These are typed from photographed copies of many obituaries and death notices that I have in my collection. For many of them there is no indication of what newspaper they came from nor is a year indicated for some of them. Photo copies are sometimes hard to read or are damaged. Also, some of the obits and death notices may not be complete. I will be spending time searching out the complete documents and their location, as well as to search for more obituaries and death notices to add here. I always strive for correctness.
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FUNERAL HERE FOR VICTIM OF COLLISION
Mrs. Marian Goeke One of 3 in Family Killed on Thursday
Requiem mass for Mrs. Marian H. Goeke, 55, of East St. Louis, Ill., widow of Dr. Joseph Goeke, who died in 1926, her son, Edward J. Goeke, 34, and her grandson, Joseph Goeke, age 2, both of Pueblo, Colo., who were killed in a truck and car crash Thursday morning near Grafton, Ill., will be held in East St. Louis Monday morning. Interment for Mr. Goeke and son, Joseph, will be there also.
The body of Mrs. Marian H. Goeke will arrive here Tuesday about noon and a graveside service will be held in Highland Park cemetery at one o’clock under the direction of the Robert B. Davis Funeral Home, 115 W. Jefferson, with Father William Von Arx officiating. Requiem mass, under direction of Father Von Arx, will be at Mary Immaculate church here Tuesday morning at seven o’clock.
The accident which resulted in the death of the three occurred on Illinois Highway 100 nine miles northwest of Grafton, Ill., when a truck driven by Fred Link of Warsaw, Ill., struck a culvert and veered into the Goeke machine. Mr. Goeke, an employe of the Social Security Administration at Pueblo, Colo., and his family were visiting his mother at East St. Louis before he took up a new assignment at Billings, Mont.
Mrs. Goeke was a sister-in-law of Ed H. Goeke, owner of Goeke’s Shoe Store and Henry Goeke, of Greentop. She is survived by her 95-year-old mother and two daughters.
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LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. G. J. GOEKE
Succumbed At Home Here Last Night; Rites Friday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Goeke, 76, wife of G. J. Goeke, died last night at 11:45 o’clock at her home at 616 West Jefferson Street. She had been in impaired health several years, bedfast the past month.
The funeral is to be held Friday morning at 8:30 o’clock at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, conducted by the Rev. P. J. Barrett, and burial will be made in the Highland Park Cemetery. The pallbearers will be Joe Aeschelman, Earl Hawkins, Richard Mihalevich, Edwin Crnic, Charles Frkovich and Lewis May. The body is lying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Goeke, nee Elizabeth Mary Templeman, was born at Quincy, Ill., Sept. 12, 1864, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barney H. Templeman, and was married Nov. 1887 at Quincy to G. J. Goeke.
They established their first home at Edina, Mo., then moved to Quincy. After seven years in Quincy they returned to Edina, from where they moved to Kirksville in 1916, Mr. Goeke entering the shoe business here.
Ten children were born to them, two of whom preceded her in death. Surviving are her husband, six sons and two daughters, George Goeke, Newton, Ia.; Frank C. Goeke, Brookfield; Miss Mae T. Goeke, Kirksville; Ed Goeke, Kirksville; John Goeke, Kansas City; Henry Goeke, Greentop; Mrs. N. J. Hentges, New Hampton, Ia., and Herbert Goeke, Moberly; twenty-five grandchildren and one great grandson, and two brothers, Henry Templeman, Bedford, Va., and Ben Templeman, Brae, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Goeke celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1937.
Mrs. Goeke was a member of the Altar Society here.
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G. J. Goeke, 84 Dies Sunday
Gerhard Joseph Geoke [sic], 84 died Sunday evening at his home, 708 N. Florence Street. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the Mary Immaculate Church by Rev. Father J. F. Kenny. Interment was in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mr. Goeke was the son of Gerhard and Therse (Ernst) Goeke and was born in Ibbenburen, Germany, Aug. 22, 1863. He was married Nov. 10, 1887 at Quincy, Ill., to Elizabeth Templeman and to this marriage ten children were born. Mrs. Goeke died Feb. 12, 1941, and he was also preceded in death by two children, six brothers and four sisters.
Mr. Goeke, with his parents and one brother and one sister, came to the United States and arrived in Baltimore, Md. April 30, 1880. In 1891 he established a shoe store in Edina which he operated until 1917 when he moved to Kirksville to make his home and where he opened a shoe store.
He is survived by six sons, George, of Newton, Ia., Frank of Catham, N. Y., Edward J., of Kirksville, John of Kansas City, Mo., Henry, of Greentop and Herbert of Moberly; two daughters, Miss Mae Goeke, of Kirksville and Mrs. N. J. (Eleanor) Hentages, of New Hampton, Iowa; twenty-seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Services For Downing Resident Monday
Funeral services for Dallas Goff, 76, Downing business man who died at the Grim-Smith hospital in Kirksville Saturday, February 5, were held from the Gerth & Baskett chapel Monday, February 7, at 2:30 conducted by Rev. D. H. Newland. Burial was in Mt. Moriah cemetery.
The son of W. H. and Ellen Goodwin Goff, he was born in Tucker County, West Virginia, July 25, 1878. He came to Missouri at the age of 19 and on March 5, 1905, he married Ella McNammer who preceded him in death. March 19, 1911, he married Lela Russell and two daughters were born to them, Mrs. Leota Lancaster of Arbela and Mrs. Pearl Garman of Downing.
He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 sisters and three brothers.
Surviving are the daughters and the grandchildren, Mrs. Betty Campbell, Mrs. Freddie Hauk, and Linda Kay Garman and the following brother and sisters, Mrs. Fred Adams, Wyaconda, Mrs. Leonard Miller, Phau, Texas; B. W. and John Goff, Boise, Idaho; and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Goff lived in Downing where he operated a service station.
Body bearers were George Simmons, Ross Jones, Max Anderson, Raymond Campbell, Loweldene Fincher and Freddie Hauk.
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MRS. D. A. GOFF DIED FRIDAY
Funeral Services Were Held at Her Home in Downing Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Dallas Goff, who died at her home in Downing last Friday, March 12, were conducted at the home there Sunday afternoon at one o’clock by Rev. Dan Newland. Burial was in the Mr. Moriah cemetery northeast of Memphis.
Lela Josephine Russell was the daughter of Robert and Alice Russell. She was born in Scotland county, September 19th, 1891.
She was united in marriage to Dallas A. Goff, March 19, 1911. To this union was born two daughters, Mrs. Leota Mason, Memphis and Mrs. Pearl Garman of the home. Two granddaughters, Virginia Lee Mason and Betty June Garman, also survive.
Her mother died and left her at the age of two years. She was reared by her grandparents and an aunt, Mrs. Ella Hanks of Arbela. Her father died twelve years ago in Portland, Oregon.
Besides the family, she leaves two sisters, Mrs. Edith Devors of Green River, Wyoming; Mrs. Ethel Peterson, Libby, Montana; two half brothers and two half sisters.
She united with the Methodist church at Arbela in early life. She died following injuries received in a car wreck sixteen weeks ago.
Pall bearers were Ollie Craig, Arthur Wineinger, George Snodgrass, Leland Jackson, Lawrence Barb and Freeman Garman.
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Mrs. D. A. Goff, 51, died Friday, March 12, at their home in Downing. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home by Rev. Dan Newland. Music by Mrs. H. E. Gerwig, Mrs, C. E. Barbee, Harry West and Lawrence Barb. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Leota Mason and Mrs. Pearl Garman.
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Mrs. Annette N. Goldberg, who had been seriously suffering from heart disease for about eight weeks, died Monday morning, the 28th at 4:30 a.m. Her funeral took place the next day at 2 p.m., when Reverends Thompson and Northcutt conducted at the home, 315 E. McPherson st., a short and very impressive service, after which the mourners, friends and pall bearers, three of the latter being representatives of the Eastern Star Lodge, of which the deceased was a member, and three of the I. O. O. F. lodge, repaired to the Episcopal church, where the solemn funeral services were conducted by Rev. McBride. Mr. D. Kent was the efficient conductor of the cortege. The interment took place at the old cemetery, on the south side. A great many friends attended the funeral, and their floral gifts were very liberal, and rich, especially the emblem, given by the ladies of the Eastern Star.
Annette N. Goldberg, From a Kirksville Paper, 2 May 1902
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ALPH GOLDEN EX-HURDLAND CITIZEN, DIES
Body Being Brought from Ft. Madison, Ia., for Rites
Alph Golden, 82, a former resident of Hurdland, died in a hospital at Ft. Madison, Iowa, this morning.
Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Hurdland Sunday afternoon at 2:30 conducted by Rev. Allen Vancil, pastor of the church. Interment will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
He is survived by his wife; eight children, William, of Hurdland, Lee, Lesli and Mrs. Velma Smith, all of Ft. Madison, Ia.; Mrs. Maude Warford, Hurdland, Mrs. Sadie Comitto, Ft. Worth, Tex., and Mrs. Marguerite Talcott, of California; four half-brothers, Alec, George and Frank, all of Kirksville, and Blanchard, of Twin Falls, Ida., a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. One sister and a half-sister preceded him in death.
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HERMAN GOLDEN DIES SUDDENLY IN HURDLAND
Funeral Services To Be Held Monday In High School
Hurdland, Mo., April 24—Herman Golden, 63, died suddenly about 8:30 o’clock Saturday morning at his home here. He had been in his usual good health and had been to the post office. When he returned home he complained of a pain in his chest and died in a few minutes.
A son of Perry and Eliza Shirkey Golden, he was born Jan. 3, 1885, southeast of Brashear. He was married to Miss Mary I. Durall on April 2, 1913 and to them were born two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Willa) Fleak of Edina, and Mrs. Bert (Pauline) Kirkpatrick of Dubuque, Iowa. Besides his wife and two daughters he is survived by six grandchildren, four brothers, Alex, Geroge and Frank Golden of Kirksville, and Blanchard Golden of Twin Falls, Idaho, and six nephews and nieces. Preceding him in death was one sister, Mrs. Daisy Woodcock, and a half-sister, Mrs. Della Sparks.
Mr. Golden had lived in Hurdland for 38 years and for the past 26 years had been janitor at the High School building.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the High School auditorium conducted by the Rev. W. J. Cox. Burial in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery.
The pallbearers will be James Hedgecock, Herman Knaack, Francis Tompkins, Barney McGlothlin, Dale Purdin and Roy Barker.
The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home.
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Word Received Of Death Of Former Resident
Word was received here of the death of Archie L. Goldsberry June 20, 1971, in a hospital at Long Beach, California. He was born in Scotland County February 4, 1904, the son of Brook and Ethel Winn Goldsberry.
He is survived by his wife Dorothy, and one grandson, Eric Cape, of Long Beach; a sister, Dorothy Hunt of Memphis and two nieces, Dixie Drummond and Donna Slaughter, both of Memphis. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.
He was very active in the Odd Fellows Lodge and in the Christian church.
Interment was at Sunnyside Memorial Park in Long Beach, Calif.
Archie L. Goldsberry, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 1 Jul 1971, Thursday
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MRS. EMMA GOLDSBERRY DIES HERE
94-Year-Old Woman Seriously Ill for Several Weeks
Mrs. Emma Goldsberry, 94, died at her home at 308 S. High street Wednesday afternoon at 5:15. She had been in failing health for some time and seriously ill for several weeks due to her advanced age.
Funeral services will be held at the Robert B. Davis Memorial Chapel, 115 W. Jefferson street, Friday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Kirksville Nazarene Church. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Goldsberry was the daughter of Nicholas and Margaret (Burgee) Ponclet and was born April 6, 1854 in Ohio. She was married to Andrew P. Goldsberry Aug. 17, 1876 at Edina, Mo. To this marriage seven children were born. Her husband, one son, Jesse, two sisters and one brother preceded her in death.
She is survived by two sons, Melvin, of Spokane, Wash., and Frank, of Kirksville; four daughters Mrs. Effie Dunham, of Brashear, Maggie Hendren, Lavina Watson and Bertha Sisson, all of Kirksville, ten grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter.
Mrs. Goldsberry spent most of her life on a farm east of Kirksville, coming to Kirksville to make her home about thirty years ago.
The body will lie in state at the Robert B. Davis funeral Home.
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Goldsberry – Mrs. Chas. Goldsberry living southwest of town died of consumption, the fore part of this week.
Mrs. Chas. Goldsberry, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 4 Mar 1886, p. 3, col. 2
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A. J. GOLDSBY, 87 YEARS OLD, DIES HERE
Resident of La Plata, Funeral Monday Near Downing.
Andrew J. Goldsby, 87, who for the past 36 years has lived in La Plata, died in a Kirksville hospital Friday about midnight.
Funeral services will be held in the Coffey Christian Church south of Downing, in Schuyler County, Monday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Perley M. Lind, of Queen City. Interment in the Coffey Cemetery.
The son of Jacob and Miriah (Little) Goldsby, Mr. Goldsby was born Aug. 23, 1858 in Adair County. He was married to Margaret Ann Byrn about 66 years ago and she preceded him in death about twelve years ago.
He is survived by three sons, Henry Goldsby, of Queen City; Ira Goldsby, of Elko, Nev., and Harvey Goldsby, of Alton, Ill.; four daughters, Mrs. Walter (Dora) Miller, of Downing, Mrs. Etta Ryon, of La Plata, Mrs. Minta Gilbreath, of Denver, Colo. And Mrs. Lula Lewis, of San Diego, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Coursey, of Colorado, Thomas (Nancy) Shackleton, of Brashear and Mrs. Miranda Epperson, of Willmathsville; twelve grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Three daughters, one son, three sisters and one brother have preceded him in death.
Mr. Goldsby was a member of the Coffey Christian Church.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The pallbearers will be Guy Huffman, Russell Ryon, Virgil Goldsby, Ted Lewis, Victor Goldsby and Roy Myers.
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MRS. ANTONIA GOLIK, 72, DIES HERE
Funeral Services To Be Held at Joliet, Ill.
Mrs. Antonia Golik, 72, of 216 W. Elizabeth, died Tuesday afternoon in a Kirksville hospital. She had been ill several days with a heart ailment.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until Thursday morning when it will be taken to Joliet, Ill.
Mrs. Golik was born in Yugoslavia, June 13, 1876, and was married there to Joe Golik, and they came to the United States in 1906 and located in Kirksville. Three children were born to this marriage. Joe, of Kirksville, who lived with his mother, and Mrs. Merle (Goldie) May, of Joliet, were born in Yugoslavia, and Mrs. John (Julia) Wilmet, of Joliet, was born in Novinger. Besides the children, she is survived by one granddaughter, Valeria Wilmet of Joliet.
Mr. Golik died six years ago this December and she was also preceded in death by one brother and one sister.
Mrs. Golik was a member of the Mary Immaculate Church and the Alter Society of Kirksville and the Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge.
Rosary will be said at the Dee Riley Funeral Home tonight at 7:30 p. m.
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Mrs. H. Gollihur [sic] Dies In Hammond, Indiana
Stella Wright Golliher died March 2, 1968, in Hammond, Indiana.
Mrs. Golliher had been ill for a long time. She was the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. J. W. Wright of Kahoka, Missouri. She was born in Kahoka and lived there until her marriage to Harry Golliher of Memphis, Missouri, where they made their home for many years, until they moved to Indiana.
She leaves to mourn their loss, her husband; one son, Rodger; and one daughter, Mrs. John E. Staicer (Dottie), of Hammond, Indiana; also one sister, Mrs. A. J. (Ina) Sherwood of Bellevue, Iowa; and two brothers, H. F. Wright and Glen E. Wright, of Gary, Indiana; Also three grandchildren and either great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Galihur [sic] was laid to rest in the Hammond, Indiana, cemetery on March 4th, 1968.
Stella (Wright) Golliher, From Unknown Newspaper, 14 Mar 1968
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Woman, 88, Left 87 Living Descendants
Worthington, Mo., Nov. 28—Funeral services were conducted Sunday for Mrs. Susan Frances Golston, 88, who died last Saturday. Burial was in the Jimtown Cemetery.
Mrs. Golston was a native of Putnam County, born near Martinstown Oct. 13, 1852, a daughter of George and Sarah Minnic, 1852, and was married May 25, 1871 to James Ira Golston.
They lived on a farm seven miles west of Queen City until her husband’s death, after which she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Funk, at Worthington.
Surviving are five children, John Golston, Martinstown; Mrs. Lillie Beck, Queen City; Mrs. Dora Funk and Mrs. Cornelia Coffman, Worthington, and Ivan Golston, Kansas City; 30 grandchildren and 52 great-grandchildren.
Her husband, one daughter, Mrs. J. E. Price, of Kansas City, and two sons, Charles and William Golston, preceded her in death.
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CHARLES GONNERMAN DIES, AGED 84
Funeral at Brashear Monday Afternoon at 2 O’Clock.
Hurdland, Mo., March 27, (Special)—Charles Gonnerman, 84, resident of Knox County for 78 years, died at his home eight miles south of Hurdland at 12:30 o’clock Saturday morning. He had been in failing health for two years with a heart ailment.
A son of Adam and Katherine Wetzell Gonnerman, he was born in Lee Center, Ill., Jan. 30, 1859, and came to Missouri with his parents when four years old. They settled in La Plata and lived there two years then moved to a farm south of Hurdland where he lived continuously since then.
He was married to Miss Ida Bricker on Dec. 28, 1898, and to them four children were born. They are Miss Mary Gonnerman, of Kansas City, Mo.; Lee and Charles Gonnerman, Jr., of Hurdland and Raymond Gonnerman, of Bethel. He is also survived by his wife, four grandchildren and one brother, Albert Gonnerman who lives in California.
Two brothers and one sister have died since 1937. Henry died in Hurdland Jan. 1, 1937, Jake of Waco, Neb., died Oct. 14, 1940, and Mrs. Fredericka McGlothlin, the sister, died on Nov. 9, 1941. His parents were natives of Germany.
The body is lying in state at the Easley funeral Home in Brashear, where the funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Clyde Johnson. Interment will be made in the Maple Hills Cemetery south of Kirksville.
The pallbearers will be Leonard and Walter Epperson, Frank Lee, Howard Waggoner, Ollie Smith and Henry Bergess.
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FARMER OF GIBBS VICINITY DIES SUDDENLY
Henry Gonnerman Is Victim of Heart Disease.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., Jan. 4—Henry Gonnerman, 70-year-old farmer in the Wilsontown vicinity southwest of Gibbs, who died suddenly from heart disease yesterday morning, is to be buried tomorrow at the Wilsontown Cemetery.
The funeral is to be held at his home in the morning at 10:30 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Lane, of Brashear.
Mr. Gonnerman had suffered from heart disease for the past several years but apparently experienced no impairment of strength immediately prior to his death. He went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hunter, neighbors, to discuss plans for butchering today. He was seated in a chair in their living room at 10:30 o’clock when he collapsed and died.
Mr. Gonnerman had lived 36 years on the farm he owned at the time of his death. He was born in Lee County, Ill., Aug. 29, 1866, a son of Adam and Catherine Gonnerman. He came to Missouri with his parents when nine years old. They located at LaPlata, where his father was a blacksmith.
Subsequently they moved to a farm five miles south of Hurdland, where Mr. Gonnerman grew to manhood. He was married Dec. 14, 1879 to Miss Nina E. Reed. One daughter was born, Mrs. Ruth VanSickel, who made her home with her father. Mrs. Gonnerman died July 14, 1922.
Surviving, in addition to the daughter, are three brothers and one sister, Jake Gonnerman, Neb.; Albert Gonnerman, Watsonville, Calif.; and Charles Gonnerman and Mrs. Fredreika [sic] McGlothlin, Hurdland. The late Chris Gonnerman, of Hurdland, was a brother.
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Mrs. Gonnerman, Brashear, Died Friday Morning
Mrs. (Charles) Ida Gonnerman, 65, of Brashear, died Friday of last week in a hospital in Moberly. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Easley Funeral Home in Brashear with the Rev. Clyde Johnson conducting. Interment was made in Maple Hills cemetery in Kirksville.
She was the daughter of David and Vastia (Bailey) Bricker and was born September 17, 1879, near LaPlata.
She was married to Charles Gonnerman December 28, 1898, and to this marriage four children were born: Miss Mary Gonnerman, of Kansas City, Mo., Charles, of Novelty, Lee of Brasheaar [sic], and Raymond of Bethel.
Surviving are her four children; four grandchildren; one brother, David Bricker, of Moore, Mont., two sisters, Mrs. Susan Palmer of Syracuse, Kan., and Mrs. Mary Simmons, of LaPlata.
Her husband died March 27, 1943. Two brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
After their marriage they lived on the same farm, eight miles south of Hurdland, until the death of her husband.
