen City.
Surviving are her husband, five daughters, Mrs. Eva Johnson, Queen City; Mrs. Dora Pack, Des Moines; Mrs. Ruby Reynolds, Kirksville; Mrs. Mabel Wright, Detroit, and Mrs. Luella Fink, Pittsburgh, Pa.; one son, John Sebree, Kirksville; one sister, Mrs. Fred Burkhart, who lives in North Dakota; two brothers, Joe and Dee Pierce, Haxtun, Colo., and eleven grandchildren.
Mrs. Sebree was a member of the M. E. Church at Greentop.
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MRS. MARY ETTA SEBREE, 74, DIES AT GREENTOP
Lifelong Resident of Community Succumbs To Heart Trouble.
Special to The Daily Express.
Greentop, Mo., Sept. 24—Mrs. Mary Etta Sebree, 74 years of age, a life-long resident of this community, died last night at 8:30 at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Ira Robinson, in Greentop. Her death was attributed to heart trouble, aggravated by her advances age.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist Church in Greentop, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Sidney Gaither.
Mrs. Sebree was the widow of the late Andrew Sebree, who died about five years ago. She leaves four daughters, Mrs. J. S. Thrasher of Clarence, Mo., Mrs. Elma Williams, Rhodes, Ia., Mrs. Raymond Russell, Marshalltown, Ia., and Mrs. Ernest Armstrong, Baxter, Ia. A daughter, Mrs. Pearl Samuels, preceded her in death.
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David Secord, Former Merchant, Died In California Home
Word was received in this city Sunday of the death of David Secord at his home in San Diego, Cal. As no one here knew he was ill, the announcement was a shock to his Scotland county friends.
Mr. Secord was a pioneer clothing merchant in this city, coming from Bowling Green, Mo. For a while the firm name was Secord and Griffith, but later Mr. Secord bought the entire business and for years was the best known merchant in northeast Missouri.
Several years ago he sold his business here to a group of citizens who are now conducting the business under the name of the Memphis Clothing Company. Since Mr. Secord retired from business he had lived practically all the time in California.
His death is a crushing blow to his wife, who within a few days has lost her husband and mother – Mrs. Thornbury, which appears in another column. The body is expected in this city Friday, the interment to be made in the Memphis cemetery.
David Secord, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 8 Jan 1920
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Obituary Of Pioneer Merchant Of Memphis – David Secord
David Secord was born at Brantford province of Quebec, Canada, on January 5, 1745, and died at his home in San Diego, California, Jan. 2, 1920, at the age of 74 years, 11 months and 27 days.
At an early age he moved with his parents from Canada to Galena, Ill., where he resided until the Civil War at which time, although two years under the required age, he succeeded in enlisting in the Union army, and served under Generals Grant and Sherman during the entire four years of the war. Soon after his discharge from the army he went to St. Louis where for a number of years he was employed as a traveling salesman for a large wholesale Dry Goods house. During this period he also lived for a few years in Macon, Mo. In 1874 he came to Memphis and engaged in the clothing business under the name of Secord and Griffith. He later bought the interest of his partner and built up a large and successful Clothing Establishment. He was married July 25, 1883 to Miss Ida Newman of Memphis.
During the 38 years of his residence here he won the esteem of his fellow citizens by his integrity, his honesty and his loyalty. Reserved and retiring in nature, the larger part of his social life was spent with his family, yet he was never slow to manifest his interest in, or be slow to give his aid to worthy public enterprises.
In time of public need and stress he was among the first to offer assistance. For a number of years he was a member of the City Council. He was a member of the Masonic Order in which he became deeply interested and which conferred high honors upon him.
In 1912 he retired from business and moved to San Diego, Cal. where he spent the declining years of his life. He is survived by his wife, his son, Lynn of St. Louis and daughter, Mrs. Floyd Wilson, of Des Moines, Ia.
David Secord, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 15 Jan 1920, p. 1, col. 2
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Former Memphis Woman died in California
Mrs. David Secord, wife of a former Memphis business man, died at her home in San Diego, California, Tuesday, Oct. 23, according to word received here by Mrs. Fian Oliver last week.
Funeral services were held at San Diego Friday, Oct. 26. Mrs. Secord fell last Dec. 23rd and broke her hip, and had been bedfast since that time.
Mrs. David Secord, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 8 Nov 1951, p. 4, col. 4
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Mrs. David Secord Dies In San Diego
Mrs. David Secord, formerly of Memphis as reported in The Democrat last week died suddenly Oct. 23 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Annie Sorenson, San Diego, according to a letter received this week from Mrs. Flora Kays Hanson. Mrs. Secord was 91.
Born Ida Newman in 1860 in Indiana to James W. and Amanda M. Newman, the deceased came to Memphis in the early 80s. Here, in 1883, she married David Secord, a Memphis clothier.
To the Secord’s were born three children, Guy, who died in infancy, Lynn N., now of New York and Mrs. Sorenson. Mrs. Secord was an active member of Memphis Presbyterian Church.
In 1912 the Secord’s moved to San Diego, where he died in 1920. Mrs. Secord thereafter lived with her daughter until her death. Burial was in San Diego.