Pallbearers were: Howard Wagner, Henry Burgess, Walter Epperson, Leonard Epperson, Ollie Smith and Frank Lee.
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CHESTER E. GOOCH FUNERAL HERE FRIDAY
Kirksville Man Died Suddenly At New Cambria.
Funeral services are to be held here Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home for Chester Edward Gooch, representative of the International Harvester Company fifteen years, who died suddenly yesterday at New Cambria.
Mr. Gooch, his family and mother had been visiting an aunt, Mrs. Grove Baker, and were preparing to start home when he suffered a heart attack.
His body was brought here last night and is lying in state at the funeral home.
Mr. Gooch was born in Moberly, Mo., a son of W. T. and Mary Jane Madden. The family came to Kirksville when he was a boy and he attended the High School here.
Married to Abbie Loretta Nelson, of Monticello, Mo., Jan. 22, 1921, two children were born to them.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, Richard, 17, and David, 12; his parents, and two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Nourie, Kirksville, and Mrs. Fred Shumate, Great Bend, Kan.
During his fifteen years with the International Harvester Company, he had been in Kirksville except for two years in Quincy, Ill., from which place he and his family recently returned to Kirksville.
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MRS. J. C. GOOCH, 33 YEARS OLD, DIES
LEAVES HUSBAND AND FOUR CHILDREN—FUNERAL SERVICES THIS AFTERNOON.
Mrs. Ethel L. Gooch, 33 years of age, wife of J. C. Gooch of 1015 East Illinois street, died about 8 o’clock Saturday night. She had been ill at a local hospital for a week.
The deceased was born in Browning, Mo., on October 18, 1889, and has been a resident of this city for several years.
Besides her husband she is survived by four children, Maxine, Vivian, D. A. and Elbe Lee; her father, Mr. Nealy of Browning, and several sisters and brothers.
The funeral services were held this afternoon at Summers & Taylor’s Chapel conducted by the Rev. F. W. Condit. Burial was in Llewellyn cemetery.
The many friends of the family sympathize with them in the death of their beloved one.
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MRS. NORA T. GOOCH, AGED 61, NOVINGER, DIES
Succumbs at Home of Daughter After Long Illness.
Special to the Daily Express.
Novinger, Mo., March 7—Funeral services for Mrs. Nora Gooch, who died Wednesday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lois Turchey in Huntsville, will be held Saturday afternoon at the Cemetery Church in Novinger, conducted by Rev. Claude Thompson of Kirksville. Burial will be made in the Novinger Cemetery.
Mrs. Gooch, who was 61 years of age, had been in ill health for some time, due to heart trouble. She went from Novinger to the home of her daughter last week and became seriously ill.
Mrs. Gooch was born Feb. 7, 1880, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Terrill. She was married to John Gooch in 1899. To this union eight children were born. Her husband died two years ago. Three of her children preceded her in death. They were William Gooch, who was killed in an automobile accident four years ago, Bailey Gooch, who died about twenty years ago, and Fay, who died in infancy. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Louise Ahrend of Greeley, Colo., and Mrs. Lois Turchey of Huntsville, and three sons, Charles (Buster) Gooch, Frank and Robert Gooch, all of Greeley, Colo. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Lucetta Schneider of Novinger, and Mrs. Beulah Stowe of Vici, Okla., and two brothers, Carter Terrill, of Christopher, Ill., and Fred Terrill whose home is in Kansas, three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Gooch had lived in Novinger about thirty years where she was well liked and had many friends. she was a member of the Church of Christ and was active in church work as long as her health permitted.
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DR. W. H. GOOCH, OF ELMER, DIES SUDDENLY HERE
Veteran Macon County Physician Victim of Heart Attack.
Dr. W. H. Gooch, 63, veteran Elmer, Mo., physician, died of a heart attack in a hospital here last night at 8 o’clock.
Dr. Gooch came to Kirksville three days previously to bring a patient to the hospital. He had been suffering from asthma and heart trouble for a few days and decided to remain in the hospital himself for treatment.
Feeling stronger yesterday, he planned to return home the first of the week.
“There is so much flu down there,” he said, “I have some patients I just have to take care of.”
About 7:30 last night, he complained of feeling weaker and having difficulty in breathing. A half-hour later he suddenly collapsed.
Dr. Gooch was the Macon County health commissioner and also had served as county coroner.
A jovial personality, he had a reputation for answering calls at all hours of the day and in all types of weather even if aware there was little likelihood of collecting fees for his service.
He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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W. T. GOOCH, AGED 70, DIES A HOME HERE
Employe of City 22 Years; Burial Here Saturday.
W. T. Gooch, 70 years old, died at his home here last night at 9:30 o’clock of pneumonia. He had been ill three weeks.
Mr. Gooch had been an employe of the city twenty-two years, the last several years as a guard at the city pumping station.
The funeral is to be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. H. H. Snider, pastor of the Methodist Church, and burial will be made in the Maple Hills Cemetery. The body is lying in state at the funeral home.
The pallbearers will be Carl Eggert, Albert Bartlett, Neil Hughes, Clyde Stinson, E. H. Hawkins, and Chant Gray.
Mr. Gooch, whose full name was William Thomas Gooch, was born August 24, 1871 at Bevier, Mo., a son of Thomas and Sarah Gooch. He grew to manhood there and was married April 17, 1897 to Mary Jane Madden. Three children were born to them.
They came to Kirksville about twenty-eight years ago.
Surviving are his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Nourie, Kirksville, and Mrs. Fred Shumate, Great Bend, Kan., four grandchildren, Donald and Jack Shumate, Great Bend, and Dick and David Gooch, Kirksville; two brothers, Charley Gooch, Kansas City, and Ed Gooch, Huntsville, Mo., and one sister, Mrs. Jess Greer, Novinger. The brother at Huntsville is his twin. A son, Chester Gooch, died here last December 30.
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OBITUARY
MRS. BLANCHE GOODALE
Mrs. Blanche Goodale, 71, of 2007 Tauromee, Kansas City, Kansas, mother of the Rev[.] Theodore N. Goodale, pastor of the First Pilgrim Congregational Church, died February 24, 1953, at St. Margaret’s Hospital. Mrs. Goodale had made her home with her son since last July.
Before moving to Kansas City, Kansas, she had lived for the past thirteen years in New Jersey and Massachusetts after having spent most of her married life in Kansas City, Missouri.
Her husband, the late Clarence T. Goodale, was an instructor at Westport high school, Kansas City, Missouri, thirty-five years. He died in 1938.
A leader in the Congregational church for many years, Mrs. Goodale had formerly served as registrar of the Congregational churches of Missouri and for many years was active in the Westminster Congregational church in Kansas City, Missouri. She was a member of the First Pilgrim Congregational church and the Whatsoever Circle of the church. Mrs. Goodale was born near Gorin, Missouri.
Surviving besides the Rev. Mr. Goodale are two sisters, Mrs. George Wiley and Mrs. Grant Piles, and a brother, Glen Chambers, all of Gorin.
Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock in the morning, on Thursday, February 26, 1953, at the First Pilgrim Congregational Church, Dr. G. Charles Gray in charge of services. Burial was made in Memorial Park cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.
Pallbearers were Dr. Fred Ogilvie, Claude Reynolds, Paul Poppe, John Fosmire, Albert Rumsay and John Powell.
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DAVID A. GOODEN DIED AT MILTON, JANUARY 9
David Alfred Gooden departed this life January 9th at the home of his son, Schuyler Gooden, four miles north of Milton. He was born near Beardstown, Illinois on March 9, 1859 and passed away January 9, 1946 at the age of 86 years and 10 months.
He came to Davis county with his parents in a covered wagon at the age of seven years and spent practically all his life in Davis county with the exception of a few years in Van Buren county.
He was married November 17, 1881 to Mary Elizabeth Hart who preceded him in death, March 25, 1942. To this union were born seven children, all of home are living: Mr. O. L. Cox of Memphis, Mo.; Mrs. C. E. Francis of Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Milo Abernathy of Cedar Rapids; Mrs. A. C. Speer, Schuyler and Earl of near Milton and Glen of Cedar Rapids. He had 23 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren, all of whom he was very fond and they of him.
His parents preceded him in death some 50 years ago, also three brothers John, Joe, and Tom Gooden and five sisters, Ellen McDowell, Ann Tucker, Lou Devolt, Lizzie and Mary Gooden. He was the last living member of his family.
He united with the Christian church of Bloomfield, Iowa, many years ago where his letter still remains. He was a kind and loving father. No burdens were ever too great for him to do for his family, and he will be greatly missed among his loved ones.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Christian church in Milton in charge of Rev. A. M. Hadley. Music was by John R. Holland accompanied by Mrs. W. D. Sherwood. His grandsons served as body bearers. — Davis County Republican.
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LAST RITES HELD FOR H. H. GOODEN
Harvey H. Gooden 68, died suddenly at the Phillips County hospital, after being hospitalized only a short time. He had been a resident of this community since 1913.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at the First Church of Christ in Holyoke, with Emil J. Moore, pastor of the local church, conducting the rites. Interment was made in Holyoke Memorial Park. Arrangements were in charge of the Lewis funeral home.
The son of John Albert and Matilda Gooden, he was born at Stiles, Ia., on Sept. 12, 1884.
When he was 17 he united with the Christian Church at Stiles.
He was married January 1, 1907 to Elnora Brewer and lived on a farm near Stiles, for six years.
In 1913, he and his wife homesteaded on a ranch 22 miles southeast of Holyoke, where he lived for 25 years with the exception of two years which he spent in Iowa taking care of his father.
In 1938, he moved to Holyoke, where he remained until his death.
Mr. Gooden is survived by his wife; one brother, John Albert, Jr., of Bloomfield, Iowa; two sisters, Myrtle Jaggers, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Maude Willier, of Bloomfield, Ia.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Mattie, Rosa and Frances.
He was the brother-in-law of Mrs. Allie Mathews, of Downing.
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MOTHER OF MRS. O. L. COX DIED LAST WEDNESDAY
Mary Elizabeth Harle was born in Davis county, Iowa, May 9, 1860, and departed this life March 25, 1942. She was the youngest child of James and Susan Harle and the last living member of her immediate family. She was a sister of the late J. P. Harle, Catherine Knupp and Nancy Stockham. Her entire life was spent in Davis and Van Buren county with the exception of about five years.
She was married to David A. Gooden, November 16, 1881, and to this union were born seven children: Mrs. O. L. Cox, Memphis; Mrs. G. E. Francis of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Milo Abernathy, Vinton, Ia.; Mrs. A. C. Speer, Bloomfield and Schuyler and Earl Gooden of Milton and Glen Gooden of Blairstown, Ia., all of whom were present at the funeral.
She united with the Christian Church at Stiles, Ia., later moving her membership to the Christian church at Bloomfield, where her letter remains. Besides her husband and the children she leaves to mourn her passing 23 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the Christian church in Milton by the Rev. Hadley and a quartet composed of Mrs. Ed Marshall, Mrs. Maurice Adkins, Russell Wilson and Gay Morgan, with Miss Marion Marshall at the piano, sang two of her favorite songs. The bodybearers were seven of the grandsons.
Mrs. Gooden was 82 years old and Mr. Gooden is 83 and this was the first death in their immediate family. They had been married 61 years last November. She was a Christian woman and always stood for the good and noble things of life. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother- no task was ever too great for her to render to her family and friends. During her last few weeks of illness she bravely and patiently waited her time, and almost to the last day of her life, when she asked by her children and grandchildren, how she was feeling, she would always answer, “not very good, but I guess I am getting better.” She was always happy when her children and grandchildren were with her.
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CARD OF THANKS
To thank our relatives and many friends for the beautiful floral offerings, cards and kindness shown us during the sickness and after the death of our loving wife and mother.
D. A. Gooden and Family.
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Edward Goodrich Dies Following Long Illness
Services for Edward Lawrence Goodrich, retired farmer of Memphis, were held Monday, August 18, at 1:30 p.m., in the Gerth & Baskett Chapel in Memphis. The Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiated and burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Body bearers were Stanley Frkovich, J. Vic Smith, Forrest Martin, Arlie Tippett, Harley Johnson, and Ollie Alexander, Sr.
Mr. Goodrich died Friday August 15, 1969, at 10:45 a.m., in the Memphis Nursing Home, following a long illness. He was born April 10, 1885, in Scotland County, a son of George and Mary Saltz Goodrich. He married Mrs. Hillis Bittner of Memphis, May 8, 1947.
Surviving are the widow; a daughter, address unknown; three step-sons, Darroll Wagner of Huntington Park, Calif., William Allen Bittner of Liberty and Charles Bittner of Pulaski, Ia., and several grandchildren.
Edward Lawrence Goodrich, From Unknown Newspaper, 21 Aug 1969
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MRS. PAULINE GOODRICH DIES AT CALLAO, MO.
Blood Poison Victim, 32, Was K. H. S. Graduate; Burial at Novinger.
Mrs. Pauline Goodrich, wife of Rene Goodrich, of Callao, died at her home there at 7 o’clock Sunday morning following an illness with blood poisoning which developed from a pimple. She was 32 years of age.
Funeral services are to be held at Callao Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock and burial will be in the Novinger cemetery at 2 p.m. Short services will be held at the grave.
Mrs. Goodrich was the youngest daughter of S. A. Novinger, of Kirksville, born at Novinger Dec. 18, 1900. She was a graduate of the Kirksville High School.
Surviving are her husband, father, two daughters, Betty Gene and Mary Ann; two brothers, Ora and Jess Novinger, of Novinger; and two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Riley, Kirksville, and Mrs. Christine Hudson, Plattsmouth, Nebr. Her mother died last August and a sister died about a year ago.
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Mrs. Malinda F. Goodwin Dies
Mrs. Malinda Frances Goodwin, 79 years of age, died at her home near Novinger Friday night, at 11 o’clock. She had been in failing health for several years.
Funeral services were held at Mt. Moriah Church Monday afternoon with the Dee Riley Funeral Home in charge. Rev. W. R. Kornegay, pastor of the Nazarene Church, conducted the funeral. Interment was in the Lutz cemetery.
Mrs. Goodwin was born in McClain countl [sic], Illinois, Oct. 27, 1865. When 9 years of age she came with her parents to Missouri and at the age of 21 years she was married to Thomas B. Goodwin, at Milan. He and six children survive her. The children are Bert Goodwin, and Mrs. Goldie Roberts, of Kirksville; Bessie, Gladys, Raymond and Roy Goodwin, at home. One brother, Willie W. Head of Arborfield, Canada, and one sister, Ms. [sic] Martha Snow, of Greencastle, also survive.
Mrs. Goodwin united with the Baptist church in young womanhood.
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THOMAS BENTON GOODWIN DIES AT HOME TODAY
83-Year-Old Native of Sullivan County Lived Near Novinger
Thomas Benton Goodwin, 83, died Friday morning at his home on route one, Novinger. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at Mt. Moriah Church, conducted by Rev. W. R Kornegay, of the Nazarene Church. Interment will be in the Lutz cemetery.
Mr. Goodwin was the son of Christopher C. and Margaret (Dillinger) Goodwin and was born in Sullivan County, Mo., Feb. 27, 1863. He was married Aug. 20, 1886 in Sullivan County to Malinda Frances Head and to this marriage six children were born.
He is survived by three daughters, Bessie and Gladys Goodwin, at the home and Mrs. E. A. (Goldie) Roberts, of Kirksville; three sons, Bert, of Kirksville and Raymond and Roy of the home; two brothers, Willis A. and Leon Goodwin, of Kirksville; one sister, Mrs. Daisy Garard, Sheridan, Wyo., and six grandchildren.
Mrs. Goodwin died Jun 22, 1945, and he was also preceded in death by four brothers and six sisters and one grandchild.
Mr. Goodwin spent the early part of his life in Sullivan County and the past forty years in Adair County.
He was a member of the Methodist Church in Sullivan County.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until tonight when it will be taken to the family home.
The body bearers will be: Lawrence Goodwin, Clarence Goodwin, Robert Goodwin, Roy Roberts, Ernest Roberts and Leo Jackson.
Thomas Benton Goodwin, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 17 Jan 1947, p. 2, col. 2 & 3, Friday
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KILLED AT CEMENT PLANT
Harold Goosey Suffocated in Cave-In of Sand at Pocatello, Idaho
Harold Goosey, formerly of Scotland county, was suffocated in a cave-in of sand at a cement plant at Pocatello, Idaho, where he was employed. The accident happened Wednesday, February 14th.
Mr. Goosey was the son of Howard and Beulah Goosey and was born near Downing, Mo., June 29, 1914. He had lived in the northwest part of Memphis shortly before going west.
He was married to Miss Myrtle Mae Stoneking, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Stoneking of Memphis on August 28th, 1935, and six sons were born to them. He is survived by his wife, and sons, Harold, Jr., Harry Lee, Gary Victor, Paul Richard, Glen Dale and Donald Howard, his mother, one brother, Okla, of Pocatello, two sisters, Mary C. Howell of Arbeda [sic], and Mrs. Beulah Hays of Kahoka.
Funeral services were held Sunday, February 18, at Pocatello, at the McHan-Henderson mortuary and burial was at Pocatello.
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L. W. GORDON, AGED 60, DIES AT FARM HOME
Funeral to Be Monday Afternoon At Bethel Church.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, April 10—Lyman Wesley Gordon died at 1:45 o’clock Saturday morning at his home 12 miles northwest of here. Mr. Gordon had been in poor health the past two weeks but had continued to do his chores. Death followed a heart attack.
Mr. Gordon was born Oct. 30, 1882 on the same farm where he died. He was the son of Abel and Sarah Ann (Williams) Gordon. July 4, 1927, he married to former Pansy Bennett in Kirkville. Four children were born to this union.
Surviving, besides his widow, are two sons, Garnett Leon and Lyman Gail; two daughters, Geneva Marie and Eva Loree, all at home; four sisters, Mrs. Lou Keller, Brashear; Miss Laura Gordon, Fulton; Mrs. Flora Keller, Cozad, Neb., and Mrs. Clara Crockett Kirksville; a brother, Orville E. Gordon, Webster Groves, and several nieces and nephews.
One sister, Mrs. Mary Record, two brothers, John and Thaddeus Gordon, two half-sisters and two half-brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Bethel Methodist Church, northeast of Kirksville, of which Mr. Gordon was a member. The Rev. James McClanahan will conduct the services and burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Easley Funeral Home, Brashear, until tomorrow morning when it will be taken to the family home to lie in state until time for the funeral. Nephews of the deceased who will act as pallbearers are Homer Keller, Forrest Gordon, Dale Gordon, Grant Gordon, Howard Gordon and Maurice Winslow.
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Mrs. Mary Gordon Dies in Denver
Mrs. Mary Gordon, 79, a sister of Charlie and Joe Simmons, Yarrow, died Thursday at the home of her son, Glenn Gordon, in Denver, Colo.
At her request, the body was cremated and the ashes will be brought here by her son for funeral services, which will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Union Temple Church. The Rev. L. V. Freeman will read the service and burial will be in the Pratt Cemetery.
Mrs. Gordon was the daughter of George and Ann Simmons and spent her early life on a farm in the Nind vicinity. Since her marriage, Mrs. Gordon has made her home in the West. She has been in failing health for several years and has been seriously ill the past six months.
Surviving, besides her son and two brothers, are another brother, John Simmons, of Bemidje [Bemidji], Minn.; a stepson, Verne Gordon, of Topeka, Kan.; a sister, Miss Lillian Simmons and several nieces and nephews.
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William T. Gordon Dies In Kansas
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., Dec. 9—Word has been received here by Mrs. M. V. Moore of the death of her brother, William T. Gordon, at his home in Gardner, Kan., on Nov. 29. He was 77 years of age and his death was attributed to diabetes. Burial was made at Edgerton, Kan.
Mr. Gordon was the son of Cornelius W. and Sarah Gordon and was born in Pike County, Ohio, June 2, 1865. He came with his parents to Missouri in 1867, and settled on a farm one mile west of Brashear. About twenty-five years ago he and his family moved to Olathe, Kan.
He was married to Miss Julia Connell of Brashear, and five children were born to them, three of whom preceded him in death. His wife died about two years ago.
He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Mealy Pine, of Edgerton, Kan., and Mrs. Agnes Dye, of Thermopolis, Wyo., one brother, Harry Gordon, of La Plata, and two sisters, Mrs. M. V. Moore, of Brashear and Mrs. Callie Hazelwood, of Roman, Mont.
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Altha M. Gordy Dies at Age of 77
Mrs. Altha Maye Gordy died Wednesday, January 7, 1970, at 9:40 p.m., in Sacred Heart Hospital, Fort Madison, Iowa, at the age of 77 years, 11 months and 28 days. She had been in failing health one year and seriously ill for two days.
Mrs. Gordy was born January 9, 1892, near Arbela, Missouri. For the past 12 years she had lived with her daughter in Fort Madison.
A retired elementary school teacher. she [sic] taught in Missouri for 17 years and served as principal of the grades one year, at Wayland.
On June 25, 1922, at Kirksville, Missouri, she was married to William E. Gordy, who preceded her in death.
She attended Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville, Missouri. She was a member of the Arbela Baptist Church.
Surviving are a son, Bill Gordy, of Arbela; a daughter, Mrs. Ray (Leta June) Scott, Fort Madison; and one grandchild.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by an infant grandson and her parents, William T. and sara Davis Fowler.
Funeral services were at 1 p.m., Saturday, at the Arbela Baptist church, with the Rev. George Brown of Ft. Madison, officiating. Burial was in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery at Gorin, Missouri. Body bearers were Roy Feldman, Jerry Sears, Harry Thomas, Leland Dannenhauer, Harry Callahan and Willard Mohr. Music was furnished by Miss Arleta Dye. Mrs. Leland Dannenhauer, and Mrs. Jack Montgomery.
Altha Maye Gordy, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 15 Jan 1970, p. 2, col. 3
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CHILD DIES FROM BURNS
Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gordy Buried Monday
Charles, the little three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gordy, died at a Kirksville hospital at 1 a.m. Sunday and was buried at Barker cemetery Monday afternoon.
Charles was badly burned about the body, one arm and one leg, Friday morning about 10 o’clock at the home of his parents, when he fell into a boiler partly filled with hot water.
Mrs. Gordy and her mother, Mrs. John Stoneking were washing at the Gordy home. Mrs. Gordy was heating some water in the wash boiler and had removed it from the stove and set it on the floor to cool.
Charles and Bobby Stoneking, his cousin, were playing in the house and they started chasing each other. Charles fell against the boiler, became overbalanced and fell into the hot water. One leg, one arm, and approximately half of his body was badly burned. His face did not get into the water.
His mother and grandmother heard his screams and rushed to him. A doctor was summoned and he was taken to a Kirksville hospital in an ambulance.
The shock, however, was too much for the lad and he died early Sunday morning.
Funeral services were held at the Barker church Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock and burial was in the Barker cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. Oscar Rush.
Charles is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gordy, two brothers, Carl and Gerald, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stoneking and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Gordy, and many other relatives.
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Funeral services were held Thursday at Barker, for Jaco Gordy, who died Tuesday at his home in Stiles. Mr. Gordy was 82 years old and had lived most of his life in Scotland county, moving to Stiles a few years ago. Services were conducted by Rev. Dan Newland. Music by Barker choir with Mrs. Dan Newland at the piano.
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JAKE GORDY OF STILES DIED TUESDAY
Jake Gordy widely known race horse enthusiast, died at his home, in Stiles at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. He had been ill only a short time and was 82 years old at the time of his death.
A resident of the Stiles community for many years, Mr. Gordy was a retired farmer. Until recent years he had been the owner of several widely known running horses and was a popular figure at county fairs and race meets of southern Iowa and northern Missouri.
Surviving are Mrs. Gordy and several children. The body is being held at the Wagler funeral home in Bloomfield, pending funeral arrangements. Plans for the final rites are not expected to be completed until word is received from relatives in California.– Bloomfield Republican
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THOMAS A. GORDY, GRANGER FARMER, DIED
Thomas A. Gordy, retired farmer of near Granger, died early Monday, Jan. 14, 1952, at Graham Hospital, Keokuk, where he had been for three days. Aged 62, Mr. Gordy had been ill for a year.
Funeral arrangements are pending word from two sons in service, but it has been announced that a short service will be held at the Gerth & Baskett Chapel and that last rites will be conducted at Barker church. Burial will be in Barker cemetery.
Born March 4, 1889, in Scotland county, son of David M. and Katherine Reed Gordy, Mr. Gordy spent his entire life in Clark and Scotland counties. He attended Scotland county schools.
The deceased in 1918 married the former Miss Mabel Kinney of Ottumwa, who survives
Other survivors are: five sons, Melvin, Revere, Harold and Alvin, who are in the armed forces, and Lloyd and Lowell of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Opal Durham, Arbela, and Doris, Betty and Lula, of the home; four sisters, Mrs. Dan Mason, Granger, Mrs. Ross Shaw and Mrs. Ollie Groseclose, Wray, Colo., and Mrs. [unreadable] Rowe, Holyoke, Colo.; and [unreadable] grandchildren.
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Death of Dr. M. G. Gorin
Rev. Marcellus G. Gorin died of pneumonia at his home in St. Louis, Friday evening, June 12. Deceased was a resident of this city for many years, has relatives living here now and was well known to many of the old residents of the town. In announcing his death the Globe-Democrat says:
“Rev. Dr. M. G. Gorin, formerly pastor of the Cook Avenue Presbyterian Church, and also at one time of the North Presbyterian Church, died last night at 8:30 o’clock at his residence, 4064 Morgan street, of pneumonia.
“Dr. Gorin has been in poor health for the past two years, and on account of his illness gave up his pastorate about a year ago.
“At the time of his death the deceased was 67 years of age. He was born at Louisiana, Mo., and was graduated from the Missouri state university, obtaining the degree of doctor of divinity at Westminster college. He was a member of the Greek letter fraternity, Chi Alphi.
“About thirteen years ago he was called to the pastorate of the North Presbyterian Church of this city, in which field he labored seven years. He was afterward called to fill the pulpit of the Cook Avenue Presbyterian Church, which he held for five years, resigning about a year ago on account of impaired health. He was one of the best known ministers of his denomination in the city.
“Dr. Gorin leaves a widow and seven children. His children are: Dr. M. G. Gorin, 4125 West Belle Place; Henry J. Gorin, an attorney; F. P. Gorin, of Chicago; Mrs. E. W. Grant, of Fulton, Mo.; Mrs. S. P. Harrison, of Duluth, Minn.; and Misses Maudo and Josephine Gorin, of this city.
“The funeral arrangements have not been completed.”
Marcellus G. Gorin, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 18 Jun 1903, p. 1, col. 8
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MRS. JAMES GORKIE DIES HERE, AGED 57
Funeral Tomorrow At Novinger; Was Native of Poland.
Mrs. Agnes Gorkie, 57, wife of James Gorkie, Novinger route one, died Monday morning at 8 o’clock in a Kirksville hospital.
The funeral is to be held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock at the Novinger Catholic Church, conducted by the Rev. P. J. Barrett, of Kirksville, and burial will be made in the Novinger Cemetery.
Mrs. Gorkie was born Feb., 14, 1885, in Poland, a daughter of Anthony and Josephine Odrzywatek. She was married in Poland, November 7, 1907 to James Gorkie, and four children were born to them. They came to the United States thirty years ago.
Surviving are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Bernice Reeh, Pontiac, Mich., three sons, James W. Gorkie, U. S. Army, Ft. Knox, Ky.; Frank and John Gorkie, Pontiac, Mich.; three grandchildren, three sisters and two brothers in Poland.
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James Gorman, whom we mentioned as being sick, last week, died Friday morning, April 26. The remains were tenderly laid to rest the following day in the cemetery at Bible Grove. He was sick only a short time, probably ten days. Mr. Gorman was one of our best neighbors and will be missed at home and in the church. The funeral services were conducted by Elder Gray, of Carroll County, Mo.
James Gorman, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 2 May 1901, p. 2, col. 2, Bible Grove Column
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Death of James Gorman
James Gorman died suddenly at his home near Bible Grove, at 4:15 o’clock, last Friday morning. He had been ailing a few days, but his symptoms were not alarming until Thursday evening, when he was taken with a very acute attack of congestion of the bowels. Physicians were summoned, but they were unable to stay the disease or relieve his intense suffering. After ten or twelve hours of excruciating pain death came as a release.
The funeral occurred Saturday, interment being made in one of the cemeteries at Bible Grove. Deceased was an old and highly esteemed citizen of the county and will be missed and mourned by a large circle of friends. He was a devoted member of the Christian Church, a model husband, a good neighbor and a true friend. He was a member of Capt. Hiram Hewett’s Co. of the 2d Prov. Regt. during the Civil War and made a splendid record as a soldier. When the war was over he settled on a farm near the Grove, where he resided up to the day of his death.
James Gorman, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 2 May 1901, p. 1, col. 8
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THOMAS GORMAN DIES AT HOME IN GREEN CITY
Had Been Ill for 3 Years; Funeral Rites Wednesday
Green City, Nov 7—Thomas Gorman, 69, died Saturday night at his home in Green City after an illness of three years. He had been seriously ill for the past two weeks.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Christian Church in Green City, conducted by the Rev. Jack Jones, of Kirksville. A brief service will be conducted at the Mt. Zion Church, southeast of Milan, and burial will be in the Mt. Zion cemetery.
The body will be at the Glenn E. Kent & Son Funeral Home until time for the services.
Mr. Gorman was a son of M. and Mildred Edward Gorman and was born in Sullivan county on Sept. 5, 1880.
He was married to Nellie Frazier on Oct. 17, 1903, in Green City, and five children were born to them. One child, Stella Grace, died in infancy. Those surviving are Mrs. Neva Mersman, of Green City; Mrs. Winnie Chesney, of Downingtown, Pa.; Mrs. Ina Thruman, of Mitchell, Nebr., and Mrs. Mildred Hall, of Bridgeport, Nebr. He is also survived by his wife, five grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Rose Tallman, 1414 E. Patterson avenue, Kirksville, two nieces and one nephew.
He operated a large stock farm and dealt largely in raising and selling mules in the early part of his life. In 1927 he moved his family to Nebraska where he operated a large sheep ranch until an injury forced him to retire. He moved to Green City two years ago.
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JOHN GOTHARD, 95 YEARS OLD, IS DEAD HERE
Retired Farmer; Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
John Gothard, 95, of 611 N. Green, one of Kirksville’s oldest citizens, died this morning in a Kirksville Hospital at nine o’clock.
Funeral services are incomplete, and will be announced later by the Davis Funeral Home, 202 E. Washington, where the body will lie in state.
Mr. Gothard, a retired farmer, who lived on a farm northeast of Kirksville and in the Kirksville vicinity for the past sixty years, was born in Jo Daviess county, Ill., on Oct. 8, 1854.
He was married to Minerva Cheek and five children were born to them. One daughter died at the age of four. His wife died Jan. 11, 1945.
He is survived by three sons, M. E. Gothard, of 611 N. Green, J. E. Gothard, of Alberta, Can. and J. Q. Gothard, of Anderson, Ind.; one daughter, Mrs. Carl Butler, of Kirksville; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Mr. Gothard retired from the farm and moved to Kirksville six years ago.
He was a member of the Church of God.
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MRS. JOHN GOTHARD, 85, DIES HERE
Funeral Services Will Be Held Here Sunday Afternoon.
Mrs. John Gothard, 85, died at her home 607 N. Green yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock.
Funeral services will be held at the Davis Funeral Home where the body is lying in state, Sunday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by the Rev. R. J. Cook, of Oskaloosa, Ia. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery.
Minerva (Cheek) Gothard, daughter of Hampton and Mary Cheek, was born March 5, 1859 at Hanover, Ill. She was married to John Gothard Nov. 24, 1880. Five children were born to this marriage, one daughter, Osta Viola, preceding her in death.
She is survived by her aged husband, four children, Edna, wife of Carl Butler, and Edgar Gothard, both of near Kirksville; Jesse E. Gothard, of Nanton, Alberta, Canada, and Quincy Gothard, of Anderson, Ind.; seven grandchildren, one of whom is in the service, John Gothard, Jr., and four great grandchildren. Before coming to Kirksville, Mrs. Gothard and husband lived on a farm 5 miles northeast of Kirksville for 52 years.
Mrs. Gothard was a member of the Church of God.
The pallbearers will be Roy Amon, Sherman Butler, Forrest Holland, Leo Holland, Berthal Collop and Homer Collop.
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INEZ GOUCHER OF NOVINGER DIES; WAS 56
Funeral Services Are Scheduled for Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. Inez Goucher, 56, of Novinger, died yesterday afternoon in a Kirksville hospital.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. The body will be taken to the family home Monday afternoon and returned to the funeral home Tuesday morning. Interment will be in the Novinger cemetery.
Mrs. Goucher was the daughter of James and Maggie (Page) Wilson and was born April 12, 1896, in Adair county. She was married to George Goucher here on May 19, 1914, and six children were born to this marriage.
She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Emery (Oletha) Lawson, Novinger, and Mrs. James (Maggie Bell) Gates, Novinger; four sons, Kelsie and Bobby Lee, of Novinger, Eldon, Washington, Iowa, and Marvin, of Kirksville; three brothers, Orlan and Cleetus, of Novinger, and Ernest Wilson, Greentop; two sisters, Mrs. Jesse (Pearl) Phelps, Gibbs, and Mrs. H. P. (Lolah) Brown, Novinger, and nine grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Mrs. Goucher was a member of the Methodist Church. Bearers will be Glen Brown, Emmett Brown, Page Wilson, Lowell Wilson, James Wilson and Jesse Phelps, Jr.
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Paul Graber Dies In Arkansas Hospital
Paul Eugene Graber, son of Christian and Victoria Graber, passed away September 23, 1968, in the General Hospital, Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Gene, as he was known by friends, was born December 5, 1900. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church, Flippin, Arkansas.
He was preceded in death by his wife, father, mother, and one sister.
He leaves to mourn his death Lydia Smith, Lockridge, Iowa, Nettie Rauscher, Fairfield, Iowa, Linda McLaughlin, Kansas City, Missouri, Ruth Dietrick, Upland, California, Jesse Graber, Chalfont, Pennsylvania, Harry Graber, Memphis, Missouri.
Funeral services were conducted by Oris Vincent in the Assembly of God Church September 24th. Burial was in the Flippin Cemetery.
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Grabowski
June Lucille Grabowski, 77, formerly of the Little York area, died in Applegate Inn at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday.
She born April 34 [24], 1905, in Scotland County, Mo., daughter of Marion F. and Sarah F. (Clark) Rorabough. Her early life and schooling were in Missouri. She married Ernest S. Grabowski Feb. 22, 1926, at Memphis, Mo. He died in 1968.
Mrs. Grabowski had attended the Fall Creek Methodist Church, and was active in the women’s gropup [sic]. She also attended the Sugar Tree Grove United Presbyterian Church for a while, and was a member of Hale Women’s Club.
Survivors include three sons, Kenneth Grabowski of Little York, Ernest Grabowski Jr. of Fisher, and Noel Grabowski of Galesburg; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, an infant daughter, two sisters and three brothers.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Turnbull Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ellis Beeman, pastor of the First Christian Church of Monmouth, officiating. Burial will be in the Little York Cemetery.
Friends may call in the funeral home Friday and Saturday until the time of services. The family will be in the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.
A memorial fund is being established for Applegate Inn.
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Margaret Wiley was born in Warren County, Pennsylvania, June 24th, 1837, and departed this life at her home in Memphis, Missouri, November 17, 1920, at the age of 83 years, 4 months, 23 days.
On August 16, 1853 she was united in marriage to Dr. J. Grabowski, who preceded her to the better land January 4, 1900, nearly 21 years ago. To this union were born seven daughters and four sons, six of whom are living: Mrs. John Wieland of Memphis, Mrs. George Dunn of Rutledge, Mrs. W. B. Hyde of Cantril, Iowa; Mrs. Samuel Grabowski Downing; Mrs. Douglas Grabowski, Memphis; Mrs. Maggie Engle, Wright City, Missouri.
Early in life she united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and throughout her life was a faithful and loyal Christian. She is survived by her six children, 29 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren, who with her many friends mourn her loss.
Funeral services were conducted at the McAdow Presbyterian church by Rev. E. M. Nesbitt, Friday morning, November 19th. Vocal and instrumental music rendered by Miss Marguerite Operlander.
Margaret (Wiley) Grabowski, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat 18 Nov 1920
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Rites for Samuel A. Grabowski
Samuel Arthur Grabowski of Chicago, who recently underwent an operation at the St. Bernard Hospital there, died Monday morning, April 14, at 6 o’clock. The body was brought to Medill, arriving there at 7 o’clock Tuesday morning, and on to Memphis.
Mr. Grabowski had been ill nine weeks and underwent the operation on March 12.
Funeral services were conducted at the McAdow Church, in which community the family formerly lived, yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock and interment was in the cemetery there.
Services were conducted by Rev. Howard Haworth. The Chappell sisters and Mrs. Chas. Eberling sang.
Pall bearers were Tom Williams, Jas. Snyder, Ira Croley, Thos. F. Croley, Geo. Beard and John Beard.
Mr. Grabowski was born in Scotland County on December 24, 1879, and lived in this county until April, 1924, when he moved to Chicago. For a time he lived at Downing and in Schuyler County. He was married to Miss Nydia Mae Goldsberry, December 5, 1896.
The widow and the following children survive: Ernest Grabowski, Cameron, Ill.; Mrs. Logan P. McCoy, Memphis; Mrs. A.L. McCoy, Chicago; Mrs. O.G. Martin, Memphis; Mrs. G.C. Mallett, Wellington, Colo.; Julian Grabowski, Chicago; Mrs. R.C. Weltle, Chicago; William Grabowski, Rutledge; Ray Grabowski, of Greensburg; Charles Grabowski, Chicago; Mrs. Leonard Young, Chicago, and Miss Stella Fern Grabowski, Chicago. Ada Margaret Grabowski, who was a twin sister of Mrs. Mallett, died on October 2, 1921.
In addition to the twelve living children, Mr. Grabowski also leaves on brother and four sisters- Douglas Grabowski of Memphis; Mrs. Margaret Engles, St. Louis; Mrs. John J. Wieland, Memphis; Mrs. George Dunn, Memphis and Mrs. Isabelle Hyde, Cantril, Iowa. Surviving also are 35 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Mr. Grabowski was employed at the Union Stock Yards for more than sixteen years and prior to that he was with the Link Belt Corporation.
Samuel Arthur Grabowski, Memphis, Missouri,Memphis Democrat, 17 Apr 1941 (Thursday)
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TOLBERT R. GRAGG, 80, DIES AT LA PLATA
Funeral at 2 P. M., Tuesday in LaPlata Methodist Church
LaPlata, Mo., Feb. 17—Tolbert Rockhold Gragg died at his home here Sunday morning at the age of 80 years. He was born at Lineville, Mo., July 12, 1886, the son of Washington and Nancy Jane Gragg. His boyhood was spent in Albia, Ia., until his marriage to Ida Bell Thompson at Melrose, Ia., Ia. [sic], March 8, 1894. They made their home near there until they moved to Lovilia, Ia., in 1904, where they lived until 1919 when they came to LaPlata.
At the time of his wife’s death in February, 1944, they were within thirteen days of their 50th wedding anniversary.
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gragg: Rev. Ira T. Gragg, St. Louis; Mrs. Russell T. Sadler, Moberly; Paul M. and Dwight W. Gragg, both of LaPlata, and Mark Hufford Gragg, who died in infancy. He is also survived by four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
In his boyhood, Mr. Gragg became a member of the Christian Church. Later he joined the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, and then became a member of the Methodist Church when he moved to LaPlata. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. Gregory Pool, assisted by Rev. Fred L. Hudson. Burial will be made beside his wife in the LaPlata cemetery.
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BABY PASSES AWAY
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Graham passed away at their home August 12.
She leaves to mourn her passing, her mother and father and her grandparents. She is also survived by a little brother and sister.
Burial was at Luray in the Combs cemetery.
Rev. Ervin Kelley, pastor of the Full Gospel Church, officiated.
Infant Daughter Graham, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 15 Aug 1940, p. 1, col. 3
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FUNERAL FOR MRS. GRAMLING, 70, SATURDAY
Succumbed at Home in Winigan After Two Years Illness.
Gifford, Mo., Feb. 13. (Special)—Mrs. Margaret Malinda Walker Gramling, 70 years old, died at her home near Winigan about 11:15 o’clock Wednesday morning. She had been ill more than two years.
Funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Winigan Baptist Church, and burial will be at the Winigan Cemetery. Mrs. Gramling had been a member of the Winigan church for a number of years.
Mrs. Gramling was born in Sevier County, Tenn., on Jan. 3 ,1872, the daughter of William and Sarah Walker. She lived in Tennessee until young womanhood and then moved to Sullivan County, Missouri, with her parents. She was married to Daniel Gramling on Oct. 18, 1893. Ten children, all of whom survive their mother, were born to this union.