Ida (Newman) Secord, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 15 Nov 1951, p. 2, col. 1
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Died.
Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Secord; funeral took place from residence of Richard Hansen, Monday. “Suffer little children to come to me.”
Infant Child Secord, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 16 Oct 1884, p. 3, col. 1
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GORIN MAN, 79, DIED SUNDAY
Dean See Would Have Been 80 Years of Age on May 23rd
Henry Clay Dean See was a son of Chas. and Sarah See. He died at his home two miles south of Gorin, on Sunday, January 26, 1941, at twelve o’clock noon. He had been in failing health for a number of years and had been seriously ill the past two weeks. He was born on May 23, 1861, in Henry County, Iowa.
He was united in marriage to Nora Powell, September 8, 1887, and to this union was born two children, a son, Jason See, and a daughter, Sylvia.
He leaves the wife, son and daughter, seven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren, also one brother, Sigle See of Rutledge.
He was a member of the Gorin Christian church.
Funeral services were held at the Gorin Christian church Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 11 o’clock a. m., conducted by Geo. V. Baskett.
The body bearers were Willis Morris, Jason Clatt, Melvin Brown, Lloyd Huckey, Teddy Shultz and Wesley McMurry.
Music was furnished by Mrs. W. E. Shannon, Mrs. Murline Hustead, Miss May Holt and Miss Madeline Monroe, with Mrs. Nina Shacklett at the piano.
Interment in the Gorin cemetery.
Henry Clay Dean See, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 30 Jan 1941
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OBITUARY
Jamestown Capital: Comrade J. W. See is no more. The end came at the soldiers’ home hospital in Lisbon where he went after Christmas, to resume the treatment suspended during his visit here.
Mr. John Wesley See was born in Henry county, Iowa, February 5, 1842, where he grew up and taught school. When the war broke out he became a private in Co. G, .45th regiment Iowa Infty, Vols., and saw duty during the Rebellion, much of the time in the southwest. When being transported with other troops they occupied flat cars and the confederates set sharpened stakes beside the track, one of which struck Mr. See’s feet and jerked him from the car, injuring his spine and back so that in late years he was troubled very much and paralysis finally resulted.
September 13, 1866, in Etna, Scotland county, Missouri, he married Sarilda Elen. Coming to Dakota territory in the early days he settled on the Missouri slope at Glencoe and Bismarck where in 1888 he was issued a certificate to teach school by W. H. Winchester then county superintendent of schools and now judge of the district court. For some time he was employed in the bridge department of the Northern Pacific railroad in Dakota and Montana removing to Jamestown about 15 years ago.
Besides his wife there are left his daughters: Mrs. Henry Weymouth of Bismarck and Mrs. Bert Strong of this city.
Mr. See died in Lisbon, Sunday, January 8, about 3 p.m.
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MRS. BEN SEE DIES AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Had Been Resident of Kirksville for thirty Years
Mrs. Ben See, a resident of Kirksville for about 30 years, died this morning at 10:20 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Nixon, 606 West Martha. She would have been 80 years of age Oct. 14. The funeral will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Isaac Yates.
Last Thanksgiving Day Mrs. See was stricken with paralysis and one side remained paralyzed. A week ago Sunday she sustained another stroke which paralyzed the other side.
Mr. See died about 14 years ago.
Mrs. See is survived by six children, all of whom live in Kirksville. They are Harry and Hardin See, Mrs. J. C. Mears, Mrs. J. W. Vandiver, Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. W. J. Lantz.
Mrs. See had been a member of the Christian church for many years and a host of friends unite in extending their sympathy to the bereaved sons and daughters.
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Died November 1st
Funeral services for Nora Ethel See were held at the Geth & Baskett funeral home yesterday, November 2, and burial was in the Pleasant Hill cemetery. She died here Tuesday, Nov. 1, at the age of 63 years.
She was born in Scotland county, Feb. 2, 1886, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Crawford.
Services were conducted by Rev. V. A. Venezia.
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LILLIE SEES, 88, DIES AT HOME OF SON HERE
Mother of City Councilman Bert Sees; Rites Monday
Mrs. Lillie Cordelia Sees, 88, died at the home of her son, City Councilman Bert E. Sees, at 501 E. Pierce street, Saturday afternoon at three o’clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Davis Funeral Chapel, 202 E. Washington, where the body will lie in state, Monday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. H. E. Manning. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery.
Mrs. Sees was the daughter of Thomas Jackson and Aurrilla (Sanborn) Lee and was born in southeastern Adair county on Sept. 21, 1863. She was married to Hamilton Sees on March 6, 1881 in Adair county. Mr. Sees died in 1927. Her parents, four brothers and four sisters also preceded her in death.
She is survived by her son, Bert E. Sees; two grandsons, Ralph and Earl Sees, and three great granddaughters, all of Kirksville, and one sister, Mrs. T. M. (Etta) Flinchpaugh, of Kirksville.
Lillie Cordelia Sees, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 6 Jan 1952, p. 2, col. 7 & 8
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MRS. BESSIE SEFRIT, 40, DIES HERE
Had Been in Failing Health the Past Seven Years
Mrs. Bessie (Mulford) Sefrit, 40, died at her home at 515 S. Fourth St. Saturday morning about 3:30 o’clock. She had been in failing health the past seven years.