Mrs. Gramling is survived by her husband, ten children, Ernest Gramling, Mrs. Mabel Mattingley, Everett Gramling, Iva Hahne, Basil Gramling, Mrs. Irva Chappell, Mrs. Verna Jerome, Dwaine Gramling, Mrs. Hazil Pittman and Mrs. Pansey Cunningham; three brothers, Bert Walker, Tine Walker and George Walker, two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Rickard, and Mrs. Jane Mendenhall, and fourteen grandchildren.
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A. F. GRASSLE, 78, DIES HERE OF PNEUMONIA
Was Former Business Man; Funeral To Be Monday.
Albert F. Grassle, 78, former merchant here, died yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock at his home at 208 East McPherson street.
He had been in declining health for several months but critically ill only a few days. Death was attributed to pneumonia.
Mr. Grassle was born September 19, 1856 in Millersburg, Ohio, the eldest son of Frederick and Susan Grassle. He was married December 15, 1895 to Miss Hattie Weaver, of Kirksville, Mo. Four children were born to this union, Mrs. F. E. Shaw, Burlington, Ia.; A. E. Grassle, Auburn, H. Y.; Dr. H. L. Grassle, Haddan, Kan., and Miss Sue Grassle, of this city.
He leaves three brothers, George, Ferd and Charles, of California; two sisters, Mrs. W. S. Waren, of Memphis, Mo., and Mrs. Dilla Morse, of Los Angeles, Calif. Four grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Grassle’s parents moved to Memphis, Mo., in 1868. In 1887 the family moved to Kirksville, where Mr. Grassle with his father and brother started a wagon factory. In 1901 he and his brother, Ferd, engaged in the hardware business.
Mr. Grassle was elected to the city council in 1926 with Grove Swigert and Mayor Az Stookey.
He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Adair Lodge 366, Caldwell Chapter No. 53, Kirksville Council No. 44, Ely Commandery No. 22, Knights Templar, Molla Temple Shrine and the Modern Woodmen of America.
Funeral services will be held at the Davis & Wilson Funeral Home Monday at 2 o’clock. Burial will be made in Highland Park Cemetery.
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F. J. GRASSLE ONCE RESIDENT HERE, DIES, 76
Was Hardware Merchant; Lived 25 Years In Redlands, Calif.
Ferd J. Grassle, former Kirksville business man, and civic leader, was buried yesterday at Redlands, Calif., according to word received by relatives here, in the splendid Greek mausoleum he helped to obtain for Redlands. He was 76 years old.
Mr. Grassle had been in poor health for several years and was seriously ill for the past year, the end coming Thursday.
He leaves his wife, one son, Karl, of Long Beach, Calif., two daughters, Mrs. George Williams and Maurita, of Redlands, two brothers, George, of Orange, Calif., and Charles, of Oakland, Calif., one sister, Mrs. D. G. Morse, of Los Angeles, and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Grassle grew to manhood in Scotland County, and after schooling in that county and in Quincy, Ill., he took his degree at the Gem City Business College. He was married Sept. 15, 1892, to Miss Rose Funk, and five children were born of this union, two of them, twin daughters, dying in infancy.
Before coming to Kirksville, nearly 40 years ago, he was cashier of the Farmers Bank of Hurdland. In Kirksville he was a member of the Grassle Brothers firm which operated a hardware store on the east side of the public square. During his residence here he was active in civic affairs, and gave much of his time for the advancement of Kirksville.
Mr. Grassle and his family moved to Redlands 25 years ago and he established a hardware business there which he operated until poor health compelled him to dispose of an interest and it became the Bell-Grassle Hardware Co. He later purchased a grove and became an orange grower.
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Fredrick Grassle, a retired business man and highly respected citizen, died at the home of his son, A. F. Grassle, on East McPherson Street Thursday night of last week, aged 84 years. Mr. Grassle was born in Baden, Germany, in 1834 and came to America when nine years old. He lived in Ohio for many years, moving from that state to Scotland county, Missouri. He came to Kirksville in 1884, and with his sons, G. A. and F. A. Grassle, manufactured the Grassle wagon. He retired from active life seventeen years ago. Mr. Grassle was married three times, but all of his wives preceded him in death. To the first union six children were born, all of whom are living. They are A. F. and G. A. Grassle, of Kirksville, F. J. Grassle, of Redlands, California, Chas. Grassle, of Chicago, Mrs. W. S. Warren, of Memphis, and Mrs. Gilla Morris, of Los Angeles, California. One child was born of the second marriage, Mrs. Florence Poage, deceased, wife of the late Dr. J. F. Poage. Funeral took place from the home of his son Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Funeral service was conducted by his pastor, Rev. W. B. Christy. Burial in Highland Park cemetery.
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DOWNING
Funeral services for Guy Gray, 53, were held Tuesday afternoon, July 24, at the Baptist church by Rev. B. D. Bradbury of Lancaster. Music by Mmes. H. E. Gerwig, H. H. Lewis and Dee Rife and Harry West, with Mrs. Dee Rife at the piano. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Etta Drake Gray, one son, Leon Gray, overseas, and one daughter, several brothers and sisters and many other relatives and friends. He was a hard working man who was employed at Cooperative Store at the time he was injured. An unusually large congregation attended the funeral.
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Died
GRAY— In Lancaster, Mo., on the 25th day of April, 1874, of pheumatic [sic] meningitis, after a severe illness of one week, Mr. JOSEPH M. GRAY– aged 33 years.
The deceased was born in St. Charles county, Mo. He became acquainted with Miss Mary E. Richardson– (a daughter of the late Hon. Thos. S. and Mrs. Minerva Richardson) — While that lady was in attendance at the Female College at Fayette, Mo., in 1864, to whom he was united in marriage in the fall of the same year. At the time of his death he was a member of the Methodist church south. His remains were brought to this place on Monday evening, and were met at the depot by a large concourse of friends of the family and relatives, from whence they were escorted to the Masonic cemetery near town and interred.
Joseph M. Gray, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 30 Apr 1874, p. 3, col. 5
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Downing Man Dies In Iowa City, Iowa
Oscar Leo Gray, 58, of Downing, died Saturday in the Veterans Hospital at Iowa City, Iowa.
He was the son of Nathan and Dacy McVey Gray and was born May 2, 1896.
Surviving are his wife, Hazel McNary Gray, and four sons, Hubert of Downing, Lowell of Lancaster and Henry Nathan and Junior of Rock Island, Ill., also six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 in the Downing Baptist church, conducted by the Rev. C. E. Davis. Burial was in the Downing cemetery.
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Mrs. A. J. Grayson, 98, Dead
Services Conducted by Miss Faye Chappell at Bible Grove
Amanda Jane Watson was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Watson. She was born in Indiana, November 14, 1848. When she was about four years old she moved with her parents to Brashear, Missouri. Here she grew to womanhood and became a member of the United Brethren church.
In 1867 at Kirksville she was united in marriage to Andrew J. Grayson and to this union two daughters were born. Her husband died November 25, 1916.
For the past twenty-two years she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Laura Probst, who lived near Bible Grove until a few years ago. Even though she was quite old, she was only ill about three months. She died on Friday, February 14, 1947, at Kirksville, Missouri. She was ninety eight years of age.
Funeral services were conducted at Bible Grove on Sunday, February 16, by Miss Faye Chappell, pastor of the Bible Grove church. Music was furnished by a mixed quartette and the body bearers were Sol Corwin, J. W. Dunn, Ira Croley, Arthur Emil, George Davis and Bart Hunt. Interment was in the Bible Grove cemetery.
She leaves her two daughters, Mrs. Laura L. Probst of Kirksville, and Mrs. Emma E. Rhodes of Mexico, Missouri; twelve grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren; two brothers, Will Watson and Lark Watson and one half-sister, Mrs. Allie Collop, all of Kirksville.
Amanda Jane (Watson) Grayson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 20 Feb 1947, p. 1, col. 6
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Andy Grayson had a paralytic stroke Friday night and died Saturday morning about 10 o’clock. His remains were laid to rest in the new church cemetery at Bible Grove Sunday evening at 2 o’clock.
Andy Grayson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 30 Nov 1916, p. 6, col. 3, Bible Grove Column
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Andrew Grayson Died on November 25th
Mr. Andrew Grayson died at his home near Bible Grove Nov. 25th, 1916 at the age of 68 years and 11 months, death being caused by a paralytic stroke, also a ruptured blood vessel.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife Mrs. Amanda Grayson; two children, Mrs. Laura Props and Mrs. Emma Rhodes both of Bible Grove, twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, besides other relatives and a multitude of friends.
Mr. Grayson has lived in this county for several years, having spent most of his life in this and the joining counties. He was a highly respected citizen, a good neighbor, kind husband, father and grandfather, and his death is a sad loss to all who knew him.
He was laid to rest in the Bible Grove cemetery Sunday evening at 2 o’clock. Funeral services being conducted by Rev. Collins, pastor of the church at that place.
Card of Thanks
We desire to express our sincere thanks to our neighbors and friends who assisted us during the sickness and death of our husband and father, Andrew Grayson.
Mrs. Amanda Grayson and children
Andrew Grayson, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis, Democrat, 7 Dec 1916, p. 1, col. 3
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Hubert Green Services Held On Saturday
Hubert Ernest Green, son of William Henry and Mary Jane Green was born April 12, 1895, near Memphis, Missouri, and passed away at the Grim-Smith Hospital, in Kirksville, on May 15, 1969, at the age of 74 years and 28 days, after a lingering illness.
On November 1, 1916, he was united in marriage to Sylvia Okle Brookhart, and to this union was born one son and one daughter.
Mr. Green lived in Scotland County all his life and farmed until his retirement in 1966.
Mr. Green was preceded in death by his father, mother, and one brother, Clarence.
Those surviving are his wife; his son, Charles Green; his daughter, Mrs. Gordon Moffett (Mary Lou); two grandsons, Robert Jay Moffett, and Richard Charles Green; three granddaughters, Linda Moffett Kirchner, Roberta Moffett Roberts, and Katherine Louise Green; one sister, Retha Small; two half-sisters, Elsie Mathes and Marie Kline; and one half-brother, Ralph Green.
Hubert was a loving husband and father and will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Funeral services were held at the Gerth & Baskett Chapel, Memphis, Missouri, Saturday, May 17, 1969, 2:00 p.m. The Rev. Kenneth Campbell officiated. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Body bearers were Paul Lancaster, Leo Brown, Clarence Cunningham, Harley Baker, Harold Davis, and Mansel Garrett.
Hubert Ernest Green, From Unknown Newspaper, 22 May 1969
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The remains of the Hon. J. S. Green were removed on the 30th [illegible] from ST. Louis to Canton, Mo., and deposited in Oak Bluff Cemetery.
Hon., J. S. Green, Edina, Missouri, The Sentinel, 12 May 1870, p. 2, col. 2
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James Stephen Green
February 28, 1817 – January 19, 1870
US Congressman, US Diplomat, US Senator. Elected to represent Missouri’s 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1851. Also served as United States Charge d’Affaires to New Grenada in 1853, and United States Senator from Missouri from 1857 to 1861.
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Jasper Green Dies Of Heart Attack
Mr. Jasper E. Green, aged 78, of Baring, Mo. passed away Monday, October 25, 1971 unexpectedly about 9 a.m. from a heart attack while doing chores on his farm two miles northwest of Baring, Missouri.
He was born April 2, 1893 at Rutledge, Missouri the son of William Frank and Fannie Walker Green.
On August 3, 1916 he was married to Letia Ada Rule at Memphis, Missouri and she passed away June 30, 1971.
Surviving: a son, Ted E. Green of 40 Kellwood Drive, Kirksville, Mo. who is Director of Elementary Education of Knox County R-1 School, three grandchildren, Cheryl, Debra and Jeffery Green; one sister, Fern, Mrs. Roy Mason of Boca Raton, Fla., and one brother, Frank Green, of Marceline, Mo. and several nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by his parents, a daughter in infancy, five brothers, James L., Pirl I., Hubert H., Paul E., Enos Green and three sisters, Maggie Green, Mrs. Ethel Denny and Mrs. Marjorie Hoye.
He had been a telegrapher on the Sante [sic] Fe from 1912 until 1954 and also had been engaged in farming. He was a member of the National Association of Re-tired and Veteran Railroad employees and the Greensburg Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 414.
He had lived at Rutledge until 1916 when they moved to Baring, Missouri.
Funeral services were Wednesday, October 27, 1971 at 2 p.m. at Hudson-Rimer Chapel, with the Rev. Dick Goold of Baring officiating and burial in the Pauline Cemetery, Rutledge, Missouri.
Masonic Rites were Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home.
Jasper E. Green, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 1 Nov 1971, Thursday
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Marcella Green Passed Away In Edina, Mo.
Marcella Green, age 84 of Edina passed away Thursday at 12:25 p.m. in the Gibson hospital, where she had been taken early in the morning, after suffering a stroke at her home.
She was born April 4, 1880 at Memphis, Mo., the daughter of William and Margaret Long Green. She was married to Oscar (Pete) Green, July 23, 1896 at Memphis, where they lived till they moved to Edina, 36 years ago.
She is survived by two daughters, Betty, Mrs. Deronemo Riley of Edina, Hazel, Mrs. James Drake of Norwalk, Calif. also three sons, Oscar (Ernie) Green of Edina, Burley W. Green of Hollydale, Calif. and Harley B. (Doc) Green of Edina, a patient in St. Mary’s hospital at Quincy, Ill.
She is also survived by four granddaughters, Marcella, Mrs. Duffy of Cheverly, Maryland; Sue, Mrs. Jim McMillen of Mesa, Ariz., Mrs. Ted Davidson of Lakewood, Calif. and Miss Nancy Green of Hollydale, Calif., three great grandchildren, James Duffy, Brent and Karen McMillen, one brother, John Green of Memphis, Mo.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, who passed away Dec. 17, 1948 and a daughter, Edna Green April 1927. Three brothers and three sisters. Mrs. Green was a member of the Christian church.
The funeral service was held Sunday, April 19 at the Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel in Edina, Mo. at 1:30 p.m., Rev. Jim Kewon of Edina in charge of services. Burial at Memphis, Mo., Cemetery.
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DIED AT HANNIBAL MO.
Funeral Services For Mrs. Herbert Green to be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Herbert Green, who died Tuesday, at the St. Elizabeth hospital at Hannibal, will be held from the Christian church Friday afternoon (tomorrow) at 2:30. Services will be conducted by Rev. G. L. Eaton and burial will be in the Memphis cemetery.
Mrs. Green was before her marriage, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Riney of Florida, formerly of Memphis. Mrs. Riney [sic] is survived by her husband, parents and four sons.
Mrs. Herbert Green, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 24 Jul 1947, p. 1, col. 5, Thursday
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Mrs. Warren Green, long-time resident of Memphis and Scotland County died at 6:15 p.m. Saturday. Mrs. Green, who was 56, had suffered a stroke late Thursday at the home of her brother, Letus McCabe, of Rutledge.
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“PET” GREEN, EDINA, DEAD
Former Memphis Man Succumbs at His Home Friday
Oscar Elgin Green was a son of J. R. and Elizabeth Green. He was born in Kentucky, August 23, 1870, and moved to Scotland county, Missouri, in 1872. In 1927 he moved to Knox county and resided in Edina until his death at his home on December 17, 1948.
He was married to Marcella Green on July 23, 1896. To this union was born six children – Mrs. Elizabeth Riley, Edina; Earnest Green, Edina; Harley Green, Edina; Burley Green, Clearwater, Calif.; Mrs. Hazel Drake, Lynwood, Calif., and Edna Green who preceded him in death at Memphis, on April 15, 1927. She was killed with two others in an automobile accident just west of Memphis.
In addition to above, he leaves two daughters-in-law, Lorraine Green, Edina, and Mildred Green, Clearwater, Calif.; two sons-in-law, D. S. Riley, Edina, and James A. Drake, Lynwood, Calif.; three grandchildren, Mrs. Marcella Jacobi, Downey, Calif.; Rita Mae Green, Clearwater, Calif., and Carolyn Sue Green, Edina.
The body was brought to Memphis and funeral services were conducted by Rev. G. Lolin Eaton of the Christian church on Sunday morning at 10:00 o’clock at the Payne chapel, followed by burial in the Memphis cemetery.
Pall bearers were Tom Bone, Alva Keith, Ova Morrow, Leo Drake, Homer Ralph and Terrel Sears. Singers were Miss Faye Chappell and Mrs. Elza Burns, accompanied by Mrs. Ronald Keeler.
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O. E. Green Dies At Edina Home
Oscar Ernest “Ernie” Green, aged 65, of Edina, passed away unexpectedly about 12:30 a.m. May 4, 1966 at his trailer home in Edina.
He was born November 4, 1900 in Memphis, Missouri, the son of Oscar “Pet” Green and Marcella Green Green.
He was married in 1919 to Ada Bailey at Downing, Mo. and she preceded him in death.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. D. S. (Betty) Riley of Edina; Mrs. James (Hazel) Drake of Norwalk, Calif., and two brothers, H. B. Green of Edina and Burley W. Green of Paramount, Calif. Also surviving are four nieces.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, an infant son, and a sister, Edna on May 15, 1927.
He was a retired telegraph operator with the C. B. & Q. Railroad.
He had served in the Air Force from Sept. 24, 1942 to April 4, 1945.
He was a member of the Methodist church at Memphis, Mo. and the American Legion Post No. 261 of Edina.
Funeral services were held Friday, May 6, at 2 p.m. at Hudson-Rimer funeral chapel with Rev. Custer Vaughn of Edina, officiating and burial in the Memphis cemetery.
There were military rites at the graveside.
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RITES FOR MRS. H. GREEN
Services Conducted at Memphis Christian Church Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Herbert Green, who died at the St. Elizabeth hospital, Hannibal, Tuesday of last week, were conducted at the Christian church in Memphis Friday afternoon by the pastor, Rev. G. Lolin Eaton.
Wilma Marie Riney was the eldest daughter of Henry and Pearl Riney. She was born in Kingman, Kansas, Oct. 20, 1909.
When a young girl she united with the Christian church at Memphis. She was united in marriage to Herbert Green, Aug. 25, 1928, who with five sons, Herbert Leroy, Robert Wesley, James Wayne, John Max and William Stanley are left.
She also leaves her parents, grandparents, three sisters and one brother.
Wilma Marie (Riney) Green, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 31 Jul 1947, p. 1, col. 6, Thursday
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MRS. FRANCES GREENO DIED
Funeral Services Were Held From E. L. Clark Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Greeno, who died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark Thursday, Dec. 29, 1938, were held from the Clark home Saturday afternoon, December 31, conducted by Rev. H. V. McColloch. Burial was in the Memphis cemetery.
Pall bearers were Millard, Lloyd, Willard, Jay and Leon Greeno, her grandsons, and L. B. Ward.
Mrs. N. P. McHenry, Mrs. J. S. Monroe, J. C. Woodsmall and Glen Fugate sang two of the favorite hymns of Mrs. Greeno.
Frances Olivia Greeno was born in Scotland county, Missouri, January 16, 1853, and passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. L. Clark, Dec. 29, 1938.
She was the daughter of Charles A. and Mary J. Crocker.
She was married to Francis M. Greeno on November 20, 1870. To this union nine children were born, of which five preceded her in death–three boys and two girls. Her husband died eleven years ago at the age of 76 years.
She leaves two sons and two daughters, Mrs. E. L. Clark, Mrs. C. R. Wright and H. L. Greeno of Memphis and Charles Greeno of Hannibal; 12 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild; and one sister, Mrs. Samantha J. Webb of Eldorado Springs, Mo.
She was a member of the Memphis Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Greeno had been seriously ill about two weeks.
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Millard Greeno Services Are Held Here
Millard Francis Greeno, son of Hearl L. Greeno and Alice S. Alexander was born Feb. 3, 1907 in Bighart, Okla. and died Monday Feb. 28, 1972 at the age of 65 years, 25 days, at 3 p.m. in the Davis Co. Hospital, Bloomfield, Iowa.
He was united in marriage to Mary Belle Watkins on Oct. 10, 1931, and to this union was born one daughter, Lugene.
Millard owned and operated the Greeno Cleaning establishment in Memphis for 42 years. He attended the National Institute of Dyers and Cleaning in Silver Spring, Maryland in 1940.
At an early age Millard joined the Christian Church later transferring his membership to the Presbyterian Church of Memphis.
He was a member of the Wallace Gillespie Memorial Post 4958, Veterans of Foreign Wars, serving in World War II.
Surviving are his wife, and one daughter, Lugene Colley, and a son-in-law, Gary Lee Colley, 2 granddaughters, Erinn Lee and Jill Annette, all of Raytown, Mo. One sister Pauline Anderson of Fontana, Calif. and 4 brothers, Lloyd of Long Beach, Jay of San Diego, Hearl L. of San Francisco, Ted of Fontana, Calif. and 4 nephews.
Preeceding [sic] him in death were his father and mother an infant brother, Marcus and a brother Leon, Killed in World War II.
Services were held from the Payne Chapel, Memphis, Mo. Wednesday, Mar. 1, 1972, 2:30 p.m.
Clergyman Rev. John Gooch officiating.
Pallbearers were: Russell Cravens, Robert Moore; William P. Davis, Earl Beeler, Earl Birk, Jr., Arland Eager. Pianist was Mrs. Ann Luther.
Final resting place was Memphis Cemetery.
Millard Francis Greeno, From Unknown Newspaper, 9 Mar 1972
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OBITUARY
Susan Jane Ivie was born 5 miles east of Kirksville, June 23, 1857. She departed this life Wednesday night, Dec. 10, 1924, aged 67 yrs., 5 mo., and 17 days, at her home 7 ½ miles southeast of Kirksville.
She was married to John Greenstreet, Nov. 17, 1878, who preceded her to the Great Beyond July 6, 1918. To this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Cora Guy, with whom she made her home. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Betty Buckalew of east of Kirksville, another sister, Mrs. Permela Ancell of Oklahoma, who was not able to be present on account of old age, and one brother, H. C. Ivie of Kirksville, and a host of friends.
She united with the Baptist Church in Kirksville at the age of 17, and ever lived in this faith. She said many times during her life that she was ready to go. She was a faithful wife, a loving mother, and an endearing neighbor—a very patient sufferer and beloved by all who knew her.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at Cater Memorial Church, after which the remains were laid to rest beside her husband.
Services were conducted by Rev. John Lane of Brashear.
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Mrs. Clara Greever Services Held October 1, 1967
Mrs. Clara Greever, age 80, of Memphis, Missouri, widow of Bert Greever, died at 5:00 p.m. Saturday morning, September 30th, in the K. O. Hospital, Kirksville, Missouri, where she had been a patient since September 17.
Clara Fetters was born December 10, 1886, near Greensburg, Missouri, a daughter of William and Adeline Pettit Fetters, and was married to Bert E. Greever June 5, 1905. They were the parents of two daughters, one dying in infancy.
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Gale (Hazel) Barker, Baring, Missouri; two sisters, Mrs. Lester (Carmen) Kaser and Mrs. Charles (Margaret) Grady, both of Baring, also a half brother, Edgar Fetters, Edina, Misouri [sic]; and her son-in-law, Gale Barker, whom she loved as a son; also a number of nieces and nephews.
They lived on their farm north of Greensburg until Mr. Greever’s health failed and they moved to Edina where he died in 1951. Several years later Clara moved to Memphis and had been a resident of the Wilson Nursing Home the past four years.
She had been a member of the Greensburg Christian Church since a young girl. She attended Sunday School and Church services in the Edina Christian Church and the Booster Circle and as long as her health permitted she attended the Memphis Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, infant daughter, father, mother and sister, Nan Boley, who died during the flu epidemic in 1918, also her step-mother, Mrs. Sarah Fetters.
She was a devoted wife and mother and her cheerful disposition made her many friends where ever she lived and will be very much missed by everyone who knew her.
Funeral services were held Sunday, October 1, 1967, at the Greensburg Church. Burial was in Greensburg Cemetery.
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CATHERINE D. GRIFFITH DIES AT NOVINGER
Was 85 Years Old; Funeral Services On Thursday
Mrs. Catherine Dean Griffith, 85, died this morning at her home in Novinger.
Funeral services will be held at the Novinger Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. L. L. Parish, pastor of the church. Interment will be in the Novinger cemetery.
Mrs. Griffith was the daughter of Bell and Maggie (Curry) Summers and was born in Macon, Aug. 25, 1864.
She was married at Huntsville on April 8, 1883 to J. P. Griffith and to this marriage thirteen children were born. Mr. Griffith died in 1929 and she was also preceded in death by one daughter, six sons, three brothers and two sisters.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lulu Schmitz, Kansas City, Kan.; five sons, W. T., of Excelsior Springs, S. W., of Novinger, H. A., of St. Louis, Frederick C., of Wichita, Kan., and Alfred Leroy, of Norfolk, Va.; one brother, Charles Summers, Paris, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. Emzy Kirk, Kansas City, twelve grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.
She was a member of the Novinger Methodist Church.
The body will be at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until five o’clock this evening when it will be taken to the family home.
Bearers will be, R. K. Elsea, Fred Stone, Clementino Rock, Arthur Nardini, Charley Gasperi and Freddie Steele.
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Eli Griffith, who for the past few years has been living at Phoenix, Ariz., where he was a city mail carrier, passed away at his home Wednesday, Jan. 10th. Funeral services and burial was at Phoenix Monday afternoon.
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George H. Griffith Dead
Funeral Held at the Christian Church Yesterday
Funeral services for George H. Griffith, who died at his home, 333 North Knott Street, in Memphis on Monday, January 10, were conducted at the Christian Church yesterday afternoon by Rev. G. Lolin Eaton, pastor. Interment was in the Memphis Cemetery where a Masonic service was held.
Music was furnished by Miss Edith Naggs and Miss Alma Roberts with Mrs. W. E. Longstreth at the organ.
George H. Griffith was a son of James E. and Mary Elizabeth Griffith. He was born in San Francisco, Calif., on March 16, 1872.
Following the death of his parents, when he was a small boy, he grew to manhood in California. Entering the government Secret Service as a young man, he had occasion to visit Scotland County, Missouri, making the trip here in a covered wagon with some friends. Evidently he liked this section and made his home here.
On March 1, 1899, he married Ollie Jane Purvis, who survives him.
Besides the wife, he is survived by two sons, Jessie E. Griffith of Phoenix, Arizona, and William P. Griffith of Memphis, two daughters-in-law and eight grandchildren.
He was an active member of the Masonic fraternity for many years, having served in various offices of the lodge, including that of Master of the Lodge and Commander of the Knight Templars.
He was a member of the Christian Church of Memphis, he and his wife having placed their membership in the church on August 14, 1911.
George H. Griffith, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 13 Jan 1949
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Jay Griffith, 70, Dies In Canada
Jay Griffith, a former resident of Kirksville, died Sunday at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, according to a message received yesterday morning by his sister, Mrs. Charles M. Crow, northwest of Kirksville. He was 70 years of age and had been in poor health for several years. He had been in a hospital for the past two weeks.
Mr. Griffith left Kirksville twenty-eight years ago and went to Edmonton where he has made his home since that time.
He leaves his widow, the former Janie Griffith, (no relation) formerly of Connelsville, a daughter, Mrs. D. P. McKeen, of Rockfort Bridge, Canada, two grandchildren, and the following sisters and brother; Mrs. Charles M. Crow, Kirksville, Mrs. rank Kinkle, East St. Louis, Ill., and Vernon Griffith of Cedar Rapids, Ia. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Lon and Bert Griffith, and two sisters, ruth Griffith and Mrs. W. A. Waffle.
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O. M. GRIFFITH DIES TODAY AT THE AGE OF 52
Had Been In Business In Kirksville for the Past 23 Years
O. M. Griffith, one of Kirksville’s well known business men, died this morning at 2:30 o’clock at his home, 214 South High street. He had been seriously ill from the past two weeks, and for some time had been in declining health. He was 52 years of age.
Mr. Griffith was born March 17, 1868, in Clinton county, Ohio. He has been engaged in the grocery business in Kirksville for the past twenty-three years, making him one of the veterans of Kirksville business in point of continuous service. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen.
He is survived by his wife, one son, Warren, two daughters, Mildred and Dorothy, four brothers and two sisters. The brothers are J. C. Griffith, of Kirksville, George and Grant, both of Muncie, Ind., and Harry Griffith, of Sabina, Ohio. The sisters who survive him are Mrs. Gertie Reese, of Columbus, O., and Mrs. Myrtle Myers, of Springfield, O. Mr. Griffith is also survived by his mother, Mrs. G. A. Griffith, of Springfield. None of the relatives except member of the immediate family, and J. C. Griffith, were present at the time of his death.
The funeral arrangements had not been completed today, as the family is awaiting word from relatives of Mr. Griffith.
The many friends of the family join in extending to the bereaved relatives their heartfelt sympathy.
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H. I. GRIGGS DIES SUDDENLY AT HOME HERE
Had Heart Attack; Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Holland I. Griggs, 64, retired Kirksville business man, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home 208 E. Pierce street, this morning about nine o’clock. Mr. Griggs has been suffering with a heart ailment for some time.
Coming to Kirksville 32 years ago, Mr. Griggs engaged in business, becoming owner of the Kirksville Wool, Hide and Fur Co., which he operated until four years ago when he retired from the business.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be announced later. The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The son of Reuben M. and Rachael (Bishop) Griggs, he was born at Novelty, Mo., May 3, 1885. He was married to Anna L. Sadler, Dec. 24, 1909 at Edina and two children were born to this marriage.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Jack (Ruth) Shryack, of Kirksville, and one son, Dr. William H. Griggs, Davis, Calif., two brothers, Ruby E., of Kirksville, and Austin of Topeka, Kan., and two grandchildren, David and Holly Griggs. His parents preceded him in death.
Mr. Griggs was active in community activities and was a member of the following Masonic Orders: Kirksville Lodge No. 105; Caldwell Chapter, Ely Commandry and a member of the Shrine of Moila Temple, St. Joseph, Mo. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
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MRS. EZRA C. GRIM DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Hospital Head’s Wife Succumbs Suddenly at Cabin Near here.
Mrs. Dorothea Caroline Grim, 66, wife of Dr. Ezra C. Grim, of the Grim-Smith Hospital here, died suddenly yesterday morning at 11 o’clock from a heart attack.
Apparently in excellent health, she never before had experienced heart disorders. She awoke yesterday with a headache but it subsided and she and Dr. Grim went to their cabin nine miles southwest of Kirksville to supervise some cleaning. Mrs. Grim had started to prepare the noon meal when she collapsed and died immediately.
The funeral is to be held at the First Presbyterian Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. Pyron McMillen, and burial will be in the Highland Park Cemetery. The body is lying in state at the Summers & Flinchpaugh Funeral Home.
Mrs. Grim was born August 14, 1873 near Millard in Adair County, the daughter of William H. and Maria Seward Foncanon, and had spent her entire life in this county. She had lived at 1205 South Franklin Street, which was the Foncanon home before her marriage, for 45 years.
Graduated from the Kirksville Normal School in 1895, she was a primary teacher in the Kirksville school system seven years. She was married to Dr. E. C. Grim in 1903.
Surviving are her husband, two sons, Dr. George E. Grim, Kirksville, and Clarnece F. Grim, Paris, Mo.; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah M. Wimp, Kirksville, and Mrs. Dorothea M. Morey, Parkersburg, W. Va., eleven grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Mayme Deegan and Mrs. Phigenia Robards, both of San Antonio, Tex. One son, John Henry Grim, and a sister, Mrs. Alice Deegan, preceded her in death. Her son died here in 1926.
Mrs. Grim had belonged to the Presbyterian Church since childhood. She was a member of the AZ Club, the D. A. R. and Sojourners Club.
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DR. EZRA GRIM DIES AFTER A HEART ATTACK
Widely Known North Missouri Physician Served in World War I in France.
Dr. Ezra Clarence Grim, 69, prominent Kirksville physician, died at 4 o’clock this morning at his home, 1205 South Franklin Street, following a heart attack. He had been in failing health for several years, but had been critically ill since Saturday.
Dr. Grim was born Jan. 5, 1874, about two miles west of Kirksville, the son of George W. and Anna (Weaver) Grim. In 1882, he moved with his parents to Kirksville and resides at 216 East Patterson Street. He attended the Kirksville public schools and was graduated from the State Normal School in 1895 as valedictorian of his class. After two years of teaching school at Brookfield, Dr. Grim entered the Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, from which he was graduated in 1901. Following his graduation, he interned at St. Louis City Hospital and for two years was assistant to Dr. Brokaw, chief surgeon of St. John’s Hospital and United Railways.
In 1903, Dr. Grim joined his brother, Dr. Edward A. Grim, who had established a practice in Kirksville, and was associated with him for 33 years. The Grim office building on East Washington Street was erected by the brothers in 1905.
Dr. Grim married Miss Dorothea C. Foncannon, of Kirksville, Dec. 29, 1904. Five children were born to this union, one son, John Henry Grim, died in 1926 at the age of 15. Dr. Grim was preceded in death by his wife who died three years ago in May.
The Grim Hospital was established in 1909 by Dr. Grim and his brother and for the first year was located at 415 East Jefferson Street. During the following year, the present modern brick structure was erected on Patterson Avenue. The hospital was closed in 1918-1919 during the first World War and the partnership was divided when Dr. Grim went into the service as a captain in the Medical Corps. Following his return from service in France in June, 1919, Dr. Grim reopened the hospital and continued as sole operator and director until 1924.
In 1924, Dr. E. S. Smith, of Macon, became a member of the staff and business associate in the firm which became the Grim-Smith Hospital and Clinic, and he still remains with the hospital. In 1933, Dr. Grim’s son, Dr. George E. Grim, became a member of the staff and business associate. Two years later, Dr. J. J. Wimp, Dr. Grim’s son-in-law, now on foreign duty with the U. S. Marine Corps, became associated with the staff and business.
Despite ill health from 1931, Dr. Grim did most of the major surgical work at the hospital, until his retirement July 1, 1940.
Previous to his retirement, Dr. Grim had acquired extensive farm lands and during the past three years has proven the value of modern methods in Adair County farming. Dr. Grim held membership in the local, state and American Medical Associations; the Kirksville lodge No. 105 A. F. & A. M., the Milan Chapter No. 103 R. A. M., Ely Commandry No. 22 and Moila Temple, St. Joseph. He was a charter member of the Chamber of Commerce and a charter member of the Kiwanis Club of which he has been an honorary member since 1931. He also had served as a member of the Board of Regents of the Teachers College.
Dr. Grim was the last of his immediate family of which he was the youngest child. He was preceded in death by his sister, Mrs. Ira Collett, Dr. Edward A. Grim, and two brothers and a sister who died in infancy.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Grim Wimp, of Kirksville, and Mrs. Dorothea Grim Morey, of Parkersburg, W. Va.; two sons, Dr. George Edward Grim, of Kirksville, and Clarence Foncannon Grim, of Richmond, Calif, and thirteen grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church. The Rev. W. C. Templeton, former Presbyterian minister here, and the Rev. Pyron McMillen will conduct the services. The Rev. Templeton officiated at the wedding ceremony of Dr. and Mrs. Grim and conducted the funeral services for Mrs. Grim. Interment will be in the family lot at Highland Park Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Summers & Powell Funeral Home.
Dr. Ezra Clarence Grim, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 26 May 1943, p. 1, col. 5
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Prominent Doctor Killed in Wreck
Dr. George Grim of Kirksville, the personal physician of many Scotland county people, was killed in a car wreck near Troy, Missouri, Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Grim was the chief surgeon and president of the Grim-Smith Memorial hospital in Kirksville.
Dr. Grim and Dr. Duncan MacLennan, pastor of the Kirksville Presbyterian church were enroute to St. Louis to attend a church meeting when the accident happened.
Dr. Grim is survived by his wife and four sons in his immediate family.
Dr. George Grim, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 4 Mar 1954, p. 1, col. 5
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Obituary
Joseph D. Grim was born in Kerchocton County, Ohio, Sept. 5th, 1838. He was united in marriage to Miss Elmira E. Gard, October 8th, 1864, and to this union were born three daughters, two of whom are living.
He united with the M. E. Church in his boyhood and kept the faith until his death.
Mr. Grim was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War, having enlisted at the beginning of the struggle in Co. I., 19th Ind. Vol. Afterwards he was transferred to Co. B, 4th Reg., U. S. Artillery, from which he was honorably discharged at the close of the war.
He departed this life Sept., 24th, 1917, aged 79 years and 19 days.
Funeral services were conducted at his home 701 East Patterson street, Kirksville, Mo., at 2:30 o’clock, Sept. 25th, by Rev. Dr. W. B. Christy. Interment took place in Llewellyn Cemetery. The G. A. R. Post conducted the services.
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Louis Grinstead Passed Away July 13
Louis R. Grinstead, born May 13, 1887, youngest son of Benjamin R. and Amanda Katherine Rugh Grinstead, spent his early years in the Brock community of Scotland County. He attended Elm Grove District school. Later he enrolled in Kirksville Normal, then returned to the farm until his service in World War I. Mr. Grinstead was with the 89th Division, Co. A., 35th Infantry. He was gassed at Flirey, France, and later received the Purple Heart Award.
Following Mr. Grinstead’s discharge from the armed services, he attended the University of Missouri, graduating in 1926 with a degree of Bachelor Science in Journalism. He was a member of the Sigma Delta Ohi, honorary journalistic Fraternity. After graduation Mr. Grinstead became a member of the Editorial Staff for the Publications of the College of Agriculture at the University of Missouri.
During this period Mr. Grinstead was active in the Boy Scouts Organization from which he received the Silver Beaver Award from the Central Missouri Area Council. He was a member of the Moila Shrine, the American Legion, and the Methodist Church.
After retirement Mr. Grinstead returned to Memphis, making his home with his sister, Mrs. Ethel L. Douglas. Mr. Grinstead passed away suddenly July 13, 1972, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Aylward, where he had resided since his sister’s death.
Preceding him in death were his parents, three brothers, two sisters, one niece and one nephew. Surviving nieces and nephews are: Mrs. Gerald Krohn of Glenview, Illinois, Mrs. John Bolton of Spokane, Washington, Mrs. Paul Aylward of Memphis, Missouri, Colonel John B. Grinstead of Seattle, Washington, and Frank S. Biggs of Arbela, Missouri.
Funeral services were held at Gerth & Baskett Chapel, Memphis, Missouri, Saturday, July 15, 1972, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Mike Barrett officiated. Burial was in the Prairie View Cemetery. The body bearers were members of V.F.W. Post No. 4958.
Louis R. Grinstead, Memphis, Missouri, The Gorin Argus, 20 Jul 1972
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W. A. GRISAMER OF NEAR CORA DIES TODAY
Was Born Near Kirksville; Body Is at Green City
Green City, Mo., Feb. 5—William A. “Bill” Grisamer, 85, of near Cora, Mo., died in a Kansas City hospital this morning.
The body is at the Glenn E. Kent and Son Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of relatives and will be announced later.
He was the son of Joseph and Emmaline (Price) Grisamer and was born near Kirksville on July 4, 1867. He moved with his parents to a farm south of Green Castle where he lived several years. He was married to Belle Bunch and four sons were born to them, all of whom survive.
His wife died about eighteen years ago and he was also preceded in death by six brothers and three sisters.
Surviving are his four sons, Hallie, Otis, Paul and Dean, and one brother, L. J. Grisamer, of Green City.
Since the death of his wife, he had made his home with his son, Dean, of near Cora.
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MRS. GRISHAM DIED LAST NIGHT IN KANSAS CITY
Mrs. Mary A. Grisham, a former resident of this county, died last night in Kansas City and the body will arrive in Kirksville tonight for burial, according to a message received here.
Mrs. Grisham resided near Shibley’s Point nearly all of her life until about a year ago, and about two months ago she went to Kansas City where she was staying with her daughter, Mrs. Chas. W. Lintner. She has been in ill health for several months.
The deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lintner of Kansas City and Mrs. Alice Lintner of this city and one granddaughter, Mrs. Melvin Vansickle, of 1618 N. Don street. There is one surviving sister, Mrs. Amanda McDaniel, of Memphis, and one brother, Stephen Barker of Iowa.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock at the Vansickle home on North Don street.
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MRS. MARY GRISSOM, 85, DIES
Funeral Services To Be Thursday in LaPlata.
Special to The Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., June 20—Mrs. Mary Grissom, 85, died this morning at 6:25 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Orla Reynolds, in La Plata, were [sic] she had made her home for the past fifteen years. She had been in poor health for sometime and recently contracted pneumonia, which was the direct cause of her death.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Christie Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Fred L. Hudson. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Millard.
Mrs. Grissom was born Jan. 1, 1860, near Kirksville, the daughter of Levi and Elva Griswold. She had spent most of her life in Adair county. She had ben married twice, the first time to Jack Zimmerman. Five children were born to this marriage, one son and her husband preceding her in death. Surviving are three daughters, and one son, Mrs. Minnie Gibben, Noble, Ill., Mrs. Florence Reynolds, La Plata, Mrs. Bertha Bondurant, Kirksville, and Jess Zimmerman, of LaJunta, Colo.
She was married to W. M. Grissom, who also preceded her in death. She also leaves one grandchild, Cpl. Richard Bondurant, who is in Marianas Islands.