Funeral services will be held at the Davis Funeral Chapel Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock conducted by Rev. Melvin Fiscus. Interment will be made in Oak Grove Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be: Fred Rogers, Marion Moore, Forrest Holland, Leo Holland, Roy Stephenson and H. A. Watson.
The daughter of Lindsey and Addie Mulford, she was born Oct. 17, 1906 northeast of Kirksville. She was married to Harvey Sefrit July 25, 1924. Three children were born to them. She was preceded in death by an infant son and her father, Linsey Mulford.
Surviving are her husband, one son Donald, of Kirksville and one daughter, Wilma at home; her mother, Addie Mulford; two sisters, Mrs. Carmel Jones, of this city and Mrs. Golda Haynie, of Moline, Ill.; four brothers, Jake and Dillard, of near Kirksville, Charles, of Gibbs, and Marlin, of Alaska; one half-brother, Roy Skaggs, of Brashear route two.
Mrs. Sefrit was a member of the United Brethren Church at Oak Grove, northeast of Kirksville.
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J. H. SEFRIT, AGED 77, DIES IN SLEEP HERE
Retired Farmer To Be Buried Friday At East Center.
James Henry Sefrit, 77 years old, died in his sleep early this morning at his home at 801 South Davis Street.
He had been suffering from a heart ailment since last spring but was not bedfast. He had been downtown yesterday.
His wife said she was up at 2 a.m., and he seemed to be sleeping normally but when she arose this morning he was dead, apparently from a heart attack.
The funeral is to be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the East Center Church and burial will be made in the churchyard cemetery. The body is lying in state at the Davis Funeral home.
Mr. Sefrit was born in Indiana and lived in Illinois and Iowa before coming to a farm six miles northeast of Kirksville in 1902. He retired three years ago and moved here.
Married Feb. 26, 1900 to Jennie Barrett at New Sharon, Ia., four children were born to them.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Jennie B. Sefrit; two sons, Clarence Sefrit, 807 South Davis Street, Kirksville; Harvey Sefrit, two miles northeast of Kirksville; Mrs. Lucille Herron, East Alexander Street, Kirksville; and Mrs. Jessie Few, Kansas City, Mo.; eight grandchildren, two sisters and a brother.
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MRS. JENNIE SEFRIT DIES HERE TODAY
Succumbs to Heart Attack While Washing Clothes.
Mrs. Jennie Lillian Sefrit, 60, died suddenly at 11 o’clock this morning at her home, 801 South Davis Street, while washing clothes. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
The body will lie in state at the Davis Funeral Home until the funeral services, which will be held in the chapel there at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be in the East Center Cemetery.
Born Dec. 28, 1882 in New Sharon, Ia., Mrs. Sefrit was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Barrett. She married James H. Sefrit in 1900 and a year later they moved to a farm six miles northeast of Kirksville to make their home. Three years ago Mr. and Mrs. Sefrit moved into Kirksville where Mr. Sefrit died Sept. 18, 1940. One son, Frank, a brother, two sisters and a great grandson, also preceded her in death.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Jessie Few, of Kansas City, and Mrs. Lucille Herron, of Peoria, Ill.; two sons, Harvey Sefrit, of 515 South Fourth Street, and Clarence Sefrit, of 801 South Davis; a brother, William Barrett, of Cedar Rapids, Ia., and eight grandchildren.
Mrs. Sefrit was a member of the East Center Methodist Church.
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Segner.
Mrs. E. G. Segner, a former resident and well known woman, died in Sioux City, Ia., according to word received here by friends. She had been ill four days, and death came on January 8. Mrs. Segner lived here for a great many years, and was a member of the Presbyterian church. Besides her husband she is survived by two sons, Robert, of Sioux City, and Frank, of Clarion, Iowa. Mr. C. G. Signer is a brother of Mr. I. F. Segner of this city.
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Funeral Services Held Wednesday For Fred Seidt
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Sabbath Home Church for Fred Siedt [sic], of two and one-half miles northeast of Bullion, who died Monday morning in a Kirksville Hospital. The Rev. J. E. Rudloff conducted the services. Interment was made in the Sabbath Home cemetery.
Pallbearers were: C. A. Lipper, Willis Wade, William Downing, George Gardner, Bert Draper and Audrey Person.
Mr. Seidt was born in Germany on October 31, 1857. He came to the United States when twenty one years of age and settled in Pittsburgh, Pa. Later he went to Chillicothe, Mo., where he lived until 1918 when he bought a farm northeast of Bullion where he lived at the time of his death.
He was married July 9, 1903 to Elizabeth Whitworth. Six children were born to this union, one daughter dying in infacy [sic]. Surviving are his wife, two sons and three daughters, Fred Seidt, Jr., of LaPlata, Roy of Utica, Mo., Mrs. Mary Miller of Dearborn, Michigan, Mrs. Ethel Person of Rock Falls, Ill., Mrs. Edna Lipper of Wilmathsville [sic]. Eleven grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Tillie Hausman, and Mrs. Rosa Egner, both of Kansas City, Mo., also survive.