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WM. GRISSOM’S FUNERAL TODAY
Funeral services for William Grissom, 68 years old, who died yesterday morning at his home, 1315 South Ann street, were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home, conducted by the Rev. F. W. Condit, pastor of the Christian church. Burial was in Ownbey’s cemetery.
Mr. Grissom moved here from Yarrow about 8 years ago and had been a resident of Kirksville continuously since that time. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Nora Riley, Galesburg, Ill., Mrs. Lloyd Bondurant, Kirksville, two sons, Marion and John of near Kirksville, and one brother, Thomas Grissom, of Kearney.
Mr. Grissom’s many friends here join in extending sincere sympathy to the bereaved relatives.
William Grissom, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 10 Feb 1922, p. 1, col. 1, Friday
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MRS. CARRIE F. GRISTY DIED TUESDAY EVENING
Mrs. Carrie F. Gristy died Tuesday evening at the Grim-Smith Hospital following a heart attack.
Funeral services will be Thursday at 2:00 p.m. in the Gerth & Baskett Chapel with Rev. John O. Gooch officiating. Burial will be in the Memphis Cemetery.
Carrie F. Gristy, From Unknown Newspaper, 8 Feb 1968
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Carrie F. Gristy Dies At Kirksville Tuesday
Carrie F. Gristy died suddenly Tuesday, February 6, at 7:25 p.m. in the Grim-Smith Hospital in Kirksville, Missouri, from a heart attack following several years of ill health. She was a life long resident of Scotland County, Missouri, born December 23, 1882, the daughter of James and Annettie Luckett Forrester.
She was a graduate of music from the Memphis Normal and taught music in the Baring and Greensburg area, later Memphis.
She was married to John William Gristy October 29, 1903, and to this union were born two daughters, Vera and Martha Nell.
She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Memphis for over 65 years and active in all church work as long as health permittted [sic]. She was a member of the Carter Chapter O.E.S. No. 107, Past Matron and Past District Deputy Grand Matron, also a past member of Jaufoline Chapter D.A.R. and Rebekah of Memphis.
She is survived by her daughters, Vera Turner, of Memphis, and Martha Nell Jones, of Kirksville; two sons-in-law, Hubert Turner, of Memphis, and Dr. J. B. Jones, of Kirksville; one granddaughter, Mrs. Ann Winger; one great-grandson, John Mark Winger, Encino, California; three nieces, Betty Lou Benson of Seattle, Washington, Margaret and Sandra Forrester, of Chicago; brothers, W., Lynn A. and Harold Forrester; also one who died in infancy.
Funeral services were held, Thursday at 2:00 o’clock from the Gerth and Baskett Chapel, Rev. John O. Gooch, officiating. Mrs. John E. Luther, organist.
Body bearers were Earl Beeler, Charles Long, Harold Tippet, Fred DeRosear, Henry Reed, and Russell Cravens.
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Mrs. Dora Morris Gristy, wife of Charley Gristy of Downing passed away, Dec. 10. Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 12 at the M. E. church by Rev. Gaither of Lancaster. Burial in the Killwinning cemetery. She is survived by her husband and two sisters, Mrs. Callie Phillips and Mrs. Minnie Mullinix all of Downing.
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OBITUARY
J. C. Gristy was born in Davis County, Iowa, on February 8, 1846, and passed away in Memphis on Wednesday October 18, 1916, aged 70 years, 5 months and ten days.
At the age of eight years, his father and family, moved to Memphis, Mo., and his home was in Scotland County practically all his life. He joined the Union Army–Company D, Third Iowa Cavalry at Bloomfield, Iowa, at the age of 18 years. In less than a year later he was transferred and made Second Lieutenant of the [138th?] U. S. C. T.– being one of the youngest officers in army.
He was united in marriage to Miss Martha Hall on November 18, 1866. He graduated from the St. Louis Medical college and was a practicing physician in this county for thirty years. He was editor of the Memphis Democrat for seven years and served two terms in the state legislature. He was elected county treasurer in 1919 and was the nominee of his party for re-election at the time of his death.
He was a man held in high esteem by all who knew him and his sudden taking is deeply regretted by a host of friends in this vicinity.
Funeral services were held on Monday October 23, interment being made in St. Mary’s cemetery in Mudd Settlement near Hitt. Father Carew of Edina was in charge of the funeral [unreadable].
The sympathy of the community goes out to the widow and children in their sorrow.
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RITES FOR JAS. W. GRISTY
Had Been a Resident of the Hitt Community All His Life
Funeral services for James W. Gristy, who died at his home in the Hitt community, following a six weeks illness, Wednesday, June 11, at 9 a.m., were held at the Payne chapel in Memphis Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. B. Purcell. Interment was in the St. Mary cemetery near Hitt.
Pall bearers were Osborne Mustoe, Fred Hane, Garland Shelley, Roscoe Morris, Forrest Peck and Roy Mustoe. Music was by the Chappell sisters, accompanied by Miss Juanita Griffith.
Mr. Gristy was born in Scotland county, Nov. 28, 1861, and spent his entire life in the Hitt community in this county. He was married at Bloomfield, Iowa, in 1887, to Emma Craig Davis, who preceded him in death, May 24, 1933. He is survived by three daughters and one son–Mrs. Edith Shafer, Hillsboro, N. D.; Mrs. Ada Peck, Mrs. June Hyde and Bernard Gristy of Scotland, county.
Mr. Gristy was the last of his family, being preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters. He was a member of the Catholic church.
As a young man he attended the Kirksville Norman school and the Bloomfield College and taught in this county for a number of years.
Those from a distance to attend the funeral were Mrs. Edith Shafer, Hillsboro, N. D.; Mrs. Jewell Carey and Mr. and Mrs. Jerd Richardson all of Bloomfield, Iowa.
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LEO GRISTY DIED IN CALIFORNIA FRIDAY
Leo Gristy, former Memphis resident, died at a hospital at his home in Pasedena [sic], California, Friday, following an operation on Wednesday, according to word received by his sister, Mrs. L. C. Pitkin.
He was the son of Dr. J. C. and Martha Hall Gristy and was born in July 1892 in Scotland county.
He spent most of his life here moving with his family to Ohio and later to California. He was married to Miss Lena Gordon of Gorin who died at Pasadena several years ago.
Surviving are three daughters, Marybelle, Louise, and Carol, all married and living in California. One grandchild, three sisters, Mrs. L. C. Pitkin, Mrs. Monty Mathes, of Downing, and A. H. Volkman of Glendale, California.
Preceding him in death were his parents, two brothers, Charles of Amarillo, Texas; J. W. Gristy of Memphis; one sister, Mrs. Belle Dewey of Scottsbluff, Neb.
Mr. Gristy attended Memphis high school where he actively participated in athletics.
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JUDGE GRISTY IS DEAD
POLICE JUDGE AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE HERE MANY YEARS
Judge William Gristy, who had been critically ill at his home, 620 West Mety street, died last night at 9:20 o’clock.
He had been ill the past few years and was confined to his home since Christmas.
Funeral services are to be held at the home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock and will be conducted by Rev. Wilbur E. Longstreth. Interment will be in the Memphis cemetery.
Mrs. Minnie R. Bence will sing a solo and Mrs. Wm. T. Barker and Mrs. O. V. Rhodes, a duet.
The pall bearers will be Sheriff Paul E. Boise, Circuit Clerk Duffy J. Hudnall, Prosecuting Attorney A. L. Luther, County Treasurer Henry Reed, C. F. Austin and Earl Garrett.
Judge Gristy was born in Scotland county near Killwinning. He was about 55 years of age. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Gristy, pioneer citizens of Miller township. His father practiced medicine at Killwinning and was interested in politics, he having been elected to the legislature and later county treasurer. The son inherited an interest in political affairs and was always active on the Democratic cause.
After the family moved to Memphis, he was interested in the publication of the Scotland County Democrat which his father purchased in the 90s. He grew up ih [sic] Memphis and has been police judge of Memphis for the past fourteen years and justice of the peace in Jefferson township for twelve years, holding both these offices at the time of his death.
In 1928 he made the race for the Democratic nomination for sheriff.
He was married in Memphis on October 29, 1903, to Miss Carrie C. Forrester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Forrester, who survives. They had two daughters who also survive, Mrs. Hubert Turner of Memphis and Mrs. John Ben Jones of Mt. Vernon, Mo. There is one grandchild, Ann Jones.
Judge Gristy had two brothers, Charles Gristy, Amarillo, Texas, (deceased), and Leo Gristy of Cincinnati, Ohio; four sisters, Mrs. Mounty Mathes of near Killwinning, Mrs. Leo C. Pitkin of Memphis, Mrs. Ralph Dewey, Scottsbluff, Nebr., (deceased); and Mrs. A. H. Volkman of Kansas City, Mo.
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OBITUARY
Levi Griswold, son of John and Fanny (Shumaker) Griswold, was born in Adair County, Missouri Nov. 15, 1858 and departed this life June 5, 1944, aged 85 years, 6 months, and 21 days.
He was married to Lucindia Salsbury Jan. 20, 1889. To this union were born three children, Mae Belfield of Kirksville, Florence Kessinger of South Gifford, and Lola Blanche Crout, of the home. His wife preceded him in death Nov. 20, 1928. A sister, Dora Berry, of Denver, Colo., passed away about two years ago. He had three half-brothers and three half-sisters who have all passed on.
He leaves besides his three daughters, four grandchildren, Cecil Belfield, Genevieve Falls, Majorie Gross, and Neva Jean Crout, one great grandchild Ronda Gailene Gross, several nieces and nephews and a host of friends and neighbors to mourn his loss.
He united with the Christian Church in early life, and for many years worked faithfully and with untiring effort in the church of his choice and the cause of Christ and was a true Christian until the end. He was a member of the Christian Church at South Gifford at the time of his death.
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FORMER BARING MAN KILLED BY SANTA FE TRAIN
Baring, Mo., March 16—J. Grogan, 63 of Sibley, near Kansas City was killed by a Santa Fe train about 6:30 o’clock Monday evening. Mr. Grogan was talking to a crew of men when the train came around a sharp curve, striking him. He was a bridge watchman for the Santa Fe and formerly lived at Baring.
He leaves a son, John, of Iowa, three brothers, Jack, of Kansas City and Pat and James of Baring, and three sisters, Mrs. Joe Jordan and Mrs. Harry Wells of Marceline and Mrs. Nell Dempsey of Chicago.
The funeral will be held at 12:30 this afternoon in Baring Catholic church.
J. Grogan, Brashear, Missouri, The Brashear News, 17 Mar 1932, p. 1, col. 3
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TOM GROGAN, OF GIFFORD, SHOOTS SELF
48-Year-Old Farmer Ended Life at His Home Yesterday.
Special to The Daily Express.
South Gifford, Mo., March 25—Tome Grogan, 48, farmer of two and one-half miles northeast of here, ended his life yesterday by firing a 12-gauge shotgun charge into his head, according to the verdict of a coroner’s jury.
A resident of the Gifford vicinity all his life except for a year in Oregon, Mr. Grogan was believed to have been despondent because of recent deaths in the family and his wife’s illness.
Mrs. Grogan, who has been under treatment at the state hospital in St. Joseph intermittently for the past four years, returned to the hospital Monday. His father, Dock Grogan, died last January and his mother last November.
Mr. Grogan’s body was found on the floor of his home when his sons, Leonard, 12, and Dean, 8, returned home from school yesterday afternoon about 5 o’clock. It was estimated he has shot himself in the middle of the morning. He left no note nor other indication of his motive.
The body is at the McCollum Funeral Home here, where funeral plans await word from a son, Lowell, 25, who is employed in lumbering operations in Idaho.
Following departure of his wife Monday, Mr. Grogan went to LaPlata Tuesday and made arrangements to advertise a public sale. He said he was planning to move to Idaho.
He was born July 24, 1888 and was married to Mary Kessinger on Dec. 27, 1910. Surviving him in addition to his wife and three sons, are a daughter, Mrs. Maurice Shouse, La Plata; one granddaughter, Phillis Shouse, and two sisters, Mrs. Effie Stephens, who lives in Oregon, and Mrs. Bertha Buck, of Gifford. Another sister, Mrs. Opal Zimmerman, died fourteen years ago.
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RITES MONDAY FOR JOSEPH L. GROSECLOSE, 78
Well Known Farmer Spent Entire Life in Schuyler County
Lancaster, Mo., July 20. (Special)—Joseph Lee Groseclose, 78, Schuyler County farmer, died at his home seven miles east of Lancaster Saturday morning at eight o’clock.
Funeral services will be held at his home Monday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Perley M. Lind, of Queen City. Interment will be in the Webster Cemtery [sic] near Lancaster.
He was the son of William and Hannah (Webster) Groslose [sic] and Hannah (Webster) Groseclose and ler County [the previous sentence seems to have some problems]. He was married to Isabelle Ballanger on Oct. 17, 1901, and five children were born to this marriage.
Mr. Groseclose is survived by his wife, the five children, Mrs. T. W. (Anna) Sorrell, of Kirksville, Mrs. James (Blanche) Moler, of New Franklin, Mo., Mrs. R. G. (Wilma) Rector, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Mrs. Fred (Evalou) Bechtold, of Hannibal; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Schafer, of Valley Center, Kan., Mrs. Sarah Getchell, of Fulton, Mo., Miss Maggie Groseclose, of Lancaster. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Mrs. John Fincher and two brothers, George and Reece.
The body will lie in state at the Fenton Funeral Home until two o’clock this afternoon when it will be taken to the home where it will lie in state until the funeral hour.
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Died at Fulton
(By Our Downing Correspondent)
Mrs. Margaret Groseclose, 79, daughter of Hiram and Ellen Figge, died July 13, at the Fulton hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ed Groseclose, and one daughter, Mrs. Nellie Dillinger.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Nora Beeler and Mrs. Cora Lewis; one son, Harmon Groseclose, all of Downing; one sister and three brothers, Mrs. Ella Elschlager and Wm. Figge of Downing, Harmon and John Figge of Kirksville; one half brother, John Burton; a grand daughter, Mrs. Charity Poe, whom she reared from childhood.
Funeral services were held from the Baptist church at Downing, Thursday afternoon, by Rev. Oscar Rush of Lancaster. Music by Mrs. H. E. Gerwig, Mr. and Mrs. Dee Rife and Harry West, with Mrs. Chas. Barbee, accompanying. Burial was in the Downing cemetery.
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MRS. MARTHA GROSECLOSE FUNERAL ON FRIDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Groseclose, 59, of Downing, who died in a Kirksville hospital early Wednesday morning, March 26, were held at the Downing Baptist church Friday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Rev. Thurman Andrews. Interment was in Downing cemetery.
Mrs. Groseclose was the daughter of E. W. and Georgianna (Collier) Mullikin, and was born in Scotland county, May 26, 1892. She was married to Harmon Groseclose and one son was born to them. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died two years ago; the son, who died in infancy; two brothers and two sisters.
Surviving are an adopted daughter, Joyce Armstrong, of Kahoka; two sisters, Mrs. James Snyder, of Memphis, Mrs. E. L. Bradley of Kirksville; two brothers, J. W. and Perry Mullikin, both of Downing.
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LaPlata Man Dies Thursday
John J. Gross, 60, of near LaPlata, died at his home Thursday. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church in LaPlata on Saturday. Interment was made in LaPlata Cemetery.
Mr. Gross was born Sept. 9, 1883. He was married to Miss Viola Chafield [sic], Oct. 20, 1904. The following children were born: Mrs. Minor E. Williams, Kirksville; Mrs. Louis C. Beach, Kirksville; Mrs. Glen R. Burnett, Mexico.
He also leaves the following grandchildren: Marguerite and Marybell Williams, Kirksville, John Charles, Donald and Mary Lou Beach, Kirksville; and the following sisters: Mrs. John Webber, Mrs. Guy Webber, Mrs. Jess Stober and Mrs. Clair Clem.
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MACON MAN ENDS LIFE WITH CARBOLIC ACID
Was Patient at Sanatorium, but Had Been Taken for Ride by Family
(Macon Chronicle)
St. Elmo Gross, 35, step-son of A. D. Gross, former deputy sheriff of Macon county, and a patient of the Still-Hildreth Sanatorium for the past ten days, died here yesterday afternoon late from the effect of a dose of poison he had taken while in town just a short time before.
Mrs. Gross and small son, her mother and a brother of the unfortunate man drove to the Sanatorium in the early part of the afternoon, called for the patient, who was making rapid improvement in health, and took him for a car ride over the city. The request was granted and while down town, Mr. Gross got away from the party and was later found ant the Big Four Trails Garage in a fainting condition. He sauntered into the building, wandered about the place for a few minutes and then fell. The police was notified and in the meantime a farmer in the garage recognized the dying man and told who he was. The Sanatorium people were then notified and a car was sent for him. The family reached the garage a few minutes before the Sanatorium car arrived and together they accompanied the dying man to the institution where he died a few minutes later.
Nothing could be learned of how the carbolic acid was secured or at what drug store it was purchased. The family were not on their guard at the time and had no idea he would do such a thing.
St. Elmo Gross, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 06 Nov 1919, p. 4, col. 3, Thursday
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Mrs. S. R. Grout, Former Resident Died April 19 at Wyoming Home
The following obituary taken from an Atwood, Kansas, paper was handed in by A. C. Jones, of Granger, a cousin of deceased.
Lenora Belle Jones was born on Oct. 1, 1865, and died April 19, 1933 aged 67 years, 6 months and 19 days at her home in Rawlins County, Kansas. She lived in Scotland, Missouri, and Wapello County, Iowa, until almost twelve years of age. She came to Rawlins County with her parents in 1879. She was married to S. R. Grout January 11, 1885.
She was a faithful wife and devouted [devoted] mother and deepy [deeply] interested in her home and her children. She had four children, Robert Ross Grout of Atwood, Mrs. Bertha Evans of St. Francis, Mrs. Viola Pancake of Atwood and Lenny Grout who preceded her in death November 7, 1920.
Her childhood days were spent on the frontier and she did not have the advantages of education. She was deeply interested in educational advancement. She was a member of the Lone Star Presbyterian Church. She often said she could not have lived without the teachings and promises of the Bible. She remained a faithful member always. She enjoyed so much the missionary society’s friendship and fellowship. She was a very wide reader of only good literature. Her Bible and such helpful religious papers as the Christian Herald and the Christian Endeavor World which she has taken for many years. She sought to embody in her life the tenderer virtues of Christ; kindliness of spirit and sincere affection for all her many acquaintances whose number is very large.
She and her honored husband experienced all the vicissitudes of frontier pioneer life. She will be greatly missed from the community and church where the fragrance of her memory will long be cherished.
She is survived by her husband, one son, two daughter, fifteen grandchildren, three great grand children all of whom were present at her funeral. The following few lines give expression to a noble sentiment, characterizing her devotion:
“O, the hallowed name of mother
How we lisp it o’er and o’er
While we’re drifting in times ocean
Drifting toward the golden shore.
In the Christian’s home in glory.
Our across death’s silent goal –
We shall meet her, we shall meet her
In the homeland of our Lord.”
Lenora Belle (Jones) Grout, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 25 May 1933, p.1, col. 1
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Grout – Mrs. Sellie Grout died of consumption at the home of her father, Ed, E. J. Smith, living southeast of this city, last Tuesday morning.
Deceased was quite ill during the entire winter, and was tenderly cared for at the home of Charles Cole in this city. Last week she felt well enough to be removed to her father’s home, where she peacefully passed away on Tuesday morning. She was married about three years ago, and leaves a husband, father and many friends to mourn her untimely death. She was amiable, kind, loving, and better still she was a devoted member of the Christian Church, and died rejoicing in the hope of a blessed immortality beyond the grave. The funeral services were conducted by Elder Bovee, at the Salem church, yesterday, after which the body was laid to rest in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Sellie Grout, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 23 May 1889, p. 3, col. 5
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Death of Seldon R. Grout
Seldon Rice Grout died of nervous trouble, at his home near Pleasant Retreat, Thursday, January 21, 1904, after an illness of about ten days, aged 40 years, 2 months and 9 days.
Deceased had been in poor health for two or three years. He spent most of last winter on the Pacific slope in quest of health and returned without any marked improvement in his condition. Later on he took a trip to Montana and after sojourning there for some time returned home feeling better and looking better. During the fall and early winter he was in town frequently and nearly always called at this office. He seemed much better and it encouraged the hope of his friends that he would be completely restored. This hope proved to be delusive. His nervous trouble returned about ten days or two weeks ago, and a few days later he lapsed into unconsciousness from which he did not rally up to the close of life. His premature death brings sadness to many hearts outside of his immediate family. He was intelligent, a great reader and thinker, a close student of current events, well posted, companionable, a man of sterling integrity and worth and as true as steel to his friends. He cherished high ideals of life and loved the companionship of those who measured up to his standard. He had many warm friends in Memphis and they, together with the immediate family sincerely mourn his death. He leaves a wife, mother, and a brother, C. W. Cole, of this city, and a sister, Mrs. Nannie E. Holman, of Sand Hill township. The body was brought to this city Saturday evening. Sunday afternoon funeral services were held at the home of C. W. Cole, Rev. W. S. Forman, officiating, after which the body was laid to rest in the cemetery east of town.