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MRS. SELBY DIES TODAY AT BRASHEAR
Death Occurred at Farm Where She Had Lived of 71 Years
Brashear, Mo., Feb. 27 (Special)—Mrs. Eliza (Moss) Selby, 86, died at the family home two and half miles northwest of Brashear this morning at 11:15. Mrs. Selby has been bedfast the past nine years, and three years ago became totally blind.
Funeral services will be held at the Easley Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. G. D. Hammontree, pastor of the U. B. Church. Interment will be in the Brashear Cemetery.
Mrs. Selby was the daughter of Wiley and Lois Moss and was born in Adair County, Mo., on Jan. 20, 1862. She was married to William Parker Selby on May 17, 1877. Four children were born to this marriage. Her husband died about fifty-five years ago.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ollie Guy, of Kirksville and Mrs. W. C. (Opal) Lowe, of Kirksville Rt. 4; two sons, Elden and Elva, twins, of Brashear, eleven grandchildren and eleven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
Mrs. Selby was a member of the United Brethren Church in Brashear.
She lived on the farm where she died for a period of seventy-one years.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home.
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MRS. H. SELBY DIES AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Widow of Kirksville Mayor a Descendant of Clay Family
Mrs. Ella Clay Selby, 84, widow of Hiram Selby, died in a Kirksville hospital Saturday afternoon. She had been an invalid for nine years and was confined to her bed since early summer.
Daughter of Samuel P. and Emily Kell Clay, she was born in Clark County, Missouri, June 24, 1863. She married Hiram Selby, a former business man and mayor of Kirksville, on August 30, 1885. He died in 1934. She is survived by their seven children, Mrs. Tennie Burk, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Emma Funk, Arkansas City, Kan.; Paul O. Selby, Kirksville; Miss June Selby, Watertown, N. Y.; Mrs. Lois Halladay, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Eunice Chambers, Lansing, Mich., and Mrs. Ruth Vorhees, Kirksville. She leaves also two sisters and thirteen grandchildren.
Mrs. Selby was active in many public affairs, having served as a worthy matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, in the Daughters of the American Revolution, and in the circles of the First Baptist Church of which se had been a member forty-five years. She took great pride in her relationship to the Clays of Kentucky and a half-dozen Revolutionary ancestors.
Funeral services will be held at the Baptist Church at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
The body will be at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home until that time. In her declining days Mrs. Selby outlined her wishes for final services and asked that six of her grandsons be the pall-bearers. Burial will be beside her husband in Highland Park Cemetery.
Ella (Clay) Selby, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 19 Oct 1947, p. 2, col. 2, Sunday
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G. W. SELBY DIES AT HOME IN BRASHEAR
Funeral Arrangements Have Not Been Completed.
Brashear, April 10, (Special)—George W. Selby died suddenly at his home in Brashear some time between 5 and 6 o’clock this morning. He has had high blood pressure for the past two years but has been able to be up and around and was feeling as well as usual yesterday. He woke up at 5 o’clock this morning and asked if it was still raining and took a drink of water. When his wife awakened again at 6 o’clock she found her husband was dead.
The deceased was a son of Albert and Diana Poston Selby and was born near Gibbs on March 6, 1860. His parents were natives of Ohio.
He was married to Miss Margaret Rainier in February, 1885, and to them seven children were born. One son died in infancy and a daughter, Mrs. Edna Lanz, died in 1924. Mrs. Selby died on Nov. 5, 1906. He was then married to Miss Ellen Shreck on Sept. 23, 1908; she survives. They lived on a farm north of Gibbs until two years ago when they moved to Brashear to live.
Besides the widow he is survived by three sons and two daughters, who are, Clifford of La Plata, Harley of Bingen, Wash., Guy of Nevada, Ia., Mrs. Daisy Campbell of Forsythe, Mont., and Mrs. Nina Pearce of Willmathsville, also 36 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. There are two brothers and two sisters, Mrs. Harry Huston of Simler, Colo., and Mrs. John Crawford of La Plata, and Ash Selby of Weir, Kan., and Abe Selby of Macon.
He was a member of the M. E. Church at Sabbath Home.
The arrangements for the funeral have not been completed but it will be held at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear, where the body is lying in state. The Rev. J. H. Lane, assisted by Rev. Wetherell will have charge of the funeral. Burial will be in the Union cemetery at Gibbs. Grandsons will act as pallbearers.
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James H. Selby Dies At Age Of 85
James Harris Selby, son of William and Ella McConnell Selby, was born January 14, 1887, in Wayne County, Iowa, and departed this life August 16, 1972, at the Rolling Hill Manor Home in Zion, Illinois, at the age of 85 years, 7 months, and 2 days.
He was married September 16, 1903, to Mary Marrilla Kirk. To this union two children were born, Leslie Kirk of Waukegan, Illinois, and Edna Marcelle Selby Kraus of Memphis, Missouri.
In 1935 they moved to Scotland County, Missouri, and in 1942, they moved to Waukegan, Illinois.
He was preceded in death by his wife in 1964 and by his parents and brothers, Curtis and Cyrus and a sister, Ethel Kirk.
He is survived by his son, Leslie and wife, Thelma, and son, Tom, and by his daughter, Edna, granddaughters, Joan Kraus Pruett and husband, Kenneth, two children, Suzanne and Larry, Doris Kraus Goerke, and husband, Paul, and daughter, Dana.
Funeral services were held at the Liggett-Randolph Funeral Home, Seymour, Iowa, August 19th. Burial was in Richardson Chapel Cemetery near Sewal, Iowa.
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Arthur G. Self, 69, Dies at Moberly
(From Moberly Monitor-Index)
Arthur G. Self, 69, died suddenly at 11:45 o’clock Monday morning while in the barn at his home, 801 Union avenue. He had been in ill health several years.
Mr. Self is survived by his wife; two sons, Bennie and Marion Self; Moberly; two daughters, Mrs. Earl Elliott, Moberly and Mrs. Henry Howell, Holliday; a brother B. F. Self, Moberly; a sister, Mrs. Ella Davidson, Bloomfield, Ia.; and five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Born in La Plata, Mr. Self came to Moberly in 1916 and was employed by the bridge and building department of the Wabash Railroad until he retired in 1946.
The body is in the Mahan Funeral Parlors where services were to be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon by Dr. Allen Duncan, pastor of Coates Stret [sic] Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.
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Chas. A. Self, 79, Is Dead
Came to Scotland County as a Young Man From Ohio
Chas. A. Self, 79, died in Memphis Sunday afternoon, July 7, at 3 o’clock.
Funeral services were held at the Gerth & Baskett funeral parlor Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and interment was in the North Bethel cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. A. B. Billman, the new pastor of the Christian church, in the absence of Rev. W. E. Longstreth, who is out of town. Mr. Self died suddenly as he was out on the street several days the past week.
He was born at Nelsonville, Ohio, on February 22, 1861, being 79 years of age last February. He came to Scotland County as a young man from Ohio and lived in this county the remainder of his life, for several years on a farm north of Memphis and of late years in Memphis.
He was married in Scotland County on June 21, 1885, to Miss Harriet Dean, who died several years ago.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Bryant, and two grandchildren, Paul Bryant and Ruth Bryant.
He was a member of the Pentecostal Church in Memphis.
Chas. A. Self, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 11 Jul 1940, p. 1, col. 6
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RITES FOR MRS. W. W. SELF TO BE MONDAY
La Plata Woman Died Yesterday After Heart Attack.
Mrs. Emma C. Self, 65, wife of W. W. Self, died at her home at La Plata yesterday morning at 7 o’clock from a heart attack. She had been in impaired health some time but became seriously ill only Friday.
The funeral will be Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Methodist Church at La Plata and burial will be in the La Plata Cemetery.
Mrs. Self was born at La Plata March 4, 1875, daughter of Hugh and Ruey Carpenter, and had lived there her entire life.
She was a member of the La Plata Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, two sons, Frank Self, La Plata, and Paul Self, Muscatine, Ia.; four sisters, the Misses Frances, Ada and Manie Carpenter, Kirksville; Mrs. O. B. McKenzie, Macon; and two brothers, E. E. Carpenter, Detroit, and C. J. Carpenter, Forest Lake, Minn.
Her parents, one sister, Mrs. Ella Dale, of Greencastle, and one brother W. F. Carpenter, Prairie Home, Mo., preceded her in death.
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OBITUARY
Harriet Dean was born in Burlington, Iowa, and departed this life at the home of her sister, Mrs. Sarah Shelton, in Memphis, Mo., February 15, 1925, at the age of 67 years and 10 months.
When she was six months old her parents moved to Scotland County, Missouri, where she resided until her death.
On June 30, 1885, she was married to C. A. Self. To this union one child was born, Mrs. Vera Bryant.
Mrs. Self was converted in early life and united with the Protestant Methodist Church at Bethel and remained a member of this church until her death. She was afflicted with cancer and was an intense sufferer for several months before her death.
She is survived by her husband, daughter and grandson, one brother, Charles Dean of Memphis and three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Shelton of Memphis, Mo.; Mrs. Kate Mathias of Granger, Mo., and Mrs. Lydia Wilmeth of Gorin, Mo.
After a short service at the home, the body was taken to Bethel church where the funeral was held, Monday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. R. W. Custer. Interment was in the cemetery nearby.
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MRS. C. A. SELF FUNERAL HELD AT BETHEL MONDAY
A short funeral service was held at the residence of Mrs. Shelton in Memphis for Mrs. C. A. Self Monday afternoon, after which the remains were taken to the Bethel church where services were conducted by Rev. R. W. Custer at two o’clock. Interment was in the Bethel cemetery.
Harriet Dean was born in Burlington Iowa, April 15, 1857 and departed this live at the home of her sister Mrs. Shelton in Memphis, Mo., February 15, 1925 age 67 years 10 months.
When she was six months old her parents came to Scotland, County, Mo where she resided until her death. On June 30th, 1885 she was married to C. A. Self. To this union was born one child, Mrs. Verna Bryant.
Mrs. Self was converted in early life and united with the Protestant Methodist church at Bethel and remained a member of that church until her death.