Deceased was born on the farm where he died, November 12, 1861. He was married to Jennie Renner in October 1891. He was a devoted husband, a kind neighbor, a good citizen, upright and honorable in all his dealings. During his short illness his neighbors were anxious to do everything possible for him. This certainly gave evidence of the life he lived, and his kindly acts to his neighbors will be cherished by them through many years to come.
Seldon Rice Grout, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 28 Jan 1904
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Mother of Dr. Grow Dies in Tucson, Ariz.
Mrs. Etta Grow, mother of Dr. S. E. Grow of Tucson, Arizona, died at Tucson Tuesday, June 12. She was a native of Missouri and went to Tucson to make her home from Altadena, California, five years ago.
Mrs. Grow is survived by two sons, S. E. Grow and W. M. Grow, both of Tucson, and one granddaughter.
Funeral services were held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 13 at Tucson, Dr. Harold Lunger, pastor of the First Christian church officiating. Cremation will follow.
The above clipping was sent to us by Dr. S. E. Grow formerly of Memphis. Dr. Grow stated that Mrs. Grows ashes will be brought back to Memphis for burial this fall.
Etta Grow, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 21 Jun 1956
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Dr. J. A. Grow Died Monday, May 26
Dr. J. A. Grow, after lingering for several weeks between life and death passed away at his home in this city Monday, May 26th, 1913. The funeral took place at the Christian church in Memphis yesterday afternoon at 2:30, services being conducted by Rev. M. J. Nicoson and H. G. Waggoner, past and present pastors of that church.
Dr. Grow was taken ill some three months ago at his home in the Jackson building. He rapidly grew worse until it was thought necessary to move him to the home of his son, Dr. S. E. Grow. Doctors were called to attend him, and while it was evident the disease of an affection of the stomach, the exact trouble seemed to baffle the skill of the attending doctors. Last week it was thought he was improving, but on Saturday night he took a relapse, from which he never rallied.
J. A. Grow was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, March 29, 1861. He came with his parents to Monroe County, Missouri, when he was a small boy. His education was acquired at Lexington, Kentucky, and at Christian University, Canton, Missouri. At the latter institution he prepared himself for the ministry a calling he followed exclusively until 1903 when he was graduated from the American School of Osteopathy, at Kirksville. Since that time Dr. Grow practiced Osteopathy, and at intervals spent some of the time in the ministry. While a resident of Canton he studied medicine for some time.
The subject of this sketch was married to Miss Etta Crabtree near Downing, Missouri, May 30th, 1885. To this union two sons were born, Wilford and Simpson E. Grow, the latter now a dentist of our city, and the former a Pullman conductor.
Dr. Grow was of a happy, genial disposition, and counted his friends by the score in this community. It was his delight to get a joke on his friends and “jolly” them to the limit when he had the opportunity. But his kindly jokes were of an innocent character and made others feel that he was companionable. He will be greatly missed in this community.
In the ministry he was strong capable, and under his preaching much good was done in the several communities in which he lived and labored. He was instrumental in organizing several churches. And spent much of his time and energies preaching for weak congregations where he could not expect remuneration. He was charitable and big hearted, and many are the beneficiaries of his kindly ministrations.
Mrs. Grow, who is bereft of her companion, has the sympathy of all. The sons also, who are an honor to their parents and good citizens among us.
The funeral services at the grave were in charge of the odd fellows. The members of the lodge met at their hall at one o’clock and attended the funeral in a body.
Dr. J. A. Grow, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 29 May 1913
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Mrs. Simpson Grow Graveside Services Are Held Here
Mrs. Simpson E. Grow, of Tucson, Arizona, passed away September 3, 1971 in Rochester Minnesota. She was born July 31, 1889 in Downing, Missouri, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burkett Frank.
She was married to Dr. Simpson E. Grow on September 10, 1913 by Dr. Grow’s father, Dr. James A. Grow.
Mrs. Grow was a member of the Christian Church and the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
Survivors include her husband Dr. Simpson E. Grow of Tucson, Arizona, one daughter Mrs. Francis Funk of Tulsa, Okla., one grand-daughter Mrs. A. C. Morgan of Darien, Conn. and one great-grandson A. C. Morgan II of Darien, Conn.
Graveside services were conducted Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 2:30 p.m. in the Memphis Cemetery by D. W. Payne and Sons, with the Rev. Howard Merchant officiating.
Mrs. Simpson E. Grow, From Unknown Newspaper, Sept 1971
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MRS. KATHRYN GROSZINGER DIES, AGED 40
Had Been Ill Several Months; Funeral 10 a. m., Tuesday.
Mrs. Kathryn Grozinger, widow, of Fred Grozinger, died at 11 o’clock yesterday morning at her home in the Miller Apartments. Mrs. Grozinger had been in failing health for several months.
The body will lie in state at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home until the funeral which will be held there at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. The Rev. S. A. Rear will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery.
Born July 19, 1903, at Richmond, Mrs. Grozinger was the daughter of Charles and Gertrude (Hauser) Riley. Mrs. Grozinger came to Kirksville to attend the Teachers College and taught in the primary grades for several years. In 1924 she was married to Fred Grozinger, who preceded her in death in November, 1939. One child, Bonnie Beth Grozinger, was born to this marriage. Mrs. Grozinger was a member of the Methodist Church and of the Eastern Star, of Kirksville.
Besides her daughter, who resides at the home, Mrs. Grozinger is survived by her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Riley, of Marceline; her grandmother, Mrs. Amanda Riley, also of Marceline; two brothers, Howard Riley, of Kirksville, and Wallace Riley, of Marshall; a sister, Mrs. W. E. Chapman, of Marceline, and four nieces and nephews.
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B. F. GRUBB, 90, OF NOVINGER, DIES TODAY
Funeral Services To Be Held Thursday at Novinger.
Novinger, Mo. Oct. 18 (Special)—B. F. Grubb, 90-year-old resident of Novinger, died at 4 o’clock this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy Hardman, who is living temporarily at Humbolt, Iowa. Death was due to the infirmities of old age.
He was born on July 13, 1849, and lived in this city for many years, and since the death of his wife a few years ago, has spent much of his time with his daughter, Mrs. Albert Burris, here.
He was married to Miss Laura Cundiff in Macon in 1874.
He is survived by five daughters and one son, Mrs. J. A. Blacksmith and Mrs. Albert Burris of Novinger, Mrs. Mary E. Reed of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. R. H. Hodges of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Roy Hardman of King City, Mo., and George Grubb of Los Angeles, also many grandchildren and great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Novinger Cemetery Church Thursday afternoon with burial in the Novinger Cemetery, unless the son decides to come for the funeral.
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OBITUARY
Mrs. Mary A., wife of Jas. Grubb, died at her home in Gorin, January 12, 1898, at 2:30 p.m.
Deceased was the daughter of Morgan Tucker, who died several years ago near Arbela, and was born in Monongahala County, West Virginia, May 2, 1843. During the year 1848 she, with her parents, moved to the state of Ohio, where they resided four years. From thence they moved to this county in 1852, where she lived until her death. She united with the M. E. Church, South, in early life, and was a consistent and faithful member until called home to her reward. She was united in marriage to Jas. Grubb, October 3, 1876, with whom she lived happily until her death. She leaves a husband, two step-children, three brothers, two sisters and a large number of friends to mourn her departure. Funeral services were held at Hickory Grove, near Arbela, Friday, January 14, 1898, Rev. E. D. Swartz officiating, after which the remains were tenderly laid to rest in the grave. A. Friend.
Mary A. Grubb, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 20 Jan 1898, p. 3, col. 5
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–Mrs. James Grubb died at her home in Gorin, Wednesday, January 12, after a long and painful illness, and the body was laid to rest a day or two later in Hickory Grove cemetery, near Arbela. Deceased was a daughter of the late Morgan Tucker, whose exemplary life and Christ-like spirit was a benediction to mankind. For years Mrs. Grubb had been an invalid and a great sufferer. She was tenderly cared for by her husband and friends and was treated by skillful physicians, but all efforts to restore her to health proved unavailing. She was an estimable lady, a devout christian [sic], a devoted wife and a kind and good neighbor, and will be missed and mourned by a large circle of friends as well as by the family and relatives.
Mrs. James Grubb, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 20 Jan 1898, p. 3, col. 3
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Scotland County Marriage Listings indicate James Grubb married May A. Tucker, 3 Oct. 1876
Scotland County Marriage Listings indicate James S. Grubb married Ruth A. Harvey, 23 Nov. 1887
Scotland County Marriage Listings indicate James S. Grubb married May Kennedy, 28 Oct 1897
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Mrs. Scott Grub died of dropsy and other complications at her home near Arbela, Monday evening, April 15, 1895, after a lingering illness.
Deceased was a daughter of James W. Harvey, living southeast of this city. She was married to Scott Grubb six or seven years ago, and leaves the husband and two small children to mourn her premature death. Rev. L. C. Maggart officiated at the funeral Tuesday, after which the body was laid to rest in Hickory Grove cemetery. The Reveille extends the bereaved friends sincere sympathy in their deep affliction.
Mrs. Scott Grubb, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 18 Apr 1895, p. 3, col. 5
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E. B. GUDEHUS DIES AT HOME IN LA PLATA
Retired Farmer Was 76; Funeral Thursday Afternoon
La Plata, Mo., Sept. 20. (Special)—Edward Benjamin Gudehus, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gudehus, died at his home in La Plata this morning at the age of 76. He had been bedfast a week.
He was born May 25, 1874, at Pana, Ill., and moved to the La Plata community in 1907. He was married to Orel Lock, February 4, 1903. To this union seven children were born. He was preceded in death by his parents and one infant daughter.
Surviving are his wife, five daughters and one son, all of the La Plata community. They are: Mrs. Ray (Mildred) Bruce, Mrs. Onie (Irene) Story, Mrs. Russell (Bernice) Elmore, Mrs. Dean (Rachel) Davison, Mrs. Cleo (Ruth) Hunter and Glen Gudehus. Eleven grandchildren, three brothers and four sisters also survive.
Funeral services will be held from the Presbyterian Church Thursday afternoon at 2:30. Rev. Harold Johnson will officiate. Interment will be in the La Plata cemetery.
Bearers will be Will Keller, Lawrence Wolf, Parker Homes, Pearl Dudgeon, Marion Doss and Clifford Davison.
Mr. Gudehus was a retired farmer.
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FUNERAL HELD THURSDAY FOR GUERNSEY BABY
Funeral services were held at Gerth and Baskett chapel Thursday afternoon for Katheryn Louise Guernsey, 3-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Guernsey, formerly of Arbela.
The child was born Oct. 14, died in Burlington, the city in which the Guernseys are now making their home.
Rev. Roger Davis of Hannibal conducted the services and burial at Granger cemetery.
Surviving in addition to her parents are a sister, Patty Kay; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Murl Palmer of Granger; her paternal grandmother and step-grandfather, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Grubb of Arbela; a grandfather, George Guernsey of Iowa; a great-grandmother, Mrs. Francis Kuntz of Granger; and a great grandfather, William Cochenour of Granger.
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Mrs. Minnie Guffey, Green City Resident, Died Monday
Mrs. Minnie Guffey, 74, of Green City, died Monday at her home. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Kent Funeral Home.
She was the daughter of James and Martha Thrasher and was born at Winigan, Sullivan County, Jan. 23, 1870. She was married to Albert R. Hoselton, Feb. 24, 1892. Mr. Hoselton died about seventeen years ago and on Sept. 11, 1931, she was married to Sherman Guffey, who survives.
She was a member of the Church of God.
Besides her husband she is survived by a son, Conway Hoselton, of Kirksville; a daughter, Mrs. Anna Browning of Milan; one sister, Mrs. John Myers, of Brookfield; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; a step-daughter, Mrs. Riley Singley, Sr., and three step-grandsons, Riley Singley, Jr., and James and Earl Leonard Singley, all of Green City.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, one son, Ernest Hoselton, a daughter, Mrs. Merl Baker, five brothers, Henry, Ollie, Steve, John and Joe Thrasher, and two sisters, Mrs. Fanny Johnson and Mrs. Laura Greenstreet.
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Fred Guile Service Was Held Sunday
Frederick Wesley Guile, the youngest child of Benjamin Franklin and Margaret (Witham) Guile, was born August 17, 1902 at the Guile homestead near Paxico, in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, where he grew to manhood. He attended the Paxico public school.
He served as deputy sheriff, under his father who was sheriff of Wabaunsee County for several years; later serving as guard at the state prison in Lansing, Kansas, for a number of years.
On October 23, 1927 he and Sylvia Roberta Hocking were united in marriage, at the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence D. Porter, in Leavenworth, Kansas, by Rev. Charles Hatfield.
They made their home in Lansing, Kansas during the time he was a guard. After this they lived in Auburn, Nebr., for two years where he was engaged in farming with his brother, Ben. They then came to Missouri, and made their home near Rutledge, later going to Illinois, where he was employed through the years, in turn, at the Manteno State Hospital, Manteno, Ill.; the American Marietta Paint Co., Kankakee, Ill.; and by the Illinois State Highway Department at Watseka, Ill.
Having been reared on a farm, his wish was to get back to living on a farm. They came back to Missouri, and purchased a farm near Memphis, to which they moved in 1953. In connection with his farming and stock raising he was employed by the Missouri State Highway Department for several years. Giving up the road work, he was employed at the Ellis Fischel Hospital at Columbia for a year. Finding it difficult to keep the work up both places, he returned to his farm home and continued with his farm operations.
He was a member of the Watseka Methodist church, at Watseka, Ill., transferring his membership to the Memphis Methodist church. Fred cherished the church and its work, and was always willing and did help when possible.
His death occurred suddenly, at 3:23 p.m., April 4, 1962 at the doctor’s office of a coronary thrombosis.
He is survived by his wife, Sylvia of the home, one sister, Mrs. William (Edith) Crader of Chowchilla, Calif., one brother, Wilson Kitham Guile of Topeka, Kansas, two sisters-in-law, one brother-in-law, nieces, nephews, and an aged aunt, Mrs. M. Belle Robinson of Hesperia, Calif., cousins and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Benjamin Franklin.
Funeral services were held from the Methodist church in Memphis at two and at the South Bethel Methodist church at three Sunday, April 8th. Rev. J. Frederick Lawson had charge of the services. Burial was in Bethel cemetery.
Body bearers were Howard Mayfield, Robt. Enness, Emmett Holton, Erwin Padgett, Morris Mullinix and Martin Dale.
Frederick Wesley Guile, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 12 Apr 1962
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Mrs. Ella Guiles Dies in Canton, Ill.
Word has been received here by Mrs. Cordelia Pickett of 1015 S. Florence, of the death of Mrs. Ella Guiles, former Kirksville resident. Mrs. Guiles, who was 81 years of age, died Jan. 25 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Lewis, in Canton, Ill., and funeral services were held there Jan. 28. Burial was made in the Greenwood cemetery at Canton.
Mrs. Guiles was born Mar. 30, 1867, in Coshocton, Ohio, the daughter of Shannon and Annetta (Sweigert) Beaird. On Oct. 8, 1884 in Greencastle, she was married to Emery Guiles and the couple lived on a farm near Greencastle until 1910 when they moved to Kirksville and resided at 1014 S. Florence. Three years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Guiles went to Canton to make their home with their daughter.
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JEROME GUILES DIES AT GORIN; WAS 77
Jerome A. Guiles, 77, former resident of Green Castle, died Jan. 26, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy Kraus, at Gorin. He suffered a stroke several days before his death.
He was born at Green Castle Oct. 20, 1873, a son of Hiram and Mary Guiles. He was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Jane Williams at Green Castle and to them were born three daughters and one son, who survive. They are Mrs. Madge Ewing, of Kansas City; Mrs. Glen Way, of Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. Roy Kraus, of Gorin, and Clark A. Guiles, of Joliet, Ill. His wife died Jan 6, 1950. He is also survived by one brother, Loren A. Guiles, of Green Castle.
Funeral and burial services were in Gorin.
Jerome A. Guiles, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 04 Feb 1951, p. 4, col. 3, Sunday
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M. A. GUILES, 71, DIED SUNDAY AT GREENCASTLE
M. A. Guiles, 71 years old, died at his home at Greencastle Sunday noon, after an illness of some two weeks. His condition was considered critical from the start of his illness and no hopes were entertained for his recovery.
Mr. Guiles was one of the well known residents of Sullivan and Adair counties, having come to this section of Missouri when a boy from New York state, where he was born.
The funeral will be held at the Methodist Church in Greencastle tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, conducted by the resident pastor, and the interment will be at Greencastle.
Besides the widow and two sons, Fred and Gordon, of Greencastle, he is survived by four brothers, S. C. Guiles, of this city, Fred Guiles, of Trenton, Loren Guiles, of Greencastle, and Jerome Guiles, of Ft. Madison, Iowa. Also one sister, Mrs. Belle Walrod, of Norwich, N. Y.
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Mrs. J. A. Guiles, 75, Dies at Gorin Home
Funeral services will be held at a church in Gorin at 2 o’clock Sunday for Mrs. J. A. (Sarah) Guiles, 75, who died at 8 o’clock Friday morning at her home in Gorin. Burial will be in the Gorin cemetery.
She had been in ill health for some time.
Sarah Williams, a daughter of Wash and Hannah Williams, was born in the Greencastle vicinity and the early years of her life were spent there. She married Jerome Guiles 55 years ago and to this union four children were born. About fifty years ago they moved to Scotland County where they had made their home since.
She is survived by her husband and the children: Mrs. Madge Ewing, Kansas City; Mrs. Mada Way, Peoria, Ill.; Clark Guiles, Joliet, Ill., and Mrs. Lizzie Crouse of Gorin; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Mrs. Ollie Hale, of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Edna Woods, of Chickasha, Okla., are surviving sisters.
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Boy, 11, Dies Here
Larry Guinn, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Guinn, of Rutledge, died in a Kirksville hospital this morning.
Larry Guinn, Kirksville, Missouri, Kirksville Daily Express, 20 Oct 1952, p. 3, col. 2
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Services To Be Held Thursday For Lyle W. Guinn
Mrs. Geo. W. Moore received a message Monday night telling her of the sudden death of her brother-in-law, Lyle W. Guinn of Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs. Guinn were riding in the car when he suffered a heart attack. Mrs. Guinn in trying to control the car suffered some fractured ribs and was take to a hospital and treated for the injury and shock. The car was not badly damaged.
Funeral services will be held for Mr. Guinn Jan. 20 (Thursday) and burial will be in Detroit.
Mrs. Guinn was also a sister of the late Robert L. Lancaster and they attended this funeral in November.
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Paul, youngest son of Mrs. W. D. Guinn, of this city died at 2:45 last Wednesday morning from the effects of internal injuries received several weeks ago while playing with a number of other children. After he was injured his condition grew steadily worse in spite of the best medical attention and the tender care of loving friends and yesterday morning his spirit took its flight to the land where pain and sorrow are unknown. Paul was born Oct. 23, 1892, and was at the time of his death seven years, three months and twenty two days old. He was a bright little fellow, the pride of the home, and will be missed and mourned by all who knew him. The stricken family has the sympathy of the community in their great bereavement. The funeral services will be held from the family residence at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon.
Paul Guinn, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 15 Feb 1900, p. 3, col. 3
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Mrs. May [Mary] Gullett, wife of Harvey Gullette [sic], died at their farm home east of Millard February 19, aged 73 years, 2 months and 4 days. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Nicholas, pioneers of Adair county. Her father and his brother leased thousands of acres of land lying between Millard and Chariton river and from Troy Mills to the Macon county line when they came here from Ohio nearly 80 years ago. When the Wabash railroad was built he donated the land for he village of Millard, and named it for his son, Millard Fillmore, who died many years ago. Mrs. Gullett was twice married. Her first husband, Andrew Meeks, was also a member of one of the pioneer families and to them were born three children, Charles D., of Buhl, Idaho, Alfred J., of Gillette, Wyoming, and Laura, who resides at Millard. After the death of Mr. Meeks she was married to Harvey Gullett, who survives her. Two of Mrs. Gullett’s seven brothers and sisters survive her, Mrs. Matilda Flynn, of Millard, and J. L. Nicholas, of Bristow, Oklahoma. Funeral took place from the church at Millard Friday. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. A. F. Zeigle. Burial in the Stukey cemetery near Millard, where members of the Nicholas family of five generations have been buried.