She was afflicted with cancer and was an intense sufferer for several months before her death.
She is survived by her husband, daughter and grandson; one brother, Charles Dean of Memphis and three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Shelton, of Memphis, Mrs. Kate Mathias of Granger and Mrs. Lydia Wilmeth of Gorin.
Harriet (Dean) Self, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 19 Feb 1925, p. 4, col. 4
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MRS. MARY ELLA SELF, 79, DIES NEAR LA PLATA
Had Stroke Dec. 20 and Never Regained Consciousness.
Mary Ella (Mollie) Spencer Self, 79, died at he home of her sister, Mrs. Orville Elsea, near La Plata, last night at 8:20 o’clock. She was attacked by the flu about two weeks ago and on Dec. 20 suffered a paralytic stroke from which she never regained consciousness. She had made her home for the past eight years with her sister, Mrs. Elsea.
Funeral services will be held at the Christian Church in La Plata Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. J. L. Shoemaker of Shelbina. Interment will be made in the La Plata cemetery.
Mrs. Self was the daughter of Joseph and Laura Collins Spencer and was born near La Plata on Aug. 26, 1866. She was married to Marshal M. Self on Mar. 15, 1899. No children were born to this marriage. Mr. Self died Sept. 28, 1926.
She is survived by one step-daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Eitel, of Austin, Tex., three step-grandsons, Capt. Charles M. Eitel, of Kearns, Utah, Dr. John Ben Eitel, of Sapulpa, Okla., and Sgt. William J. Eitel, of Los Alamos, N. M.; three step-grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters, Mrs. Orville Elsea and John C. Spencer, both of La Palta, Joseph J. Spencer, of Durango, Colo., and Mrs. Linnie Neeley of Monte Vista, Colo.
Two brothers, and two sisters preceded her in death.
Mrs. Shelf [sic] was a member of the La Plata Christian Church. She lived all her life in and near La Plata.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear until late this evening when it will be taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Elsea, near La Plata, where it will lie in State until time for the funeral service.
Mary Ella (Spencer) Self, Kirksville Daily Express, 28 Dec 1945, p. 2, col. 2, Friday
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MRS. MARY E. SEVITS DIES HERE, AGED 73
Funeral and Burial Services Saturday At Hazel Creek.
Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the Hazel Creek Union Church, northwest of Kirksville, for Mrs. Mary E. Sevits, 73 who died at her home near Kirksville, Thursday evening.
Born Oct. 3, 1869, at Nineveh, Mo., an old German communal colony, she was the daughter of Peter and Catherine Felker. She was married to William E. Sevits, Sept. 9, 1888. To this union, 12 children were born. The oldest, Dora M., died in infancy.
Surviving, besides her husband, are eight sons, Jacob H., of Connelsville, Sherman H., of Kirksville, Forest R., of Waterloo, Ia., Cyrus E., Dewey M., Theodore H. and Hershel H., all of route two, Kirksville; and Harvey G., of Greencastle; three daughter [sic], Mrs. Tedd Brunner, of Las Vegas, Nev., Mrs. Eugene Rhoades, of Waterloo, Ia., and Mrs. Thomas May, of Kirksville; a brother, G. W. Felker; 25 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Mrs. Sevits was a member of the Hazel Creek Union Church and of the ladies Home Mission. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Archie Cooper, with Mrs. Sevits’ sons acting as pallbearers. Burial was made in Hazel Creek Union Cemetery.
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S. H. SEVITS, 55, DIES HERE OF HEART TROUBLE
World War I Veteran Once Secretary Mutual Insurance Group
Sherman H. Sevits, 55, died Tuesday night at his home at 716 E. Randolph street. He had been ill with a heart ailment for several months.
The body is at the Dee Riley Funeral Home and funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Mr. Sevits was the son of William E. and Mary E. (Felker) Sevits and was born in Adair County, Dec. 28, 1893. He was married Dec. 25, 1919, at Greentop, to Maude Mae Willis and to this marriage four sons were born.
He is survived by his wife, three sons, Harold and Willis, both of Kirksville and Wallace, of Chicago; six brothers, Jacob H., of Novinger, Cyrus E., Dewey M., Harvey G., Theodore G. and Herschel H., all of Kirksville; three sisters, Mrs. Ted (Opal) Brunner, of Las Vegas, Nevada; Mrs. Thomas (Lula) May, of Kirksville and Mrs. Eugene (Beulah) Rhodes, Waterloo, Ia., and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, one brother and one sister.
He was a member of the Kirksville Baptist Church, Adair Lodge No. 366; Caldwell Chapter and Ely Commandery.
He lived on a farm northeast of Kirksville until 1937 when he came to Kirksville and was secretary of the Adair County Mutual Insurance Co. Later he worked at the Kirksville State Teachers College and later followed the carpenter trade until his health failed in October, 1948.
He was a veteran of World War I, having enlisted in the United States Army October 5, 1917, at Timber Lake, S. Dak. He served overseas and was assigned with a casualty detachment, and also the American Expeditionary Forces with headquarters at Camp Covington, Marseille, France, where he was in charge of prisoners. He received his honorable discharge Jule 26, 1919, with the ranking of sergeant.
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BESSE SEWELL, 59, OF NEAR LA PLATA, DIES
Funeral Services Sunday Afternoon At La Plata
Mrs. Besse Sewell, 59, of route 1, LaPlata, died this morning in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral services will be held at the Christian Church in LaPlata Sunday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. R. L. Prather, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. Kenneth Kuntz, pastor of the Christian Church, Hannibal. Interment will be in the LaPlata cemetery.
Mrs. Sewell was the daughter of W. H. and Ellen (Barnhart) Johnson and was born Sept. 11, 1890 at LaPlata. She was married to Olon Sewell, Feb. 26, 1911 at LaPlata, and to this marriage two children were born.
She is survived by her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Tice (Louise) Young, Hannibal; one son, William, of LaPlata; her mother, Mrs. Ellen Johnson; three sisters, Mrs. Floyd (Mary) Dedman, Mrs. A. W. (Willie) Prash, and Miss Lillian Johnson, all of LaPlata, and one granddaughter, Mary Louise Sewell. She was preceded in death by her father.
Mrs. Sewell was a member of the LaPlata Christian Church.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until Saturday morning at 11 o’clock, when it will be taken to the home of her mother, Mrs. Ellen Johnson, at LaPlata, where it will lie in state until the funeral hour.
Bearers will be: Rollie Lene, Dale Allen, Ernest Wood, Ray Funk, Orville Burris and Cleo McHenry.
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Gifford Woman Had Been in Poor Health For the Past Year.
Mrs. Fannie Ann Sewell, 84, of South Gifford, Mo., died this morning at 7:30 o’clock at a hospital in Kirksville. She had been in failing health for the past year and had been at the hospital for about eleven weeks. The body will lie in state at the McCollum Funeral Home in South Gifford until 1 o’clock Sunday when it will be taken to Mt. Carmel Church where services will be conducted at 2 o’clock.
Mrs. Sewell was the seond [sic] daughter of a family of three daughters and two sons of Newton and Sarah Nancy Williams, early settlers of the Illinois Bend vicinity in Adair County. She was born in that vicinity Nov. 30, 1859.
She was married to Frank Sewell of the same community, March 10, 1875. To this marriage four children were born, three sons and one daughter. The eldest son died at birth. Those surviving are R. D. Sewell, Dresden, Kansas, C. D. Sewell, Greencastle, Mo., and Mrs. Eula D. Barnett, of Tulsa, Okla. she also leaves four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews, and a sister, Mrs. Allie Ransom, of cape Girardeau, Mo.
Two brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
Mrs. Sewell had spent most of her life in Adair County, with the exception of a few years spent in Vernon County, Mo., where she moved with her family in 1878. In 1882 they moved back to Adair County, settling in Walnut Township where they lived on the old farmplace until her husband’s death, June 23, 1921. In 1922, she left the farm and moved to South Gifford to be among her old friends and where she lived until her death.
She acclaimed the Christian faith early in life and in 1894, united with the Christian Adventists in which she held faith until her death.
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MRS. WILLIAM SEWELL, 76, OF LA PLATA, DIES
Former Ida Mae Meeks Was Daughter of Pioneer Couple
La Plata, Mo., Feb. 3, (Special)—Mrs. Ida Mae Sewell, 76, died Saturday afternoon at 4:15 in a Kirksville hospital. She had been confined to her home with illness since October.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Community Presbyterian Church at two o’clock conducted by her pastor, the Rev. Fred L. Hudson.
Mrs. Sewell was the daughter of Judge George and Cynthia (Cunningham) Meeks, early pioneers of Adair County, and was born May 8, 1870. She was married to William Sherman Sewell on Dec. 14, 1887. They lived on a farm northwest of La Plata until Oct. 8, 1936 when they moved to their home in La Plata where she has since lived. Her husband died Nov. 2, 1939.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jesse Lock, one son, Olon Sewell and three grandchildren, Mrs. Tice Young, of Hannibal, Ervel Lock and William Olon Sewell, of La Plata.
Mrs. Sewell was a member of the Daughters of American Revolution, Rebekah Lodge and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
She was the last member of the Meeks family.
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V. P. SEWELL, AGED 82, DIES NEAR NIND
Funeral To Be Sunday Afternoon At Union Temple.
V. P. Sewell, 82 years old, died this morning at 7 o’clock at his home north of Nind.
The funeral is to be Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the Union Temple, conducted by the Rev. Ralph M. G. Smith, pastor of the First Baptist Church here. Pallbearers will be: John W. Adkins, Emil Haberstich, Walker Simmons, Arlie Pifer, Charley Simmons, Carl Noel. The body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Mr. Sewell was born Feb. 20, 1859, in Ohio, a son of William Henry and Ann Tilson Sewell, natives of England. He was married to Mary Buck on Feb. 5, 1880 and four daughters were born. One daughter, Mrs. Daisy Hays, and his wife preceded him in death.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Allen Cook, of Novinger, Mo.; Mrs. Garrett Sullivan, of Yarrow, Mo.; and Mrs. Opal Kimbel, of Swink; several grandchildren and great grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. J. N. Stukey, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, of La Plata.