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Gully – Rebecca Gully, an inmate of the poor farm, died of paralysis on Tuesday of this week.
Rebecca Gully, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 5 Jul 1886, p. 3, col. 1
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George Gundy died at his home northwest of this city on Thursday of last week, of the infirmities of old age. He had been failing for a long time, so his death was not entirely unlooked for. His wife died about two years ago. Mr. Gundy was respected by all and had many enduring friendships, because of his good qualities.
Besides the many friends he had in the community in which he lived for years, he leaves six children–Charles, of Atchison, Kansas; Lewis, Jake, Mrs. Cordie Crawford, Pearl and Merle.
Funeral services were held Sunday, after which interment was made in Friendship cemetery.
George M. Gundy was born in Scotland county, Mo. July 1, 1845, and departed this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grover C. Crawford, at the age of 74 years, 7 months and 5 days.
He was married to Margaret M. Needham April 25, 1875. To this union seven children were born, four girls and three boys, namely: Chas. T. of Atchison, Kansas, Lewis W. of Memphis, Jacob R., Cordie D. Merle and Pearl of Memphis, and Gladys who died in infancy.
He united with the Baptist church 40 years ago, and was a member at the time of his death.
Burial in Friendship cemetery
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DIED AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Funeral Services for J. R. Gundy Held at Friendship Tuesday
Jacob R. Gundy, well-known, native born citizen died at his home northwest of Memphis Sunday, June 22nd, at 2:20 p.m., after a short illness with pneumonia and heart trouble.
Mr. Gundy, a son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Gundy, was born in Scotland county in the neighborhood where he had always lived, on February 10, 1883, and was 58 years of age.
Funeral services were conducted at the Friendship church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. Thurman Andrews and interment was in the cemetery there. The services were largely attended. the pall bearers were Glen Lancaster, Loren D. Schenk, Lewis C. Lancaster, Earl Rowe, Everett Robinson and Harmon Groseclose.
Music was by a quartette from the Downing Baptist church.
Mr. Gundy was a good man and a good neighbor, liked by all. He went about his work in a quiet, unassuming way, always attending to his own affairs.
He lived on a farm all his life with the exception of one year when he conducted a store at Crawford Station.
He was married in Memphis on February 6, 1907 to Miss Emma Manske, who survives. He also leaves one son and two daughters, Paul L. Gundy and Mrs. Herbert G. Alexander of Memphis and Mrs. Glenn Bloomfield of Clarinda, Iowa; one brother, Judge Lewis W. Gundy of Chicago, and three sisters, Mrs. G. C. Crawford of Chicago, Mrs. Roy D Clark of Memphis and Mrs. Glen H. Clark of Rushville, Mo.; also four grandchildren, Larry Gene Bloomfield, Verna Mae Alexander, Paul Vern and Maxine Gundy.
He was a deacon and clerk of the Little Zion Baptist church and president of the Friendship school board for ten years.
Those from a distance called here by his death were: Judge L. W. Gundy, Chicago: Mrs. Glen H. Clark, Rushville, Mo.; Mrs. R. Manske and grandson, Maynard, Libertyville, Iowa; Mrs. Merrill Bartholo, Mrs. Harold Miller, Culver City, Calif .; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Nees, Monmouth, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gugeler, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gugeler, West Burlington, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gundy, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Anderson, Kirksville; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pflanz, Rev. H. H. Naylor, Granger; August Osing and family, Eldon, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pflanz and daughter, Carla Marie, Bloomfield.
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JOHN THOMAS GUNDY, 77, DIED IN MEMPHIS FRIDAY
John Thomas Gundy was born near Crawford Station on Feb. 9, 1880, the son of Abraham and Julia Lancaster Gundy. He passed away February 8, 1957, lacking one day of being 77 years of age, having lived in Scotland county all of his life.
For many years he was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Downing. He served as marshal of Memphis for 12 years.
He was married to Ida Dell Leeper, December 20, 1899. To this union was born one son, Glen Verlon, who lives at Platteville, Wisconsin.
He was preceded by his parents one sister, Mrs. Stella Anderson. He leaves to mourn his passing his son and daughter-in-law, two granddaughters, Louise and Frances Gundy, besides a niece, nephews, cousin and friends.
Funeral services were held from the Gerth & Baskett chapel Sunday, February 10 at 2:00 p.m., conducted by Rev. Kenneth Campbell. Burial in Memphis cemetery. Body bearers were members of Downing Masonic lodge.
Of a pleasing disposition Tom had friends by the scores, especially in Memphis among those who were young when he was city marshal. To the youth of that time he was Tommy to every child in Memphis and he, in turn, knew the names of all the youngsters.
During this period candidates who filed for city marshal against him were always defeated. It was often said the women of Memphis kept him in office as long as he cared to hold same. The little things that annoy a housewife, like chickens running at large during garden making time, etc. an appeal to Tommy brought either relief or a satisfactory explanation.
But Tommy was a good officer and crime, petty or otherwise, was at a minimum during his administration. He was a good man and will be missed by many lifelong friends.
John Thomas Gundy, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 14 Feb 1957, p. 1, col. 6
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MRS. HARVE GUNDY DIES IN KEOKUK HOSPITAL
Mrs. Harve Gundy, lifelong resident of Scotland county and mother of seven, died early Monday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Keokuk, where she had been a patient for several days. She was 74.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gundy will be at 2 p.m. today from Payne Chapel, Rev. Merritt H. Baker officiating. Pallbearers will be William, Charles, Roy, Harry and Ted Gundy, and Homer Ralph. Burial will be in the Memphis cemetery.
Born Feb. 28, 1877, on a Scotland county farm, the deceased was the former Miss Nettie Ralph, daughter of Jim and Nancy Ralph. She was a member of Memphis Christian Church.
She was married June 28, 1893, in Memphis to Harve Gundy, who survives.
Also surviving are: five sons, Bill Gundy, Keokuk; Charles Gundy, Little Rock; Harry Gundy, Huron, S. Dak.; Roy Gundy, Keota, Ia.; and Homer Ralph, Memphis; three daughters, Mrs. Vance Vaught, Memphis, Mrs. Maurice Waddle, Wyaconda, and Mrs. Paul Ross, Chicago; seven grandchildren, one of whom, Ted Gundy, lives in Memphis, and four great grandchildren.
Nettie (Ralph) Gundy, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 10 Jan 1952, p. 1, col. 2
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Died
Gunn – Mrs. Jennie Gunn, died of cancer, at her home in this city at six o’clock a.m., Saturday, Feb. 5th, 1887.
Deceased was a long and patient sufferer, and while the cruel ravages of this terrible disease was slowly and surely reaching out and permeating every vein and fiber of the body, she was fully conscious of her condition and remained cheerful to the last. Surely death was a release under such circumstances, and yet it is peculiarly sad in some respects. She leaves Millie, aged about 11 years, an orphan indeed. Henceforth her care, training and guidance will fall to others, and while we believe that some kind friend will do this willingly, who can do it so well as a mother?
Deceased was an estimable lady, and an earnest faithful member of the Christian Church. Her spirit has winged its way to the presence and home of the Master, whom she trusted in life with a pure, fervent and saving faith. There the ills, sufferings and afflictions of this life are forever unknown. The goal of the Christians hope is only reached through the gateway of death, and this thought comforts and consoles in the last hour.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Northcutt, at the Christian church in this city, Sunday afternoon, in the presence of a large congregation, after which her body was laid to rest in the cemetery east of town. To the orphan child, and all other sorrowing friends, this paper tenders sincere sympathy.
Jennie Gunn, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 10 Feb 1887, p. 2, col. 2
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Goldie Gunnell Dies At Home Near Bible Grove
Goldie Gunnell, daughter of William and Viola Purvis, was born in Scotland County, Missouri, May 10, 1904, and passed away at her home January 10, 1970, near Bible Grove, Missouri.
She was united in marriage to Alfred Gunnell, May 18, 1927. To this union one son was born.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Myrtle and Iona; and five brothers, Alva, Oat, Roy, Clarence, and Charley.
She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, Alfred, her son, Paul, and his wife, Darlene; four grandchildren, four brothers, Hobert, Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Carl of Baring, Missouri, Chester, of Kirksville, Missouri, and Jessie of Kirksville, Missouri; one sister, Mrs. Gladys Cooper of Lone Tree, Iowa; nieces, nephews, and many friends.
She became a member of the Bible Grove Christian Church early in life and later moved her membership to the First Christian Church in Memphis, Missouri.
Funeral services were held at the Gerth & Baskett Chapel in Memphis, Missouri, Monday, January 12, at 1:30 p.m. The Rev, Howard Merchant officiated. Burial was in the Bible Grove Cemetery. Body bearers were Garland Carter, Lewis Kraus, Richard Clark, Paul Franklin, Leroy Morgan, and Joe Wayne Parrish.
Goldie Gunnell, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis, Memphis Democrat, 15 Jan 1970, p. 2, col. 3
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MRS. THOMAS GUPTON DIES AT LA PLATA
Seriously Ill four Days with Heart Ailment.
Special to The Daily Express.
La Plata, Mo., March 8—Mrs. Thomas B. Gupton, 67, died at her home in La Plata this morning at 3:40 o’clock. She had been seriously ill for the past four days with a heart ailment, and had been in poor health for a number of years.
Mrs. Gupton, whose maiden name was Lottie May Enterline, was the daughter of Edward E. and Elizabeth Enterline. She was born near La Plata, June 20, 1875, and had lived her entire life in and near La Plata. She was married to Thomas B. Gupton, on August 2, 1902, in La Plata. They had made their home in and near La Plata ever since.
She leaves her husband, a son, Edward G. Gupton, of La Plata; a daughter, Mrs. Bryna Hall, Avenal, Calif.; three grandchildren, Sheryl, Tommie Don, and Carol Kay Gupton, of La Plata; three brothers, Roscoe and Carl Enterline, of La Plata; Emory Enterline, Atlanta, and one sister, Mrs. Effa McDavitt, Hollywood, Calif. She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant brother.
She was a member of the Community Presbyterian Church in La Plata.
Funeral arrangements have not been made, but the funeral is not expected to be held before Wednesday.
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MRS. GUTHRIE DIES TODAY AT SISTER’S HOME
Funeral Services To Be Wednesday At Two O’Clock
Mrs. Gertrude Edith Guthrie, 44, Los Angeles, Calif., died this morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. Imogene Grear, 1007 S. Wabash. She had been a patient in the St. Mary’s Hospital in Reno, Nevada, and was brought here by train on May 21.
Funeral services will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock, conducted by Rev. Clemett C. Riddle, pastor of the Church of God (Holiness), Kirksville. Burial will be in the Queen City Cemetery.
Mrs. Guthrie was born in Adair County January 11, 1903. She was married in Chicago, Ill., to Paul Guthrie. One daughter was born to them.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her father, James B. Combs, and two sisters.
She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Frances Jester, Wilmington, Calif.; her mother, Mrs. Ella Pruitt, Kirksville; three brothers, Charles Ezra Combs, Kirksville; Edgar Combs, Gamilia, Ky.; and Andrew Combs, Eugene, Ore.; four sisters, Mrs. Anna Martin, San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs. Ruby Dunn, Qunicy, Ill.; Mrs. Imogene Grear, Kirksville; and Mrs. Leland (Carrie) Beck, Queen City, Mo. She has two grandchildren.
Mrs. Guthrie owned and operated several beauty shops in California and Chicago.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home.
The bearers will be Herbert Franklin, Harold Murphy, Walter Chevelier, John Wright, Cyrus Davis, and Noble White.
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MRS. GUTHRIE DIES TODAY AT THE AGE OF 77
Mrs. Lydia Guthrie died this morning at 5 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jessie Willcox, after a long illness.
Funeral services will be preached by Rev. R. A. Waggoner at the Willcox home tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Guthrie was 77 years old and had lived in Kirksville a number of years, coming here from Callaway county. She had been a member of the Presbyterian church for many years, and was regarded as a splendid woman.
She leaves two children, Mrs. Jessie Willcox and John Guthrie. Her husband, Samuel N. Guthrie, died here a few years ago. She has several brothers and sisters living in Callaway county.
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Death of Emanuel Gutman
E. Gutman, the tailor, died of brain trouble at his home, three and one-half miles west of Memphis, April 27, 1905, after an illness of three months, aged 49 years. Deceased was born in Austria and was married there. Shortly after his marriage he moved to Palestine, locating in Jerusalem, where three of his children were born.
He worked at his trade in Jerusalem until 1890 or 1891 when he moved to this country locating first in this city, and a few years later on a little farm west of town where he died. He was an honest and industrious man and leaves a wife and six or eight small children to mourn his death.
The funeral services were held in the M. E. church, south, Friday, Rev. H. D. Thompson officiating, after which the body was laid to rest in the cemetery east of town.
Emanuel Gutman, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 4 May 1905, p. 5, col. 5
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Mrs. E. Gutman Died Here Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Emanuel Gutman will be held at 10:30 Friday morning in Gerth & Basket Chapel, with Rev. J. Purd Hays conducting. Burial will be in Memphis cemetery.
Mrs. Gutman died at her home here Monday after a lingering illness of many months. She would have been 87 years old Saturday.
She was born Johanna Gasnik, Aug. 29, 1866, in what was then Trieste, Austria. She married Emanuel Gutman Aug. 12, 1886 at Alexandria, Egypt. He died April 12, 1908.
From there the couple went to Jerusalem, Palestine, where Mr. Gutman was engaged in the tailor business. It was there that their three eldest children were born.
In 1892 they moved to America, landing in New York City, and then going to Chicago for a year before moving to Memphis.
Mrs. Gutman was a member of the Memphis Baptist church.
Surviving are two sons, David of Memphis, and Francie of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; four daughters, Mrs. A. G. Branham, Mrs. R. S. Mullins of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Mary Quown of San Antonio; and Mrs. R. T. Miles, Springfield, Mo.; 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Johanna (Gasnik) Gutman, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Democrat, 27 Aug 1953, p. 1, col. 5
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MRS. C. T. GUY, 81, DIES HERE THURSDAY
Services Sunday Afternoon at Memphis Methodist Church.
Mrs. C. T. Guy, 81, died at 5 o’clock yesterday evening at a local hospital. She had been in failing health for several years and for the past two years had spent the greater part of her time in the hospital. Her condition had been critical only the past week.
The body will lie in state at the Summers and Powell Funeral Home until Sunday morning. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Memphis Methodist Church. Interment will be made in the Memphis Cemetery.
Mrs. Guy, who was the former Laura Minnie Morrison, daughter of David R. and Angeline Virginia Morrison, was born May 18, 1862, at Aledo, Ill. She was married to Dr. C. T. Guy and three children were born to this union. One son, Carl Guy, died in the year 1904 and was buried in the family lot at Memphis.
Dr. and Mrs. Guy moved from Memphis to Kirksville when their two daughters, Grace and Rilla, were students at the Teachers College. After their daughters finished their schooling they moved to St. Louis where they lived for a period before returning to Kirksville. Mrs. Guy spent more than a year in Paris, France in 1923 with her daughter, Mrs. Grace Weyand, who lived in Paris and London from the end of the first World War until three years ago. It was while she was visiting in Paris, that Mrs. Guy fell and fractured her hip. She had never completely recovered from this injury.
Mrs. Weyand, who is a volunteer Red Cross worker in a casualty hospital at Washington, D. C. where her husband, Charles M. Weyand is located for the duration, arrived here in the middle of December to be with her mother. Mrs. Guy’s other daughter, Mrs. Rilla Dexter, who lives in New Orleans, La., previously had been with her mother during November. Dr. Guy, who also has been in failing health, has been at the home of relatives in Campbellsville, Ky., since the first part of December.
Besides her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Guy is survived by a twin sister, Mrs. L. M. Hamerick [sic], of Wichita, Kan.; two brothers, E. E. Morrison, of Luray, and James E. Morrison, of Granger; three granddaughters, who live in California, and one great-grandchild, Karen Lynn Weatherbe, daughter of Lieut. and Mrs. Arthur Weatherbe, who was born yesterday in California.
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DEATH OF MRS. W. G. GUY, MONDAY NIGHT
After an illness of several weeks Mrs. W. G. Guy passed away on last Tuesday morning at 2 o’clock. She had been a sufferer from Bright’s disease and her condition while known to be of a very grave nature, still her demise was a great shock to her daughters, who were constantly at her bedside.
Deceased was a lady held in the highest of esteem by her many acquaintances. She was devoted to her children and to them her loss is irreparable.
She leaves to mourn six daughters –Mrs. Chas. Simon, Mrs. John Wiegner, Mrs. Eldon Keathler, Mrs. Horace Hughes, Ruby and Helen and two sons, Harry and Warren Guy of Clarion, Iowa.
Funeral services held Thursday morning, April 23, at 8:30 o’clock; interment in Memphis cemetery.
Mrs. W. G. Guy, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 23 Apr 1914, p. 1, col. 6
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WILLIAM GUY, FARMER NEAR BRASHEAR, DIES
Funeral and Burial Services To Be Tomorrow.
Special to The Daily Express.
Brashear, Mo., April 6—William Guy, well-known farmer one and one-half miles southeast of Brashear, died in a Kirksville hospital this morning at 8 o’clock. He had been in failing health the past year and seriously ill the past month.
The funeral is to be tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Easley Funeral Home here, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Lane, and burial will be made in the Brashear Cemetery. The body is lying in state at the funeral home.
Pallbearers are to be Gayle Platz, Clarence Hancock, Fred McGrath, George Douglas, Ray Bennett and Lewis Hartsock.
Mr. Guy was born near Brashear, July 2, 1881, a son of John G. and Martha Swetman Guy. He had spent his entire life in this vicinity.
Married June 12, 1904 to Miss Ollie Selby, three daughters were born to them. One daughter, Mrs. Vivian Ornes, died Oct. 8, 1935 at the age of 25.
Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Naomi C. Green and Mrs. Cecile Green, both of Kirksville; four grandchildren; one brother, Charles Guy, Kirksville; one sister, Mrs. Ida Cason, Kirksville, and one half-brother, J. H. Otto, Kellogg, Ida.
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GWYNNE
Eli Dunham Gwynne was born March 2, 1843, at Urbana, Ohio, and departed this life in Kahoka, Feb. 2, 1923, at the age of 79 years and 11 months.
When he was thirteen his parents located in Texas, in which state he grew to manhood. During the War of the Rebellion, he with one brother served in the Confederate army, while his three other brothers served on the Union side. In 1866, upon receiving his discharge from the army, he came to Missouri, locating on a farm in Scotland county. On January 30, 1875, he was united in marriage with Martha Virginia Callihan, whose death occurred on October 12, 1906. Of this union three children were born: Eli W., of Kansas City, Llewellyn C., and Mrs. Martha Wormhoudt, both of Kahoka.
In the spring of 1888 he moved to Kahoka, where he resided until death. Mr. Gwynne was a member of the Presbyterian church, having united with that organization in the year 1892. He is survived by his three children, also by a sister, Mrs. S. M. Apperson of Little Rock, Ark., and a grandson, Edward Gwynne Wormhoudt of Kansas City.
The funeral service was held at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Ed. Wormhoudt, on Sunday, February 4, at 10:30 o’clock, and owing to the illness of the pastor, Dr. M. H. Kerr, was conducted by the undersigned. Interment was made in Kahoka cemetery.
C. E. N.
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Sudden Death.
We regret to announce that Capt. William Gwynne, died suddenly in this city last Sunday morning at 5 o’clock. Friday evening we met and conversed with him, when he was apparently as well as usual, although his health has been none the best for some time past. At about 10 o’clock that evening he went to bed, from which he never arose. The disease was pronounced Paralysis of the Heart. Mr. Gwynne was about 31 years old; was a gentleman of fine education and many excellent social qualities.
During the war he enlisted in the service of his country at Cincinnati, Ohio, in which city he was at that time filling the position of chief clerk in a prominent wholesale grocery establishment. He was soon promoted, and was at one time Provost Marshal of Alexandria, Va. Afterwards he was assigned to a position on Gen. McClellan’s staff with the rank of Captain. After the war he visited New Mexico and Texas, serving the government in some official capacity, we believe. He came to this place sometime last spring.
The remains of the deceased were taken to what is known as the old Gwynne farm near Fairmont, and there interred on Tuesday last. He leaves three brothers and one sister, and many friends, to mourn his sudden departure from this world of sorrow and uncertainty. Requiescat in pace.
William Gwynne, Memphis, Missouri, Memphis Reveille, 2 Dec 1875, p. 3, col. 2
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