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W. S. SEWELL, AGED 72, DIES AT LA PLATA
Funeral and Burial Services Saturday Afternoon.
Special to The Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., Nov. 3—William Sherman Sewell, 72 years old, died at his home here last night at 8 o’clock from heart disease. He became seriously ill at 7 o’clock yesterday morning.
The funeral will be tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Fred L. Hudson. Burial will be in La Plata Cemetery.
Mr. Sewell was born in Macon County, Feb. 25, 1867 and had lived all his life in Macon and Adair County. He moved to La Plata three years ago after retiring from active farm life.
He was married Dec. 14, 1887 to Ida May Meeks, near Millard.
Surviving him are his widow, one son, Olon Sewell, La Plata; one daughter, Mrs. Ollie Lock, La Plata; three grandchildren, Mrs. Tice Young, Kirksville; Billy Sewell and Ervel Lock, La Plata, and the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Joe Stukey, Millard; Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, La Plata, and Ber Sewell, Youngstown. Five brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
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Father Died Tuesday
Mrs. Lynn Riddington received word Tuesday night that her father, R. L. Sexton of Muscatine, Iowa, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Riddington and niece, Edythe Starck, went to Muscatine Wednesday. Lynn Riddington and daughters, Mrs. Neal Strong, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young and children and Mrs. Marguerite Woods of Ft. Madison, attended the funeral at Muscatine Saturday afternoon.
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OBITUARY.
Michael Seyb was born at Kindenhelm, Bavaria, April 4, 1840, and died at Kahoka, Mo., Sunday, September 9, 1900, at 2 p.m., after a protracted illness of cancer of the stomach. Funeral services were held at the German church, Tuesday, September 11, at 1:30 o’clock. Rev. Ph. Blaufuss preached a sermon in German, followed by Rev. M. Sexsmith in English. At the conclusion of the services the body was taken in charge by the members of Wm. McKee Post G. A. R. and escorted to the German cemetery, where it was laid to rest according to the rites of the order.
Deceased came to the United States with his parents at the age of eight years. The family first settled in New York state but in 1858 came to Lee county, Ia., locating at Franklin. In 1866 he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Rauscher, who with ten children, seven boys and three girls, survive him. He enlisted in the Union army in 1861 and served his adopted country faithfully throughout the Civil war. He was a good and useful citizen, whose loss will be felt not only by his relatives but by a large circle of warm personal friends.
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RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, the Great Commander has mustered out our comrade, Michael Seyb from our ranks here on earth.
Therefore, be it resolved that Wm. McKee Post No. 110 Dept. Mo., extend our heartfelt sorrow to the bereaved family in this their time of distress, and that the Post room be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days in honor of our noble dead.
Resolved, that these resolutions be spread on the adjutants books and that a copy of these resolutions be furnished the family of our late comrade.
Committee: Joseph Vandolah.
David Eakin.
Wm. Owens.
Michael Seyb, Kahoka, Missouri, Clark County Courier, 14 Sept 1900
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PROMINENT GREEN CITY WOMAN DIES
Mrs. Clara Seymour Ill Several Months—Funeral Friday.
Special to The Daily Express.
Green City, May 27—Mrs. Clara Seymour, 75, died at 3:15 o’clock yesterday afternoon at her home in Green City. She had been in failing health for several months and had been critically ill since May 1 when she suffered a heart attack.
Mrs. Seymour was born Apr. 14, 1868, in Madison County, Ind., the daughter of Geroge and Jane (Albert) Graham. When she was a child she moved to Sullivan county with her parents and has spent most of her childhood and all of her adult life in Sullivan, Linn and Adair Counties. From the time she was 16 years old, Mrs. Seymour taught in the rural schools until her marriage seven years later to Daniel Gilbert Seymour, Feb. 18, 1891.
At an early age, Mrs. Seymour joined the Methodist Church and was an active worker during her entire life. She has served as superintendent of the Sunday school and as teacher in the same department. Mrs. Seymour had also been active in the W. C. T. U., acting as county president and as state vice-president. The Seymours [sic] moved to Green City about 18 years ago. Mr. Seymour died Oct. 12, 1936, at Green City.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Gladys Westfall, of Genoa, Calif.; Mrs. Nola Abbott, of Green City; Mrs. Blanch Crist, of Buena Vista, Colo.; Mrs. Lula Brantner, of Omak, Wash., and Mrs. Marie Asher, of Marceline; four sons, Earl Seymour, of Hugo, Colo.; Glen Seymour, of the U. S. Army; George Seymour, of Tucson, Ariz., and Orlo Seymour, of Trenton; four brothers, John A. Graham and Lewis Graham, of Green City; Baker Graham, of Ewing, and Elmer Graham, of LaPlata; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Hensley, of Green City and 34 grandchildren.
With the Exception of her son, George who was unavoidably detained, all of Mrs. Seymour’s children were with her during her last illness. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Mrs. Lyda Riddle and Almeda Graham, who died in infancy.
Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Methodist Church. The Rev. G. T. Rolston will conduct the services. Interment will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Clara Seymour, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 27 May 1943, p. 3, col. 3
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